Circuit de la Sarthe (Fra) 6-9/4/10
Team Radioshack line-up:
Riders: Lance Armstrong, Sam Bewley, Tiago Machado, Yaroslav Popovych, José Luis Rubiera & Bjørn Selander
Directors: Johan Bruyneel & Alain Gallopin
The Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire (English: Circuit of Sarthe) is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Between 1953 and 1974 it was an amateur race, becoming a professional race in 1975.
Final general classification after final stage
1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 15:36:52
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack + 0:14
3 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:15
4 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0:19
5 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:24
6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:27
7 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:28
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:31
9 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:33
10 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil – Shimano
11 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
Top Ten Results, stage 4
1 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 4:14:04
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
3 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
4 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
7 Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil
8 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
9 Uros Murn (Slo) Adria Mobil
10 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team
Team RadioShack Results, stage 4
15 Tiago Machado (Por)
39 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
DNF Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
DNF Bjørn Selander (USA)
Final General Classification after stage 4
1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 15:36:52
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:00:14
3 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:00:15
4 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0:00:19
5 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:24
6 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:00:27
7 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:28
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:31
9 Mitja Mahoric (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:00:33
10 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil – Shimano
Team RadioShack on Final General Classification after stage 4
47 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) 0:04:54
Top Ten Results, stage 3
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4:50:42
2 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
3 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
4 Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
5 Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil
6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
7 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
8 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil – Shimano
9 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
10 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
Team RadioShack Results
11 Tiago Machado (Por)
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
58 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) 0:03:41
80 Bjørn Selander (USA) 0:17:20
GC results are still not available
Top Ten Results, stage 2
1 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack 0:08:26
2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:02
3 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0:00:06
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack 0:00:10
5 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:00:11
7 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:13
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne
9 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:14
10 Piet Rooljakkers (Ned) Skil – Shimano 0:00:15
Team RadioShack Results, stage 2
47 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) 0:00:29
67 Bjørn Selander (USA) 0:00:49
General Classification after Stage 2b
1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 6:32:10
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack 0:00:08
3 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0:00:13
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team Radioshack 0:00:16
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:186 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
7 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:00:19
8 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:21
9 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:22
10 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun 0:00:24
Team RadioShack on General Classification
45 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) 0:00:37
Bjørn Selander (placement not in yet)
Top Ten Results, stage 1
1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 4:09:15
2 Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil
3 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra)Francaise Des Jeux
5 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Big Mat – Auber 93
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago – Csf Inox
7 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur – Sojasun
8 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
10 Jean Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
Team RadioShack Results, stage 1
19 Tiago Machado (Por)
24 Lance Armstrong (USA)
26 Bjorn Selander (USA)
45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
75 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
DNF Sam Bewley (NZ)



I wonder how hard will Lance do this Tour. I know the only impotant tour for the team is the big one (France) but it would be good seeing him kicking some asses. Another question, any of the tours of Europe are on the US TV? what channel?
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Just thinking about the encouragement above: “starting the ball rolling . . .”
My suggestion: Use my corresponding metaphor . . . “get the wheels turning . . . “
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Força Tiago….
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TIAGO, ÉS O ORGULHO NACIONAL:D continua assim que ainda vais ao tour este ano!!!
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What happen to Yaroslav?. He was doing so well.
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