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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, August 29-September 3, 2006
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Stage 2 - August 30: Blackpool to Liverpool, 163km
Hammond hammers ‘em but Goss goes yellow
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Britain’s Roger Hammond (Great Britain) blasted up the last 200 metres into Liverpool to win stage two of the Tour of Britain. The whole field came together in the closing stages after the bunch chased down the two early leaders and it was eyeballs out in a spectacular mass sprint for the line.
Mathew Goss (South Australia.com-AIS) pulled on the coveted yellow jersey after he took five valuable bonus seconds in the sprint primes. Goss made no mistake in the sprints this time beating Martin Pederson (CSC) at the Pilling, Southport and Thornton hot spots on the way to Liverpool. Russell Downing (DFL-cyclingnews.com-Litespeed) followed up his fifth place on the previous stage by finishing third today to take the green points jersey into Yorkshire tomorrow.
The early break happened again when Davitamon-Lotto’s Johan Van Summeren and Bert Roesems went clear as early as the three-mile mark and their lead was over two minutes at the 12-mile mark. CSC kept tempo on the front with Pedersen in the yellow jersey tucked in behind their line. The leaders’ time gap grew again and the Roesems took the first KOM points on the 1st category climb at the Trough of Bowland where the first of many surprisingly large crowds cheered on the riders as they trekked across the county of Lancashire.
The bunch reached the bottom of the climb at the Trough of Bowland and Ben Greenwood (Recycling.co.uk) duly lived up to his nickname ‘Blaster’ by exploding away from the main field. The slick 21-year-old from nearby Lancaster climbed impressively like his life depended on it. There must have been many friends at the summit as he took more KOM points in his pursuit of the leaders and he continued his brave attempt crossing the top of the Waddington Fell climb with a lead of around a minute over the bunch. The 2005 British U23 champion appeared to sit up and wait for the peloton before Clitheroe. The information was that the leading duo were still some five minutes in front.
Summeren and Roesems continued to work well together and it looked like they could stay clear until they reached the flat, wind swept roads leading to Southport. The sand dunes on the sea front at Southport are a testament to the powerful winds that blow in from the sea and the brave duo were brought to heel with the CSC and Mapei teams leading the chase.
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Goss had taken already taken a bonus second at both the first and second primes and was level on time with Pedersen and his South Australia.com team hit the front to help in the chase. Goss again showed his sprinting prowess by taking the final prime and more importantly the full three seconds at Thornton now that the leaders now safely back in the bunch. He was now the leader on the road. It was now looking like a bunch gallop was inevitable but Robin Sharman (Recycling.co.uk) and Michael Morkov (Denmark) made a late attack and went clear. Morkov had showed his ability in a breakaway group by winning Monday’s Glasgow GP in the same fashion but the bunch were in no mood to let the young upstarts spoil their charge for the line and the two were brought back.
Hammond got onto Tom Boonen’s wheel in the final gallop and powered up to come round the current world champion and he pipped Aart Vierhoten (Skil Shimano) and Russell Downing (DFL-cyclingnews.com-Litespeed) on the line in front of a crowd arguably large enough to suit a visit by the Beatles back in their home city of Liverpool.
Hammond punched air in a victory salute as he repeated his Blackpool stage win of last year but says it was different this time:
“Last year it was more emotional as we had lost all that time on the first stage and we had gone out with something to prove on the next stage. There was a lot of pressure last year but this year I didn’t think of winning until the last 400 metres and you don’t have much time to think about it. It hasn’t really sunk in yet. The team did a mega performance today. We really haven’t ridden together as a team before and we practiced yesterday and again today. I thought that once Mapei started riding for Boonen to win that perhaps we wouldn’t see many of our guys but if you watch the TV coverage our guys were still up there and with 700 metres to go they were still up at the front. When you think they are only 18 and 19 years old it’s a cracking performance. They delivered me on Boonen’s wheel with 400 metres to the finish. I haven’t been given that sort of service in the last two years.”
Goss was pleased to have the yellow jersey. “I was pleased today as it played out perfectly. I thought CSC may have let one more guy go down the road and take all the bonuses. This is the biggest tour I have led. The class of riders here is great and it’s certainly going to tough ask to hold onto it until the end.” But will the South Australia team be able to hold to the lead? “My team are only young and it’s pretty hard to sit on the front all day but we will have talk tonight about what we will do. Tomorrow’s going to be hard. The top of the last climb is only 15km to go and if it all breaks up it’s going to be tough to bring the time back.”
Russell Downing leads the points category with his sixth and third places so far and looks on form. “It’s not something I have aimed for but I have been consistent over the first two days. I will hopefully get up there tomorrow with the race being in my home town.”
“All the lines came right for me in the sprint and I took a chance following the inside line and my low centre of gravity got me round the corner,” he said joking at his fairly diminutive size compared to some of the other riders: “The finish tomorrow is similar. I was third in Sheffield last year and it was the same there – the first into that corner was going to win. I hope it’s better tomorrow.”
Photography
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- Hammond wins
- The chase begins - South Australia, Mapei and CSC join forces in the chase to the leaders
- The early leaders - Bert Roesems leads Johan Van Summeren
- A delighted Roger Hammond (GB Team) wins the stage into Liverpool
- Roger Hammond (GB Team) wins the stage into Liverpool
- Roger Hammond (Team GB) wins the stage into Liverpool in the bunch sprint for the Great Britain team
- The CSC team lead the bunch towards Southport in pursuit of the two early Davitamon-Lotto breakaway duo
- Australian Mathew Goss (South Australia.com-AIS) sprays the crowd with champagne after he took the yellow jersey as race leader on stage two. Flanked by (left) Stage one winner and sprints leader Martin Pederson (CSC) , Right - Points leader - Britain's Russell Downing (DFL-Cyclingnews.com-Litespeed) and mountains leader Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto)
- The race heads our from Blackpool on Tuesday morning
- Britain's Ben Greenwood (Recycling.co.uk) from nearby Lancaster blasts away from the main field in pursuit of the leaders on the dreaded climb at the Trough of Bowland
- The CSC team lead their team-mate and yellow jersey holder Martin Pederson in pusuit of Britain's Ben Greenwood and two early leaders at Sikes on the Trough of Bowland
- Britain's Roger Hammond (Team GB) on the podium after he won the second stage into Liverpool
- Britain's Ben Greenwood (Recycling.co.uk) reaches the top on Trough of Bowland as the Lancaster born cyclist uses his local knowledge to good use
- Recycling's Ben Greenwood at the seafront in Blackpool before the stage on the training grounds for the lad from Lancaster
- Paul Manning (Landbouwkredit-Colnago) brushes up on the stage route before the stage
- Paul Manning (Landbouwkredit-Colnago) at Blackpool Pleasure beach before the start
- On the sea front at Blackpool before the stage start
- Race leader Martin Pederson (CSC) tucks in behind the CSC train chasing the early leaders
- Russell Downing (DFL-cyclingnews.com- Litespeed) receives the green jersey as points leader in the race.
Images by Robin Fanner
- Mathhew Goss (South Australia.com-AIS) gets in a little texting time from within the peloton
Images by Peter Bentley
- Bert Roesems and Johan Van Summeren (Davitamon Lotto) broke away early and had a five minute lead over Waddington Fell
- Team CSC lead the chase
Images by Richard O'Brien
- The riders roll out of Blackpool under the Blackpool Tower.
- Allan Peiper (Davitamon Lotto) drops back to watch the peloton pass after visiting his two break-away riders.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) rode comfortably in the main field.
- Davitamon Lotto had two riders puncture within 1 minute, here Nico Gates gets pushed back into the race by Allan Peiper.
- Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) chases through the cars after visiting the team car.
- Bert Roesems (Davitamon Lotto) rode hard at the front of the race with his team mate for most of the race.
- Martin Pedersen (CSC) rode near the front of the race throughout the stage.
- The two breakaway riders Bert Roesems (Davitamon Lotto) and Johan van Summeren (Davitamon Lotto) shared the workload throughout the stage.
Results
1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 3.54.15 2 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 5 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 7 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 8 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 9 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 13 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 15 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 17 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 18 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon Lotto 20 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 21 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 24 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 25 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 26 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 27 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 29 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 30 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 31 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 32 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 34 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 35 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 36 Tom Barras (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 37 Frederik Veuchulen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 38 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 39 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 40 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 41 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 42 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark 43 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 44 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon Lotto 45 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 46 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 47 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 48 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 49 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 50 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 51 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak iShares 52 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 53 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 54 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 55 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 56 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 57 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 58 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 59 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 60 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 61 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares 62 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 63 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak iShares 64 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 65 Alex Coutts (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 66 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 67 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 68 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark 69 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak iShares 70 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 71 Joeri Clauwaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 72 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 73 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 74 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 75 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic 76 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 77 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 78 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 79 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 80 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 81 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 82 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 0.24 83 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 0.50 84 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 85 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 86 Edward Clancy (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.33 87 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.39 88 Ross Sander (GBr) Great Britain 1.41 89 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 1.44 Sprints Pilling, 12.2km 1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 5 pts 2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 3 3 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 1 Southport, 132km 1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 5 pts 2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 3 3 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 1 Thornton, 150.6km 1 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 pts 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 3 3 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 2 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 1 Mountains Westfield Towers, 36.7km 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 10 pts 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 8 3 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 4 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 5 5 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 4 6 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 3 7 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 2 8 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 1 Trough of Bowland, 47.1km 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 4 pts 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 3 3 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 2 4 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 1 Waddington Fell, 60.5km 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 10 pts 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 8 3 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 5 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 4 6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 3 7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares 2 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 1 Most combative 1 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto General classification after stage two 1 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 7.57.35 2 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 0.02 3 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 0.08 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 2.44 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.48 6 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 7 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2.50 8 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 2.52 10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 2.54 11 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 12 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 14 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 15 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 19 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 20 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 21 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 25 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 26 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 27 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 28 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 29 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 30 Frederik Veuchulen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 31 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 32 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 33 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 34 Tom Barras (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 35 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 36 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 37 Tom Boonen (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 38 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 40 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon Lotto 41 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 42 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 43 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 45 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark 46 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 47 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 48 Joeri Clauwaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 49 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 51 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 52 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 53 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 54 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 55 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares 56 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 57 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 58 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 59 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak iShares 60 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 61 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 62 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 63 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 64 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak iShares 65 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 66 Alex Coutts (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 67 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak iShares 68 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 69 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 70 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 71 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 72 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 3.18 73 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 74 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 3.40 75 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 3.44 76 Edward Clancy (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.27 77 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 4.30 78 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.33 79 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 4.38 80 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 4.59 81 Ross Sander (GBr) Great Britain 5.59 82 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic 6.36 83 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon Lotto 6.49 84 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 8.08 85 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 8.20 86 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9.29 87 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 88 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 10.03 89 Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark 11.20 Points classification 1 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 5 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 7 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 8 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 9 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 11 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 14 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 17 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 18 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 19 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 20 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 21 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic Sprints classification 1 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 24 pts 2 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 12 3 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 10 4 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 7 5 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 6 6 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 3 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 1 8 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 1 9 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 10 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 1 Mountain classification 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 24 pts 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 19 3 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 17 4 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 14 5 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 9 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 9 7 Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 7 8 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 5 9 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 5 10 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 3 11 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares 2 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 1 13 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 1 14 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 1 15 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 1 Teams 1 Unibet.com 23.58.51 2 CSC 3 South Australia.com-AIS 4 Skil-Shimano 2.36 5 QuickStep-Innergetic 6 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 7 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 8 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Barloworld 10 Davitamon Lotto 11 Recycling.co.uk 12 T-Mobile 13 Denmark 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15 Phonak iShares 16 Great Britain 3.00
