Feathers were ruffled when this route was presented at the inclusion of this team time trial that greets us on stage nine. Two bones of contention - first is the length at 67.5km it is by far the longest team test we have seen in a Grand Tour for some time. The second and perhaps more important issue is having a team test on stage nine after two tough mountain stages.
It created some dilemma's for Protour teams who have packed their yearly rosters with excellent chrono men not brought up on a diet of mountainous climbs. Would they risk these riders for the perfect moment for them to help their more balanced team leaders knowing that it would be hit and miss whether they would make it through the dual mountain stages in the Sierra Nevada?
In a way we are fortunate to have only had one crash which took out three riders (though admittedly delayed others) meaning that team rosters have only been reduced down because of time limit eliminations.
The differences in team strength is pretty stark early on when we compare the first starters who have five riders....
Brent
Bookwalter
75
Reinhardt
Janse van Rensburg
74
Tyler
Farrar
70
Christoph
Mai
63
Ciaran
Kelly
63
... and the 8 rider team of Carmuese
Morgan
Kneisky
72
Tony
Gallopin
70
Jurgen
Roelandts
68
Ben
Curfs
66
Alexandre
Aulas
61
Wouter
Weylandt
60
Óscar
Solis
59
Steven
Caethoven
56
The numbers here indicate the TT rating for each rider, a team like Wikipedia who have historically done well against the clock are hampered by the lack of numbers.
We can check here on the opening two checks the first at 24km and the second at 43km.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
1
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
2
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
Under usual circumstances B and O and Sony Ericsson would be a threat in event like this.
But B & O have been decimated by the early climbs and have been left with a shell of a decent chrono team:
Michael Faerk
Christensen
77
Nico
Keinath
75
Andrei
Grivko
73
Steven
Kruijswijk
72
Juraj
Sagan
68
We can see the effect when they come through the second check, that they like Wikipedia despite having the pedigree are weakened by numbers so that they are also behind Carmuese.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
1
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
2
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
3
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
Next up is last year's protour champions Sony Ericsson. This team had a decent Vuelta last year through Trofimov. The Veleta could have been a lot harsher and they are left with a reasonable amount of TT men, though it may be that a few of them are running on empty.
Sebastian
Lang
79
Jakub
Danacik
76
Alexander
Wetterhall
75
Serge
Pauwels
74
Walter
Pedraza
72
Cameron
Meyer
70
Paride
Grillo
58
It's not particularly surprising that they were comfortably faster at the first check and as they go through the second check the gaps are really opening up.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
1
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
2
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
3
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
4
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
So it is fairly clear here that time gaps will be fairly sizable and that numbers in team will count, the next two teams on course have good numbers but probably don't have the personal to deliver a big result today.
Bacardi:
Tyler
Butterfield
74
Sergio
Pardilla
70
Aidis
Kruopis
69
Evgeni
Sokolov
65
Francisco José
Terciado
64
Matej
Mugerli
62
Michael
Van Stayen
60
and the relegation threatened Spyker:
Lars Ytting
Bak
75
Egoi
Martínez de Esteban
70
Daniel
Teklehaimanot
68
Martin
Reimer
67
Ethan
Weiss
67
José Antonio
Pecharroman
66
Andrey
Zeits
58
Nicolas
Edet
58
Team
Riders
24km
43km
1
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
2
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
3
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
4
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
5
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
6
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
It's turning in to a bit of an embarrassing day for the team of world champion TTer Tayler Phinney. At the top of the leaderboard Sony Ericsson have set the fastest time and it is not long before they will be at the finish in the meantime though Jack Wolfskin are out on course going towards the first check.
Just look at the names:
Dominique
Cornu
81
Joost
Posthuma
80
Rubén
Plaza
79
Jason
Donald
78
Koen
De Kort
77
Benoît
Vaugrenard
76
Kristof
Vandewalle
76
Sébastien
Rosseler
74
Sony's time is clearly the team to beat, though they will also be interested to see the team directly behind them in Milka who have an extra man:
Jerome
Coppel
83
Roman
Kreuziger
77
Maxime
Bouet
76
Thomas
De Gendt
76
Thomas
Rohregger
74
Leopold
König
70
Juan Pablo
Forero
69
Yauheni
Hutarovich
65
Michael
Vanderaerden
58
It looks like we are in for a bit of a battle at the top Jack Wolfskin and Milka are in sizzling form as they smash the best times at the first check.
Team
Riders
24km
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
2
Milka
9
34.46
3
Sony
7
35.25
4
Spyker
8
35.56
5
Bacardi
7
35.58
6
Wikipedia
5
36.05
7
Carmuese
8
36.11
8
B&O
5
36.14
Meanwhile Sony come across the finish to be clubhouse leaders after four teams have finished.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
Final
1
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
98.03
2
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
100.01
3
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
100.07
4
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
100.11
More teams are out on course, it's probably a day off for the Warner Brothers men - well I could be cruel and say it is more like a year off. The recent ranking update has revealed that the team in yellow are still rooted to the bottom of the rankings. Their times at the checks here will be no source for comfort but TTing is not their forte.
Jesse
Sergent
75
Carlos
Barredo
71
Iban
Mayo
64
Santiago
Perez Fernandez
64
César
Rojas Villegas
64
Antonio
Colom Mas
62
Rudi
Van Houts
57
Mauro
Facci
55
It's probably not a big deal for them, but more concern is on the face of last year's Vuelta winner... this is going to be a really tough day for the five riders of Proximus Trek.
Alejandro
Valverde
73
Marc
De Maar
73
Mark
Cavendish
66
Yannick
Stoltz
63
Kevin
De Weert
60
By the time of the second check Valverde's men are plum last out of the ten teams. At the top of the standings Jack Wolfskin have pulled out a lead of 26 seconds on Milka and are more than a minute ahead of Sony. There are other challengers for the day who have full or nearly full teams, but Jack Wolfskin are going to take some beating as expected.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
2
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
3
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
4
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
5
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
6
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
7
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
8
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
9
Warner Brothers
8
36.33
64.13
10
Prox Trek
5
36.25
64.21
A few more runners and riders to go through now:
Stefan
Denifl
72
Yeison
Delgado
69
Danilo
Di Luca
68
Marconi
Durán
65
Nolan
Hoffman
64
Jocelin
Maillet
60
David
Loosli
58
Tough to see Nestle doing much but opening stage winner Michael Rogers could inspire his mob to do something.
Michael
Rogers
84
David
Abal
77
Francisco
Perez Sanchez
73
Alex
Ardila Cano
70
William Germán
Rodríguez Parra
70
José Antonio
Baños Ballester
62
Cayetano
Sarmiento
54
Also one of just five full complements and a bit of a bigging up from the team manager for Pendletons.
Bradley
Wiggins
78
David
Millar
75
Matthieu
Ladagnous
74
Thomas
Faiers
73
Steven
Cummings
73
Denis
Menchov
72
Konstantin
Siutsou
70
Jianhua
Ji
67
Philip
Deignan
65
It's pretty solid stuff from both Pendleton's and Cafe de Colombia. The team of Rogers clearly trying to match their team leaders Rogers and Abal's pace whilst those two are trying to be realistic also. Pendleton's probably have a shout of a podium here. Meanwhile Jack Wolfskin have come home...
Team
Riders
24km
43km
Final
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
96.30
2
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
97.02
3
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
98.03
4
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
99.41
5
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
99.30
6
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
100.11
7
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
100.01
8
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
100.07
It's 32 seconds on Milka who finish a couple of minutes after them and 93 second on early leaders Sony. Is it job done for Jack Wolfskin? Perhaps there are a few more team's out on course though with big squads such as Wiggle:
Timofey
Kritskiy
77
Jaroslav
Popovych
76
Ian
Bibby
75
Vladimir
Bileka
71
Tom
Diggle
70
Aleksej
Kunshin
69
Teodoro
Costagli
68
Paolo
Scarponi
64
UBS, who admittedly look ragged in this shot:
Dimitri
Champion
75
José Angel
Gomez Marchante
71
Florian
Stalder
71
Thomas
Frei
71
Florentino
Marquez
70
Christophe
Riblon
70
Simon
Zahner
65
Maximiliano
Richeze
59
and Pearl Adidas who probably lack the big chrono men but do have 9 riders:
Tanel
Kangert
76
Tiago
Machado
74
Branislav
Samoilev
73
William
Walker
71
Jackson
Rodríguez
70
Jose
Mendes
69
Petar
Panayotov
68
Eric
Berthou
67
Tom
Leezer
66
The nine man teams are clearly with an advantage and Wiggle aided no doubt by the presence of two strong Russian loanee TT men manage to sneak inside Pendleton's times but are losing ground on the second check. Pearl Adidas are producing a solid run also looking to keep Machado nicely placed on GC.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
Wiggle
9
34.56
61.55
Pendletons
9
35.14
62.06
Pearl Adidas
9
35.12
62.11
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
UBS
8
35.33
62.48
Cafe de Colombia
7
35.40
63.01
Nestle
7
36.00
63.27
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
Warner Brothers
8
36.33
64.13
Poxy Trek
5
36.25
64.21
Meanwhile Pendleton's come home indeed they are provisionally in 3rd place comfortably ahead of Sony.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
Final
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
96.30
2
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
97.02
3
Pendletons
9
35.14
62.06
97.33
4
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
98.03
5
Cafe de Colombia
7
35.40
63.01
98.55
6
Webeffect
6
35.42
63.26
99.22
7
Nestle
7
36.00
63.27
99.37
8
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
99.41
9
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
99.30
10
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
100.11
11
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
100.01
12
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
100.07
13
Warner Brothers
8
36.33
64.13
100.26
14
Poxy Trek
5
36.25
64.21
100.43
Meanwhile Valverde looks pretty pissed with things his team have lost over four minutes to PLaza's Jack Wolfskin. Plenty of tough climbing ahead but Valverde knows already he will be behind Abal and Plaza on GC, clubhouse GC standings are as follows:
Plaza
Abal
at 9 seconds
Valverde
at 16 seconds
Menchov
at 241 seconds
Denifl
at 275 seconds
Pedraza
at 287 seconds
Obviously Plaza is going to make huge gains here today, but for others like Valverde it was about damage limitation. Another with high GC ambitions would be Giro runner up (how he must hate that label) Sella. His team as other have pointed out are limited against the clock as is Sella.
Thomas
Bontenackels
76
Tom
Danielson
72
Iker
Camaño
71
Emanuele
Sella
68
Vitor
Rodrigues
67
Óscar
Avelino
57
It is going to be quite tough for Contador as well who is also left with just five teammates though of higher quality than Sella:
Tim
Dees
76
Alberto
Contador
75
Steve
Morabito
72
José
Serpa
71
Dan
Holloway
70
Rafael
Rodríguez Segarra
64
As hard as the two six man teams work it is proving hard to live with the teams with more personal, still both team are doing vastly better than Valverde's Proximus Trek team and should do enough to keep their leaders ahead of Plaza.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
2
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
3
Wiggle
9
34.56
61.55
4
Pendletons
9
35.14
62.06
5
Pearl Adidas
9
35.12
62.11
6
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
7
Festina
6
35.30
62.46
8
UBS
8
35.33
62.48
9
Cafe de Colombia
7
35.40
63.01
10
Webeffect
6
35.42
63.26
11
Nestle
7
36.00
63.27
12
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
13
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
14
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
15
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
16
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
17
Warner Brothers
8
36.33
64.13
18
Poxy Trek
5
36.25
64.21
Meanwhile Wiggle have just made it home and yes they have edged Pendleton's out of the podium places. It was close and Pendletons certainly made ground late on but Popovich can feel that some of the damage from that earlier lost time on a crash has been repaired.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
Final
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
96.30
2
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
97.02
3
Wiggle
9
34.56
61.55
97.29
4
Pendletons
9
35.14
62.06
97.33
5
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
98.03
6
UBS
8
35.33
62.48
98.45
7
Cafe de Colombia
7
35.40
63.01
98.55
8
Nestle
7
36.00
63.27
99.37
9
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
99.41
10
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
99.30
11
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
100.11
12
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
100.01
13
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
100.07
14
Warner Brothers
8
36.33
64.13
100.26
15
Poxy Trek
5
36.25
64.21
100.43
The Clubhouse GC:
Plaza
leads
Abal
at 9 seconds
Valverde
at 16 seconds
Gomez M
at 89 seconds
Menchov
at 241 seconds
Popovich
at 251 seconds
Denifl
at 275 seconds
Pedraza
at 287 seconds
The two last teams out, Protour leaders Vesuvio
Marcel
Kittel
81
Beñat
Intxausti
77
Drasutis
Stundzia
74
Matea
Kvasina
72
Maxim
Iglinski
71
David
Claerebout
71
Mwangi
Samwel
60
Really was very useful for them that Kittel survived the Veleta time cut, still they have been cut down to just 7 riders so he and Intxausti have to work hard to keep them team going.
Finally, Santander have a full complement but this was the day they feared:
Justo
Tenorio
79
Angel
Madrazo
77
Imanol
Erviti
74
David
Arroyo
70
Rafael
Valls
70
Daniel
Allonca
68
Eduardo
Gonzalo
65
Jesus
Del Nero
60
David
López Garcia
54
The teams come through the second check and Jack Wolfskin are high fiving as Vesuvio and Santander are not going to threaten their stage win.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
2
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
3
Wiggle
9
34.56
61.55
4
Pendletons
9
35.14
62.06
5
Pearl Adidas
9
35.12
62.11
6
Santander
9
34.59
62.11
7
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
8
Vesuvio
7
35.15
62.22
9
Festina
6
35.30
62.46
10
UBS
8
35.33
62.48
11
Cafe de Colombia
7
35.40
63.01
12
Webeffect
6
35.42
63.26
13
Nestle
7
36.00
63.27
14
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
15
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
16
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
17
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
18
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
19
Warner Brothers
8
36.33
64.13
20
Poxy Trek
5
36.25
64.21
Festina are doing pretty well to limit the losses for Contader to the likes of Intxausti, Madrazo and Machado. As they come to the finish they now that Machado and Sella are safe in the clubhouse knowing that they have maintained a tasty advantage over the Jack Wolfskin inspired Plaza.
Machado
leads
Sella
at 10 seconds
Plaza
at 119 seconds
Abal
at 128 seconds
Valverde
at 135 seconds
Gomez M
at 208 seconds
Festina come home in a time of 1 hour 38 minutes and twenty six seconds, they have taken two minutes out of Sella and a minute out of Valverde. 30 seconds has been lost on Machado and couple of minutes on Plaza it's probably the best they could have hoped for.
Team
Riders
24km
43km
Final
1
Jack Wolfskin
8
34.38
61.16
96.30
2
Milka
9
34.46
61.42
97.02
3
Wiggle
9
34.56
61.55
97.29
4
Pendletons
9
35.14
62.06
97.33
5
Pearl Adidas
9
35.12
62.11
97.53
6
Sony
7
35.25
62.22
98.03
7
Festina
6
35.30
62.46
98.26
8
UBS
8
35.33
62.48
98.45
9
Cafe de Colombia
7
35.40
63.01
98.55
10
Webeffect
6
35.42
63.26
99.22
11
Nestle
7
36.00
63.27
99.37
12
Bacardi
7
35.58
63.31
99.41
13
Spyker
8
35.56
63.33
99.30
14
Carmuese
8
36.11
63.46
100.11
15
B&O
5
36.14
63.51
100.01
16
Wikipedia
5
36.05
64.01
100.07
17
Warner Brothers
8
36.33
64.13
100.26
18
Poxy Trek
5
36.25
64.21
100.43
The final two teams are out and as they come home the calculations work in overdrive, after Festina came home it was Contador leading the GC provisionally.
Contador
Machado
at 48 seconds
Sella
at 58 seconds
Plaza
at 167 seconds
Abal
at 177 seconds
Valverde
at 183 seconds
Gomez M
at 256 seconds
With Intxausti showing on the Veleta that he can match Contador and Madrazo on the mountains his Vesuvio team work hard and having Kittel with them inspires them with a very decent last third of the TTT finishing with 1 hour 37 minutes and 46 seconds. Intxausti has taken 40 seconds off of Contador, over 90 seconds off of Sella and indeed gained time on the plucky Portuguese Machado after looking like they would lose time to the 9 man Pearl Adidas squad.
Santander also have a good last third, though not quite as good as Vesuvio they do hold them off finishing four seconds faster good enough for 5th on the day. The Santander team manager can relax now not too many flat stages to worry about!
Stage results (teams)
Rank
Team
Time
1
Jack Wolfskin
1h36'31
2
Milka - Vittel
+ 33
3
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'00
4
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'04
5
Santander
+ 1'13
6
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'17
7
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'24
8
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'33
9
Festina - Conec
+ 1'56
10
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'16
11
Café de Colombia
+ 2'26
12
Webeffect
+ 2'52
13
Spyker Cars
+ 3'04
14
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 3'07
15
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 3'11
16
Team B&O
+ 3'31
17
Wikipedia
+ 3'36
18
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3'41
19
Warner Brothers
+ 3'56
20
Proximus - Trek
+ 4'13
Stage results (Individual)
Anybody notable 'dropped' by their teams? Certainly not in the doomsday scenerio of the Cafe de Colombia team boss! Vesuvio dropped Samwel, but Intxausti really needs every second to try and maintain a high GC position so probably no big deal there.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
1h36'31
2
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
3
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
4
Sébastien Rosseler
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
5
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
6
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
+ 2
7
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 5
8
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
+ 8
9
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
+ 33
10
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
11
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
12
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
13
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
14
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 35
15
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
+ 38
16
Yauheni Hutarovich
Milka - Vittel
+ 41
17
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'00
18
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
19
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
20
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
21
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
22
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'02
23
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'04
24
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
25
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
26
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
27
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
28
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
29
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1'07
30
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
31
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
32
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'09
33
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'12
34
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'13
35
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
36
David Arroyo
Santander
s.t.
37
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
38
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
39
David Millar
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1'15
40
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 1'16
41
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'17
42
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
43
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
44
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
45
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
46
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 1'19
47
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'20
48
Daniel Allonca
Santander
+ 1'22
49
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'23
50
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
51
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
52
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
53
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
54
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
55
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
56
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'26
57
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'29
58
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'32
59
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'33
60
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
61
Alexander Wetterhall
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
62
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
63
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
64
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
65
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'35
66
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 1'38
67
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 1'56
68
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
s.t.
69
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
s.t.
70
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
s.t.
71
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
s.t.
72
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
+ 1'58
73
Dimitri Champion
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'16
74
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
75
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
76
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
77
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
78
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'19
79
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'21
80
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2'24
81
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
+ 2'26
82
David Abal
Café de Colombia
s.t.
83
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
s.t.
84
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
s.t.
85
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
s.t.
86
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
+ 2'28
87
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 2'34
88
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
+ 2'52
89
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
s.t.
90
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
s.t.
91
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
s.t.
92
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
s.t.
93
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
+ 2'54
94
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
+ 3'04
95
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
s.t.
96
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
s.t.
97
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
s.t.
98
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
s.t.
99
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 3'06
100
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
101
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
102
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
103
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
104
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
105
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 3'08
106
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
107
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
+ 3'11
108
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
109
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
110
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
111
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
112
Tyler Butterfield
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
113
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
114
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 3'14
115
Igor Abakoumov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 3'16
116
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 3'31
117
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
118
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
119
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
120
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
s.t.
121
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 3'36
122
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
123
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
s.t.
124
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
s.t.
125
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
126
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3'41
127
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
128
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
129
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
130
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
131
Steven Caethoven
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3'43
132
Wouter Weylandt
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3'46
133
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 3'49
134
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
+ 3'56
135
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
136
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
s.t.
137
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
138
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
s.t.
139
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
+ 3'59
140
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
+ 4'01
141
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
+ 4'04
142
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
+ 4'13
143
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
144
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
145
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
146
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
GC
Plaza of course made a big move forward. Santander now have three riders in the top seven, how will they play that out in the Pyrenees. Valverde, by 'selling out' to a weak CTour team was the big loser today it is going to take a Herculean effort for him to defend his title a podium looks a tall order.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
39h42'18
2
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1'07
3
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
+ 1'33
4
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'21
5
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
+ 2'31
6
David Arroyo
Santander
+ 3'49
7
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 4'00
8
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
+ 4'50
9
David Abal
Café de Colombia
+ 4'59
10
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
+ 5'06
11
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
+ 6'19
12
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 8'11
13
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 8'51
14
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 9'01
15
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
+ 9'13
16
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 9'25
17
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 9'37
18
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 10'44
19
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 11'33
20
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 12'25
21
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 12'46
22
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 12'59
23
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 14'57
24
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
+ 16'26
25
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 18'13
26
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
+ 18'24
27
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 19'47
28
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
+ 20'46
29
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
+ 21'25
30
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 21'45
31
Michael Rogers
Café de Colombia
+ 23'44
32
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 23'49
33
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 24'09
34
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 25'02
35
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 25'34
36
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
+ 25'52
37
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 27'55
38
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 28'21
39
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 29'36
40
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
+ 30'07
41
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 30'14
42
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 31'38
43
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 32'58
44
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 33'07
45
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
+ 35'51
46
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 36'13
47
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
48
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 36'44
49
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
+ 38'36
50
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 38'41
51
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
+ 38'49
52
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 41'06
53
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
+ 41'11
54
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 41'50
55
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 42'15
56
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 42'57
57
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
+ 43'10
58
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
+ 43'39
59
Thomas Bontenackels
Webeffect
+ 43'57
60
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 45'01
61
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 45'36
62
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 45'53
63
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
+ 47'04
64
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
+ 47'10
65
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 47'47
66
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
+ 47'50
67
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 49'00
68
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 49'42
69
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
+ 50'08
70
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 51'26
71
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
+ 53'16
72
Marconi Durán
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 53'29
73
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
+ 53'37
74
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 54'09
75
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
+ 55'50
76
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 56'13
77
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 57'28
78
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 58'09
79
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 58'16
80
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
+ 58'17
81
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 59'24
82
César Rojas Villegas
Warner Brothers
+ 59'26
83
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 59'59
84
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
+ 1h00'36
85
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h01'19
86
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
+ 1h03'03
87
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h03'40
88
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
+ 1h05'01
89
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h06'35
90
Imanol Erviti
Santander
+ 1h08'33
91
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h08'37
92
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
+ 1h08'43
93
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Warner Brothers
+ 1h10'40
94
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
+ 1h12'49
95
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 1h14'47
96
Cayetano Sarmiento
Café de Colombia
+ 1h16'29
97
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 1h16'51
98
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
+ 1h19'58
99
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h24'06
100
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
+ 1h25'41
101
Tony Gallopin
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h26'42
102
Benoît Vaugrenard
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1h26'53
103
Juan Manuel Gárate
Team D
+ 1h27'17
104
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
+ 1h34'07
105
Juraj Sagan
Team B&O
+ 1h34'51
106
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h35'25
107
Juan Pablo Forero
Milka - Vittel
+ 1h36'02
108
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 1h36'17
109
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1h36'51
110
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1h37'09
111
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1h37'32
112
Alexandre Aulas
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h37'58
113
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
+ 1h37'59
114
Sebastian Lang
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h38'06
115
Morgan Kneisky
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h38'07
116
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h38'44
117
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
+ 1h39'18
118
Daniel Allonca
Santander
+ 1h39'50
119
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
+ 1h40'17
120
Steven Caethoven
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h40'42
121
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 1h40'53
122
David Millar
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h42'16
123
Wouter Weylandt
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 1h42'33
124
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h42'42
125
Evgeni Sokolov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h42'53
126
Yannick Stoltz
Proximus - Trek
+ 1h45'20
127
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h45'31
128
Patxi Vila
Team D
+ 1h48'50
129
Oscar Sevilla
Team D
+ 1h48'55
130
Koen De Kort
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1h51'48
131
Sébastien Rosseler
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1h51'50
132
Alexander Wetterhall
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h54'05
133
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 1h54'38
134
José Antonio Baños Ballester
Café de Colombia
+ 1h54'45
135
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h54'52
136
Marcel Kittel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1h55'12
137
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h55'36
138
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 1h56'20
139
Igor Abakoumov
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h56'23
140
Kristof Vandewalle
Jack Wolfskin
+ 1h56'55
141
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
+ 1h57'03
142
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
+ 1h57'44
143
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 1h59'42
144
Michael Vanderaerden
Milka - Vittel
+ 2h00'46
145
Dimitri Champion
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2h01'17
146
William Germán Rodríguez Parra
Café de Colombia
+ 2h02'52
147
Cameron Meyer
Sony Ericsson
+ 2h03'14
148
Yauheni Hutarovich
Milka - Vittel
+ 2h11'45
149
Tyler Butterfield
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 2h14'19
150
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h16'54
Points
No individual points today.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
0
89
2
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
0
79
3
Mark Cavendish
Proximus - Trek
0
71
4
Angel Madrazo
Santander
0
58
5
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - La Pierre
0
50
6
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
0
49
7
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
0
43
8
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
0
42
9
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
0
41
10
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
0
39
11
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
0
38
12
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
0
37
13
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
0
36
14
Maxime Bouet
Milka - Vittel
0
36
15
Óscar Avelino
Webeffect
0
33
16
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
0
32
17
Tyler Farrar
Wikipedia
0
32
18
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
0
28
19
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
0
26
20
Paride Grillo
Sony Ericsson
0
26
Mountains
Or Mountains points.
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
0
26
2
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
0
26
3
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
0
24
4
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
0
22
5
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
0
22
6
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
0
20
7
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
0
18
8
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
0
18
9
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
0
18
10
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
0
16
11
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
0
16
12
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
0
14
13
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
0
13
14
Ethan Weiss
Spyker Cars
0
12
15
Rafael Valls
Santander
0
10
16
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
0
10
Youth
A Santander 1-2 looks likely here, unless Tenorio blows up for his team leader. But what about a 1-2-3? Denifl's Nestle team are likely to try and support him, though further down Kritskiy, Panayotov and Marquez are here for team leaders. Keinath of course really sucks at climbing so no danger there!
Name
Team
General Time
Angel Madrazo
Santander
39h42'18 (1)
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 4'00 (2)
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 9'25 (3)
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 11'33 (4)
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 12'46 (5)
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 12'59 (6)
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 14'57 (7)
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 21'45 (8)
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 24'09 (9)
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 25'02 (10)
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 28'21 (11)
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 29'36 (12)
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 30'14 (13)
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 33'07 (14)
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 36'44 (15)
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 41'06 (16)
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 42'57 (17)
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 49'42 (18)
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 56'13 (19)
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 57'28 (20)
Teams
It wasn't as damaging as perhaps some thought it could be, this test will have drained teams mentally as much as physically. The Pyrenees loom and squads will likely be reduced more who will survive Santander's onslaught!
