La Vuelta likes to put mountains in the first week of the race, and we have a mouth watering double header in the south of Spain. Tomorrow sees the big debut of the massive Pico de Veneta, but today's mountain top finish up the Sierra de Mijas should not be underestimated.
We have four 3rd category and two second category climbs on the approach, so by the time the riders look to climb the 11 kilometre average 8% 1st Category Mijas climb things will be really stretched.
Look for the races first GC shake out, it is expected that Santander will be showcasing their considerable talents.
The early part of the day is a big King of the Mountains opportunity, though it is the animators of the previous three stages Milka who are up their old tricks as 2nd on GC at 4 seconds Thomas De Gendt is on the attack again!
Cayetano Sarmiento Jason Donald
and Juraj Sagan
initially join him with Ben Curfs Brent Bookwalter
Renäng Benoît Vaugrenard Sebastian Lang
and
young rider jersey wearer Steven Kruijswijk joining them.
De Gendt takes the sprint, which is good enough for him to overtake Reimer on GC if the pack were to finish together today - which is unfortunately unlikely you would think.
De Gendt isn't really that close in the sprints competition, so the Belgian must be thinking of GC glory! Kruijswijk is second and Bookwalter third at the first sprint.
Kruijswijk does better at the second sprint outsprinting a keen Bookwalter and 'virtual red jersey' De Gendt.
The first third category climb is upon us and Bookwalter has looked lively this morning is spritely enough to take the first winning points ahead of young Carmuese man Curfs with Sarmiento third.
Facci, the King of the Mountains leader will likely lose his jersey today as he is not present in the break. Also resigned to losing his red leaders jersey is Martin Reimer whose Spyker team are milking their last day in the hotseat by tapping out a decent pace.
Onto the next 3rd category climb and things are beginning to spice up as Mwangi Samwel Carlos Barredo Vitor Rodrigues
attack the peloton. All three are very useful climbers so will need to be watched carefully.
They do not bridge to the breakaway before the end of this climb and Curfs teakes this one ahead of Bookwalter and Sarmiento.
It takes Curfs and Bookwalter to 10 King of the Mountains points with Sarmieto on 4. But Bookwalter re-exerts his dominence and indeed goes into the provisional King of the Mountains lead at the next climb.
Curfs is second here with De Gendt popping up in third, perhaps now Milka will look for King of the Mountains glory? But Bookwalter has now nabbed a decent 16 points with Curfs on 14, former KoM leader Facci is back on 10 points.
It will be tougher to get points for the lead two now though as they are joined by the strong climbing chasers Samwel, Barredo and Rodrigues. We 100km left of the stage and the gap is a tasty 6.41, have these climbers stolen a march here.
The pace in the pack still is not that high as evidenced by more attacks... first Andrei Grivko
Meanwhile on out 4th and last King of the Mountains Rodrigues and Samwel stretch things out.
This pace drops Lang, Sagan and Kruisjvijk which probably explains why Grivko attacked!
At the top of the 3rd category climb neither Curfs nor Bookwalter can infiltrate the points as Samwel takes the maximum over Rodrigues and Barredo.
We get more attacks from the pack: Michael Rogers Petar Panayotov Timofey Kritskiy
and Konstantin Siutsou
We move on now to the up and down lengthy 22km first of two second category climbs, a bit of a surprise early on as the breakaway breaks up with Rodrigues and Barredo ahead of Samwel and the rest.
It's 88km to go here and Samwel rather strangely eases back to the other chasers seemingly to encourage a bit more energy. Since the three had come across they seemed to be doing all the work. You fancy the climbers who have crossed have a chance as they have 5.10 on Kritskiy, Rogers, Panayotov, Kritskiy and Siutsou and a very good 7.36 on the pack.
Samwel sits in the break behind De Gendt who just may have a high GC position after today after all.
As the climb kicks up though, Samwel decides to bridge up to Rodrigues and Barredo, only young Curfs has the energy to go with the Kenyan.
Though as soon as Curfs gets up there he cracks, the young Belgian may just be able to nab the King of the Mountains jersey today if he hangs on to 4th place.
The favourites are beginning to bring their whipping boys to the front and its Festina's whipping boy in chief José Serpa who now is hammering on the front shredding down the peloton in the process.
The climb has been a long one but the first real shuffle in the Vuelta and it is Rodrigues who grabs a bit of glory for Portugal by being first to the summit ahead of Samwel and Barredo.
Kritskiy climbs brilliantly and overtakes Curfs before the summit alone.
Curfs holds on for 5th and the King of the Mountains situation has Curfs and Bookwalter leading on 16 points but Samwel and Rodrigues on 14 points likely to threaten.
In the pack business is really picking up as Justo Tenorio
and David Arroyo
are really picking up the pace.
Kritskiy has allowed Curfs to come back to him, the wiggle rider appears to have sat up... why could this be?
The lead three Samwel, Rodrigues and Barredo have 4.30 on Kritskiy, Curfs now joined by Grivko, Rogers, Panayotev and Suitsou. The pack though have been reduced to just 16 and Popovich is not there so the reason fro Kritskiy's pause becomes clear.
The full list of Santanders 16 man selection is: Arroyo, Gonzalo, Valls, Tenorio, Madrazo Contador, Serpa, Dees, Morabito Camano, Sella De Weert, Valverde
and previous breakaways Bookwalter, De Gendt and Sarmiento
This has about a minute on the other favourites including red jersey Reimer, fortunately for them Maxim Iglinski
and Serge Pauwels
pull it back.
Santander push hard and pull the other breakaways apart from the lead three back, but undeterred Panayotov and Siutsou attack again as we reach the second of the two 2nd category climbs.
But with Arroyo, Tenorio and Valls on the front for Santander the attackers struggle to get very far and our breakaway of three leaders is being reduced dramatically.
Reimer who thus far has been holding on pretty well, is now beginning to slip off the back. It looks like any hopes of a further day in red are disappearing here.
At the next King of the mountains Barredo takes the full points, but it is Samwell in second place who take the provisional lead in that competition.
The debris from this climb with Santander really pulling hard on the front becomes clear on the descent things have been reduced to just 28 chasing riders.
Tenorio, Arroyo, Gonzalo, Valls, Madrazo Serpa, Dees, Contador Rogers, Abal Rubén Plaza Delgado, Denifl Pnayotov, Machado Siutsou, Menchov Walter Pedraza Marquez, Gomez Marchente Andrei Grivko Iglinski, Intxausti Camano, Sella Kritskiy , Popovich
and Alejandro Valverde
It seems our first big selection has been made and as Santander continue to lead the pace the lead three have just two minutes at the foot of the days final climb.
Samwel the King of the Mountains elect attacks at the foot of the climb.
At the beginning of the climb it is evident that the roads are pretty narrow, positioning is important Plaza and Popovich are pretty far back.
It makes more sense to be at the other side of things, Machado, Gomez Marchente and Abal attack off the front.
The riders who were sitting a little way back get distanced this included Valverde, Popovich and Contador!
As Santander continue to close things down at the front a former Santander rider encouraged by the carnage he is causing behind David Abal attacks again. This time dragging Sella and Gomez Marchanet with him as they pass Samwel and the rest of the breakaways.
Giro runner up Sella shows once again that he is simply one of the greatest climbers in the world as he powers on alone ahead of the two Spanish riders Abal and Gomez Marchante.
Nothing from the other favourites yet and some of the dropped riders previously have sorted themselves out as now Tenorio leads an elite group with team leader Madrazo, teammates Arroyo and Valls, Intxausti,Machado, Valverde, Valls and Contador.
behind this group Popovich and Denifl are working hard with Jose Serpa holding on.
We look back further and we see Menchov, Marquez, Plaza and Pedraza struggling to keep their Vuelta high GC hopes alive.
The climb goes on like this and no attacks from Santander seemingly content to let Tenorio keep control. The young domestique does catch Abal and Gomez Marchante, though drops Valls. Even so Sella continues to plough on leading by 35 seconds with 3km to go.
We are clearing the tree line and behind Sella, the names to challenge in this years Vuelta are revelaing themselves with Madrazo now on the front ahead of Valverde, Intxausti, Arroyo, Contador, Tenorio, Gomez Marchante, Abal and Machado.
Madrazo stretches it....
The elastic to Valverde is stretching...
Last years Vuelta champion sinks back deep into his saddle he cannot keep up with Madrazo who sets off in pursuit of Sella. Seeing the weakness in Valverde, Contador now tries a dig.
No response from Valverde or Intxausti, Gomez Marchante and Abal come around to attack again.
Up front Madrazo cannot close on Sella who has bought Giro form to the Vuelta and is showing surprising resilience.
We go to the overhead and the elite climbers Sella and Madrazo have opened a huge gap to Contador and the chasing Gomez Marchante.
Sella takes the win, which signifies that the Italian is a big threat here in the Vuelta.
Madrazo finishes just 14 seconds behind, it's not completelyu dominating but is enough to take the red jersey today.
Contador crosses timed at 39 seconds, there was a brief moment when Festina's star man was misplaced but he fought back well and perhaps will kick himself for not being able to go with Madrazo at the key moment.
Gomez Marchante comes through for 4th at 59 seconds, UBS will probably be happy enough with that.
Abal has been caught by Intxausti and Valverde in the finale. Intxausti and Valverde know each other well from last year but must realise they need something extra for glory in this years Vuelta rather than cautious watching of each other.They finish at 1.17 a little way ahead of Santander pair Arroyo and Tenorio and also Machado.
At just over two minutes is Popovich and Denifl with Iglinski and Serpa just behind them.
Plaza doesn't like these steep ones and couldn't follow the pace today finishing well back at 3.22 with Menchov.
Stage results
The gaps opened up today but no eliminations, everyone finished within an hour!
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
5h45'34
2
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 14
3
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
+ 39
4
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
+ 59
5
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'15
6
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
7
David Abal
Café de Colombia
s.t.
8
David Arroyo
Santander
+ 1'27
9
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
10
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'32
11
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 2'02
12
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'13
13
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 2'42
14
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
+ 3'09
15
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
16
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
+ 3'22
17
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
18
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
19
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 3'57
20
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'14
21
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
22
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
23
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 5'15
24
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
+ 5'20
25
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
26
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
s.t.
27
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 7'08
28
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
29
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
s.t.
30
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
31
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
+ 7'25
32
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
s.t.
33
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 8'54
34
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
35
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
36
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 9'04
37
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 10'10
38
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 10'14
39
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
40
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
+ 11'42
41
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
42
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
+ 11'52
43
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
+ 13'04
44
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 14'26
45
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
46
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
47
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
48
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
49
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
s.t.
50
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
51
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
+ 14'48
52
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
+ 14'56
53
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 15'07
54
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
55
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
56
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
+ 15'20
57
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
58
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
59
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 15'38
60
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
s.t.
61
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
+ 15'45
62
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 15'49
63
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 16'01
64
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
+ 16'21
65
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
s.t.
66
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
67
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
s.t.
68
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
+ 16'34
69
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 16'49
70
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
+ 18'45
71
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 19'39
72
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
s.t.
73
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
+ 19'47
74
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
+ 20'16
75
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 20'58
76
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
+ 21'26
77
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 21'53
78
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
+ 22'11
79
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 22'54
80
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 22'59
81
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
+ 23'03
82
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 23'07
83
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 23'15
84
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 23'21
85
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 23'26
86
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 23'31
87
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 23'59
88
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
s.t.
89
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 24'57
90
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 25'05
91
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 25'25
92
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 25'42
93
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
+ 26'27
94
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
+ 26'35
95
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
96
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 27'02
97
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
+ 28'53
98
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 30'04
99
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 31'03
100
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
+ 35'43
101
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 35'48
102
Juan Manuel Gárate
Team D
+ 35'58
103
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 36'07
104
Patxi Vila
Team D
s.t.
105
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 43'31
106
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
s.t.
107
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
108
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
+ 43'41
109
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
110
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 43'48
111
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
s.t.
112
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
+ 43'55
113
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
+ 43'59
114
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
+ 44'03
115
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
116
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 44'11
117
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
118
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
s.t.
119
Oscar Sevilla
Team D
s.t.
120
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 44'23
121
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
122
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
+ 44'29
123
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
s.t.
124
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
s.t.
125
David Millar
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 44'36
126
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
127
Sébastien Rosseler
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
128
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
129
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
130
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
131
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
s.t.
132
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
133
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
s.t.
134
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
135
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
136
Steven Caethoven
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 44'55
137
Daniel Allonca
Santander
s.t.
138
Juan Van Heerden
Wikipedia
s.t.
139
Wouter Weylandt
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
140
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
141
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
142
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Café de Colombia
s.t.
143
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
144
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina - Conec
s.t.
145
Alexander Wetterhall
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
146
Jonas Decouttere
Wikipedia
+ 45'16
147
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
s.t.
148
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
149
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
150
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
151
Tyler Butterfield
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 45'27
152
Danilo Kupfernagel
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
153
Yauheni Hutarovich
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
154
David Kopp
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
155
Fabio Silvestre
Webeffect
s.t.
156
Matt Rowe
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
157
Simas Kondrotas
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
158
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 45'41
159
Andreas Stauff
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
160
Haijun Ma
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
161
Sven Vandousselaere
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
162
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
163
Kristof Goddaert
Festina - Conec
+ 45'55
164
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 46'31
165
Sam Bennett
Café de Colombia
+ 46'38
166
Davide Appollonio
Webeffect
+ 46'44
167
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
+ 47'15
168
Patrick Gretsch
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 47'25
169
Vojtech Hacecký
Proximus - Trek
+ 47'37
170
Niels Scheunemann
Spyker Cars
+ 54'43
171
Igor Abakoumov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 59'41
172
Jens Mouris
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
173
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
174
Casper Jørgensen
Team B&O
+ 59'50
175
Dimitri Champion
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
GC
Reimer is down to 41st. Santander have grabbed the lead, though Madrazo cannot afford to allow Sella to take all the Mountains stages like this. Contador should get himself better positioned now he his set up in a podium place. The gaps are yet to truly open up in the GC favourites, but Plaza has lost a lot of his gained ground from the TT in one day in the mountains.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
22h29'41
2
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
+ 14
3
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
+ 35
4
David Abal
Café de Colombia
+ 1'18
5
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'19
6
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'26
7
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
+ 1'28
8
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'32
9
David Arroyo
Santander
+ 2'09
10
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'38
11
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 3'13
12
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
+ 3'15
13
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
+ 3'41
14
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 3'42
15
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 3'56
16
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 3'58
17
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 4'21
18
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 4'33
19
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 4'55
20
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'58
21
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 5'09
22
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 5'29
23
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 5'39
24
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
25
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
+ 5'56
26
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
+ 6'06
27
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
+ 6'56
28
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 7'19
29
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
+ 7'40
30
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 8'07
31
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 9'13
32
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 9'17
33
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 9'19
34
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 9'44
35
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 10'05
36
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
+ 12'06
37
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 12'40
38
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 12'54
39
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 14'07
40
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
+ 14'10
41
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 14'13
42
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 14'55
43
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 15'22
44
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
+ 15'49
45
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 16'00
46
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 16'05
47
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
+ 16'18
48
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 16'41
49
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
+ 17'01
50
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 17'07
51
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 17'35
52
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
53
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
+ 17'36
54
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 17'38
55
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 17'43
56
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
+ 19'09
57
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 19'29
58
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
+ 19'31
59
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
60
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 19'59
61
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 21'07
62
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
+ 21'16
63
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
+ 22'06
64
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 22'23
65
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
+ 22'30
66
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 22'43
67
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
+ 23'08
68
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
+ 23'14
69
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 23'43
70
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 23'48
71
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 23'53
72
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
+ 24'02
73
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 24'04
74
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 24'09
75
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 24'16
76
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 24'25
77
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
+ 24'43
78
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
+ 24'55
79
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
+ 24'56
80
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 26'08
81
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 26'15
82
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
+ 26'16
83
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
84
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 26'44
85
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 30'13
86
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 30'38
87
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
+ 30'50
88
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 31'06
89
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
+ 32'18
90
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
+ 34'06
91
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
+ 34'36
92
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 36'55
93
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 37'25
94
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 37'26
95
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 39'44
96
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 39'52
97
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
+ 40'32
98
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 40'51
99
Juan Manuel Gárate
Team D
+ 41'01
100
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
s.t.
101
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 42'17
102
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 43'58
103
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 44'12
104
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
+ 44'19
105
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 44'44
106
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
+ 44'49
107
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
+ 44'50
108
Sébastien Rosseler
Jack Wolfskin
+ 45'02
109
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
+ 45'03
110
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 45'05
111
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
+ 45'11
112
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
+ 45'14
113
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
+ 45'17
114
Alexander Wetterhall
Sony Ericsson
+ 45'24
115
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
+ 45'42
116
Juan Van Heerden
Wikipedia
+ 45'55
117
Morten Reckweg
Team B&O
+ 45'57
118
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
+ 45'59
119
Simas Kondrotas
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
120
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
+ 46'16
121
Matt Rowe
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 46'21
122
Steven Caethoven
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 46'22
123
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
+ 46'26
124
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 46'29
125
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 46'33
126
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
+ 46'39
127
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
+ 46'40
128
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 47'13
129
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
+ 47'24
130
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 47'26
131
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
+ 47'30
132
Daniel Allonca
Santander
+ 47'33
133
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Café de Colombia
+ 47'58
134
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 48'05
135
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 48'10
136
Wouter Weylandt
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 48'28
137
David Kopp
Proximus - Trek
+ 48'43
138
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
+ 49'22
139
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 49'27
140
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 49'39
141
Haijun Ma
Proximus - Trek
+ 49'59
142
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
+ 50'30
143
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 52'18
144
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
+ 52'20
145
Jonas Decouttere
Wikipedia
+ 53'05
146
Danilo Kupfernagel
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 53'08
147
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina - Conec
+ 53'21
148
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
+ 53'51
149
Rafaâ Chtioui
UBS - La Pierre
+ 54'06
150
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
+ 54'14
151
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 54'23
152
Patxi Vila
Team D
+ 54'36
153
Andreas Stauff
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 55'14
154
Fabio Silvestre
Webeffect
+ 57'43
155
Davide Appollonio
Webeffect
+ 58'26
156
Sam Bennett
Café de Colombia
+ 59'56
157
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 1h01'15
158
Oscar Sevilla
Team D
+ 1h01'37
159
David Millar
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h02'10
160
Vojtech Hacecký
Proximus - Trek
+ 1h02'27
161
Igor Abakoumov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h03'21
162
Sven Vandousselaere
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h03'43
163
Yauheni Hutarovich
Milka - Vittel
+ 1h03'56
164
Dennis Van Winden
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1h04'34
165
Freddy Johansson
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h04'52
166
Kristof Goddaert
Festina - Conec
+ 1h05'41
167
Patrick Gretsch
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1h07'02
168
Jens Mouris
Proximus - Trek
+ 1h07'24
169
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
+ 1h08'06
170
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h08'07
171
Dimitri Champion
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1h08'32
172
Tyler Butterfield
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h09'48
173
Niels Scheunemann
Spyker Cars
+ 1h17'19
174
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 1h17'34
175
Casper Jørgensen
Team B&O
+ 1h19'15
Points
Reimer still (joint) holds the points jersey. Madrazo is up to 8th and Sella 12th.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
0
43
2
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
0
43
3
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
0
42
4
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
0
40
5
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
0
38
6
Juan Van Heerden
Wikipedia
0
38
7
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
0
34
8
Angel Madrazo
Santander
20
28
9
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
0
28
10
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
0
25
11
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
10
25
12
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
25
25
13
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
0
25
14
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
8
24
15
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
0
24
16
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
0
22
17
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
12
21
18
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
0
21
19
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
0
21
20
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
0
20
21
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
0
17
22
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
16
16
23
Justo Tenorio
Santander
6
15
24
Matt Rowe
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
0
15
25
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
0
15
Mountains
It is pretty close in the mountains classification as Samwel takes the lead, but will probably need something tomorrow if he is to carry it through to the Pyrenees.
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
22
22
2
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
20
20
3
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
18
18
4
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
16
16
5
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
16
16
6
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
16
16
7
Angel Madrazo
Santander
12
12
8
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
0
10
9
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
10
10
10
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
8
8
11
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
6
6
12
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
0
6
13
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
0
4
14
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
4
4
15
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
4
4
16
Rafael Valls
Santander
4
4
17
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
4
4
18
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
0
2
19
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
2
2
20
David Abal
Café de Colombia
2
2
21
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
0
2
22
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
2
2
Youth
Three of the top four places taken up by Santander, Denifl and Keinath at least lead their teams so are the best chance to challenge.
Name
Team
General Time
Angel Madrazo
Santander
22h29'41 (1)
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'26 (2)
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2'38 (3)
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 3'42 (4)
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 3'58 (5)
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 4'58 (6)
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 5'09 (7)
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 7'19 (8)
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 9'19 (9)
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 9'44 (10)
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 14'13 (11)
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 14'55 (12)
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 16'00 (13)
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 16'05 (14)
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 17'07 (15)
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 17'38 (16)
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 17'43 (17)
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 23'43 (18)
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 23'48 (19)
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 24'09 (20)
Teams
It was a plucky effort by Vesuvio, but they came up short of trying to hurt Santander today. Festina and Webeffect also tried with varying results. Santander took charge of the team classification today without quite dominating as much as expected.
