TDF with Blanco (after starting over with modified youngrider stats)
Ten Dam and Kruijswijk as leaders (Gesink -> 2nd in Giro after unbeatable Wiggins. Mollema will be saved for the Vuelta)
First it appeared to be Contador vs Rodriguez and Wiggins, because Froome f.cked up in the first mountain stage (lost 3 minutes). Then Wiggins suddenly fell and gave up and Froome rode a fantastic ITT so it looked to be Contador vs Froome.
However, Evans was being very consistent and even beat Contador op the Ventoux, so we suddenly had Contador vs Evans as battle. In the end, Contador proved to good in the final week. Very nice Tour though, because the battle for the other placings was quite tough as well. A very good Rodriguez in the mountains and a very suprising blanco duo with Ten Dam and Kruijswijk. Up till the last 2 mountain stages I was fighting for top 5/6/7. But in the final 2 stages I couldn't follow the best anymore (insufficient recovery)
This was the result
1 Alberto Contador Team Saxo - Tinkoff 81h19'45
2 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team + 2'41
3 Chris Froome Sky Procycling + 3'47
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol + 5'43
5 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 6'04
6 Joaquím Rodríguez Katusha Team + 6'32
7 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Leopard + 8'47
8 Laurens Ten Dam Blanco Pro Cycling Team + 10'23 RubenI7
9 Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar + 11'07
10 Steven Kruijswijk Blanco Pro Cycling Team + 13'17 RubenI7
11 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar + 19'05
12 Nicolas Roche Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 21'41
13 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 23'06
14 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 24'11
15 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 30'01
16 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 36'35
17 Denis Menchov Katusha Team + 39'13
18 Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 42'17
19 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 42'30
20 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Belisol + 42'41
21 Rui Costa Movistar Team + 43'53
22 Roman Kreuziger Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 46'09
23 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale + 48'56
24 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 49'17
25 Andreas Klöden RadioShack - Leopard + 50'38
Ten Dam and Kruijswijk as leaders (Gesink -> 2nd in Giro after unbeatable Wiggins. Mollema will be saved for the Vuelta)
First it appeared to be Contador vs Rodriguez and Wiggins, because Froome f.cked up in the first mountain stage (lost 3 minutes). Then Wiggins suddenly fell and gave up and Froome rode a fantastic ITT so it looked to be Contador vs Froome.
However, Evans was being very consistent and even beat Contador op the Ventoux, so we suddenly had Contador vs Evans as battle. In the end, Contador proved to good in the final week. Very nice Tour though, because the battle for the other placings was quite tough as well. A very good Rodriguez in the mountains and a very suprising blanco duo with Ten Dam and Kruijswijk. Up till the last 2 mountain stages I was fighting for top 5/6/7. But in the final 2 stages I couldn't follow the best anymore (insufficient recovery)
This was the result
1 Alberto Contador Team Saxo - Tinkoff 81h19'45
2 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team + 2'41
3 Chris Froome Sky Procycling + 3'47
4 Jurgen Van den Broeck Lotto Belisol + 5'43
5 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 6'04
6 Joaquím Rodríguez Katusha Team + 6'32
7 Andy Schleck RadioShack - Leopard + 8'47
8 Laurens Ten Dam Blanco Pro Cycling Team + 10'23 RubenI7
9 Thomas Voeckler Team Europcar + 11'07
10 Steven Kruijswijk Blanco Pro Cycling Team + 13'17 RubenI7
11 Pierre Rolland Team Europcar + 19'05
12 Nicolas Roche Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 21'41
13 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 23'06
14 Thibaut Pinot FDJ + 24'11
15 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 30'01
16 Jean-Christophe Peraud AG2R La Mondiale + 36'35
17 Denis Menchov Katusha Team + 39'13
18 Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 42'17
19 Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team + 42'30
20 Jelle Vanendert Lotto Belisol + 42'41
21 Rui Costa Movistar Team + 43'53
22 Roman Kreuziger Team Saxo - Tinkoff + 46'09
23 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale + 48'56
24 Juan José Cobo Movistar Team + 49'17
25 Andreas Klöden RadioShack - Leopard + 50'38