Giro Di Sardegna – Tour of Sardinia 2010

Team Radioshack is scheduled to race in The Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) which is a 7-stage race run from Feb 23 to Feb 27, 2010

Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) is a stage road bicycle race held on the island of Sardinia, an Italian region. The race returned in 2009 after 11 years: it is now rated 2.1 on the UCI Europe Tour.

Riders: Jani Brajkovic, Matthew Busche, Ben Hermans, Chris Horner, Geoffroy Lequatre, Dmitriy Muravyev, Ivan RovnyBjorn Selander
Director: Alain Gallopin

Come back to this page for daily results.

Top Ten Results, stage 5
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Androni – Diquigiovanni 3:24:51
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – Farnese Vini
3 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD – Neri
4 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Amore & Vita
6 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
8 Henning Bommel (Ger) Germany
9 Simone Campagnaro (Ita) Miche
10 Aitor Perez (Spa) Footon – Servetto

Team RadioShack on Stage 5
16 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
29 Christopher Horner (USA)
43 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)
52 Ivan Rovny (Rus)
83 Ben Hermans (Bel)
97 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:00:23
114  Dimitriy Muravyev (Rus) 0:00:45

Final General Classification
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo  22:08:06
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack   0:00:02
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom  0:00:06
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack  0:00:10
5 Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic
6 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox 0:00:13
9 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic 0:00:17
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD – Neri 0:00:23

Team RadioShack on Final General Classification
13   Ivan Rovny (Rus)  0:00:31
21   Ben Hermans (Bel)0:00:36
28   Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:01:51
38   Dimitriy Muravyev (Rus) 0:05:44
56   Matthew Busche (USA) 0:18:07
64   Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) 0:23:51


Top Ten Results, stage 4
1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini    4:25:01
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD – Neri
3 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
4 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
5 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack
6 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha
7 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto
8 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
9 Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto
10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic

Team RadioShack on Stage 4
14 Christopher Horner (USA)
24 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
27 Matthew Busche (USA)
28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
40 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)
43 Ben Hermans (Bel)
49 Dimitriy Muravyev (Rus) 0:00:47

General Classification after Stage 4
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo  18:43:15
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack  0:00:04
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom  0:00:06
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic  0:00:10
5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack
6 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox  0:00:13
9 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic  0:00:17
10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD – Neri  0:00:23

Team RadioShack on General Classification
14 Ivan Rovny (Rus) 0:00:34
20 Ben Hermans (Bel) 0:00:36
28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:01:51
39 Dimitriy Muravyev (Rus) 0:05:44
56 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:17:44
66 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) 0:23:51


Ben Hermans, post stage 3 tweet:
Survived the 218k ride today. Wasn’t easy ride, but the final whas flat and so it was a sprint. Petacchi won.

Stage 3 Top 3 Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre)
2 Enrico Rossi (Flaminia)
3 Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas)

General Classification after stage 3
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
2 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack :04
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouyges Telecom

More results as we get confirmation


Ben Hermans, post stage 2 tweet:
Starting in the rain and after 40k abdominal problems until the finish. Did not eat or drink for the last 100k. 21th on 26 seconds

Top Ten Results, stage 2
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo    4:33:37
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6 Jani Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack
7 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox   0:00:03
9 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic      0:00:07
10 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:15

Team RadioShack on Stage 2
13 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack   0:00:24
21 Ben Hermans (Bel) 0:00:26
34 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:01:41
41 Dimitriy Muravyev (Rus) 0:02:20
67 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) 0:07:44
78 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:09:03

General Classification after Stage 2
1 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo    8:50:17
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack     0:00:04
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom  0:00:06
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic0:00:10
5 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche
6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox   0:00:13
9 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic      0:00:17
10 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:25

Team RadioShack on General Classification
15 Ivan Rovny (Rus) 0:00:34
19 Ben Hermans (Bel) 0:00:36
32 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) 0:01:51
41 Dimitriy Muravyev (Rus) 0:04:37
66 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:17:27
83 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) 0:23:51


Ben Hermans, post stage 1 tweet:
“Great first race. Bad luck with chain when the race exploded on a climb. Lost 30sec but came back and didn’t lose time. Maybe top 15″

Stage 1 Results
1  Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre – Farnese Vini         4:16:50
2  Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD – Neri
3  Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD – Neri
4  Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
5  Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche
6  Damiano Caruso (Ita) De Rosa – Stac Plastic
7  Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia
8  Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
9  Massimi Giunti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
10 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia

Team RadioShack on Stage 1
12      Ben Hermans (Bel)
18      Christopher Horner (USA)
20      Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
36      Ivan Rovny (Rus)
39      Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra)
54      Dimitriy Muravyev (Rus) 0:02:07
60      Matthew Busche (USA) 0:08:14
98      Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) 0:15:57