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68th Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg - 2.HC
Luxembourg, June 4-8, 2008
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Stage 4 - June 8: Mersch - Luxembourg, 157km
Commesso wins the final stage, Posthuma takes the race
Salvatore Commesso of Team Preti Mangimi won the final stage of the Tour du Luxembourg in an escape group, and Rabobank's Joost Posthuma held on to his one-second lead over Michael Albasini of Liquigas to take the overall win. CSC's Fränk Schleck was third overall. The 33 year-old Commesso, who rides for a Professional Continental team based in Luxembourg, was part of a fourteen man escape group which finished nearly three minutes ahead of the following peloton.
Earlier there was another escape gorup which had contained CSC's Andy Schleck and Rabobank's Laurens Ten Dam. That group had up to a three minute lead, which gave Ten Dams the "virtual" race ;ead. However, Credit Agricole led the chase to capture the group. "It was a remarkable situation," said Rabobank Directeur Sportif Erik Dekker. "Without having to do any lead work, everyone came back together, after which the fourteen broke away. Perhaps Frank Schleck was the best in this tour, but the best rider does not always win," he noted.
Results
1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi 3.36.43 (42.72 km/h) 2 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 0.07 3 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica 4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 0.10 5 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 0.12 7 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 0.14 8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.15 9 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.17 10 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 0.25 11 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 12 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.28 13 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon 0.42 14 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 2.51 15 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 17 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 18 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 20 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 21 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 22 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 23 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 24 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 25 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 26 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 28 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 29 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica 30 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano 31 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 32 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 33 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange 2.57 34 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange 3.00 35 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 36 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 37 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 39 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 40 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 41 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi 42 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 43 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi 3.05 44 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 45 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.08 46 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 47 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 49 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 50 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3.15 51 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 52 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3.17 53 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3.21 54 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 3.24 55 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 56 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 3.26 57 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 3.31 58 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3.33 59 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 3.44 60 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 6.05 61 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel 6.45 Mountains km 17,9 1 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 5 pts 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 3 3 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 2 4 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangi 1 km 50,3 1 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 5 pts 2 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 3 3 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2 4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 1 km 130,1 1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 2 4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Astana 10.53.24 2 Team CSC 0.16 3 Benfica 2.34 4 Cycle Collstrop 5 Rabobank 2.39 6 Preti Mangi 2.50 7 Liquigas 2.54 8 Skil - Shimano 2.55 9 CC Differdange 3.07 10 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3.08 11 Elkhaus - Simplon 3.18 12 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 5.18 13 Credit Agricole 5.36 Final General classification 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17.43.02 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 0.01 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.18 4 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 0.54 5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 0.56 6 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.00 7 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 1.08 8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 1.09 9 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica 1.10 10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 1.29 11 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi 2.00 12 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2.02 13 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 2.16 14 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.16 15 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 4.53 16 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 4.56 17 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.58 18 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 5.06 19 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 5.07 20 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 5.23 21 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica 5.54 22 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel 11.47 23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15.05 24 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica 17.23 25 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 17.25 26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 17.31 27 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 17.32 28 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 18.13 29 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon 19.14 30 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 20.06 31 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 20.11 32 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 20.17 33 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 34 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi 20.25 35 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 20.31 36 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 37 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 20.46 38 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange 20.48 39 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 20.49 40 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 20.54 41 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica 21.02 42 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 21.34 44 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange 21.39 45 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 21.43 46 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 21.54 47 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 22.17 48 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange 22.56 49 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 23.19 50 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 23.20 51 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 25.17 52 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 25.21 53 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 25.22 54 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 25.28 55 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 27.56 56 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 28.05 57 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano 28.08 58 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi 28.17 59 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 28.50 60 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 61 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 30.50 Mountains classification 1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 22 pts 2 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 18 3 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 18 4 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 5 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange 9 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7 7 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6 8 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 10 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 5 11 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 5 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 13 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 3 14 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 16 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2 17 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 18 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 2 19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 20 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 1 21 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1 22 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Young rider classification 1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 17.43.56 2 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica 0.16 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.35 5 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 1.22 6 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.04 7 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano 4.13 8 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 4.29 9 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel 10.53 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.11 11 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange 17.19 12 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 19.17 13 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 19.23 14 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 19.37 15 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon 19.55 16 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 21.23 17 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 22.25 18 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 24.27 19 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 24.28 20 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano 27.14 21 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 27.56 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 53.09.00 2 Cycle Collstrop 8.03 3 Credit Agricole 11.01 4 Team CSC 14.03 5 Liquigas 19.00 6 Benfica 23.03 7 Astana 35.05 8 Elkhaus - Simplon 39.05 9 Preti Mangi 43.00 10 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 43.02 11 Skil - Shimano 47.03 12 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 51.03 13 CC Differdange 1.00.03
