Tour de Wallonne-Picarde (9/27-30, 2.1)

[SetonHallPirate]

Startlist: http://www.circuitfrancobelge.com/upload/File/2012/pdf/FRANCO_E1_20120926_171346.pdf

Roadbook: http://www.circuitfrancobelge.com/roadbook.pdf

 

[MatchstickMan]

From sky twitter:

Jurgen Roelandts wins the opening stage of #FrancoBelge.

 

[shalgo]

Top ten on the stage:

1. ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL LOTTO BELISOL TEAM 3:44:22
2. VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume * BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
3. WYNANTS Maarten BEL RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM
4. FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio ESP SKY PROCYCLING
5. KROON Karsten NED TEAM SAXO BANK-TINKOFF BANK
6. VAUGRENARD Benoît FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
7. SCHÄR Michael SUI BMC RACING TEAM
8. VANMARCKE Sep * BEL GARMIN - SHARP
9. WAGNER Robert GER RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 0:00:39
10. GREIPEL André GER LOTTO BELISOL TEAM

 

[shalgo]

At first they were showing Kittel as having won the sprint today, but the top ten are now given as:

1. BOUHANNI Nacer * FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 4:13:51
2. KRUOPIS Aidis LTU ORICA GREENEDGE
3. ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL LOTTO BELISOL TEAM
4. VAN STAEYEN Michael * BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR
5. NIZZOLO Giacomo * ITA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
6. CAETHOVEN Steven BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S
7. HAUSSLER Heinrich AUS GARMIN - SHARP
8. FENN Andrew * GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
9. VAN HUMMEL Kenny Robert NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM
10. VAN ASBROECK Tom * BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR

Was Kittel relegated?

 

[shalgo]

Kittel is now back on top of the official results. I don't know why he was missing before.

Does anyone know why Vanmarcke was a dnf? Did he crash?

 

[El Pistolero]

Kittel is now back on top of the official results. I don't know why he was missing before.

Does anyone know why Vanmarcke was a dnf? Did he crash?

He broke his collarbone.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Kittel is now back on top of the official results. I don't know why he was missing before.

Does anyone know why Vanmarcke was a dnf? Did he crash?

I think so.

 

[PeterB]

This is interesting, does anyone know what happened?

GC after stage 3:
1 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 12:07:29
2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:12
3 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:00:13
4 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:17

Results of Stage 4:
1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3:24:25
..
3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team s.t.
..
20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling s.t.
..
35 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team +0:00:11
..
125 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep + 0:01:37

GC after Stage 4:
1 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 15:31:48
2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:17
3 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:00:19
4 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:29

Flecha apparently won two intermediate sprints so presumably gained some bonus seconds there, but what with Guillaume? Did he crash near the sprint so got the same time as the winner and only fell one place down because of Flecha's intermediate (marginal) gains?

 

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Did he crash near the sprint so got the same time as the winner and only fell one place down because of Flecha's intermediate (marginal) gains?

yep, he was involved in a crash inside the last 3km and got the same time as the winner.