IL RITORNO DI PHILIPPE GILBERT, È SUA LA SECONDA VITTORIA STAGIONALE
Non vinceva dalla Vuelta a Murcia dello scorso mese di Febbraio ed è tornato a piazzare una zampata delle sue parecchio tempo dopo, sul traguardo della seconda frazione del Giro del Lussemburgo. E’ Philippe Gilbert, il re dei finisseur, che ha dato sfoggio delle sue doti sullo strappo che conduceva al traguardo di Schifflange, dove ha preceduto di un amen il nuovo leader della generale, l’olandese Maurits Lammertink, capoclassifica grazie anche all’autentico crollo del lussemburghese Drucker, che aveva fin qui indossato le insegne del primato
Erano mesi che il suo nome non impreziosiva gli ordini d’arrivo e, in alcuni casi, non perveniva nemmeno per quanto riguardava l’elenco partenti, messo temporaneamento fuori gioco anche da un infortunio alla mano rimediato in seguito ad un’aggressione da parte di due automobilisti. Finalmente oggi, su un tracciato che ben si addiceva alle sue caratteristiche, Philippe Gilbert ha riscritto il suo nome nell’albo d’oro di una competizione ciclistica. È accaduto nella seconda tappa dello Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg, con arrivo a Schifflange, dove il belga in maglia BMC ha avuto la meglio allo sprint sull’olandese Maurits Lammertink (Roompot-Oranje Peloton) e sul lussemburghese Alex Kirsch (Stölting Service Group), mentre con distacchi di pochi secondi sono arrivati gli altri più immediati inseguitori. Il tracciato odierno, che presentava alcuni strappetti che invitavano all’azione i finisseur, ha dato una svolta alla classifica generale che ora vede Maurits Lammertink indossare la maglia di leader e a guardare tutti dall’alto. A 9” è seguito dal vincitore di giornata, mentre a 11” si trova Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), giunto sesto sul traguardo odierno. Primo degli italiani è sempre il veneto Marco Marcato che in classifica è settimo a 23”.
L’ex capoclassifica Jean-Pierre Drucker oggi ha subito una débâcle che lo ha visto arrivare al traguardo terzultimo a 5’ dal vincitore.
Domani la Eschweiler-Differdange di 177 km prevede tre ascese al Col de l’Europe (pendenza media 8%) negli ultimi 25 km. Non è difficile quindi ipotizzare, dopo quelli odierni, altri assestamenti nella generale.
Mario Prato
ORDINE D’ARRIVO
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 3:55:59
2 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
3 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Stölting Service Group
4 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:03
5 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
7 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group
8 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:06
9 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
10 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
11 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
12 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
13 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
14 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
15 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
16 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
17 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge
18 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
19 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
20 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group
22 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
24 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
25 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
26 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:14
27 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
28 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
29 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
30 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
31 Janis Dakteris (Lat) Team Differdange – Losch
32 Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
33 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group
34 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
35 Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange – Losch
36 Hayden McCormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
37 Gabriel Reguero Corral (Spa) Team Differdange – Losch
38 Devid Tintori (Ita) Team Differdange – Losch
39 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
40 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
41 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling
42 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
43 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:00:25
44 Ivan Centrone (Lux) Team Differdange – Losch
45 Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:00:28
46 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:34
47 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
48 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
49 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling
50 Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Team Differdange – Losch 0:00:42
51 Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
52 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
53 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:48
54 Frederic Brun (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
55 Martin Mortensen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:51
56 Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
57 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team
58 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
59 Cheung King Lok (HKg) Orica-GreenEdge
60 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
61 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling
62 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
63 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
64 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:01
65 Carmelo Foti (Ita) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:01:07
66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:01:11
67 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
68 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
69 Jonas Tenbrock (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:01:14
70 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
71 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:21
72 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
73 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge
74 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
75 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team
76 Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
77 Jonathan Dufrasne (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
78 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
79 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling
80 Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:01:31
81 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:38
82 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:44
83 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling
84 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:01:47
85 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:02:03
86 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
87 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
88 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team
89 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:02:17
90 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Team 0:02:21
91 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:02:25
92 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:26
93 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
94 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:02:41
95 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group
96 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:02:50
97 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:02:53
98 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:02:55
99 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
100 Thomas Deruette (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
101 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:03:12
102 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:23
103 Pontus Kastemyr (Swe) Team Differdange – Losch 0:03:58
104 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:04:21
105 Serge De Wortelaer (Bel) Team Differdange – Losch 0:04:41
106 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:05:00
107 Laurent Vanden Bak (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling
108 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
109 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 0:05:57
110 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:07:55
CLASSIFICA GENERALE
1 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 8:13:23
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:09
3 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Stölting Service Group
4 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:11
5 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:16
6 Alexander Krieger (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:23
8 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
9 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:00:24
10 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:26
11 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:27
12 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
13 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
14 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:29
15 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:31
16 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
17 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:37
18 Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
19 Francis Mourey (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:39
20 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:40
21 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling
22 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:41
23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group
24 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:42
25 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:43
26 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:00:44
27 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
28 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
29 Hayden McCormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:00:46
30 Tom Thill (Lux) Team Differdange – Losch 0:00:47
31 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:00:48
32 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:50
33 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
34 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:00:51
35 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:00:52
36 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:53
37 Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:00:54
38 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
39 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:00:55
40 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 0:00:56
41 Devid Tintori (Ita) Team Differdange – Losch 0:00:57
42 Janis Dakteris (Lat) Team Differdange – Losch 0:00:59
43 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:01:00
44 Gabriel Reguero Corral (Spa) Team Differdange – Losch 0:01:04
45 Ivan Centrone (Lux) Team Differdange – Losch 0:01:05
46 Jan Brockhoff (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:01:06
47 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:01:07
48 James Oram (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 0:01:08
49 Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Team Differdange – Losch 0:01:13
50 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
51 Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:01:16
52 Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:01:23
53 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
54 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect
55 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:01:30
57 Martin Mortensen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling
58 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
59 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 0:01:34
60 Carmelo Foti (Ita) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:01:39
61 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:01:40
62 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton
63 Frederic Brun (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:41
64 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:42
65 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:43
66 Cheung King Lok (HKg) Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:45
67 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:01:46
68 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:49
69 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
70 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
71 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:54
72 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:01:56
73 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:01:58
74 Jonas Tenbrock (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:02:00
75 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:02:02
76 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:02:05
77 Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:02:11
78 Reinier Honig (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:02:12
79 Jonathan Dufrasne (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:02:16
80 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Stölting Service Group 0:02:25
81 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:29
82 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) ONE Pro Cycling 0:02:30
83 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 0:02:33
84 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:02:40
85 Adam Blythe (GBr) Tinkoff Team
86 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:02:51
87 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:02:52
88 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard Pro Cycling
89 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team 0:02:53
90 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team 0:02:57
91 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:03:08
92 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
93 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:03:10
94 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Roompot – Oranje Peloton 0:03:22
95 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 0:03:27
96 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:03:38
97 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:03:51
98 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:03:54
99 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:04:11
100 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling 0:04:32
101 Pontus Kastemyr (Swe) Team Differdange – Losch 0:04:43
102 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:04:47
103 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:05:03
104 Serge De Wortelaer (Bel) Team Differdange – Losch 0:05:34
105 Aksel Nõmmela (Est) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:05:42
106 Thomas Deruette (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Group Protect 0:06:19
107 Laurent Vanden Bak (Bel) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:06:31
108 Matthew Goss (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 0:07:02
109 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:07:10
110 Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:08:39
Il belga Gilbert torna a piazzare una zampata delle sue al termine della seconda frazione del Giro del Lussemburgo (www.aotdl.com)