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Marca: Rodríguez wants to win grand tour

Joaquím ‘Purito’ Rodríguez says he hopes to win either the Giro d’Italia or Vuelta a España someday following his breakthrough 2010 season after his move to Katusha. The Spanish rider was fourth overall at the Vuelta this year, a result that fuels his ambitions for the coming seasons. “Now my dream is this: to win a grand tour or at least be on the podium. The Vuelta and the Giro are within reach of my possibilities.”

Eurosport:: Voeckler believes there’s less doping in cycling

Thomas Voeckler, the French rider on Bouygues Telecom, believes that cycling is getting cleaner. In an interview with Eurosport, the French rider of the year says that the increased number of doping controls are having an impact: “Fifteen years ago, there were no positives at the Tour, but that doesn’t mean that people were not doping. You have to accept that better controls mean that riders will get caught.”

The Associated Press: Vuelta to start with team time trial

The Associated Press reports that the 2011 Vuelta a España will start with a team time trial following the official confirmation from Benidorm officials.

Team Saxo Bank: Nuyens says there’s no star attitude on his new team

Rabobank transfer Nick Nuyens says one of Bjarne Riis’ famous off-season team building exercises revealed a well balanced squad. “It also became very quickly apparent that no one sought to be ’star,’ “ he says in a post on the team web site. The 30 year-old Belgian classics specialist said the team’s discipline at meetings impressed him. “There’s no chitchat for joint meetings, which is a relatively rare phenomenon when it comes to professional cyclists,” he said.

El Mundo: Tonkov now running hotel in Spain

Pavel Tonkov, winner of the 1996 Giro d’Italia, has traded the pink jersey for the business suit of a hotel owner.

The Russian has settled into a new life as the owner and operator of the Hospedería del Atalia in Córdoba, hometown of his wife. Tonkov, now 41, opened the 20-room boutique hotel in May.

Tonkov, who became one of the most successful riders to come out of the post-Soviet Russia, told the Spanish daily El Mundo that he cannot stand to sit still. He also offers guided cycling trips in the mountains north of Córdoba.

Tonkov, known as The Czar during his heyday, retired at the end of the 2005 season. He won seven stages and one overall at the Giro, two stages at the Vuelta a España and the overall at the Tour de Suisse in 1995.

• 1. Niels Albert, Bkcp – Powerplus, with 295 points
• 2. Kevin Pauwels, Telenet – Fidea, with 236 points
• 3. Zdenek Stybar, Telenet – Fidea, with 230 points
• 4. Francis Mourey, Fdj, with 230 points
• 5. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet, with 229 points
• 6. Klaas Vantornout, Sunweb – Revor, with 197 points
• 7. Bart Aernouts, Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team, with 193 points
• 8. Bart Wellens, Telenet – Fidea, with 181 points
• 9. Gerben De Knegt, Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team, with 174 points
• 10. Philipp Walsleben, Bkcp – Powerplus, with 167 points
• 11. Enrico Franzoi, Bkcp – Powerplus, with 152 points
• 12. Eddy Van Ijzendoorn, with 144 points
• 13. Thijs Van Amerongen, with 138 points
• 14. Dieter Vanthourenhout, Bkcp – Powerplus, with 136 points
• 15. Christian Heule, with 127 points
• 16. Mariusz Gil, with 125 points
• 17. Marco Bianco, with 125 points
• 18. Nicolas Bazin, with 122 points
• 19. Marcel Wildhaber, Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing, with 121 points
• 20. Egoitz Murgoitio Rekalde, with 103 points
• 21. Radomir Simunek, Bkcp – Powerplus, with 83 points
• 22. Patrick Van Leeuwen, with 83 points
• 23. Sven Vanthourenhout, Sunweb – Revor, with 82 points
• 24. Rob Peeters, Telenet – Fidea, with 81 points
• 25. Johannes Sickmueller, with 79 points
• 26. Steve Chainel, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, with 71 points
• 27. Christoph Pfingsten, Van Vliet Ebh Elshof, with 71 points
• 28. Jonathan Page, with 67 points
• 29. Thijs Al, with 63 points
• 30. Petr Dlask, Telenet – Fidea, with 62 points
• 31. Mitchell Huenders, with 62 points
• 32. Martin Zlamalik, Sunweb – Revor, with 59 points
• 33. Ondrej Bambula, with 56 points
• 34. Romain Villa, with 53 points
• 35. David Kasek, with 52 points
• 36. Ian Field, with 50 points
• 37. Sascha Weber, with 48 points
• 38. Fabio Ursi, with 47 points
• 39. Robert Gavenda, Telenet – Fidea, with 46 points
• 40. Tom Meeusen, Telenet – Fidea, with 44 points
• 41. Timothy Johnson, with 43 points
• 42. Jiri Polnicky, Sunweb – Revor, with 41 points
• 43. Pirmin Lang, with 37 points
• 44. De Larrinaga Ibanez Javier Ruiz, with 31 points
• 45. Jeremy Powers, with 31 points
• 46. Vladimir Kyzivat, with 30 points
• 47. Jérome Chevallier, with 30 points
• 48. John Gadret, Ag2r La Mondiale, with 29 points
• 49. Joachim Parbo, with 27 points
• 50. James Driscoll, with 27 points
• 51. Isaac Suarez Fernandez, with 26 points
• 52. Tijmen Eising, Sunweb – Revor, with 26 points
• 53. Laurent Colombatto, with 24 points
• 54. Marco Ponta, with 23 points
• 55. Guillaume Perrot, with 22 points
• 56. Karel Hnik, Telenet – Fidea, with 22 points
• 57. David Lozano Riba, with 21 points
• 58. Daniel Ruiz Echeandia, with 20 points
• 59. Kenneth Hansen, with 19 points
• 60. Florian Le Corre, with 19 points
• 61. Horst Geert Van Der, with 18 points
• 62. Mauro Gonzalez Fontan, with 17 points
• 63. Wilant Van Gils, with 17 points
• 64. Erlantz Uriarte Okamika, with 16 points
• 65. David Juarez Alday, with 15 points
• 66. Marek Cichosz, Legia – Felt, with 15 points
• 67. Matthieu Boulo, Roubaix Lille Metropole, with 13 points
• 68. Vaclav Metlicka, with 11 points
• 69. Milan Barenyi, with 10 points
• 70. Mike Garrigan, with 8 points
• 71. Michael Schweizer, with 7 points
• 72. Tommy Nielsen, with 7 points
• 73. Martin Haring, with 6 points
• 74. Mirko Tabacchi, with 6 points
• 75. René Lang, with 5 points
• 76. Craig Richey, with 4 points
• 77. Poel David Van Der, with 3 points
• 78. René Birkenfeld, with 2 points
• 79. Robert Glajza, with 2 points
• 80. Xabier Garcia Irazola, with 1 points

Men

• 1. Niels Albert (Bel) Bkcp-Powerplus, In 1:06;05
• 2. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Telenet-Fidea, at 0:27
• 3. Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet, at 0:31
• 4. Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team, at 0:32
• 5. Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet-Fidea, at 0:42
• 6. Francis Mourey (Fra) Fdj, at 0:56
• 7. Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team, at 0:58
• 8. Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Telenet-Fidea, at 1:01
• 9. Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea, at 1:03
• 10. Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet-Fidea, at 2:43
• 11. Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned), at 3:02
• 12. Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Bkcp-Powerplus, at 3:02
• 13. Christian Heule (Sui), at 3:20
• 14. Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Revor, at 3:31
• 15. Nicolas Bazin (Fra), at 3:48
• 16. Marco Bianco (Ita), at 4:12
• 17. Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Bkcp-Powerplus, at 4:37
• 18. Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned), at 4:37
• 19. Petr Dlask (Cze) Telenet-Fidea, at 4:39
• 20. Thijs Al (Ned), at 4:45
• 21. Jonathan Page (USA), at 4:54
• 22. John Gadret (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale, at 5:39
• 23. Egoitz Murgoitio Rekalde (Esp), at 5:52
• 24. Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned), at 6:00
• 25. Marcel Wildhaber (Sui) Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing, at 6:04
• 26. Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom, at 6:29
• 27. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Van Vliet Ebh Elshof, at 7:11
• 28. Mariusz Gil (Pol), at -1 Lap
• 29. Martin Zlamalik (Cze) Sunweb-Revor, at At -2 Laps
• 30. Laurent Colombatto (Fra), at -2 Laps
• 31. Johannes Sickmueller (Ger), at -2 Laps
• 32. Timothy Johnson (USA), at -2 Laps
• 33. Wilant Van Gils (Ned), at -2 Laps
• 34. Marco Ponta (Ita), at -3 Laps
• 35. Marek Cichosz (Pol) Legia-Felt, at At -3 Laps
• 36. Fabio Ursi (Ita), at -3 Laps
• 37. Ian Field (GB), at -3 Laps
• 38. Vladimir Kyzivat (Cze), at -3 Laps
• 39. Romain Villa (Fra), at -3 Laps
• 40. Florian Le Corre (Fra), at -3 Laps
• 41. David Kasek (Cze), at -3 Laps
• 42. Sascha Weber (Ger), at -3 Laps
• 43. Mitchell Huenders (Ned), at -4 Laps
• 44. Tommy Nielsen (Den), at -4 Laps
• 45. René Lang (Sui), at -4 Laps
• 46. Craig Richey (Can), at -4 Laps
• 47. Jérome Chevallier (Fra), at -4 Laps
• 48. René Birkenfeld (Ger), at -4 Laps
• 49. Xabier Garcia Irazola (Esp), at -4 Laps
• 50. Gusty Bausch (Lux), at -4 Laps
• 51. Joachim Parbo (Den), at -4 Laps
• 52. Shaun Adamson (Can), at -6 Laps
• 53. Jorge Cantalicio Calero (Esp), at -6 Laps
• 54. Alberto Candelas Caballero (Esp), at -7 Laps

Women

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), In 45:08
• 2. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), at 47:35
• 3. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned), at 47:54
• 4. Sanne Cant (Bel), at 48:29
• 5. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger), at 48:48
• 6. Sophie De Boer (Ned), at 48:49
• 7. Pavla Havlikova (Cze), at 48:56
• 8. Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra), at 48:59
• 9. Helen Wyman (GB), at 49:12
• 10. Sabrina Schweizer (Ger), at 49:42
• 11. Linda Van Rijen (Ned), at 50:12
• 12. Nikki Harris (GB), at 50:15
• 13. Caroline Mani (Fra), at 50:35
• 14. Reza Hormes (Ned), at 50:44
• 15. Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel), at 51:01
• 16. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra), at 51:26
• 17. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned), at 51:32
• 18. Nadia Triquet-Claude (Fra), at 51:36
• 19. Gabriella Day (GB), at 51:46
• 20. Jasmin Achermann (Sui), at 51:46
• 21. Arenda Grimberg (Ned), at 52:06
• 22. Nicole De Bie-Leyten (Bel), at 52:41
• 23. Nancy Bober (Bel), at 53:00
• 24. Elisabeth Brandau (Ger), at 53:04
• 25. Martina Zwick (Ger), at 53:36
• 26. Helena Van Leijen (Ned)
• 27. Martina Mikulaskova (Cze)
• 28. Ellen Van Loy (Bel)
• 29. Gertie Willems (Bel)
• 30. Daniela Bresciani (Ita)
• 31. Christine Vardaros (USA)
• 32. Nikoline Hansen (Den)
• 33. Nathalie Nijns (Bel)
• 34. Katrien Thijs (Bel)
• 35. Nicoletta Bresciani (Ita)
• 36. Margriet Helena Kloppenburg (Den)
• 37. Vicki Thomas (Can)