Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Le Tour de France 2012 – Stage 9: Arc-et-Senans – Besançon (ITT), 41.5km.

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I guess I have to face up to it: it’s a black and blue – and yellow, world.

I best get the hang of this ‘box ticking’ thing, then.

  • Dominate traditional preparation races for the Tour de France, thereby demoralising the opposition and creating an air of invulnerability: check.
  • Produce a cracking ride in the prologue to leave the opposition in no doubt as to your form and put you within spitting distance of the maillot jaune: check.
  • Avoid the crashes in the sprinter stages and allow some of the team to help your star sprinter so as he doesn’t lapse into depression: check.
  • Stay out of hospital in the even nastier than the sprinter stages, transition stages: check.
  • Ride a scintillating first time trial to increase the daylight between you and any challengers – and keep any team mates with big ideas in their box: check.

Well, all the boxes are ticked, so far – but what’s left?

  • Demonstrate the same climbing skills on the long Alpine and Pyrenean passes that you did on those short, steep climbs which aren’t meant to suit you, but which you were right up there in.
  • Do not have a ‘jour sans’ – or if you do then don’t let any of those damn foreigners be aware it.
  • Do not fall off – but if you do, land on something soft.

Joking apart, there’s an air of inevitability creeping into this Tour; Wiggins display against the watch today was masterful.

There are still two weeks to go but already he’s looking like the winner to me.

Le Tour de France 2012 - Stage 9
Wiggins was masterful today.

To use a Sean Kelly word, the others are going to have to majorly put time into him in the mountains – which just doesn’t seem likely – and the odds are that he’ll blast everyone in the final 53 K chrono, too.

But as we said yesterday, it’s by no means unprecedented for the yellow jersey to have to abandon – I mentioned in my lifetime, Ocana (71), Hinault (80), Simon (83) and Sorensen (91) but overlooked Stephane Heulot (96) and our own Chris Boardman (98).

And if you want to include riders who had to quit for ‘other’ reasons, there’s Michel Pollentier (78) and Michael Rasmussen (07) – but best not mention them, I don’t want an earful from Brad.

I invited myself to Vik’s to watch the stage; I was going to miss a chunk of it if I had to drive back to Portobello – I did smooth the invasion with coffee gateau, though.

We both couldn’t fail to be impressed by first Froome and then Bradley – both men had Cancellara well beaten, with Wiggins’ margin almost one minute.

Froome’s skinny frame makes him an unlikely ‘chrono man’ and he’s hardly poetry in motion but he’s excellent in Grand Tour time trials – first showing us this talent in last year’s Vuelta.

Le Tour de France 2012 - Stage 9
We were intrigued by his skinsuit – that calls for a good ‘skek’ by Martin and I come the Stage 19 TT at Bonneval.

Looking at the others, it wasn’t that Evans was on a bad day, today – just that Wiggins was having a spectacular one.

The Londoner was smooth, focussed, rarely out of the crouch, keeping the cadence high – poetry in motion.

And respect to Paul Sherwen for reminding us that Bradley’s father, Gary was an excellent track rider – let’s hope he’s resting in peace.

Tejay van Garderen (‘van’ with a small ‘v’ please, or Sean the BMC press guy will be on your case) produced an excellent ride which bodes well for the future.

‘Chava’ continues to shine against the watch and both Nibali and Menchov produced solid rides, albeit dropping two minutes to the rampant Wiggins.

Peter Velits’ ride was another from the top drawer; he’s benefited from the ‘QuickStep effect’ this year – Boonen’s early season gave them all so much to live up to.

It wasn’t a good day for the ‘usual suspects’ among the specialists, Tony Martin punctured – again – and at this level, it’s over the minute the rim hits the tar.

Lieuwe Westra was 17th at 2:45 and Gustav Larsson 21st at 2:55 – poor rides by both men’s usual high standards.

Tomorrow is the rest day, so no need for predictions.

And VeloVeritas heads off to join proceedings tomorrow – God willing our next words will come from La Belle France.

Sunshine, wee bars with cold Pelforth and big televisions, scrambled eggs and coffee in the Tour Village for breakfast, L’Équipe the same day as it’s published… all that – and a bike race, too.

A demain.

Result - Le Tour de France 2012 - Stage 9

Stage Result

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:51:24
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:35
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:57
4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:06
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:01:24
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:43
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:01:59
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:07
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:02:08
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:09
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:15
12 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:02:16
13 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:20
14 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:02:22
15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:02:26
16 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:44
17 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:45
18 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:46
19 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:52
20 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:02:54
21 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:55
22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:02:58
23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:08
24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
25 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:09
26 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:03:20
28 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:03:29
29 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:39
30 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:47
31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
32 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:03:48
33 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:57
34 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:01
35 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:06
36 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp 0:04:14
37 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:04:20
38 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
39 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:04:23
40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:04:25
41 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:04:26
42 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:30
43 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:04:31
44 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:32
45 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:34
46 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano 0:04:35
47 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:38
48 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:04:42
49 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:04:44
50 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
51 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:04:46
52 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:47
53 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:04:50
54 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp
55 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:51
56 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:54
57 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:04
58 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:05:05
59 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:12
60 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:05:13
61 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:15
62 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:16
63 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
64 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
65 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:05:21
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:22
67 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:24
68 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:05:30
69 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:31
70 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
71 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:05:33
72 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:05:34
73 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
74 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:05:37
75 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:40
76 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:05:45
77 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
78 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:05:46
79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
80 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
81 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:05:48
82 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:49
83 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
84 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:05:50
85 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:05:54
86 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:06:04
87 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:06:08
88 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:06:09
89 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:06:20
90 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:06:22
91 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:27
92 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:06:29
93 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
94 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:06:31
95 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:06:33
96 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:06:34
97 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:06:36
98 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:06:39
99 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
100 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:41
101 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:06:42
102 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos – Shimano
103 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:06:43
104 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:06:46
105 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
106 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:48
107 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:06:52
108 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:06:54
109 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
110 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:55
111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:06:56
112 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 0:06:59
113 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos – Shimano 0:07:00
114 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
115 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:07:02
116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:05
117 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:06
118 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
119 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:07:07
120 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
121 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:07:10
122 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD
123 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:07:12
124 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:07:14
125 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
126 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
127 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
128 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:07:16
129 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:07:17
130 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos – Shimano 0:07:18
131 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:22
132 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:07:23
133 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:26
134 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:07:27
135 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
137 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:40
138 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:07:46
139 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:53
140 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:07:56
141 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:58
142 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
143 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 0:07:59
144 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:08:04
145 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 0:08:06
146 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:08:07
147 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:08:11
149 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:08:15
150 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:17
151 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
152 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:08:18
153 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:08:25
154 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:26
155 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano 0:08:27
156 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:08:30
157 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:31
158 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:33
159 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:08:36
160 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:38
161 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:08:43
162 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 0:08:44
163 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:08:50
164 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano
165 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:08:54
166 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:08:55
167 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD 0:09:00
168 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:09:01
169 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:09:07
170 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
171 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:08
172 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
173 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:09:15
174 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 0:09:22
175 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:09:25
176 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:09:32
177 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 0:09:57
178 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:11:10

Overall Classification

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 39:09:20
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:53
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:02:07
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:23
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:02
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:19
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:23
8 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:05:14
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:05:20
10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:29
11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:05:46
12 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:05:56
13 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:59
14 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:06:29
15 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:33
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:08:18
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:19
18 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:08:31
19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:08:34
20 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:08:44
21 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:53
22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:06
23 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:07
24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:09:32
25 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:00
26 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:10:25
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:10:27
28 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:46
29 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:12:16
30 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:12:23
31 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:14:10
32 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:14:33
33 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:15:18
34 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:16:25
35 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:18:07
36 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:19:09
37 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
38 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:20:50
39 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:21:34
40 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:58
41 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:23:29
42 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:24:02
43 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0:24:03
44 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:24:08
45 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:24:24
46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:43
47 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:24:47
48 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team 0:25:23
49 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:25:25
50 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:25:48
51 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:26:00
52 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:26:07
53 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:26:16
54 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:26:34
55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:31
56 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:27:42
57 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:28:25
58 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:28:27
59 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:29:14
60 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:29:15
61 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:30:37
62 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:31:16
63 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:31:30
64 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:31:42
65 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:31:47
66 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:32:00
67 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Sharp 0:32:03
68 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:32:10
69 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD 0:32:25
70 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:32:54
71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:32:59
72 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:33:02
73 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:34:13
74 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:34:21
75 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:34:28
76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:34:59
77 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:35:30
78 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:35:50
79 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:36:05
80 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:36:14
81 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:36:16
82 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:36:36
83 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:36:47
84 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:37:02
85 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:37:15
86 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:37:16
87 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:37:33
88 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:37:56
89 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:38:19
90 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:38:22
91 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:38:44
92 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:38:48
93 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:38:59
94 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:39:08
95 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:39:31
96 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:39:32
97 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:39:34
98 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:39:44
99 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:39:53
100 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:40:35
101 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:40:47
102 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:40:59
103 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:41:22
104 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar
105 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
106 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:41:32
107 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano 0:41:36
108 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:41:40
109 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:41:58
110 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:42:07
111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:42:45
112 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:43:04
113 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
114 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:43:21
115 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:44:00
116 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:44:12
117 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:45:52
118 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:45:55
119 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:47:32
120 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:48:14
121 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:48:25
122 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:48:46
123 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:48:47
124 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:49:18
125 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:50:00
126 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:50:51
127 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:50:52
128 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:51:02
129 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:51:19
130 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:51:20
131 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:51:38
132 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Sharp 0:51:47
133 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:52:56
134 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 0:53:00
135 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:54:00
136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:54:08
137 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:54:37
138 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:54:38
139 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano 0:55:44
140 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:56:16
141 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 0:56:21
142 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:56:38
143 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:56:42
144 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:56:49
145 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:56:57
146 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:57:33
147 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 0:57:46
148 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:58:46
149 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:58:48
150 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:59:25
151 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:59:41
152 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:00:02
153 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:00:42
154 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:00:53
155 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD 1:01:34
156 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:01:56
157 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Argos – Shimano 1:02:09
158 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:02:36
159 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 1:02:54
160 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1:03:24
161 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:03:37
162 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 1:03:56
163 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre – ISD 1:04:19
164 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:05:00
165 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 1:05:16
166 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:05:52
167 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:05:58
168 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 1:06:19
169 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 1:06:52
170 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 1:07:08
171 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1:08:47
172 Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos – Shimano 1:08:48
173 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:09:25
174 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 1:11:33
175 Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos – Shimano 1:14:51
176 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:17:48
177 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 1:18:32
178 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 1:19:33
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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