The first road stage in this year's Vuelta and we stick in Portugal all day today. There is a bit of a nasty shock in store for the riders first half of todays stage with some real leg breaking climbs. Two are categorised, rather meanly only given 3rd category status which is more of an indicator of things to come.
There are also 3 sprints which in the early stages can help riders move fairly dramatically forward on the general classification.
There are a lot of teams who have limited GC ambitions and it is obvious from the early going that they will be trying for breakaways with 13 riders attempting to get away in the hilly opening.
Mauro Facci Andreas Stauff Rafaâ Chtioui Martin Reimer Sebastian Lang Freddy Johansson Tom Leezer Eric Berthou Ethan Weiss Patrick Gretsch Thomas De Gendt Maxime Bouet Alexandre Aulas
are the riders trying to make todays break.
But the succession of hills it making it difficult for them to form the break properly, by the time we get to the first categorised climb we are down to 9 riders. Facci, Aulas, Bouet, Reimer, Berthou, Chtoui, Stauff, Johansson and De Gendt make it away with the first four in the list going for the King of the Mountains initial prime.
It's Facci of the beleaguered Warner Brothers team who takes the six points at the top ahead of Aulas and Bouet. Aulas is here in the break assumedly as a marker for Jurgen Roelandts as he is not doing any work to help the pace.
Behind in the pack Santander are keeping things sensible with Wiggle also occasionally helping out, they are keeping their leaders out of trouble in the early stages.
The initial climb has hurt the break and the pace from attacking for the king of the mountains prime has split them into a group of 5 (Aulas, Reimer, Bouet, Facci, Stauff) and a group of four (Bertou, Johansson, Chtoui and De Gendt). It means only the first five will have a crack at the first sprint which is taken by Reimer ahead of Aulas and Facci.
Reimer started the day at 1.09, Aulas 1.39 and Facci 2.07. In fact Facci is sitting in second last of the non control riders perhaps saving himself for a break early doors.
With 130km of the stage left and midway through this tough early climbing section the five have 2 minutes on the four behind with the pack timed at six minutes. There are a few riders struggling even at the pack's relatively slow pace over these steep hills Alex Rasmussen being the rider furthest back.
Berthou in the second group is working particularly hard behind with De Gendt of course with Bouet forward just sitting in.
He drops Sony's Johannson and also Chtoui as he comes across with his follower De Gendt. It is an excellent effort from the Pearl Adidas rider to bridge across what was a wide gap.
With Chroui and Johannson dropped with have seven riders left out front and going through the second KoM climb it is Facci who does enough by coming second to the rampaging Berthou. Reimer takes third place on this climb, so Facci is the only rider to score at both and has 10 KoM points and if he makes it to the finish line will take that jersey.
Cafe de Colombia take some responsibility for the chasing now, but only a little bit sending just Giro double stage winner José Antonio Baños Ballester to try and keep the gap sensible.
Before we exit the hilly region one more rider is dropped and it is Vesuvio's young German sprinter Stauff. Leaving us with six in front (Reimer, Boeut, Aulas, Berthou, De Gendt and Facci), interestingly it has two Milka riders in it. Milka were looking for that win through Jerome Coppel yesterday, though Coppel could not get anywhere near to the unbeatable time of Michael Rogers. They are playing a different hand today.
Reimer takes the second sprint ahead of Bouet and Aulas.
The six leaders will be using these primes to move themselves forward on GC and the relative positions of the riders on the classification once time bonuses are deducted are as follows:
De Gendt (at 41 seconds)
Bouet (at 42 seconds)
Reimer (at 57 seconds)
Berthou (at 80 seconds)
Aulas (at 93 seconds)
Facci (at 127 seconds)
So the Milka riders really are in pole position but they could do with watching Reimer and late breaks from the other three. The six though are happy enough to work together for now with the gaps as follows with 100km to go:
Reimer, Bouet, Aulas, Berthou, De Gendt, Facci
Lead
Stauff
at 1.50
Chtoui
at 2.35
Johansson
at 4.50
Pack
at 7.50
It should be noted that in addition to B and O's Rasmussen there is 13 additional riders who are some way behind the pack, who will need to watch the time limit which is fairly severe on a flat stage. They are: Gregor Gazvoda Alexander Giraldo Michael Ford Lars Ytting Bak Viktor Renäng Patrick Gretsch Yauheni Hutarovich Dennis Van Winden Kristof Goddaert Ramunas Navardauskas Ben Curfs Sven Vandousselaere
and Tyler Butterfield
These 14 riders are timed at 15 minutes back from the lead six with 75km to go and with the time limit estimated to be at just over twenty minutes they are going to have to keep their pace high. Fortunately there isn't too many nasty hills in the run in.
However the roads are a little potholey as Benoît Vaugrenard experiences crashing with about 65km to go.
The French rider drops out of the pack here (but not back to the autobus!).
The pack are timed at four minutes behind our break with 50km to go and it is still the hero of the hour Banos Ballester who leads the pack, the sprinters teams keeping their powder for the last possible moment. It is worth remembering that with Aulas ahead and two riders dropped Carmuese who usually like this sort of chase are handicapped.
At the third sprint the two Milka riders in the break drop the ball really allowing a fast Reimer to take the bonifications again. The Spyker rider has taken the maximum 18 points from these sprints and he has really closed down on the two chocolate men.
Aulas was second here with Bouet third. It means that Bouet is now our virtual leader his relative GC placing at 40 seconds, teammate De Gendt is at 41 seconds and Reimer is at 51 seconds.
The sprinters teams have woken up to the chance of a sprint with Wikipedia (for Juan Van Heerden
) and Webeffect (for Óscar Avelino
) coming forward.
There is a little hill that the riders have to climb with 20km to go:
As we approach the bump the gap between the break and the lead six (all other breakaways have been caught) it is at two minutes.
The distance of the day and perhaps the shock of the early climbs is shredding the pack down somewhat with riders like Michael Faerk Christensen Casper Jørgensen
and Óscar Solis
losing touch.
B and O are losing their chrono men all over the shop, but they look to make some kind of impact realising now the break are now within bridging distance Steven Kruijswijk
tries to go for it attacking.
Some of the sprinters are also being shelled out the back notably Italian Paride Grillo
and Cafe de Colombia man Jaime Alberto Castañeda
13.5km to go the gap is at 1.15, it looks catchable but the pack have to keep the pace high. The are coming through a nasty windy section and....
It's a massive crash in the latter third or so of the pack, a good forty or so riders are affected. Wiggle riders are noticeably dropping back...
It is confirmed on race radio that Jaroslav Popovych
has been held up. Also back here is another decent GC shout in José Angel Gomez Marchante
It holds up the chase somewhat with pack seemingly slowing down to count on numbers and the break take advantage re-establishing a decent 90 second lead coming into the last 6km. Kruijswijk is in no man's land between still 50 of so second behind the lead six.
At 3km to go it is 40 seconds between the lead six and Kruijswijk with the pack at 2.10 and now speeding up and the Popovich group at 3.30. Way behind the Autobus has split on the climb with six riders now detached from that looking set to be more than twenty minutes back, will the organisors be kind on them?
It looks like the break are going to take this and indeed the GC lead could be there surely either De Gendt, Bouet or Reimer will take over the red jersey.
De Gendt who hasn't been able to take any of the bonuses on the intermediates decides to lead things out for team-mate Bouet.
It's De Gendt then Reimer, Facci, Bouet, Berthou and Aulas. So Bouet can keep an eye on Reimer, remember that Boeut has 11 seconds on Reimer.
The other riders though have a stage win on their mind too and it is Facci on third wheel who blinks first. Bouet has a choice to make here, follow Facci or move to Reimer's wheel.
Bouet goes with Facci as does Berthou with Aulas looking like he doesn't really have a big sprint left.
Under the kite, Reimer has left it late here and as De Gendt tries to slow him down he moves around. It could be a little late but with Bouet under pressure losing a fast Facci's wheel and Berthou pressing it could be enough for Reimer if he can take second.
600m to go and Reimer can see that red jersey prize here and is even closing on Facci.
Bouet is fading fast and Milka's second crack at the red jersey is disappearing fast with Reimer speeding past Facci, it looks like all the glory is for the young German.
Spyker came here with limited ambitions of an outside stage win, they have this and what will be a surprising red jersey as well for Martin Reimer. Stage win and red jersey for Spyker.
Facci is second and he will have the King of the Mountains jersey with Berthou, remember looking briefly like he had missed out on the break fighting to take third. Bouet is 4th and moves to second on GC ahead of teammate De Gendt with Aulas between them on the stage.
The sprinters have missed out on a stage win here but they are testing their legs ahead of hoped for sprint battles in the coming days.
Juan Van Heerden
and Mark Cavendish
are leading the charge.
Kruijsvijk comes home 7th, his late attack enough to move him to the same position on GC.
Van Heerden manages to edge out Cavendish and a fast finishing Roelandts for the 8th place.
Wiggle lead in the Popovich/Gamez Marchente group behind. It's a shame for GC candidates to lose time on the opening road stage, but unfortunately a common occurrence. They lose two minutes and twelve seconds.
At least they are still in the race, the directors feel that six riders have not completed the course in a sufficient time and harshly they will be disqualified from the race.
The names Gregor Gazvoda Viktor Renäng Ramunas Navardauskas Michael Ford Alex Rasmussen
and Alexander Giraldo
We also lose three more riders due to injuries from the crash Aidis Kruopis Chris Barton
and Matthieu Sprick
It is very bad news for Wikipedia losing two of their best climbers, but also problems for Sony, Festine, B and O and Vesuvio losing some stroung TTers for stage 9 already.
Stage results
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
5h07'40
2
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
s.t.
3
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
4
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
5
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
6
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
7
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 53
8
Juan Van Heerden
Wikipedia
+ 1'38
9
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
10
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
11
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
13
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
14
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
s.t.
15
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
16
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
17
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
18
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
19
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
20
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
21
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
s.t.
22
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
23
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
24
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
25
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
26
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
s.t.
27
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
28
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
29
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
30
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
31
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
s.t.
32
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
33
Matt Rowe
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
34
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
35
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
36
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
37
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
38
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
39
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
40
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
41
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
42
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
43
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
44
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
45
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
46
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
s.t.
47
Sébastien Rosseler
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
48
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
s.t.
49
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
s.t.
50
David Abal
Café de Colombia
s.t.
51
David Arroyo
Santander
s.t.
52
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
53
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
54
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
55
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
56
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
57
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
58
Daniel Allonca
Santander
s.t.
59
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
60
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
61
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
62
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
63
Steven Caethoven
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
64
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
s.t.
65
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
66
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
67
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
68
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
70
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
s.t.
71
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
72
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
73
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
s.t.
74
Alexander Wetterhall
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
75
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
s.t.
76
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
s.t.
77
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
s.t.
78
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
79
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
80
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
81
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
82
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
83
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
84
Simas Kondrotas
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
85
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
s.t.
86
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
87
Xabier Zandio
Team D
s.t.
88
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
89
Juan Manuel Gárate
Team D
+ 2'57
90
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 3'15
91
Jens Mouris
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
92
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 3'50
93
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
94
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
95
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
s.t.
96
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
97
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
s.t.
98
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
99
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
s.t.
100
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
101
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
102
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
103
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
104
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
105
David Kopp
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
106
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
107
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
108
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
s.t.
109
Wouter Weylandt
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
110
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
111
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
s.t.
112
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
s.t.
113
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
114
Haijun Ma
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
115
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
116
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
117
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
118
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
s.t.
119
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
120
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
s.t.
121
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
s.t.
122
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
123
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
124
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
125
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
s.t.
126
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
s.t.
127
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
s.t.
128
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
129
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
130
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
131
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
132
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
133
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
s.t.
134
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
135
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
136
Igor Abakoumov
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
137
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
s.t.
138
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Café de Colombia
s.t.
139
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 5'23
140
Niels Scheunemann
Spyker Cars
+ 6'12
141
Jonas Decouttere
Wikipedia
+ 6'48
142
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
143
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
s.t.
144
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
145
Fabio Silvestre
Webeffect
s.t.
146
Oscar Sevilla
Team D
s.t.
147
Davide Appollonio
Webeffect
+ 7'58
148
Danilo Kupfernagel
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
149
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina - Conec
s.t.
150
Dimitri Champion
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
151
Patxi Vila
Team D
s.t.
152
Andreas Stauff
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
153
David Millar
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 9'30
154
Vojtech Hacecký
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
155
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 9'58
156
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 10'15
157
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
158
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
159
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
160
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
161
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
+ 10'57
162
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 11'32
163
Casper Jørgensen
Team B&O
s.t.
164
Sam Bennett
Café de Colombia
s.t.
165
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 12'52
166
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 13'19
167
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
+ 14'05
168
Sven Vandousselaere
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 19'08
169
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
s.t.
170
Kristof Goddaert
Festina - Conec
s.t.
171
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
172
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
173
Patrick Gretsch
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
174
Tyler Butterfield
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
175
Yauheni Hutarovich
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
So all change on GC as the riders in the break take up the first five places. Rogers is down to 6th and Kruijswijk is in 7th with Facci edging out Coppel for 8th. However the big GC news really is the likes of Popovich and Gomez Marchante losing time, Festina number two Serpa also was in this second group. GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
5h29'25
2
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
+ 9
3
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
+ 10
4
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
+ 41
5
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 58
6
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
+ 1'07
7
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 1'21
8
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
+ 1'22
9
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
+ 1'25
10
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1'26
11
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1'27
12
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1'29
13
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'30
14
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
15
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 1'34
16
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1'36
17
David Abal
Café de Colombia
+ 1'39
18
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'40
19
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
s.t.
20
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'41
21
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 1'47
22
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'49
23
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
+ 1'50
24
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
25
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 1'51
26
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 1'52
27
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 1'55
28
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
29
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 1'59
30
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
31
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'01
32
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
33
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
34
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
35
Sébastien Rosseler
Jack Wolfskin
+ 2'02
36
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
+ 2'03
37
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 2'05
38
Alexander Wetterhall
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
39
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 2'06
40
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 2'07
41
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
42
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
43
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
s.t.
44
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
+ 2'08
45
Simas Kondrotas
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
46
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 2'09
47
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
48
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
49
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2'10
50
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
s.t.
51
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 2'12
52
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
53
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'14
54
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'16
55
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
56
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2'17
57
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
58
Daniel Allonca
Santander
s.t.
59
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
60
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 2'18
61
David Arroyo
Santander
s.t.
62
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'20
63
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2'21
64
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
+ 2'24
65
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
+ 2'26
66
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
+ 2'28
67
Matt Rowe
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 2'30
68
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
+ 2'31
69
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'32
70
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'33
71
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'34
72
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
+ 2'35
73
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
74
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 2'37
75
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 2'38
76
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 2'40
77
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
s.t.
78
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
+ 2'44
79
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 2'46
80
Juan Van Heerden
Wikipedia
+ 2'48
81
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
+ 2'51
82
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'52
83
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 2'53
84
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
85
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'55
86
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
+ 3'00
87
Steven Caethoven
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3'03
88
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 3'10
89
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 3'16
90
Jens Mouris
Proximus - Trek
+ 3'39
91
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
+ 3'50
92
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 3'55
93
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
94
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 3'56
95
Haijun Ma
Proximus - Trek
+ 3'57
96
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
+ 4'02
97
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
+ 4'03
98
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
+ 4'06
99
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 4'08
100
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'12
101
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 4'13
102
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'16
103
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
+ 4'18
104
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 4'20
105
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 4'21
106
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
s.t.
107
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
108
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 4'23
109
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
s.t.
110
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
+ 4'24
111
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 4'26
112
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
+ 4'27
113
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
s.t.
114
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
s.t.
115
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'28
116
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 4'29
117
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
118
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 4'35
119
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'39
120
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
121
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Café de Colombia
s.t.
122
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 4'41
123
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 4'42
124
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
125
Juan Manuel Gárate
Team D
s.t.
126
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
+ 4'44
127
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
128
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 4'45
129
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 4'48
130
David Kopp
Proximus - Trek
+ 4'52
131
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
+ 4'53
132
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 5'08
133
Wouter Weylandt
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 5'09
134
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
+ 5'12
135
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
136
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
+ 5'15
137
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
138
Igor Abakoumov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 5'16
139
Niels Scheunemann
Spyker Cars
+ 6'34
140
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 7'00
141
Fabio Silvestre
Webeffect
+ 7'21
142
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 7'24
143
Jonas Decouttere
Wikipedia
+ 7'28
144
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
+ 7'47
145
Oscar Sevilla
Team D
+ 7'51
146
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina - Conec
+ 8'05
147
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
+ 8'15
148
Dimitri Champion
UBS - La Pierre
+ 8'21
149
Andreas Stauff
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 9'12
150
Danilo Kupfernagel
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 9'17
151
Davide Appollonio
Webeffect
+ 9'18
152
Patxi Vila
Team D
+ 9'45
153
David Millar
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 9'53
154
Vojtech Hacecký
Proximus - Trek
+ 9'55
155
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 10'03
156
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
+ 10'22
157
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 10'23
158
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - La Pierre
+ 10'26
159
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
+ 10'55
160
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
+ 11'28
161
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 11'36
162
Casper Jørgensen
Team B&O
+ 11'44
163
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
164
Sam Bennett
Café de Colombia
+ 12'57
165
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 13'26
166
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 14'10
167
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
+ 15'02
168
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
+ 18'57
169
Patrick Gretsch
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 19'16
170
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
+ 19'21
171
Kristof Goddaert
Festina - Conec
+ 19'25
172
Tyler Butterfield
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 19'26
173
Sven Vandousselaere
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 19'38
174
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 19'58
175
Yauheni Hutarovich
Milka - Vittel
+ 20'05
Points
Reimer won all three sprint points and the final dash, it means that he could well keep the points jersey for a couple of days. Rogers will wear that points jersey tomorrow for being in second to the GC leader in the points.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
43
43
2
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
0
25
3
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
22
22
4
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
22
22
5
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
0
20
6
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
20
20
7
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
0
16
8
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
16
16
9
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
0
14
10
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
0
12
11
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
0
10
12
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
10
10
13
Justo Tenorio
Santander
0
9
14
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
9
9
15
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
0
8
16
Juan Van Heerden
Wikipedia
8
8
17
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
0
7
18
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
7
7
19
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
6
6
20
Angel Madrazo
Santander
0
5
21
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
5
5
22
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
0
4
23
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
4
4
24
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
0
3
25
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
3
3
26
David Abal
Café de Colombia
0
2
27
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
2
2
28
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
0
1
29
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
1
1
Mountains
Facci looked the most eager in the climbs and gets to wear the jersey for a couple of days as there are no primes tomorrow.
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
1
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
10
2
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
6
3
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
4
4
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
2
5
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
2
Youth
As the GC changes as does the youth rankings. Notable riders to lose time in the crash were Tom Diggle (Wiggle), Kangert (Pearl Adidas), Kittel (Vesuvio), Dees (Festina) and of course the incumbent Dennis Van Winden (Jack Wolfskin) who only just stayed in the race.
Name
Team
General Time
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
5h29'25 (1)
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 1'21 (2)
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'30 (3)
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'30 (4)
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 1'34 (5)
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 1'47 (6)
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 1'52 (7)
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 1'59 (8)
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'01 (9)
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2'01 (10)
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 2'01 (11)
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 2'09 (12)
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 2'09 (13)
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'12 (14)
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 2'16 (15)
Daniel Allonca
Santander
+ 2'17 (16)
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 2'17 (17)
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'20 (18)
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2'21 (19)
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
+ 2'28 (20)
Teams
It may seem like minor movements at this stage, but as we saw in the Giro repeated breakaways is a way of getting a decent advantage over better climbing teams. Milka with two in the break (and a pretty decent position from yesterdays time trial) go into the team lead ahead of Pearl Adidas. Pearl Adidas also overtake Jack Wolfskin and the team worst off from todays crash is Festina who drop down to the back of the pack.
