Current Race Leaders and Results: Aug 20th-25th

Vuelta de España 
18th August-9th September 

Stage 1 (TTT): Movistar 18:51
                                Omega Pharma-Quick Step +10
                                Rabobank +10 

Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar)  18:51

Stage 2: John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano)  4:38:40

                  Alan Davis (Orica-GreenEdge) st
                  Ben Swift (Team Sky) st 
Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar) 4:57:31 

Stage 3: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) 3:49:37
                 Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) st
                 Chris Froome (Team Sky) st 
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) 8:46:56  

Stage 4: Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) 4:30:26
                Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)+02
                Assan Bazayev (Astana) +22
Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) 13:18:45

Stage 5: John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) 4:10:37
                  Danielle Bennati (RadioShack-Nissan) st
                  Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) st
Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) 17:29:22

Stage 6: Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) 4:35:22
                 Chris Froome (Sky) +5
                 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) +10
Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) 22:04:32

Stage 7: John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) 3:48:30
                  Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) st
                  Allan Davis (Orica-GreenEdge) st
Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) 25:53:04

Stage 8: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) 4:06:39
                  Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) st
                  Alberto Cntador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) st
Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) 29:59:35

Stage 9: Philippe Gilbert (BMC) 4:45: 28
                  Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) st
                 Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) +7                  
Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) 24:44:55

USA Pro Cycling Challenge
August 20th -26th

Stage 1: Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) 4:42:48 
                 Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1-Sanofi) st
                 Damiano Caruso (BMC) st

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) 4:42:48 

Stage 2: Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 3:52:24
                 Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) st
                 Ivan Rovny +6
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 8:35:12

Stage 3: Tom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) 5:02:06
                  Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) +02
                 Jakob Fugsang  (RadioShack-Nissan) st
Christian Vande Velde 13:37:20

Stage 4: Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) 3:54:00
                 Andreas Kloden (RadioShack-Nissan) +2:58
                 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) st
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 17:34:18

Stage 5: Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) 3:58:27
                 Taylor Phinney (BMC) st
                 Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1-Sanofi) st
Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 21:32:45

Stage 6: Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) 4:06:12         
                  Fabio Aru (Astana) +20
                  Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) +26
Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 25:39:50

Stage 7: Taylor Phinney (BMC) 17:25
                  Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) +10
                  Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) +19
Overall GC: Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) 25:57:34
points classification: Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) 33 points
mountains classification: Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) 55 points                  
team classification: RadioShack-Nissan 77:52:16

Tour of Denmark

August 22nd-27th

Stage 1: Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 4:55:06

                 Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) st

                 Theo Bos (Rabobank) st  
Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 4:55:06

Stage 2: Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 5:12:22
                  Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) st
                  Steele Von Hoff (Garmin-Sharp) st
Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 10:07:08

Stage 3: Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Sky) 4:43:01
                  Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank) st
                  Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Sharp) st
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Sky) 14:50:19

Stage 4: Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) 2:02:35
                  Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) st
                  Theo Bos (Rabobank) st
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Sky) 16:52:54

Stage 5: Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) 16:36
                 Geraint Thomas (Sky) +18
                 Manuele Boaro (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) +21
Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) 17:09:51

Stage 6: Mark Cavendish (Sky) 3:31:56
                  Matteo Pelucchi (Europcar) st
                  Andre Greipel (Lotto-Bellisol) st
Final GC: Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) 20:41:47
points classification: Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) 44 points
mountains classifiction: Nikola Aistrup (Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland) 84 points
young rider: Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank) 20:42:18

Tour du Poitou Charentes

August 21st-25th

Stage 1: Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge) 4:41:54

                 Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-BigMat) st

                 Evaldas Siskevicius (La Pomme Marseille) st

Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge) 4:41:54

Stage 2: Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge) 5:08:53

                 Adrien Petit (Cofidis) st

                 Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-BigMat) st

Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge) 9:50:27

Stage 3: Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack-Nissan) 2:14:37

                 Dennis Flahaut (Roubaix Lille Metropole) st

                 Maxime Le Montagner (Veranda Rideau-Super U) st

Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge) 12:05:04

Stage 4: Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) 26:30

                 Jeremy Roy (FDJ-BigMat) +09

                 Lazlo Bodrogi (Team Type 1-Sanofi) +17

Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) 12:31:54

Stage 5: Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) 4:05:19
                 Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) st
                 Marco Haller (Katusha) st

Overall GC: Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) 16:37:13
Points Classification: Aidis Kruopis (Orica-GreenEdge) 50 points
Mountains Classification: Gaylord Cumont (Veranda Rideau-Super U) 26 points
Young Rider:Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) 16:37:13
Team Classification: Movistar 49:53:53

Current Race Leaders and Results: August 10th

Eneco Tour 6th-12th August 

Stage One: Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano)
Stage Two (TTT): Orica-GreenEdge
Stage Three: Theo Bos (Rabobank)
Stage Four: Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano)
GC: Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma- Quick Step)

Tour of Utah 7th-12th August 

Stage One: Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare)
Stage Two (TTT): Garmin-Sharp
Stage Three: Michael Matthews (Rabobank)
GC: Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp)
 

Tour de L’Ain 7th-11th August 

Stage One: Hutarovich (FDJ-BigMat)
Stage Two a: Hutarovich (FDJ-BigMat)
Stage Two b (TTT): Omega Pharma- Quick Step
Stage Three: Daniel Navarro (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank)
GC: Daniel Navarro (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank)

Note: Current GC leaders in italics

Tour de France Stage Wins by Nation Between 2002 & 2011

Spain-28
France-26
Great Britian-23
USA-20
Australia-18
Italy-17
Norway-13
Belgium-10
Germany-8
Switzerland-8
Luxembourg-7
Denmark-6
Kazakstan-4
Netherlands-4
Columbia-3
Russia-3
Ukraine-3
Estonia-2
Portugal-2
Austria-1
South Africa-1

TDF: Standings after Stage Nine ITT

The first rest day of the 2012 Tour de France is upon us and wearing yellow is the Team Sky rider Bradley Wiggins. Wiggins will be the centre of attention on a day that is usually for the benefit of the press. The story of the day continues to be the blistering ITT stage win by Wiggins in which he put some serious distance between himself and his rivals. He is now in a position in which he can afford to ride defensively and simply follow the wheels of his rivals and till the Tour.

Leading the other classifications is three time stage winner Peter Sagan in green, American Tejay van Garderen in white and Fredrik Kessiakoff in the maillot pois. In the team classification, RadioShack-Nissan leads Sky by over a minute and will be wearing yellow helmets on Stage 10 as leaders of that classification.

Overall classification 

1st Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) 39:09:20
2nd Cadel Evans (BMC) +1:53”
3rd Chris Froome (Team Sky) +2:07”
4th Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) +2:23”
5th Dennis Menchov (Katusha) +3:02”
6th Haimar Zubeldia (RadioShack-Nissan) +3:19”
7th Maxime Monfort (RadioShack-Nissan) +4:23”
8th Tejay van Garderen (BMC) +5:14”
9th Jurgen van den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) +5:20”
10th Nicolas Roche (AG2R-La Mondiale) +5:29”

Points Classification 

1st Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) 217 points
2nd Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) 185 points
3rd André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) 172 points
4th Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) 129 points
5th Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) 109 points
6th Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) 95 points
7th Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) 89 points
8th Cadel Evans (BMC) 82 points
9th Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) 78 points
10th Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) 76 points

Mountains Classification 

1st Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) 21 points 

2nd Chris Froome (Team Sky) 20 points
3rd Cadel Evans (BMC) 18 points
4th Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) 16 points
5th Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) 12 points
6th Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) 9 points
7th Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) 9 points
8th Tony Gallopin (RadioShack-Nissan) 9 points
9th Chris Anker Sørenson (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) 4 points
10th Jérémy Roy (FDJ-BigMat) 5 points

Young Riders Classification 

1st Tejay van Garderen (BMC) 39:14:34”
2nd Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) +42”
3rd Tony Gallopin (RadioShack-Nissan) +45”
4th Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) +3:39”
5th Gorka Izagirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) +5:11”  
6th David Malacarne (Europcar) +13:55”
7th Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) +18:15”
8th Rafael Valls (Vacansoleil-DCM) +18:54”
9th Arthur Vichot (FDJ-BigMat) +19:33”
10th Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) +20:34”

Team Classification 

1st RadioShack-Nissan 117:36:25
2nd Team Sky +1:25”
3rd Omega Pharma-Quick Step +13:25”
4th Liquigas-Cannondale +16:06”
5th Katusha +16:23”
6th BMC +17:32”
7th Movistar +22:39”
8th Astana +22:47”
9th AG2R-La Mondiale +24:28”
10th FDJ-BigMat +26:52”

Combativity Award 

Stage One: Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)
Stage Two: Anthony Roux (FDJ-BigMat)
Stage Three: Michael Mørkøv (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank)
Stage Four: Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar)
Stage Five: Mathieu Ladagnous (FDJ-BigMat)
Stage Six: David Zabriskie (Garmin-Sharp)
Stage Seven: Luis León Sanchez (Rabobank)
Stage Eight: Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana)
Stage Nine: Not Awarded