Eneco Tour: Taylor Phinney outclasses the field to take Amersfoort prologue
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Monday, August 8, 2011

Eneco Tour: Taylor Phinney outclasses the field to take Amersfoort prologue

by Ben Atkins at 11:00 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Eneco Tour
 
BMC Racing prodigy the only rider under seven minutes on technical course

taylor phinneyAfter a difficult first year of his professional career so far, in which he has suffered from concussion and knee problems, Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) has finally taken his first pro victory. The 21-year-old American was by far the fastest rider over the tight, technical course in Amersfoort, Netherlands, netting the prologue of the Eneco Tour. Phinney was the only rider to finish the 5.7km course in less than seven minutes, clocking a time of 6’57” to take the first white jersey of the race.

On a course that suited both the punchy sprinters and track pursuiters, Phinney finished seven seconds quicker than Norwegian time trial champion, and double Tour de France stage winner, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky); former British champion David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo) was third, eight seconds back.

"I'm super, super happy," said Phinney. "I was surprised at how good I felt in my warm-up; I knew it was going to be a good day.

“This is a good race for me,” he continued. “Racing in Belgium and Holland is kind of my thing; It's what I love to do. There's another time trial in a couple days, so if I can try to hold onto the leader's jersey until then, I definitely will. We have great riders and great staff here, so I'm looking forward to the challenge."

With parts of the course still a little damp after overnight rain, the first to start was James Vanlandschoot (Verandas Willems-Accent), whose time of 7’58” was never likely to stay at the top for long. Sure enough, the early running was set by Robert Wagner (Leopard Trek), the sixth man to start, who finished in 7’15” to take the lead and set a mark that was to prove tough to beat.

It was to be more than an hour before anybody was to get close to Wagner’s time, as Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil-DCM) finished 6 seconds down with 7’21”. Just five riders later though, Jesse Sergent (RadioShack) finally knocked the German off the top with a time of 7’09”, six seconds faster.

Shortly afterwards Greg Henderson (Team Sky) went just 7 seconds slower than Sergent but, with the short, twisty course suiting the punchy sprinters, many time triallists found it hard to assert themselves. These names included Belgian champion Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) who finished in 7’45”, and Fumiyuki Beppu (RadioShack), who went a little better with 7’33”.

To prove that the sprinters were faring better over the course Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo) posted 7’24”, and the very next rider, Baden Cooke (Saxo Bank-SunGard), matched the American almost exactly.

The pursuit specialists were also going well over the short punchy course, with their ability to pace themselves over such a short distance; Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) posted 7’15” to go into second place, ahead of Wagner, but still six seconds shy of Sergent.

Jos van Emden (Rabobank) finally knocked the New Zealander off his perch, going one second quicker with a time of 7’08”. The former Dutch champion was to enjoy the race lead for less than a minute though, as Alex Rasmussen (HTC-Highroad) was the very next rider and he went faster still with 7’06”.

Rasmussen’s lead too, was shortlived as Phinney was out on the course, just four minutes behind him. The two-time former World pursuit champion smashed the Dane’s time by nine seconds, to post 6’57” and become the first rider to go under seven minutes.

Nobody from then looked as though they were going close to Phinney’s time, but Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), who has the overall Eneco Tour title in his sights, managed to finish in a surprisingly good 7’12”, proving that he has continued to hold his good form into the race.

David Millar (Garmin-Cervélo), who finished third in the 2007 race, was to prove to be the best of the conventional time triallists, finishing in 7’05”; still eight seconds slower than Phinney, but good enough for a provisional second place ahead of Rasmussen. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) knocked the former British champion down to third though, going a second quicker with 7’04”.

Local favourite Lars Boom (Rabobank), who already has the prologues of the tour of Oman and the Critérium du Dauphiné to his name so far this season, looked fast over the course. The former World cyclocross champion was not quite fast enough, though, finishing in 7’07”, ten seconds outside Phinney.

The young American had his first victory of the season confirmed a minute later as the final rider to start, German champion Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad) – grinding his characteristic big gears all the way around – could only manage 7’19” and slumped to 19th.


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Eneco Tour (WorldTour) Prologue Results: Amersfoort to Amersfoort (5.7 km)

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Country Result Name Team Time
usa USA 1 Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) 00:06:57
nor NOR 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) 00:00:07
gbr GBR 3 David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:08
den DEN 4 Alex Rasmussen (HTC-Highroad) 00:00:09
ned NED 5 Lars Boom (Rabobank) 00:00:10
ned NED 6 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank) 00:00:11
nzl NZL 7 Jesse Sergent (RadioShack) 00:00:12
bel BEL 8 Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:15
gbr GBR 9 Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) 00:00:18
ger GER 10 Robert Wagner (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
bel BEL 11 Dominique Cornu (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
ned NED 12 Joost Posthuma (Leopard-Trek) 00:00:19
nzl NZL 13 Gregory Henderson (Team Sky) s.t.
bel BEL 14 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
rsa RSA 15 Robert Hunter (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 16 Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:20
blr BLR 17 Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) 00:00:22
ned NED 18 Bram Tankink (Rabobank) s.t.
ger GER 19 Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
aus AUS 20 Brett Lancaster (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
aus AUS 21 Luke Roberts (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
ned NED 22 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
lat LAT 23 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 24 Jan Ghyselinck (HTC-Highroad) 00:00:24
bel BEL 25 Ben Hermans (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 26 Tom Stamsnijder (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
den DEN 27 Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:26
esp ESP 28 Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ger GER 29 Danilo Hondo (Lampre-ISD) 00:00:27
ned NED 30 Rick Flens (Rabobank) s.t.
esp ESP 31 Juan Antonio Flecha (Team Sky) s.t.
sui SUI 32 Martin Elmiger (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
aus AUS 33 Baden Cooke (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
usa USA 34 Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ger GER 35 Christian Knees (Team Sky) s.t.
bel BEL 36 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 37 Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:28
bel BEL 38 Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
aut AUT 39 Bernhard Eisel (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
den DEN 40 Lars Ytting Bak (HTC-Highroad) 00:00:29
aus AUS 41 Robbie Mcewen (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 42 Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) 00:00:30
aus AUS 43 Mitchell Docker (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
ger GER 44 Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 45 Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) s.t.
lux LUX 46 Jempy Drucker (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
esp ESP 47 Ruben Plaza Molina (Movistar) 00:00:31
ned NED 48 Joost Van Leijen (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 49 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) s.t.
col COL 50 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
esp ESP 51 Luis Rodriquez Pasamontes (Movistar) s.t.
fra FRA 52 Julien Berard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
rus RUS 53 Artem Ovechkin (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 54 Klaas Lodewyck (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:32
ned NED 55 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) s.t.
ukr UKR 56 Dmytro Krivtsov (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
rus RUS 57 Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha) s.t.
ger GER 58 Marcel Sieberg (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ned NED 59 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:33
ger GER 60 Roger Kluge (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 61 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) s.t.
ger GER 62 Linus Gerdemann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
bel BEL 63 Kristof Goddaert (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
slo SLO 64 Grega Bole (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
bel BEL 65 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:34
ltu LTU 66 Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 67 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
bel BEL 68 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:35
rus RUS 69 Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) s.t.
fra FRA 70 Romain Lemarchand (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
ita ITA 71 Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:36
bel BEL 72 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
jpn JPN 73 Fumiyuki Beppu (RadioShack) s.t.
aus AUS 74 David Tanner (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:37
esp ESP 75 Francisco Javier Iriarte Garro (Movistar) s.t.
rus RUS 76 Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha) s.t.
ita ITA 77 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
fra FRA 78 Sébastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:38
ned NED 79 Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) s.t.
ger GER 80 Gerald Ciolek (Quick Step) s.t.
nzl NZL 81 Sam Bewley (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 82 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 83 Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 84 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) 00:00:39
ned NED 85 Stefan Van Dijk (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
fra FRA 86 Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis) s.t.
por POR 87 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (RadioShack) s.t.
aus AUS 88 Mark Renshaw (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
kaz KAZ 89 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Astana) 00:00:40
gbr GBR 90 Ben Swift (Team Sky) s.t.
bel BEL 91 Kris Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
CHI 92 Carlos Oyarzun (Movistar) s.t.
sui SUI 93 Simon Zahner (BMC Racing) s.t.
esp ESP 94 Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:00:41
BRA 95 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ita ITA 96 Mauro Finetto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 97 Matteo Trentin (Quick Step) s.t.
sui SUI 98 Steve Morabito (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 99 Rob Goris (Veranda's Willems - Accent) 00:00:42
blr BLR 100 Branislau Samoilau (Movistar) s.t.
bel BEL 101 Steven Caethoven (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
sui SUI 102 David Loosli (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ita ITA 103 Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:43
aus AUS 104 Matthew Wilson (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
esp ESP 105 Daniel Sesma (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 106 Arnaud Labbe (Cofidis) s.t.
ukr UKR 107 Volodymyr Gustov (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:44
bel BEL 108 Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
ger GER 109 Fabian Wegmann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
kaz KAZ 110 Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
cze CZE 111 Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) 00:00:45
rus RUS 112 Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) s.t.
ned NED 113 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 114 Jurgen Van Goolen (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
ita ITA 115 Giacomo Nizzolo (Leopard-Trek) 00:00:46
bel BEL 116 Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 117 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
bel BEL 118 Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 119 Maxime Vantomme (Katusha) s.t.
aus AUS 120 William Clarke (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
fra FRA 121 David Boucher (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 122 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
ita ITA 123 Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:47
sui SUI 124 Gregory Rast (RadioShack) s.t.
kaz KAZ 125 Sergey Renev (Astana) 00:00:48
ita ITA 126 Matteo Tosatto (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
ita ITA 127 Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD) 00:00:49
ita ITA 128 Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 129 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Movistar) s.t.
sui SUI 130 Michael Schar (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 131 Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 132 Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:50
esp ESP 133 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
bel BEL 134 Stijn Vandenbergh (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 135 Kevyn Ista (Cofidis) 00:00:51
bel BEL 136 Stijn Neirynck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:52
bel BEL 137 Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:53
ger GER 138 Andreas Stauff (Quick Step) s.t.
ita ITA 139 Simone Ponzi (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 140 Alan Lezaun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
esp ESP 141 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Movistar) s.t.
can CAN 142 Michael Barry (Team Sky) 00:00:54
sui SUI 143 Johann Tschopp (BMC Racing) s.t.
ned NED 144 Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:56
ita ITA 145 Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-ISD) 00:00:57
bel BEL 146 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 147 Jelle Vanendert (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
rus RUS 148 Alexander Mironov (Katusha) 00:00:58
aus AUS 149 Allan Davis (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 150 Wim De Vocht (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
ned NED 151 Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:59
aus AUS 152 Cameron Wurf (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
bel BEL 153 Romain Zingle (Cofidis) s.t.
cze CZE 154 Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
ned NED 155 Arnoud Van Groen (Veranda's Willems - Accent) 00:01:01
bel BEL 156 James Vanlandschoot (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
ger GER 157 Dominik Klemme (Leopard-Trek) 00:01:02
ger GER 158 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
arg ARG 159 Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:01:04
nor NOR 160 Gabriel Rasch (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:05
esp ESP 161 Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ita ITA 162 Matteo Bono (Lampre-ISD) 00:01:06
aus AUS 163 Mathew Hayman (Team Sky) s.t.
fra FRA 164 Sébastien Hinault (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
ita ITA 165 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:01:07
ned NED 166 Theo Bos (Rabobank) 00:01:10
ita ITA 167 Enrico Magazzini (Lampre-ISD) 00:01:11
kaz KAZ 168 Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) 00:01:14
CHN 169 Feng Han (Skil-Shimano) 00:01:16
ita ITA 170 Marco Bandiera (Quick Step) 00:01:18
esp ESP 171 Miguel Minguez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:21
ukr UKR 172 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:01:27
bel BEL 173 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:01:28
kaz KAZ 174 Maxim Gourov (Astana) 00:01:41
irl IRL 175 Matthew Brammeier (HTC-Highroad) 00:02:05

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