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2nd Tour of Ireland - 2.1
Ireland, August 27-31, 2008
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Stage 2 - August 28: Thurles - Loughrea, 158km
Two in a row for Cavendish, Columbia rider extends race lead
By Shane Stokes
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Defending his race leader's jersey in the best possible way, Mark Cavendish galloped to a second successive stage victory in the Tour of Ireland today to net his fifteenth win of the year. The 23-year-old benefited from strong work by his Columbia team-mates and then turned on the jets in the final 200 metres, hitting the line in Loughrea comfortably clear of Michael Van Staeyen (Rabobank Continental), Maximiliano Richeze (CSF Group Navigare) plus seventy other riders left in the main bunch. Ciarán Power (Pezula Racing) was best of the Irish riders in eighth place
The time bonuses saw Cavendish pull further away from his rivals with regards the general classification. The Manx-man ended the day 13 seconds ahead of yesterday's runner-up Julian Dean (Garmin Chipotle) and a further second ahead of Alexander Kristoff (Joker Bianchi). In addition to that, he remains best young rider and took over the lead in the points classification. Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) continues in the King of the Mountains jersey.
Cavendish was full of praise for the Columbia squad. "The team rode all day again," he said. "Despite being on the front for so long, they still had the kick to lead it out full-gas from five kilometres to go. They were able to keep the pace fast and that is how strong my team is. I think that without them, my form is not good enough to do anything here.
"Basically, they keep me protected all day and then gave me such a perfect lead out at the end that I really had to finish it off with a win."
Kristoff finished third yesterday and sixth this afternoon, ending the day second in the points ranking behind Cavendish. Things didn't really go to plan. "I was a little bit far behind in the last sprint," he said. "It was crazy when you were not in the top ten for the downhill, so I couldn't get up to the front just before the final kilometre. Then I was really tired, so I didn't have enough left to go well in the sprint. I tried today, it was hard, but I will try again tomorrow."
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The day began with a flurry of attacks but only one rider succeeded in slipping away from the bunch. Swedish national time trial champion Fredrik Ericsson (Pezula Racing) kicked clear approximately ten kilometres after the start in Thurles and stayed out front for almost all of the 158 kilometre leg.
"The Pezula team are here to try to get a stage win," he said afterwards. "We were attacking from the start, like a lot of other riders. I slipped away in a group and when that got caught, the peloton slowed a little bit and I went again.
"Once I got a gap, I was just eating, pushing the pedals and trying to keep the speed up a much as possible. It was pretty much like a long time trial. I am a time trail specialist so I just looked at it from that perspective the whole way."
Ericsson built a maximum lead of six minutes 40 seconds yet was finally hauled back with eleven kilometres remaining. "The conditions in the end were not ideal for staying away solo because there was a really strong headwind in the last thirty or forty kilometres," he explained.
"I suspected that something extraordinary had to happen if I was going to stay away. I'd either have to have fantastic legs in the end, or there would have to be a major crash in the peloton. That said, at one point I was thinking that if I had the legs, I could actually win it. But I ran out of gas at the end."
Kristian House (Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) attacked after Ericsson's recapture and stayed clear for several kilometres. However he was caught with four kilometres to go.
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From an Irish perspective, Power's eighth place was the highlight of the day. National road race champion Daniel Martin was forced to withdraw from the event during the stage; he had been suffering from a virus and had both stomach problems and respiratory congestion as a result. The Garmin Chipotle rider was very disappointed as he had pinpointed the race as one of his big targets.
The 2.1-ranked Tour of Ireland continues tomorrow with an undulating 201 kilometre stage from Ballinrobe to Galway. It features one category two climb plus three category three ascents, and takes the riders around the picturesque area of Connemara.
How it unfolded
A total of 108 riders lined out for the start of the second stage of the Tour of Ireland, a 158 kilometre undulating route from Thurles to Loughrea. Two category three climbs featured, namely Mauherslieve and Tountinna, as well as An Post hot spot sprints in Slivermines, Portuman and Loughrea.
The weather was overcast and the roads were wet, but things started to dry out soon after the flag dropped. There was a steady stream of attacks, with various early moves including riders such as Sean Lacey (Irish national team), Simon Holt (Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk), Kieran Page (Pezula Racing), Lars Petter Nordhaug (Joker Bianchi), Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Karpin Galicia) and Daniel Lloyd (An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly).
At the same time, Chris Sutton (Garmin Chipotle), Waylon Woolcock (MTN Energade) and then Irish road race champion Daniel Martin (Garmin Chipotle) went back to speak to the doctor. He advised each of them to stop the race, and this they each did during the stage.
Martin was particularly disappointed as he had targeted the race. He had shown excellent form in the recent Tour of Portugal, finishing tenth overall and second in the best young rider competition, but luck was not on his side in Ireland due to a virus.
After eleven kilometres of racing, six riders were marginally ahead. They were caught but one of them - Fredrik Ericsson (Pezula Racing) - went again and quickly opened up a decent lead. By the time he reached the category three summit of Mauherslieve (km 28.5) he was already three minutes 40 seconds clear. He crested the top well ahead of the next riders, namely mountains leader Matthew Wilson (Team Type 1), fellow Australian Simon Clarke (Southaustralia.com - AIS) and Moises Aldape Chavez (Team Type 1).
Ericsson took the An Post bonus sprint at Silvermines (km 46.1) where Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia), Juan Van Heerden (Team MTN) and Julian Dean (Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30) took the remaining points on offer. The leader still had a lead of over three minutes there, despite suffering a puncture.
The day's second climb, Tountinna, came 53.5 kilometres after the start. Wilson bolstered his lead in the king of the mountains classification when he finished second there, crossing the line ahead of team-mate Moises Aldape Chavez and David George (Team MTN). Up front, Ericsson safely made it down the badly-surfaced descent and by the time he entered the feedzone, 62 kilometres after the start, he was over six minutes clear. This went up to the maximum of six minutes 40 seconds soon afterwards.
The sun was shining almost constantly at this point and this plus the encouragement of the spectators was a morale boost to the leader. He needed that; tough, rolling roads and a gradual winding-up of the pace behind saw his advantage start to fall. One hundred kilometres after the start, he was five minutes 24 seconds ahead, and this lead had dropped to three minutes by the time he took the An Post intermediate sprint in Portumna, approximately 50 kilometres from the end. Dean, Alexander Kristoff (Joker Bianchi) and Cavendish were next across the line.
The Columbia-led peloton was determined to get him back and kept the pressure on. Once past the finish line to begin the sixteen kilometre finishing circuit, his lead was just 42 seconds. The final An Post sprint took place here and he scooped the points ahead of Dean, Kristoff and Cavendish.
Ericsson kept pushing but despite a crash in the peloton, there was no avoiding the inevitable. He was caught with eleven kilometres to go, after which Kristian House (Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk) attacked and pulled six seconds ahead. He too was recaptured with four kilometres to go.
There was another crash in the final kilometre but Cavendish stayed out of trouble and jetted to win number two, defending his jersey with panache. Michael van Staeyen (Rabobank) and Max Richeze (CSF Group Navigare) were second and third, but never looked like troubling the Columbia rider.
He ended the day thirteen seconds clear in the general classification. Tomorrow's undulating 201km stage to Galway could also go down to a bunch gallop, but his yellow jersey is likely to be under greater threat on the tougher two final stages.
Photography
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Images by Stephen McMahon
- Stage 2 of the 2008 Tour of Ireland traversed the midlands of the country from Thurles in County Tipperary to Loughrea in County Galway.
- After some early skirmishes, Swedish National Time Trial champion Fredrik Ericcson (Team Pezula Racing) went clear after 12 kilometres.
- Sean Lacey (Team Ireland) concentrates on maintaining his position in the pursuing peloton.
- The race passed through the heartlands of hurling and sports fans of all persuasions lined the route.
- Joachim Bøhler (Joker Bianchi Team) requests for support from his team car as the peloton maintain a steady tempo.
- Irish hopes were dealt a serious blow when Daniel Martin (Garmin Chipotle H30) was forced to retire from the race. The reigning National Champion had been suffering with a viral infection in recent days and was obviously weakened from the experience.
- Martin disappointment was palpable as he boarded the Broom Wagon. His hopes of a strong ride in his home tour may have been dashed but the Garmin Chipotle H30 rider made a mature decision. Ride on and risk the rest of his season or cut his losses and plan for the future. There will be other races to contest when he has returned to full strength.
- Back in the bunch, it was Martijn Maaskant (Garmin Chipotle H30) turn to get the drinks in.
- It was business as usual for Team Columbia at the head of affairs. Bernard Eisel sets the pace as the sun breaks through and the race begins to heat up.
- Julian Dean (Garmin Chipotle H30) takes valuable points at the third sprint into the town of Portumna.
- There was a mood of celebration along the route.
- A traditional Irish music session was in full flow as the race approached Loughrea to begin the 16 kilometre loop of the Lough from which the town takes its name.
- The New Zealand National Champion was again active in the hunt for sprint points and bonus seconds as the peloton started the lap of the Lough.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) timed his sprint to perfection to take victory on Stage 2 of the 2008 Tour of Ireland.
- That man from the Isle of Man looked calm and composed as he celebrated his second stage win of the race.
- Literally minutes after thundering across the line Cavendish was faced with a barrage of cameras and questions.
- While the victor recounted his sprint the vanquished arrived home. A high-speed crash in the closing kilometres saw Simon Holt (Rapha Condor Recyciling.co.uk) hit the deck. Fortunately he was able to remount and cross the line.
- Another victim of the crash and last man home Ingar Stokstad (Joker Bianchi Team) received every encouragement for his efforts from the crowd as he rolled delicately across the line.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia) now has a matching set of the Waterford Crystal vases given to stage winners.
- He may not have won the stage but the perks of making it up onto the podium certainly put a smile on the face of Alexander Kristoff (Joker Bianchi Team).
- With Cavendish in yellow and Kristoff in green, Juan van Heerden (MTN Energade) will shoulder the white jersey of Best Placed Young Rider.
- Matt Wilson (Team Type 1) consolidated his lead in the Mountains Classification on Stage 2.
- Two victories in two days is certainly worth smiling about.
- Cavendish was understandably satisfied with his brace of stage wins and will certainly be motivated to go for a hat trick.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3.57.55 2 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 3 Maximiliano Richeze Ariel (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 4 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Russel Downing (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 7 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 8 Ciarán Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 9 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 10 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 12 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 13 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 14 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 15 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 16 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) Team MTN 17 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 18 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 21 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 22 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 23 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 25 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 26 Massimo Graziato (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28 Thomas Murray (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 29 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 30 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 Gonzalo Rabuñal Ríos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 32 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 33 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 34 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 35 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 36 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 37 Alexandr Surutkovych (Ukr) Team Type 1 38 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 39 Kevin Evans (RSA) Team MTN 40 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 41 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 42 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 43 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 46 David George (RSA) Team MTN 47 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 48 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 50 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 51 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 52 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 53 Johnny Walker (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 54 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 55 Adam Semple (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 56 Ramón Troncoso Sobrino (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 57 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 58 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 59 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 60 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 61 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 62 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 63 Travis Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 64 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 65 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Irish National Team 66 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 67 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 68 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 69 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 70 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 71 Graham Briggs (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 72 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 73 Svein Vold (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 74 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 1.20 75 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 1.36 76 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 77 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 78 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 79 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 80 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 81 Simon Holt (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 82 Alex Wetterhall (Swe) Pezula Racing 3.04 83 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 84 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 85 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 86 Alejandro Paleo Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 87 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 88 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team 89 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 90 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 3.04 91 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello Racing Team 92 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 93 Jay Thomson (RSA) Team MTN 94 Neil MacDonald (RSA) Team MTN 95 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 96 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 97 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia 4.15 98 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 5.19 99 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 100 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8.50 101 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 102 Matthew King (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 103 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 104 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia 10.28 105 Ingar Stokstad (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 11.18 DNF Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 DNF Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 DNF Waylon Woolcock (RSA) Team MTN Sprints Silvermines 1 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 5 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 3 3 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) Team MTN 2 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1 Portumna 1 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 5 pts 2 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 2 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1 Loughrea 1st Passage 1 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 5 pts 2 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 2 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 1 Mountains Cat 3: Mauherslieve 1 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 6 pts 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 4 3 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 2 4 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 1 Cat 3: Tountinna 1 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 6 pts 2 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 4 3 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 2 4 David George (RSA) Team MTN 1 Teams 1 CSF Group Navigare 11.53.45 2 Pinarello CandiTV 3 Rabobank 4 Team Type 1 Cycling Team 5 Topsport Vlaanderen 6 Joker Bianchi Team 7 SouthAustralia.com/AIS 8 Garmin Chipotle H30 9 Karpin Galicia Cycling Team 10 Team Columbia 11 Tinkoff - Credit Systems 12 An Post Sean Kelly Team 13 MTN Energade 14 Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk 15 Pezula 16 Irish National Team General classification after stage 2 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 8.57.52 2 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 0.13 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 0.14 4 Maximiliano Richeze Ariel (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 0.19 5 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 0.20 6 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) Team MTN 0.22 7 Russel Downing (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 0.23 8 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 9 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 10 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 12 Ciarán Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 13 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 14 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 16 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 17 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 18 Massimo Graziato (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 20 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 22 Gonzalo Rabuñal Ríos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23 Thomas Murray (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 24 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 25 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 26 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 27 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 30 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 32 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 33 Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 34 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank Continental 35 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 36 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 37 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 38 Kevin Evans (RSA) Team MTN 39 Johnny Walker (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 40 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Pezula Racing 41 Adam Semple (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 42 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 43 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 44 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 45 Roger Aiken (Irl) Irish National Team 46 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 48 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia 49 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 50 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 51 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 53 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 54 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 55 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 45.00 56 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 57 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 51.00 58 Travis Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 1.13 59 David McCann (Irl) Irish National Team 1.56 60 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 1.59 61 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 3.27 62 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Neil MacDonald (RSA) Team MTN 64 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 3.40 65 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4.20 66 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia 4.38 67 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 9.57 68 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 10.01 69 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10.03 70 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 71 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 72 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 73 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 74 Alexandr Surutkovych (Ukr) Team Type 1 75 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 76 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 77 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 78 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 79 Svein Vold (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 80 Simon Holt (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 81 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia 11.04 82 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 11.23 83 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 12.54 84 Ramón Troncoso Sobrino (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 85 Matthew Kipling (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 86 Graham Briggs (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 87 Alejandro Paleo Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 13.07 88 Jay Thomson (RSA) Team MTN 89 Andrew Roche (Irl) Pinarello Racing Team 90 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 13.34 91 Paul Healion (Irl) Irish National Team 92 Sean Lacey (Irl) Irish National Team 93 Alex Wetterhall (Swe) Pezula Racing 15.02 94 Paul Griffin (Irl) Irish National Team 15.22 95 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 16.35 96 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 16.38 97 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 18.44 98 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 18.53 99 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 100 Matthew King (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 21.44 101 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22.24 102 Ingar Stokstad (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 24.52 103 David George (RSA) Team MTN 25.10 104 Stephen O'Sullivan (Irl) Irish National Team 25.13 105 Lee Davis (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 30.42 Points classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 37 pts 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 32 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 21 4 Russel Downing (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 21 5 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 19 6 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 15 7 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 15 8 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 14 9 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 14 10 Maximiliano Richeze Ariel (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 13 11 Dean Downing (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 13 12 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12 13 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 10 14 Ciarán Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 8 15 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7 16 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 6 17 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 5 18 Malcolm Elliott (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 5 19 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 5 20 Travis Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 5 21 David George (RSA) Team MTN 5 22 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1 4 23 Joachim Bøhler (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 4 24 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 4 25 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) Team MTN 3 26 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 27 Emile Abraham (Tri) Team Type 1 3 28 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 29 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia 1 Mountains classification 1 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1 39 pts 2 Travis Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 21 3 David George (RSA) Team MTN 13 4 Fredrik Ericsson (Swe) Pezula Racing 12 5 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia 8 7 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 8 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 4 9 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 4 10 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 3 11 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 2 12 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia 2 13 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2 14 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia 2 15 Kevin Evans (RSA) Team MTN 1 16 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 17 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 1 18 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia 1 Young rider classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia 8.57.52 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 0.14 3 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) Team MTN 0.22 4 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.23 5 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 6 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 8 Massimo Graziato (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 10 Gonzalo Rabuñal Ríos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11 Thomas Murray (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 12 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 13 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 14 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental 16 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 17 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 18 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 19 Johnny Walker (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 20 Adam Semple (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 21 Robert Partridge (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 22 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental 23 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 25 Dale Appleby (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 26 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 27 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 28 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.45 29 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 30 Travis Meyer (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 1.13 31 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 1.59 32 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 3.40 33 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 4.20 34 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia 4.38 35 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental 9.57 36 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10.03 37 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 38 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Alexandr Surutkovych (Ukr) Team Type 1 40 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 41 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 42 Peter Williams (GBr) Pinarello Racing Team 43 Svein Vold (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 44 Simon Holt (GBr) Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk 45 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia 11.04 46 Jay Thomson (RSA) Team MTN 13.07 47 Alex Wetterhall (Swe) Pezula Racing 15.02 48 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 16.35 49 Miceal Concannon (Irl) Irish National Team 16.38 50 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.53 51 Matthew King (Aus) Southaustralia.com - AIS 21.44 52 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 22.24 53 Ingar Stokstad (Nor) Joker - Bianchi 24.52 Teams classification 1 Topsport Vlaanderen 26.54.45 2 CSF Group Navigare 3 Pinarello CandiTV 4 Rapha Condor Recycling.co.uk 5 Garmin Chipotle H30 6 Rabobank 7 Team Type 1 Cycling Team 8 Team Columbia 9 Joker Bianchi Team 10 Karpin Galicia Cycling Team 11 SouthAustralia.com/AIS 12 An Post Sean Kelly Team 13 Tinkoff - Credit Systems 14 MTN Energade 15 Pezula 9.40 16 Irish National Team 11.13
