Up against teams such as Astana, Acqua & Sapone and Liquigas – Cannondale, the Endura Racing team were awesome as they raced to second place on the Team Time Trial stage showing just how much strength the team has.
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Alexander Wetterhall from Endura Racing who was third in a solo time trial at the Tour of Murcia, explained “The team time trial (TTT) today was a very positive experience for me. This was my first Team Time Trial on a Time Trial bike ever and we performed very well together. Everybody is strong, going well and the circuit fitted into our style of riding.”
“For myself, I am in a good mood right now and have been very close to getting a win. With a few more rounds of TTTs, we can be even better, smoother and faster. I think it´s great fun to race my bike right now and if everything clicks, then the results will be there.”
“Endura Racing have had an amazing start to the season and this shows that we’re not just strong as individuals but also as a team! Frustratingly close to the win today though, congratulations to NetApp.”
Rene Mandri who is now the highest placed Endura Racing rider on the GC, says “We had a good TTT today. Everybody did their part and we could really count on Wetterhall and Camaño and their extra strong pulls. They are the TT men of the team, but the other lads are fast too and together we could do a lot better with some extra TT training on our new Giant TT bikes. So watch out and in future we’re going to win such races!
The result places four of the team in the top overall with René Mandri the highest placed in 7th, 14 seconds off the lead. Also in the top 10 are Iker Camano, Paul Voss and Jonathan Tiernan-Locke.
Stage 2b
1. Team NetApp 16:28
2. Endura Racing @8 secs
(Jonathan Tiernan-locke, Zak Dempster, Alexander Wetterhall, Iker Camano, Russell Downing, Paul Voss, Dean Windsor, René Mandri
3. Androni – Venezuela @15
4. Acqua & Sapone @16
(inc Stefano Garzelli, Danilo Di Luca, Massimo Codol etc)
5. Liquigas – Cannondale @ 24
6. Utensilnord – Named @25
7. Colnago CSF Bardiani @27
8. Lampre – ISD @ same time
9. Astana Pro Team @ same time
10. Itera – Katusha @29
11. Team Idea @33
12. Farnese Vini – Selle Italia @39
13. UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis @44
14. Spidertech Powered By C10 @47
15. Radoslav Rogina @Adria Mobil @48
16. Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator @51
17. Team Nippo @52
18. Oster Hus – Ridley @01:11
19. Colombia – Coldeportes @1:26
OVERALL
1. Cesare Benedetti Team NetApp 05:54:01
2. Daniel Schorn Team NetApp 00:06
3. Jan Barta Team NetApp @ same time
4. Matthias Brandle Team NetApp @ same time
5. Bartosz Huzarski Team NetApp @ same time
6. Andreas Dietziker Team NetApp @ same time
7. René Mandri Endura Racing 00:14
8. Iker Camano Endura Racing @ same time
9. Paul Voss Endura Racing @ same time
10. Jonathan Tiernan-locke Endura Racing @ same time
19. Stefano Garzelli Acqua & Sapone 00:22
22. Danilo Di Luca Acqua & Sapone @ same time
24. Elia Viviani Liquigas – Cannondale 00:24
56. Philip Deignan UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis @ same time
75. Alexander Wetterhal Endura Racing 05:24
76. Zakkari Dempster Endura Racing @ same time
112. Russell Downing Endura Racing 08:41
126. Dean Windsor Endura Racing 09:38
