Stage 12 is the last mountain stage of the race. After this, there's only one hilly stage and two flat stages. So, today will be decisive. Pedraza leads by 4 seconds over Henao Montoya, will that change? Is Brajkovic also a contender as his disadvantage is not over two minutes?
De Ketele is the first in the first intermediate sprint. Ansons is second. Lai comes a little later to take third place in a group which also contains Cioni, Bruseghin and Lara Ruiz.
In the next mountain sprint, they are already together and De Ketele is the first, Lai is second and Ansons is third.
In the next intermediate, De Ketele, Cioni and Lara Ruiz are the first to pass, respectively.
Murgoitio, Riblon and Torres attack at 100km to go. The break has a ten minutes advantage.
Lara Ruiz, Ansons and Bruseghin make the podium in the last sprint.
Lai attacks to get the mountain points. Cioni and Bruseghin are second and third, respectively. Ansons was dropped in the short climb. Torres and Riblon pass here five minutes after, Murgoitio was also dropped from this group. The peloton, led by Sony Ericsson and Nespresso, has a disadvantage of 7'44 for the early break.
Lai, Lara Ruiz and De Ketele are the first to pass in the next mountain sprint.
The Asian, once again, attacks to be the first in the mountain sprint. Cioni and Bruseghin complete the top 3. Torres and Riblon come 2'16'' later. And minutes after the two chasers, comes the pack. Murgoitio and Ansons were already caught.
Riblon drops Torres. The gap between the French and the front is just one minute.
Tenorio, Danielson and Ortega attack while Torres is being caught.
None of them gets a gap and now it's time for Perez Cuapio and Henao Montoya to attack. Danielson follows.
Pedraza and Moreno attack too while the break riders are being caught one by one.
With 10km to go:
Henao Montoya.
+ 14'' - Perez Cuapio.
+ 24'' - Pedraza and Danielson.
+ 40'' - Ortega and Moreno.
+ 28'' - Peloton, containing the 3rd in the GC, Brajkovic.
1500 meters after, Brajkovic goes.
He catches Danielson, but Pedraza has gone!
With 5km to go, Henao Montoya already has an advantage of 30 seconds to the Mexican. Brajkovic has caught Pedraza and the duo is a minute after Henao Montoya. The yellow jersey can switch of owner!
Pedraza flies past Perez Cuapio and Brajkovic!
But Henao Montoya is already far away. The gap is more than one minute.
Victory for Henao Montoya! He will wear the yellow jersey tomorrow.
Also notable effort for Pedraza. He lost the jersey but tomorrow he might take it back.
Perez Cuapio and Brajkovic come shortly after. Brajkovic hangs to his 3rd place in the GC.
Stage Classification:
1
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Nespresso - SportZone
4h46'09
2
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'12
3
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 1'31
4
Janez Brajkovic
Wii Racing
+ 1'39
5
Tom Danielson
Team Starbucks
+ 2'41
6
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
7
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 3'09
8
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 3'25
9
Dmitri Medvedev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
10
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
s.t.
11
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'53
12
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 4'57
13
Pedro Nicácio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 5'25
14
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 5'33
15
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
16
Marconi Durán
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 6'01
17
Jorge Ferrio
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
18
Aleksandr Efimkin
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 6'13
19
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
s.t.
20
Andres Saldarriaga
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
21
Mauricio Soler
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
22
Eddy Ratti
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
23
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 7'05
24
Paúl Torres
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 7'13
25
Damian Martínez
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
26
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
s.t.
27
Ivaïlo Gabrovski
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
28
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
29
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
30
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
s.t.
31
Stefan Schumacher
Wii Racing
s.t.
32
Michael Albasini
Wii Racing
s.t.
33
Kristjan Fajt
Team Starbucks
+ 8'45
34
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 9'09
35
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
s.t.
36
Max Öste-Macdonald
Sony Ericsson
+ 9'21
37
Dario David Cioni
Acqua & Sapone
+ 10'53
38
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
+ 11'21
39
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 11'41
40
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
41
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
42
Egoitz Murgoitio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
43
Yamil Montaño
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
44
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 11'53
45
Dor Dviri
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
46
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
47
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
48
Santos Gonzalez Capilla
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
49
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 12'21
50
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 12'53
51
Aitor Perez Arrieta
Santander
+ 14'17
52
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
53
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
54
Jaoa Costa
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 14'29
55
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
56
Francisco José Pacheco
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 14'41
57
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
+ 19'25
58
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Santander
+ 20'49
59
Bruno Neves
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 21'05
60
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
61
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
62
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 21'21
63
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
64
Héctor Fabian Aguilar
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 24'45
65
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
66
Cyril Lemoine
Acqua & Sapone
+ 24'57
67
Piotr Mazur
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 25'05
68
Franck Rénier
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 25'13
69
Óscar Guerao
Santander
+ 25'21
70
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 27'29
71
Stéphane Poulhiès
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
72
Michel Sibilla
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 27'45
73
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
74
Bruno Lima
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
75
Rik Kavsek
Team Starbucks
+ 28'05
76
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 28'41
77
Emiliano Rodomonti
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 30'25
78
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 32'09
79
Jorge Pieras
Santander
+ 32'17
80
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
81
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
General Classification:
1
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Nespresso - SportZone
39h50'44
2
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'08
3
Janez Brajkovic
Wii Racing
+ 3'10
4
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 3'45
5
Tom Danielson
Team Starbucks
+ 5'03
6
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 6'31
7
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 10'02
8
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 13'26
9
Pedro Nicácio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 14'08
10
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
+ 14'41
11
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 15'24
12
Aleksandr Efimkin
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 15'56
13
Stefan Schumacher
Wii Racing
s.t.
14
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 16'12
15
Eddy Ratti
Acqua & Sapone
+ 16'54
16
Dmitri Medvedev
Sony Ericsson
+ 16'58
17
Michael Albasini
Wii Racing
+ 17'00
18
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 17'01
19
Mauricio Soler
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 17'56
20
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
+ 17'59
21
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 18'33
22
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
+ 19'00
23
Damian Martínez
Acqua & Sapone
+ 19'34
24
Jorge Ferrio
Acqua & Sapone
+ 20'07
25
Andres Saldarriaga
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 20'30
26
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 20'49
27
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
+ 21'10
28
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 21'11
29
Marconi Durán
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 23'08
30
Paúl Torres
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 23'13
31
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 23'37
32
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
+ 23'48
33
Max Öste-Macdonald
Sony Ericsson
+ 24'44
34
Ivaïlo Gabrovski
Acqua & Sapone
+ 24'56
35
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 25'15
36
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
+ 27'06
37
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 28'19
38
Egoitz Murgoitio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 28'57
39
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
+ 30'04
40
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
+ 30'55
41
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 31'34
42
Kristjan Fajt
Team Starbucks
+ 31'45
43
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 32'37
44
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
+ 33'06
45
Dario David Cioni
Acqua & Sapone
+ 34'06
46
Yamil Montaño
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 34'32
47
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 34'56
48
Santos Gonzalez Capilla
Acqua & Sapone
+ 37'04
49
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
+ 39'15
50
Francisco José Pacheco
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 39'26
51
Aitor Perez Arrieta
Santander
+ 44'56
52
Jaoa Costa
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 49'54
53
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 49'55
54
Dor Dviri
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 51'00
55
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 53'54
56
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Santander
+ 59'22
57
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 1h01'11
58
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h01'54
59
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h07'32
60
Bruno Neves
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 1h08'16
61
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h08'20
62
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h08'57
63
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h12'00
64
Héctor Fabian Aguilar
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1h13'32
65
Franck Rénier
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h17'38
66
Óscar Guerao
Santander
+ 1h18'51
67
Rik Kavsek
Team Starbucks
+ 1h20'12
68
Cyril Lemoine
Acqua & Sapone
+ 1h20'39
69
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h21'30
70
Michel Sibilla
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1h26'11
71
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 1h27'18
72
Stéphane Poulhiès
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h29'20
73
Bruno Lima
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 1h33'32
74
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h34'11
75
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 1h37'23
76
Piotr Mazur
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1h46'19
77
Emiliano Rodomonti
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 1h48'15
78
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 2h03'35
79
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 2h09'02
80
Jorge Pieras
Santander
+ 2h29'03
81
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
