Frank Schleck wins stage en takes overal lead
13 July 2009
The field was again today going through Team Saxo Bank-country during the Tour of Luxembourg's 185 kilometer long second to last stage between Wiltz and Diekirch.
A four-man group got away early on the course but as they had obtained a lead of five minutes Team Saxo Bank fired up the coal boilers and blasted away at the front of the peloton where a group of sixteen riders escaped - including six riders from the Danish squad, Matti Breschel, Chris Anker Sørensen, Gustav Larsson, Kurt-Asle Arvesen and the home favorites Andy and Fränk Schleck.
However, the leading riders of the GC were also a part of the pursuing group and now everything was set for an exciting finale which in reality began with ten kilometres to go as the front groups emerged.
Team Saxo Bank was in control at the end of the stage where the team riders increased the pace leaving the leader's jersey behind on their way to the finish line in Diekirch.
On the very last kilometres Fränk Schleck created a gap with three other riders including Astana rider, Andreas Klöden and number two in the GC, Marco Marcato.
With two kilometres to go Fränk Schleck launched an attack no one was able to respond to and crossed the finish line alone and took yet another victory as the crowd was going wild.
The oldest Schleck-brother is now the new man in the lead of the race.
”It is always nice to win on home ground and the spectators here in Luxembourg are fantastic. However, at the end of the day I could not have managed it without the team working very hard throughouot the day and especially at the end of the stage. It was team work all the way through the stage and this team is very strong. Tomorrow, we're going to defend the yellow jersey by controling the peloton all the way to Luxembourg where I hope that Matti will make a good result in the bunch sprint”, told a happy Fränk Schleck after the stage.
Sports director, Kim Andersen, agreed on that idea:
"The course of the race is going exactly as we had agreed before start this morning. After 115 kilometres we get to the front and split the peloton on the mountain where the best riders follow but many are surprised by our tactics and are left behind. On the way to Diekirch more riders are being dropped and at some point eleven riders are left in the front group, whereas six of these are our riders. Finally Klöden attacks from the group and Fränk follows and has the strength to go alone on the last two kilometres. Tomorrow we must try to keep the field in one bunch until the finish line where we put our trust in Matti and hope he can do a good sprint”, said a delighted Kim Andersen after the stage.
On today's stage the team had three riders in the top five. Team Saxo Bank is besides the individuel GC also in the lead of the team- and point competition and three riders are in the top five in the competition of young riders.
Souce: Team-Saxobank
Photo Steve Müller
Results
1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4.43.31 (39.214km/h)
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.06
3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.39
4 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
5 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
6 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.43
7 Emanuele Vona (Ita) ISD 2.03
8 Canuti Ederico (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
9 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel
10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana
11 Sébastine Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2.06
12 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
14 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2.08
16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank
17 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 2.10
18 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.26
19 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.37
20 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
21 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
22 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
23 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
24 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano
25 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil - Shimano
26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
27 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
28 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
29 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
30 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
31 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD
32 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel
33 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
34 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4.43
35 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
36 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
37 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld
38 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
39 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha
40 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD
41 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
42 Robert Retschke (Ger) Continental Team Differdange 5.39
43 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Voralrberg - Corratec 5.45
44 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Voralrberg - Corratec 5.47
45 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5.49
46 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
47 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
48 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
49 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec
50 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
51 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil - Shimano
52 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Team Katusha 5.54
53 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 15.26
54 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
55 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano 15.30
56 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD
57 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano
58 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange
59 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
60 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
61 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano
62 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
63 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD
64 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha
65 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
66 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
67 Rony Martias (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
68 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
69 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
70 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel
71 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 15.36
72 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
73 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
74 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Voralrberg - Corratec 15.39
75 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec 20.04
76 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
77 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld
78 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec
79 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec
80 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
81 Hannes Blank (Ger) Continental Team Differdange
82 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 24.28
83 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange
84 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha 24.32
85 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 26.55
86 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD
87 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana
88 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld
89 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
90 Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
91 Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
92 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld
93 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana
94 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
95 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Continental Team Differdange
96 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld
97 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
DNF Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF Michaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha
DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Agritubel
DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
DNF Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
DNF Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare
DNF Vitalyy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD
DNF Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
DNF Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
DNF Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
DNF Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil - Shimano
DNF Daniel Musiol (Ger) Voralrberg - Corratec
DNF Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Continental Team Differdange
DNF Christian Poos (Lux) Continental Team Differdange
DNF Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Continental Team Differdange
General classification after stage 3
1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 13.36.47
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.04
3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 1.32
4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.34
5 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.53
6 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 1.57
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2.06
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2.07
9 Emanuele Vona (Ita) ISD 2.11
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.14
11 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 2.18
12 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.23
13 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Agritubel 2.25
14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank 2.32
15 Canuti Ederico (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2.33
16 Sébastine Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2.37
17 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 2.58
18 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 4.33
19 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4.42
20 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4.46
21 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano 4.47
22 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 4.50
23 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 5.01
24 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi
25 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 5.03
26 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 5.07
27 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 5.08
28 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 5.10
29 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
30 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) ISD
31 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 5.11
32 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 5.12
33 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 5.13
34 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
35 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) ISD
36 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 5.14
37 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 5.15
38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5.16
39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
40 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil - Shimano 5.19
41 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil - Shimano 6.03
42 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6.05
43 Robert Retschke (Ger) Continental Team Differdange 6.07
44 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6.09
45 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6.18
46 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Voralrberg - Corratec 6.23
47 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
48 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6.25
49 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec 6.29
50 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Voralrberg - Corratec 6.59
51 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 10.53
52 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Team Katusha 12.10
53 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 15.38
54 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 15.53
55 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano 15.54
56 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 15.55
57 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 15.57
58 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil - Shimano 15.58
59 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 16.01
60 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange 16.06
61 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 16.14
62 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 16.15
63 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 16.18
64 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 16.55
65 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 16.56
66 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18.01
67 Hannes Blank (Ger) Continental Team Differdange 20.41
68 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 20.45
69 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 21.21
70 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 21.30
71 Rony Martias (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 21.42
72 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD
73 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil - Shimano 21.46
74 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 21.51
75 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD 21.54
76 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec 22.28
77 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 22.53
78 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha 25.01
79 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec 26.09
80 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 26.21
81 Silvere Ackermann (Swi) Voralrberg - Corratec 27.00
82 Jempy Drucker (Lux) Continental Team Differdange 27.17
83 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 27.26
84 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 27.27
85 Franck Bouyer (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 27.30
86 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 29.26
87 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) Continental Team Differdange 30.37
88 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 30.38
89 Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 32.58
90 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 33.06
91 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskatel - Euskadi 33.12
92 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
93 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 33.17
94 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Voralrberg - Corratec 33.27
95 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 40.03
96 Maxim Belkov (Rus) ISD 40.14
97 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 40.19
98 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 40.26
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