Team Sky’s Mark Cavendish made it two wins at the Tour of Qatar when powering to victory on stage five at Al Khor Corniche.
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Stage 5: Camel Race Track – Al Khor Corniche, 160kms
For the second time on this 11th edition of the Tour of Qatar, Mark Cavendish flew to stage victory. The fastest of a final bunched sprint in Al Khor proudly lifted the arms in the air wearing his World
champion’s rainbow jersey, beating Oss and Sagan to the line. Tom Boonen keeps the overall leader’s Golden jersey and closes in on a possible fourth crown with one stage to go.
Easy peasy for the fastest man in the world, Mark Cavendish. PhotoSport International. uk usa asia
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.
AÂ hug for Jeremy Hunt from teammate Mark Cavendish. PhotoSport International. uk usa asia
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.
Mark Cavendish, Team Sky Rider: “The guys took it in turns to come up and keep me sheltered up at the front – I always had one of them with me at every point in those last kilometres and that was incredible.”
“The wind was a real factor at the end and was changing direction a lot so you couldn’t really do a big lead-out train. It was a scrap and everyone was pretty fresh. With the tailwind I could go from around 250-300 metres out and I just carried it to the line.
“It’s nice to get two wins – I won two stages here in 2009 and that was one of my most successful seasons so it’s good to get off to a great start with Team Sky and in the world champion’s jersey.”
The iconic Eddy Merckx, race directory. PhotoSport International. uk usa asia.
Steven de Jongh, Team Sky Sports Director: “The five-man break today contained Aliaksandr Kuchynski from Katusha who was on 2:19 on the GC so Tom Boonen’s Omega Pharma – Quickstep team couldn’t afford to let it go.”
“They took control and brought it back to around 1:45 and then with 30k to go we started to give them a hand but with only two riders in front at that point and a lot of headwind they were always going to come back.
“At the finish Cav was really happy with the work of Davide Appollonio and Juan Antonio Flecha and tomorrow should be another bunch sprint on the Corniche so hopefully we can make it three wins.”
STAGE RESULT
1 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling 03:30:40
2 Daniel Oss Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
3 Peter Sagan Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
4 John Degenkolb 1t4i @ same time
5 Rüdiger Selig Katusha Team @ same time
6 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling Team @ same time
7 Arnaud Demare Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
8 Andrea Guardini Farnese Vini – Selle Italia @ same time
9 Denis Galimzyanov Katusha Team @ same time
10 Gregory Henderson Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
11 Mark Renshaw Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
12 Marcel Sieberg Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
13 Tom Boonen Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
14 Tyler Farrar Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
15 Aaron Kemps Champion System @ same time
16 Alexander Kristoff Katusha Team @ same time
17 Gregory Rast RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
18 Ramunas Navardauskas Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
19 Giacomo Nizzolo RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
20 Aidis Kruopis GreenEdge Cycling Team @ same time
21 Roy Curvers 1t4i @ same time
22 Tony Gallopin RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
23 Tom Veelers 1t4i @ same time
24 Adam Blythe BMC Racing Team @ same time
25 Albert Timmer 1t4i @ same time
26 Fabian Cancellara RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
27 Jens Mouris GreenEdge Cycling Team @ same time
28 Dominique Rollin Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
29 Mehdi Sohrabi Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
30 Mickaël Delage Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
31 Geoffrey Soupe Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
32 Baden Cooke GreenEdge Cycling Team @ same time
33 Fumiyuki Beppu GreenEdge Cycling Team @ same time
34 Ian Stannard Sky Procycling @ same time
35 Gert Steegmans Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
36 Christiano Benenati Farnese Vini – Selle Italia @ same time
37 David Boucher Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
38 Paolo Longho Borghini Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
39 Yoann Offredo Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
40 Matthias Friedemann Champion System @ same time
41 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
42 Koen De Kort 1t4i @ same time
43 Davide Appollonio Sky Procycling @ same time
44 Mauro Da Dalto Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
45 Marco Haller Katusha Team @ same time
46 Juan Antonio Flecha Sky Procycling @ same time
47 Thor Hushovd BMC Racing Team @ same time
48 Michael Schar BMC Racing Team @ same time
49 David Mc Cann RTS Racing Team @ same time
50 Philippe Gilbert BMC Racing Team @ same time
51 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
52 Gabriel Rasch Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat @ same time
53 Mikhail Ignatyev Katusha Team @ same time
54 Kevin Hulsmans Farnese Vini – Selle Italia @ same time
55 Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team @ same time
56 Frederik Willems Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
57 Luca Ascani Farnese Vini – Selle Italia @ same time
58 Robert Hunter Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
59 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
60 Markel Irizar Aranburu RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
61 Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team @ same time
62 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling @ same time
63 Jonas Van Genechten Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
64 Wei Kei Chang RTS Racing Team @ same time
65 Lars Ytting Bak Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
66 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team @ same time
67 Svein Tuft GreenEdge Cycling Team @ same time
68 Jos Van Emden Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
69 Alan Marangoni Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
70 Alessandro Vanotti Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
71 Kazuo Inoue Team Bridgestone – Anchor @ same time
72 Mart Ojavee Champion System @ same time
73 Roger Kluge 1t4i @ same time
74 Yaroslav Popovych RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
75 Pier Paolo De Negri Farnese Vini – Selle Italia @ same time
76 Adam Hansen Lotto – Belisol Team @ same time
77 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team @ same time
78 Stijn Vandenbergh Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
79 Murilo Antonio Fischer Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
80 Nikolas Maes Omega Pharma – Quickstep @ same time
81 Christian Knees Sky Procycling 00:15
82 Maarten Wynants Rabobank Cycling Team 00:18
83 Matthieu Ladagnous Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat 00:22
84 Ramon Sinkeldam 1t4i 00:25
85 Jacob Rathe Team Garmin – Barracuda 00:27
86 Xu Gang Champion System 00:29
87 Matthew Brammeier Omega Pharma – Quickstep 00:33
88 Jack Bauer Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
89 Thomas Lebas Team Bridgestone – Anchor @ same time
90 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling @ same time
91 Robbie Mcewen GreenEdge Cycling Team 00:37
92 Graeme Brown Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
93 Thomas Dekker Team Garmin – Barracuda @ same time
94 Diego Caccia Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 00:39
95 Jens Debusschere Lotto – Belisol Team 01:01
96 Alexandre Lemair Team Bridgestone – Anchor 01:30
97 Thomas Lebas Team Bridgestone – Anchor @ same time
98 Miyataka Shimizu Team Bridgestone – Anchor @ same time
99 Joost Posthuma RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
100 Hayato Yoshida Team Bridgestone – Anchor @ same time
101 Lee Rodgers RTS Racing Team @ same time
102 Pengda Jiao Champion System @ same time
103 Jai Crawford RTS Racing Team @ same time
104 Alex Coutts RTS Racing Team @ same time
105 Klaas Sys Team Bridgestone – Anchor @ same time
106 Chin Lung Huang RTS Racing Team @ same time
107 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team 01:52
108 Maarten Tjallingii Rabobank Cycling Team @ same time
109 Frantisek Rabon Omega Pharma – Quickstep 01:58
110 Ryota Nishizono Team Bridgestone – Anchor 02:58
111 Thomas Bertolini Farnese Vini – Selle Italia 03:05
112 Taylor Phinney BMC Racing Team @ same time
113 Dominik Klemme 1t4i 04:19
114 Robert Wagner RadioShack – Nissan @ same time
115 Aleksandr Kuschynski Katusha Team @ same time
116 Maciej Bodnar Liquigas – Cannondale @ same time
117 Sergey Kudentsov RTS Racing Team @ same time
118 Sebastian Langeveld GreenEdge Cycling Team @ same time
119 Gatis Smukulis Katusha Team 05:33
DNF Filippo Pozzato Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
DNF Blaise Sonnery Team Bridgestone – Anchor
DNS Gorik Gardeyn Champion System
DNS Francesco Chicchi Omega Pharma – Quickstep
Overall
1    Tom Boonen   Omega Pharma – Quickstep   13:21:30
2    Tyler Farrar   Team Garmin – Barracuda   00:31
3    Juan Antonio Flecha   Sky Procycling   00:34
4    Gert Steegmans   Omega Pharma – Quickstep   00:36
5    Bernhard Eisel   Sky Procycling   00:45
6    Tom Veelers   1t4i   01:00
7    Mark Cavendish   Sky Procycling   01:05
8    Fabian Cancellara   RadioShack – Nissan   01:06
9    Ramunas Navardauskas   Team Garmin – Barracuda   01:09
10    Aidis Kruopis   GreenEdge Cycling Team   01:10
11    Adam Blythe   BMC Racing Team   01:14
12    Johan Vansummeren   Team Garmin – Barracuda   01:19
13    Baden Cooke   GreenEdge Cycling Team   01:20
14    Mark Renshaw   Rabobank Cycling Team   01:32
15    Tony Gallopin   RadioShack – Nissan   01:33
16    John Degenkolb   1t4i   01:40
17    Frederik Willems   Lotto – Belisol Team   01:45
18    Thomas Dekker   Team Garmin – Barracuda   01:56
19    Mikhail Ignatyev   Katusha Team   02:15
20    Rüdiger Selig   Katusha Team   02:16
21    Guillaume Van Keirsbulck   Omega Pharma – Quickstep   02:17
22    Matthias Friedemann   Champion System   02:19
23    Philippe Gilbert   BMC Racing Team   02:23
24    Ramon Sinkeldam   1t4i   02:27
25    Yoann Offredo   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   02:28
26    David Boucher   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   02:30
27    Maarten Wynants   Rabobank Cycling Team   02:45
28    Ian Stannard   Sky Procycling   02:47
29    Daniel Oss   Liquigas – Cannondale   02:52
30    Svein Tuft   GreenEdge Cycling Team   02:55
31    Giacomo Nizzolo   RadioShack – Nissan   02:59
32    Klaas Lodewyck   BMC Racing Team   03:01
33    Marcel Sieberg   Lotto – Belisol Team   03:02
34    Gregory Henderson   Lotto – Belisol Team   @ same time
35    Arnaud Demare   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   03:08
36    Dominique Rollin   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   @ same time
37    Koen De Kort   1t4i   03:09
38    Albert Timmer   1t4i   03:20
39    Nikolas Maes   Omega Pharma – Quickstep   03:27
40    Robert Hunter   Team Garmin – Barracuda   03:29
41    Murilo Antonio Fischer   Team Garmin – Barracuda   03:36
42    Peter Sagan   Liquigas – Cannondale   03:41
43    Davide Appollonio   Sky Procycling   03:43
44    Marco Haller   Katusha Team   @ same time
45    Thomas Lebas   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   03:44
46    Alexander Kristoff   Katusha Team   03:45
47    Fabio Sabatini   Liquigas – Cannondale   03:49
48    Alan Marangoni   Liquigas – Cannondale   @ same time
49    Lars Ytting Bak   Lotto – Belisol Team   03:50
50    Markel Irizar Aranburu   RadioShack – Nissan   @ same time
51    Fumiyuki Beppu   GreenEdge Cycling Team   03:52
52    Jens Mouris   GreenEdge Cycling Team   @ same time
53    Martin Kohler   BMC Racing Team   @ same time
54    Michael Schar   BMC Racing Team   03:53
55    Danilo Wyss   BMC Racing Team   @ same time
56    Robbie Mcewen   GreenEdge Cycling Team   03:56
57    Geoffrey Soupe   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   03:59
58    Gabriel Rasch   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   @ same time
59    Christian Knees   Sky Procycling   04:00
60    Allan Davis   GreenEdge Cycling Team   04:05
61    Andrea Guardini   Farnese Vini – Selle Italia   04:07
62    Mehdi Sohrabi   Lotto – Belisol Team   04:14
63    Matthew Brammeier   Omega Pharma – Quickstep   04:16
64    Matthieu Ladagnous   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   04:21
65    Roger Kluge   1t4i   @ same time
66    Maarten Tjallingii   Rabobank Cycling Team   04:26
67    Pier Paolo De Negri   Farnese Vini – Selle Italia   04:30
68    Graeme Brown   Rabobank Cycling Team   @ same time
69    Mauro Da Dalto   Liquigas – Cannondale   04:33
70    Aaron Kemps   Champion System   04:39
71    Jos Van Emden   Rabobank Cycling Team   @ same time
72    Paolo Longho Borghini   Liquigas – Cannondale   04:44
73    Diego Caccia   Farnese Vini – Selle Italia   04:46
74    Mickaël Delage   Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat   04:49
75    Jack Bauer   Team Garmin – Barracuda   04:53
76    Kevin Hulsmans   Farnese Vini – Selle Italia   04:54
77    Jacob Rathe   Team Garmin – Barracuda   05:03
78    Jonas Van Genechten   Lotto – Belisol Team   05:05
79    Vladimir Isaychev   Katusha Team   @ same time
80    David Mc Cann   RTS Racing Team   05:10
81    Roy Curvers   1t4i   05:22
82    Gregory Rast   RadioShack – Nissan   05:28
83    Stijn Vandenbergh   Omega Pharma – Quickstep   05:44
84    Jeremy Hunt   Sky Procycling   05:56
85    Thomas Lebas   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   06:17
86    Aleksandr Kuschynski   Katusha Team   06:33
87    Denis Galimzyanov   Katusha Team   06:42
88    Luca Ascani   Farnese Vini – Selle Italia   06:48
89    Joost Posthuma   RadioShack – Nissan   06:59
90    Sebastian Langeveld   GreenEdge Cycling Team   07:14
91    Adam Hansen   Lotto – Belisol Team   07:17
92    Thomas Bertolini   Farnese Vini – Selle Italia   07:31
93    Mart Ojavee   Champion System   08:12
94    Jens Debusschere   Lotto – Belisol Team   08:30
95    Alessandro Vanotti   Liquigas – Cannondale   08:42
96    Alexandre Lemair   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   09:50
97    Miyataka Shimizu   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   11:08
98    Yaroslav Popovych   RadioShack – Nissan   11:37
99    Taylor Phinney   BMC Racing Team   12:29
100    Christiano Benenati   Farnese Vini – Selle Italia   12:33
101    Robert Wagner   RadioShack – Nissan   12:45
102    Maciej Bodnar   Liquigas – Cannondale   12:59
103    Thor Hushovd   BMC Racing Team   13:20
104    Gatis Smukulis   Katusha Team   14:11
105    Dennis Van Winden   Rabobank Cycling Team   15:13
106    Dominik Klemme   1t4i   16:02
107    Jai Crawford   RTS Racing Team   16:08
108    Klaas Sys   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   17:40
109    Kazuo Inoue   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   20:26
110    Lee Rodgers   RTS Racing Team   20:58
111    Alex Coutts   RTS Racing Team   21:01
112    Frantisek Rabon   Omega Pharma – Quickstep   21:20
113    Hayato Yoshida   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   22:27
114    Pengda Jiao   Champion System   23:30
115    Ryota Nishizono   Team Bridgestone – Anchor   25:00
116    Xu Gang   Champion System   25:12
117    Chin Lung Huang   RTS Racing Team   29:35
118    Wei Kei Chang   RTS Racing Team   40:13
119    Sergey Kudentsov   RTS Racing Team   44:47
