This is the first of two consecutive flat stages that should have no impact in the GC. It's sprinter's time to shine and today the main favourites are Forero, Bazajev and Perez Arrieta.
Montaño, Wijaya, Cioni and Torres pass by this order the first intermediate sprint. This is the BOTD. The peloton is at 6'22''. Still 134km to the finish line.
At 100km to go, it's possible to see a chase in th peloton, a disorganized one, though. The maximum gap was 10'30''.
Wijaya, Torres and Montaño are the first three in the second intermdiate sprint. 74km to go and the peloton, led by Sony Ericsson, Kenda and Santander, has cut the gap to 6'30''.
Puncture for Perez Cuapio at 55km to go.
Costa and Veloso help him. Their task may be easied by the disorganization in the front of the pack.
Great job by Costa and Veloso that bring back Perez Cuapio in less than 10km.
Torres takes the last sprint in front of Montaño and Cioni.
The peloton, now led by Benfica and Sony Ericsson, comes 1'30'' behind. 28km to the end.
The breakaway riders are caught with 20km to go.
With 8km to the end, Anza leads Bazajev. Forero, Perez Arrieta, Aguilar, Sibilla and Neves follow them.
3km after, same situation. Kavsek and Lima, on the left handside are too far.
Shortly after, Sibilla gets a gap. Neves is following his teammate Lima and Bazajev is getting out of Anza's wheel.
Under the 1km banner, Forero and Bazajev are side by side. Martínez came from nowhere and he is fighting for 3rd place with Perez Arrieta.
And the Colombian wins! Bazajev is second and Martínez takes the third place.
Stage Classification:
1
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
4h26'16
2
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
3
Damian Martínez
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
4
Bruno Neves
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
5
Aitor Perez Arrieta
Santander
s.t.
6
Héctor Fabian Aguilar
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
7
Rik Kavsek
Team Starbucks
s.t.
8
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
9
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
10
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
11
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
12
Michel Sibilla
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
13
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
14
Stéphane Poulhiès
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
15
Michael Albasini
Wii Racing
s.t.
16
Stefan Schumacher
Wii Racing
s.t.
17
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
18
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
s.t.
19
Francisco José Pacheco
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
20
Bruno Lima
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
21
Óscar Guerao
Santander
s.t.
22
Cyril Lemoine
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
23
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
24
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
25
Aleksandr Efimkin
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
26
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
27
Franck Rénier
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
28
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
29
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
s.t.
30
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
s.t.
31
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
32
Tom Danielson
Team Starbucks
s.t.
33
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
34
Eddy Ratti
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
35
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
36
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
37
Janez Brajkovic
Wii Racing
s.t.
38
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
39
Dmitri Medvedev
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
40
Pedro Nicácio
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
41
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
42
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
43
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
44
Kristjan Fajt
Team Starbucks
s.t.
45
Piotr Mazur
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
46
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
47
Andres Saldarriaga
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
48
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
s.t.
49
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
50
Mauricio Soler
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
51
Marconi Durán
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
52
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
s.t.
53
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
54
Dor Dviri
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
55
Jorge Ferrio
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
56
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
57
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
s.t.
58
Ivaïlo Gabrovski
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
59
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
s.t.
60
Emiliano Rodomonti
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
61
Santos Gonzalez Capilla
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
62
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
63
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
s.t.
64
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
65
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
66
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
s.t.
67
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
s.t.
68
Egoitz Murgoitio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
69
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
70
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
71
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
72
Jorge Pieras
Santander
s.t.
73
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
74
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Santander
s.t.
75
Jaoa Costa
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 2'41
76
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
77
Paúl Torres
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
78
Dario David Cioni
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
79
Max Öste-Macdonald
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'17
80
Yamil Montaño
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 4'17
81
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 4'41
Overall Classification:
1
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
48h34'44
2
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1'50
3
Janez Brajkovic
Wii Racing
+ 2'02
4
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 2'37
5
Tom Danielson
Team Starbucks
+ 3'55
6
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 5'23
7
Mauricio Ortega
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 11'04
8
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 16'35
9
Aleksandr Efimkin
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 16'58
10
Pedro Nicácio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 17'17
11
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
+ 17'50
12
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 18'33
13
Stefan Schumacher
Wii Racing
+ 19'05
14
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 19'21
15
Eddy Ratti
Acqua & Sapone
+ 19'32
16
Dmitri Medvedev
Sony Ericsson
+ 20'07
17
Michael Albasini
Wii Racing
+ 20'09
18
Francisco José Terciado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 20'10
19
Mauricio Soler
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 21'05
20
Christophe Riblon
Wii Racing
+ 21'08
21
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 21'42
22
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 21'51
23
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
+ 22'09
24
Damian Martínez
Acqua & Sapone
+ 22'43
25
Jorge Ferrio
Acqua & Sapone
+ 23'16
26
Andres Saldarriaga
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 23'39
27
Pedro Sibila Romero
Team Starbucks
+ 24'19
28
Wilmer Vasquez
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 24'20
29
Marconi Durán
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 26'17
30
Paúl Torres
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
31
Marco Osella
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 26'46
32
Santo Anza
Sony Ericsson
+ 26'57
33
Ivaïlo Gabrovski
Acqua & Sapone
+ 28'05
34
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
+ 28'08
35
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 28'24
36
Egoitz Murgoitio
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 29'59
37
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
+ 33'13
38
Max Öste-Macdonald
Sony Ericsson
+ 33'14
39
Tareq Esmaeli
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 33'32
40
Kuan Hua Lai
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 34'43
41
Kristjan Fajt
Team Starbucks
+ 34'54
42
Francisco Lara Ruiz
Team Starbucks
+ 37'40
43
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 37'50
44
Assan Bazajev
Sony Ericsson
+ 40'35
45
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
+ 42'24
46
Dario David Cioni
Acqua & Sapone
+ 43'32
47
Francisco José Pacheco
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 44'39
48
Santos Gonzalez Capilla
Acqua & Sapone
+ 46'21
49
Marzio Bruseghin
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 48'09
50
Aitor Perez Arrieta
Santander
+ 52'25
51
Yamil Montaño
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 52'50
52
Dor Dviri
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 56'13
53
Jaoa Costa
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 1h00'04
54
Hossaini Reza
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 1h03'11
55
Robert Wijaya
Team Olympus AirAsia - Presented by Petronas
+ 1h03'53
56
Juan Abenhamar Gallego Martin
Santander
+ 1h06'07
57
Matías Médici
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 1h12'04
58
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h12'27
59
Kenny De Ketele
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h15'09
60
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h21'33
61
Bruno Neves
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 1h22'17
62
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h22'21
63
Héctor Fabian Aguilar
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1h22'49
64
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 1h22'58
65
Juan Pablo Forero
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h30'47
66
Franck Rénier
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h31'39
67
Óscar Guerao
Santander
+ 1h32'52
68
Rik Kavsek
Team Starbucks
+ 1h34'13
69
Cyril Lemoine
Acqua & Sapone
+ 1h34'40
70
Michel Sibilla
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1h40'12
71
Stéphane Poulhiès
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h43'21
72
Arturs Ansons
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 1h47'43
73
Isaac Speirs
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 1h48'12
74
Bruno Lima
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 1h53'29
75
Piotr Mazur
Nespresso - SportZone
+ 1h55'36
76
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 2h00'24
77
Emiliano Rodomonti
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 2h11'36
78
Artur Gajek
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 2h22'15
79
Saïd Haddou
Kenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy
+ 2h24'00
80
Jorge Pieras
Santander
+ 2h52'24
81
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
