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| Sorensen powers to solo Tour 12th stage win |
 Dane Nicki Sorensen powered to a solo victory in the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 211.5-km ride from Tonnerre to Vittel on Thursday.
The Saxo Bank rider attacked twice in the finale to beat France's Laurent Lefevre and Italian Franco Pellizotti, who were second and third respectively 48 seconds behind.Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini retained the overall leader's yellow jersey ahead of Spaniard Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong, second and third respectively. Sorensen featured in a seven-man breakaway at the 64-km mark that quickly built a gap of over four minutes -- and he proved the strongest of the group. "I am extremely happy, it is something than I hardly thought of. I was lucky to win this one," said the 34-year-old Sorensen, one of Andy Schleck's domestiques on the Tour. "I don't get many chances for myself but I got it today." Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans also tried their luck early in the stage but they were swiftly reined in by the bunch. Lance Armstrong suffered a puncture after 150 kilometres but the seven-times champion was quickly brought back into the bunch by four team mates after he had had his rear wheel changed. His Astana team suffered a potential blow when American Leipheimer, fourth overall, crashed towards the end of the stage. Leipheimer, who will be credited with the bunch's time as his fall happened in the last three kilometres, has bruises on his left thigh, said Astana spokesman Philippe Maertens. "I'm OK folks, wrist hurts but not broken, lost some skin, it could've easily been much worse. Not sure what happened. All I remember is seeing the curb coming and thinking it was game over," Leipheimer wrote on his Twitter page. Australian Cadel Evans, runner-up in the last two editions, also fell off his bike in similar circumstances. The stage went the fugitives' way as the sprinters' teams proved unwilling to work in the finale to set up a mass sprint. Sorensen and Sylvain Calzati attacked the breakaway group with 22 km left with only Nocentini's AG2R team setting the pace in the main pack. The duo did not look back as the gap with the peloton went past the six-minute mark, and Sorensen went solo 5.5 km from the line. Briton Mark Cavendish came home in eighth place as he won the sprint of the peloton ahead of Norway's Thor Hushovd. Friday's 13th stage will take the peloton over 209 km to Colmar with the tricky ascent to the Col du Platzerwasel on the menu. STAGE RESULT 1. Nicki Sorensen (Denmark / Saxo Bank ) 4hrs 52mins 24secs 2. Laurent Lefevre (France / Bbox - Bouygues ) +48" 3. Franco Pellizotti (Italy / Liquigas ) same time 4. Markus Fothen (Germany / Milram ) 5. Egoi Martinez (Spain / Euskaltel ) 6. Sylvain Calzati (France / Agritubel ) 7. Remi Pauriol (France / Cofidis ) +1:33" 8. Mark Cavendish (Britain / Columbia ) +5:58" 9. Thor Hushovd (Norway / Cervelo ) 10. Marco Bandiera (Italy / Lampre ) OVERALL STANDINGS 1. Rinaldo Nocentini (Italy / AG2R ) 48hrs 27mins 21secs 2. Alberto Contador (Spain / Astana ) +6" 3. Lance Armstrong (U.S. / Astana ) +8" 4. Levi Leipheimer (U.S. / Astana ) +39" 5. Bradley Wiggins (Britain / Garmin ) +46" 6. Andreas Kloeden (Germany / Astana ) +54" 7. Tony Martin (Germany / Columbia ) +1:00" 8. Christian Vande Velde (U.S. / Garmin ) +1:24" 9. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg / Saxo Bank ) +1:49" 10. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas ) +1:54" SPRINTER STANDINGS 1. Mark Cavendish (Britain / Columbia ) 200 points 2. Thor Hushovd (Norway / Cervelo ) 190 3. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne ) 116 4. Tyler Farrar (U.S. / Garmin ) 110 5. Gerald Ciolek (Germany / Milram ) 100 6. Oscar Freire (Spain / Rabobank ) 97 7. Franco Pellizotti (Italy / Liquigas ) 81 8. Lloyd Mondory (France / AG2R ) 74 9. Leonardo Duque (Colombia / Cofidis ) 64 10. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland / Saxo Bank ) 55 KING OF THE MOUNTAINS STANDINGS 1. Egoi Martinez (Spain / Euskaltel ) 88 points 2. Franco Pellizotti (Italy / Liquigas ) 71 3. Christophe Kern (France / Cofidis ) 59 4. Brice Feillu (France / Agritubel ) 49 5. Pierrick Fedrigo (France / Bbox - Bouygues ) 49 6. Christophe Riblon (France / AG2R ) 46 7. Sandy Casar (France / Francaise des Jeux ) 43 8. Mikel Astarloza (Spain / Euskaltel ) 38 9. Vladimir Efimkin (Russia / AG2R ) 35 10. Rinaldo Nocentini (Italy / AG2R ) 34 TEAM STANDINGS 1. Saxo Bank 143hrs 47mins 41secs 2. AG2R +34" 3. Astana +37" 4. Milram +44" 5. Columbia +5:19" 6. Cofidis +6:09" 7. Garmin +6:30" 8. Caisse d'Epargne +7:39" 9. Euskaltel +8:31" 10. Rabobank +11:45" YOUTH STANDINGS 1. Tony Martin (Germany / Columbia ) 48hrs 28mins 21secs 2. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg / Saxo Bank ) +49" 3. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas ) +54" 4. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic / Liquigas ) +1:40" 5. Brice Feillu (France / Agritubel ) +3:26" 6. Peter Velits (Slovakia / Milram ) +4:28" 7. Chris Sorensen (Denmark / Saxo Bank ) +7:06" 8. Pierre Rolland (France / Bbox - Bouygues ) +8:59" 9. Nicolas Roche (Ireland / AG2R ) +15:45" 10. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Caisse d'Epargne ) +16:07" |