Thursday, July 10, 2008
Stage Six: Aigurande to Super-Besse
Climber extraordinaire Leonardo Piepoli of Saunier Duval-Prodir finished in 10th place today, 7 seconds back from the top finisher, while David Lopez Garcia of Caisse-d'Epargne finished well up in 87th place today, at 6:02 back from the first finisher, which pulls them both well up in the individual standings.
Meanwhile, Wim Vansevenant finished back in the final huge grupetto at 17:46, as did Nicki Sorensen and Matthieu Sprick.
So the last five riders in the standings today have changed only a bit from yesterday:
172. KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr 66 LIQUIGAS 25h 01' 05" + 30' 24"
173. AUGE Stéphane 182 COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE 25h 01' 52" + 31' 11"
174. SORENSEN Nicki 18 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 25h 03' 17" + 32' 36"
175. SPRICK Matthieu 146 BOUYGUES TELECOM 25h 06' 06" + 35' 25"
176. VANSEVENANT Wim 9 SILENCE - LOTTO 25h 08' 16" + 37' 35"
Note: Aurélien Passeron of Saunier Duval-Prodir did not start the stage.
Meanwhile, Wim Vansevenant finished back in the final huge grupetto at 17:46, as did Nicki Sorensen and Matthieu Sprick.
So the last five riders in the standings today have changed only a bit from yesterday:
172. KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr 66 LIQUIGAS 25h 01' 05" + 30' 24"
173. AUGE Stéphane 182 COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE 25h 01' 52" + 31' 11"
174. SORENSEN Nicki 18 TEAM CSC SAXO BANK 25h 03' 17" + 32' 36"
175. SPRICK Matthieu 146 BOUYGUES TELECOM 25h 06' 06" + 35' 25"
176. VANSEVENANT Wim 9 SILENCE - LOTTO 25h 08' 16" + 37' 35"
Note: Aurélien Passeron of Saunier Duval-Prodir did not start the stage.
Labels: Auge, Garcia, Kuschynski, Passeron, Piepoli, Sorensen, Sprick, Vansevenant
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Stage Five: Cholet to Châteauroux
Some days it's not even worth it to get out of bed. Juan Mauricio Soler of Barloworld went down again today in the neutral zone and by 12 km into the stage he abandoned. VeloNews has the details on Soler's situation - his earlier wrist fracture "made it nearly impossible for Soler to brake". Better luck next year, Juan.
Five stragglers today:
173 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 0.33
174 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 0.57
175 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.41
176 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.55
177 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.30
But no shakeups in the back of the GC:
173 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.59
174 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.09
175 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.06
176 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.55
177 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.05
Five stragglers today:
173 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 0.33
174 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia 0.57
175 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1.41
176 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.55
177 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.30
But no shakeups in the back of the GC:
173 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.59
174 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.09
175 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.06
176 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.55
177 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.05
Labels: Burghardt, Garcia, Hansen, Haussler, Lancaster, Passeron, Piepoli, Soler, Sorenson, Sprick, Vansevenant
