2010 Criterium International

Old pals Lance and Berto are both racing.

"Hey buddy, how's it going?" Should be more interesting to watch than usual.

Plus Jens Voigt appears to be at pretty near full-strength based on his effort in Paris-Nice.

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Stage 1 Results

1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 5:19:45
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:00:11
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:15
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC
8 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
9 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack
10 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia-HTC 0:00:19
12 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Transitions 0:00:24
14 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions
15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
16 Hernandez Juan Mauricio Soler (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:31
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:38
18 David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:00:45
19 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
20 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
21 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:01:00
22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:13
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
24 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Francaise des Jeux 0:01:52
25 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-HTC
26 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
27 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 René Mandri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
29 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
30 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Columbia-HTC
31 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
32 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team
33 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
34 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:02:27
35 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
36 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
37 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
38 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia-HTC 0:02:47
39 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
40 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:02:50
41 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:03:41
42 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil-Shimano
43 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
44 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux
45 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
46 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
47 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
48 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:04:51
50 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team RadioShack
51 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Transitions
52 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
53 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
54 Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
55 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:05:45
56 Jéremy Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
57 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:07:57
58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
59 Liéuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
60 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
61 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
62 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:08:42
63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana
64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
65 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
66 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:09:13
67 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:46
68 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
69 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
70 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
71 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Bretagne-Schuller
72 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
73 Andrey Amador Bipkazacova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne
74 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
75 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0:13:30
76 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0:13:34
77 Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
78 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0:14:26
79 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:16:49
80 Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
81 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Skil-Shimano 0:17:19
82 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:17:43
83 Cedric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
84 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
85 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-HTC 0:21:03
86 Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
87 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
88 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC
90 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
91 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
92 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
93 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
94 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team Columbia-HTC
95 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Garmin-Transitions
96 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
97 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Transitions
98 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin-Transitions
99 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
100 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
101 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
102 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
103 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
104 Russel Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
105 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
106 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
107 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
108 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
109 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team
110 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team
111 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:21:48
112 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack 0:22:18
113 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0:22:20
114 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
115 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0:24:11
116 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 0:25:01

I didn't realize Voigt wasn't racing in the Crit. I thought he had made it his personal business to own the race.

Tough spot for Lance, down 3' to his buddy Berto.

So Contador cracked on the final climb and Lance ended up coming in with the laughing gallery... So much for the hype. LOL

Contador had allergy problems. He has dropped out of the race. Even so, he still lost one fourth as much time as Armstrong, also known as "El Gordo," who looked like he had spent the last month training at the Waffle House.

Reports were wrong. Contador has not dropped out. He started today's circuit race and hopes to do well in the ITT.

[ame=[MEDIA=youtube]ZHPIdog8hJk[/MEDIA]]YouTube - Critérium International 2010 - Stage 2 - Report[/ame]

Stage 2 Results - top 25
1 Russel Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 1:42:20
2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC-Columbia
3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
5 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
6 Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
7 Jéremy Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
9 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
12 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano
13 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
15 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
16 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
17 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions
18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
19 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Francaise des Jeux
20 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
21 René Mandri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
22 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
24 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team RadioShack
25 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack

General Classification @ stage 2
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7:01:53
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:00:17
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:23
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:27
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
6 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
7 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:31
11 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions 0:00:36
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
13 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Transitions
14 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:45
15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:00:47
16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:50
17 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:57
18 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
19 David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
20 Hernandez Juan Mauricio Soler (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
21 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:01:12
22 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0:01:23
23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:25
24 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Francaise des Jeux 0:02:04
25 René Mandri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
27 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
28 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
29 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:02:15
30 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC-Columbia 0:02:18
32 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:02:24
33 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
34 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:02:39
35 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
36 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC-Columbia 0:02:54
37 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:02:56
38 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:02:59
39 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team
40 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:03:22
41 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:03:53
42 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
43 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
44 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale
45 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
46 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:04:04
47 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0:04:13
48 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux
49 Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:05:01
50 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team RadioShack 0:05:03
51 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
52 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:05:17
53 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:05:23
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack
55 Jéremy Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:05:57
56 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:06:17
57 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:08:09
58 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0:08:26
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:08:29
60 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
61 Liéuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
62 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:09:11
63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana 0:09:13
64 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:09:14
65 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
66 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:09:45
67 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:58
68 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
69 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
70 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:18
72 Andrey Amador Bipkazacova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne
73 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Bretagne-Schuller 0:12:52
74 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0:13:46
75 Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
76 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0:14:02
77 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0:15:11
78 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:17:21
79 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Skil-Shimano 0:17:31
80 Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:17:45
81 Cedric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:18:07
82 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:18:12
83 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 0:18:15
84 Russel Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:21:09
85 Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:21:15
86 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin-Transitions
87 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Transitions
88 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:21:26
89 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:21:32
90 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Garmin-Transitions
91 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia 0:21:35
92 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
93 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
94 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
95 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
96 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
97 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team
98 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
99 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC-Columbia
100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
101 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
102 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team
103 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC-Columbia
104 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller
105 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
106 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
107 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
108 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
109 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:22:00
110 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:22:07
111 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:22:49
112 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack 0:22:50
113 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0:23:12
114 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0:24:23
115 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 0:25:33

[ame=[MEDIA=youtube]FCoOp6Od8Wg[/MEDIA]]YouTube - Critérium International 2010 - Stage 3 - ITT[/ame]

Stage 3 Results - top 25
1 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions 0:09:50
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0:00:02
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:03
4 Liéuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:00:09
5 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:11
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia
7 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:12
9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:13
10 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:00:14
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:15
12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:17
13 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:00:18
15 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:19
16 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:20
17 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:00:22
18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
19 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:00:23
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:00:24
21 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack
22 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:00:25
23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:00:26
24 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:00:27
25 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team

Final General Classification
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7:11:59
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:14
3 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:00:15
4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:19
5 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:22
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:25
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:26
9 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 0:00:35
10 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:39
11 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:40
12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:00:41
13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
14 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Transitions 0:00:56
15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 0:01:08
16 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:11
17 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:01:24
18 David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:01:25
19 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0:01:27
20 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:01:30
21 Hernandez Juan Mauricio Soler (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0:01:34
22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:44
23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:02:00
24 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:02:04
25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:02:06
26 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:02:10
27 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC-Columbia 0:02:21
28 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:02:36
29 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Francaise des Jeux 0:02:37
30 René Mandri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:02:40
31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:44
32 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:02:55
33 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:03:00
34 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
35 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:03:07
36 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:03:19
37 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
38 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC-Columbia 0:03:22
39 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:03:27
40 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:03:45
41 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:03:58
42 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:04:08
43 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:04:21
44 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 0:04:30
45 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0:04:46
46 Mickael Larpe (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:05:00
47 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team RadioShack 0:05:05
48 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:05:06
49 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:05:14
50 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0:05:24
51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:05:30
52 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Transitions 0:05:38
53 Renaud Dion (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:05:39
54 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:06:27
55 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:06:44
56 Jéremy Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:07:00
57 Liéuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:08:21
58 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:08:55
59 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:09:07
60 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:09:35
61 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:09:46
62 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana 0:09:53
63 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:09:54
64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:10:15
65 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:10:24
66 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:11:04
67 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:34
68 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:11:48
69 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:55
70 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:12:29
71 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Bretagne-Schuller 0:13:57
72 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0:14:00
73 Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:14:33
74 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0:14:52
75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0:15:56
76 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Skil-Shimano 0:17:55
77 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:18:23
78 Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:18:37
79 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 0:18:48
80 Cedric Pineau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:18:53
81 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:18:54
82 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin-Transitions 0:21:41
83 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Transitions
84 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:21:49
85 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:21:50
86 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0:21:51
87 Russel Downing (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:21:53
88 Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:21:54
89 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:22:01
90 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC-Columbia 0:22:04
91 Cyril Bessy (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:22:06
92 Arnaud Molmy (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
93 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:22:07
94 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:22:09
95 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:22:14
96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia 0:22:15
97 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:22:17
98 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:22:20
99 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0:22:23
100 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:22:27
101 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
102 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:22:28
103 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:22:36
104 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:22:51
105 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:22:52
106 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:22:53
107 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller 0:23:00
108 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack 0:23:16
109 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0:23:47
110 Jocelyn Bar (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:24:03
111 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0:25:30
112 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 0:26:04

With Machado on the podium and Horner in the top ten, I take back some of the [censored] I've thrown at Team Radio Shack. Not too shabby. If they're smart, they'd designate Machado team leader for the TdF.

For having only partial lung capacity, Contador's performance was quite respectable.

And so was Millar's ITT win and 5th overall. I'm happy to see Garmin's old man on form.

oldbobcat said:

With Machado on the podium and Horner in the top ten, I take back some of the [censored] I've thrown at Team Radio Shack. Not too shabby. If they're smart, they'd designate Machado team leader for the TdF.

For having only partial lung capacity, Contador's performance was quite respectable.

And so was Millar's ITT win and 5th overall. I'm happy to see Garmin's old man on form.

Machado, along with several younger team members, should be riding the Giro for experience and a shot at a stage win. Unfortunately for him, Retirement Shack decided that the Giro is not important enough of a race to attend. With the old GC guys taking up all the Tour slots and the need for a few rolleurs, there does not seem to be much room for Machado on the TdF squad.

Bro Deal said:

With the old GC guys taking up all the Tour slots and the need for a few rolleurs, there does not seem to be much room for Machado on the TdF squad.

Might be right about the TdF squad, but wasn't the reason for RadioShack's absence from the Giro simply that they were not invited?

oldbobcat said:

Might be right about the TdF squad, but wasn't the reason for RadioShack's absence from the Giro simply that they were not invited?

Bruyneel would have you believe that in January the team told the RCS that they did not want to attend, but it may be face saving bullsh!t. A few weeks ago Bruyneel's public statement seemed to indicate that they hoped to go. Zomengen was certainly upset with Armstrong last year, and RS was not invited to Terrano Adriatico. Statements from Zomengen show that he is not too keen to invite a team that will disrespect the Giro by not sending a a good team, and RS was planning on having all its top GC go to the ToC. No one really knows why RS was not invited.