TOB Stage 7

....came first today on TOB stage 7
253 points...delighted....and in joint second place in top stage scores for season.
no prize,,unless 1st place fails a late drug test...LOL

I got 206, would have had 234 had I not taken Basso out for Caruso

Would have got me the stage win, but would have put me onto the high score table

Boy van Poppel DS UnitedHealthcare 5

Im confused how did van poppel not score any points

He came 3rd at the first sprint and is 8th on GC

Thats sort of why I do it aswell. So its you are back in work, Just shout me and I'll get back to them. I'm not working for the rest of the year for various reason's

You are getting good at these results Simon.....I hand over the mantle for the rest of the season

Woops, nearly forgot...

Rouleur Combativity cheese:
1 41 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel Euskadi

GC :
1 11 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing 5h 38' 14''
2 142 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp at 0' 18''
3 64 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale at 0' 23''
4 54 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEDGE at 1' 2''
5 33 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare at 1' 12''
6 103 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp at 2' 1''
7 73 David Lelay Saur Sojasun st
8 36 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare at 2' 23''
9 5 Christian Knees Sky Procycling at 2' 26''
10 71 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun at 4' 21''

Sprints:
1 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 30
2 21 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 - Giordana 23
3 23 Mathew Cronshaw Node 4 - Giordana 13
4 111 Kristian House Rapha Condor 11
5 54 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEDGE 10

KoM:
1 111 Kristian House Rapha Condor 86
2 46 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi 67
3 136 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh - GAC 49
4 11 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing 35
5 26 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana 32

Points:
1 36 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare 62
2 54 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEDGE 53
3 142 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp 51
4 6 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling 50
5 2 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling 44

Last man:
80 91 Dan Craven IG - Sigma Sport at 21' 57''

DNS
132 Russell Hampton Raleigh - GAC

DNF
24 Rico Rogers Node 4 - Giordana
25 Michael Northey Node 4 - Giordana
76 Rony Martias Saur Sojasun
114 Richard Handley Rapha Condor
154 Chris Opie UK Youth Cycling

1 46 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi 4h 20' 31''
2 34 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare st
3 61 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale st
4 41 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel Euskadi at 0' 2''
5 105 Leopold Koenig Team NetApp at 0' 38''
6 142 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp at 0' 46''
7 136 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh - GAC st
8 11 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing st
9 103 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp st
10 64 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale st
11 85 Jacek Morajko Vacansoleil - DCM st
12 163 Josh Edmondson Great Britain st
13 73 David Lelay Saur Sojasun st
14 43 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel Euskadi st
15 101 Jan Barta Team NetApp st
16 71 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun at 0' 51''
17 22 David Clarke Node 4 - Giordana at 1' 5''
18 21 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 - Giordana at 1' 21''
19 6 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling at 1' 23''
20 16 Paul Voss Endura Racing at 1' 25''

Ah bollocks, misread the stages and swapped SS for Cav

3,4,6,8,10

Results will probably be a bit late tonight so apologies for that...

That's your top ten. The rest as and when.

1,4,6,8,10 for me so far.....Could of had 3rd instead of 10th though

1 Urtasun
2 De Maar
3 Basso
4 Sanchez
5 Koenig
6 Haas
7 Sulzberger
8 JTL
9 Huzarski
10 Caruso

I dropped Urtasun last night...

I'll hand you over to Simon F to finish off the results. Thats your top 5 though

Now I am pissed I took Basso out lastnight

Urtasun
De Maar
Basso
Sanchez
Koenig

All my ES feeds have just given up. Had to switch to ITV4 only to discover that Porter isn't there

Sprint 2:
1. Bialoblocki
2. Morajko
3. De Maar
4. Coppel

The rest seem ok though Still leaving me 3 transfers for tomorrow

Pablo Urtasun
Samuel Sanchez
Leigh Howard
Damiano Caruso (for Basso )
Nathan Haas
Jon Tiernan-Locke
Kristian House
Sep Vanmarcke
Boy van Poppel

KoM 2:
1. Urtasun
2. Sulzberger
3. Basso
4. Sanchez
5. De Maar

Sanchez, Urtasun, Basso, De Maar, Coppel, Barta, Sulzberger, Bialoblocki, McLaughlin + Morajko is the break. 2:40 over ahead over the top of the second KoM

I put in Samuel Sanchez for Sep VanMarcke this morning thinking that he and Urtasun might team up and go away.

Sanchez
Knees
Poppel
House
Haas
Urtasun
Williams
Locke
Howard