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Greipel triumphs yet again in Tour of Luxembourg

by José Been at 1:21 PM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour de Luxembourg
 
Kloeden caught in final kilometre, Engoulvent retains yellow jersey

Andre GreipelAndré Greipel repeated his performance of yesterday and scooped up another win in the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg. The Lotto-Belisol rider beat Ben Swift (Sky Procycling) by over a bike length, with Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) third. French rider Jimmy Engoulvent, who won the prologue on Wednesday, keeps the yellow leader's jersey.

Gripel’s ride netted his fifth win in nine days and his eleventh of the season. "It may look simple to the people watching, but it's not," the German said after the finish. "The final was hard but in the end all went well."

The first hour of today's 183.9 kilometers long stage from Schifflange to Leudelange went at a very high pace. The peloton reached an average of almost 50 kilometers per hour as Radioshack kept the pressure on and let no one escape. Kim Andersen: "We are a Luxembourg team so this race is very important to us. Yesterday we tried to make the race tough with the wind but it didn't work out. We'll try again today," Radioshack's directeur sportif said before the start.

After an hour into the race two riders from smaller teams were allowed to break away. Kevin van Melsen from Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda's and Gediminas Kaupas of local team Differdange quickly gained a lead on the bunch who were tired after the fast first hour. The two had seven minutes before Radioshack, Team Sky and Lotto-Belisol started the chase.

In the last of the three local loops Van Melsen and Kaupas were caught. The sprinter teams kept everything together for a new bunch sprint. Before the final kilometer Andreas Klöden of Radioshack-Nissan-Trek attacked. "The only goal here is to win the yellow jersey on Sunday, everything else is a bonus. Last year we won with Gerdemann. I don't care who of the team will take the overall, as long as it is a Radioshack-Nissan-Trek rider'" Andersen said.

Klöden was caught in the final, 300 meters straight road to the finish. There it was Lotto-Belisol's André Greipel who triumphed ahead of Swift. His team-mate Jurgen Roelandts, who has only been back in competition for two weeks after a broken vertebra in the Tour Down Under, got a good third place.

Tomorrow the Tour of Luxembourg has its key stage from Eschweiler to Differdange, running over 205,4 kilometers. It has seven categorised climbs including the Col de l'Europe, a 7.6% climb which is included in the 9.5 kilometres long local circuit. Traditionally the overall classification will be determined in this stage.
 

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Skoda Tour of Luxembourg, Stage 2 Result: Schifflange to Leudelange, 183.9 km:

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Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) 04:29:20
gbr GBR 2 Ben Swift (Sky Procycling) s.t.
bel BEL 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
fra FRA 4 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
lux LUX 5 Jean-pierre Drucker (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
bel BEL 6 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
fra FRA 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
ned NED 8 Roy Curvers (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 9 Maxime Monfort (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
ned NED 10 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
sui SUI 11 Martin Elmiger (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
bel BEL 12 Kevyn Ista (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
bel BEL 13 Eliot Lietaer (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
fra FRA 14 Vincent Jerome (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 15 Alexandre Pichot (Europcar) s.t.
ned NED 16 Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
nzl NZL 17 Alex Meenhorst (Team Differdange) s.t.
den DEN 18 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 19 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 20 Jonathan Hivert (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
sui SUI 21 Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
ger GER 22 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 23 Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
lux LUX 24 Frank Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 25 Kristof Goddaert (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
bel BEL 26 Steven Caethoven (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
esp ESP 27 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
fra FRA 28 Saïd Haddou (Europcar) s.t.
bel BEL 29 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 30 Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 31 Gilles Devillers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
bel BEL 32 Vincent Baestaens (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
lat LAT 33 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
can CAN 34 David Veilleux (Europcar) s.t.
swe SWE 35 Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
ned NED 36 Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 37 Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 38 Sebastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
jpn JPN 39 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 40 Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 41 Yohann Gène (Europcar) s.t.
ned NED 42 Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
esp ESP 43 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
fra FRA 44 Thomas Damuseau (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 45 Steven Van Vooren (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
por POR 46 Bruno Sandinha Saraiva (Team Differdange) s.t.
fra FRA 47 Adrien Petit (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
ned NED 48 Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 49 Jeremie Galland (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 50 Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
ned NED 51 Tom Stamsnijder (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 52 Florent Barle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
bel BEL 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
den DEN 54 Brian Vandborg (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
bel BEL 55 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
fra FRA 56 David Lelay (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
ned NED 57 Arnoud Van Groen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
fra FRA 58 Jimmy Casper (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
esp ESP 59 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
lux LUX 60 Laurent Didier (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
fra FRA 61 Tristan Valentin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
esp ESP 62 Eloy Ruiz Pinto (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
fra FRA 63 Yannick Talabardon (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
ita ITA 64 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) s.t.
aus AUS 65 Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) s.t.
bel BEL 66 Johan Coenen (Team Differdange) s.t.
ger GER 67 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 68 Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
fra FRA 69 Romain Lemarchand (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
lux LUX 70 Ben Gastauer (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
rsa RSA 71 Jaco Venter (Team Differdange) s.t.
ger GER 72 Sascha Weber (Team Differdange) s.t.
lux LUX 73 Bob Jungels (Leopard TREK) s.t.
den DEN 74 Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 75 Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
lux LUX 76 Joel Zangerle (Leopard TREK) s.t.
can CAN 77 Michael Barry (Sky Procycling) s.t.
esp ESP 78 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
ita ITA 79 Salvatore Puccio (Sky Procycling) s.t.
lux LUX 80 Christian Helmig () s.t.
usa USA 81 Caleb Fairly (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
esp ESP 82 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
lux LUX 83 Alex Kirsch (Leopard TREK) s.t.
aus AUS 84 Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) s.t.
lux LUX 85 Tom Thill (Team Differdange) s.t.
ger GER 86 Linus Gerdemann (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
esp ESP 87 Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
rus RUS 88 Nikita Novikov (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
fin FIN 89 Matti Helminen (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
swe SWE 90 Jonas Ljungblad (Team Differdange) s.t.
usa USA 91 Lucas Euser (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
fra FRA 92 Damien Gaudin (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 93 Jérôme Cousin (Europcar) s.t.
gbr GBR 94 Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) s.t.
can CAN 95 Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
ger GER 96 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
sui SUI 97 Raimond Künzli (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
lux LUX 98 Pit Schlechter (Leopard TREK) s.t.
fra FRA 99 Christophe Laborie (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
can CAN 100 Will Routley (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
iri IRI 101 Amir Zargari (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 102 Jean-marc Marino (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
esp ESP 103 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
esp ESP 104 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
can CAN 105 Ryan Anderson (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
ita ITA 106 Massimo Morabito () s.t.
bel BEL 107 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
lux LUX 108 Lex Reichling () 00:00:38
bel BEL 109 Gregory Habeaux (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:01:17
ned NED 110 Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
esp ESP 111 Antonio Cabello Baena (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
bel BEL 112 Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:01:31
bel BEL 113 Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 114 Kenny De Ketele (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 115 Kevin Van Melsen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:01:38
lux LUX 116 Kevin Feiereisen () 00:01:45
ned NED 117 Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
fra FRA 118 Jean-eudes Demaret (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:02:10
iri IRI 119 Mehdi Sohrabi (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:02:31
rus RUS 120 Boris Shpilevsky (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 121 Rony Martias (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 122 Frederique Robert (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:04:50
gbr GBR 123 Alex Dowsett (Sky Procycling) s.t.
ned NED 124 Stefan Cohnen (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:10:18
ltu LTU 125 Gediminas Kaupas (Team Differdange) s.t.
bel BEL DNF Davy Commeijne (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony)  

General classification after stage 2:

Country Result Name Team Time
fra FRA 1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur - Sojasun) 09:26:59
sui SUI 2 Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:03
fra FRA 3 Jonathan Hivert (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
aus AUS 4 Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) 00:00:05
den DEN 5 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:07
ger GER 6 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
ned NED 7 Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 8 Jimmy Casper (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 9 Damien Gaudin (Europcar) s.t.
lat LAT 10 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:08
fra FRA 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
lux LUX 12 Jean-pierre Drucker (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
bel BEL 13 Steven Van Vooren (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:09
ned NED 14 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
den DEN 15 Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:00:10
swe SWE 16 Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 17 Sebastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:11
esp ESP 18 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
fra FRA 19 Adrien Petit (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
ger GER 20 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
bel BEL 21 Maxime Monfort (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:12
lux LUX 22 Bob Jungels (Leopard TREK) s.t.
fra FRA 23 Christophe Laborie (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
lux LUX 24 Frank Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
fra FRA 25 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
gbr GBR 26 Ben Swift (Sky Procycling) 00:00:13
ned NED 27 Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 28 Alexandre Pichot (Europcar) s.t.
ger GER 29 Sascha Weber (Team Differdange) 00:00:14
ned NED 30 Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
gbr GBR 31 Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) s.t.
can CAN 32 Will Routley (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
bel BEL 33 Kevyn Ista (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:00:15
bel BEL 34 Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
sui SUI 35 Martin Elmiger (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
esp ESP 36 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:16
bel BEL 37 Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 38 Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:00:17
swe SWE 39 Jonas Ljungblad (Team Differdange) s.t.
nzl NZL 40 Alex Meenhorst (Team Differdange) s.t.
fra FRA 41 Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
ger GER 42 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 43 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:18
fra FRA 44 David Lelay (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
rsa RSA 45 Jaco Venter (Team Differdange) s.t.
fra FRA 46 Jérôme Cousin (Europcar) 00:00:19
ita ITA 47 Salvatore Puccio (Sky Procycling) s.t.
ita ITA 48 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) 00:00:20
bel BEL 49 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
bel BEL 50 Kristof Goddaert (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
bel BEL 51 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
can CAN 52 Ryan Anderson (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
ger GER 53 Linus Gerdemann (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
can CAN 54 Michael Barry (Sky Procycling) s.t.
lux LUX 55 Christian Helmig () 00:00:21
lux LUX 56 Laurent Didier (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
fra FRA 57 Jeremie Galland (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
ned NED 58 Tom Stamsnijder (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 59 Romain Lemarchand (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:00:22
lux LUX 60 Alex Kirsch (Leopard TREK) s.t.
aus AUS 61 Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) s.t.
bel BEL 62 Gilles Devillers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t.
bel BEL 63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
ned NED 64 Arnoud Van Groen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
fin FIN 65 Matti Helminen (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:23
fra FRA 66 Saïd Haddou (Europcar) s.t.
sui SUI 67 Raimond Künzli (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
bel BEL 68 Eliot Lietaer (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
fra FRA 69 Jean-marc Marino (Saur - Sojasun) s.t.
den DEN 70 Brian Vandborg (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:00:24
fra FRA 71 Vincent Jerome (Europcar) s.t.
lux LUX 72 Tom Thill (Team Differdange) s.t.
ned NED 73 Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
usa USA 74 Caleb Fairly (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:00:25
bel BEL 75 Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 76 Johan Coenen (Team Differdange) s.t.
lux LUX 77 Pit Schlechter (Leopard TREK) s.t.
fra FRA 78 Yannick Talabardon (Saur - Sojasun) 00:00:26
esp ESP 79 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
jpn JPN 80 Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar) s.t.
ned NED 81 Roy Curvers (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
esp ESP 82 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:27
bel BEL 83 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
lux LUX 84 Ben Gastauer (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
iri IRI 85 Amir Zargari (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:00:28
usa USA 86 Lucas Euser (Spidertech Powered By C10) s.t.
fra FRA 87 Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 88 Florent Barle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t.
esp ESP 89 Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 90 Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:00:29
rus RUS 91 Nikita Novikov (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 92 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
fra FRA 93 Tristan Valentin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:30
fra FRA 94 Thomas Damuseau (Argos-Shimano) 00:00:31
bel BEL 95 Steven Caethoven (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t.
esp ESP 96 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:32
lux LUX 97 Joel Zangerle (Leopard TREK) s.t.
esp ESP 98 Eloy Ruiz Pinto (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:33
por POR 99 Bruno Sandinha Saraiva (Team Differdange) s.t.
esp ESP 100 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:00:34
can CAN 101 Guillaume Boivin (Spidertech Powered By C10) 00:00:38
bel BEL 102 Vincent Baestaens (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:40
can CAN 103 David Veilleux (Europcar) 00:00:41
esp ESP 104 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:00:44
fra FRA 105 Yohann Gène (Europcar) s.t.
ned NED 106 Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) 00:01:35
esp ESP 107 Antonio Cabello Baena (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:01:48
bel BEL 108 Gregory Habeaux (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:01:49
bel BEL 109 Kevin Van Melsen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:02:01
lux LUX 110 Lex Reichling () 00:03:06
ger GER 111 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:04:24
bel BEL 112 Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:05:21
bel BEL 113 Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:05:31
ita ITA 114 Massimo Morabito () 00:06:21
bel BEL 115 Kenny De Ketele (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:06:23
iri IRI 116 Mehdi Sohrabi (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:06:39
rus RUS 117 Boris Shpilevsky (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t.
gbr GBR 118 Alex Dowsett (Sky Procycling) 00:07:59
bel BEL 119 Frederique Robert (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:09:09
lux LUX 120 Kevin Feiereisen () 00:10:05
fra FRA 121 Jean-eudes Demaret (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:10:07
ned NED 122 Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:10:09
fra FRA 123 Rony Martias (Saur - Sojasun) 00:10:26
ltu LTU 124 Gediminas Kaupas (Team Differdange) 00:10:46
ned NED 125 Stefan Cohnen (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:21:17

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