Klöden blazes to time trial win in stage three of Critérium International
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Klöden blazes to time trial win in stage three of Critérium International

by Bjorn Haake at 11:15 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Critérium International
 
German beats Wiggins - Fränk Schleck holds on to overall win

Andreas KlodenAndreas Klöden of the RadioShack team blitzed around the 7.8-kilometer time trial to win the final stage of the Critérium International. Klöden's time of 8'46 was four seconds faster than that of Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and ten seconds quicker than that of third-placed Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard Trek). Fuglsang's teammate Fränk Schleck only conceded seven seconds of his 20-second advantage to Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) to hold on for the overall victory.

Stage winner Klöden was quite happy with beating a prologue specialist like Wiggins. "Pretty good, eh?" he said to VeloNation. The German had a strong spring, getting second in Paris-Nice overall. "I knew that my form was good, since Paris-Nice wasn't that long ago," he confirmed.

In the overall he wasn't quite as far up as he possibly could have been. "I had some problems on the first stage. I traveled for ten hours on Friday and my legs weren't quite as good," he said. "All the happier I am that today I could do such a good time trial."

He downplayed his team duties that he has done over the years. "Ah, that domestique role... I always had my chance when I was in form. Maybe in the Tour it was that way." Visibly happy with his win in the final stage of the Critérium International in Porto Vecchio, he knew to savor the moment. "It is always nice to win."

Sky directeur sportif Bobby Julich was impressed with the ride of the German. "I was behind Bradley in the team car and he was absolutely flying. I do not see where he lost four seconds, so you can't fault Bradley - you just have to congratulate Klöden."

Wiggins lost any overall chances on day one, when he came in almost nine minutes behind the leaders. "He had a hunger flat," Julich said. "He was a bit disappointed with that, but it's the first time they were racing when it was a bit warmer." Still, everything is pointing in the right direction for the Briton's main goals this season.

In the battle for the overall, Kiryienka had the difficult task to overcome a 20-second deficit. He managed to claw back seven seconds. "Maybe if the time trial would have been a bit longer, it would have been possible," he said. Still, his second place was good news for him. "I am content - a great champion won."

Racing around Porto Vecchio

The old town of Porto Vecchio sits atop a steep hill, but fortunately for the riders the course made one loop around, staying flat. Briton Alex Dowsett set one of the earlier best times with 9'15. He was passed by Dimitri Champion who was two seconds faster.

David Zabriskie then came home at nine minutes even, looking like he might have a shot at the podium. But just three minutes later, Wiggins rolled in for a current spot in the hot seat. He was the first rider under nine minutes, leaving Zabriskie in an eventual fourth place.

Jakob Fuglsang gave it his best and came very close, but was six seconds slower than Wiggins. Klöden started at 15:30 and used the perfect conditions to his advantage. There was almost no wind, and while the sun was out, the temperatures were modest.

With the day's win decided, all eyes were set on the white, green and yellow jersey of Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis), Kiryienka and Schleck. They were sitting third to first, respectively. Taaramäe, the Estonian came in at 9'12, Kiryienka at 9'03 and Schleck at 9'10, giving the overall win to the Luxemburger.

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2011 Critérium International stage 3 results (7km)

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Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack) 00:08:46
gbr GBR 2 Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) 00:00:04
den DEN 3 Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) 00:00:10
usa USA 4 David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:14
usa USA 5 Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:15
fra FRA 6 Jérome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:16
bel BEL 7 Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
blr BLR 8 Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) 00:00:17
por POR 9 Tiago Machado (RadioShack) 00:00:20
fra FRA 10 Anthony Roux (Française Des Jeux) 00:00:21
fra FRA 11 Jean-christophe Peraud (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
can CAN 12 Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:24
lux LUX 13 Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
esp ESP 14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:00:25
kaz KAZ 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) s.t.
est EST 16 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) 00:00:26
ned NED 17 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 18 Dimitri Champion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:27
por POR 19 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (RadioShack) s.t.
fra FRA 20 Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:28
fra FRA 21 Pierrick Fedrigo (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
gbr GBR 22 Alex Dowsett (Team Sky) 00:00:29
uzb UZB 23 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:30
esp ESP 24 Jesús Lopez Herrada (Movistar) s.t.
ned NED 25 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:31
esp ESP 26 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Movistar) s.t.
usa USA 27 Matthew Busche (RadioShack) s.t.
kaz KAZ 28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) 00:00:34
fra FRA 29 Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) 00:00:35
fra FRA 30 Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:36
fra FRA 31 Ludovic Turpin (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:37
fra FRA 32 Rémi Pauriol (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
fra FRA 33 Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
ukr UKR 34 Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 35 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ger GER 36 Jens Voigt (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
fra FRA 37 Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:38
por POR 38 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack) s.t.
nor NOR 39 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) s.t.
fra FRA 40 Maxime Mederel (Big Mat - Auber 93) 00:00:39
fra FRA 41 David Lelay (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:00:40
fra FRA 42 Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:41
fra FRA 43 Cédric Pineau (Française Des Jeux) s.t.
esp ESP 44 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar) s.t.
usa USA 45 Benjamin King (RadioShack) s.t.
esp ESP 46 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:00:42
ltu LTU 47 Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
fra FRA 48 Mathieu Drujon (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
por POR 49 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Leopard-Trek) 00:00:43
fra FRA 50 Cyril Gautier (Europcar) s.t.
ger GER 51 Christian Knees (Team Sky) s.t.
lux LUX 52 Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ger GER 53 Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
gbr GBR 54 David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:44
usa USA 55 Bjorn Selander (RadioShack) 00:00:46
fra FRA 56 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:47
ger GER 57 Johannes Frohlinger (Skil-Shimano) 00:00:48
fra FRA 58 Guillaume Levarlet (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
fra FRA 59 Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) 00:00:49
fra FRA 60 Rémy Di Gregorio (Astana) s.t.
swe SWE 61 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) 00:00:50
fra FRA 62 Julien El Fares (Cofidis) s.t.
fra FRA 63 Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 00:00:53
esp ESP 64 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar) 00:00:54
fra FRA 65 Dimitri Le Boulch (Big Mat - Auber 93) 00:00:55
fra FRA 66 Matthieu Sprick (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
kaz KAZ 67 Sergey Renev (Astana) 00:00:56
fra FRA 68 Jérôme Cousin (Europcar) 00:00:57
fra FRA 69 Christophe Kern (Europcar) 00:00:58
fra FRA 70 Arnaud Molmy (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
esp ESP 71 David Arroyo Duran (Movistar) 00:00:59
fra FRA 72 Yannick Talabardon (Saur-Sojasun) 00:01:00
ita ITA 73 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) 00:01:03
fra FRA 74 Florian Vachon (Bretagne Schuller) s.t.
esp ESP 75 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:07
slo SLO 76 Gorazd Stangelj (Astana) 00:01:08
fra FRA 77 Sylvain Calzati (Bretagne Schuller) 00:01:09
blr BLR 78 Branislau Samoilau (Movistar) s.t.
fra FRA 79 Arnold Jeannesson (Française Des Jeux) 00:01:13
 BRA.PNG 80 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
fra FRA 81 Guillaume Le Floch (Europcar) s.t.
fra FRA 82 Jean-marc Marino (Saur-Sojasun) 00:01:14
esp ESP 83 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 84 Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar) 00:01:16
fra FRA 85 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) 00:01:19
den DEN 86 Anders Lund (Leopard-Trek) 00:01:20
fra FRA 87 Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller) 00:01:21
ger GER 88 Fabian Wegmann (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
fra FRA 89 Guillaume Faucon (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
ita ITA 90 Alberto Ongarato (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:01:26
fra FRA 91 Tristan Valentin (Cofidis) 00:01:27
fra FRA 92 Cyril Dessel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 93 Florian Guillou (Bretagne Schuller) 00:01:28
fra FRA 94 Romain Hardy (Bretagne Schuller) 00:01:29
fra FRA 95 Renaud Dion (Bretagne Schuller) 00:01:31
esp ESP 96 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:32
jpn JPN 97 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 98 John Gadret (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:01:34
fra FRA 99 Arnaud Courteille (Française Des Jeux) 00:01:37
fra FRA 100 Mickael Cherel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:01:38
fra FRA 101 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) 00:01:43
gbr GBR DNS Steven Cummings (Team Sky)  

2011 Critérium International Final General Classification

Country Result Name Team Time
lux LUX 1 Frank Schleck (Leopard-Trek) 07:13:12
blr BLR 2 Vasil Kiryienka (Movistar) 00:00:13
est EST 3 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) 00:00:30
fra FRA 4 Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) 00:01:14
por POR 5 Tiago Machado (RadioShack) 00:01:15
fra FRA 6 Jean-christophe Peraud (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:01:16
can CAN 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:19
fra FRA 8 Pierrick Fedrigo (Française Des Jeux) 00:01:23
esp ESP 9 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar) 00:01:25
uzb UZB 10 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
nor NOR 11 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Team Sky) 00:01:33
fra FRA 12 Cyril Gautier (Europcar) 00:01:38
lux LUX 13 Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
fra FRA 14 Pierre Rolland (Europcar) 00:01:48
esp ESP 15 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar) 00:01:49
esp ESP 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:59
fra FRA 17 Maxime Mederel (Big Mat - Auber 93) 00:02:11
fra FRA 18 Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:02:23
kaz KAZ 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) 00:03:10
fra FRA 20 Guillaume Levarlet (Saur-Sojasun) 00:03:20
fra FRA 21 Rémy Di Gregorio (Astana) 00:03:38
ger GER 22 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack) 00:04:10
fra FRA 23 Jérome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) 00:04:43
usa USA 24 Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:05:04
esp ESP 25 David Arroyo Duran (Movistar) 00:05:19
fra FRA 26 Anthony Roux (Française Des Jeux) 00:05:54
fra FRA 27 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur-Sojasun) 00:06:08
bel BEL 28 Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) 00:06:39
fra FRA 29 Jonathan Hivert (Saur-Sojasun) 00:07:17
den DEN 30 Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) 00:07:25
fra FRA 31 Rémi Pauriol (Française Des Jeux) 00:07:51
ger GER 32 Johannes Frohlinger (Skil-Shimano) 00:08:02
fra FRA 33 Cédric Pineau (Française Des Jeux) 00:08:24
fra FRA 34 Mathieu Drujon (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
esp ESP 35 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:08:26
ned NED 36 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:08:33
fra FRA 37 Sylvain Calzati (Bretagne Schuller) 00:08:36
kaz KAZ 38 Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana) 00:09:01
fra FRA 39 Julien El Fares (Cofidis) 00:09:06
fra FRA 40 Romain Hardy (Bretagne Schuller) 00:09:16
gbr GBR 41 Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) 00:09:28
usa USA 42 Matthew Busche (RadioShack) 00:09:42
fra FRA 43 David Lelay (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:09:45
fra FRA 44 Arnaud Molmy (Big Mat - Auber 93) 00:10:34
ita ITA 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) 00:11:06
usa USA 46 David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:11:17
fra FRA 47 Ludovic Turpin (Saur-Sojasun) 00:13:30
fra FRA 48 Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) 00:13:35
ned NED 49 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:13:38
fra FRA 50 Florian Guillou (Bretagne Schuller) 00:14:08
fra FRA 51 Guillaume Le Floch (Europcar) 00:14:45
fra FRA 52 Dimitri Champion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:15:30
por POR 53 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (RadioShack) s.t.
esp ESP 54 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:15:32
fra FRA 55 Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) 00:15:38
fra FRA 56 Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun) 00:15:40
swe SWE 57 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) 00:15:52
ger GER 58 Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) 00:16:12
fra FRA 59 Florian Vachon (Bretagne Schuller) 00:16:49
fra FRA 60 Mickael Cherel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:16:54
fra FRA 61 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) 00:17:31
jpn JPN 62 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) 00:18:17
slo SLO 63 Gorazd Stangelj (Astana) 00:18:25
ned NED 64 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:18:51
esp ESP 65 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:18:52
ukr UKR 66 Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack) 00:19:14
por POR 67 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Leopard-Trek) 00:19:20
 BRA 68 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:19:46
ger GER 69 Fabian Wegmann (Leopard-Trek) 00:19:58
fra FRA 70 Guillaume Faucon (Big Mat - Auber 93) s.t.
fra FRA 71 Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne Schuller) 00:20:08
fra FRA 72 Jean-marc Marino (Saur-Sojasun) 00:20:56
fra FRA 73 Yannick Talabardon (Saur-Sojasun) 00:21:24
ger GER 74 Jens Voigt (Leopard-Trek) 00:21:31
esp ESP 75 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:21:36
fra FRA 76 Jérémy Roy (Française Des Jeux) 00:22:34
fra FRA 77 Matthieu Sprick (Skil-Shimano) 00:23:18
fra FRA 78 Tristan Valentin (Cofidis) 00:23:56
esp ESP 79 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Movistar) 00:24:49
esp ESP 80 Jesús Lopez Herrada (Movistar) 00:24:50
fra FRA 81 Jérôme Cousin (Europcar) 00:25:17
kaz KAZ 82 Sergey Renev (Astana) 00:25:29
fra FRA 83 Arnold Jeannesson (Française Des Jeux) 00:25:43
den DEN 84 Anders Lund (Leopard-Trek) 00:25:53
fra FRA 85 Renaud Dion (Bretagne Schuller) 00:26:04
fra FRA 86 Arnaud Courteille (Française Des Jeux) 00:26:22
fra FRA 87 Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar) 00:27:26
gbr GBR 88 Alex Dowsett (Team Sky) 00:28:14
por POR 89 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack) 00:28:23
ger GER 90 Christian Knees (Team Sky) 00:28:28
ltu LTU 91 Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:28:40
usa USA 92 Benjamin King (RadioShack) 00:28:51
blr BLR 93 Branislau Samoilau (Movistar) 00:29:07
ita ITA 94 Alberto Ongarato (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:29:11
fra FRA 95 Christophe Kern (Europcar) 00:29:18
usa USA 96 Bjorn Selander (RadioShack) 00:29:19
fra FRA 97 Cyril Dessel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:29:25
fra FRA 98 Dimitri Le Boulch (Big Mat - Auber 93) 00:29:28
gbr GBR 99 David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:29:55
fra FRA 100 John Gadret (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:30:41
fra FRA 101 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) 00:30:47

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