Tirreno: Shake on it, MTN Qhubeka & Panzerwagen

The cycling handshake of the week has to go to the pair of Vincenzo Nibali and Peter Sagan.

Working out the perfect solution during the last kms of the infamous Stage 6, the former team mates took advantage of a good arrangement. Nibali jumped to the overall lead and Sagan the stage victory. Sagan helped pull at the front bringing Nibali the precious seconds from Froome.

I was wrong on my prediction of JRod to podium. After the TT, Contador moved to third. Froome second and the winner for the second year in a row... Nibali. He looks very good for the Giro!

One of the coolest looking cycling trophies... for sure!

And, whilst the tifosi are in rapturous joy I applaud the fine debut of Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung finishing it's first WorldTour race for an African team. Sergio Pardilla finished 37th overall, Gerald Ciolek in 74th and Jaco Venter in 81st.

Pardilla racing to 96th in the final TT.

via teammtnqhubeka.com

Tony Panzerwagen Martin could not be beat.

Final GC:

Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Result
1	Vincenzo NIBALI	Italy	AST	28:08:17
2	Christopher FROOME	Great Britain	SKY	+23
3	Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO	Spain	TST	+52
4	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	Poland	OPQ	+53
5	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Spain	KAT	+54
6	Christopher HORNER	United States	RLT	+1:21
7	Mauro SANTAMBROGIO	Italy	VIN	+2:03
8	Andrey AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA	Costa Rica	MOV	+2:42
9	Przemyslaw NIEMIEC	Poland	LAM	+3:19
10	Wouter POELS	Netherlands	VCD	+3:35
11	Domenico POZZOVIVO	Italy	ALM	+3:38
12	Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA	Colombia	SKY	+3:48
13	Roman KREUZIGER	Czech Republic	TST	+3:55
14	Jonathan CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS	Spain	MOV	+4:38
15	Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ	Spain	KAT	+5:12
16	Matteo RABOTTINI	Italy	VIN	+5:38
17	Juan Jose COBO ACEBO	Spain	MOV	+5:54
18	Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ	Spain	EUS	+6:49
19	Damiano CARUSO	Italy	CAN	+7:41
20	Daniel MARTIN	Ireland	GRS	+7:54
21	Bauke MOLLEMA	Netherlands	BLA	+8:21
22	Cadel EVANS	Australia	BMC	+9:46
23	José Joao PIMENTA COSTA MENDES	Portugal	TNE	+10:04
24	Paul VOSS	Germany	TNE	+10:07
25	Rigoberto URAN URAN	Colombia	SKY	+10:54
26	Daniele PIETROPOLLI	Italy	LAM	+17:08
27	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	Netherlands	BLA	+17:27
28	Arthur VICHOT	France	FDJ	+17:40
29	Tony MARTIN	Germany	OPQ	+17:49
30	Egoi MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN	Spain	EUS	+19:00
31	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Italy	ALM	+19:51
32	Damiano CUNEGO	Italy	LAM	+20:00
33	Peter SAGAN	Slovakia	CAN	+20:30
34	Tom DUMOULIN	Netherlands	ARG	+21:03
35	Juan Antonio FLECHA GIANNONI	Spain	VCD	+21:29
36	Rinaldo NOCENTINI	Italy	ALM	+22:50
37	Sergio PARDILLA BELLON	Spain	MTN	+22:55
38	Giovanni VISCONTI	Italy	MOV	+23:01
39	Simon GESCHKE	Germany	ARG	+24:21
40	Moreno MOSER	Italy	CAN	+24:36
41	Sergey LAGUTIN	Uzbekistan	VCD	+24:58
42	Jorge AZANZA SOTO	Spain	EUS	+25:01
43	Mirko SELVAGGI	Italy	VCD	+25:47
44	Zdenek STYBAR	Czech Republic	OPQ	+26:25
45	Dario CATALDO	Italy	SKY	+27:20
46	Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA	Spain	MOV	+27:38
47	Bartosz HUZARSKI	Poland	TNE	+27:45
48	Michael SCHÄR	Switzerland	BMC	+29:12
49	Greg VAN AVERMAET	Belgium	BMC	+30:03
50	Janez BRAJKOVIC	Slovenia	AST	+31:12
51	Sandy CASAR	France	FDJ	+31:54
52	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Spain	KAT	+31:57
53	Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ	Spain	TST	+33:38
54	Kristijan KOREN	Slovenia	CAN	+35:14
55	Mauro FINETTO	Italy	VIN	+35:24
56	Francisco José VENTOSO ALBERDI	Spain	MOV	+35:56
57	Stijn DEVOLDER	Belgium	RLT	+36:01
58	Jan BARTA	Czech Republic	TNE	+36:56
59	Maxim BELKOV	Russia	KAT	+37:58
60	Cédric PINEAU	France	FDJ	+40:02
61	Anthony ROUX	France	FDJ	+40:11
62	Thor HUSHOVD	Norway	BMC	+40:32
63	Alex DOWSETT	Great Britain	MOV	+40:48
64	Adriano MALORI	Italy	LAM	+40:55
65	Jurgen ROELANDTS	Belgium	LTB	+41:25
66	Daryl IMPEY	South Africa	OGE	+41:43
67	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	Ukraine	RLT	+41:45
68	Ben GASTAUER	Luxembourg	ALM	+42:36
69	Miguel MINGUEZ AYALA	Spain	EUS	+42:46
70	Alessandro VANOTTI	Italy	AST	+42:49
71	Fabian CANCELLARA	Switzerland	RLT	+43:44
72	Hayden ROULSTON	New Zealand	RLT	+44:20
73	Salvatore PUCCIO	Italy	SKY	+44:27
74	Gerald CIOLEK	Germany	MTN	+45:23
75	Paul MARTENS	Germany	BLA	+45:33
76	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	Germany	ARG	+46:11
77	Rohan DENNIS	Australia	GRS	+46:41
78	Sebastian LANGEVELD	Netherlands	OGE	+47:37
79	Stefano GARZELLI	Italy	VIN	+49:11
80	Sergio Miguel MOREIRA PAULINHO	Portugal	TST	+50:03
81	Jacobus VENTER	South Africa	MTN	+51:41
82	Tyler FARRAR	United States	GRS	+52:45
83	Davide CIMOLAI	Italy	LAM	+54:18
84	Adam HANSEN	Australia	LTB	+54:35
85	Lars BOOM	Netherlands	BLA	+54:50
86	Maciej BODNAR	Poland	CAN	+54:58
87	Aliaksandr KUCHYNSKI	Belarus	KAT	+55:53
88	Lars Petter NORDHAUG	Norway	BLA	+56:05
89	Fabio SABATINI	Italy	CAN	+56:46
90	Manuel QUINZIATO	Italy	BMC	+57:07
91	Matthieu SPRICK	France	ARG	+57:08
92	Ioannis TAMOURIDIS	Greece	EUS	+59:01
93	Danilo HONDO	Germany	RLT	+59:42
94	André GREIPEL	Germany	LTB	+1:00:09
95	Mickael DELAGE	France	FDJ	+1:00:38
96	Alan MARANGONI	Italy	CAN	+1:00:51
97	Klaas LODEWYCK	Belgium	BMC	+1:01:01
98	Manuel BELLETTI	Italy	ALM	+1:02:20
99	Matteo TOSATTO	Italy	TST	+1:04:22
100	Cesare BENEDETTI	Italy	TNE	+1:04:24
101	Maarten WYNANTS	Belgium	BLA	+1:07:17
102	Roberto FERRARI	Italy	LAM	+1:07:19
103	Garikoitz BRAVO OIARBIDE	Spain	EUS	+1:09:36
104	Davide APPOLLONIO	Italy	ALM	+1:09:50
105	Arnaud DEMARE	France	FDJ	+1:10:20
106	Jens MOURIS	Netherlands	OGE	+1:13:58
107	Martin VELITS	Slovakia	OPQ	+1:16:12