We open the Vuelta with a 16km Individual Time trial in the Coastal city of Porto.
We kick off with an out and back section which climbs steadily before dropping back down to the first checkpoint just over a third of the way through.
The route continues to go downhill all the way down to the riverside for the as the riders ride a short way inland to the finish area for a finish that may suit the power men.
A number of teams have got big powerful chrono men here, perhaps more looking at stage nine's team test. But as a offshoot there is the chance of a high finish today and the honour of being the first red jersey winner of the race.
If you haven't noticed already the honour of being the first rider off in a prologue goes the non leading rider whose name appears last in the alphabet. The team with the highest race number (and theoretically the least likely GC threats) are Spyker and our man off first is Andrey Zeits
The 29 year old is on loan Aker Solutions and what Spyker would give for another superstar climber like Jose Alarcon in their ranks to take on this course. Alas today is not likely to be their day Lars Ytting Bak and Niels Scheunemann will go off a bit later with outside top 20 hopes. Look for Spyker to be on the attack in the coming days though.
Zeits of course takes the provisional lead through the first check and the finish as he is the first rider off. His times are 11.01 at the first check and 23.02 at the finish, Zeits is a weak tester and so this will indicate how much those who have poor chrono skills will lose today.
Bradley Wiggins is one of those road captain types for British team Pendleton's. He is also a very decent man against the clock.
The Brit grabs a bit of glory by going into a clubhouse lead with a first check time of 10.27 and a final time of 21.50. Under 22 minutes looks like the mark of a good run for this 16km course which appears as if it is not quite pan flat.
Wiggins knows in his heart of hearts he is not likely to get the red jersey for the day but he would have liked a little longer in the hot seat than he got. Jack Wolfskin have established themselves as top dogs as far as time trialling is concerned and they really show off here as one of their weaker chrono men ousts Wiggo.
It's Benoît Vaugrenard who no doubt will incur the wrath of Brad's twitter reel soon who equals Wiggins' times at the first check and the finish. He takes the lead on hundredths of a second.
Wiggins will have maybe thought he could have lasted in the VIP area a bit longer and his time was a decent one too. Jack Wolfskin though are really up for today and look scarily good for that big team time trial on day nine of this race. The Dutch team though do not have the very best clockstoppers in the world however and a couple are here. All eyes track Michael Rogers as he rockets around a course that suits him down to the ground.
Rogers canes Vaugranard and Wiggins early best times with 10.10 at the first check and accelerates further to go 36 seconds faster with 21.14 at the finish.
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Vaugranard
10.27
21.50
3
Wiggins
10.27
21.50
The question is how will that stand against the other experts, could Rogers even have done enough to take the red jersey. Lots of Spanish riders as you would expect in this race and internationally they have won both the world championship team time trials. So Rogers will know he will have to watch the home riders carefully. The first realistic Spanish threat is Justo Tenorio
Winner of last year's Tour de L'Avenir, the 23 year old is a really strong time trialler. Indications have been that he is riding for Madrazo here in the Vuelta but Tenorio is arguably capable of riding to a podium finish alone. Any chance of taking a team lead perhaps hinges on an incredible time trial today, but it's not incredible enough. Justo is eleven seconds off Rogers' pace at the first check and finish 23 seconds down on the Australian. You could be cruel and say the provisional second best time of the day is a disappointment, but bigger days in this race are sure to come.
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Tenorio
10.21
21.37
3
Vaugranard
10.27
21.50
A quick aside here as we see Jurgen Roelandts on his run. The Belgian sprinter is here to pick up sprint wins, to add to the couple he took last year. His chances of winning the points jersey do look fairly remote and he will have to consistently take his chances to be anywhere near that. Roelandts chances of an early run in red rest on a decent time trial, it doesn't really look on as he sets 22. 24 at the finish some 70 seconds back from Rogers.
Back to the Jack Wolfskin story and here comes 25 year old, Dennis Van Winden
A fairly expensive new recruit and one that Jack Wolfskin just couldn't pass up, it is also once again a good ride with information surely being passed between team-mates here. Van Winden holds himself together well early on near enough matching Tenorio in the early section setting 10.22 through the first check. The Dutchman then powers his way up the riverside to set a new second best time of 21.34.
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Van Winden
10.22
21.34
3
Tenorio
10.21
21.37
It's a big day for Milka and their hopes will be boosted as their second best time trial man Roman Kreuziger sets some good times on the course.
The national TT champion of the Czech Republic sets 10.25 at the first check and finishes with a good time of 21.46. Not on par with Tenorio or Van Winden but a good effort inside of Wiggins and Vaugranard.
It looks a good time to be out there as now Timofey Kritskiy registers a very decent time.
It looked at one stage like it could be a new podium place as the Russian set a Tenorio equalling 10.21 at the first check. But the Russian slowed in a similar way to the Spaniard and slipped behind Van Winden and narrowly behind Tenorio (setting the same time but deemed inferior).
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Van Winden
10.22
21.34
3
Tenorio
10.21
21.37
4
Kritskiy
10.21
21.37
5
Kreuzinger
10.25
21.46
Some big powerhouse TTers are on course now, German champion Sebastian Lang has won these types of things in his career.
But the German TT champion has lost some of his top end power and he disappoints here, perhaps like a few of his teams riders its time to put him out to pasture? The German relatively meanders to the first check in 10.29 and finishes in 21.52.
So it's push over to riders like Lang, can any of the new brigade challenge the 33 year old Michaal Rogers. 24 year old Marcel Kittel must fancy his chances.
A bit like Lang though the early section of climbing really isn't his cup of tea and his first check time of 10.23 is well down on Rogers and a second below Van Winden. Unlike the Dutch youngster, Kittel cannot raise it on the run in and can only slot in at provisional 5th place with a time of 21.40. This is a time that can only be matched by teammate Michael Ford later on. Clearly even the slightest lumps proving too much for these two riders.
He cannot hold that place for long as another Jack Wolfskin rider comes home after setting a sizzling 10.20 at the first check this looks the new best runner up slot and indeed Joost Posthuma squeaks inside of Van Winden's 21.34 by hundreths (sadly not picked up by the camaras, but we have seen plenty of Wolfskin riders!).
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Posthuma
10.20
21.34
3
Van Winden
10.22
21.34
4
Tenorio
10.21
21.37
5
Kritskiy
10.21
21.37
It is looking like Rogers has pulled a big time out of the bag here, no-one can get anywhere near it. That maybe about to change as Jerome Coppel strains to get a red jersey to add to his collection of yellows from last year's Tour de France.
Coppel though is with the mere mortals at the first check setting 10.20, ten seconds off of Rogers' pace. The Frenchman can at least pick things up enough to come home in the provisional runner-up spot with 21.32, but this is 18 seconds off of Rogers and just was not Coppel's day.
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Coppel
10.20
21.32
3
Posthuma
10.20
21.34
4
Van Winden
10.22
21.34
5
Tenorio
10.21
21.37
So a former Tour de France yellow jersey fails to take the red jersey how about a former pink jersey wearer? Michael Faerk Christensen will probably be a Man Game trivia question is the future, but it is fairly fresh on the memory of the B and O squad.
The team is a useful one against the clock as a team, but individually they lack the punch, Christianson does break the 22 minutes barrier with 21.57 but like Lang the earlier hill hurt the Dane.
A better bet is Belgian TT champion and yet another of the Jack Wolfskin crew Dominique Cornu. Brilliant a couple of years ago in the CTour, Cornu has been quieter on an individual basis in the Protour.
Today's run though demonstrates that the Belgian has got great testing talent as he looks set to split Rogers and Coppel with 10.17 at the first split. But Cornu clearly put a little too much into the first section and can only squeeze between Coppel and teammate's Posthuma and Van Winden's time with 21.33 at the finish.
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Coppel
10.20
21.32
3
Cornu
10.17
21.33
4
Posthuma
10.20
21.34
5
Van Winden
10.22
21.34
We move onto the team leaders now and with some decent Spanish tter's left Rogers cannot breathe too easily yet. He will not be too worried as our minor leaders go through, not only are they a little way off the top favourites in the climbing department their chrono skills are also lacking.
Sergio Pardilla is a pretty decent minimum waged rider for Bacardi who as mentioned in the preview are looking to their climbers to get in breakaways and set up sprints for Michael Van Stayen
Another Spanish climber with stage win ambitions is Carlos Barredo
The Warner Brothers team have been rooted to the bottom of the team standings all season, it is hard to see too much happening for them at the Vuelta, unless they get lucky with the breakaways.
Wikipedia have been low key in races without superstar youngster Taylor Phinney. Young German climber Christoph Mai rode around the Giro and leads a modest team here at the Vuelta.
Mind you the Giro was not a completely fruitless exercise for the former Protour champions as Matty Goss nabbed some stage wins. Juan Van Heerden must be added to a list of decent stage win shouts in this race.
We move on now to some serious stage threats and Jack Wolfskin have been all over the leaderboard today. Their final hope is Rubén Plaza who will be hoping being here in his home tour will give him an advantage.
First check for Plaza is 10.21, that is level with the likes of Tenorio but 11 seconds down on Rogers and four seconds down on teammate Cornu. He finishes in 21.36...
Rider
1st
Finish
1
Rogers
10.10
21.14
2
Coppel
10.20
21.32
3
Cornu
10.17
21.33
4
Posthuma
10.20
21.34
5
Van Winden
10.22
21.34
6
Plaza
10.21
21.36
It's 4th best in his own team, but does indicate the awesome team time trial squad that Jack Wolfskin have. Plaza you may notice has the Spanish colours on his sleeve, the current Spanish TT champion is David Abal
Rather eclipsed today by his team-mate Rogers, Abal has a low key time trial coming through the 1st check in a modest 10.27 and finishing a shade behind Kreuzinger setting 21.46. It's not a great start for Abal, but then this race will not be decided by today alone so certainly not worth getting worked up about.
Stefan Denifl produced a decent Giro performance. The Austrian is a low budget classification rider, who is growing a reputation as good stage racer for the forward thinking Nestle squad.
A solid but not spectacular time trial run see's Denifl just outside of 22 minutes and just outside of the top 60 on the day.
Another rider not too concerned about today's ride but worth mentioning is José Angel Gomez Marchante
In this company of exalted chrono men this is more of a damage limitation exercise for the Spanish climber. He finishes in a time of 22.13, nearly a minute back on Rogers though he will be looking forward to the climbing in the very near future.
Talking of future, Pearl Adidas have really been investing in their squad this year and Tiago Machado had a very impressive Giro D'Italia. If the Portuguese can avoid crashes it will be interesting to see how high up the leaderboard he can go here.
It's a far from disgraceful effort against the clock today as well as Machado sets 21.48 at the finish and good enough for a top twenty on the day.
Last year Beñat Intxausti
stamped his ambitions in this race on the opening day.
Today though it is only an ordinary effort, the Vesuvio riders seemingly concentrating on the stages ahead. Intxausti sets a time of 21.47, the riders are finding it hard to differentiate too much between themselves today.
Jaroslav Popovych a Tour de France podium man last year, may be seen as a surprise entrant here. But why not challenge yourself he does the Vuelta an honour by challenging the many Spanish favourites.
Popovich is marginally slower though than the big Spanish time trialling rivals setting 21.50 at the finish. He will take that as it's just 14 seconds slower than Plaza.
It is faster than Alejandro Valverde who takes the time to wave at the fans as he cruises round the time trialling course.
Someone needs to tell the highly paid star that the race starts now, he still breaks the 22 minutes though but only just with a time of 21.56.
Another foreigner doing the Vuelta an honour is Emanuele Sella not that the Italian enjoys today though!
He finds himself having lost time to all of the big favourites today, but that is no surprise he will look to punish everyone in the mountains. Sella loves a mountain top finish and does pretty well against the clock on a mountain time trial, so setting 22.17 today is hardly a disaster.
Last two riders are the big Spanish climbers and the unfortunate Alberto Contador does not look any the worse for that last day California crash.
Alberto sets a Intxausti equalling time of 21.47 which shows that he is up for a big race here in the Vuelta.
The final rider off and what a wait it has been even today, as we look at the big Santander project Angel Madrazo
It is a fine effort from Madrazo today to put in a psychological blow ahead of the mountains setting a time of 21.41. This places the Santander big gun 4 second behind his teammate Tenorio but ahead of plenty of his GC rivals.
Here is the top three and some of the GC favourites:
Rider
Finish
1
Rogers
21.14
2
Coppel
21.32
3
Cornu
21.33
Plaza
21.36
Tenorio
21.37
Kritskiy
21.37
Madrazo
21.41
Abal
21.46
Intxausti
21.47
Contador
21.47
Machado
21.48
Popovich
21.50
Valverde
21.56
Denifl
22.08
Gomez Marchante
22.13
Sella
22.17
The full resuts and also current GC standings:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
21'14
2
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
+ 18
3
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 19
4
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
+ 20
5
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
6
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
+ 22
7
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 23
8
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
9
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 26
10
Michael Ford
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
11
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 27
12
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
+ 29
13
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
+ 31
14
David Abal
Café de Colombia
+ 32
15
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 33
16
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
s.t.
17
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 34
18
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 36
19
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
s.t.
20
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
21
Ramunas Navardauskas
Festina - Conec
s.t.
22
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 37
23
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
+ 38
24
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina - Conec
s.t.
25
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
26
Haijun Ma
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
27
Patrick Gretsch
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 39
28
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
29
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 40
30
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
+ 41
31
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - La Pierre
+ 42
32
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
33
Casper Jørgensen
Team B&O
+ 43
34
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
s.t.
35
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
36
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
37
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
38
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
+ 44
39
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
40
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
s.t.
41
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 45
42
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
+ 46
43
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
+ 47
44
Kristof Goddaert
Festina - Conec
+ 48
45
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
46
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
47
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 49
48
Viktor Renäng
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
49
Tyler Butterfield
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
50
Alex Rasmussen
Team B&O
+ 50
51
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 52
52
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
53
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 53
54
Chris Barton
Wikipedia
s.t.
55
Niels Scheunemann
Spyker Cars
s.t.
56
David Millar
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 54
57
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
58
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
59
Dimitri Champion
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
60
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
61
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
62
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
63
Jens Mouris
Proximus - Trek
+ 55
64
Sébastien Rosseler
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
65
Gregor Gazvoda
Webeffect
s.t.
66
Vojtech Hacecký
Proximus - Trek
+ 56
67
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
68
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 57
69
Alexander Wetterhall
Sony Ericsson
+ 58
70
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
71
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 59
72
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
73
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
74
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1'00
75
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
76
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
s.t.
77
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
78
Sven Vandousselaere
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1'01
79
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
s.t.
80
Simas Kondrotas
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
81
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
82
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 1'02
83
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
84
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
85
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
s.t.
86
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
87
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
s.t.
88
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
89
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'03
90
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
s.t.
91
Fabio Silvestre
Webeffect
+ 1'04
92
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
s.t.
93
Matthieu Sprick
Wikipedia
s.t.
94
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
95
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
+ 1'05
96
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
97
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
98
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1'07
99
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
100
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
101
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
+ 1'08
102
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
s.t.
103
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
s.t.
104
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'09
105
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
106
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
s.t.
107
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
108
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'10
109
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
110
Daniel Allonca
Santander
s.t.
111
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
112
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
113
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
114
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1'11
115
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
116
Aidis Kruopis
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
117
Jonas Decouttere
Wikipedia
s.t.
118
David Arroyo
Santander
s.t.
119
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'13
120
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'14
121
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1'16
122
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
+ 1'17
123
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
+ 1'19
124
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Café de Colombia
+ 1'20
125
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
126
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
127
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
128
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
+ 1'21
129
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
130
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 1'22
131
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 1'23
132
Matt Rowe
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
133
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
134
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'24
135
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
+ 1'25
136
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
137
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
s.t.
138
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1'26
139
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
140
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1'27
141
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
+ 1'28
142
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
s.t.
143
Yauheni Hutarovich
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
144
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
145
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'29
146
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1'30
147
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
s.t.
148
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 1'31
149
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
+ 1'33
150
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
151
David Kopp
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
152
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'34
153
Oscar Sevilla
Team D
s.t.
154
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
+ 1'37
155
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1'39
156
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
157
Juan Van Heerden
Wikipedia
+ 1'41
158
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'44
159
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1'45
160
Andreas Stauff
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
161
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1'46
162
Alexander Giraldo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
163
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
164
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1'48
165
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 1'49
166
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
167
Wouter Weylandt
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1'50
168
Danilo Kupfernagel
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
169
Davide Appollonio
Webeffect
+ 1'51
170
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'52
171
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1'53
172
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
s.t.
173
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
s.t.
174
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
+ 1'56
175
Steven Caethoven
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
176
Sam Bennett
Café de Colombia
s.t.
177
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
178
Igor Abakoumov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1'57
179
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
+ 1'58
180
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
+ 2'07
181
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 2'08
182
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 2'09
183
Juan Manuel Gárate
Team D
+ 2'16
184
Patxi Vila
Team D
+ 2'18
Not much more to report on the Points standings! Points
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
25
2
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
20
3
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
16
4
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
14
5
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
12
6
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
10
7
Justo Tenorio
Santander
9
8
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
8
9
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
7
10
Michael Ford
Vesuvio-Accumalux
6
11
Angel Madrazo
Santander
5
12
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
4
13
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
3
14
David Abal
Café de Colombia
2
15
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
1
Best youngster is Van Winden! A full list of young riders in that classification or this stage - I will post top twenties after that. Youth
Rank
Name
Team
General Time
1
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
21'34 (1)
2
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 3 (2)
3
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 3 (3)
4
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 6 (4)
5
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 7 (5)
6
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 16 (6)
7
Ramunas Navardauskas
Festina - Conec
+ 16 (7)
8
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina - Conec
+ 18 (8)
9
Patrick Gretsch
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 19 (9)
10
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 19 (10)
11
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 20 (11)
12
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 25 (12)
13
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 29 (13)
14
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 32 (14)
15
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 33 (15)
16
Chris Barton
Wikipedia
+ 33 (16)
17
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 34 (17)
18
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 34 (18)
19
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 34 (19)
20
Vojtech Hacecký
Proximus - Trek
+ 36 (20)
21
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 39 (21)
22
Sven Vandousselaere
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 41 (22)
23
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 41 (23)
24
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 42 (24)
25
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 42 (25)
26
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 42 (26)
27
Fabio Silvestre
Webeffect
+ 44 (27)
28
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 45 (28)
29
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 47 (29)
30
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
+ 48 (30)
31
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
+ 48 (31)
32
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 49 (32)
33
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 49 (33)
34
Daniel Allonca
Santander
+ 50 (34)
35
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 50 (35)
36
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 50 (36)
37
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
+ 51 (37)
38
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 53 (38)
39
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 54 (39)
40
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
+ 1'01 (40)
41
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1'01 (41)
42
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 1'02 (42)
43
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 1'03 (43)
44
Matt Rowe
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'03 (44)
45
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'09 (45)
46
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
+ 1'10 (46)
47
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 1'11 (47)
48
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
+ 1'13 (48)
49
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'14 (49)
50
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1'25 (50)
51
Andreas Stauff
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'25 (51)
52
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1'26 (52)
53
Danilo Kupfernagel
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1'30 (53)
54
Davide Appollonio
Webeffect
+ 1'31 (54)
55
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
+ 1'33 (55)
56
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
+ 1'33 (56)
57
Sam Bennett
Café de Colombia
+ 1'36 (57)
58
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
+ 1'38 (58)
59
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 1'48 (59)
Team
Jack Wolfskin of course, a preview of the TTT perhaps?
