Stage 1 finish town of Bastia, Corsica |
The scenic island of Corsica
hosted stage one of the 2013 Tour De France today under warm sunny skies. The
stage ended in chaos and mayhem however, as the Orica GreenEdge team bus got
stuck passing under the finish line banner, with the peloton only a few miles
from the finish. While the organizers raced to clear the massive obstruction, a
new finish line was announced, and then the original one returned as the bus
was finally cleared. During the confusion, several crashes marred the finale, and
in the end neither Mark Cavendish, nor André Greipel, nor Peter Sagan were
there to contest the finish sprint.
Marcel Kittel wins the stage 1 finish sprint |
The survivors duked it out,
and Argos Shimano’s German sprinter, Marcel Kittel took advantage of the
absence of the “big three” sprinters, and dashed to the win and the yellow
leader’s jersey. The victims of the mass crash that delayed Cavendish, Sagan, Alberto
Contador and others were all given the same time as the winners since the crash
happened within 3k of the newly-announced finish line at 3k to go.
Click “read more” to see how
the stage unfolded and the complete results:
Stage 1
213k from Porto-Vecchio to
Bastia
Flat
Weather: mostly sunny, dry, with
temps in the mid 70’s f. (low to mid 20’s c)
Todd Harris and Bob Roll in
studio; Phil and Paul live commentators;
Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto)
became the first rider to use the new mobile medical van at the Tour De France.
He had a pre-race x-ray that revealed a broken rib sustained two weeks ago at
the Ster ZLM Toer. Part of André Greipel’s lead-out train for the sprints,
Roelandts will start the Tour with a handicap.
The 100th edition
of the Tour De France is under way!
Early Break (5 escaped at km
0): Cousin (EUC – attacked first), Lobato (EUS), Boom (BEL), Flecha (VCD),
Lemoine (ARG);
*Froome crash in km1: rider
in front of him tapped brakes, and Froome went down. After a long wheel change,
he continued.
-179k: Break have a 3:00
lead on the peloton.
The escapees sprint for the KOM line, the single point
available at the category 4 climb at km 45 will give the polka dot jersey to
the rider who gets there first; the climb is a mere 1.1k at 5.9%;
Km 45.5 KOM 1: 1. Lobato
Just after the feed zone, about midway through the stage, the
peloton close in on the break, and Jerome Cousin
(EUC) attacks;
Lemoine chases, and Lobato,
Flecha, and Boom chase and catch up to him;
Cousin is currently the
leader on the road; the peloton let them get a 2:00 lead again;
Jerome Pineau has been doing
a lot of the work on the front of the peloton for Omega Pharma and their
sprinter, Cavendish.
-100k: lead is up to 3:19
for Cousin; who sits up and waits for the other 4 to catch up;
-90k peloton trail 5 leaders
by 4:00;
-66k lead is 2:14 as the
leaders approach the intermediate sprint at km 150;
The sprinters’ teams are
organizing at the front of the peloton to contest the INT.
Flecha attacks the leaders,
and Boom chases him down to take the sprint;
km 150: Intermediate Sprint: 1. Boom 2. Flecha 3. Lemoine 4. Cousin 5. Lobato
6. Greipel 7. Cavendish 8. Sagan 9. Boeckmans 10. Goss 11. Bouhanni 12.
Sabatini 13. Steegmans 14. Chavanel 15. Hivert
Lobato sits up after the
INT; now 4 leaders on the road;
-40k: escapees’ lead is down
to :40
-37k: The peloton catch the
4-man break; gruppo compatto.
Jens Voigt takes over the
pace-making at the front of the peloton.
The pace picks up as the
roads narrow and riders jockey for front positions;
Contador sends his Saxo
teammates to the front; Radioshack, Cannondale, and then Sky move up behind
them, stringing out the peloton, and even causing gaps.
Greipel gets himself and
some teammates up front to remind Cav that he, too wants the sprint.
*-16k for the peloton: The Orica GreenEdge team bus has hit the overhead
finish line banner, with insufficient clearance, puncturing the bus’s air
conditioning apparatus on the roof, and remains temporarily stuck on the finish
line with the peloton less than 10 miles away.
*CRASH: Johnny Hoogerland
crashes into the canvas barrier on the right edge of the road.
*Another CRASH near the back
of the peloton. Moser down, Hesjedal delayed…
-10k: The Orica bus is still
stuck under the finish line banner.
The Orica Team bus stuck at the finish |
Now they are saying that the
finish time will be calculated at the 3k to go mark, since they cannot clear
the bus. What an embarrassing turn of events for the race. The 3k to go mark
has a bend in the road immediately following the line. It does not look like a
good spot for a sprint. Race radios must be blowing up now.
The riders are 3 miles away
as the bus begins to pull back, clear of the finish line.
*mass CRASH in the front
of the peloton: an OPQ rider bumps shoulders with another rider, taking out
dozens of riders, including Sagan
and delaying Cavendish and many
others. The riders have been distracted with radio reports updating them on the
state of the finish line. What a shame. Greipel manages to get through
unscathed.
*Now Greipel is standing by the side of the road with one hand on his
hip and the other arm raised up for his team car. He must have had a mechanical
issue. Yes, his chain is broken. All three top sprinters are out of this finish
sprint!
Carnage before the finish |
It seems they are going to
finish on the original line.
The crash was more than 3k
from the line. Despite that, the referees have announced that all the riders
involved in the crash will get the same time at the finish. They were within 3k
of the recently-announced, new finish line at 3k to go.
-1k: Gert Steegmans attacks
off the front and gets a big gap.
Steegmans is reeled in a few
hundred meters from the line, and the remaining sprinters duke it out…
FULL STAGE 1 RESULTS:
Result | |||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 4:56:52 | |
2 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | ||
3 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
4 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | ||
5 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
6 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
7 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | ||
8 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
9 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
10 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
11 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | ||
12 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
13 | Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun | ||
14 | Nicholas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
15 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
16 | Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
17 | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
18 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
19 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge | ||
20 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
21 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | ||
22 | Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
23 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | ||
24 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | ||
25 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
26 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
27 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
28 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
29 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
30 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
31 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
32 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
33 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha | ||
34 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
35 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
36 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
37 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
38 | Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
39 | Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | ||
40 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
41 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
42 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | ||
43 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | ||
44 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
45 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
46 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
47 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | ||
48 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard | ||
49 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
50 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
51 | Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun | ||
52 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
53 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
54 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
55 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | ||
56 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
57 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | ||
58 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
59 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
60 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
61 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling | ||
62 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
63 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling | ||
64 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
65 | Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
66 | Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
67 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard | ||
68 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling | ||
69 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | ||
70 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida | ||
71 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
72 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
73 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
74 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
75 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | ||
76 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard | ||
77 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
78 | Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard | ||
79 | Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard | ||
80 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
81 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
82 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
83 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun | ||
84 | David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar | ||
85 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
86 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | ||
87 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida | ||
88 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | ||
89 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
90 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
91 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | ||
92 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ | ||
93 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
94 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
95 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
96 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
97 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
98 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
99 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | ||
100 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Team Katusha | ||
101 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
102 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
103 | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
104 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
105 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | ||
106 | Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
107 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
108 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
109 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
110 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ | ||
111 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
112 | Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
113 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
114 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
115 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
116 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | ||
117 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun | ||
118 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
119 | Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team | ||
120 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
121 | Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | ||
122 | Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
123 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
124 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
125 | Stuart O'grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
126 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Lit) Garmin-Sharp | ||
127 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
128 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
129 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
130 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
131 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
132 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
133 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | ||
134 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
135 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | ||
136 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | ||
137 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
138 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
139 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
140 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
141 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
142 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
143 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale | ||
144 | Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
145 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
146 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
147 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
148 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | ||
149 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
150 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
151 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
152 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar | ||
153 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale | ||
154 | Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale | ||
155 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | ||
156 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale | ||
157 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale | ||
158 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale | ||
159 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
160 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
161 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard | ||
162 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | ||
163 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
164 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
165 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
166 | Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | ||
167 | Stuart O'grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
168 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
169 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
170 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
171 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
172 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
173 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
174 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
175 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
176 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team | ||
177 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
178 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ | ||
179 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
180 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | ||
181 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
182 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
183 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
184 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard | ||
185 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
186 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
187 | Kristjan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | ||
188 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
189 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun | ||
190 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
191 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
192 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
193 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
194 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard | ||
195 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
196 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | ||
197 | Edward King (USA) Cannondale | ||
198 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team |
Pts | |||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 45 | |
2 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | 35 | |
3 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 30 | |
4 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp | 26 | |
5 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 22 | |
6 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Procycling Team | 20 | |
7 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 20 | |
8 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 19 | |
9 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | 18 | |
10 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 17 | |
11 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 16 | |
12 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | 15 | |
13 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 14 | |
14 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | 13 | |
15 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | 11 | |
16 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | 10 | |
17 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 10 | |
18 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 9 | |
19 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Procycling Team | 8 | |
20 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | 8 | |
21 | Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun | 6 | |
22 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 6 | |
23 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | 5 | |
24 | Nicholas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff | 4 | |
25 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale | 4 | |
26 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 3 | |
27 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 2 | |
28 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 2 | |
29 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | 1 |
1 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi | 1 pt. |
Result | |||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano | 4:56:52 | |
2 | Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
3 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
4 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Procycling Team | ||
5 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
6 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
7 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | ||
8 | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
9 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano | ||
10 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel Euskadi |
1 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar |
Result | |||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Vacansoleil-DCM | 14:50:36 | |
2 | Orica Greenedge | ||
3 | Lotto-Belisol | ||
4 | Ag2R La Mondiale | ||
5 | Movistar Team | ||
6 | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
7 | Katusha Team | ||
8 | Sojasun | ||
9 | Team Argos-Shimano | ||
10 | Sky Procycling | ||
11 | BMC Racing Team | ||
12 | Astana Pro Team | ||
13 | Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
14 | Garmin - Sharp | ||
15 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | ||
16 | Team Saxo-Tinkoff | ||
17 | Fdj.fr | ||
18 | Lampre - Merida | ||
19 | Radioshack Leopard | ||
20 | Team Europcar | ||
21 | Cofidis, Solutions Credits | ||
22 | Cannondale |
Well, that's one way to start it off! Wow. Anyone else thinking this little island is cursed or what?
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