Crystal clear win for Downing in Waterford
Brit Russell Downing wins Tour of Ireland opener
Twelve months and one day ago Russell Downing took a stage win and the yellow jersey at the Tour of Ireland when he proved the strongest of a breakaway group. History repeated itself today when the Candi TV - Marshall's Pasta rider did precisely the same again, although this time Waterford rather than Dingle was the scene of his success.
At the end of over five hours of racing, Downing galloped home one second clear of seven other riders, with Alexander Kolobnev (Team Saxo Bank), his team-mate Matti Breschel and Ireland's Philip Deignan (Cervélo Test Team) netting second through to fourth.
Haimar Zubeldia (Astana), Marco Pinotti (Columbia-HTC), Frederik Wilman (Joker Bianchi) and Oleksandr Kvachuk (ISD) also finished in the same time, with Pinotti showing that he is in good form and intent on repeating his overall victory of 2008.
American rider Lance Armstrong was part of the larger 24-man group which surged clear of the peloton on the day's final climb, the second category ascent of Inistioge, and which was split in two by the attacks inside the final ten kilometres. He placed 23rd, his group conceding sixteen seconds to Downing.
Several other big names were present in this larger group, while Saxo Bank's promising young rider Jakob Fuglsang was stranded between the two. All remain in contention overall, although everyone behind Armstrong is at least two minutes and 12 seconds off Downing and can almost certainly kiss their general classification prospects goodbye.
As for the stage victor, he said that he choose his moment correctly and that enabled him to win as he did. "The guy from Joker [Wilman] came out of the corner in the lead," he explained. "When we were going down the bypass [on the other side of the river] there was a really strong headwind, so I knew that there would be a really fast tailwind for the finish.
"One of the Saxo Bank guys took the front so I sat second wheel and tried to look out to see how far the sprint was. His team made took the lead up and gave me a really good draft. The moment was there when I was really on top of the gear and I nearly thought it was a little early, but I went for it. It was a good sprint and it was nice to get it."
Breschel has also won a stage in the past and would normally be counted on in the gallop, but he said that he was a bit fatigued after bridging across to the move. "That took a lot out of my legs," he said. "I was surprised by Russell at the finish. I didn't know who he was, but all of my team-mates told me that he was fast. I did my own race today, saving energy and seeing how far I could get."
Activity from the gun
Several hours earlier in the day 109 riders lined out in Powerscourt for the start of the first stage. A minute's solemn silence was held for Paul Healion, the rider who was killed in a car crash last Sunday, and who was due to participate with the Irish national team.
Shortly after 10am the riders lined out and, after a short loop around the nearly village of Enniskerry, the peloton moved towards the day's first climb of the Lower Sugar Loaf. Last year's KOM winner Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) was first to the top, beating Craig Lewis (Columbia-HTC) and others, then 2008 stage victor Frantisek Rabon (Columbia-HTC) and British national champ Kristian House (Rapha Condor Cycling Team) won An Post bonus sprints in Roundwood and Rathdrum.
While there were countless breakaway attempts, including a big but short-lived move by 24 riders before the bonus sprint in Rathdrum, the first move of significance was a solo effort by Jay Thomson (MTN Cycling) which came approximately an hour and a half after the start. He quickly built a maximum lead of over six minutes, and took both the top mountains points on the first category Mount Leinster after 108.8km and the An Post bonus sprint in Borris with 73km remaining.
Thomson also scooped top mountains points at the Cat 3 Coopanagh climb, where he was three minutes ahead, and continued to plug on alone. Team Ireland's 19 year old Philip Lavery attacked soon after and bridged across to him on the day's final climb, the second category Inistioge, pushing on ahead alone. He was caught however, and dropped by a group of 24 which included almost all of the pre-race favourites.
This group worked well together to build a lead of over two minutes, but then co-operation broke down when the attacks started. The decisive break, which included Pinotti, Fuglsang, Kolobnev, Deignan , Kvuachuck, Downing and Wilman clipped away with four kilometre remaining; Breschel and Zebeldia then joined across before the final sprint, which was won by Downing:
Deignan was happy with his performance, but admitted he did too much on the run in toward the finish on Waterford's crowd-thronged Quays. "I was in the original group of 24 and then with ten kilometres remaining, attacks started to go on the main road," he said. "Groups kept on going and coming back; eventually a group of seven of us got away with about four kilometres go to."
He feels he got things wrong in the finale. "I think I was a bit too aggressive coming in towards the finish, so I didn't have the legs for the sprint."
Breschel also missed out on a possible win, but didn't sound too disappointed. "We have a lot of cards to play, we have a lot of guys in the breakaway. For sure we wanted to win the stage, but basically we are just trying to test ourselves before the Vuelta and hopefully try to take the jersey tomorrow or in Cork."
Twelve months ago Downing had the yellow jersey going into the tough Cork finale but lost out under the continued onslaught of a number of competitors, including the eventually winner Pinotti. This time round, he hopes for better than second overall. "We'll aim to defend and have the jersey heading onto that finishing circuit on Sunday," he said. "I've taken a stage win now, we'll just see how it works out."
Wilson is another who is planning on defending his new garment. He won the King of the Mountains last year and would like to do so again. "It wasn't preconceived to go for the jersey," he said. "I just happened to be on the front on the first climb and no-one really seemed to go for it, so I jumped and went for the top. I got a few points and decided to keep going, to keep plugging away and see what happens. I'll aim to defend this all the way to the finish now."
The race continues tomorrow with another 196 kilometre leg, this time from Clonmel to Killarney. It includes the category-two Musheramore plus the first category Curragh, but a bunch sprint cannot be ruled out. If so, Mark Cavendish (Columbia HTC) is clearly the one to watch.
1 | Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 5:10:37 |
2 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | 0:00:01 |
3 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Columbia-HTC | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 0:00:07 |
10 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD | 0:00:16 |
11 | Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Craig Lewis (USA) Columbia-HTC | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Saxo Bank | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Stuart O:Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 0:02:12 |
25 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Graham Briggs (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Svein Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Jason McCartney (USA) Saxo Bank | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Ian McLeod (Rsa) MTN Cycling | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Christoff Van Heerden (Rsa) MTN Cycling | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Columbia-HTC | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Sondre G Sortveit (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Ronan Mc Laughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Mark O:Brien (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Bartosz Huzarsky (Pol) ISD | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Stake Vegard Laengen (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-HTC | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Juan Van Heerden (Rsa) MTN Cycling | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Nicholas Walker (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Bradley Potgieter (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 0:02:33 |
82 | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN Cycling | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | 0:05:20 |
84 | Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita) ISD | 0:06:24 |
85 | Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team | 0:14:17 |
86 | Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Sean Downey (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Robert Hayles (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Columbia-HTC | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Jay Thomson (Rsa) MTN Cycling | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Dan Craven (Nam) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Shawn Milne (Usa) Team Type 1 | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Ken Hanson (Usa) Team Type 1 | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Michael Creed (Usa) Team Type 1 | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Columbia-HTC | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | 0:21:10 |
DNF | Ed Clancy (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
1 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC | 5 | pts |
2 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | 5 | pts |
2 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Jay Thomson (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 5 | pts |
2 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 6 | pts |
2 | Craig Lewis (USA) Columbia-HTC | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Shawn Milne (Usa) Team Type 1 | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Jay Thomson (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 15 | pts |
2 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Columbia-HTC | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Craig Lewis (USA) Columbia-HTC | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Columbia-HTC | 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | 1 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
1 | Jay Thomson (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 6 | pts |
2 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Irish National Team | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Craig Lewis (USA) Columbia-HTC | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
1 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Irish National Team | 10 | pts |
2 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | 7 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
1 | Team Saxo Bank | 15:32:00 |
2 | ISD - Neri | 0:00:24 |
3 | Cervélo Test Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Astana | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Joker Bianchi | 0:02:20 |
6 | Team Columbia - HTC | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | BMC Racing Team | 0:02:35 |
8 | Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 0:04:15 |
9 | Rabobank Continental Team | 0:04:31 |
10 | Team Halfords | 0:06:27 |
11 | Australian National Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | An Post Sean Kelly Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | MTN Cycling | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Team Type 1 | 0:18:32 |
16 | Irish National Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
1 | Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 5:10:27 |
2 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | 0:00:05 |
3 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | 0:00:07 |
4 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:00:11 |
5 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Columbia-HTC | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 0:00:17 |
10 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD | 0:00:24 |
11 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 0:00:25 |
12 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD | 0:00:26 |
13 | Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Craig Lewis (USA) Columbia-HTC | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Saxo Bank | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Stuart O:Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 0:02:18 |
25 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | 0:02:19 |
27 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental Team | 0:02:22 |
28 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Mark McNally (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Graham Briggs (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Svein Vold (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Jason McCartney (USA) Saxo Bank | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Ian McLeod (Rsa) MTN Cycling | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Christoff Van Heerden (Rsa) MTN Cycling | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Columbia-HTC | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Sondre G Sortveit (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Ronan Mc Laughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Mark O:Brien (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Jef Peeters (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Bartosz Huzarsky (Pol) ISD | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Stake Vegard Laengen (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-HTC | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Timothy Roe (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Juan Van Heerden (Rsa) MTN Cycling | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Stian Remme (Nor) Joker Bianchi | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | David Fletcher (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Nicholas Walker (Aus) Australian National Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Bradley Potgieter (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 0:02:43 |
82 | Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN Cycling | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | 0:05:30 |
84 | Pierpaolo De Negri (Ita) ISD | 0:06:34 |
85 | Jay Thomson (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 0:14:24 |
86 | Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team | 0:14:27 |
87 | Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Sean Downey (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Robert Hayles (GBr) Team Halfords | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Peter Williams (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | James Sampson (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Columbia-HTC | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Dale Appleby (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Dan Craven (Nam) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Shawn Milne (Usa) Team Type 1 | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly Team | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Andrew Roche (Irl) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Martyn Irvine (Irl) Irish National Team | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Ken Hanson (Usa) Team Type 1 | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Michael Creed (Usa) Team Type 1 | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Columbia-HTC | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | 0:21:19 |
1 | Russell Downing (GBr) Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 15 | pts |
2 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Saxo Bank | 14 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | 13 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam | 12 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | 11 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Columbia-HTC | 10 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 9 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD | 8 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Columbia-HTC | 7 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 7 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD | 6 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 6 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor Cycling Team | 5 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Jay Thomson (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 5 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD | 5 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 5 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | 4 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD | 3 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 2 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam | 2 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Ino Ilesic Aldo (Slo) Team Type 1 | 2 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 1 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
1 | Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 | 22 | pts |
2 | Jay Thomson (Rsa) MTN Cycling | 21 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Philip Lavery (Irl) Irish National Team | 12 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Columbia-HTC | 10 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Craig Lewis (USA) Columbia-HTC | 9 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana | 8 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | 7 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD | 6 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | 4 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Columbia-HTC | 2 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Shawn Milne (Usa) Team Type 1 | 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 1 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Michael Schär (Swi) Astana | 1 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam | 1 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
1 | Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank | 5:10:34 |
2 | Frederik Wilman (Nor) Joker Bianchi | 0:00:04 |
3 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank | 0:00:10 |
4 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:19 |
5 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
1 | Team Saxo Bank | 15:32:00 |
2 | ISD - Neri | 0:00:24 |
3 | Cervélo Test Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Astana | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Joker Bianchi | 0:02:20 |
6 | Team Columbia - HTC | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | BMC Racing Team | 0:02:35 |
8 | Candi TV - Marshalls Pasta | 0:04:15 |
9 | Rabobank Continental Team | 0:04:31 |
10 | Team Halfords | 0:06:27 |
11 | Australian National Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Rapha Condor Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | An Post Sean Kelly Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | MTN Cycling | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Team Type 1 | 0:18:32 |
16 | Irish National Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
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