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| 2012 Tour de Suisse - Stage 1 |
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| By Luke Allingham |
| Date: 6/10/2012 |
| 2012 Tour de Suisse - Stage 1 |
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| Liquigas-Cannondale's Peter Sagan claimed yet another victory in 2012, flying through the opening 7.3 kilometer time trial at this year's Tour de Suisse to take the stage victory and race lead ahead of former World Time Trial Champion, Fabian Cancellara of RadioShack-Nissan and teammate Moreno Moser. Sagan stopped the clock in Lugano, Switzerland with a time of 9 minutes, 43 seconds, four seconds faster than Cancellara and seven seconds faster than Moser.
Cancellara had won on this time trial course in the Tour de Suisse for the past two years, but failed to put up a good enough time to beat Sagan.
RadioShack-Nissan captain Frank Schleck attempted to put in a good showing in time trial after abandoning the 2012 Giro d'Italia on stage 15. The rider from Luxembourg placed 44th in the time trial with a time of 10:19. He currently sits thirty-six behind race leader Peter Sagan.
Heading into tomorrow's stage, the peloton races 218 kilometers from Verbania to Verbier. Peter Sagan and the Liquigas-Cannondale squad will have to keep the lead safe and watch out for attacks from others ranked highly in the overall.
Stage 1 Results - Top 20
1 Peter SAGAN SVK LIQ 9:43
2 Fabian CANCELLARA SUI RNT +4
3 Moreno MOSER ITA LIQ +7
4 Martin ELMIGER SUI ALM +11
5 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm KESSIAKOFF SWE AST +15
6 Michael ALBASINI SUI OGE +17
7 Dario CATALDO ITA OPQ +18
8 Roman KREUZIGER CZE AST +19
9 Tom Jelte SLAGTER NED RAB +20
10 Jakob FUGLSANG DEN RNT +22
11 Thomas LÖVKVIST SWE SKY +22
12 Maxime MONFORT BEL RNT +23
13 Laurens TEN DAM NED RAB +23
14 Marco MARCATO ITA VCD +23
15 Cameron MEYER AUS OGE +23
16 Stephen CUMMINGS GBR BMC +24
17 Brent BOOKWALTER USA BMC +24
18 Wouter POELS NED VCD +25
19 Peter VELITS SVK OPQ +25
20 Gorka IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI ESP EUS +25
Overall Classification Results - Top 10
1 Peter SAGAN Slovakia LIQ 9:43
2 Fabian CANCELLARA Switzerland RNT +4
3 Moreno MOSER Italy LIQ +7
4 Martin ELMIGER Switzerland ALM +11
5 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm KESSIAKOFF Sweden AST +15
6 Michael ALBASINI Switzerland OGE +17
7 Dario CATALDO Italy OPQ +18
8 Roman KREUZIGER Czech Republic AST +19
9 Tom Jelte SLAGTER Netherlands RAB +20
10 Jakob FUGLSANG Denmark RNT +22
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