A flat transitional stage today as we head southwards towards Madrid by way of the Bolo del Mundo. That is still to come though and today could be another chance for the breakaways or just maybe the sprinters having clambered with their depleted teams over most of the mountains can strike.
The break of the day numbers 10 riders and contains 4 or the bottom 8 on GC. Joost Posthuma Roman Kreuziger Eric Berthou Bradley Wiggins Jakub Danacik Daniel Teklehaimanot Andrei Grivko Thomas Frei Jesse Sergent Brent Bookwalter
are here to try and make something of the day.
The sprinters teams Bacardi, Carmuese and Nestle (for Hoffman) look to chase for a while but seem unable to reduce the gap.
As Danacek takes the first intermediate sprint ahead of Frei and Bertou,s two more riders come across to the break.
David Loosli
and Tom Danielson
are those riders.
The break roll through the second sprint with Grivko getting the nod ahead of Wiggins and Bookwalter.
Meanwhile the sprinters teams have gone from the front as Santander come up in the last 100km keeping Madrazo out of trouble.
A quick look at the time check with 60km to go and the gap is 7 minutes, it looks like with the magic minute a 10km formula broken the gap is going to be difficult to catch.
It is a bit of a lumpy one in the finale and after Grivko and Posthume lead over the third sprint ahead of Sergent those two have to be the biggest threats in the break today.
Posthuma attacks solo with 17.5km to go.
Danielson and Loosli look briefly to try and join, Loosli gives up fairly quickly though. It is a long way out and the rest of the break have some decent roulers in there to give chase.
But Posthuma is a strong rider alone and he tucks in to try and get every second he can out of this move.
With 12.5km to go he has 26 seconds on Danielson and 44 seconds on the break (the pack is at 6 minutes). At 10km to go he has 40 seconds on Danielson but still just 48 seconds on the break.
It's a game of cat and mouse here, with Posthuma being the dangerman and as Danielson gets caught only Grivko and Danacek are working in the break.
With 5km to go the gap is 50 seconds, but Posthuma is beginning to lose a bit of power and Grivko begins to come back at the Jack Wolfskin rider.
With 2.5km left the gap is down to just 32 seconds, the riders are sitting behind Grivko as he starts to sprint.
Danacek, Kreuzinger, Berthou, Sergent and Frei are there with him as the others drop off.
Posthuma meanwhile has to try to hold it as they come into the finish 1500m to go his lead is down to just 16 seconds - has he misjudged his attack?
Grivko is riding the others off his wheel only Danacek and Kreuzinger can stick with him, it's a visable gap between Grivko and Posthuma.
Into the last kilometer Posthuma still has an okay lead, we go slightly uphill in the finish.
As Grivko who has done a lot of work fades it is clear that Posthuma has enough in the tank, to take a morale boosting win for Jack Wolfskin.
Kreuzinger nips past the other two for second, after doing little work to try and catch Posthuma. Grivko holds off Danacek for third and Berthou wins the sprint for fifth ahead of Sergent, Frei and Tekliehaimanot.
In the pack Roelandts wins the sprint for 13th ahead of Valverde and Hoffman (Van Stayen is 17th)
Stage results
Posthuma wins a second stage for Jack Wolfskin, he looked pretty good yesterday on the Angliru. Milka again close as were B&O, who considering they have only two riders left have done well for themselves.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
4h49'28
2
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
3
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
4
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
5
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
+ 42
6
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
s.t.
7
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
8
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
s.t.
9
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
10
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
s.t.
11
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
12
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
13
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 5'20
14
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
15
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
16
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
17
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
18
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
19
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
s.t.
20
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
21
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
22
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
23
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
s.t.
24
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
s.t.
25
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
26
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
27
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
28
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
29
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
30
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
31
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
32
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
33
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
34
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
35
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
s.t.
36
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
s.t.
37
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
38
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
s.t.
39
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
40
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
s.t.
41
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
42
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
43
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
44
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
45
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
46
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
47
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
48
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
49
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
50
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
51
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
52
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
53
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
s.t.
54
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
55
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
s.t.
56
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
57
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
s.t.
58
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
s.t.
59
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
s.t.
60
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
61
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
s.t.
62
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
s.t.
63
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
64
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
65
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
66
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
67
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
s.t.
68
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
70
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
71
David Abal
Café de Colombia
s.t.
72
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
s.t.
73
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
74
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
s.t.
75
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
76
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
s.t.
77
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
78
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
s.t.
79
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
s.t.
80
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
81
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
s.t.
82
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
83
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
84
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
85
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
86
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
s.t.
87
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
s.t.
88
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
s.t.
89
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
s.t.
90
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
91
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
s.t.
92
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
s.t.
93
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
s.t.
94
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
s.t.
95
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
s.t.
96
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
s.t.
97
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
s.t.
98
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
s.t.
99
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
s.t.
100
Xabier Zandio
Team D
s.t.
101
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
s.t.
102
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
s.t.
103
David Arroyo
Santander
+ 10'03
GC
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
91h53'13
2
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
+ 8'02
3
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 11'23
4
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
+ 13'37
5
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
+ 13'56
6
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 14'31
7
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 19'20
8
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
+ 21'25
9
David Abal
Café de Colombia
+ 21'51
10
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 24'27
11
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 28'35
12
Rubén Plaza
Jack Wolfskin
+ 29'13
13
Denis Menchov
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 39'52
14
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 41'39
15
Walter Pedraza
Sony Ericsson
+ 43'48
16
José Serpa
Festina - Conec
+ 47'06
17
Maxim Iglinski
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 52'14
18
Thomas Rohregger
Milka - Vittel
+ 55'22
19
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 59'14
20
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1h04'44
21
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h06'14
22
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 1h08'04
23
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1h09'25
24
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h10'38
25
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
+ 1h11'21
26
Eduardo Gonzalo
Santander
+ 1h15'18
27
Iker Camaño
Webeffect
+ 1h23'31
28
Danilo Di Luca
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1h26'41
29
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h26'47
30
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h28'24
31
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 1h28'32
32
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 1h33'54
33
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h38'46
34
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h42'18
35
Christophe Riblon
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1h45'34
36
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h46'52
37
Ian Bibby
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 1h47'50
38
Serge Pauwels
Sony Ericsson
+ 1h50'41
39
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 1h53'14
40
Tom Danielson
Webeffect
+ 1h54'35
41
Jocelin Maillet
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1h55'09
42
Steve Morabito
Festina - Conec
+ 1h55'29
43
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Café de Colombia
+ 1h56'04
44
Yeison Delgado
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 1h56'09
45
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h58'21
46
Tim Dees
Festina - Conec
+ 1h58'39
47
Aleksej Kunshin
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 2h04'21
48
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 2h04'27
49
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
+ 2h06'10
50
Iban Mayo
Warner Brothers
+ 2h08'14
51
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
+ 2h08'49
52
David Arroyo
Santander
+ 2h11'48
53
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h13'26
54
Antonio Colom Mas
Warner Brothers
+ 2h17'35
55
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 2h17'43
56
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 2h18'40
57
Leopold König
Milka - Vittel
+ 2h37'05
58
David Loosli
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 2h38'40
59
Sergio Pardilla
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 2h41'45
60
Simon Zahner
UBS - La Pierre
+ 2h42'37
61
William Walker
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h54'13
62
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - Vittel
+ 2h56'34
63
David Claerebout
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 2h57'59
64
Alex Ardila Cano
Café de Colombia
+ 3h01'01
65
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
+ 3h02'19
66
Marc De Maar
Proximus - Trek
+ 3h06'43
67
Kevin De Weert
Proximus - Trek
+ 3h07'51
68
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
+ 3h11'14
69
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
+ 3h15'07
70
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
+ 3h19'07
71
Andrey Zeits
Spyker Cars
+ 3h25'44
72
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 3h28'09
73
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Spyker Cars
+ 3h29'16
74
Lars Ytting Bak
Spyker Cars
+ 3h29'45
75
Egoi Martínez de Esteban
Spyker Cars
+ 3h31'04
76
Rudi Van Houts
Warner Brothers
+ 3h32'49
77
Drasutis Stundzia
Vesuvio-Accumalux
+ 3h36'07
78
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
+ 3h43'20
79
Thomas Frei
UBS - La Pierre
+ 3h45'24
80
Tom Diggle
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 3h51'07
81
Steven Cummings
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 3h52'48
82
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 4h01'20
83
Rafael Rodríguez Segarra
Festina - Conec
+ 4h02'10
84
Matej Mugerli
Bacardi - Ignis
+ 4h03'52
85
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
+ 4h04'08
86
Vitor Rodrigues
Webeffect
+ 4h11'15
87
Thomas De Gendt
Milka - Vittel
+ 4h15'12
88
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 4h22'04
89
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 4h29'44
90
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
+ 4h31'21
91
Vladimir Bileka
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 4h35'17
92
Ciaran Kelly
Wikipedia
+ 4h38'37
93
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
+ 4h38'41
94
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 4h49'44
95
Nicolas Edet
Spyker Cars
+ 4h50'10
96
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
+ 4h53'45
97
Ben Curfs
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
+ 5h06'51
98
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 5h08'06
99
Jason Donald
Jack Wolfskin
+ 5h27'18
100
Jesse Sergent
Warner Brothers
+ 5h33'49
101
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 5h37'59
102
Jose Mendes
Pearl Adidas
+ 5h50'22
103
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Wikipedia
+ 6h06'15
Points
Nothing for Van Stayen today and little really for any of the rider high on the points classifciation. Will the sprinters have a chance on stage 21, if they survive tomorrow.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
0
193
2
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
2
155
3
Michael Van Stayen
Bacardi - Ignis
0
128
4
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
0
128
5
Jurgen Roelandts
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
3
122
6
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
0
101
7
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
0
93
8
Jerome Coppel
Milka - Vittel
0
75
9
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
0
66
10
Nolan Hoffman
Nestlé Cycling Team
1
64
11
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
0
61
12
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
28
58
13
Dan Holloway
Festina - Conec
0
57
14
Justo Tenorio
Santander
0
55
15
Jaroslav Popovych
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
0
54
16
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
0
53
17
Florian Stalder
UBS - La Pierre
0
53
18
David Abal
Café de Colombia
0
52
19
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
0
43
20
Martin Reimer
Spyker Cars
0
43
21
Joost Posthuma
Jack Wolfskin
29
43
22
Eric Berthou
Pearl Adidas
14
42
23
Mauro Facci
Warner Brothers
0
39
24
Dominique Cornu
Jack Wolfskin
0
37
25
Jakub Danacik
Sony Ericsson
20
37
Mountains
No mountains today and not a lot other than the Bolo del Mundo tomorrow, stage 21 does have a second category at the beginning of the stage.
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Angel Madrazo
Santander
0
132
2
Alberto Contador
Festina - Conec
0
98
3
Carlos Barredo
Warner Brothers
0
98
4
Francisco José Terciado
Bacardi - Ignis
0
92
5
Beñat Intxausti
Vesuvio-Accumalux
0
66
6
Alejandro Valverde
Proximus - Trek
0
66
7
Óscar Solis
Carmeuse - Bouygues Telecom
0
66
8
Emanuele Sella
Webeffect
0
55
9
José Antonio Pecharroman
Spyker Cars
0
54
10
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
0
50
11
José Angel Gomez Marchante
UBS - La Pierre
0
43
12
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
0
40
Youth
No changes here.
Name
Team
General Time
Angel Madrazo
Santander
91h53'13 (1)
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 19'20 (2)
Stefan Denifl
Nestlé Cycling Team
+ 28'35 (3)
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 41'39 (4)
Timofey Kritskiy
Wiggle - San Pellegrino
+ 59'14 (5)
Florentino Marquez
UBS - La Pierre
+ 1h04'44 (6)
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h06'14 (7)
Nico Keinath
Team B&O
+ 1h08'04 (8)
Jianhua Ji
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h26'47 (9)
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's Twicer
+ 1h28'24 (10)
Teams
Festina drop behind UBS and now Pearl Adidas are putting pressure on them.
