Si è concluso oggi il Giro del Qatar e Tom Boonen può festeggiare. Il belga scrive per la quarta volta il suo nome nell’albo d’oro di questa corsa e la Omega Pharma-Quick Step ottiene un altro successo dopo la vittoria di Leipheimer al Tour de San Luis e le numerose tappe già conquistate.
Riassumiamo ciò che è successo nelle singole frazioni della corsa.
1ª tappa (Barzan Towers-Doha Golf Club, 142,5 km):
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 3:11:32
2 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
2ª tappa (Lusail TTT, 11,3 km):
1 Garmin – Barracuda 0:12:38
2 Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:07
3 Sky Procycling 0:00:09
3ªtappa (Dukhan-Al Gharafa Stadium, 146,5 km):
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 3:23:48
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
3 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team
4ªtappa (Al Thakhira-Madinat Al Shamal, 144 km):
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 3:03:14
2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
5ªtappa (Camel Race Track-Al Khor Corniche, 160 km):
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 3:30:40
2 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
6ªtappa (Sealine Beach Resort-Doha Corniche, 120 km):
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 2:20:44
2 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank
Tom Boonen ha mantenuto la maglia fin dal primo giorno, riuscendo anche a conquistare due successi di tappa. Il Campione del Mondo Mark Cavendish (Sky) è apparso già in buona forma, nonostante la caduta nell’ultima tappa che, fortunatamente, non ha avuto particolari conseguenze. Più sfortunato Filippo Pozzato (Farnese-Selle Italia) che nel corso della penultima tappa ha riportato la frattura della clavicola.
Ora molti protagonisti del Giro del Qatar si trasferiranno in Oman per l’omonimo Giro che avrà luogo dal 14 a al 19 di febbraio.
Classifica generale finale:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 15:42:14
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:28
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:33
4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:34
5 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:01:00
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:05
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:06
8 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:09
9 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:10
10 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:01:14
11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:19
12 Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:20
13 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank 0:01:28
14 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:31
15 John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1t4i 0:01:40
16 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:45
17 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:56
18 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha 0:02:15
19 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha 0:02:16
20 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:02:17
21 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System 0:02:19
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:23
23 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:02:27
24 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:02:28
25 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:02:30
26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:02:33
27 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:52
28 Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:02:55
29 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:02:58
30 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:59
31 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:02
32 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team
33 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:03:09
34 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank 0:03:10
35 Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:03:20
36 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:03:27
37 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:29
38 Murilo Antoniobil Fischer (Bra) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:36
39 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:41
40 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:03:43
41 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha
42 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 0:03:45
43 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:49
44 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
45 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:50
46 Markel Irizar (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan
47 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:03:52
48 Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team
49 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
50 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:53
51 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
52 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:04:00
53 Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:05
54 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:04:07
55 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:04:13
56 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:14
57 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-BigMat 0:04:16
58 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:04:20
59 Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i 0:04:21
60 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 0:04:26
61 Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:04:27
62 Robbie McEwen (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:32
63 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:33
64 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System 0:04:39
65 Joss Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
66 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:44
67 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:04:49
68 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Barracuda 0:04:53
69 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:05:04
70 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:05:05
71 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:05:07
72 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:05:09
73 David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team 0:05:10
74 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:05:22
75 Gregory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:28
76 Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
77 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:05:29
78 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-BigMat 0:05:42
79 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0:06:09
80 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor 0:06:17
81 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
82 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 0:06:33
83 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha 0:06:36
84 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:06:48
85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:59
86 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha 0:07:17
87 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:07:22
88 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:07:31
89 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:50
90 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System 0:08:12
91 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:30
92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:41
93 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor 0:09:50
94 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:10:14
95 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:11:37
96 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:12:29
97 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:59
98 Christian Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:13:03
99 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 0:13:20
100 Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:14:57
101 Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team 0:16:08
102 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 0:16:52
103 Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor 0:17:40
104 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:20:26
105 Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team 0:20:58
106 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:22:27
107 Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team 0:23:13
108 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System 0:23:30
109 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System 0:25:51
110 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step