Si è da poco conclusa la cronometro individuale che ha chiuso l’edizione 2012 del Giro di Romandia. Bradley Wiggins si è aggiudicato sia la tappa che la classifica finale con una prova superba.
Il britannico del Team Sky ha dovuto anche far ricorso all’aiuto dei meccanici per un salto di catena nella prima parte della prova, inconveniente che di certo gli è costato diversi secondi. Nonostante tutto ha fatto segnare il miglior tempo sia all’intermedio che sulla linea d’arrivo, battendo per pochi decimi di secondo un altrettanto bravo Andrew Talansky (Garmin Barracuda), vera rivelazione della corsa elvetica. Al terzo posto si è piazzato Richie Porte, compagno di team di Wiggins.
In virtù di questi risultati la classifica finale, che fino a questo primo pomeriggio proponeva ancora Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) come leader, vede Wiggins trionfatore davanti al giovane Talansky e al portoghese del Team Movistar, Rui Costa.
Ordine d’arrivo 5ª tappa:
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:28:56.60
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:00.70
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:16.59
4 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:22.84
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:40.18
6 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:41.60
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:42.88
8 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:52.17
9 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:53.59
10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:00:54.63
11 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0:01:00.46
12 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:01.51
13 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:03.43
14 Jerôme Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:06.55
15 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:08.26
16 Pieter Weening (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:11.05
17 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:14.59
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:01:14.62
19 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:17.20
20 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:20.02
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:22.47
22 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:23.70
23 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:24.15
24 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:25.45
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:26.47
26 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:27.71
27 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:01:28.38
28 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:01:29.20
29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:29.48
30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:33.56
31 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:34.31
32 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:01:35.05
33 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 0:01:35.38
34 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:01:36.48
35 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:37.73
36 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:01:41.29
37 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:41.97
38 Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:43.22
39 Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:44.55
40 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:01:45.71
41 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:47.26
42 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:49.60
43 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:53.29
44 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:56.30
45 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:57.66
46 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:57.69
47 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:59.07
48 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:59.76
49 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:02:00.15
50 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:00.16
51 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:01.70
52 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:02:02.53
53 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:07.76
54 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:10.23
55 Jean-Christophe Perraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:14.26
56 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:02:18.02
57 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:02:19.26
58 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:22.45
59 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling 0:02:23.75
60 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:02:23.82
61 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:24.43
62 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 0:02:26.06
63 Mikel Landa (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:02:27.43
64 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:28.07
65 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:32.62
66 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:02:35.71
67 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:02:35.95
68 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:37.46
69 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:02:38.67
70 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Pro Team Astana 0:02:41.34
71 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:43.86
72 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:44.89
73 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:02:46.11
74 Molina Ruben Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:48.51
74 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
76 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:02:49.51
77 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:49.52
78 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:56.17
79 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:02:56.94
80 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:57.02
81 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:57.52
82 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:59.26
83 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:00.72
84 Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:03:01.72
85 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:02.15
86 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 0:03:05.86
87 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana 0:03:06.09
88 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:03:08.19
89 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:03:08.78
90 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:09.41
91 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:10.64
92 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:03:12.07
93 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:03:14.31
94 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:03:16.31
95 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:03:17.11
96 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:18.01
97 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:18.30
98 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:18.89
99 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:22.27
99 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar
101 Jose Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:24.47
102 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:27.34
103 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:30.02
104 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:30.27
105 Christian Meier (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:03:31.62
106 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:32.05
107 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:03:32.88
108 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:03:35.07
109 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:38.64
110 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:40.40
111 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:03:44.21
112 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:49.32
113 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:49.62
114 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:03:53.62
115 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:56.61
116 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:06.92
117 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:04:09.69
118 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:09.98
119 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank 0:04:14.25
120 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:16.50
121 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:04:17.91
122 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:04:27.60
123 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:28.83
124 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:40.20
125 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:40.44
126 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:52.95
127 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:04:53.35
128 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:57.87
129 Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:24.99
130 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:05:29.70
131 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:06:08.67
132 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD 0:06:20.20
133 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:20.74
DNS Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda
DNS Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
DNS Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNS Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
DNS Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre – ISD
Classifica finale:
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 18:05:40
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:12
3 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:36
4 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:45
5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:50
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:59
7 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:03
8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0:01:13
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Pro Team Astana 0:01:14
10 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:15
11 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:01:21
12 Jerôme Coppel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:22
13 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:26
14 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:31
15 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:33
16 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:35
18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
19 Pieter Weening (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:38
20 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:01:40
21 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:41
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:45
23 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:01:50
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:01:54
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:01:55
26 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:56
27 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:02:01
28 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:02:06
29 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:02:07
30 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:09
31 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:23
32 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:26
33 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:34
34 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:41
35 Mikel Landa (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:03:00
36 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:03:21
37 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:03:24
38 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:03:31
39 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:34
40 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:04:01
41 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:04:23
42 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:32
43 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:36
44 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:44
45 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Pro Team Astana 0:05:08
46 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:05:17
47 Molina Ruben Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:29
48 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:05:58
49 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:06:23
50 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:06:49
51 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:06:54
52 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:18
53 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:43
54 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:08:06
55 Cyrille Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:08:07
56 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:08:26
57 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:09:09
58 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:09:37
59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:09:41
60 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:32
61 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 0:10:38
62 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:10:43
63 Jose Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:57
64 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana 0:13:51
65 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:15:00
66 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:16:08
67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:16:23
68 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:17:13
69 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:17:24
70 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:17:50
71 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:18:13
72 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Sky Procycling
73 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:18:15
74 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:18:24
75 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:18:26
76 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:19:55
77 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank 0:20:37
78 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:20:56
79 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 0:21:31
80 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:22:36
81 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 0:22:55
82 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:23:03
83 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:23:42
84 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:23:57
85 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 0:24:58
86 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:25:23
87 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:25:25
88 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 0:26:32
89 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:26:36
90 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:27:45
91 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:27:59
92 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
93 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:28:09
94 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:28:16
95 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:28:38
96 Jean-Christophe Perraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:28:39
97 Ricardo Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:29:04
98 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:29:05
99 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:29:11
100 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:30:10
101 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar 0:30:41
102 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:30:43
103 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:31:15
104 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat 0:31:22
105 Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:32:55
106 Christian Meier (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:33:09
107 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:34:53
108 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:35:12
109 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:36:02
110 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:36:10
111 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:36:31
112 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:36:37
113 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:36:56
114 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:37:17
115 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:38:12
116 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:38:22
117 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 0:38:28
118 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:38:34
119 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
120 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:38:39
121 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:39:12
122 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – ISD 0:40:14
123 Chris Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:41:10
124 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:41:36
125 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre – ISD 0:41:55
126 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar 0:42:48
127 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:43:55
128 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:44:34
129 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin-Barracuda 0:45:41
130 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:46:57
131 Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar 0:47:39
132 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling 0:47:41
133 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:50:02