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February 9/12 11:02 am - Tour of Qatar: Stage 5

Posted by Editoress on 02/9/12

For the second time on this 11th edition of the Tour of Qatar, Mark Cavendish flew to stage victory. The fastest of a final bunch sprint in Al Khor triumphantly lifted the arms in the air wearing his World champion's rainbow jersey, beating Oss and Sagan to the line. Tom Boonen holds on to the overall leader's Golden jersey and closes in on a possible fourth crown with one stage to go.

It's a tradition now on the Tour of Qatar, the riders were welcomed by hundreds of camels for the start of stage 5 at the Camel Race Track. A picturesque way to start the 160km long day for the 121 remaining riders (2 non starters: Chicchi - OPQ, Gardeyn - CSS).

The pack took off just after noon at a very fast pace making the best of the tailwind (52.3kms covered during the first hour). Five men however managed to break away after five kilometres: Wagner (RNT), Bodnar (LIQ), Kuchynski (KAT), Bertolini (FAR) and Nishizono (BGT), the first man to attack. Their lead went from 1'05 at km 13 to 2'40 at the first intermediate sprint (km 37) won by Kuchynski ahead of Bertolini and Bodnar. The gap reached a maximum 4'40 at km 97.

At the second bonus sprint (km 124.5) claimed by Wagner ahead of Kuchynski and Bodnar, the gap had dropped down to 1'45. Nishizono, Bertolini and Wagner were the first to be caught by the pack at km 129, while Bodnar and Kuchynski insisted. The front two could still enjoy a 1'10 advantage with 25kms to go, and 1'22 with 20kms to go. The peloton bunched up together again ten kilometres from the line. Time had come for a bunched sprint on the Al Khor corniche.

Like on day three, Mark Cavendish powered to victory beating Oss and Sagan to the line. Not quite in the winning pace, Tom Boonen had to settle for 13th spot and keeps his overall leader's Golden Jersey with a 31" lead over Farrar and 34" over Flecha. The Belgian also keeps the points' classification lead while Navardauskas remains the best young rider.

Courtesy Tour of Qatar

Stage 5: Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche, 160 kms
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling	3:30:40
2 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Cannondale
4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4I
5 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
7 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat
8 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini
9 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
10 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto - Belisol Team
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto - Belisol Team
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team
14 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda
15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
16 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
17 Gregory Rast (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan
18 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda
19 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack - Nissan
20 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team
21 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1T4I
22 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack - Nissan
23 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1T4I
24 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
25 Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1T4I
26 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan
27 Jens Mouris (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team
28 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Bigmat
29 Mehdi Sohrabi Iran Lotto - Belisol Team
30 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat
31 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat
32 Baden Cooke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
33 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan Greenedge Cycling Team
34 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team
36 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini
37 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat
38 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
39 Yohan Offredo (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat
40 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
41 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda
42 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1T4I
43 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
44 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
45 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team
46 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling
47 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
48 Michael Schƒr (Sui) BMC Racing Team
49 David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team
50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
51 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
52 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Bigmat
53 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha Team
54 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini
55 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
56 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team
57 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini
58 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda
59 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team
60 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack - Nissan
61 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team
62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
63 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team
64 Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team
65 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto - Belisol Team
66 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
67 Svein Tuft (Can) Greenedge Cycling Team
68 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
69 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale
71 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
72 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
73 Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1T4I
74 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack - Nissan
75 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini
76 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto - Belisol Team
77 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team
78 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team
79 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Barracuda
80 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	all s.t.
81 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling	0:15
82 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:18
83 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat	0:22
84 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1T4I	0:25
85 Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin - Barracuda	0:27
86 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	0:29
87 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	0:33
88 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Barracuda
89 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
90 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling	all s.t.
91 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team	0:37
92 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
93 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - Barracuda	both s.t.
94 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini	0:39
95 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team	1:01
96 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	1:30
97 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor
98 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
99 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Radioshack - Nissan
100 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
101 Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team
102 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
103 Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team
104 Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team
105 Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor	all s.t.
106 Chin Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team	0:00
107 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	1:52
108 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
109 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	1:58
110 Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	s.t.
111 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini	3:05
112 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:00
113 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Project 1T4I	4:19
114 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack - Nissan
115 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team
116 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas - Cannondale
117 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team
118 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team	all s.t.
119 Gatis Smukulis Latvia Katusha Team	5:33
DNF Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini
DNF Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor
DNS Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team
DNS Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System Pro Cycling Team

GC
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	13:21:30
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda	at 0:31
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling	0:34
4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	0:36
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling	0:45
6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1T4I	1:00
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling	1:05
8 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan	1:06
9 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda	1:09
10 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team	1:10
11 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team	1:14
12 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda	1:19
13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team	1:20
14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	1:32
15 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack - Nissan	1:33
16 John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1T4I	1:40
17 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team	1:45
18 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - Barracuda	1:56
19 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha Team	2:15
20 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team	2:16
21 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	2:17
22 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	2:19
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team	2:23
24 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1T4I	2:27
25 Yohan Offredo (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat	2:28
26 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat	2:30
27 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team	2:45
28 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling	2:47
29 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale	2:52
30 Svein Tuft (Can) Greenedge Cycling Team	2:55
31 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack - Nissan	2:59
32 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team	3:01
33 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto - Belisol Team	3:02
34 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto - Belisol Team	s.t.
35 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat	3:08
36 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Bigmat	s.t.
37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1T4I	3:09
38 Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1T4I	3:20
39 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	3:27
40 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda	3:29
41 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Barracuda	3:36
42 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Cannondale	3:41
43 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling	3:43
44 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team	s.t.
45 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	3:44
46 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team	3:45
47 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale	3:49
48 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale	s.t.
49 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto - Belisol Team	3:50
50 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack - Nissan	s.t.
51 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan Greenedge Cycling Team	3:52
52 Jens Mouris (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team
53 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team	both s.t.
54 Michael Schƒr (Sui) BMC Racing Team	3:53
55 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team	s.t.
56 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team	3:56
57 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat	3:59
58 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Bigmat	s.t.
59 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling	4:00
60 Allan Davis (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team	4:05
61 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini	4:07
62 Mehdi Sohrabi Iran Lotto - Belisol Team	4:14
63 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	4:16
64 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat	4:21
65 Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1T4I	s.t.
66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	4:26
67 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini	4:30
68 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
69 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale	4:33
70 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	4:39
71 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	s.t.
72 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale	4:44
73 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini	4:46
74 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Bigmat	4:49
75 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Barracuda	4:53
76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini	s.t.
77 Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin - Barracuda	5:03
78 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team	5:05
79 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team	s.t.
80 David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team	5:10
81 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1T4I	5:22
82 Gregory Rast (Sui) Radioshack - Nissan	5:28
83 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	5:44
84 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling	5:56
85 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	6:17
86 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team	6:33
87 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team	6:42
88 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini	6:48
89 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Radioshack - Nissan	6:59
90 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team	7:14
91 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto - Belisol Team	7:17
92 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini	7:31
93 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	8:12
94 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto - Belisol Team	8:30
95 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Cannondale	8:42
96 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor	9:50
97 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	11:08
98 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack - Nissan	11:37
99 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	12:29
100 Cristiano Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini	12:33
101 Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack - Nissan	12:45
102 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas - Cannondale	12:59
103 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team	13:20
104 Gatis Smukulis Latvia Katusha Team	14:11
105 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	15:13
106 Domenik Klemme (Ger) Project 1T4I	16:02
107 Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team	16:08
108 Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor	17:40
109 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	20:26
110 Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team	20:58
111 Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team	21:01
112 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quickstep Cycling Team	21:20
113 Hayoto Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	22:27
114 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	23:30
115 Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor	25:00
116 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team	25:12
117 Chin Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team	29:35
118 Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team	40:13
119 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team	44:47

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