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:



RankNameNationalityTeamResult
1Vincenzo NIBALIItalyAST28:08:17
2Christopher FROOMEGreat BritainSKY+23
3Alberto CONTADOR VELASCOSpainTST+52
4Michal KWIATKOWSKIPolandOPQ+53
5Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVERSpainKAT+54
6Christopher HORNERUnited StatesRLT+1:21
7Mauro SANTAMBROGIOItalyVIN+2:03
8Andrey AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVACosta RicaMOV+2:42
9Przemyslaw NIEMIECPolandLAM+3:19
10Wouter POELSNetherlandsVCD+3:35
11Domenico POZZOVIVOItalyALM+3:38
12Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYAColombiaSKY+3:48
13Roman KREUZIGERCzech RepublicTST+3:55
14Jonathan CASTROVIEJO NICOLASSpainMOV+4:38
15Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZSpainKAT+5:12
16Matteo RABOTTINIItalyVIN+5:38
17Juan Jose COBO ACEBOSpainMOV+5:54
18Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZSpainEUS+6:49
19Damiano CARUSOItalyCAN+7:41
20Daniel MARTINIrelandGRS+7:54
21Bauke MOLLEMANetherlandsBLA+8:21
22Cadel EVANSAustraliaBMC+9:46
23José Joao PIMENTA COSTA MENDESPortugalTNE+10:04
24Paul VOSSGermanyTNE+10:07
25Rigoberto URAN URANColombiaSKY+10:54
26Daniele PIETROPOLLIItalyLAM+17:08
27Tom Jelte SLAGTERNetherlandsBLA+17:27
28Arthur VICHOTFranceFDJ+17:40
29Tony MARTINGermanyOPQ+17:49
30Egoi MARTINEZ DE ESTEBANSpainEUS+19:00
31Matteo MONTAGUTIItalyALM+19:51
32Damiano CUNEGOItalyLAM+20:00
33Peter SAGANSlovakiaCAN+20:30
34Tom DUMOULINNetherlandsARG+21:03
35Juan Antonio FLECHA GIANNONISpainVCD+21:29
36Rinaldo NOCENTINIItalyALM+22:50
37Sergio PARDILLA BELLONSpainMTN+22:55
38Giovanni VISCONTIItalyMOV+23:01
39Simon GESCHKEGermanyARG+24:21
40Moreno MOSERItalyCAN+24:36
41Sergey LAGUTINUzbekistanVCD+24:58
42Jorge AZANZA SOTOSpainEUS+25:01
43Mirko SELVAGGIItalyVCD+25:47
44Zdenek STYBARCzech RepublicOPQ+26:25
45Dario CATALDOItalySKY+27:20
46Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGASpainMOV+27:38
47Bartosz HUZARSKIPolandTNE+27:45
48Michael SCHÄRSwitzerlandBMC+29:12
49Greg VAN AVERMAETBelgiumBMC+30:03
50Janez BRAJKOVICSloveniaAST+31:12
51Sandy CASARFranceFDJ+31:54
52Angel VICIOSO ARCOSSpainKAT+31:57
53Jesus HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZSpainTST+33:38
54Kristijan KORENSloveniaCAN+35:14
55Mauro FINETTOItalyVIN+35:24
56Francisco José VENTOSO ALBERDISpainMOV+35:56
57Stijn DEVOLDERBelgiumRLT+36:01
58Jan BARTACzech RepublicTNE+36:56
59Maxim BELKOVRussiaKAT+37:58
60Cédric PINEAUFranceFDJ+40:02
61Anthony ROUXFranceFDJ+40:11
62Thor HUSHOVDNorwayBMC+40:32
63Alex DOWSETTGreat BritainMOV+40:48
64Adriano MALORIItalyLAM+40:55
65Jurgen ROELANDTSBelgiumLTB+41:25
66Daryl IMPEYSouth AfricaOGE+41:43
67Yaroslav POPOVYCHUkraineRLT+41:45
68Ben GASTAUERLuxembourgALM+42:36
69Miguel MINGUEZ AYALASpainEUS+42:46
70Alessandro VANOTTIItalyAST+42:49
71Fabian CANCELLARASwitzerlandRLT+43:44
72Hayden ROULSTONNew ZealandRLT+44:20
73Salvatore PUCCIOItalySKY+44:27
74Gerald CIOLEKGermanyMTN+45:23
75Paul MARTENSGermanyBLA+45:33
76Johannes FRÖHLINGERGermanyARG+46:11
77Rohan DENNISAustraliaGRS+46:41
78Sebastian LANGEVELDNetherlandsOGE+47:37
79Stefano GARZELLIItalyVIN+49:11
80Sergio Miguel MOREIRA PAULINHOPortugalTST+50:03
81Jacobus VENTERSouth AfricaMTN+51:41
82Tyler FARRARUnited StatesGRS+52:45
83Davide CIMOLAIItalyLAM+54:18
84Adam HANSENAustraliaLTB+54:35
85Lars BOOMNetherlandsBLA+54:50
86Maciej BODNARPolandCAN+54:58
87Aliaksandr KUCHYNSKIBelarusKAT+55:53
88Lars Petter NORDHAUGNorwayBLA+56:05
89Fabio SABATINIItalyCAN+56:46
90Manuel QUINZIATOItalyBMC+57:07
91Matthieu SPRICKFranceARG+57:08
92Ioannis TAMOURIDISGreeceEUS+59:01
93Danilo HONDOGermanyRLT+59:42
94André GREIPELGermanyLTB+1:00:09
95Mickael DELAGEFranceFDJ+1:00:38
96Alan MARANGONIItalyCAN+1:00:51
97Klaas LODEWYCKBelgiumBMC+1:01:01
98Manuel BELLETTIItalyALM+1:02:20
99Matteo TOSATTOItalyTST+1:04:22
100Cesare BENEDETTIItalyTNE+1:04:24
101Maarten WYNANTSBelgiumBLA+1:07:17
102Roberto FERRARIItalyLAM+1:07:19
103Garikoitz BRAVO OIARBIDESpainEUS+1:09:36
104Davide APPOLLONIOItalyALM+1:09:50
105Arnaud DEMAREFranceFDJ+1:10:20
106Jens MOURISNetherlandsOGE+1:13:58
107Martin VELITSSlovakiaOPQ+1:16:12



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