Let`s finish Colombia with that last time trial. 20,8km left and the podium is wide open. Amador in the lead is the best time trialist, so all expect the GC to be decided already. But neither VdB nor Machado or Martin are that weak time trialists to be that sure.
Also the rest of the top10 could easily be expected to mix a bit as we have a large range of time trialists in here.
Let`s check the top15 again.
I mentioned the top4, who will most likely fight for the podium.
Intxausti and Sella look a bit safe in their positions while De la Fuente as very weak time trialist must be afraid of the riders behind. In especially Keinath and Fothen should be much stronger.
Outside the top10 it doesn`t look likely that someone can jump into the top10 as most of them aren`t stronger than the guys ahead and the gaps are becoming bigger here as well.
Fothen impressively shows how to fight for a GC improvement. 1st at the first and also at the 2nd section. Ghyselinck and Malori are the two riders he did beat there to name some pure time trialists to fight for the stage win.
But in the end the German almost catches Samwel, who started ahead of him and takes the stage lead.
Next German on the road in Keinath. He is not as strong as Fothen but he isn`t losing a lot of time. 4s in the first third and another 5s in the 2nd. In the finish he just lost 13s but that said this is still 4s too much, so they will change positions in the GC.
Pedraza can`t be called a weak time trialist. Different to the usual Colombian mountain goats he is actually pretty decent against the clock.
In the end as he loses 44s to Fothen. But as close as it was between first two, the closer it`s between him and Fothen. 1s seperates them in the GC but the Colombian stays ahead. Lucky him.
No question that De la fuente would have hoped that the race would have ended without that time trial. He definitely is one of the weakest in the top10 and he impressively shows this. ~30s he loses every section what sums up to 1'29 in the end. This means a bigger GC drop to 10th as all 3 previous starters will pass him. But a 10th in this start field is probably still quite a success for the Spaniard seeing that he did beat climbers like Velits, Henao or Denifl.
Sella might be the other weak time trialist in that group here. But as he had a decent gap already he will keep his 6th in the GC.
Intxausti is pretty safe to finish inside the top5. But as best time trialist next to Amador of those he might have small hopes to finish on the podium.
And his time is promising. Just 11s down to Fothen on the provisional 2nd.
Machado definitely wants the podium. But is he feeling the pressure of Inxausti coming from behind? He already lost 17s of his 32s advantage after 2 sections. In the end he loses 22s and this will let him stay in the top4 at least. Podium, we will have to wait.
Former race leader Van den Broeck showed a great performance here, which is important for the team in the fight against relegation. And the Belgium shows another great fight today as he is faster than Machado to secure his podium.
The relegation issue is also there for Pendleton`s. The more important that Martin did gain some time yesterday.
Today though he was the weakest time trialist of the top4 and will also be dropped to 4th in the GC being overtaken by VdB and Machado.
Here comes the winner of the 2013 Vuelte a Colombia. There is no doubt after the first two sections, who are behind him.
As 4th and 3rd is is just a bit behind Fothen and ahead of all other top4 riders.
In the end he is 3rd 11s down to Fothen and behind Intxausti as 2nd.
In general it was a good race for some teams, who have huge relegation danger like Puma who also win the team rankings, Pendletons and Bacardi.
This obviously puts a lot of pressure on Venchi, who probably has almost no chance to avoid relegation and Heineken, who needs to perform better in the next races.
Also Project 1t4i is probably feeling more pressure now as Puma, Bacardi and Pendleton`s all gained points on them while UBS, Festina, B&O and Lotto ahead also gained decent points.
Result
1
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
27'28
2
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
+ 11
3
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
4
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 12
5
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 13
6
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 20
7
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 23
8
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
+ 26
9
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 27
10
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 29
11
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 30
12
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
+ 31
13
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
14
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 33
15
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 34
16
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
+ 36
17
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 37
18
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 40
19
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 41
20
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
21
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
+ 42
22
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
+ 43
23
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
24
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 44
25
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
26
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
27
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 48
28
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 49
29
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
s.t.
30
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 50
31
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
32
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 51
33
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 52
34
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 53
35
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
s.t.
36
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 54
37
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 55
38
Jérémy Roy
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
39
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 56
40
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
s.t.
41
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 58
42
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 59
43
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 1'00
44
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
45
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
46
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
s.t.
47
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'01
48
Ryan Roth
Alstom-RBC
+ 1'02
49
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
50
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
51
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
52
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 1'05
53
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
+ 1'06
54
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
55
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
56
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
57
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'07
58
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
59
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 1'08
60
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 1'10
61
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
62
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1'12
63
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
64
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
+ 1'13
65
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 1'14
66
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'15
67
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
68
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 1'16
69
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'17
70
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
71
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'18
72
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
73
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1'20
74
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
75
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
76
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
77
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
+ 1'22
78
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
79
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 1'23
80
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 1'24
81
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
82
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'25
83
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
s.t.
84
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
+ 1'27
85
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
+ 1'28
86
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
87
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
88
Charles Dionne
Alstom-RBC
+ 1'29
89
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
90
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
91
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 1'30
92
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
93
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
94
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
95
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 1'31
96
Jon Ander Insausti
Santander
+ 1'32
97
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
98
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
s.t.
99
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 1'33
100
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1'34
101
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 1'35
102
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'36
103
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
104
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
105
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
106
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 1'37
107
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 1'38
108
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
109
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
110
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
111
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
s.t.
112
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'39
113
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
+ 1'40
114
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
115
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'41
116
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
s.t.
117
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'42
118
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
119
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 1'43
120
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 1'44
121
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
122
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1'45
123
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 1'46
124
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
125
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'47
126
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 1'49
127
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
128
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 1'51
129
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 1'53
130
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
131
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
132
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 1'55
133
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 1'56
134
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1'57
135
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
136
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
s.t.
137
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
+ 1'58
138
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'59
139
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2'00
140
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
141
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'01
142
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
143
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
+ 2'02
144
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'04
145
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
s.t.
146
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2'07
147
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 2'08
148
Russell Downing
Control Team
+ 2'17
149
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2'19
150
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
s.t.
151
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'22
152
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 2'27
153
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 2'29
154
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'34
155
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 2'38
156
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
s.t.
GC
1
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
42h38'48
2
Jurgen Van den Broeck
Team Puma - SAP
+ 37
3
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 50
4
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 52
5
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
+ 1'00
6
Emanuele Sella
Simply Red Bull
+ 2'14
7
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
+ 2'39
8
Markus Fothen
Festina-Canal+
+ 2'40
9
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 2'44
10
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 3'10
11
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 5'10
12
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 5'15
13
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 5'17
14
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
+ 5'48
15
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
+ 7'17
16
John Gadret
Alstom-RBC
+ 7'49
17
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 7'50
18
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
+ 8'46
19
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 9'04
20
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
+ 11'23
21
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 13'25
22
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 14'36
23
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
+ 15'55
24
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 15'57
25
Thibaut Pinot
Wikipedia
+ 17'10
26
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 19'52
27
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
+ 21'57
28
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 22'04
29
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 22'35
30
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 23'23
31
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 25'44
32
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 31'45
33
Leopold König
Milka - AVG
+ 33'24
34
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 35'12
35
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 35'32
36
Matteo Rabottini
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 35'34
37
David Rosch
Pendleton's
+ 36'18
38
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 37'20
39
Tom Stubbe
Simply Red Bull
+ 39'03
40
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
+ 43'50
41
Zdenek Stybar
Milka - AVG
+ 51'00
42
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 51'15
43
Maxim Belkov
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 53'10
44
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 55'15
45
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 59'39
46
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h02'43
47
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
+ 1h04'40
48
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 1h06'32
49
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h07'13
50
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 1h07'44
51
Piter Campero
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h10'06
52
Jérémy Roy
Alstom-RBC
+ 1h10'47
53
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h12'35
54
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 1h13'03
55
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
+ 1h13'10
56
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h14'26
57
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h16'01
58
Kenny Elissonde
Wikipedia
+ 1h18'11
59
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h22'00
60
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Aker - MOT
+ 1h23'22
61
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 1h25'26
62
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 1h26'02
63
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h26'11
64
Sebastien Reichenbach
UBS - BMC
+ 1h29'17
65
Ivan Mauricio Casas
Pendleton's
+ 1h30'07
66
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 1h30'27
67
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's
+ 1h30'58
68
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h31'00
69
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 1h31'08
70
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 1h34'43
71
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h34'52
72
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h36'55
73
Francis Mourey
Pendleton's
+ 1h37'44
74
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h38'22
75
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h38'52
76
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 1h39'12
77
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h41'13
78
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h42'47
79
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 1h43'16
80
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
+ 1h43'28
81
Yoann Offredo
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h43'29
82
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h43'54
83
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 1h44'21
84
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h44'24
85
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h44'59
86
Taylor Tolleson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h45'11
87
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h46'30
88
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 1h46'37
89
Elia Favilli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h50'04
90
Luigi Sestili
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h50'16
91
Vegard Stake Laengen
Aker - MOT
+ 1h50'17
92
Thomas Vauvourzeix
Alstom-RBC
+ 1h50'28
93
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 1h51'02
94
Kristijan Durasek
Alstom-RBC
+ 1h52'16
95
Thomas Koep
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h53'43
96
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 1h58'19
97
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h59'30
98
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h59'43
99
Markus Fahnert
Project 1t4i
+ 1h59'47
100
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 2h00'11
101
Laurent Pichon
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h04'20
102
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h05'03
103
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
+ 2h05'32
104
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h05'36
105
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 2h05'42
106
Adrian Malori
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2h07'25
107
Aberlardo Ablenado
Santander
+ 2h08'40
108
João Pedro Mendonça Pereira
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h09'39
109
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
+ 2h11'08
110
Marcel Aregger
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h12'26
111
Laurent Mangel
Alstom-RBC
+ 2h12'30
112
Bob Jungels
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2h15'29
113
Cedric Lebris
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h15'45
114
Lars Croket
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h17'30
115
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h18'25
116
Óscar Pereiro Sio
Control Team
+ 2h20'30
117
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 2h20'48
118
Gediminas Bagdonas
Team Bacardi
+ 2h21'40
119
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 2h21'47
120
Matteo Trentin
Project 1t4i
+ 2h23'26
121
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 2h24'16
122
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h25'03
123
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
+ 2h26'15
124
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 2h26'52
125
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h29'55
126
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - AVG
+ 2h30'51
127
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 2h32'12
128
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 2h32'13
129
Steele Von Hoff
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h34'12
130
Tom Dumoulin
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2h35'27
131
Vicente Reynès
Santander
+ 2h36'27
132
Sonny Colbrelli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h37'13
133
Juan José Haedo
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h38'15
134
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 2h41'04
135
Russell Downing
Control Team
+ 2h42'46
136
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h43'41
137
Frederik Nolf
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h45'31
138
Kevin Van Impe
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h45'35
139
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 2h45'50
140
Tom Thill
Team Bacardi
+ 2h48'32
141
Andreas Stauff
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h50'48
142
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2h51'47
143
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Koenigsegg
+ 2h53'33
144
Dion Beukeboom
Wikipedia
+ 2h54'34
145
Ryan Roth
Alstom-RBC
+ 2h55'17
146
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 3h00'05
147
Martin Mortensen
Koenigsegg
+ 3h00'31
148
Charles Dionne
Alstom-RBC
+ 3h01'59
149
Kiril Yatsevich
Team Bacardi
+ 3h04'12
150
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
+ 3h04'15
151
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
+ 3h05'32
152
Tyler Butterfield
Team Bacardi
+ 3h06'23
153
Kristian Sobota
Team B&O
+ 3h06'32
154
Timothy Dupont
Pokerstars.com
+ 3h07'39
155
Evan Huffman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
