February 9/12 11:02 am - Tour of Qatar: Stage 5
Posted by Editoress on 02/9/12
For the second time on this 11th edition of the Tour of Qatar, Mark Cavendish flew to stage victory. The fastest of a final bunch sprint in Al Khor triumphantly lifted the arms in the air wearing his World champion's rainbow jersey, beating Oss and Sagan to the line. Tom Boonen holds on to the overall leader's Golden jersey and closes in on a possible fourth crown with one stage to go.
It's a tradition now on the Tour of Qatar, the riders were welcomed by hundreds of camels for the start of stage 5 at the Camel Race Track. A picturesque way to start the 160km long day for the 121 remaining riders (2 non starters: Chicchi - OPQ, Gardeyn - CSS).
The pack took off just after noon at a very fast pace making the best of the tailwind (52.3kms covered during the first hour). Five men however managed to break away after five kilometres: Wagner (RNT), Bodnar (LIQ), Kuchynski (KAT), Bertolini (FAR) and Nishizono (BGT), the first man to attack. Their lead went from 1'05 at km 13 to 2'40 at the first intermediate sprint (km 37) won by Kuchynski ahead of Bertolini and Bodnar. The gap reached a maximum 4'40 at km 97.
At the second bonus sprint (km 124.5) claimed by Wagner ahead of Kuchynski and Bodnar, the gap had dropped down to 1'45. Nishizono, Bertolini and Wagner were the first to be caught by the pack at km 129, while Bodnar and Kuchynski insisted. The front two could still enjoy a 1'10 advantage with 25kms to go, and 1'22 with 20kms to go. The peloton bunched up together again ten kilometres from the line. Time had come for a bunched sprint on the Al Khor corniche.
Like on day three, Mark Cavendish powered to victory beating Oss and Sagan to the line. Not quite in the winning pace, Tom Boonen had to settle for 13th spot and keeps his overall leader's Golden Jersey with a 31" lead over Farrar and 34" over Flecha. The Belgian also keeps the points' classification lead while Navardauskas remains the best young rider.
Courtesy Tour of Qatar
| Stage 5: Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche, 160 kms | |
| 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 3:30:40 |
| 2 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4I | |
| 5 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team | |
| 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 7 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | |
| 8 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini | |
| 9 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 10 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto - Belisol Team | |
| 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto - Belisol Team | |
| 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| 14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 16 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team | |
| 17 Gregory Rast (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 18 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 19 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 20 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 21 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 22 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 23 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 24 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team | |
| 25 Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 26 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 27 Jens Mouris (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 28 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Bigmat | |
| 29 Mehdi Sohrabi Iran Lotto - Belisol Team | |
| 30 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | |
| 31 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | |
| 32 Baden Cooke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 33 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 34 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| 36 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini | |
| 37 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | |
| 38 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 39 Yohan Offredo (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | |
| 40 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 41 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 42 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 43 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
| 44 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 45 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team | |
| 46 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling | |
| 47 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | |
| 48 Michael Schƒr (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 49 David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team | |
| 50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 51 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 52 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Bigmat | |
| 53 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 54 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini | |
| 55 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 56 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team | |
| 57 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini | |
| 58 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 59 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| 60 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 61 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | |
| 63 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team | |
| 64 Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | |
| 65 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto - Belisol Team | |
| 66 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 67 Svein Tuft (Can) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 68 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 69 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 71 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 72 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 73 Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1T4I | |
| 74 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 75 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini | |
| 76 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto - Belisol Team | |
| 77 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 78 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| 79 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 80 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 81 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 0:15 |
| 82 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:18 |
| 83 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | 0:22 |
| 84 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1T4I | 0:25 |
| 85 Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:27 |
| 86 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 0:29 |
| 87 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:33 |
| 88 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 89 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 90 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | all s.t. |
| 91 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | 0:37 |
| 92 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 93 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - Barracuda | both s.t. |
| 94 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini | 0:39 |
| 95 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team | 1:01 |
| 96 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | 1:30 |
| 97 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 98 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 99 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 100 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 101 Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team | |
| 102 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| 103 Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team | |
| 104 Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team | |
| 105 Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor | all s.t. |
| 106 Chin Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | 0:00 |
| 107 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:52 |
| 108 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 109 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:58 |
| 110 Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | s.t. |
| 111 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini | 3:05 |
| 112 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:00 |
| 113 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Project 1T4I | 4:19 |
| 114 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack - Nissan | |
| 115 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team | |
| 116 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas - Cannondale | |
| 117 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team | |
| 118 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 119 Gatis Smukulis Latvia Katusha Team | 5:33 |
| DNF Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini | |
| DNF Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| DNS Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| DNS Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 13:21:30 |
| 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | at 0:31 |
| 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling | 0:34 |
| 4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:36 |
| 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 0:45 |
| 6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1T4I | 1:00 |
| 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 1:05 |
| 8 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan | 1:06 |
| 9 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda | 1:09 |
| 10 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team | 1:10 |
| 11 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 1:14 |
| 12 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda | 1:19 |
| 13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | 1:20 |
| 14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:32 |
| 15 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack - Nissan | 1:33 |
| 16 John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4I | 1:40 |
| 17 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team | 1:45 |
| 18 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - Barracuda | 1:56 |
| 19 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha Team | 2:15 |
| 20 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team | 2:16 |
| 21 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 2:17 |
| 22 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 2:19 |
| 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 2:23 |
| 24 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1T4I | 2:27 |
| 25 Yohan Offredo (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | 2:28 |
| 26 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | 2:30 |
| 27 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:45 |
| 28 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:47 |
| 29 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 2:52 |
| 30 Svein Tuft (Can) Greenedge Cycling Team | 2:55 |
| 31 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack - Nissan | 2:59 |
| 32 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 3:01 |
| 33 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto - Belisol Team | 3:02 |
| 34 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto - Belisol Team | s.t. |
| 35 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | 3:08 |
| 36 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Bigmat | s.t. |
| 37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1T4I | 3:09 |
| 38 Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1T4I | 3:20 |
| 39 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 3:27 |
| 40 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda | 3:29 |
| 41 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Barracuda | 3:36 |
| 42 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Cannondale | 3:41 |
| 43 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | 3:43 |
| 44 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team | s.t. |
| 45 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 3:44 |
| 46 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team | 3:45 |
| 47 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 3:49 |
| 48 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
| 49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto - Belisol Team | 3:50 |
| 50 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack - Nissan | s.t. |
| 51 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan Greenedge Cycling Team | 3:52 |
| 52 Jens Mouris (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team | |
| 53 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | both s.t. |
| 54 Michael Schƒr (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 3:53 |
| 55 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 56 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | 3:56 |
| 57 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | 3:59 |
| 58 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Bigmat | s.t. |
| 59 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 4:00 |
| 60 Allan Davis (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team | 4:05 |
| 61 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini | 4:07 |
| 62 Mehdi Sohrabi Iran Lotto - Belisol Team | 4:14 |
| 63 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 4:16 |
| 64 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | 4:21 |
| 65 Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1T4I | s.t. |
| 66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:26 |
| 67 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini | 4:30 |
| 68 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 69 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 4:33 |
| 70 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 4:39 |
| 71 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 72 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 4:44 |
| 73 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini | 4:46 |
| 74 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat | 4:49 |
| 75 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Barracuda | 4:53 |
| 76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini | s.t. |
| 77 Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | 5:03 |
| 78 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team | 5:05 |
| 79 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team | s.t. |
| 80 David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team | 5:10 |
| 81 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1T4I | 5:22 |
| 82 Gregory Rast (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan | 5:28 |
| 83 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 5:44 |
| 84 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | 5:56 |
| 85 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | 6:17 |
| 86 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team | 6:33 |
| 87 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team | 6:42 |
| 88 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini | 6:48 |
| 89 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Radioshack - Nissan | 6:59 |
| 90 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team | 7:14 |
| 91 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto - Belisol Team | 7:17 |
| 92 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini | 7:31 |
| 93 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 8:12 |
| 94 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team | 8:30 |
| 95 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale | 8:42 |
| 96 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | 9:50 |
| 97 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 11:08 |
| 98 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack - Nissan | 11:37 |
| 99 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | 12:29 |
| 100 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini | 12:33 |
| 101 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack - Nissan | 12:45 |
| 102 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas - Cannondale | 12:59 |
| 103 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | 13:20 |
| 104 Gatis Smukulis Latvia Katusha Team | 14:11 |
| 105 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 15:13 |
| 106 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Project 1T4I | 16:02 |
| 107 Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team | 16:08 |
| 108 Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor | 17:40 |
| 109 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 20:26 |
| 110 Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team | 20:58 |
| 111 Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team | 21:01 |
| 112 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team | 21:20 |
| 113 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 22:27 |
| 114 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 23:30 |
| 115 Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 25:00 |
| 116 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team | 25:12 |
| 117 Chin Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | 29:35 |
| 118 Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | 40:13 |
| 119 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team | 44:47 |
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