Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Stage 10 Report and Results 2013 Tour De France


 

197k from Saint-Gildas-des-Bois to Saint-Malo
Weather: 25 c (78 f); sunny; winds: 14mph, windier at the finish; (10th sunny day in a row); I heard more sun and heat are expected this week.

The picturesque finish town of Saint-Malo
182 riders took the start today.
Dmitry Muravyev of Astana has not abandoned the race, as was reported yesterday.

Ryder Hesjedal was the man responsible for Peter Kennaugh’s scary crash on the Col de Portet-d’Aspet on stage 9. Hesjedal apparently tweeted an apology to Kennaugh.

This is a day for the GC contenders to take a break and recover further from the mountain efforts. It is the sprinters day to animate the race.


The peloton are on the road now.
The early break of 5 consists of: Oroz (EUS), Simon (SOJ), Mate (COF), Westra (VCD), Cousin (EUC); they escaped at the start.
 
Stage 10 profile
Their lead was up to 5:40 at one point;
-145k (90 miles to go): The 5 leaders have a gap of 4:29 to the chasing peloton.
-125k: the lead is 3:58;


The stage 10 route, north through Brittany
Everything is predictably routine as the peloton cruise along the flat roads of Brittany. The top sprinters are all in the peloton. They have a chance at chasing down the break before they reach the intermediate sprint point that comes with about 70k to go.  But they probably won’t spend too much energy toward that end. With only five riders in the break, there will still be ten spots available to score points at the INT.

The sprinters teams have upped the pace a little, and are gradually eating into the lead. They don’t need to catch the break before the INT; the green jersey contenders could be satisfied to sprint for 6th.  The key is just to get more points at the sprint lines than their close competitors, of course, and then duel it out at the finish.

-100k: the lead is back up to 4:07;
The lead has been hovering around the 4:00 mark most of the first 100k.

-94k: the leaders go through the feed zone holding a lead of 3:53;
Looks like they are riding into some headwinds. A tailwind is expected at the finish.
-80k: (about 50 miles to go) the lead is down to 3:25.

-70k: the leaders approach the intermediate sprint point with a lead of 3:22;
Mate opens up the sprint first. Westra chases; Mate takes it at the line, then Westra, and the other 3 coast across just after.

Cannondale put five men ahead of Sagan at the front of the peloton. Cavendish, Greipel and Rojas are just behind them.
The Cannondale train is still leading Sagan out, Cavendish is glued to Sagan’s rear wheel as he weaves across the road, when André Greipel comes around on the left and beats Sagan to the line.

Km 127.5: INT Lehinglé:
1.    Mate  2. Westra  3. Simon  4. Cousin  5. Oroz  6. Greipel  7. Sagan  8. Cavendish  9. Flecha  10. Rojas  11. Sabatini  12. Bodnar  13. De Gendt  14. Chavanel  15. Stannard

Descriptions of the point allocations and jersey classifications are in my Tour de France race preview which can be found under “Pages” and “Archive” on the right.

-60k: The five leaders have a lead of 2:19 now.
5k to the only categorized climb of the day. It is a 1k long cat-4 averaging around 4%.

Westra attacks first on the climb. One mountain point is available up top.

Km142: KOM 1 Cote de Dinan (1k at 4.2%):
1.    Westra

Westra does not wait for the other 4 leaders at the top of the hill. He keeps going. Mate gives Cousin an animated explanation, possibly urging him to do more work on the pursuit. Within another km or two, Westra is brought back by the other four. All 5 are working together again

50k to go: Oroz (EUS), Simon (SOJ), Mate (COF), Westra (VCD), and Cousin (EUC) lead by around 2:30.

The route has passed several beautiful chateaus today. The crowds have come out in droves lining the roads of each town the peloton passes through.

40k to go: the lead is still 2:30; I’m guessing the peloton will wait till around 10 or 15k to go before they catch the leaders.

30k to go the lead is at 1:10 and falling fast now. The crosswind has picked up, and is very strong now.

-28k: Oroz attacks the lead group on a short descent.
Oroz is pulled back within 1k.

-22k: a couple riders make contact and crash as the peloton goes through a roundabout. Flecha (VCD) and a Cofidis rider collided, others are delayed.
20k to go: the peloton have pulled to within :30.

*Westra gives up and drops back from the lead group.
The other four continue to try and keep the peloton behind them.

-18.7k: Westra is picked up by the peloton. They will let the leaders dangle out front as long as possible, and then the sprinters’ teams will gobble them up on the way to the finish.

-16k: Talansky (GRS) and Tuft (OGE) crash.
-15k: the gap is down to :15.

10k to go: the lead is :06.
The four leaders are bravely continuing to fight, but the catch is inevitable now.

With 7k to go the leaders are holding an :08 advantage.
Mate puts in a last desperate dig at 5.8k to go, but within a couple hundred meters the peloton make contact with the lead group as they round the corners into Saint-Malo.

-5.5k: Simon tries an acceleration off the front. The others sit up and accept the catch.
*Simon is caught before the 5k to go banner. Gruppo compatto.

The sprinters’ teams are organizing at the front. Omega, Lotto, and Orica are riding a very high pace as guys start being shed out the back;

3k to go: the peloton navigate a tricky right hand bend and split around a median;
the Orica train got disrupted on the turn;

Splits in the peloton are resulting from the high speed. There could be time gaps at the finish that could affect the GC.

Argos Shimano push up to the front inside 2k to go:
Lotto seem to be controlling things the best;

Inside the final kilometer Greg Henderson (LTB) is setting up Greipel with a powerful lead-out;
There is a tight right hand turn with a few hundred meters to go. Gert Steegmans (OPQ) takes the lead trying to set up Cavendish;
Cav is a few bikes back, sitting on Kittel’s wheel;

Steegmans pulls off, and Henderson and Greipel are out front again. Right behind them are Kittel’s last lead-out man, Tom Veelers, then Cavendish and Kittel;
Greipel comes around Henderson on the left and starts his sprint.
Behind him Kittel and Cav fight for Greipel’s wheel; Cav tries to get on Greipel’s wheel, but Veelers lets up and swerves slightly into Cav’s lane. The Manxman defends his line and bumps shoulders with Veelers, sending him crashing to the ground in front of the rest of the charging peloton;
Somehow, everyone avoids hitting the downed rider.

Ahead, Greipel is on full throttle, as he glides over to the right, Kittel comes up on his left, Cav right on Kittel’s wheel, Sagan a bike length back;

Kittel comes around Greipel and beats him to the line!
Greipel is second by a hair, Cav is third, Sagan fourth.

There is going to be a debate about culpability in that crash. Very often, sprinters’ lead-out men “accidentally” alter their lines to block the sprinters coming up behind them. Of course this is illegal, but if it’s subtle and smooth enough, they often get away with it. By the time Cav hit Veelers, Cav had established a line behind him that Veelers swerved into. Cav just aggressively defended his line, I believe rightly so. We will see how the judges saw it…

Marcel Kittel won the first sprint of the race, and now becomes the first sprinter to log a second stage win in this Tour. It may, however have come at the cost of one of the cogs in his lead-out train, the fast Tom Veelers. That would handicap him for further sprints.


The moment Cavendish and Veelers made contact

Down goes Veelers


 
As far as the GC contenders are concerned, the splits were not too bad for the most part. The top ten remain unchanged.

The following riders finished :11 behind the winner: Evans, Froome, Valverde, Contador, Poels, Kwiatkowski, Kreuziger, Fuglsang, Nieve and Peraud. 

Giving up five seconds to that group were: Mollema, Ten Dam, Dan Martin, J-Rod, Quintana, Rui Costa, Bardet, Monfort, Anton, Navarro, Serpa and Schleck.

Coming in at +1:40 to the winners, and +1:34 on the first GC group were: Dan Moreno, Talansky, Hesjedal, Pinot and Porte.





Result
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 4:53:25
2 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
5 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
9 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
12 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol
13 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
14 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun
15 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
16 Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun
17 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:00:06
18 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
19 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
20 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
22 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
23 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
24 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
25 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
26 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
27 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
28 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
29 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
30 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
31 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
32 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:11
38 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp
39 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
40 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
41 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
42 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
43 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
44 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
45 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
46 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
47 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
48 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
50 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
51 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team
52 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling
53 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
54 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha
55 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
56 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
57 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
58 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
60 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
61 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling
62 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
63 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
65 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
66 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
68 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha
69 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
70 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
71 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
72 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
73 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
74 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
75 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
76 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
77 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
79 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun
80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
81 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
82 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
83 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
84 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard
85 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida
86 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
87 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
88 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
89 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
90 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
91 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
92 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
93 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
94 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
95 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
96 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun
97 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha
98 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
99 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:25
100 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
101 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:00:28
102 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
103 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
104 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:30
105 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol
106 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:00:53
107 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:55
108 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 0:01:04
109 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun 0:01:09
110 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:16
111 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun
112 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:01:23
113 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
114 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:36
115 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge
116 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:40
117 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team
118 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
119 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
120 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr
121 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
122 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
123 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
124 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling
125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
126 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
127 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp
128 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
129 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
130 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
131 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol
132 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
133 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
134 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
135 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
136 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
137 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
138 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
139 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
140 Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling
141 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
142 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
143 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
145 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
146 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
147 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr
148 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp
149 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
150 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
151 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
152 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:50
153 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
154 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
155 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
156 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
157 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
159 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:02:06
160 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
161 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:48
162 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:51
163 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:56
164 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
165 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:03:04
166 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 0:03:08
167 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:10
168 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:29
169 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
170 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:03:32
171 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:03:47
172 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 0:04:17
173 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 0:06:23
174 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
175 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun
176 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling
177 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
178 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
179 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
180 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol
181 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:06:27
182 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 0:08:42



General classification after stage 10

Result
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 41:52:43
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:25
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:44
4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:50
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:51
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
7 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:02
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 0:02:28
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0:02:31
10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:02:45
11 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:55
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:03:07
13 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:03:25
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:29
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:04:00
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:04:36
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:06:14
18 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 0:06:16
19 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:06:40
20 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:09
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:07:55
22 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:45
23 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:09:54
24 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:30
25 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:11:15
26 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:12:34
27 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:14:27
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:14:35
29 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:15:52
30 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:17:14
31 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:18:07
32 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:18:35
33 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:19:58
34 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:20:10
35 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:20:37
36 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun 0:20:57
37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:21:11
38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:22:30
39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 0:25:53
40 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:26:02
41 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 0:27:48
42 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:30:35
43 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:30:43
44 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:31:34
45 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 0:31:41
46 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
47 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:31:50
48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:32:09
49 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:33:11
50 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:35:01
51 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:35:20
52 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 0:35:43
53 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:37:00
54 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:37:55
55 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:39:49
56 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:41:00
57 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:41:02
58 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:42:04
59 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 0:43:21
60 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:44:39
61 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:45:03
62 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 0:45:19
63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:45:52
64 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:46:40
65 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 0:47:02
66 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:49:14
67 Julien El Fares (Fra) Sojasun 0:49:24
68 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:49:55
69 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:50:22
70 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:50:40
71 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:51:22
72 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:51:48
73 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:52:00
74 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:52:01
75 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:52:12
76 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:52:29
77 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:54:38
78 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:54:57
79 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:55:12
80 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 0:55:14
81 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:55:29
82 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:55:46
83 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:55:51
84 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha 0:58:56
85 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:59:37
86 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:00:13
87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:00:22
88 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:00:25
89 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:01:54
90 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:02:07
91 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:02:59
92 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:03:19
93 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:03:24
94 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:04:55
95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 1:05:43
96 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:06:01
97 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 1:07:36
98 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:09:09
99 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 1:10:28
100 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:11:46
101 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:11:52
102 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:12:18
103 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 1:13:02
104 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:13:06
105 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 1:13:33
106 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 1:13:44
107 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:14:20
108 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 1:15:46
109 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 1:15:51
110 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:16:00
111 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun 1:16:23
112 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun 1:16:25
113 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun 1:16:45
114 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 1:17:52
115 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:18:06
116 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:18:56
117 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:19:21
118 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:20:29
119 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:22:33
120 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 1:24:32
121 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1:25:21
122 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:25:26
123 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:25:32
124 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 1:26:03
125 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:26:18
126 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 1:26:21
127 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:26:57
128 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:28:26
129 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:29:55
130 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:30:35
131 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 1:31:06
132 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:31:58
133 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
134 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 1:32:17
135 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 1:32:51
136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:33:10
137 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling 1:33:31
138 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:34:22
139 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
140 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 1:34:29
141 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 1:36:15
142 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:37:04
143 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 1:37:05
144 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:37:23
145 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:37:34
146 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:37:44
147 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:38:11
148 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:38:50
149 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:39:05
150 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 1:39:30
151 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:39:37
152 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:40:05
153 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:40:14
154 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1:40:15
155 Brian Vandborg (Den) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:41:50
156 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 1:42:38
157 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:42:44
158 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:43:24
159 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:44:50
160 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:45:44
161 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:45:53
162 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:46:04
163 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:46:54
164 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:47:00
165 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:48:16
166 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 1:48:29
167 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 1:48:32
168 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:49:06
169 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:49:36
170 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:50:42
171 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 1:51:28
172 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:52:13
173 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 1:52:39
174 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:52:53
175 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:53:06
176 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:56:29
177 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 1:57:04
178 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:58:17
179 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 1:58:18
180 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:58:29
181 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 2:00:07
182 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:01:13


Points classification


pts
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 269
2 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 186
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 166
4 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 132
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 131
6 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 90
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 88
8 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 87
9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 85
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 84
11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60
12 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 56
13 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51
14 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 48
15 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 47
16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 46
17 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun 45
18 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun 43
19 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 43
20 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 42
21 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 40
22 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 39
23 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 39
24 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 38
25 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 36
26 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 32
27 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 30
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 30
29 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 28
30 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 26
31 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 26
32 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 26
33 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 25
34 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 24
35 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 24
36 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 23
37 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 22
38 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 22
39 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 22
40 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 21
41 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 21
42 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 20
43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20
44 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 20
45 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 19
46 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 19
47 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 19
48 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 18
49 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 18
50 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18
51 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 17
52 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Sojasun 17
53 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 17
54 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 17
55 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 17
56 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 17
57 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 17
58 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 16
59 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 16
60 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 16
61 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 15
62 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 15
63 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 15
64 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 15
65 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
66 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 14
67 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 14
68 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 13
69 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
70 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 13
71 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 11
72 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11
73 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 11
74 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11
75 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 10
76 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling 10
77 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 10
78 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
79 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9
80 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 9
81 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 9
82 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 8
83 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 8
84 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 8
85 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 8
86 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8
87 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 7
88 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
89 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 7
90 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7
91 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 6
92 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
93 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 6
94 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 6
95 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 6
96 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 5
97 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5
98 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling 5
99 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 4
100 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4
101 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 4
102 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 3
103 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3
104 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3
105 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
106 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 2
107 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 1
108 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 1
109 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 1
110 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
111 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 1
112 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida -5
113 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team -5
114 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team -5
115 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol -5
116 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar -5


Mountains classification


pts
1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 49
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 33
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 28
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 26
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 20
7 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 15
8 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14
9 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 14
10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 13
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 12
12 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12
13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 12
14 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
15 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 10
16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 8
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 8
18 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 6
19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 6
20 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 6
21 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
22 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha 6
23 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 5
24 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack Leopard 4
26 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4
28 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 3
29 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2
30 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 2
31 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2
32 Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun 2
33 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
34 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 1
35 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
36 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 1
37 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1
38 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
39 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 1
40 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 1
41 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar 1
42 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 1
43 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 1



Young rider classification


Result
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 41:54:45
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:01:23
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:07
4 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:09:13
5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:31:09
6 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:32:59
7 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Sojasun 0:33:41
8 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:37:47
9 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 0:41:19
10 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 0:42:37
11 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:43:01
12 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:47:53
13 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:49:59
14 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:53:49
15 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:03:59
16 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:09:50
17 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:10:16
18 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:17:19
19 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 1:22:30
20 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1:24:16
21 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun 1:24:19
22 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:26:24
23 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:32:20
24 Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 1:35:03
25 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1:35:21
26 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:36:09
27 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:38:03
28 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:38:12
29 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1:44:02
30 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:47:04
31 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 1:47:34
32 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 1:55:02

Teams classification


Result
1 Movistar Team 124:51:44
2 Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:04:11
3 Belkin Pro Cycling 0:05:22
4 Ag2R La Mondiale 0:08:07
5 Radioshack Leopard 0:14:07
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:14:42
7 Katusha Team 0:20:37
8 BMC Racing Team 0:31:12
9 Garmin - Sharp 0:32:10
10 Team Europcar 0:44:15
11 Lampre - Merida 0:44:41
12 Sky Procycling 0:46:24
13 Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:47:46
14 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:57:52
15 Fdj.fr 1:10:39
16 Astana Pro Team 1:19:25
17 Sojasun 1:26:20
18 Vacansoleil-DCM 1:31:47
19 Orica Greenedge 1:48:27
20 Cannondale 2:31:01
21 Team Argos-Shimano 2:47:42
22 Lotto-Belisol 3:00:03

2 comments:

  1. Uninviting Cav to Boxmeer seems a bit extreme, no? I agree with you about the fact that he already had established his line before contact was made. Now my only question is-is it even humanly possible for him to gain enough points to wear that green jersey? why doesn't he snag more of the int points-aside from the obvious answer of conserving energy?

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    1. For the most part, Cavendish has been going for the intermediate sprint points, though Greipel seems to be dominating those sprints. Of course, escape groups have gobbled up a lot of those points, too.

      You can see what happened on a stage like 13, where Kittel got caught out and did not score any points, while the others pulled away from him. So, yes, I think it is possible for Sagan to be caught.

      First, he could have a bad day like Kittel just did, and lose his big lead.
      And second, as you well know, ANYTHING can happen at any time.

      A fan could stick his fancy new camera into the road and take out ten riders, rain could cause a crash, the whole team could get chicken pox, Floyd Landis could get into a solo break and reclaim sixteen lost minutes...

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