March 13/11 18:00 pm - Paris Nice: Stage 8 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 03/13/11
Results from the 8th and final stage in France. Ryder Hesjedal finished 84th on the stage and 33rd overall.
HTC's Martin Claims Overall
HTC-Highroad's Tony Martin was proclaimed overall winner in the Paris-Nice stage race on Sunday in what was a landmark victory both for the young German and for his team.
"We've won lots of stage races before, but never one of this calibre," commented HTC-Highroad sports director Allan Peiper, "and at the same time it's a huge step up in Tony's personal career, too."
"Tony led like a real champion, he really put his stamp on the race with that time trial win and then as a team we did well to defend it."
After mountainous terrain and poor weather shredded the field on the final 122 kilometer stage, Martin crossed the finishing line safely in the main pack of just a dozen riders.
Second in the final podium was German Andreas Klöden, 36 seconds behind with Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain in third at 41 seconds.
"The only thing that could really have undone us was the weather," Peiper added, "we'd had crashes with Tejay [Van Garderen] and Kosta [Konstantsin Siutsou] going down on Saturday but they still gave it 100 percent."
"We'd lost Martin Velits early on through injury, but Alex Rasmussen really pulled out the stops, and Matt Goss was doing brilliantly on the climbs even though he's a sprinter."
"At the same time, Tejay [Van Garderen] worked hard for Tony on the biggest mountain stage and opening that gap on most of the rest of the field that day really made a big difference."
The reigning German national time trial champion, prior to his latest success Martin has already won the Tour of the Algarve in Portugal this season.
"Tony said he was going to come here to give it his best shot, and after Algarve we knew he was in good shape."
"Being a contender at Paris-Nice is one thing. Getting the win itself is something extraordinary."
HTC-Highroad for Paris-Nice: Lars Bak (Den); Matt Goss (Aus); Tony Martin (Ger); Danny Pate (USA); Alex Rasmussen (Den); Kanstantsin Svitsov (Byl); Tejay Van Garderen (USA); Martin Velits (Svk).
HTC-Highroad press release
| Stage 8: Nice to Nice, 124 km | |
| 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 3:15:58 |
| 2 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | at 0:23 |
| 3 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 1:06 |
| 4 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 5 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | both s.t. |
| 6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 1:08 |
| 7 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:12 |
| 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:22 |
| 9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
| 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana | |
| 11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 12 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | |
| 13 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | |
| 14 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | |
| 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack | |
| 16 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC - Highroad | |
| 17 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 18 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
| 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | |
| 20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Leopard - Trek | all s.t. |
| 21 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack | 1:25 |
| 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 23 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | |
| 24 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling | all s.t. |
| 25 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4:54 |
| 26 Luis Pasamontes (Esp) Movistar Team | 5:12 |
| 27 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 28 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | |
| 29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 31 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Leopard - Trek | |
| 32 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | |
| 33 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 34 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
| 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Leopard - Trek | |
| 36 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank SunGard | |
| 37 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank SunGard | |
| 38 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC - Highroad | |
| 39 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | |
| 41 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 42 Xavier Tondo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 43 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana | |
| 44 Pablo Lastras (Esp) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 45 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 5:23 |
| 46 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Sky Procycling | 5:25 |
| 47 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 48 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
| 49 Thomas de Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
| 50 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
| 51 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 52 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC - Highroad | |
| 53 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | |
| 54 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
| 55 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
| 56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
| 57 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | all s.t. |
| 58 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 6:44 |
| 59 Chris Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank SunGard | 8:36 |
| 60 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | s.t. |
| 61 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ | 9:32 |
| 62 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank SunGard | |
| 63 Markel Irizar (Esp) Team RadioShack | |
| 64 Inaki Isasi (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 65 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | |
| 66 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 67 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 11:31 |
| 68 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
| 69 Lars Bak (Den) HTC - Highroad | 13:10 |
| 70 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
| 71 Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 72 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
| 73 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | |
| 74 Marc De Maar (AHo) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 75 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 76 Jorge Azanta (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 77 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | all s.t. |
| 78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 18:02 |
| 79 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 80 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
| 81 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC - Highroad | |
| 82 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 83 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 84 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 85 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| 86 Sergio Pardilla (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 87 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
| 88 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | |
| 89 Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| DNF Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| DNF Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| DNF Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| DNF Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| DNF Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| DNF Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin - Cervelo | |
| DNF Danny Pate (USA) HTC - Highroad | |
| DNF Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC - Highroad | |
| DNF Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| DNF José Ivan Gutierrez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| DNF Vicente Garcia Acosta (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| DNF Óscar Pujol (Esp) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
| DNF Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack | |
| DNF Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ | |
| DNF Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | |
| DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | |
| DNF Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
| DNF Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | |
| DNF Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| DNF Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank SunGard | |
| DNF Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Esp) Saxo Bank SunGard | |
| DNF Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Leopard - Trek | |
| DNF Bruno Pires (Por) Team Leopard - Trek | |
| DNF Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Team Leopard - Trek | |
| DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | |
| DNF Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| DNF Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| DNF Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| DNF Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| DNF Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| DNF Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF Olekdandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| DNF Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF Gaël Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNS Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| DNS Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | |
| DNS Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | |
| DNS Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| DNS Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
| DNS Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| Final GC | |
| 1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC - Highroad | 34:03:37 |
| 2 Andréas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | at 0:36 |
| 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:41 |
| 4 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 1:10 |
| 5 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:13 |
| 6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 1:24 |
| 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack | 1:34 |
| 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 1:36 |
| 9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:04 |
| 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Leopard - Trek | 2:26 |
| 11 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 2:35 |
| 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 2:42 |
| 13 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD | 3:24 |
| 14 Xavier Tondo (Esp) Movistar Team | 5:43 |
| 15 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 6:19 |
| 16 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Movistar Team | 7:03 |
| 17 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana | 7:10 |
| 18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Leopard - Trek | 8:11 |
| 19 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 8:14 |
| 20 Luis Pasamontes (Esp) Movistar Team | 8:27 |
| 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 9:58 |
| 22 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank SunGard | 10:21 |
| 23 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | 10:45 |
| 24 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 13:41 |
| 25 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 14:05 |
| 26 Chris Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank SunGard | 14:58 |
| 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 15:17 |
| 28 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 15:58 |
| 29 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | 16:28 |
| 30 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | 17:02 |
| 31 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC - Highroad | 19:00 |
| 32 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 19:32 |
| 33 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 21:53 |
| 34 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ | 22:18 |
| 35 Marc De Maar (AHo) Quick Step Cycling Team | 22:45 |
| 36 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC - Highroad | 22:52 |
| 37 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 25:09 |
| 38 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 25:55 |
| 39 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 26:35 |
| 40 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | 26:45 |
| 41 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank SunGard | 26:53 |
| 42 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil - DCM Procycling Team | 27:39 |
| 43 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC - Highroad | 27:47 |
| 44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Leopard - Trek | 27:55 |
| 45 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 28:06 |
| 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling | 28:39 |
| 47 Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 28:52 |
| 48 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | 29:05 |
| 49 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | 29:12 |
| 50 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 30:12 |
| 51 Sergio Pardilla (Esp) Movistar Team | 31:26 |
| 52 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack | 31:54 |
| 53 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | 32:18 |
| 54 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 32:47 |
| 55 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 33:30 |
| 56 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas - Cannondale | 33:46 |
| 57 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 34:36 |
| 58 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 35:12 |
| 59 Inaki Isasi (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 36:01 |
| 60 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 37:19 |
| 61 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 37:53 |
| 62 Markel Irizar (Esp) Team RadioShack | 38:19 |
| 63 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 39:48 |
| 64 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | 42:23 |
| 65 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | 42:28 |
| 66 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana | 42:44 |
| 67 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 42:51 |
| 68 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 43:50 |
| 69 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 45:18 |
| 70 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 45:39 |
| 71 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Sky Procycling | 45:43 |
| 72 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto | 46:54 |
| 73 Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | 47:24 |
| 74 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank SunGard | 48:01 |
| 75 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | 49:15 |
| 76 Pablo Lastras (Esp) Movistar Team | 51:26 |
| 77 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma - Lotto | 52:31 |
| 78 Lars Bak (Den) HTC - Highroad | 53:23 |
| 79 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis le Crédit en Ligne | 55:06 |
| 80 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 56:38 |
| 81 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 58:47 |
| 82 Jorge Azanta (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 59:50 |
| 83 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:05:01 |
| 84 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 1:05:58 |
| 85 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 1:06:27 |
| 86 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:09:48 |
| 87 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R - La mondiale | 1:09:49 |
| 88 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:15:33 |
| 89 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas - Cannondale | 1:19:46 |
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