GRAN BRETAGNA. L'australiano Howard fulmina Cavendish

| 10/09/2012 | 16:28
Continua il momento-no di mark Cavendish: il campione del mondo è stato battuto oggi allo sprint dal giovane australiano Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEDGE) sul traguardo della seconda tappa del Giro della Gran Bretagna, la Nottingahm-Knowsley di 177 km.
Nonostante il gran lavoro di Wiggins e del leader della corsa Rowe, Cavendish non è riuscito a rimontare Howard e ha dovuto arrendersi. Terza piazza per il giovane olandese Boy Van Poppel che è il nuovo leader della classifica generale.

Ordine d'arrivo
1 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEDGE 4h 31' 9''
2 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling m.t.
3 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare m.t.
4 Steele Von Hoff Garmin - Sharp m.t.
5 Russell Downing Endura Racing m.t.
6 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin - Sharp m.t.
7 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM m.t.
8 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp m.t.
9 Sam Bennett An Post Sean Kelly a 0' 1''
10 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling m.t.
11 Graham Briggs Raleigh - GAC m.t.
12 Rony Martias Saur Sojasun m.t.
13 Peter Hawkins IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
14 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh - GAC m.t.
15 Richard Lang Rapha Condor m.t.
16 Cesare Benedetti Team NetApp m.t.
17 Chris Opie UK Youth Cycling m.t.
18 Niels Wytinck An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
19 Yanto Barker UK Youth Cycling m.t.
20 Niklas Gustavsson UK Youth Cycling m.t.
21 Leopold Koenig Team NetApp m.t.
22 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare m.t.
23 Simon Yates Great Britain m.t.
24 Christian Knees Sky Procycling m.t.
25 Ricardo Garcia Euskaltel Euskadi m.t.
26 Zak Dempster Endura Racing m.t.
27 David McGowan UK Youth Cycling m.t.
28 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel Euskadi m.t.
29 Jérémie Galland Saur Sojasun m.t.
30 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
31 Rico Rogers Node 4 - Giordana m.t.
32 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
33 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing m.t.
34 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling m.t.
35 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
36 Ben Grenda Rapha Condor m.t.
37 Evan Oliphant Raleigh - GAC m.t.
38 Jonathan McEvoy Endura Racing m.t.
39 Liam Holohan Raleigh - GAC m.t.
40 Daniel Lloyd IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
41 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
42 Michael Northey Node 4 - Giordana m.t.
43 Wouter Sybrandy IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
44 Owain Doull Great Britain m.t.
45 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare m.t.
46 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEDGE m.t.
47 Paul Voss Endura Racing m.t.
48 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare m.t.
49 Mathew Cronshaw Node 4 - Giordana m.t.
50 Jonny Clarke UnitedHealthcare m.t.
51 Yannick Talabardon Saur Sojasun m.t.
52 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel Euskadi m.t.
53 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
54 Mark McNally An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
55 Jan Barta Team NetApp m.t.
56 Josh Edmondson Great Britain m.t.
57 Jacek Morajko Vacansoleil - DCM m.t.
58 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun m.t.
59 David Le Lay Saur Sojasun m.t.
60 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp a 0' 12''
61 David Clarke Node 4 - Giordana a 0' 15''
62 Tom Moses Great Britain a 0' 17''
63 Alistair Slater Great Britain m.t.
64 Matthias Krizek Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
65 Adrian Saez de Arregui Euskaltel Euskadi m.t.
66 Christopher Jennings Rapha Condor m.t.
67 Dan Craven IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
68 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
69 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
70 George Atkins Great Britain m.t.
71 Ronan Mclaughlin An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
72 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur Sojasun m.t.
73 Kristian House Rapha Condor m.t.
74 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 - Giordana m.t.
75 Christofer Stevenson UK Youth Cycling m.t.
76 Magnus Backstedt UK Youth Cycling m.t.
77 Tom Last IG - Sigma Sport a 0' 31''
78 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp a 0' 34''
79 Marco Enfatto Liquigas - Cannondale a 0' 45''
80 Jacob Rathe Garmin - Sharp a 0' 56''
81 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM m.t.
82 Barry Markus Vacansoleil - DCM a 0' 58''
83 Lachlan Morton Garmin - Sharp m.t.
84 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare m.t.
85 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana a 1' 9''
86 Richard Handley Rapha Condor m.t.
87 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling a 1' 25''
88 Aidis Kruopis Orica - GreenEDGE a 1' 32''
89 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE m.t.
90 Michael Hepburn Orica - GreenEDGE m.t.
91 Blaz Jarc Team NetApp m.t.
92 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling m.t.
93 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi a 2' 45''
94 Michael Cuming Rapha Condor a 0' 1''
95 Ian Bibby Endura Racing a 3' 47''
96 Russell Hampton Raleigh - GAC a 3' 50''

Classifica generale
1 Boy Van Poppel UnitedHealthcare 9h 22' 4''
2 Leigh Howard Orica - GreenEDGE m.t.
3 Luke Rowe Sky Procycling a 0' 1''
4 Rony Martias Saur Sojasun a 0' 4''
5 Mark Cavendish Sky Procycling m.t.
6 Russell Downing Endura Racing a 0' 6''
7 Steele Von Hoff Garmin - Sharp a 0' 10''
8 Sep Vanmarcke Garmin - Sharp m.t.
9 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp m.t.
10 Peter Hawkins IG - Sigma Sport a 0' 11''
11 Sam Bennett An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
12 Chris Opie UK Youth Cycling m.t.
13 Jérémie Galland Saur Sojasun m.t.
14 Richard Lang Rapha Condor m.t.
15 Yanto Barker UK Youth Cycling m.t.
16 Christian Knees Sky Procycling m.t.
17 Niklas Gustavsson UK Youth Cycling m.t.
18 Paolo Longo Borghini Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
19 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing m.t.
20 Ben Grenda Rapha Condor m.t.
21 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
22 Daniel Lloyd IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
23 Bradley Wiggins Sky Procycling m.t.
24 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
25 Jerome Coppel Saur Sojasun m.t.
26 Paul Voss Endura Racing m.t.
27 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
28 Brett Lancaster Orica - GreenEDGE m.t.
29 Magnus Backstedt UK Youth Cycling a 0' 27''
30 Gediminas Bagdonas An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
31 Daniel Schorn Team NetApp a 0' 44''
32 Marco Enfatto Liquigas - Cannondale a 0' 55''
33 Barry Markus Vacansoleil - DCM a 1' 8''
34 Bernhard Eisel Sky Procycling a 1' 35''
35 Zak Dempster Endura Racing a 1' 36''
36 Christopher Jones UnitedHealthcare m.t.
37 Leopold Koenig Team NetApp a 1' 40''
38 Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare m.t.
39 David Le Lay Saur Sojasun a 1' 41''
40 Blaz Jarc Team NetApp a 1' 42''
41 Graham Briggs Raleigh - GAC a 1' 43''
42 Bernard Sulzberger Raleigh - GAC m.t.
43 Jacek Morajko Vacansoleil - DCM m.t.
44 Jan Barta Team NetApp m.t.
45 Samuel Sanchez Euskaltel Euskadi a 1' 45''
46 Evan Oliphant Raleigh - GAC m.t.
47 Kai Reus UnitedHealthcare m.t.
48 Wouter Sybrandy IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
49 Yannick Talabardon Saur Sojasun m.t.
50 Josh Edmondson Great Britain m.t.
51 Cesare Benedetti Team NetApp a 1' 47''
52 Simon Yates Great Britain m.t.
53 Pierre Cazaux Euskaltel Euskadi m.t.
54 Michael Cuming Rapha Condor m.t.
55 Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp a 1' 54''
56 David Clarke Node 4 - Giordana a 1' 55''
57 Ronan Mclaughlin An Post Sean Kelly a 1' 56''
58 Fabrice Jeandesboz Saur Sojasun a 1' 59''
59 Christofer Stevenson UK Youth Cycling m.t.
60 Matthias Krizek Liquigas - Cannondale m.t.
61 Adrian Saez de Arregui Euskaltel Euskadi a 2' 1''
62 Dan Craven IG - Sigma Sport m.t.
63 Marcin Bialoblocki Node 4 - Giordana a 2' 3''
64 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil - DCM a 2' 38''
65 Richard Handley Rapha Condor a 2' 49''
66 Simon Richardson IG - Sigma Sport a 4' 8''
67 Kristian House Rapha Condor a 4' 28''
68 Jonathan McEvoy Endura Racing a 4' 32''
69 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare a 5' 18''
70 Jeremy Hunt Sky Procycling a 6' 3''
71 Jonny Clarke UnitedHealthcare a 7' 30''
72 Niels Wytinck An Post Sean Kelly a 7' 31''
73 Wesley Kreder Vacansoleil - DCM a 7' 32''
74 Rico Rogers Node 4 - Giordana a 7' 33''
75 Mathew Cronshaw Node 4 - Giordana m.t.
76 David McGowan UK Youth Cycling m.t.
77 Pieter Ghyllebert An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
78 Liam Holohan Raleigh - GAC m.t.
79 Michael Northey Node 4 - Giordana m.t.
80 Owain Doull Great Britain m.t.
81 Mark McNally An Post Sean Kelly m.t.
82 Christopher Jennings Rapha Condor a 7' 49''
83 Tom Moses Great Britain m.t.
84 Alistair Slater Great Britain m.t.
85 George Atkins Great Britain m.t.
86 Tom Last IG - Sigma Sport a 8' 3''
87 Ian Bibby Endura Racing a 8' 19''
88 Jacob Rathe Garmin - Sharp a 8' 28''
89 Lachlan Morton Garmin - Sharp a 8' 30''
90 Peter Williams Node 4 - Giordana a 8' 32''
91 Ricardo Garcia Euskaltel Euskadi a 8' 56''
92 Jack Bobridge Orica - GreenEDGE a 9' 2''
93 Aidis Kruopis Orica - GreenEDGE a 9' 4''
94 Michael Hepburn Orica - GreenEDGE m.t.
95 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi a 10' 16''
96 Russell Hampton Raleigh - GAC a 11' 22''