Sagan sprints to second stage win
Cunego remains in overall lead
Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) gave yet another demonstration of his prodigious talent with a sniper’s victory on stage 8 of the Tour de Suisse. The Slovakian has developed the healthy habit of sniffing out an opportunity and then grabbing it with both hands, and he duly left Matt Goss (HTC-Highroad) and Ben Swift (Sky) in his wake in the sprint finish at Schaffhausen.
Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) maintained his overall lead after a day that provoked an unexpected shake-up in the general classification. On a stage seemingly destined for a bunch finish, the apparently innocuous climb of the Siblingerhoehe split the field in the finale, and Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) lost 47 seconds and two places overall when he punctured as Leopard Trek pulled a select group clear in the run-in.
The day belonged to Sagan, however, and his victory showcased the kind of physical strength and tactical acumen rarely found in a 21-year-old. While sprinters of the calibre of Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) and André Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) were unable to hold the wheels on the climb of the Siblingerhoehe, Sagan had no trouble in following the pace, and he then showed maturity beyond his tender years in holding his nerve until the last possible moment before rattling off a devastating sprint to take his second stage win of the race.
Coming into the final kilometre, Sagan was tucked safely on the rear wheel of his teammate Daniel Oss (Liquigas-Cannondale), but he bided his time rather than risk launching his sprint from too far out. When he allowed Ben Swift to open the hostilities with a scorching kick of his own, it briefly looked as though Sagan had fluffed his lines, but the youngster was simply waiting for a gap to develop, and he streaked past Swift’s left-hand shoulder in the final 200 metres.
Matt Goss lost a little ground in coming around Swift on the right-hand side, but in reality, there was very little that Milan-San Remo winner could do against the on-form Sagan, who had over a bike length in hand at the finish. Thor Hushovd’s Garmin-Cervélo squad and Heinrich Haussler in particular contributed richly to eliminating Cavendish and Greipel from contention over the final 20km, but the world champion never got going in the sprint and had to settle for 5th place behind Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
An unexpected sting in the tail
After their travails in the mountains in recent days, the overall contenders could have been forgiven for anticipating a truce on Saturday ahead of Sunday’s decisive time trial, and indeed, the stage followed its set script without hitch for the opening 140km. Shortly after the peloton set off from Tübach under slate-grey skies and grim sheets of rainfall, a four-man break clipped off the front. Luca Paolini (Katusha), Jan Barta (NetApp) and Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank-SunGard) were the instigators, and they had a surprise companion in the form of Francisco Ventoso (Movistar).
The Spanish fast man must have known something that the other sprinters didn’t, because the stage had been long earmarked as a potential bunch finish, but Ventoso opted to try his luck from distance. The quartet’s advantage climbed to a maximum of 8 minutes after 70km, but as the skies cleared and the roads dried, that gap soon began to fall.
With 40km to go, they still had 4 minutes over the peloton, but when their unity fractured, their lead dwindled accordingly. Shortly after remonstrating with Ventoso for pushing too hard on a short incline, Barta fell off on a corner, and although he made it back up to the break, his contribution was limited thereafter and the break suffered as a result.
As HTC-Highroad and Sky began the chase in earnest, the four in front began to attack one another, and 28km from home, Paolini and Marycz forced their way clear of the bickering Ventoso and Barta. Thanks to the efforts of Martin Velits (HTC-Highroad), however, the break’s lead was down to just 1:20 on the final climb of the Siblingerhoehe.
Mollema loses out
Once Ventoso was brought back by the bunch, his Movistar teammates set up about upping the pace on the 4th category Siblingerhoehe. Quite who they were hoping to set up for stage victory was unclear, but their attack saw a selection of 30 or so riders edge ahead at the front of the bunch, with Cavendish and Greipel caught on the wrong foot.
Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) put in an acceleration of his own over the top and that stretched the gap out still further before Garmin-Cervélo took over on the descent, looking to distance Cavendish.
Up front, Paolini and Marycz were still ploughing their lonely furrow, but they must have known the game was up when an armada of Leopard Trek riders began to lead the chase, for Fränk Schleck’s teammates had received word that Mollema had been left behind with a puncture and was attempting to chase back on alone. Andy Schleck, Jens Voigt, Linus Gerdemann and Maxime Monfort each took lengthy turns to ensure the young Dutchman would drop two places overall before the day’s end.
Paolini and Marycz were swept up 12km from home, and Leopard Trek maintained their hyperactive pace thereafter. By this point, Mollema had desisted in his lone pursuit, and while HTC-Highroad and Omega Pharma-Lotto were still flying the flag behind in support of the allies of circumstance Cavendish and Greipel, they must have realised it was a losing battle when the gap to the front selection reached 45 seconds with 9km to go.
Such was the intensity of the Leopard Trek pace-setting that Andy Schleck simply sat up once his stint was over, while nobody dared attack from the lead group until Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) had a speculative dig 1.5km from the line, but he was snaffled up under the red kite by the hard-working Daniel Oss.
Overall, Damiano Cunego retains a lead of 1:36 over Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank), while Fränk Schleck moves up to third at 1:41. Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) could well prove to be Cunego’s main challenger in the concluding time trial, as he remains within two minutes of the Italian, but the disappointed Mollema bid farewell to his hopes of an upset on the unforgiving run-in to the line.
But few eyes were on the yellow jersey at the finish in Schaffhausen, and instead it was the blue points jersey of Peter Sagan that shone most brightly on a dull Swiss afternoon. For now, there simply seem to be no limits on the potential of the quiet Slovakian with the insatiable appetite for victory.
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 3:52:00 |
2 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Tom Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:12 |
30 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:00:16 |
31 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:00:24 |
32 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:00:28 |
33 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:48 |
34 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:00:54 |
41 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:57 |
43 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:59 |
44 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Luke Roberts (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Movistar Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:06 |
68 | Valeryi Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 0:01:39 |
69 | Jorge Azanta Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:43 |
71 | Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad | 0:01:56 |
73 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Mikael Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:02:00 |
82 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | 0:02:40 |
88 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Team RadioShack | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:52 |
93 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:03:21 |
95 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack | 0:03:27 |
96 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | 0:06:21 |
98 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp | 0:07:27 |
99 | Dario-David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Nicolas Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Netapp | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:09:01 |
126 | Olekdandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:09:03 |
128 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:09:05 |
132 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team RadioShack | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:10:08 |
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 25 | pts |
2 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 20 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | 16 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 13 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 11 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 10 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team | 9 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 8 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana | 7 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 6 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 5 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 4 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 3 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 1 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
1 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 6 | pts |
2 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 6 | pts |
2 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 5 | pts |
2 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 3 | pts |
2 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Team Leopard-Trek | 11:36:00 |
2 | Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:12 |
3 | Quick Step Cycling Team | 0:00:16 |
4 | Team Garmin - Cervelo | 0:00:24 |
5 | Sky Procycling | 0:00:48 |
6 | Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Movistar Team | 0:00:59 |
8 | HTC - Highroad | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Pro Team Astana | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Katusha Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | BMC Racing Team | 0:01:47 |
12 | Saxo Bank SunGard | 0:01:53 |
13 | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 0:01:56 |
14 | Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 0:02:05 |
15 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:33 |
16 | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 0:02:46 |
17 | Team RadioShack | 0:03:39 |
18 | AG2R La mondiale | 0:03:43 |
19 | Team NetApp | 0:04:51 |
20 | Lampre - ISD | 0:08:26 |
1 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 31:01:49 |
2 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:36 |
3 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 0:01:41 |
4 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:01:59 |
5 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:02:11 |
6 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 0:02:38 |
7 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:03:10 |
8 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 0:03:11 |
9 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:20 |
10 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 0:03:22 |
11 | Tom Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:04:51 |
12 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | 0:05:15 |
13 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:06:47 |
14 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:08:44 |
15 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:09:10 |
16 | Branislau Samoilau (Bul) Movistar Team | 0:10:03 |
17 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:12:30 |
18 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:14:23 |
19 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 0:18:18 |
20 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:20:29 |
21 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 0:20:31 |
22 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:21:14 |
23 | Jorge Azanta Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:23:12 |
24 | Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:25:28 |
25 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:25:47 |
26 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek | 0:26:15 |
27 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:26:49 |
28 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:27:01 |
29 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:27:18 |
30 | Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:27:43 |
31 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:28:35 |
32 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:29:32 |
33 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp | 0:30:05 |
34 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana | 0:30:07 |
35 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:30:12 |
36 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:31:42 |
37 | José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:33:31 |
38 | Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad | 0:36:12 |
39 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team | 0:37:09 |
40 | Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | 0:37:15 |
41 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | 0:37:32 |
42 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:39:14 |
43 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:39:28 |
44 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:39:32 |
45 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:39:55 |
46 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 0:40:16 |
47 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:43:31 |
48 | Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:43:40 |
49 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:43:47 |
50 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:44:06 |
51 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:44:08 |
52 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:44:10 |
53 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:46:40 |
54 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:46:45 |
55 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:49:01 |
56 | Valeryi Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 0:50:29 |
57 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp | 0:50:50 |
58 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana | 0:51:17 |
59 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:51:38 |
60 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:52:10 |
61 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:53:18 |
62 | Luke Roberts (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:53:19 |
63 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:53:26 |
64 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 0:54:16 |
65 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 0:54:31 |
66 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp | 0:55:59 |
67 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:56:36 |
68 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:56:49 |
69 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:56:58 |
70 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:57:00 |
71 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:58:13 |
72 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:58:50 |
73 | Mikael Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:00:01 |
74 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | 1:00:31 |
75 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:00:46 |
76 | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:00:55 |
77 | Leopold König (Cze) Team Netapp | 1:01:05 |
78 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Team RadioShack | 1:01:30 |
79 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:01:39 |
80 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 1:02:32 |
81 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:03:30 |
82 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:04:04 |
83 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 1:04:29 |
84 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 1:05:00 |
85 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:05:14 |
86 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack | 1:07:43 |
87 | Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | 1:08:05 |
88 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack | 1:08:08 |
89 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:08:24 |
90 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:08:44 |
91 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:09:26 |
92 | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Netapp | 1:10:00 |
93 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | 1:11:13 |
94 | Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:11:29 |
95 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:12:07 |
96 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:12:19 |
97 | Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 1:12:26 |
98 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek | 1:12:30 |
99 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:13:11 |
100 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 1:13:55 |
101 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 1:14:17 |
102 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek | 1:16:02 |
103 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 1:16:04 |
104 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack | 1:16:06 |
105 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 1:16:55 |
106 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:18:11 |
107 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 1:18:13 |
108 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team | 1:18:23 |
109 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:18:40 |
110 | Dario-David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling | 1:18:42 |
111 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:19:48 |
112 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:20:16 |
113 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:21:22 |
114 | André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:22:15 |
115 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:22:42 |
116 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:23:02 |
117 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 1:24:05 |
118 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:25:06 |
119 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 1:25:07 |
120 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:26:32 |
121 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp | 1:27:58 |
122 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 1:28:23 |
123 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp | 1:30:03 |
124 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad | 1:30:35 |
125 | Olekdandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 1:31:19 |
126 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:31:37 |
127 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:31:40 |
128 | Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 1:32:31 |
129 | Nicolas Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | 1:32:46 |
131 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling | 1:32:57 |
132 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:33:19 |
133 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:34:44 |
134 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:35:06 |
135 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:35:13 |
136 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | 1:35:40 |
137 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad | 1:35:59 |
138 | Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team RadioShack | 1:36:57 |
139 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 1:39:10 |
140 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 1:42:20 |
1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 86 | pts |
2 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 50 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 44 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 39 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 36 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 34 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 31 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 25 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 25 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 23 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 23 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 22 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | 22 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 20 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 20 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 18 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 17 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 16 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 16 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek | 15 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 15 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 15 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 13 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 13 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek | 11 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha Team | 11 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Tom Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 10 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 10 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard | 9 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 9 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team | 9 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | 8 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team | 8 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 8 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 7 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana | 7 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 7 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp | 6 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | 6 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 6 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 6 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 5 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | 5 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Luke Roberts (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 5 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 4 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | 3 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 3 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana | 3 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 3 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp | 1 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 1 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | -5 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
1 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 44 | pts |
2 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 35 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 30 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 21 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 20 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | 20 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 18 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 18 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 17 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 16 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 15 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 15 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 14 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 13 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 12 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 12 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | 10 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 10 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | 8 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 7 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp | 6 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 6 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 6 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 6 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 6 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 5 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 5 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 4 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | 4 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 4 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha Team | 2 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 1 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek | 1 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Dario-David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling | 1 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
1 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 27 | pts |
2 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 11 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | 10 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | José Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | 10 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 9 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 9 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 7 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 7 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp | 6 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | 6 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | 6 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp | 3 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 3 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 3 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp | 3 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | 2 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 1 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 1 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | 1 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
1 | Team Leopard-Trek | 93:09:36 |
2 | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:02:52 |
3 | Movistar Team | 0:17:15 |
4 | Katusha Team | 0:24:29 |
5 | BMC Racing Team | 0:35:05 |
6 | Team Garmin - Cervelo | 0:45:11 |
7 | Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 0:51:27 |
8 | Quick Step Cycling Team | 0:52:34 |
9 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:53:05 |
10 | HTC - Highroad | 1:02:31 |
11 | Omega Pharma - Lotto | 1:06:00 |
12 | Team RadioShack | 1:09:39 |
13 | Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:13:48 |
14 | Saxo Bank SunGard | 1:21:52 |
15 | Team NetApp | 1:27:52 |
16 | AG2R La mondiale | 1:27:53 |
17 | Pro Team Astana | 1:36:18 |
18 | Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis | 1:59:37 |
19 | Lampre - ISD | 2:01:10 |
20 | Sky Procycling | 2:17:18 |
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Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.
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