Nizzolo slog Saxo-slovener i Luxembourg

På en lettere kuperet etape i Tour de Luxembourg endte Jimmy Engoulvent (Sojasun) med at tabte førertrøjen til holdkammeraten Jonathan Hivert, mens etapen blev vundet af RadioShack-rytteren Giacomo Nizzolo foran Team Saxo-Tinkoffs slovenske talent Marko Kump.

Sådan forløb etapen

Efter det i går blev til russisk sejr ved Alexander Porsev fra Katusha, skulle 3. etape af 2.HC-etapeløbet Tour de Luxembourg her til eftermiddag afvikles. Rytterne skulle tilbagelægge 173,1 kilometer fra Schifflange til Walferdange på en lettere kuperet etape.

Da 20 kilometer var tilbagelagt kom dagens udbrud af sted. Det bestod af Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM), Sebastien Turgot (Europcar) samt Mattia Pozzo fra Vini Fantini-Selle Italia. De fik hurtigt oparbejdet sig et forspring på over fire minutter.

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De Gendt kører solo
Knap 80 kilometer fra mål var dette forspring blevet yderligere øget til 5.30 minutter. Derfra blev det dog langsomt kørt ind igen.

Det fik De Gendt til at forcere, og han fik nemt sat både Turgot og Pozzo. Feltet var på dette tidspunkt godt halvandet minut efter de forreste.

Splittelse
Som farten blev skruet op blev feltet delt i flere grupper. Blandt andre den førende rytter, Jimmy Engoulvent (Sojasun), blev fanget bag ved.

Snart blev De Gendt hentet af en af de mange nye grupper. Det betød kontraangreb, og en firemandsgruppe blev dannet i front. Den bestod af Jan Bakelandts (RadioShack-Leopard), Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar), Steve Chainel (AG2R La Mondiale) samt Bruno Pires fra Team Saxo-Tinkoff.

Denne gruppe blev dog hentet igen, da det russiske Katusha-mandskab satte hele holdet frem at føre. Det endte uheldigvis for WorldTour-holdet med at koste både Rudiger Selig og Marco Haller deltagelsen i gruppen, og dermed var Alexei Tsatevich eneste Katusha-rytter tilbage i front, da gårsdagens vinder, Alexander Porsev, var blevet sat tidligere på etapen.

Finalen
Flere prøvede at køre kontra, men ingen kom væk, og dermed skulle etapen ende med en spurt i en større gruppe. Her viste RadioShacks Giacomo Nizzolo sig som den stærkeste, da han slog det unge Team Saxo-Tinkoff-talent Marko Kump i kampen om sejren. Paul Martens (Blanco) tog den sidste podieplads.

Da både nummer et og to i klassementet inden dagens etape, Jimmy Engoulvent og Danny Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM), tabte meget tid, er Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun) ny mand i førertrøjen.

Resultat af 3. etape
1 Giacomo Nizzolo - RadioShack Leopard 04.10.24
2 Marko Kump - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
3 Paul Martens - Blanco Pro Cycling Team
4 Marco Marcato - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Manuel Belletti - AG2R La Mondiale
6 Vincent Jerome - Team Europcar
7 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun
8 Alexey Tsatevich - Katusha
9 Manuele Boaro - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
10 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
11 Pier Paolo De Negri - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
12 Jan Bakelants - RadioShack Leopard
13 Wouter Poels - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
14 Sergio Pardilla Bellon - MTN-Qhubeka
15 Julien El Fares - Sojasun
16 Jonathan Fumeaux - IAM Cycling
17 Maarten Wynants - Blanco Pro Cycling Team
18 Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling
19 Matthias Brandle - IAM Cycling
20 Nico Sijmens - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
21 Laurens Ten Dam - Blanco Pro Cycling Team
22 Bob Jungels - RadioShack Leopard
23 Björn Leukemans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
24 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar
25 Robert Gesink - Blanco Pro Cycling Team
26 Chris Anker Sörensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.15
27 Ben Gastauer - AG2R La Mondiale
28 Gerald Ciolek - MTN-Qhubeka 0.25
29 Danny van Poppel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
30 Jean-Pierre Drucker - Accent Jobs-Wanty
31 Rafael Andriato - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
32 Jan Ghyselinck - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
33 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
34 Karsten Kroon - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
35 Yukiya Arashiro - Team Europcar
36 Julien Fouchard - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
37 Angelo Tulik - Team Europcar
38 Jérémie Galland - Sojasun
39 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle - Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Danilo Hondo - RadioShack Leopard
41 Johan Coenen - Team Differdange-Losch
42 Leonardo Fabio Duque - Colombia
43 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas - Colombia
44 Carlos Julian Quintero - Colombia
45 Rémi Cusin - IAM Cycling
46 Stefano Borchi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
47 Arnaud Labbe - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
48 Pirmin Lang - IAM Cycling
49 Romain Zingle - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
50 Perrig Quemeneur - Team Europcar
51 Ignatas Konovalovas - MTN-Qhubeka 0.35
52 Tiago Machado - RadioShack Leopard 0.46
53 Will Routley - Accent Jobs-Wanty
54 Tom Thill - Luxembourg 0.57
55 Pablo Urtasun Perez - Euskaltel-Euskadi
56 Bruno Pires - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
57 Laurent Didier - RadioShack Leopard
58 Jarlinson Pantano - Colombia
59 Rudiger Selig - Katusha 1.25
60 Patrick Schelling - IAM Cycling
61 Gediminas Bagdonas - AG2R La Mondiale
62 Moreno Hofland - Blanco Pro Cycling Team
63 Jacobus Venter - MTN-Qhubeka
64 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Alex Kirsch - Luxembourg 1.50
66 Martin Reimer - MTN-Qhubeka
67 Alexandre Pichot - Team Europcar 4.07
68 Viacheslav Kuznetsov - Katusha
69 Steve Chainel - AG2R La Mondiale 4.56
70 Mikhail Ignatyev - Katusha 5.58
71 Maxim Belkov - Katusha
72 Marco Haller - Katusha
73 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 7.23
74 Salvador Guardiola Tora - Team Differdange-Losch
75 Valentin Iglinskiy - AG2R La Mondiale
76 Bjorn Thurau - Team Europcar 9.07
77 Dominic Klemme - IAM Cycling
78 Christian Helmig - Team Differdange-Losch 9.18
79 Juan Pablo Valencia - Colombia
80 Davy Commeyne - Accent Jobs-Wanty
81 James Vanlandschoot - Accent Jobs-Wanty
82 Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal - Colombia
83 Janis Dakteris - Team Differdange-Losch
84 Jérôme Gilbert - Accent Jobs-Wanty
85 Ioannis Tamouridis - Euskaltel-Euskadi
86 Maarten Tjallingii - Blanco Pro Cycling Team
87 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg - MTN-Qhubeka
88 Benjamin King - RadioShack Leopard
89 Timothy Duggan - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
90 Julian Kern - AG2R La Mondiale
91 Davide Appollonio - AG2R La Mondiale
92 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale
93 Gert Joeaar - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
94 César Bihel - Team Differdange-Losch
95 Pit Schlechter - Luxembourg
96 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
97 Staf Scheirlinckx - Accent Jobs-Wanty
98 Marco Corti - Colombia
99 Jean-Lou Paiani - Sojasun
100 Kevin Hulsmans - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
101 Luigi Miletta - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
102 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
103 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira - RadioShack Leopard
104 Timofey Kritskiy - Katusha
105 Jon Aberasturi Izaga - Euskaltel-Euskadi
106 Sascha Weber - Team Differdange-Losch 10.31
107 Joël Zangerle - Luxembourg
108 Ralph Diseviscourt - Luxembourg 12.45
109 Mike Diener - Luxembourg
110 Kevin Feiereisen - Luxembourg
111 Rony Martias - Sojasun
112 Tim De Troyer - Accent Jobs-Wanty
113 Gediminas Kaupas - Team Differdange-Losch
114 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun
115 Kevin Van Melsen - Accent Jobs-Wanty
116 Maxime Daniel - Sojasun
117 Sjef De Wilde - Team Differdange-Losch
118 Jimmy Engoulvent - Sojasun
119 Matteo Pelucchi - IAM Cycling
120 Carlos Julian Quintero - Colombia
121 Alexander Porsev - Katusha
122 Jay Robert Thomson - MTN-Qhubeka
123 Dennis Van Winden - Blanco Pro Cycling Team
124 Andreas Stauff - MTN-Qhubeka
125 Steffen Radochla - Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Jérôme Theis - Luxembourg
127 Willem Wauters - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Rafael Valls Ferri - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Ramon Carretero - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
 
Samlet stilling 
1 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 08.54.57
2 Matthias Brandle - IAM Cycling 0.02
3 Paul Martens - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0.03
4 Damien Gaudin - Team Europcar 0.05
5 Bob Jungels - RadioShack Leopard 0.06
6 Marco Marcato - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7 Robert Gesink - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0.07
8 Maarten Wynants - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0.08
9 Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling 0.09
10 Jan Bakelants - RadioShack Leopard
11 Marko Kump - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.11
12 Julien El Fares - Sojasun
13 Manuele Boaro - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.12
14 Wouter Poels - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.13
15 Nico Sijmens - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
16 Jonathan Fumeaux - IAM Cycling 0.14
17 Alexey Tsatevich - Katusha 0.15
18 Giacomo Nizzolo - RadioShack Leopard 0.16
19 Vincent Jerome - Team Europcar
20 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.17
21 Laurens Ten Dam - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0.18
22 Björn Leukemans - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
23 Manuel Belletti - AG2R La Mondiale 0.20
24 Pier Paolo De Negri - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0.23
25 Danny van Poppel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.25
26 Jean-Pierre Drucker - Accent Jobs-Wanty 0.26
27 Sergio Pardilla Bellon - MTN-Qhubeka 0.28
28 Rémi Cusin - IAM Cycling 0.31
29 Jan Ghyselinck - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.36
30 Rafael Andriato - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0.37
31 Arnaud Labbe - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
32 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle - Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38
33 Angelo Tulik - Team Europcar 0.39
34 Johan Coenen - Team Differdange-Losch 0.40
35 Gerald Ciolek - MTN-Qhubeka
36 Julien Fouchard - Cofidis, Solutions Credits
37 Karsten Kroon - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
38 Pirmin Lang - IAM Cycling
39 Carlos Julian Quintero - Colombia 0.42
40 Romain Zingle - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.43
41 Leonardo Fabio Duque - Colombia 0.44
42 Jérémie Galland - Sojasun
43 Yukiya Arashiro - Team Europcar 0.45
44 Chris Anker Sörensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff
45 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas - Colombia 0.46
46 Danilo Hondo - RadioShack Leopard 0.47
47 Mads Christensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.48
48 Ben Gastauer - AG2R La Mondiale 0.49
49 Perrig Quemeneur - Team Europcar 0.51
50 Stefano Borchi - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0.52
51 Will Routley - Accent Jobs-Wanty 0.55
52 Tiago Machado - RadioShack Leopard 1.10
53 Ignatas Konovalovas - MTN-Qhubeka 1.11
54 Pablo Urtasun Perez - Euskaltel-Euskadi
55 Bruno Pires - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1.13
56 Tom Thill - Luxembourg 1.17
57 Laurent Didier - RadioShack Leopard 1.21
58 Jarlinson Pantano - Colombia 1.25
59 Moreno Hofland - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1.32
60 Jacobus Venter - MTN-Qhubeka 1.38
61 Patrick Schelling - IAM Cycling 1.40
62 Ruben Perez Moreno - Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41
63 Alex Kirsch - Luxembourg 1.59
64 Gediminas Bagdonas - AG2R La Mondiale 2.30
65 Martin Reimer - MTN-Qhubeka 2.39
66 Viacheslav Kuznetsov - Katusha 4.38
67 Rudiger Selig - Katusha 4.41
68 Alexandre Pichot - Team Europcar 4.57
69 Steve Chainel - AG2R La Mondiale 5.57
70 Marco Haller - Katusha 6.11
71 Mikhail Ignatyev - Katusha 6.19
72 Maxim Belkov - Katusha 6.23
73 Valentin Iglinskiy - AG2R La Mondiale 7.41
74 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 7.50
75 Salvador Guardiola Tora - Team Differdange-Losch 7.52
76 Dominic Klemme - IAM Cycling 9.27
77 Julian Kern - AG2R La Mondiale 9.29
78 Maarten Tjallingii - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 9.30
79 Bjorn Thurau - Team Europcar 9.33
80 Davy Commeyne - Accent Jobs-Wanty 9.34
81 Benjamin King - RadioShack Leopard 9.35
82 Pit Schlechter - Luxembourg
83 Christian Helmig - Team Differdange-Losch 9.36
84 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg - MTN-Qhubeka
85 Juan Esteban Arango Carvajal - Colombia 9.37
86 Ioannis Tamouridis - Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.38
87 Davide Appollonio - AG2R La Mondiale 9.39
88 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira - RadioShack Leopard 9.40
89 César Bihel - Team Differdange-Losch 9.42
90 Janis Dakteris - Team Differdange-Losch 9.48
91 James Vanlandschoot - Accent Jobs-Wanty
92 Kevin Hulsmans - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9.50
93 Jérôme Gilbert - Accent Jobs-Wanty
94 Marco Corti - Colombia 9.56
95 Jon Aberasturi Izaga - Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.58
96 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale 10.00
97 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10.03
98 Juan Pablo Valencia - Colombia 10.04
99 Staf Scheirlinckx - Accent Jobs-Wanty 10.11
100 Luigi Miletta - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10.14
101 Gert Joeaar - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10.19
102 Jean-Lou Paiani - Sojasun 10.22
103 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
104 Timothy Duggan - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 10.46
105 Timofey Kritskiy - Katusha 10.47
106 Joël Zangerle - Luxembourg 10.56
107 Sascha Weber - Team Differdange-Losch 11.05
108 Jimmy Engoulvent - Sojasun 12.44
109 Rony Martias - Sojasun 12.52
110 Maxime Daniel - Sojasun 12.53
111 Alexander Porsev - Katusha 12.55
112 Willem Wauters - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12.58
113 Andreas Stauff - MTN-Qhubeka 13.06
114 Kevin Van Melsen - Accent Jobs-Wanty 13.07
115 Tim De Troyer - Accent Jobs-Wanty 13.08
116 Ralph Diseviscourt - Luxembourg 13.11
117 Gediminas Kaupas - Team Differdange-Losch 13.13
118 Kevin Feiereisen - Luxembourg 13.15
119 Matteo Pelucchi - IAM Cycling 13.17
120 Sjef De Wilde - Team Differdange-Losch 13.29
121 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun 13.35
122 Dennis Van Winden - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 13.45
123 Jérôme Theis - Luxembourg 13.53
124 Jay Robert Thomson - MTN-Qhubeka 14.29
125 Mike Diener - Luxembourg 14.41
126 Steffen Radochla - Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.01
127 Carlos Julian Quintero - Colombia 20.33
 
Bjergkonkurrencen 
1 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 23
2 Carlos Julian Quintero - Colombia 21
3 Jay Robert Thomson - MTN-Qhubeka 18
4 Thomas De Gendt - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 15
5 Sébastien Turgot - Team Europcar 10
6 Sascha Weber - Team Differdange-Losch 6
7 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun 3
8 Jean-Lou Paiani - Sojasun 2
9 Jan Bakelants - RadioShack Leopard 1
10 Staf Scheirlinckx - Accent Jobs-Wanty 1
11 Rony Martias - Sojasun 1
12 Maxime Daniel - Sojasun 1
 
Pointkonkurrencen 
1 Giacomo Nizzolo - RadioShack Leopard 20
2 Alexander Porsev - Katusha 20
3 Marko Kump - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 16
4 Gerald Ciolek - MTN-Qhubeka 16
5 Paul Martens - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 13
6 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle - Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
7 Marco Marcato - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
8 Yauheni Hutarovich - AG2R La Mondiale 11
9 Manuel Belletti - AG2R La Mondiale 9
10 Matteo Pelucchi - IAM Cycling 9
11 Vincent Jerome - Team Europcar 7
12 Danny van Poppel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 7
13 Jonathan Hivert - Sojasun 5
14 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas - Colombia 5
15 Alexey Tsatevich - Katusha 3
16 Rafael Andriato - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 3
17 Manuele Boaro - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2
18 Jean-Pierre Drucker - Accent Jobs-Wanty 2
19 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1
20 Moreno Hofland - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1
 
Ungdomskonkurrencen 
1 Matthias Brandle - IAM Cycling 08.54.59
2 Bob Jungels - RadioShack Leopard 0.04
3 Marko Kump - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.09
4 Jonathan Fumeaux - IAM Cycling 0.12
5 Alexey Tsatevich - Katusha 0.13
6 Giacomo Nizzolo - RadioShack Leopard 0.14
7 Danny van Poppel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.23
8 Jan Ghyselinck - Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0.34
9 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle - Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.36
10 Angelo Tulik - Team Europcar 0.37
11 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas - Colombia 0.44
12 Tom Thill - Luxembourg 1.15
13 Jarlinson Pantano - Colombia 1.23
14 Moreno Hofland - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1.30
15 Patrick Schelling - IAM Cycling 1.38
16 Alex Kirsch - Luxembourg 1.57
17 Viacheslav Kuznetsov - Katusha 4.36
18 Rudiger Selig - Katusha 4.39
19 Marco Haller - Katusha 6.09
20 Salvador Guardiola Tora - Team Differdange-Losch 7.50
21 Julian Kern - AG2R La Mondiale 9.27
22 Bjorn Thurau - Team Europcar 9.31
23 Benjamin King - RadioShack Leopard 9.33
24 Pit Schlechter - Luxembourg
25 Davide Appollonio - AG2R La Mondiale 9.37
26 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira - RadioShack Leopard 9.38
27 César Bihel - Team Differdange-Losch 9.40
28 Janis Dakteris - Team Differdange-Losch 9.46
29 Jon Aberasturi Izaga - Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.56
30 Mattia Pozzo - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10.01
31 Juan Pablo Valencia - Colombia 10.02
32 Luigi Miletta - Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10.12
33 Jean-Lou Paiani - Sojasun 10.20
34 Joël Zangerle - Luxembourg 10.54
35 Sascha Weber - Team Differdange-Losch 11.03
36 Maxime Daniel - Sojasun 12.51
37 Willem Wauters - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12.56
38 Tim De Troyer - Accent Jobs-Wanty 13.06
39 Gediminas Kaupas - Team Differdange-Losch 13.11
40 Kevin Feiereisen - Luxembourg 13.13
41 Matteo Pelucchi - IAM Cycling 13.15
42 Evaldas Siskevicius - Sojasun 13.33
43 Jérôme Theis - Luxembourg 13.51
44 Mike Diener - Luxembourg 14.39
45 Carlos Julian Quintero - Colombia 20.31
 
Holdkonkurrencen 
1 IAM Cycling 26.45.08
2 Blanco Pro Cycling Team
3 Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycl 0.01
4 Radioshack Leopard 0.14
5 Sojasun
6 Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.36
7 Cofidis,Solutions Credit 0.39
8 Team Europcar 0.43
9 Vini Fantini-Selle Itali 1.23
10 Mtn-Qhubeka 1.29
11 Colombia 1.53
12 Ag2R La Mondiale 2.01
13 Euskatel Euskadi 3.13
14 Katusha 5.53
15 Accent Jobs-Wanty 10.38
16 Team Létzebuerg 12.34
17 Team Differdange-Losch 17.42