February 09, 2012 (Qatar) – For the second time on this 11th edition of the Tour of Qatar, Mark Cavendish flew to stage victory. The fastest of a final bunched sprint in Al Khor proudly lifted the arms in the air wearing his World champion’s rainbow jersey, beating Oss and Sagan to the line. Tom Boonen keeps the overall leader’s Golden jersey and closes in on a possible fourth crown with one stage to go.
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.
Full Results
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. Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha
6. Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
7. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
8. Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
9. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha
10. Gregory Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol Team
11. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank
12. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
13. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep
14. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
15. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System
16. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
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 (Iri) Lotto Belisol Team
30. Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
31. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
32. Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
33. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team
34. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling
35. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
36. Christian Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
37. David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
38. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
39. Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ-BigMat
40. Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System
41. Johan Vansummeren (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
46. Juan Antonio Flecha (Esp) Sky Procycling
47. Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
48. Michael Schär (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 Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha
54. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
55. Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
56. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
57. Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
58. Robert Hunter (Rsa) Garmin-Barracuda
59. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
60. Markel Irizar (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan
61. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team
62. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
63. Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
64. Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team
65. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
66. Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
67. Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team
68. Joss Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
69. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
70. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
71. Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
72. Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System
73. Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i
74. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan
75. Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
76. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team
77. Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha
78. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
79. Murilo Antoniobil Fischer (Bra) Garmin-Barracuda
80. Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
81. Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:00:15
82. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank 0:00:18
83. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:00:22
84. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:00:25
85. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:27
86. Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System 0:00:29
87. Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:33
88. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Barracuda
89. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
90. Jérémy Hunt (Gbr) Sky Procycling
91. Robbie McEwen (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:00:37
92. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
93. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda
94. Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:00:39
95. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:01
96. Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor 0:01:30
97. Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor
98. Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
99. Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan
100. Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
101. Lee Rodgers (Gbr) RTS Racing Team
102. Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System
103. Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team
104. Alex Coutts (Gbr) RTS Racing Team
105. Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor
106. Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team
107. Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 0:01:52
108. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank
109. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:01:58
110. Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:02:58
111. Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:03:05
112. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
113. Dominic Klemme (Ger) Project 1t4i 0:04:19
114. Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
115. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha
116. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
117. Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team
118. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team
119. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 0:05:33
DNS Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
DNS Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System
DNF Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia
DNF Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor
GC after Stage 5
1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 13:21:30
2. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:31
3. Juan Antonio Flecha (Esp) Sky Procycling 0:00:34
4. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:36
5. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:00:45
6. Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:01:00
7. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:01:05
8. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:06
9. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:09
10. Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:10
11. Adam Blythe (Gbr) BMC Racing Team 0:01:14
12. Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:19
13. Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:01:20
14. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank 0:01:32
15. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 0:01:33
16. John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1t4i 0:01:40
17. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:45
18. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda 0:01:56
19. Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha 0:02:15
20. Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha 0:02:16
21. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:02:17
22. Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System 0:02:19
23. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:02:23
24. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:02:27
25. Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:02:28
26. David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:02:30
27. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank 0:02:45
28. Ian Stannard (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:02:47
29. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:52
30. Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:02:55
31. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:59
32. Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:01
33. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:02
34. Gregory Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol Team
35. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:03:08
36. Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-BigMat
37. Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:03:09
38. Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:03:20
39. Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:03:27
40. Robert Hunter (Rsa) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:29
41. Murilo Antoniobil Fischer (Bra) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:36
42. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:41
43. Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:03:43
44. Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha
45. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0:03:44
46. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 0:03:45
47. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:49
48. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
49. Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:50
50. Markel Irizar (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan
51. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:03:52
52. Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team
53. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team
54. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 0:03:53
55. Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
56. Robbie McEwen (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:03:56
57. Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:03:59
58. Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-BigMat
59. Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:04:00
60. Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:04:05
61. Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:04:07
62. Mehdi Sohrabi (Iri) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:14
63. Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:04:16
64. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:04:21
65. Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i
66. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 0:04:26
67. Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:04:30
68. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
69. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:33
70. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System 0:04:39
71. Joss Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
72. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:44
73. Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:04:46
74. Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat 0:04:49
75. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Garmin-Barracuda 0:04:53
76. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:04:54
77. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:05:03
78. Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:05:05
79. Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha
80. David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team 0:05:10
81. Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i 0:05:22
82. Gregory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:28
83. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:05:44
84. Jérémy Hunt (Gbr) Sky Procycling 0:05:56
85. Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor 0:06:17
86. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha 0:06:33
87. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha 0:06:42
88. Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:06:48
89. Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 0:06:59
90. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:07:14
91. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:07:17
92. Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:07:31
93. Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System 0:08:12
94. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:30
95. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:08:42
96. Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor 0:09:50
97. Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:11:08
98. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan 0:11:37
99. Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:12:29
100. Christian Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia 0:12:33
101. Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:12:45
102. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:59
103. Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 0:13:20
104. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha 0:14:11
105. Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 0:15:13
106. Dominic Klemme (Ger) Project 1t4i 0:16:02
107. Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team 0:16:08
108. Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor 0:17:40
109. Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:20:26
110. Lee Rodgers (Gbr) RTS Racing Team 0:20:58
111. Alex Coutts (Gbr) RTS Racing Team 0:21:01
112. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:21:20
113. Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:22:27
114. Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System 0:23:30
115. Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0:25:00
116. Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System 0:25:12
117. Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team 0:29:35
118. Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team 0:40:13
119. Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team 0:44:47