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| Team Slipstream ook todays opening stage (© Sirotti) |
Picture Gallery Giro d'Italia 2008: Stage 1 - Saturday April 10, 2008
After weeks of mental and physical preparation, Slipstream/Chipotle H3O realized its greatest triumph today by handily
winning the opening team time trial at the 2008 Giro d’Italia. Christian Vande Velde was the first of five finishing
riders to cross the line and will start the Giro tomorrow as the overall leader. Also finishing with Christian was Magnus
Backstedt, Ryder Hesjedal, Julian Dean and David Zabriskie.
Vandevelde is the first US leader of the Giro d’Italia 2008, twenty years after his fellow countryman Andrew Hampsten.
Vandevelde's Slipstream is the first leader of the Giro d’Italia 2008, twenty years after his fellow countryman Andrew
Hampsten. His team won the 23.6 km team time trial which opened the Italian stage race, framed by an unbelievable
crowd: 2nd, 6 seconds back, was the DanishCSC team; third, 7 second back, was High Road, another US team; fourth, 8 seconds
back was Nibali and Pellizotti’s Liquigas.
Defending champ Danilo Di Luca and his team-mates on LPR-Ballan came in 28 seconds behind the stage winners. The winner
of the 2007 Giro won his personal race against Alberto Contador, winner of the Tour de France, by just 1 second. Falling behind
were Gilberto Simoni (51 seconds back) and Ricardo Riccò (1:02 back). Millar’s team Slipstream was the predicted winner
the night before the race. Millar, in particular, sacrificed himself for his team-mates, after it was decided at the morning's
meeting to let VandeVelde cross the finish line first. Millar took long pulls and dropped off at the end. This is a tribute
to post-Armstrong American cycling and, ideally, a link with Andy Hampsten, who won the Giro in 1988, tearing through the
snow on Passo Gavia. Hampsten is a close friend of Jonathan Vaughters, who launched Slipstream in 2007
"The team was amazing. This is a big victory for our team from top to bottom. We all put a lot of effort into this victory
and it wasn’t by chance that we won," said 31 years old Christian Vandevelde. "A big thanks to everyone. Crazy."
David Millar told Cyclingnews.com after the race: "Our main objective was to get the jersey. Christian really deserves
the jersey."
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Results Giro d'Italia 2008
Stage 1
1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
26.32 (53.366 km/h)
2 Team CSC
0.06
3 High Road
0.07
4 Liquigas
0.09
5 Barloworld
0.14
6 LPR Brakes - Ballan
0.28
7 Astana
0.29
8 Tinkoff Credit Systems
0.33
9 Quick Step
0.42
10 Lampre
0.45
11 Team Milram
12 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
0.51
13 Gerolsteiner
0.54
14 Caisse d'Epargne
15 Saunier Duval - Scott
1.02
16 Rabobank
1.04
17 Ag2R La Mondiale
1.05
18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
19 CSF Group - Navigare
1.15
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.17
21 Silence - Lotto
1.18
22 Française Des Jeux
1.26
General Classification after stage 1
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
26.32
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
4 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
6 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
0.06
7 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC
9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
10 Jason McCartney (USA) Team CSC
11 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
12 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road
0.07
15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road
16 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team High Road
17 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road
18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road
19 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road
20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
0.09
21 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
22 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
23 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas
24 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
26 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas
0.11
27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
28 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
29 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld
0.14
30 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld
31 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld
32 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld
33 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
34 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld
0.17
35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
0.18
36 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
0.19
37 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld
0.23
38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld
39 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes
0.28
40 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes
41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes
42 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes
43 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes
44 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana
0.29
45 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana
46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
47 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana
48 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
49 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Astana
51 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
52 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana
53 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
0.33
54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
55 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
56 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
57 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
58 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems
59 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step
0.42
60 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step
61 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step
62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step
63 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
64 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
65 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
66 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes
0.44
67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre
0.45
68 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre
69 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre
70 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre
71 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
72 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
75 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
76 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
77 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram
78 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
79 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
80 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram
81 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram
82 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes
0.49
83 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
0.51
84 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
85 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
86 Daniele Nardello
(Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
87
Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
88
Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
89 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
90 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
0.54
91 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
92 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
93 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
94 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
95 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
96 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
97 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne
98 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
99 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
100 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
101 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
102 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
103 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
104 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
1.02
105 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
106 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott
107 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
108 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
109 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
110 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
1.04
111 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
112 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
113 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
114 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank
115 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
116 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
117 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
1.05
118 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
122 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
123 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale
124 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale
125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
126 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
127 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
128 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
129 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
131 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
132 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
133 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
134 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step
1.07
135 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre
1.11
136 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
1.15
137 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
138 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare
139 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
140 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
141 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram
1.17
142 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
143 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
144 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
145 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
146 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
147 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
148 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto
1.18
149 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto
150 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
151 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto
152 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto
153 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto
154 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
155 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
1.19
156 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
157 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
158 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto
1.20
159 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto
160 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
1.22
161 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux
1.26
162 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux
163 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux
164 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
165 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux
166 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux
167 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux
168 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
1.36
169 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.43
170 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre
1.46
171 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
2.02
172 Danny Pate (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
173 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes
2.11
174 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
2.12
175 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes
2.14
176 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road
2.17
177 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road
178 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road
179 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
2.26
180 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
2.31
181 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
2.50
182 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
3.00
183 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
184 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott
3.07
185 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto
3.13
186 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
3.23
187 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
188 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
3.46
189 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
3.52
190 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4.07
191 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
192 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux
4.20
193 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
4.25
194 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.37
195
Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner
5.09
196 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
5.17
197 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) CSF Group Navigare
Young Rider Classification after stage 1
1 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
26.38
2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road
0.01
3 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
0.03
6 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas
7 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
0.08
8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld
0.12
9 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld
0.17
10 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
0.23
11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
0.27
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step
0.36
13 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre
0.39
15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre
16 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre
17 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
18 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram
19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes
0.43
20 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.48
21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
22 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
23 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
0.56
25 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
26 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank
0.58
27 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
28 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
0.59
29 René Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
32 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
33 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
34 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
1.09
35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto
1.12
36 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
37 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto
38 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto
39 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto
1.14
40 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux
1.20
41 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux
42 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux
43 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
1.37
44 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road
2.11
45 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
2.20
46 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
2.44
47 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
2.54
48 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott
3.17
49 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux
4.14
50 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
4.19
51 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner
5.03
52 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare
5.11
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