Another hilly chance thus another chance to gain time on other favourites. Danielson got the yellow jersey yesterday, will he be able to enter the first mountain stage with it weared?
Forero, Ansons and Lai are the only riders that want to be part of the breakaway. The peloton lets them go and they make the BOTD.
Unsurprinsgly, Forero win the intermediate sprint in front of Ansons and Lai.
At 5 km to the top of the first climb, Ansons is dropped.
Meanwhile, the advantage is about 7'30''. Starbucks is relaying in the pack to start to decrease the gap.
Lai relays alone in the uphill, but Forero is the one who takes the first place. Ansons is no man's land. About this KOM, favourites for today like Anza and Efimkin attack to try to get some points.
Again, Forero takes the sprint. 80km to go and 6 minutes is the gap. As soon as the riders pass this sprint, the ascent for Alto de las Chiflas starts. That's almost 20km of lenght but the average slope is of 4.2%.
In the beginning of the climb, Anza, Murgoitio and Torres attack.
Murgoitio never closed up with Torres and Anza after the attack and it's now possible to watch the gap between them (30 seconds) as the duo catch and pass Ansons.
Anza and Torres quickly gain 2 minutes on the peloton and aware of this, Wii Racing starts to relay, in a much harder way comparing to Starbucks.
Forero, who was dropped earlier in the mountain is caught by Anza. Torres is losing contact with the Italian.
Lai is still up there and takes the KOM sprint in front of Anza and Torres.
Anza catches Lai in the last classifed ascent of the day. 52km to go - 1'44'' on the pack.
Anza drops the Asian and is the the first in the KOM.
In the same mark, Torres is swallowed by attacks for the mountain points. Ortega is third, edging Efimkin.
The riders' power isn't many and the riders in the pack to help relaying are not many too. Knowing this, Santander and Nespresso join forces with Wii Racing and Starbucks.
Pedraza, Henao Montoya, Perez Cuapio and Moreno attack! They are catching both Lai and Ortega, who was not caught since the KOM sprint. Still almost 40km to go, isn't this move too early?
Yellow jersey, Danielson, uses the descent to join the group.
Anza's solo adventure ends here, with 25km to go.
Moreno takes the sprint in front of Pedraza and Danielson. Despite of this acceleration, the gap is at 40 seconds with 21km to go. Lai is, of course, paying for their effort and loses contact with the group. The same thing will happen with Anza.
55 seconds is the gap with 10km to go.
And 3km after, Brajkovic finally attacks. Efimkin, Anza and Dyadichkin try to follow. But they are not the only as Martínez, Osella, Vasquez, Lara Ruiz and Öste-Macdonald also attack. None of them will manage to gain time on the pack, though.
Pedraza opens the sprint!
With 2km to go, he is still leading. Ortega lost definately contact.
Moreno with an huge kick, is now at the front with less than a thousand meters to go.
And he wins! Danielson takes the second place and Henao Montoya is the third.
Stage Classification:
1
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
3h33'35
2
Tom Danielson
Team Starbucks
s.t.
3
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
4
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
5
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
6
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 47
7
Damian Martínez
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
8
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
9
Janez Brajkovic
Wii Racing
s.t.
10
Aleksandr Efimkin
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
11
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
s.t.
12
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
13
Marconi Durán
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
14
Francisco José Pacheco
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
15
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
16
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
s.t.
17
Stefan Schumacher
Wii Racing
s.t.
18
Michael Albasini
Wii Racing
s.t.
19
Mauricio Soler
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
20
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
21
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
22
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
s.t.
23
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
s.t.
24
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
s.t.
25
Eddy Ratti
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
26
Pedro Nicácio
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
27
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
28
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
29
Santos Gonzalez Capilla
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
30
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
31
Dario David Cioni
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
32
Kristjan Fajt
Team Starbucks
s.t.
33
Yamil Montaño
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
34
Aitor Perez Arrieta
Santander
s.t.
35
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
36
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
37
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
s.t.
38
Ivaïlo Gabrovski
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
39
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
40
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
s.t.
41
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
42
Andres Saldarriaga
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
43
Jorge Ferrio
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
44
Dmitri Medvedev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
45
Max Öste-Macdonald
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
46
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
47
Paúl Torres
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
48
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
49
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
50
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
51
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
52
Egoitz Murgoitio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
53
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 7'33
54
Dor Dviri
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 8'17
55
Jaoa Costa
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
56
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
57
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 8'45
58
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Santander
+ 9'09
59
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
60
Piotr Mazur
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
61
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
62
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 9'45
63
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
64
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
65
Bruno Neves
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 10'29
66
Héctor Fabian Aguilar
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
67
Franck Rénier
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 11'33
68
Rik Kavsek
Team Starbucks
s.t.
69
Óscar Guerao
Santander
+ 12'09
70
Cyril Lemoine
Acqua & Sapone
+ 13'05
71
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
72
Stéphane Poulhiès
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 14'13
73
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 14'45
74
Bruno Lima
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
75
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
76
Michel Sibilla
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
77
Emiliano Rodomonti
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 17'01
78
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 17'25
79
Jorge Pieras
Santander
+ 19'13
80
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
81
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 23'09
General Classification:
1
Tom Danielson
Team Starbucks
7h11'22
2
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 22
3
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 41
4
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 42
5
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 49
6
Stefan Schumacher
Wii Racing
+ 51
7
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'06
8
Janez Brajkovic
Wii Racing
+ 1'19
9
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 1'26
10
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'33
11
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 1'39
12
Yamil Montaño
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 1'41
13
Eddy Ratti
Acqua & Sapone
+ 1'51
14
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 2'28
15
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 2'32
16
Pedro Nicácio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 2'35
17
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
+ 2'38
18
Damian Martínez
Acqua & Sapone
+ 2'40
19
Aleksandr Efimkin
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 2'41
20
Michael Albasini
Wii Racing
s.t.
21
Mauricio Soler
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 2'43
22
Jorge Ferrio
Acqua & Sapone
+ 2'49
23
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
+ 2'54
24
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
s.t.
25
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'20
26
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
+ 3'21
27
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 3'22
28
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'23
29
Ivaïlo Gabrovski
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
30
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'24
31
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
32
Dario David Cioni
Acqua & Sapone
+ 3'25
33
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
+ 3'26
34
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
35
Kristjan Fajt
Team Starbucks
+ 3'29
36
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
37
Paúl Torres
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
38
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 3'30
39
Santos Gonzalez Capilla
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
40
Marconi Durán
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 3'31
41
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
+ 3'32
42
Andres Saldarriaga
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
43
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 3'34
44
Dmitri Medvedev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
45
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
46
Francisco José Pacheco
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 3'36
47
Max Öste-Macdonald
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
48
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
49
Aitor Perez Arrieta
Santander
+ 3'39
50
Egoitz Murgoitio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
51
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
+ 3'42
52
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
53
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 10'11
54
Dor Dviri
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 10'57
55
Jaoa Costa
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 11'19
56
Piotr Mazur
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 11'32
57
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 11'38
58
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 11'52
59
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Santander
+ 11'55
60
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 12'30
61
Bruno Neves
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 13'23
62
Héctor Fabian Aguilar
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 13'27
63
Rik Kavsek
Team Starbucks
+ 14'21
64
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 14'23
65
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 14'58
66
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 15'40
67
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 15'58
68
Franck Rénier
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 17'39
69
Stéphane Poulhiès
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 18'14
70
Óscar Guerao
Santander
+ 18'21
71
Cyril Lemoine
Acqua & Sapone
+ 18'48
72
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 18'54
73
Bruno Lima
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 20'37
74
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 20'42
75
Michel Sibilla
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 20'53
76
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 21'04
77
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 23'15
78
Emiliano Rodomonti
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
79
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 28'42
80
Jorge Pieras
Santander
+ 29'40
81
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
