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Giro d’Italia 2012 – Stage 16: Limone sul Garda – Falzes/Pfalzen 174km

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I watched the stage from Limone sul Garda and the finale at ‘Casa Vik’, today. It was kind of him to invite me over; I wouldn’t have made it home in time to see the finish. But it wasn’t the same, not being there, not being part of it all. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older and more sentimental, but this year I felt the strongest connection to the race I’ve had in the seven times I’ve covered it.

Perhaps it was because we chatted to Jack Bauer and Alex Rasmussen most days – or maybe it was because we were so well looked after at all of the digs we stayed in, but whatever it was, the Giro had us, hook, line and sinker.

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It’s been good to chat to Alex most days.

Dave knocked off from work early, today – suffering from Giro withdrawal; that says it all.

‘Get back to the racing, you old fool!’ I hear you say.

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Nikolas Maes.

Here’s what the QuickStep press release said:

“Fresh off a rest day, Nikolas Maes was part of a 10 rider breakaway that escaped 80km into the 174km race.

“The break had almost 12 minutes on the peloton at one point, in Stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday.

“The peloton never put much of a dent into the gap, which kept all of the riders in the break in contention for the stage victory in the final kilometres.

“However, Jon Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) attacked within the last few kilometres and soloed to victory on the last climb of the stage.

“Alessandro de Marchi (Androni Giacattoli-Venezuela) was second and Stef Clement (Rabobank) was third. Dario Cataldo remains in the top 10 overall, in 9th, 2’12” back from current GC leader Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha Team).”

The Basque – Izagirre Insausti comes from the village of Ormaiztegia and is 23 years-old.

He’s been Spanish U23 time trial champion and Basque cyclo-cross champion.

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Izagirre Insausti. Image©profimedia.cz

This year he was top 20 in Gent-Wevelgem and won the chrono in the Tour of Asturias – and he’s saved Euskaltel’s Giro.

Vik’s take on the stage was that it was like ‘watching paint dry;’ but he did say the Spaniard gauged his ride well – praise indeed from Vik.

He’s not into ‘waif-like climbers’ as a rule.

He also opined that he doesn’t think Cav will ride the Tour – he can’t really, if Sky is serious about winning – and he reckons that Cav will be offsky from Sky by the end of the year.

At the Giro you just get a feel for how things are – Garmin is a happy ship, Liquigas a very tight, professional ship.

But certain squads just don’t give off the right vibe, The Shack is one – and we’ll say no more.

Vik’s assessment of the stage was always going to go that way – the stage wasn’t for the sprinters, due to that ‘snap’ in the last five K and as the day after the rest day and before a ‘death stage’ no one except the escape artists would relish it.

Tomorrow is a monster with four categorised climbs – two firsts and two seconds.

The last climb is a Giro legend, the Passo Giau – 10 K @ 10% – daunting.

The only saving grace is that it’s not a mountain top finish, so there’s time to claw back a little time.

I’ll be riveted to that sofa for the finale.

Ciao, ciao – oh, sorry, I mean, talk to you the morn.

Result - Giro d’Italia 2012 – Stage 16: Limone sul Garda - Falzes/Pfalzen 174km

Stage Result

1 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 4:02:00
2 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:16
3 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:19
5 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:21
6 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:37
7 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp 0:00:43
8 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:45
9 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
10 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:00:48
11 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:08:54
12 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
13 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:57
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Barracuda
15 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
16 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
17 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
18 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
19 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD
21 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
22 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
23 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
25 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan
26 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
27 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team
28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
29 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre – ISD
30 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
31 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
32 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
34 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
35 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
37 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team
38 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
39 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
40 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
41 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
42 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
43 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
44 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
46 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha Team
47 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling
48 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
49 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
50 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
51 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
52 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
53 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
54 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
55 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
56 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
57 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:10:00
58 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
59 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
60 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:19
61 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
62 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
63 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
64 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
65 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team
66 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
67 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
68 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
69 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
70 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
71 Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
72 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank
74 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
75 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 0:10:44
76 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:11:39
77 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
78 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
80 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat
81 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
82 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
83 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
84 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
85 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:12:02
86 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre – ISD
87 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:12:08
88 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD
89 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
90 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD
91 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
92 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
93 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
94 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
95 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
96 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
97 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
98 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
99 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
100 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp
101 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
102 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel – Euskadi
103 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
104 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team
105 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team
106 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
107 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
108 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
109 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
110 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
111 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
112 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
113 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
114 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
115 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
116 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
117 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
118 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin – Barracuda
119 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team
120 Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
121 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
122 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
123 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan
124 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
125 Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
126 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
127 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp
128 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp
129 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp
130 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank
131 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
132 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin – Barracuda
133 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
134 Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
135 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
136 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
137 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
138 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
139 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
140 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
141 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
142 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Barracuda
143 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
144 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat
145 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
146 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin – Barracuda 0:13:18
147 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
148 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
149 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
150 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
151 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
153 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat
154 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp
155 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp
156 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
157 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
158 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp
159 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
160 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
161 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
162 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
163 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
164 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
165 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin – Barracuda
166 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
167 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
168 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling
169 Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:13:43
170 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:13:59
171 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
172 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:15:42
173 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
174 Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:16:05

General Classification

1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 69:22:04
2 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Barracuda 0:00:30
3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:22
4 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:26
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:01:27
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:01:36
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:42
8 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:55
9 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:12
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:13
11 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:02:56
12 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:16
13 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:03:17
14 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:24
15 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:03:33
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:03:45
18 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:04:20
19 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:04:45
20 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:31
21 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:35
22 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:07:50
23 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:08:15
24 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:04
25 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:10:09
26 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:10:16
27 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Barracuda 0:10:25
28 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:26
29 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:35
30 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:10:48
31 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:14
32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:12:25
33 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:14:57
34 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:15:37
35 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre – ISD 0:15:42
36 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:16:45
37 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:20:00
38 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Barracuda 0:20:07
39 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:22:11
40 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:23:46
41 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:24:30
42 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:25:15
43 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:27:22
44 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:29:37
45 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:31:19
46 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:32:42
47 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:35:36
48 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan 0:38:21
49 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:44:36
50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:45:19
51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:45:26
52 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:47:45
53 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:48:04
54 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:48:29
55 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:50:13
56 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:51:47
57 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp 0:52:00
58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank 0:53:57
59 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
60 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha Team 0:55:59
61 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:56:49
62 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:59:23
63 Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 1:01:10
64 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:01:27
65 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:03:12
66 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 1:03:30
67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:04:26
68 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 1:08:48
69 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:13:15
70 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:15:07
71 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:16:54
72 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 1:17:39
73 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:18:21
74 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:19:36
75 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:19:41
76 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:21:58
77 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 1:22:21
78 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:23:03
79 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:23:10
80 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:24:01
81 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 1:24:19
82 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:24:56
83 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 1:27:14
84 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:29:02
85 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:29:55
86 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:29:56
87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:31:20
88 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 1:31:37
89 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 1:32:05
90 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 1:32:15
91 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 1:36:57
92 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 1:37:03
93 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 1:37:12
94 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:38:09
95 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:38:11
96 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 1:40:11
97 Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 1:41:21
98 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp 1:42:32
99 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:42:46
100 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp 1:43:47
101 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:44:00
102 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:44:34
103 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:47:35
104 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:47:36
105 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 1:47:52
106 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:50:22
107 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 1:51:35
108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 1:52:27
109 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:52:34
110 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:54:39
111 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:55:27
112 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 1:55:57
113 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 1:57:11
114 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin – Barracuda 1:57:58
115 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1:59:04
116 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp 1:59:43
117 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2:00:58
118 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 2:02:41
119 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 2:02:51
120 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 2:02:57
121 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:03:43
122 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:03:46
123 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 2:03:55
124 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 2:04:19
125 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:04:38
126 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 2:08:23
127 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 2:12:49
128 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp 2:15:25
129 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:16:40
130 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 2:18:33
131 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:18:51
132 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2:21:49
133 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2:22:35
134 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 2:23:12
135 Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:24:03
136 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 2:24:39
137 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin – Barracuda 2:25:22
138 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 2:25:35
139 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:25:49
140 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 2:26:23
141 Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 2:26:47
142 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 2:27:48
143 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 2:27:55
144 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin – Barracuda 2:29:35
145 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2:30:24
146 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 2:33:16
147 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 2:33:47
148 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Barracuda 2:34:36
149 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2:35:44
150 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 2:36:15
151 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 2:37:27
152 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2:38:16
153 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel – Euskadi 2:39:52
154 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 2:41:47
155 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 2:41:55
156 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 2:44:17
157 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat 2:45:57
158 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 2:46:15
159 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 2:47:22
160 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 2:49:06
161 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 2:51:39
162 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat 2:52:59
163 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 2:53:32
164 Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 2:59:45
165 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin – Barracuda 3:01:38
166 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 3:02:54
167 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 3:05:42
168 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 3:06:40
169 Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 3:13:08
170 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 3:13:56
171 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 3:17:27
172 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:22:49
173 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 3:26:31
174 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 3:29:45
Ed Hood
Ed Hood
Ed's been involved in cycling for over 50 years. In that time he's been a successful time triallist, a team manager and a sponsor of several teams and clubs. He's also a respected and successful coach and during the winter months was often working in the cabins at the Six Days for some of the world's top riders. Ed remains a massive fan of the sport and couples his extensive contacts with an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the minutiae and the history of our sport. In February 2023 however, our dear friend and beloved colleague Ed suffered a devastating stroke and faces an uncertain future; Ed has lost his ability to speak, to read, and has lost movement on the right side of his body. He's working with speech and physical therapists on rehabilitation, but all strokes are different and each patient responds differently, so unfortunately recovery is one day at a time. Ed ran his own business installing windows, and will probably not be able to work again. Please consider joining us to make a contribution to Ed's GoFundMe page to help stabilise and secure his future.

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Le Tour de France 2017 – Stage 8: Dole – Station des rousses, 187.5km. Lilian Calmejane ignores the cramps and takes the solo win

It’s not often you see Direct Energie’s main man, Jean-René Bernaudeau in tears – unless someone spills something nasty on those John Wayne cowboy boots he always wears. But there were red, puffy and wet eyes for him yesterday as he hugged his big boy Lilian Calmejane at the Station Des Rousses high in the Jura mountains.

Maciej Bodnar deserves his win in Le Tour de France 2017 – Stage 20: Marseille, 22.5km ITT

Maciej Bodnar deserved his win today; it was Vince Lombardi the legendary American Football coach and sports philosopher who said; “show me a ‘good loser’ and I’ll show you a loser.”

Le Tour de France 2017 – Stage 19: Embrun – Salon-de-Provence, 222.5km. Edvald Boasson-Hagen at last!

To paraphrase the late, great Donna Summer; ‘they work hard for the money.’ Those Sky boys. Perhaps Henao had a few mountain days where Sir David and Le Chien Froomey didn’t think the Columbian did enough graft – he made up for it on Stage 19 though, riding tempo remorselessly on the front of the peloton. Spectacular? No. Damn hard work? For sure.

Le Tour de France 2017 – Stage 18: Briançon – Izoard, 179.5km. Barguil conquers the Izoard

As James Bond might say; ‘there musht be shom mishtake!’ Louis and Rigo doing a spell? Steady boys! In fairness to the UAE man from the RSA his pull didn’t last long. And neither did the Cannondale Colombian’s - but the former National Time Trial Champion and Giro TT winner had real power in his spell to close Froome down on the Izoard.

At Random

Simon Yates – Points Race Champion of the World

At VeloVeritas we pride ourselves on keeping an eye on who’s on the way up – but this gentleman caught us unawares. We should have spotted that stage win in the 2011 Tour de l’Avenir – there are no ‘soft’ stage wins in that race. So when 20 year-old Simon Yates took the rainbow jersey in the Worlds points race it shouldn’t really have been a surprise. But the man from Bury has been a World Champion before, with Dan McLay in the junior madison in 2010 – he was also silver medallist in the junior team pursuit that year.

Harry Tanfield – With AG2R-La Mondiale for 2020

Harry Tanfield signed a two year deal with World Tour outfit Katusha Alpecin at the start of last season and raced from the Mallorca ‘training’ races in early February through to the Tour of Guangxi in late October but the team folded at the end of 2019 with Tanfield moving across to French World Tour team AG2R-La Mondiale.

Race Update: Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho & Circuito de Getxo

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Monday in the Flatlands

Mondays in the Flatlands of Belgium aren’t the best; most shops are shut but the flight back to Auld Scotia isn’t ‘til late so use has to be made of the time available. Looking out of the window on Monday morning, the man across the road has his priorities right – ‘keep that Jupiler cold!’