Cavendish wins in Killarney
By Shane Stokes published
Downing holds onto GC lead
Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) showed the same speed which won him six stages in this year's Tour de France when he galloped home first on today's leg of the Tour of Ireland. He hit the line ahead of Michael Van Staeyen (Rabobank), Stuart O'Grady (Team Saxo Bank) plus the rest of a 93-man main bunch.
The 24-year-old Briton followed on from his three stage victories in last year's edition of the race, having few problems after some strong leadout work from his Columbia HTC team. The Astana squad of Lance Armstrong had also driven the pace in some crosswinds on the run in to the finish, but the bunch did not split.
"It was a tough course, actually," Cavendish said afterwards. "But once things came back together, it was a formality, really. The team was great. They are a super group of guys. We are not just team-mates, we are friends too. That morale makes things easier and if one has success, it is success for all.
"It's always good to win. Although it was a tough finish we managed to take control of things with two kilometres to go. It was a team victory; one guy crosses the line with his arms in the air, but it's a success for everybody."
Overnight race leader Russell Downing finished 17th on the stage and kept a strong grip on the yellow jersey. He ended the day five seconds ahead of Alexander Kolobnev (Team Saxo Bank) and a further two ahead of the latter's team-mate Matti Breschel (Team Saxo Bank). Irishman Philip Deignan (Cervélo Test Team) is fourth, with last year's champion Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia - HTC) 11 seconds back in fifth.
Downing said afterwards that there were no big attacks launched on the day's first category climb, that of the Curragh. "Things were pretty controlled there," he stated. "There was a headwind at the summit. I think if the race had really been on there, I think there would have been some trouble. It was very open at the top."
Last year he led into the final stage but then lost his race lead on the last lap of a torturous finishing circuit in Cork city. He's hopeful that this year's finale could be different. "They've reduced the laps by one," he said. "If it was three laps last year I would have won the race, so we'll see how it goes. I'm feeling pretty good but there are a lot of strong riders close by - Saxo Bank have five, Astana have two, and there are others. We'll see what happens. It is going to be a hard task but I will go down fighting, definitely."
Two take on the bunch
Today's 196km stage was marked by a long breakaway by two riders, Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) and Irishman Mark Cassidy of the An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly team. The latter attacked immediately after the start in Clonmel and was quickly joined by the Dutchman. Together they eked out a maximum lead of 14 minutes 30 seconds.
Van Winden had started the day 2:12 back and so he was race leader on the road. Cassidy took the An Post bonus sprint in Ardfinnan, while Van Winden was first to the top of the second category Vee and Musheramore climbs, shedding Cassidy on the latter. He had also taken the An Post sprints in Castletownroche and Millstreet. However, although he was still clear at the summit of the first category Curragh climb, he was reeled in with approximately 20 kilometres remaining.
That made a bunch sprint almost certain and so it proved, with Columbia controlling the various attacks and then having little problems in delivering Cavendish to yet another victory.
Tomorrow's stage sees the race reach its finale on a 185km run from Bantry to Cork. The finishing circuit is, by his own admission, too tough for Cavendish, but the team's emphasis will switch to Pinotti's bid to take home another yellow jersey in this prestigious 2.1 event.
A total of 22 riders are within 26 seconds of Downing's jersey, including Astana's Lance Armstrong. He said that the day required a considerable amount of concentration. "It wasn't as hard as yesterday but there were rough roads, gusting wind, a few hills. It was hard enough."
One who seems certain to attack on the final leg is King of the Mountains leader Matt Wilson (Team Type 1). He missed the break on stage one and so is not in overall contention, but he showed good strength on Saturday's stage and boosted his KOM lead. He now has 39 points, four more than Van Winden.
His accelerations today to take the points from the bunch were very impressive and a big attack from him on St. Patrick's Hill or one of the other climbs on the finishing circuit could bring him strong rewards.
"I went for it on the climbs and now I have a bit more comfortable lead going into the last day," he said. "Tomorrow I am going to just make sure that the guys who are close to me don't get up the road. I would really like to concentrate more on the stage victory tomorrow. These guys will be watching each over for the overall win."
Norwegian rider Alexander Kristoff holds the other major jersey, that of points leader. He was fourth on today's stage and ended the day three points ahead of 2008 green jersey victor Downing. "It was a hard day," he proclaimed. "Hills are not my best terrain, but it was okay today. I will get ready for tomorrow, but it is going to be really tough and tight for the overall."
He's ridden the race for the past two years and described St. Patrick's Hill as "really hard." He said that he would try to stay up with the other contenders, and also that he would try to help his team-mates. Cavendish said the same thing, admitting that he wasn't strong enough to go for the stage win on such a tough finishing circuit.
With Pinotti in fifth overall and Craig Lewis just 26 seconds back in 15th however, Columbia-HTC has a chance of more GC success in the race. Other teams feel the same, though, making a humdinger of a stage all the more likely.
1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 5:07:33 |
2 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental | |
3 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
4 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
5 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
6 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | |
7 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords | |
8 | Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
9 | Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita) ISD - Neri | |
10 | Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
11 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
12 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
13 | Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
14 | Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
15 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Irish National Team | |
16 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
17 | Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
18 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australian National Team | |
19 | Andrey Grivko (Ukr) ISD - Neri | |
20 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
21 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
22 | Michael Schar (Swi) Astana | |
23 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
24 | Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
25 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
26 | Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
27 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia - HTC | |
28 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD - Neri | |
29 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | |
30 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | |
31 | Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
32 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Australian National Team | |
33 | David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team | |
34 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
35 | Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
36 | Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
37 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Test Team | |
38 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | |
39 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | |
40 | Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | |
41 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
42 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | |
43 | Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD - Neri | |
44 | Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
45 | Graham Briggs (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
46 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
47 | Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | |
48 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
49 | Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
50 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
51 | Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords | |
52 | Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team Halfords | |
53 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
54 | Bernard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
55 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervélo Test Team | |
56 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
57 | Dan Craven (Nam) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
58 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
59 | Stake Vegard Laengen (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
60 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Irish National Team | |
61 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
62 | Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | |
63 | Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
64 | Ian McLeod (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
65 | Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 | |
66 | Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
67 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
68 | Mark O'Brien (Aus) Australian National Team | |
69 | Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
70 | Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1 | |
71 | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
72 | Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
73 | Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
74 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
75 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords | |
76 | Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) AST Astana | |
77 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | |
78 | Sondre G Sortveit (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
79 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
80 | Bradley Potgieter (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
81 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | |
82 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | |
83 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Australian National Team | |
84 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | |
85 | Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
86 | Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
87 | Bartosz Huzarsky (Pol) ISD - Neri | |
88 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
89 | Kurt Arvesen (Nor) SAX Team Saxo Bank | |
90 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team | |
91 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Australian National Team | |
92 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo Test Team | |
93 | Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team | |
94 | Nicholas Walker (Aus) Australian National Team | 0:00:16 |
95 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:30 |
96 | James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 0:09:18 |
97 | Robert Hayles (GBr) Team Halfords | |
98 | Svein Erik Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
99 | Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team | |
100 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post Sean Kelly Team | 0:09:31 |
101 | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN Cycling | 0:10:08 |
102 | Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | 0:16:40 |
103 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
104 | Ken Hanson (USA) Team Type 1 | |
DNF | Sean Downey (Irl) Irish National Team | |
DNF | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD - Neri | |
DNF | Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
DNF | David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords |
1 | Rabobank | 15:22:39 |
2 | An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
3 | ISD - Neri | |
4 | BMC Racing Team | |
5 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
6 | Cervélo Test Team | |
7 | Team Saxo Bank | |
8 | Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
9 | Astana | |
10 | MTN Cycling | |
11 | Joker Bianchi | |
12 | Irish National Team | |
13 | Team Halfords | |
14 | Australian National Team | |
15 | Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
16 | Team Type 1 |
1 | M Cassidy (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 5 | pts |
2 | D Van Winden (Rabobank) | 3 | |
3 | P Deignan (Cervelo TestTeam) | 2 | |
4 | A Grivko (ISD) | 1 |
1 | D Van Winden (Rabobank) | 10 | pts |
2 | M Cassidy (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 7 | |
3 | J Thomson (MTN) | 4 | |
4 | P Lavery (Irish National Team) | 2 | |
5 | M Wilson (Team Type 1) | 1 |
1 | D Van Winden (Rabobank) | 5 | pts |
2 | M Cassidy (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 3 | |
3 | P Deignan (Cervelo TestTeam) | 2 | |
4 | M Reimer (Cervelo TestTeam) | 1 |
1 | D Van Winden (Rabobank) | 10 | pts |
2 | M Cassidy (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 7 | |
3 | M Wilson (Team Type 1) | 4 | |
4 | J Thomson (MTN) | 2 | |
5 | S Milne (Team Type 1) | 1 |
1 | D Van Winden (Rabobank) | 5 | pts |
2 | M Cassidy (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 3 | |
3 | A Grivko (ISD) | 2 | |
4 | J McCartney (Team Saxo Bank) | 1 |
1 | D Van Winden (Rabobank) | 15 | pts |
2 | M Wilson (Team Type 1) | 12 | |
3 | J Van Heerden (MTN) | 10 | |
4 | J Hernández (Astana) | 8 | |
5 | J McCartney (Team Saxo Bank) | 6 | |
6 | J Rubiera (Astana) | 4 | |
7 | M Breschel (Team Saxo Bank) | 2 | |
8 | S O'Grady (Team Saxo Bank) | 1 |
1 | Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 10:18:00 |
2 | Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:05 |
3 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:07 |
4 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Test Team | 0:00:10 |
5 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:11 |
6 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | |
7 | Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
8 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:17 |
9 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:22 |
10 | Andrey Grivko (Ukr) ISD - Neri | 0:00:23 |
11 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | 0:00:25 |
12 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental | 0:00:26 |
13 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD - Neri | |
14 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
15 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - HTC | |
16 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
17 | Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD - Neri | |
18 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | |
19 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
20 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | |
21 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | |
22 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo Test Team | |
23 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:12 |
24 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental | 0:02:14 |
25 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental | 0:02:16 |
26 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 0:02:18 |
27 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | 0:02:19 |
28 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo Test Team | 0:02:21 |
29 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords | 0:02:22 |
30 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
31 | Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
32 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australian National Team | |
33 | Michael Schar (Swi) Astana | |
34 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
35 | Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
36 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Australian National Team | |
37 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia - HTC | |
38 | Graham Briggs (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
39 | Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords | |
40 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | |
41 | Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team Halfords | |
42 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervélo Test Team | |
43 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
44 | Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
45 | Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
46 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | |
47 | Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
48 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Irish National Team | |
49 | David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team | |
50 | Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | |
51 | Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
52 | Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank | |
53 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
54 | Ian McLeod (RSA) MTN Cycling | |
55 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords | |
56 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
57 | Mark O'Brien (Aus) Australian National Team | |
58 | Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post Sean Kelly Team | |
59 | Stake Vegard Laengen (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
60 | Matt Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
61 | Sondre G Sortveit (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
62 | Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
63 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Team Type 1 | |
64 | Jose Rubiera (Spa) AST Astana | |
65 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | |
66 | Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
67 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi | |
68 | Bartosz Huzarsky (Pol) ISD - Neri | |
69 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team | |
70 | Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank | |
71 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
72 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | |
73 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Australian National Team | |
74 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Australian National Team | |
75 | Nicholas Walker (Aus) Australian National Team | 0:02:38 |
76 | Bradley Potgieter (RSA) MTN Cycling | 0:02:43 |
77 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:48 |
78 | Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | 0:05:30 |
79 | Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita) ISD - Neri | 0:06:34 |
80 | Svein Vold (Nor) TMB Joker Bianchi | 0:11:40 |
81 | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN Cycling | 0:12:51 |
82 | Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Cycling | 0:14:24 |
83 | Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post Sean Kelly Team | 0:14:27 |
84 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
85 | Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
86 | Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
87 | Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
88 | Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
89 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Irish National Team | |
90 | Dan Craven (Nam) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
91 | Bernard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - HTC | |
92 | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | |
93 | Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 | |
94 | Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1 | |
95 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - HTC | |
96 | Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team | |
97 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo Test Team | |
98 | Robert Hayles (GBr) Team Halfords | 0:23:45 |
99 | James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | |
100 | Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team | |
101 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post Sean Kelly Team | 0:23:51 |
102 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 0:31:07 |
103 | Ken Hanson (USA) Team Type 1 | |
104 | Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | 0:37:59 |
1 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 10:18:07 |
2 | Frederick Wilman (Nor) Team Joker Bianchi | 0:00:04 |
3 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:10 |
4 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental | 0:00:19 |
5 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia-HTC |
1 | Team Saxo Bank | 30:54:39 |
2 | ISD - Neri | 0:00:24 |
3 | Cervélo Test Team | |
4 | Astana | |
5 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:20 |
6 | Joker Bianchi | |
7 | BMC Racing Team | 0:02:35 |
8 | Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 0:04:15 |
9 | Rabobank | 0:04:31 |
10 | An Post Sean Kelly Team | 0:06:27 |
11 | Team Halfords | |
12 | MTN Cycling | |
13 | Australian National Team | |
14 | Rapha Condor Cycling Team | |
15 | Irish National Team | 0:18:32 |
16 | Team Type 1 |
1 | A Kristoff (Team Joker Bianchi) | 18 | pts |
2 | R Downing (CandiTV - Marshalls Pasta) | 15 | |
3 | M Cavendish (Team Columbia - HTC) | 15 | |
4 | A Kolobnev (Team Saxo Bank) | 14 | |
5 | P Deignan (Cervelo TestTeam) | 14 | |
6 | M Van Staeyen (Rabobank Continental) | 14 | |
7 | D Van Winden (Rabobank Continental) | 13 | |
8 | M Breschel (Team Saxo Bank) | 13 | |
9 | S O'Grady (Team Saxo Bank) | 13 | |
10 | M Reimer (Cervelo TestTeam) | 13 | |
11 | M Cassidy (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 11 | |
12 | H Zubeldia (Astana) | 11 | |
13 | S Van Vooren (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 11 | |
14 | M Pinotti (Team Columbia - HTC) | 10 | |
15 | F Wilman (Team Joker Bianchi) | 9 | |
16 | I Wilkinson (Halfords) | 9 | |
17 | C Van Heerden (MTN) | 8 | |
18 | F Rabon (Team Columbia - HTC) | 7 | |
19 | J Fuglsang (Team Saxo Bank) | 7 | |
20 | P De Negri (ISD - Neri) | 7 | |
21 | A Grivko (ISD - Neri) | 6 | |
22 | D Kostyuk (ISD - Neri) | 6 | |
23 | J Van Heerden (MTN) | 6 | |
24 | K House (Rapha Condor Cycling Team) | 5 | |
25 | J Thomson (MTN) | 5 | |
26 | M Frank (BMC Racing Team) | 5 | |
27 | I Abakoumov (ISD - Neri) | 5 | |
28 | R Sinkeldam (Rabobank Continental) | 5 | |
29 | S Kruijswijk (Rabobank Continental) | 4 | |
30 | M Kohler (BMC Racing Team) | 4 | |
31 | A Cruz (BMC Racing Team) | 3 | |
32 | D Lloyd (Cervelo TestTeam) | 2 | |
33 | G Rasch (Cervelo TestTeam) | 2 | |
34 | K Lisabeth (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 2 | |
35 | I Ilesic Aldo (Team Type 1) | 2 | |
36 | L Nordhaug (Team Joker Bianchi) | 1 | |
37 | S Bennett (Irish National Team) | 1 | |
38 | J McCartney (Team Saxo Bank) | 1 | |
39 | F Calabria (Team Type 1) | 1 |
1 | M Wilson (Team Type 1) | 39 | pts |
2 | D Van Winden (Rabobank Continental) | 35 | |
3 | J Thomson (MTN) | 27 | |
4 | P Lavery (Irish National Team) | 14 | |
5 | M Cassidy (An Post Sean Kelly Team) | 14 | |
6 | J Rubiera (Astana) | 12 | |
7 | M Pinotti (Team Columbia - HTC) | 10 | |
8 | J Van Heerden (MTN) | 10 | |
9 | C Lewis (Team Columbia - HTC) | 9 | |
10 | J Hernández (Astana) | 8 | |
11 | H Zubeldia (Astana) | 7 | |
12 | M Breschel (Team Saxo Bank) | 6 | |
13 | A Grivko (ISD - Neri) | 6 | |
14 | J McCartney (Team Saxo Bank) | 6 | |
15 | S Milne (Team Type 1) | 3 | |
16 | J Fuglsang (Team Saxo Bank) | 2 | |
17 | M Possoni (Team Columbia - HTC) | 2 | |
18 | S O'Grady (Team Saxo Bank) | 1 | |
19 | L Armstrong (Astana) | 1 | |
20 | M Schar (Astana) | 1 | |
21 | J Hunt (Cervelo TestTeam) | 1 |

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