Si sono concluse ieri le due corse a tappe che hanno caratterizzato l’intera settimana, il Giro dell’Oman e la Volta ao Algarve in Portogallo. La corsa asiatica ha visto il trionfo finale dello slovacco Peter Velits (Omega Pharma Quick Step) con un solo secondo di vantaggio sul portacolori della Liquigas Cannondale, Vincenzo Nibali. In Portogallo invece la tappa decisiva è stata una prova a cronometro e il vincitore della classifica finale è l’australiano Richie Porte (Sky Pro Cycling).
L’ultima frazione del Giro dell’Oman ha avuto un momento di suspance quando, al traguardo volante con abbuoni, in un primo momento pareva che Nibali si fosse classificato al secondo posto, guadagnando così quei 2″ di abbuono che gli avrebbero permesso di sopravanzare Velits in classifica generale. Un attento esame del fotofinish ha poi rivelato che il siciliano in realtà è giunto al quarto posto mentre secondo si è piazzato il compagno di team Sagan. La classifica è così rimasta invariata con lo slovacco della Omega Pharma Quick Step sul gradino più alto del podio, a Nibali la piazza d’onore, mentre il terzo posto è andato al giovane Tony Gallopin (RadioShack Nissan Trek), vera rivelazione della corsa asiatica.
Riportiamo di seguito le classifiche finali di entrambe le gare:
Tour of Oman
1 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 21:32:02
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:01
3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:17
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:21
5 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:30
6 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:47
8 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin – Barracuda 0:00:49
9 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor 0:00:50
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:52
11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:01:15
12 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:18
13 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:01:30
14 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:33
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:54
16 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:02:01
17 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:02:23
18 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Barracuda 0:02:33
19 Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team 0:02:42
20 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:44
21 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:01
22 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:03:21
23 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:03:24
24 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:03:50
25 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:51
26 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:03:57
27 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:03:58
28 Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:07
29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Barracuda 0:04:17
30 Christopher Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:04:33
31 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:41
32 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:59
33 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:05:32
34 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 0:05:43
35 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:05:51
36 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:54
37 David Millar (GBr) Garmin – Barracuda 0:06:31
38 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:40
39 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:06:46
40 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:06:47
41 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:06:49
42 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:06:50
43 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:06:53
44 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:07:07
45 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:30
46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:07:50
47 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:07:52
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:05
49 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:08:11
50 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:08:13
51 Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:08:38
52 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:08:50
53 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:09:00
54 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:09:07
55 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Barracuda 0:09:23
56 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:09:30
57 Gregory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:54
58 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:09:55
59 Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team 0:10:18
60 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:10:56
61 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:10:58
62 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Project 1t4i 0:11:07
63 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:11:26
64 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:11:33
65 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 0:11:42
66 Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:11:47
67 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:11:50
68 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:11:52
69 Murilo Antoniobil Fischer (Bra) Garmin – Barracuda
70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:11:54
71 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team 0:12:37
72 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:12:45
73 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:12:50
74 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:12:56
75 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat 0:12:57
76 Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Project 1t4i 0:13:12
77 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 0:13:13
78 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:13:24
79 Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:13:34
80 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:13:42
81 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:13:49
82 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:13:56
83 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
84 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1t4i 0:14:00
85 David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team 0:14:11
86 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:14:22
87 Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team 0:14:33
88 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Barracuda 0:14:37
89 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:14:48
90 Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:14:54
91 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:15:15
92 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:15:19
93 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:15:21
94 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:15:44
95 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:15:47
96 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:16:01
97 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:16:22
98 Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:16:34
99 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:17:17
100 Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:17:30
101 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team 0:18:04
102 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:18:09
103 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:19:14
104 Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:19:41
105 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:19:56
106 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:20:00
107 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:21:41
108 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor 0:22:22
109 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:24:51
110 William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:25:07
111 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:25:38
112 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin – Barracuda 0:26:04
113 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:26:48
114 Christian Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 0:27:05
115 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:27:56
116 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Project 1t4i 0:31:12
117 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:31:23
118 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:35:10
119 Clinton Avery (NZl) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:35:21
120 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:37:08
Volta ao Algarve
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 19:02:43
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:37
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:44
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:50
5 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:58
6 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:02
7 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:13
8 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:14
9 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:01:33
10 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:39
11 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:49
12 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:01:54
13 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:02:00
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:02:08
15 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank 0:02:11
16 Sérgio Paulinho (Por) Saxo Bank 0:02:16
17 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:21
18 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:02:22
19 Bruno Pires (Por) Saxo Bank 0:02:23
20 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:37
21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:02:38
22 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:41
23 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:02:49
24 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:08
25 José Mendes (Por) LA-Antarte 0:03:14
26 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0:03:19
27 Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:29
28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:32
29 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Efapel-Glassdrive
30 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:03:34
31 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:03:38
32 Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:04:02
33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:04:12
34 Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:04:17
35 David Livramento (Por) Carmim-Prio 0:04:28
36 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Saxo Bank 0:04:35
37 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:04:42
38 David Arroyo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:50
39 Alejandro Marque (Spa) Carmim-Prio 0:04:58
40 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:04:59
41 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Carmim-Prio 0:05:00
42 Sérgio Sousa (Por) Efapel-Glassdrive 0:05:15
43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:05:23
44 André Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural 0:05:37
45 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank 0:05:39
46 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:05:40
47 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 0:05:53
48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank 0:06:05
49 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:22
50 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank 0:06:26
51 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 0:06:43
52 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:07:15
53 Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo 0:07:26
54 Hernâni Brôco (Por) Caja Rural 0:07:43
55 Hugo Sabido (Por) LA-Antarte 0:07:45
56 Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural 0:07:46
57 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 0:07:48
58 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:08:01
59 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:08:08
60 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:12
61 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:08:36
62 Serguei Klimov (Rus) RusVelo 0:08:44
63 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Barracuda 0:08:52
64 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 0:09:03
65 Amaro Antunes (Por) Carmim-Prio 0:09:05
66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 0:09:09
67 Célio Sousa (Por) Onda 0:09:27
68 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:09:32
69 Hugo Sancho (Por) LA-Antarte 0:09:42
70 Sérgio Ribeiro (Por) Efapel-Glassdrive 0:10:03
71 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural 0:10:31
72 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:10:58
73 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Carmim-Prio 0:11:01
74 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank 0:11:21
75 Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin-Barracuda 0:11:25
76 Mark Christian (GBr) An Post-Sean Kelly 0:11:26
77 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:11:44
78 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda 0:11:57
79 Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:11:59
80 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:12:01
81 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:12:22
82 Kai Reus (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:12:29
83 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:13:07
84 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:13:08
85 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:13:15
86 Yelko Gomez (Pan) Caja Rural 0:13:30
87 Vergílio Santos (Por) LA-Antarte 0:13:34
88 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:13:50
89 Bruno Silva (Por) LA-Antarte 0:14:01
90 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:14:18
91 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:14:25
92 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural 0:14:41
93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:15:11
94 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 0:15:31
95 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:17:44
96 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo 0:18:27
97 Daniel Silva (Por) Onda 0:18:29
98 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:18:52
99 Josue Enzo Moyano (Arg) Caja Rural 0:19:28
100 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:19:40
101 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:20:03
102 José Gonçalves (Por) Onda 0:20:05
103 Márcio Barbosa (Por) LA-Antarte 0:20:40
104 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:20:55
105 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:20:56
106 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:21:00
107 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Onda 0:21:14
108 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0:21:22
109 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Barracuda
110 Luís Silva (Por) Carmim-Prio 0:21:26
111 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:21:40
112 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:21:50
113 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank 0:22:23
114 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) An Post-Sean Kelly 0:22:42
115 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo 0:22:52
116 Michael Morkov (Den) Saxo Bank 0:22:54
117 Nikita Eskov (Rus) RusVelo 0:23:18
118 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:23:20
119 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Efapel-Glassdrive 0:23:34
120 Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly 0:23:46
121 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda 0:23:54
122 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Carmim-Prio 0:24:10
123 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:24:13
124 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0:24:23
125 Francesco Lasca (Ita) Caja Rural 0:24:31
126 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:24:37
127 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0:25:01
128 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:25:24
129 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:25:28
130 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) LA-Antarte 0:25:33
131 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:26:25
132 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo 0:27:10
133 Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 0:27:17
134 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:28:42
135 César Fonte (Por) Efapel-Glassdrive 0:28:47
136 Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:41:19
137 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Efapel-Glassdrive 0:41:41
138 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Efapel-Glassdrive 0:45:06
139 Tomás Swift-Metcalfe (GBr) Carmim-Prio 0:46:57
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