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ROCHE SIXTH ON STAGE, FIFTH OVERALL IN TOUR DE SUISSE; MARTIN COMPLETES DAUPHINÉ
By Shane Stokes
10 Jun 2012,
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Ireland’s Nicolas Roche showed excellent form as the Tour de France draws closer, finishing towards the fore on today’s second stage of the Tour de Suisse. The Ag2r La Mondiale rider placed sixth on the first mountain stage to Verbier, riding in a well judged manner on the final climb and crossing the line sixteen seconds behind the winner Rui Costa (Movistar).
Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck (RadioShack Nissan) was second with the Basque rider Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel Euskadi).
Overnight leader Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale) cracked on the foothills of the climb and finished far back, losing his yellow jersey. Portuguese rider Costa took over at the top of the general classification, with Roche’s solid 25th place in yesterday’s opening time trial and excellent performance today seeing him finish the day fifth.
He is 21 seconds behind this evening, and has had a substantial boost to his morale. Prior to the race he said that his goal was to finish in the top ten overall, and so he has started that campaign well.
The Tour de Suisse continues tomorrow with a 194.7 kilometre stage from Martigny to Aarberg.
Meanwhile Roche’s first cousin Dan Martin continue to show signs of improvement after his big crash earlier in the Critérium du Dauphiné in France. He has been below par due to his injuries but finished a respectable 31st on today’s stage, 38 seconds behind the winner Dani Moreno (Katusha).
British rider Bradley Wiggins and his Sky Procycling team covered all the dangerous moves, ensuring that he took the overall classification for the second year running. Team-mate Michael Rogers was second, one minute 17 seconds behind, while Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing team) was a further nine seconds back in third.
Martin was using the race to build form for what he hoped will be his debut Tour de France. While he didn’t perform as he had expected due to his accident, he will keep his fingers crossed that the Garmin Barracuda team management show faith and give him the nod.
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Tour de Suisse, Switzerland (WorldTour):
June 10, Stage 2: Verbania – Verbier:
1, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team) 218.3 kilometres in 6 hours 21 mins 13 secs
2, Frank Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) at 4 secs
3, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) at 12 secs
4, Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) at 13 secs
5, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat)
6, Nicolas Roche (AG2R La Mondiale) at 16 secs
7, Chris Anker Sörensen (Team Saxo Bank)
8, John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale)
9, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 18 secs
10, Roman Kreuziger (Astana Pro Team) at 22 secs
General classification after stage 2:
1, Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Movistar Team) at 6 hours 31 mins 22 secs
2, Frank Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) at 8 secs
3, Roman Kreuziger (Astana Pro Team) at mins 15 secs
4, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) at 19 secs
5, Nicolas Roche (AG2R La Mondiale) at 21 secs
6, Thomas Löfkvist (Sky Procycling)
7, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 23 secs
8, John Gadret (AG2R La Mondiale) at 24 secs
9, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) at 26 secs
10, Thomas Danielson (Garmin - Barracuda) at 29 secs
Critérium du Dauphiné, France (WorldTour)
June 10, Stage 7: Morzine – Châtel:
1, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha Team) 126 kilometres in 2 hours 59 mins 37 secs
2, Luis-Leon Sanchez (Rabobank Cycling Team)
3, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team)
4, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling)
5, Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale)
6, Pieter Weening (Orica GreenEdge)
7, Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol Team)
8, Dries Devenyns (Omega Pharma-Quickstep)
9, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling)
10, Michael Rogers (Sky Procycling) at 7 secs
Irish:
31, Daniel Martin (Garmin - Barracuda) at 38 secs
Primes:
Mountain 1 - Côte de Mijouet: 1, Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Liquigas-Cannondale) 3 pts
Mountain 2 - Col de Cou: 1, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) 4 pts
Mountain 3 - Côte de la Vernaz: 1, Jérôme Coppel (Saur - Sojasun) 10 pts
Mountain 4 - Col du Corbier: 1, Jérôme Coppel (Saur - Sojasun) 15 pts
Mountain 5 – Chatel: 1, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha Team) 4 pts
Teams:
1, Sky Procycling, 8 hours 58 mins 58 secs
2, Radioshack-Nissan, at 25 secs
3, Team Saxo Bank, at 49 secs
4, Saur – Sojasun, at 1 min 17 secs
5, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 2 mins 18 secs
6, BMC Racing Team, at 3 mins 37 secs
18, Garmin-Barracuda, at 13 mins 55 secs
Final general classification:
1, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 26 hours 40 mins 46 secs
2, Michael Rogers (Sky Procycling) at 1 min 17 secs
3, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) at 1 min 26 secs
4, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) at 1 min 45 secs
5, Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol Team) at 2 mins 12 secs
6, Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar Team) at 2 mins 58 secs
7, Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team) at 3 mins 7 secs
8, Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) at 3 mins 26 secs
9, Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) at 3 mins 34 secs
10, Haimar Zubeldia (Radioshack-Nissan) at 3 mins 50 secs
Irish:
106, Daniel Martin (Garmin - Barracuda) at 47 mins 31 secs
Points classification:
1, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) 66 pts
2, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha Team) 58
3, Tony Gallopin (Radioshack-Nissan) 51
4, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 47
5, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 44
6, Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) 36
Mountains classification:
1, Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Liquigas-Cannondale) 91 pts
2, Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) 61
3, David Moncoutie (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) 61
4, Giovanni Bernaudeau (Team Europcar) 38
5, Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) 38
6, Christophe Kern (Team Europcar) 31
Young rider classification:
1, Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) 26 hours 44 mins 12 secs
2, Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 1 min 23 secs
3, Egor Silin (Astana Pro Team) at 5 mins 51 secs
Teams classification:
1, Sky Procycling, 84 mins 52 secs
2, BMC Racing Team, at 13 mins 34 secs
3, Movistar Team, at 17 mins 27 secs
4, Saur – Sojasun, at 18 mins 2 secs
5, RadioShack-Nissan, at 19 mins 52 secs
6, Pro Team Astana, at 20 mins 53 secs
Other:
16, Garmin-Barracuda, at 1 hour 2 mins 1 secs
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