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Tour of Switzerland Stage 8 Results - Sunday, June 16, 2013

Peter Sagan Takes his Second Win for the 2013 Tour de Suisse

Mathias Frank Holds onto the Yellow Jersey with a Short Leash

Peter Sagan (Cannondale) shot into winning stage 8 at the 2013 Tour de Suisse on Saturday. At 2 km to go, Cannondale began the train to sling Sagan, the up and coming super star, into victory. Sagan took the win while Daniele Bennati (Saxo-Tinkoff) trailed into second and World Champion, Philippe Gilbert (BMC), third.

Sagan is also crowned as the sprint leader going into the final stage

The 180.5km stage from Zernez to Bad Ragaz saw a break that formed with Maxime Bouet (Ag2r La Mondiale), Robert Vrecer (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida) and Reto Hollenstein (IAM Cycling). The escapees drove the pace and opened a gap of five minutes. When it grew to this length, the peloton went to work and closed the gap down to 1:40 at 50km to the finish line. At 26 km to go, the break was consumed and a few unsuccessful attacks were kept in bay so that the big sprinter’s team could lead their riders to the line.

Mathias Frank (BMC) remains the overall leader going into Sunday’s individual time trial, but with Rui Costa (Movistar), only 13 seconds behind, the winner of the 2013 Tour de Suisse is still in question.

STAGE 8 Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Result
1	Peter SAGAN	SVK	CAN	4:33:26
2	Daniele BENNATI	ITA	TST	+0
3	Philippe GILBERT	BEL	BMC	+0
4	Michael ALBASINI	SUI	OGE	+0
5	Christophe RIBLON	FRA	ALM	+0
6	Martin ELMIGER	SUI	IAM	+0
7	Peter VELITS	SVK	OPQ	+0
8	Julien SIMON	FRA	SOJ	+0
9	Maxime MONFORT	BEL	RLT	+0
10	Simon GESCHKE	GER	ARG	+0
11	Michele SCARPONI	ITA	LAM	+0
12	Tanel KANGERT	EST	AST	+0
13	Jose Joaquin ROJAS GIL	ESP	MOV	+0
14	Bauke MOLLEMA	NED	BLA	+0
15	Thibaut PINOT	FRA	FDJ	+0
16	Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ESP	EUS	+0
17	Daniel MARTIN	IRL	GRS	+0
18	Alexsandr DYACHENKO	KAZ	AST	+0
19	Mathias FRANK	SUI	BMC	+0
20	Wilco KELDERMAN	NED	BLA	+0

General Classification after Stage 8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Result
1	Mathias FRANK	Switzerland	BMC	30:16:02
2	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	Portugal	MOV	+13
3	Roman KREUZIGER	Czech Republic	TST	+23
4	Thibaut PINOT	France	FDJ	+44
5	Bauke MOLLEMA	Netherlands	BLA	+46
6	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	United States	BMC	+1:17
7	Daniel MARTIN	Ireland	GRS	+1:23
8	Tanel KANGERT	Estonia	AST	+1:43
9	Simon SPILAK	Slovenia	KAT	+1:50
10	Cameron MEYER	Australia	OGE	+2:09
11	Alexsandr DYACHENKO	Kazakhstan	AST	+2:26
12	Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ	Spain	EUS	+3:31
13	Nicolas ROCHE	Ireland	TST	+3:37
14	Sébastien REICHENBACH	Switzerland	IAM	+3:46
15	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Slovenia	AST	+4:43
16	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	France	ALM	+4:47
17	Johann TSCHOPP	Switzerland	IAM	+4:47
18	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Italy	ALM	+5:38
19	Andrey AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA	Costa Rica	MOV	+7:03
20	Maxime BOUET	France	ALM	+7:03
21	Maxime MONFORT	Belgium	RLT	+8:05
22	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Norway	BLA	+8:46
23	Michele SCARPONI	Italy	LAM	+10:30
24	Amaël MOINARD	France	BMC	+11:01
25	Francis DE GREEF	Belgium	LTB	+13:04
26	Moreno MOSER	Italy	CAN	+13:12
27	Mikael CHEREL	France	ALM	+13:13
28	Vladimir GUSEV	Russia	KAT	+13:21
29	Eduard VORGANOV	Russia	KAT	+14:11
30	Wilco KELDERMAN	Netherlands	BLA	+14:31

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Tour of California - Stage 7 Results - Sunday, June 16, 2013

Rui Costa Wins Stage 7 and Moves up to Second in the GC

Mathias Frank Holds Onto the Yellow Jersey

After a daring break away on a twisting descent of the final climb, Rui Costa (Movistar) won stage 7 at the Tour de Suisse on Friday.

On the final 30km hors categorie climb of Albula Pass, Costa took off with a four-man group that finished in the town of La Punt. At the finish line, Costa out-sprinted Bauke Mollema (Blanco) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) at the finish. The fourth rider in the group, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), trailered nine seconds back.

Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) kept his lead in the GC standings while Costa moved up to second at 13 seconds behind. Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff) is 23 seconds back in third.

The hardest day at the nine-day race, with four rated climbs on the map, the 206 km stage was a race of attrition.

American Joe Dombrowski (Sky) was the first to successfully break from the remaining top riders. At 10km left in the HC climb, he rode with high cadence and opened a gap of around 35 seconds.

Nearing the summit, a group of four riders caught up to Dombrowski. The newly formed pack of six riders crested the climb with a 19-second lead over the next group that included Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) and Mathias Frank.

On the descent, Dombrowski and Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) fell off the top four finishers. Although the top four riders were slowed down by a dropped banner at 2 km from the finish, they still finished 22 seconds in front of Frank, the yellow jersey wearer.

June 14, 2013: Tour de Suisse 2013: Stage 7: Meilen - La Punt, Switzerland (205 km):
1    Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Team Movistar       05:11:08
2    Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
3    Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
4    Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ    0:00:09
5    Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team GreenEdge    0:00:22
6    Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Sharp
7    Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8    Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team
9    Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10    Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Team Sky Procycling
11    Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team    0:00:39
12    Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team    0:00:49
13    Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14    Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff    0:01:15
15    Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Leopard    0:01:18
16    Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling    0:01:27
17    Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
18    Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling
19    Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Team Movistar
20    Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Blanco Pro Cycling Team    0:02:26
21    Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
22    Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun    0:02:30
23    Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team    0:02:41
24    Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Sojasun    0:02:43
25    Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale    0:03:41
26    Mickaël Chérel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
27    Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
28    Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
29    Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
30    Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto-Belisol

Overall 2013 Tour de Suisse rankings after stage 7:
1    Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team       25:42:36
2    Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team    0:00:13
3    Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff    0:00:23
4    Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ    0:00:44
5    Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team    0:00:46
6    Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team    0:01:17
7    Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Sharp    0:01:23
8    Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team GreenEdge    0:01:42
9    Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team    0:01:43
10    Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team    0:01:50
11    Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team    0:02:26
12    Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    0:03:31
13    Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff

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Tour of Switzerland Stage 6 Results - Sunday, June 16, 2013

Gregory Rask Wins Stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse with

Nearly 11 minute Gap to the Peloton

Mathias Frank Holds Onto Yellow Jersey

Gregory Rast (RadioShack-Leopard) won the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse. Second place went to Mathew Hayman (Sky) and third to Alexandre Kolobnev (Katusha). Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), the last in the four-man break away, took fourth.

The eleven minute gap between the winning four man break and the peloton came after a long, intense day of riding.

The breakaway group escaped at 30 km from the start. The next 156 km was constant effort and cooperation between the escapees. In the last few kilometers Grabsch made multiple, yet unsuccessful attacks. When Rast attacked at 1 km to go, the jump was so strong no rider could follow the speed.

Peter Sagan (Cannondale) won the field sprint and John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) followed.

There were no changes at the top of the GC, as Mathias Frank (BMC) successfully defended his lead over Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff) and Rui Costa (Movistar).

Stage 7 will be 206 km from Meilen to La Punt.

June 13, 2013: Tour de Suisse 2013: Stage 6: Leuggern - Meilen, Switzerland (185 km):
1    Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Leopard       04:22:53
2    Mathew Hayman (Aus) Team Sky Procycling    0:00:25
3    Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
4    Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep    0:00:28
5    Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling Team    0:10:43
6    John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
7    Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
8    Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky Procycling
9    Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10    Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto-Belisol

Overall 2013 Tour de Suisse rankings after stage 6:
1    Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team       20:31:06
2    Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff    0:00:23
3    Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Team Movistar    0:00:35
4    Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ    0:00:57
5    Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team    0:01:08
6    Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Sharp    0:01:23
7    Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana     0:01:26
8    Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale    0:01:28
9    Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team    0:01:39

10 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team GreenEdge 0:01:42

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Tour of Switzerland Stage 5 Results - Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Alexander Kristoff Wins Stage 5

Mathias Frank Holds onto the Yellow Jersey with

4 Stages to go in the Tour of Switzerland- 2013

Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) out-sprinted Peter Sagan (Cannondale) to win the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse on Wednesday. The 176-kilometer stage from Buochs to Leuggern ended on a slight 500 meter climb.

At 300 meters to go, Sagan and Arnaud Demare (FDJ), who won stages 3 and 4, began the sprint. As the two duked it out, Kristoff pulled around the wheel of Matti Breschel (Saxo-Tinkoff) to slip by Sagan and Demare and win the stage with surprisingly apparent ease.

Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) remains the overall race leader with a 23-second advantage over Roman Kreuziger (Saxo) and a 35-second lead over Rui Costa (Movistar).

Mathias Frank (BMC Racing)

A four-man escape, Stijn Devolder (RadioShack-Leopard), Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma – Quick-Step), Sebastien Minard (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Cyril Lemoine (Sojasun), escaped early- just 18km into the stage. They managed to maintain their gap until 24km remaining. BMC then went to the front to keep it all together and protect Frank’s yellow jersey. Several attacks went, but no one managed to gain a threatening gap.

Peter Sagan is the point’s classification leader. Robert Vrecer (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is the mountain’s leader.

The race picks up with Thursday’s 186km stage 6.

Stage Results
1 KRISTOFF Alexander KAT NOR 00"
2 SAGAN Peter CAN SVK ' '
3 DEMARE Arnaud FDJ FRA ' '
4 BRESCHEL Matti TST DEN ' '
5 HAUSSLER Heinrich IAM AUS ' '
6 GOSS Matthew Harley OGE AUS ' '
7 CIMOLAI Davide LAM ITA ' '
8 GUARNIERI Jacopo AST ITA ' '
9 VAN POPPEL Boy VCD NED ' '
10 IMPEY Daryl OGE RSA ' '

Overall Standings
1 FRANK Mathias BMC SUI 15h56'30" 00"
2 KREUZIGER Roman TST CZE 15h56'53" 23"
3 COSTA Rui Alberto MOV POR 15h57'05" 35"
4 PINOT Thibaut FDJ FRA 15h57'27" 57"
5 MOLLEMA Bauke BLA NED 15h57'38" 01'08"
6 MARTIN Daniel GRS IRL 15h57'53" 01'23"
7 KANGERT Tanel AST EST 15h57'56" 01'26"
8 PERAUD Jean ChristopheALM FRA 15h57'58" 01'28"
9 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC USA 15h58'09" 01'39"
10 MEYER Cameron OGE AUS 15h58'12

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Tour Of Switzerland Stage 4 Results - Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Arnaud Demare Wins Stage Four of the 2013 Tour of Switzerland

Matthias Frank Maintains His Lead in the GC

Arnaud Demare (FDJ) won the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday.

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) and Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) had started the sprint early and were passed by Demare who began the sprint at 200 meters. Goss finished second and Farrar took third.

Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) kept his 23-second GC lead over Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff). In third is Rui Costa (Movistar), 35 seconds behind Frank.

At 2 kilometers to go, the peloton caught Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Leopard) who had broken away early in the 174km stage from Innertkirchen to Buochs.

The early breakaway group thinned into two riders: Voigt and Robert Vrecer (Euskaltel-Euskadi). With 43km remaining, the duo increased the lead over the peloton to over two minutes. They were able to keep the gap open over the next two climbs.

In the final 5 km with a strong side wind, Voigt made his signature attack but faded quickly. At 2 km to, Voigt was consumed by the chasing peloton.

The race continues with Wednesday’s 176km stage 5.

Stage 4 Results

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 4:08:23
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:00
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:00
4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 0:00:00
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 0:00:00
6 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:00:00
7 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:00
8 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:00
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:00:00
10 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:00

General Classification after stage 4

1 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11:48:01
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:23
3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:00:35
4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:00:53
5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:57
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:01:08
7 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 0:01:23
8 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:01:26
9 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:28
10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:39

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Tour Of Switzerland Stage 3 Results - Monday, June 10, 2013

Peter Sagan Wins Stage 3 and Mathias Frank Takes the Overall Lead of

Tour of Switzerland

Peter Sagan (Cannondale) escaped on the wet final descent and won the third stage of the Tour de Suisse. The 3^rd stage win of the 2013 Tour de Suisse makes the 50^th UCI win for this 23 year old former junior world bike champion. Out of the final four man break, second place went to Rui Costa (Movistar) and third to Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff). The fourth man in the group, Mathias Frank (BMC), moved up into leading the general classification.

Roman Kreuziger sits second in the GC at 23 seconds and Costa at 35 seconds.

The previous leader, Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge), got dropped from the lead group on the category one Hasliberg climb while previously second ranked, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp), crashed out of the race.

The stage started out with a climb leading into 120 kilometers of rolling terrain. Damiano Caruso (Cannondale), Jesus Herrada (Movistar) and Stefan Denifl (IAM) took off on the climb, but were soon caught.

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp)

At 60 km, the field was already split going into the first climb of the day-- the category 3 Chemin de Lorette. Cresting over the climb, 18 riders split from the front group to form a powerful machine of riders. Hayden Roulston (RadioShack), Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Sharp), Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Maxime Bouet (AG2R), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R), Wilco Kelderman (Blanco), Matti Breschel (Saxo Tinkoff), Michael Morkov (Saxo Tinkoff), Michael Albasini (ORICA), Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Tom Dumoulin (Argos Shimano), Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling), Anthony Delaplace (Sojasun), Rémi Pauriol (Sojasun) built up a three minute gap on the field.

At 60 km to go, the gap closed to a minute and a half which made the strongest riders in the group accelerate and split the break-away group. The riders remaining were Hayden Roulston (RadioShack), Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Sharp), Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Wilco Kelderman (Blanco), Matti Breschel (Saxo Tinkoff), Michael Albasini (ORICA), and Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling).

At 31 km to go, the riders faced the fourth climb of the day-- the category 4 Innertkirchen. Still, the lead group stuck together. After descending the Innertkirchen, immediately began the 11.9 km category 1 Hasliberg climb with an average gradient of 6.9 per cent. The 20% sections of the climb split off Boonen and Terpstra from the lead group.

Over the next few kilometers, the remaining lead group was consumed by the chasing field. Of the remaining field of 15 riders, the top four finishers of the day attacked on the final descent.

Stage 3 Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Result
1	Peter SAGAN	SVK	CAN	4:46:27
2	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	POR	MOV	+0
3	Roman KREUZIGER	CZE	TST	+0
4	Mathias FRANK	SUI	BMC	+0
5	Bauke MOLLEMA	NED	BLA	+39
6	Giovanni VISCONTI	ITA	MOV	+46
7	Daniel MARTIN	IRL	GRS	+46
8	Thibaut PINOT	FRA	FDJ	+46
9	Tanel KANGERT	EST	AST	+46
10	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	FRA	ALM	+46
11	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	USA	BMC	+46
12	Simon SPILAK	SLO	KAT	+46
13	Alexsandr DYACHENKO	KAZ	AST	+1:29
14	Simon GESCHKE	GER	ARG	+1:47
15	Maxime MONFORT	BEL	RLT	+1:47
16	Nicolas ROCHE	IRL	TST	+1:47
17	Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ESP	EUS	+1:47
18	Cameron MEYER	AUS	OGE	+1:47
19	Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ	ESP	EUS	+1:47
20	Diego ULISSI	ITA	LAM	+1:47
21	Johann TSCHOPP	SUI	IAM	+1:47
22	Janez BRAJKOVIC	SLO	AST	+1:47
23	Maxime BOUET	FRA	ALM	+1:47
24	Peter VELITS	SVK	OPQ	+1:47
25	Domenico POZZOVIVO	ITA	ALM	+1:58

General Classification after Stage 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Result
1	Mathias FRANK	Switzerland	BMC	7:39:38
2	Roman KREUZIGER	Czech Republic	TST	+23
3	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	Portugal	MOV	+35
4	Giovanni VISCONTI	Italy	MOV	+53
5	Thibaut PINOT	France	FDJ	+57
6	Bauke MOLLEMA	Netherlands	BLA	+1:08
7	Daniel MARTIN	Ireland	GRS	+1:23
8	Tanel KANGERT	Estonia	AST	+1:26
9	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	France	ALM	+1:28
10	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	United States	BMC	+1:39
11	Cameron MEYER	Australia	OGE	+1:42
12	Simon SPILAK	Slovenia	KAT	+1:50
13	Alexsandr DYACHENKO	Kazakhstan	AST	+1:59
14	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Slovenia	AST	+2:24
15	Diego ULISSI	Italy	LAM	+2:25
16	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Italy	ALM	+2:29
17	Johann TSCHOPP	Switzerland	IAM	+2:38
18	Maxime BOUET	France	ALM	+2:40
19	Sébastien REICHENBACH	Switzerland	IAM	+2:41
20	Nicolas ROCHE	Ireland	TST	+2:44

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Tour of Switzerland Stage 2 Results - Sunday, June 09, 2013

Bauke Mollemo Wins Stage Two on a Snowy Day

Cameron Meyer Hangs onto his Yellow Jersey by Three Seconds

Bauke Mollema (Blanco) won stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse on Saturday after making the right attack at the right time. Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) narrowly defended his yellow jersey after the aggressive attack from Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) who moved up to second in the general classification.

Heavy snow cut the 159.2km stage from Quinto to Crans-Montano to 117.2 km.

A four-man group containing Enrique Sanz Unzue (Movistar), Christophe Riblon (Ag2r La Mondiale), Adrian Saez de Arrigi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Johannes Fröhlinger (Argos-Shimano) escaped early in the race. At 35 km to go, the group had over a minute lead until Marcus Burghardt (BMC) began leading the chase. At 17km to go, the break was caught at the base of the final climb to Crans-Montano.

Dan Martin Attacks

A few kilometers later, the relentless attacks began. Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) finally got away with 12km to go. Teammate Ryder Hesjesdal, Tanel Kangert (Astana) and Brice Feillu (Sojasun) followed the attack. The pace was too hard for Martin and Feillu who both got dropped on the climb with a light drizzle. Hesjesdal and Kangert built a minute lead with 7 km to go. At 5 km to, Hesjesdal decided to up the pace and ride away from his fellow escapee, Kangert.

Hesjesdal and Martin Escape

At 2 km to go, BMC decided they were going to bring in the Garmin-Sharp rider. At 1 km to go, Hesjesdal had a 16 second lead. Johann Tschopp (IAM Cycling) attacked out of the chase group, followed by Mollema, who passed Hesjedal with fading leg power. While Hesjedal finished fourth in stage 2, he moved up to second in the GC. This Garmin-Sharp rider follows the leader, Meyer, by only 3 seconds.

Cameron Crosses line

Mollema crossed alone for the win, followed by Mathias Frank (BMC) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ).

Stage 2 Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Result
1	Bauke MOLLEMA	NED	BLA	2:43:00
2	Mathias FRANK	SUI	BMC	+11
3	Thibaut PINOT	FRA	FDJ	+11
4	Ryder HESJEDAL	CAN	GRS	+11
5	Johann TSCHOPP	SUI	IAM	+11
6	Daniel MARTIN	IRL	GRS	+11
7	Roman KREUZIGER	CZE	TST	+11
8	Michele SCARPONI	ITA	LAM	+11
9	Giovanni VISCONTI	ITA	MOV	+19
10	Domenico POZZOVIVO	ITA	ALM	+19
11	Diego ULISSI	ITA	LAM	+24
12	Moreno MOSER	ITA	CAN	+24
13	Cameron MEYER	AUS	OGE	+27
14	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	POR	MOV	+27
15	Janez BRAJKOVIC	SLO	AST	+27
16	Simon SPILAK	SLO	KAT	+29
17	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	FRA	ALM	+29
18	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	USA	SKY	+29
19	Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ	ESP	EUS	+36
20	Sébastien REICHENBACH	SUI	IAM	+36
21	Marcel WYSS	SUI	IAM	+38
22	Wilco KELDERMAN	NED	BLA	+38
23	Tanel KANGERT	EST	AST	+40
24	Alexsandr DYACHENKO	KAZ	AST	+40
25	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	USA	BMC	+40
26	Thomas LÖVKVIST	SWE	IAM	+44
27	Nicolas ROCHE	IRL	TST	+52
28	Joshua EDMONDSON	GBR	SKY	+52
29	Maxime BOUET	FRA	ALM	+52
30	Andrey AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA	CRC	MOV	+55

General Classification after Stage 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Result
1	Cameron MEYER	Australia	OGE	2:53:06
2	Ryder HESJEDAL	Canada	GRS	+3
3	Mathias FRANK	Switzerland	BMC	+5
4	Giovanni VISCONTI	Italy	MOV	+12
5	Thibaut PINOT	France	FDJ	+16
6	Roman KREUZIGER	Czech Republic	TST	+28
7	Moreno MOSER	Italy	CAN	+34
8	Bauke MOLLEMA	Netherlands	BLA	+34
9	Alexsandr DYACHENKO	Kazakhstan	AST	+35
10	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Italy	ALM	+36
11	Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA	Portugal	MOV	+40
12	Daniel MARTIN	Ireland	GRS	+42
13	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Slovenia	AST	+42
14	Diego ULISSI	Italy	LAM	+43
15	Michele SCARPONI	Italy	LAM	+44
16	Tanel KANGERT	Estonia	AST	+45
17	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	France	ALM	+47
18	Sébastien REICHENBACH	Switzerland	IAM	+48
19	Wilco KELDERMAN	Netherlands	BLA	+53
20	Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI	United States	SKY	+56

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Tour of Switzerland - Prologue - Saturday, June 08, 2013

Cameron Meyer, the Australia, Wears the Yellow Jersey After the Prologue of the Tour de Switzerland 2013

Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) took victory on stage 1 of the Tour of Switzerland- a 8.1km time trial course around Quinto. Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) came in second, 10 seconds back. Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling), trailed in third.

As the wind picked up, the times were affected. Some of the favorites, Tejay van Garderen (73rd at 45 seconds), Andreas Klöden (66th at 43 seconds) and Peter Sagan (40th at 35 seconds) finished much slower than predicted.

Another contender is

(Tejay van Garderen)

Defending champion, Rui Costa, who finished the stage 40 seconds down on Meyer. Fabian Cancellara (Team Radio Shack), the 2009 winner and 22 seconds down from the 2013 yellow jersey, is also expected to show his legs through the stages of the Tour,

Stage 2 from Quinto to Crans-Montano is a 170.7km course that brings the race over the hors-categorie Nufenenpass before a summit finish atop Crans-Montana.

Stage 1 Results
1. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:09:39
2. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 0:00:10
3. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:00:14
4. Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin-Sharp 0:00:15
5. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 0:00:16
6. Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling same time
7. Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 0:00:18
8. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 0:00:19
9. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp s.t.
10. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Tinkoff s.t.

Competing Teams (Important Riders)

1. Movistar Team (Faria da Costa, Visconti)
2. Sky Procycling (Swift, Eisel)
3. Katusha Team (Kristoff, Spilak)
4. RadioShack - Leopard (Cancellara, Klöden)
5. Omega Pharma - Quick-Step (Terpstra, Boonen)
6. Astana Pro Team (Brajkovič, Kangert)
7. Garmin - Sharp (Martin, Farrar)
8. BMC Racing Team (van Garderen, Gilbert)
9. AG2R La Mondiale (Pozzovivo, Peraud)
10. Lampre - Merida (Ulissi, Scarponi)
11. Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (Sagan, Moser)
12. Blanco Pro Cycling Team (Sanchez, Mollema)
13. Team Saxo-Tinkoff (Roche, Kreuziger)
14. Orica GreenEDGE (Goss, Albasini)
15. Lotto Belisol Team (Dehaes, Debusschere)
16. Euskaltel - Euskadi (Anton, Verdugo)
17. Equipe Cycliste FDJ (Demare, Pinot)
18. Vacansoleil - DCM (Marczynski, Kreder)
19. Team Argos - Shimano (Degenkolb, Geschke)
20. IAM Cycling (Haussler, Tschopp)
21. Sojasun (Simon, Pauriol)

Previous Winners

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Nibali Wins Giro d'Italia -- Cavendish takes Final Stage - Monday, May 27, 2013

Mark Cavendish Wins Stage 21 and Makes History

Vincenzo Nibali Wins the Gold Crown of the 2013 Giro d'Italia

When Mark Cavendish won stage 21, he claimed his fifth win in the 2013 Giro d'Italia. He also joined Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Laurent Jalabert, Eddy Merckx and Alessandro Petacchi as one of only five riders to claim the points classification jersey in all three grand tours. Cavendish, the Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider, claimed the points classification jersey in the 2010 Vuelta a España and 2011 Tour de France.
The Italian home favorite, Vincenzo Nibali of the Astana team, won the overall general classification four minutes 43 seconds ahead of Team

Sky's Colombian rider Rigoberto Urán. Cadel Evans of BMC racing came in at third, over a minute behind Urán.

Carlos Bentancur won the best young rider classification. Stefano Pirazzi won the mountains classification winner.

Coming into stage 21, Cavendish was 11 points short to Nibali for the points classification. On the first sprint of the day, Cavendish won eight points. When he won the second sprint, Cavendish secured his points classfication win.

The race ended on a 4.6 km course that the peloton circled around seven times. Tight, twisting roads with 90 degree turns made it a fast technical course that Team Astana kept single file to ensure no one got away and Nibali's pink jersey was secured.
While Cavendish won points classification and Nibali won the the Giro d'Italia crown, the two will be written into cycling history as some of the great riders on bicycles.

May 26, 2013: Giro d'Italia - Stage 21: Riese Pio X - Brescia, Italy (197 km)
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep 05:30:09  2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox  3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Cannondale Pro Cycling  4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Leopard  5 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano  6 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida  7 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto-Belisol  8 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R-La Mondiale  9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Movistar  10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team  11 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team GreenEdge  12 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Team Movistar  13 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi  14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team Garmin-Sharp  15 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox  16 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Colombia  17 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia  18 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli  19 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team  20 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep  21 Dominique Rollin (Can) Team FDJ  22 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano  23 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano  24 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox  25 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia  26 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky Procycling  27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida  28 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia  29 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R-La Mondiale  30 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
Final overall 2013 Giro d'Italia rankings:

 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Pro Team Astana 89:53:28  2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Team Sky Procycling 0:04:43  3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:05:52  4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:06:48  5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:07:28  6 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 0:07:43  7 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:08:09  8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Team Movistar 0:10:26  9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 0:10:32  10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R-La Mondiale 0:10:59  11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:11:35  12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:12:13  13 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:12:55  14 Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana 0:12:57  15 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack-Leopard 0:14:27  16 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky Procycling 0:18:19  17 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:20:18  18 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia 0:28:56  19 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Team Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:30:56  20 Francis Mourey (Fra) Team FDJ 0:32:22  21 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 0:33:20  22 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:37:14  23 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:38:09  24 Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:40:23  25 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Team Movistar 0:40:34  26 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:42:36  27 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:44:17  28 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:47:37  29 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:54:29  30 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:56:52  31 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0:58:21  32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 1:02:05  33 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:07:21  34 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:10:16  35 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Movistar 1:10:47  36 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Leopard 1:12:10  37 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky Procycling 1:13:17  38 Pieter Weening (Ned) Team GreenEdge 1:17:18  39 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1:18:46  40 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team 1:20:46  41 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 1:22:00  42 Fabio Aru (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1:24:53  43 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:30:59  44 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 1:33:42  45 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 1:34:47  46 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 1:35:37  47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Movistar 1:36:00  48 Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1:38:38  49 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Sharp 1:39:17  50 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 1:39:22

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Giro d'Italia Stage 20 Results - Monday, May 27, 2013

Two and a half kilometers to go, as the grade increased to 18 %, Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) went to the front and rode away. In the sleek, icey snow he crossed the line solo and won stage 20 from Silandro to Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Nibali secured his win with nearly a five minute lead. Riding up the mountain in the snow, Fabio Duarte (Team Colombian) came in second, 17 seconds back and Rigoberto Uran (Team SKY) third, 19 seconds back. Cadel Evans (BMC) fell a minute back and was pushed down to third place in the GC while Uran climbed into second.
Early on, a break of four riders built up a lead of more than 8 minutes. Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol), Giairo Ermeti (Androni Giocattoli), Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack-Leopard) and Pavel Brutt (Katusha) worked together to break away from the peloton.

When the peloton decided to bring them in, the gap went down to two and a half minutes with 24 km to go. Soon they were caught. As the weather got colder and the snow started to fill the roads, the remaining kilometers became a race of attrition.

The three-man all-Colombian group of Rigoberto Urán (Team Sky), Carlos Betancur (AG2R La Mondiale) and Fabio Duarte (Colombia) managed to follow Nibali’s initial acceleration but on his second acceleration, Nibali showed his champion body and rode away to cross the line as the champion of the stage. This final mountain stage also secured him as the 2013 winner of the Giro d'Italia.

Stage 1. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 5hr 27min 41sec  2. Fabio Duarte (COL/COL) at 17sec  3. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 19 4. Carlos Betancur (COL/ALM) 21 5. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 44 6. Franco Pellizotti (ITA/AND) 48 7. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) 54 8. Damiano Caruso (ITA/CAN) 58 9. Darwin Atapuma (COL/COL) 1:00 10. Rafal Majka (POL/TST) 1:04 Selected 14. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 1:30  General classification 1. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 79hr 23min 19sec 2. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) at 4min 43sec  3. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 5:52 4. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 6:48 5. Carlos Betancur (COL/ALM) 7:28 6. Przemyslaw Niemiec (POL/LAM) 7:43 7. Rafal Majka (POL/TST) 8:09 8. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 10:26 9. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/VIN) 10:32 10. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) 10:59 

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