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Roger Hammond wins Qatar stage 2, takes lead

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• February 02, 2009
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2009 Tour of Qatar, Stage 2: Cervélo’s Roger Hammond celebrates a solo victory.

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Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) won the second stage of the Tour of Qatar on Monday after bringing home a solo attack late in the 134km race around Al Khor.

Hammond, who takes over the race lead from fellow Briton Bradley Wiggins of Garmin-Slipstream, leapt away from a 14-man lead group and finished just one second ahead of a chase headed by Italian Danilo Napolitano (Team Katusha) and including Belgian sprint star Tom Boonen (Quick Step), who finished fourth. Hammond’s teammate Heinrich Haussler took third.

Boonen now sits second in the overall standings, six seconds off the pace.

Tunisian Aymen Ben Hassine (Doha Team) was first to attack in the windy stage from Khalifa Stadium to Al Khor Corniche, taking with him American Chad Beyer (BMC) and Australia’s Robert Williams (Drapac Porsche Cycling).

The trio had built a lead of seven minutes over the pack at the 30km point, where Omar Hasanin (Doha Team) and Gatis Smukulis (Ag2r-La Mondiale) decided to take off after the leaders. Eleven kilometers later the leading three enjoyed a five-minute margin over the pursuit and 14:25 over the peloton.

At 55km, after the first intermediate sprint at Al Jemailiya — claimed by Ben Hassine ahead of Beyer and Williams, who had been dropped — a change in direction and a favorable wind helped break the field into five groups, with speedsters Boonen and Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia-High Road) up front and race leader Wiggins bringing up the rear.

At the 70km mark, the leaders held but a minute on the chase, now some 30 riders strong, and were reeled in 7km later. Cervélo had seven of its eight men in the mix and set a powerful pace, leaving Cavendish and 2007 winner Wilfried Cretskens (Silence-Lotto) in their dust.

As Cavendish, Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) and Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) formed a chase, the lead group — now down to about 15 men — clung to a lead of a minute with 30km to race, then doubled it with 10km remaining.

With Boonen in the group, Cervélo sent first one rider, then another off the front, and then Hammond shot away with 3km to go. It proved the right move at the right time — the Brit hung on to win by a single second and take the race leader’s golden jersey and a six-second cushion over Boonen.

“It’s a great collective victory,” said the 35-year-old Hammond, praising his team for their hard work. “In a sprint into the wind I would have had no chance against Boonen, so I preferred to anticipate.”

Hammond noted that this stage win had come just five months after his team Cervélo — which includes reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre of Spain — was launched.

“This first success is reward for all the team who’ve worked really hard over the winter. The aim now is to win this Tour of Qatar and then to make our mark in the races that follow.”

Tuesday’s third stage will take the peloton over 137.5km from Al Zubarah to Doha.

Results

Stage results: | (GC standings)
1. Roger Hammond, Cervélo Test Team, 3:33:00
2. Danilo Napolitano, Team Katusha, s.t.
3. Heinrich Haussler, Cervélo Test Team, same time
4. Tom Boonen, Quick Step, s.t.
5. Angelo Furlan, Lampre-NGC, s.t.
6. Antoniobil Fischer, Murilo Liquigas, s.t.
7. Andreas Klier, Cervélo Test Team, s.t.
8. Xavier Florencio, Cervélo Test Team, at 0:04
9. Vicente Reynes, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
10. Daniel Lloyd, Cervélo Test Team, s.t.
11. Johan Van Summeren, Silence-Lotto, at 0:09
12. Steven De Jongh, Quick Step, s.t.
13. Gabriel Rasch, Cervélo Test Team, at 0:31
14. Kevin Hulsmans, Quick Step, at 0:50
15. Mark Cavendish, Team Columbia-High Road, at 2:11
16. Tom Veelers, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
17. Aleixei Markov, Team Katusha, s.t.
18. Markus Zberg, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
19. Stijn Neirynck, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
20. Robert Wagner, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
21. Artur Gajek, Team Milram, s.t.
22. Hans Dekkers, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
23. Lloyd Mondory, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
24. Mikhail Ignatiev, Team Katusha, s.t.
25. Renaud Dion, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
26. Wilfried Cretskens, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
27. Kristof Vandewalle, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
28. Martin Reimer, Cervélo Test Team, s.t.
29. Roy Sentjens, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
30. Huub Duyn, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
31. Servais Knaven, Team Milram, s.t.
32. Filippo Pozzato, Team Katusha, s.t.
33. Maarten Tjallingii, Rabobank, s.t.
34. Denis Galimzyanov, Team Katusha, s.t.
35. Bram Tankink Rabobank, s.t.
36. Peter Wrolich, Team Milram, s.t.
37. Daniel Oss, Liquigas, s.t.
38. Marcel Sieberg, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
39. Marcus Burghardt, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
40. Kenny Robert, Van Hummel Skil-Shimano, s.t.
41. Joost Posthuma, Rabobank, s.t.
42. Stuart Shaw, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
43. Mirco Lorenzetto, Lampre-NGC, s.t.
44. Jérémy Hunt, Cervélo Test Team, s.t.
45. Mauro Da Dalto, Lampre-NGC, s.t.
46. Alexander Serov, Team Katusha, s.t.
47. Omar Hasanin, Doha Team, at 6:38
48. Frederick Nolf, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
49. Florian Stalder, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
50. Yuriy Krivtsov, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
51. Mickaël Damiens Meitan Hompo-Gdr, s.t.
52. Maciej Bodnar, Liquigas, s.t.
53. Guennadi Mikhailov, Team Katusha, s.t.
54. Kristof Goddaert, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
55. Massimiliano Mori, Lampre-NGC, s.t.
56. Martin Kohler BMC Racing Team, s.t.
57. Roy Curvers, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
58. Aymen Ben Hassine, Doha Team, s.t.
59. Fabio Sabatini, Liquigas, s.t.
60. Sébastien Rosseler, Quick Step, s.t.
61. Marco Velo, Quick Step, s.t.
62. Robert Förster, Team Milram, s.t.
63. Pieter Vanspeybrouck, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
64. Blel Kadri, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
65. Francesco Chicchi, Liquigas, s.t.
66. Wouter Weylandt, Quick Step, s.t.
67. Sebastian Lang, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
68. Koen De Kort, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
69. Michael Friedman, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
70. Claudio Corioni, Liquigas, s.t.
71. Niki Terpstra, Team Milram, s.t.
72. Marcin Sapa, Lampre-NGC, s.t.
73. Michaël Barry, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
74. William Frischkorn, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
75. Jürgen Roelandts, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
76. Gregory Henderson, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
77. Kévin Van Impe, Quick Step, s.t.
78. Jose Luis Arrieta, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
79. Marc De Maar, Rabobank, s.t.
80. Chad Beyer, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
81. Rhys Pollock, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
82. Dean Windsor, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
83. Mitchell Docker, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
84. Juan Antonio Flecha, Rabobank, s.t.
85. Björn Schröder, Team Milram, s.t.
86. Tom Stamsnijder, Rabobank, s.t.
87. Bradley Wiggins, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
88. Cyril Lemoine, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
89. Daniele Righi, Lampre-NGC, s.t.
90. Martijn Maaskant, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
91. Marco Bandiera, Lampre-NGC, at 8:55
92. David Deroo, Skil-Shimano, at 9:16
93. Yong Seo Joon Meitan, Hompo-Gdr, at 10:46
94. Gatis Smukulis, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
95. Farid Belhani, Doha Team, s.t.
96. Masaaki Kikuchi, Meitan Hompo-Gdr, s.t.
97. Kilian Patour, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
98. Stéphane Poulhies, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
99. Jackson Stewart, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
100. Robert Williams, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
101. Joseph Lewis, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
102. Staf Scheirlinckx, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
103. Leif Hoste, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
104. Maarten Neyens, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
105. Tareq Esmaeili, Doha Team, s.t.
106. Stijn Joseph, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
107. Sven Renders, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
108. Daniel Brausteins, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
109. Ben Swift, Team Katusha, s.t.
110. Cedric Pineau, Ag2r-La Mondiale, s.t.
111. Velde Ricardo, Van Der Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
112. Kazuya Okazaki, Meitan Hompo-Gdr, s.t.
113. Thomas Fothen, Team Milram, s.t.
114. Dominik Roels, Team Milram, s.t.
115. Bert Grabsch, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
116. Bart Dockx, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
117. Guillaume Pont, Meitan Hompo-Gdr, s.t.
118. Simon Spilak Lampre-NGC, s.t.
119. Maarten Wynants ,Quick Step, s.t.
120. Rafaa Chtioui, Doha Team, s.t.
121. Gianni Da Ros, Liquigas, s.t.
122. Brent Bookwalter, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
123. Peter McDonald, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
124. Frantisek Rabon, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
125. Yasuharu Nakajima, Meitan Hompo-Gdr, s.t.
126. Abdelbaset, Hannachi Doha Team, s.t.
127. Badr Banihammad, Doha Team, s.t.
128. Ashley Humbert, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
129. Baek Park Sung, Meitan Hompo-Gdr, s.t.
130. Miyataka Shimizu, Meitan Hompo-Gdr, s.t.
131. Sebastian Langeveld, Rabobank, s.t.
132. Antonio Cruz, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
133. Taylor Tolleson, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
134. Moosa Said, Doha Team, s.t.

GC standings | ( Stage results )
1. Roger Hammond, Cervélo Test Team, at 3:39:30
2. Tom Boonen, Quick Step, at 0:06
3. Heinrich Haussler, Cervélo Test Team, at 0:07
4. Murilo Fischer, Liquigas, at 0:09
5. Andreas Klier, Cervélo Test Team, at 0:11
6. Steven De Jongh, Quick Step, same time
7. Vicente Reynes Mimo, Team Columbia-High Road 0:13
8. Angelo Furlan, Lampre-N.G.C.., at 0:14
9 Xavier Florencio Cabre, Cervélo Test Team, s.t.
10. Daniel Lloyd, Cervélo Test Team, s.t.
11. Johan Van Summeren, Silence-Lotto, at 0:21
12. Gabriel Rasch, Cervélo Test Team, at 0:59
13. Danilo Napolitano, Team Katusha, at 1:00
14. Kevin Hulsmans, Quick Step, at 1:18
15. Hans Dekkers, Garmin-Slipstream, at 2:15
16. Huub Duyn, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
17. Alexei Markov, Team Katusha, at 2:17
18. Mikhail Ignatiev, Team Katusha, s.t.
19. Filippo Pozzato, Team Katusha, s.t.
20. Denis Galimzyanov, Team Katusha, s.t.
21. Alexander Serov, Team Katusha, s.t.
22. Maarten Tjallingii, Rabobank, at 2:19
23. Bram Tankink, Rabobank, s.t.

24. Daniel Oss, Liquigas, s.t.
25. Joost Posthuma, Rabobank, s.t.
26. Mark Cavendish, Team Columbia-High Road, at 2:20
27. Marcel Sieberg, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
28. Marcus Burghardt, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
29. Martin Reimer, Cervélo Test Team, at 2:21
30. Jeremy Hunt, Cervélo Test Team, s.t.
31. Lloyd Mondory, AG2R La Mondiale, at 2:23
32. Renaud Dion, AG2R La Mondiale, s.t.
33. Wilfried Cretskens, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
34. Roy Sentjens, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
35. Tom Veelers, Skil-Shimano, at 2:24
36. Robert Wagner, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
37. Kenny Robert Van Hummel, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
38. Mirco Lorenzetto, Lampre-N.G.C., at 2:25
39. Mauro Da Dalto, Lampre-N.G.C., s.t.
40. Artur Gajek, Team Milram, at 2:28
41. Servais Knaven, Team Milram, s.t.
42. Peter Wrolich, Team Milram, s.t.
43. Markus Zberg, BMC Racing Team, at 2:33
44. Stijn Neirynck, Topsport Vlaanderen, at 2:37
45. Kristof Vandewalle, Topsport Vlaanderen, s.t.
46. Stuart Shaw, Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 2:39
47. Michael Friedman, Garmin-Slipstream, at 6:42
48. Bradley Wiggins, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
49. Sébastien Rosseler, Quick Step, at 6:43
50. Marco Velo, Quick Step, s.t.
51. Wouter Weylandt, Quick Step, s.t.
52. Maciej Bodnar, Liquigas, at 6:46
53. Fabio Sabatini, Liquigas, s.t.
54. Francesco Chicchi, Liquigas, s.t.
55. Marc De Maar, Rabobank, s.t.
56. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni, Rabobank, s.t.
57. Tom Stamsnijder, Rabobank, s.t.
58. Martijn Maaskant, Garmin-Slipstream, s.t.
59. Michael Barry, Team Columbia-High Road, at 6:47
60. Gregory Henderson, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
61. Yuriy Krivtsov, AG2R La Mondiale, at 6:50
62. Blel Kadri, AG2R La Mondiale, s.t.
63. Jürgen Roelandts, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
64. José Luis Arrieta Lujambio, AG2R La Mondiale, s.t.
65. Koen De Kort, Skil-Shimano, at 6:51
66. Cycril Lemoine, Skil-Shimano, s.t.
67. Marcin Sapa, Lampre-N.G.C.., at 6:52
68. Robert Förster, Team Milram, at 6:55
69. Niki Terpstra, Team Milram, s.t.
70. Roy Curvers, Skil-Shimano, at 6:56
71. Rhys Pollock, Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 6:58
72. Dean Windsor, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
73. Aymen Ben Hassine, Doha Team, at 6:59
74. Martin Kohler, BMC Racing Team, at 7:00
75. Omar Hasanin, Doha Team, at 7:02
76. Frederick Nolf, Topsport Vlaanderen, at 7:04
77. Kristof Goddaert, Topsport Vlaanderen, s.t.
78. William Frischkorn, Garmin-Slipstream, at 7:06
79. Mickaël Damiens, Meitan Hompo-GDR, at 7:11
80. Kevin Van Impe, Quick Step, at 7:17
81. Sebastian Lang, Silence-Lotto, at 7:18
82. Mitchell Docker, Skil-Shimano, at 7:20
83. Daniele Righi, Lampre-N.G.C.., at 7:21
84. Florian Stalder, BMC Racing Team, at 7:22
85. Chad Beyer, BMC Racing Team, at 7:24
86. Pieter Vanspeybrouck, Topsport Vlaanderen, at 7:27
87. Björn Schröder, Team Milram, at 7:37
88. Guennadi Mikhailov, Team Katusha, at 7:43
89. Claudio Corioni, Liquigas, at 8:09
90. Massimiliano Mori, Lampre-N.G.C.., at 8:15
91. Marco Bandiera, Lampre-N.G.C.., at 9:09
92. David Deroo, Skil-Shimano, at 9:58
93. Gatis Smukulis, AG2R La Mondiale, at 11:14
94. Joon Yong Seo, Meitan Hompo-GDR, at 11:19
95. Kilian Patour, Garmin-Slipstream, at 20:00
96. Maarten Wynants, Quick Step, at 20:01
97. Gianni Da Ros, Liquigas, at 20:04
98. Sebastian Langeveld, Rabobank, s.t.
99. Bert Grabsch, Team Columbia-High Road, at 20:05
100. Frantisek Rabon, Team Columbia-High Road, s.t.
101. Stéphane Poulhies, AG2R La Mondiale, at 20:08
102. Leif Hoste, Silence-Lotto, s.t.
103. Cédric Pineau, AG2R La Mondiale, s.t.
104. Simon Spilak, Lampre-N.G.C.., at 20:10
105. Thomas Fothen, Team Milram, at 20:13
106. Robbie Williams, Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 20:15
107. Joseph Lewis, Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 20:16
108. Daniel Braunsteins, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
109. Peter Mc Donald, Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
110. Jackson Stewart, BMC Racing Team, at 20:18
111. Brent Bookwalter, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
112. Taylor Tolleson, BMC Racing Team, s.t.
113. Rafaa Chitioui, Doha Team, at 20:20
114. Abdelbaset Hannachi, Doha Team, s.t.
115. Badr Banihammad, Doha Team, s.t.
116. Maarten Neyens, Topsport Vlaanderen, at 20:22
117. Sven Renders, Topsport Vlaanderen, s.t.
118. Moosa Said, Doha Team, s.t.
119. Antonio Cruz, BMC Racing Team, at 20:24
120. Masaaki Kikuchi, Meitan Hompo-GDR, at 20:29
121. Kazuya Okazaki, Meitan Hompo-GDR, s.t.
122. Guillaume Pont, Meitan Hompo-GDR, s.t.
123. Yasuharu Nakajima, Meitan Hompo-GDR, s.t.
124. Sung Baek Park, Meitan Hompo-GDR, s.t.
125. Miyataka Shimizu, Meitan Hompo-GDR, s.t.
126. Ashley Humbert, Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 20:36
127. Farid Belhani, Doha Team, at 20:41
128. Tareq Esmaeili, Doha Team, s.t.
129. Stijn Joseph, Topsport Vlaanderen, at 20:44
130. Ben Swift, Team Katusha, at 21:14
131. Bart Dockx, Silence-Lotto, at 21:21
132. Staf Scheirlinckx, Silence-Lotto, at 21:24
133. Dominik Roels, Team Milram, at 21:31
134. Ricardo Van Der Velde, Garmin-Slipstream, at 22:07