@ tsmoha: I really hope Cunego can keep up like that. He has a first peak for T-A and then continues on a high level till the Ardennes. Maybe that's too much, we'll see.
@ laidbackmarc: Yep, Oss should develop well. And also, there is a certain Pozzato without contract for next season...
I'm back at home in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, now. I still have some small training sessions in March, then, in April, a complete phase of rest until I slowly start building up my shape again in May.
But what I wanted to tell you: As a result of my good performances and the intense training in the first two months of the year, I feel I got stronger than ever. I improved on every terrain and come closer and closer to the top level I eventually want to reach.
I will continue to write here from time to time and keep updating the race reports section.
congrats on the newly progress - you could become a serious contender for the overall in slovenia if you keep training hard nice to see that you are also improving in hilly terrain which was a problem sometimes
@FreitasPCM: Don't worry He'll be very disciplined.
@johannes-w: Thanks. In Slovenia, the Top 10 from last year won't be enough this time, you're right I will depend on the starting field though. And yes, the improvement on hills can become very important!
Damiano Cunego and Jérémie Galland (Saur) are the only ones with more than one overall win this month. The most surprising win was probably Ricardo Vilela's success at the Volta ao Algarve.
World Tour Ranking
No changes due to no World Tour races.
CQ Ranking
Damiano Cunego is the outstanding rider so far, having almost as much points as second and third, Pellizotti and Hivert, figured up. Liquigas also increased their lead in the team ranking but that might change in the next months when the really big points are being distributed. Movistar had a nice month, mostly due to Rojas, and both advance a lot in the respective rankings. Youngster Dominik Nerz will lose his strong place in the upcoming months.
Saur is really on fire in the early season and starts to build a nice buffer in the race for promotion, although it's way too early to see any decision.
Victory Ranking
José Joaquin Rojas was impressive with seven wins only in this month but Damiano Cunego still leads, as well as his team in the team ranking. Saur and Movistar also with nice amounts of wins, the Spanish team has already almost as much wins as last year (14).
Monthly Awards
Not surprisingly, Rojas wins the award with six stage wins in the deserts of Oman and Qatar plus the overall in the latter. Brambilla is honoured for his second spot in stage four of the Giro di Sardegna.
Preview March
3.3.
Giro del Friuli
*
Win
4.-6.3.
Vuelta a la Region de Murcia
6.-13.3.
Paris – Nice
***
Top 3
9.-15.3.
Tirreno – Adriatico
*****
Win
19.3.
Milano – San Remo
****
Top 3
21.-27.3.
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
26.3.
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke
27.3.
Gent – Wevelgem
29.3.-1.4.
KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde
The month March sees us tackling our first sponsor goals. Especially the races on home soil, Tirreno – Adriatico and Milano – San Remo, are important to our sponsors. In general, the World Tour ranking will be properly shaked up.
Firstly held in 1974, the Giro del Friuli is one of the lesser known Italian one day classics. It covers the Friuli province in the north east of Italy, close to the Slovenian frontier. Record winner is Guido Bontempi who won the race three times in the 80s, more recent winners are the likes of Franco Pellizotti or Mirko Lorenzetto.
The first half of the 187 kms long parcours is completely flat. The second half is a hilly criterium in the province capital Gorizia. A puncheur should win this.
With both Roman Kreuziger and Damiano Cunego, Liquigas provides two victory candidates. Only Katusha's Leonardo Bertagnolli should be able to challenge them.
Team Liquigas
The sponsor gave us a clear goal: Winning this race. And therefore, we brought a strong team with Kreuziger and Cunego as dual leaders, both using this for preparation for Paris – Nice and Tirreno – Adriatico, respectively. To be sure, we might also send someone into the break.
Report
Due to strong winds and a nervous peloton, it took long until a breakaway finally established itself. It consists of six riders including Tiziano Dall'Antonia and Branislav Samoilau (ISD CT). After a while, Maurizio Biondo (Acqua), Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) and Francesco Failli (Farnese Vini) jumped to the front which caused Liquigas to enforce the pace in the pack.
Climbing the third to last ascent, only Dall'Antonia and the three mentioned above are left in front, three minutes in front of the pack in which Liquigas is still doing the pace. They don't seem to have much trust in Dall'Antonia, who is the not the best puncheur in the group.
Along with Katusha, Liquigas brings the group back on the second to last climb. The front group is now only 33 riders large. Nothing else happened until the last 10 kms when Leonardo Bertagnolli attacks. But Roman Kreuziger digs deep and reels him back in. Only Leonardo Pietropolli (Lampre) and Cunego can follow. The latter attacks on the very top of the climb and gets away.
The Liquigas captain takes his next win and fulfills the sponsor goal. On the decent, a couple of riders caught up with the second group but Bertagnolli holds on to the second place in front of Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini). Kreuziger finishes seventh after some hard work on the last climb.
Damiano Cunego continues his winning streak in Italy.
Result
1
Damiano Cunego
Liquigas - Cannondale
4h33'43
2
Leonardo Bertagnolli
Katusha Team
+ 30
3
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
4
Daniele Pietropolli
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
5
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
s.t.
6
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
7
Roman Kreuziger
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
8
Danilo Di Luca
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
9
Gabriele Bosisio
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
10
Vladimir Efimkin
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Davide Rebellin
Katusha Team
s.t.
12
Marco Marzano
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 2'32
13
Dario Cataldo
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Stefano Garzelli
Katusha Team
s.t.
15
Egor Silin
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
16
Sergey Firsanov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
17
Marco Pinotti
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
18
Giuseppe Palumbo
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
19
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
20
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
21
Maurizio Biondo
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
22
Francesco Failli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
23
Massimiliano Gentili
Amore & Vita
s.t.
24
Daniel Moreno
Katusha Team
s.t.
25
Manuele Mori
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
26
Luca Paolini
Katusha Team
s.t.
27
Aleksandr Kuschynski
Katusha Team
s.t.
28
Johnny Hoogerland
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
29
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
s.t.
30
Héctor Guerra
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 4'58
31
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
+ 5'27
32
Mikhail Ignatiev
Katusha Team
s.t.
33
Andrey Kashechkin
Lampre - ISD
+ 6'03
34
Juraj Sagan
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 7'05
35
Davide Malacarne
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 8'13
36
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Francesco Reda
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 8'55
38
Kristof Vandewalle
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Remmert Wielinga
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
40
Sergey Rudaskov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
41
Markus Eibegger
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
42
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 10'10
43
Federico Canuti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
44
Giuseppe Muraglia
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
45
Marco Frapporti
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
46
Uros Murn
Adria Mobil
s.t.
47
Sébastien Rosseler
Quick·Step Cycling Team
s.t.
48
Andrea Tonti
Team Pisanellastoria
s.t.
49
Artem Ovechkin
Katusha Team
s.t.
50
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
51
Vladimir Karpets
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
52
Branislau Samoilau
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
53
Thomas De Gendt
Quick·Step Cycling Team
+ 10'57
54
Eduard Prades
TV3 - Caixa Catalunya
s.t.
55
Constantino Zaballa
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
56
Luca Ascani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
57
Francesco Bellotti
Team Pisanellastoria
s.t.
58
Pavel Kochetkov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
59
Martin Mortensen
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 11'28
60
Claudio Corioni
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
61
Ryohei Komori
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
62
Andrew Bajadali
Team Type 1
s.t.
63
Jaume Rovira
TV3 - Caixa Catalunya
s.t.
64
Mikhail Antonov
Itera - Katusha
+ 11'55
65
Fortunato Baliani
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
66
David Rosch
Atlas Personal
+ 12'24
67
Nikita Novikov
Itera - Katusha
+ 13'13
68
Santo Anza
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 13'36
69
Sergio Hernandez
Team Type 1
s.t.
70
Tadej Valjavec
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
71
Danilo Napolitano
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
72
Mitja Mahoric
Adria Mobil
s.t.
73
Tomasz Lisowicz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
74
Elia Rigotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
75
Pavel Gorenc
Adria Mobil
s.t.
76
Josep Jufré
TV3 - Caixa Catalunya
s.t.
77
Hubert Schwab
Atlas Personal
s.t.
78
Mario Alfieri
Adria Mobil
s.t.
79
Simone Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
80
Cristiano Fumagalli
Miche - Guerciotti
+ 14'48
81
Volodymir Gustov
ISD - Lampre Continental
+ 15'04
82
Eduardo Gonzalo
TV3 - Caixa Catalunya
s.t.
83
Sergi Escobar
TV3 - Caixa Catalunya
s.t.
84
Danilo Andrenacci
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
+ 15'30
85
Alessandro Donati
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
86
Gianluca Maggiore
Team Pisanellastoria
s.t.
87
Volodymyr Zagorodny
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
88
Aitor Pérez Arrieta
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
89
William Aranzazu
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
90
Sacha Modolo
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 16'13
91
Mirko Selvaggi
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
92
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
93
Elia Favilli
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
94
Kristian Sobota
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
95
Marc De Maar
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
96
Adam Sznitko
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
97
Giuseppe De Maria
Team Pisanellastoria
s.t.
98
Patrik Moren
Amore & Vita
s.t.
99
Alexander Kvachuk
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
100
Andrea Guardini
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 17'41
101
Martin Lind
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
102
Andrea Grendene
Team Type 1
+ 18'44
103
Fabio Piscopiello
Team Pisanellastoria
s.t.
104
Sergey Kolesnikov
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
105
Alberto Loddo
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
106
Volodymyr Kogut
Amore & Vita
s.t.
107
Andrea Pasqualon
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
108
Mahdi Sohrabi
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
109
Angelo Furlan
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
110
Leopoldo Rocchetti
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
111
Andrey Zeits
Atlas Personal
s.t.
112
Jarosław Rębiewski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
113
Amid Zargari
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
114
Xabier Zandio
Adria Mobil
s.t.
115
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
116
Leonardo Giordani
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
s.t.
117
Paride Grillo
Team Pisanellastoria
+ 19'54
118
Marcello Pavarin
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
119
Krzysztof Jeżowski
Bank BGZ
s.t.
120
Alberto Ongarato
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
121
Hossein Nateghi
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
122
Bernardo Riccio
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
123
Javier Megías
Team Type 1
s.t.
124
Jens Erik Madsen
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
125
Alfredo Balloni
Lampre - ISD
s.t.
126
Aljaz Hocevar
Adria Mobil
s.t.
127
Dmytro Grabovskyy
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
128
Rustam Kozlov
Itera - Katusha
s.t.
129
Andrea Piechele
Colnago - CSF Inox
+ 21'18
130
Matteo Fedi
Team Pisanellastoria
s.t.
131
Laurent Beuret
Atlas Personal
+ 22'15
132
Oleksandr Martynenko
ISD - Lampre Continental
s.t.
133
Piotr Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
134
Marc Reynès
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
135
Alexei Markov
Tabriz Petrochemical Team
s.t.
136
Sergio Laganà
Team Pisanellastoria
s.t.
137
Piotr Kieblesz
Bank BGZ
s.t.
138
Pawel Sztobryn
Bank BGZ
s.t.
139
Andreas Stauff
Atlas Personal
s.t.
140
Manuel Fedele
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
141
David De la Cruz
TV3 - Caixa Catalunya
s.t.
142
Benjamin King
Team Type 1
s.t.
143
Niv Libner
Amore & Vita
+ 24'42
144
David Dvorsky
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
145
Mario Probst
Atlas Personal
s.t.
146
Stanislav Kozúbek
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
147
Stefano Pirazzi
Colnago - CSF Inox
s.t.
148
Daniel Vestergaard
Christina Watches - Onfone
s.t.
149
Alexander Zdanov
D'Angelo & Antenucci - Nippo
s.t.
150
Bersvenn Støen
Amore & Vita
s.t.
151
Michal Golas
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
152
Leonardo Pinizzotto
Miche - Guerciotti
s.t.
153
Alex Bowden
Team Type 1
s.t.
154
Mads Moltke Steen
Christina Watches - Onfone
+ 25'34
155
Vojtěch Dlouhý
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
156
Martial Roman
Atlas Personal
+ 26'31
157
Francesco Di Paolo
Acqua & Sapone
+ 27'21
158
Tomáš Bucháček
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
159
Lilian Pommier
Atlas Personal
s.t.
160
Jakub Vecera
PSK Whirlpool - Author
s.t.
161
Sergiy Gretchyn
Amore & Vita
s.t.
162
Michele Pace
Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team
+ 27'57
The Winner
Not quite the world championships but still: Another strong performance by Damiano Cunego. He is in great shape and will be one of the top favorites for Tirreno – Adriatico.
Liquigas Resumé
Mission accomplished. Credits to both Damiano and Roman. Without the latter, the win wouldn't have been possible, or at least less probable. His strong efforts to reel Bertagnolli back in have decided the race. A good teamwork.
@ laidbackmarc: Well it wasn't that easy. Without Kreuziger, Bertagnolli would have gotten away and I don't know if Cunego could have followed. But yeah, I think he has good chances for T-A. MSR is another thing, I was never good at that race, and last year, Mauro Finetto disappointed pretty badly. We'll see...
@ tsmoha: Yep, Kreuziger was very important there. A nice luxury domestique
The Vuelta a Murcia started 1981 with a famous winner: Pedro Delgado. Counted among the further winners are the likes of Miguel Indurain, Denis Menchov and record winner Alejandro Valverdo, who took the overall three times.
With a rather but not completely flat, one hilly stage and a time trial, the Vuelta appeals to all kinds of riders and the weak starting field of last year was a passing fed. This year, some big names attend. As the two road stages don't allow large time gaps, the winner should have decent time trialing skills.
Spoiler
Result in 2011
1
Markus Fothen
Team NSP
2
Santiago Perez
Barbot - Efapel
3
Victor Hugo Pena
Colombia es Pasion – Cafe de Colombia
4
Ghader Mizbani
Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
5
Boris Shpilevski
Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team
Favorites
Alberto Contador (Movistar) , Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R La Mondiale)
Damiano Cunego (Liquigas)
Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) , Ruben Plaza (Movistar)
G. César Veloso (Caja Rural)
Tejay Van Garderen (T-Mobile) , Jonathan Castroviejo (Barbot)
Last year's weak starting field was a single event. With Alberto Contador, world's best stage racer takes part in this race. Some other strong time trialists are here as well as Damiano Cunego, who convinced with strong performances recently. In contrary to him, most favorites including Contador start their season here.
Team Liquigas
Damiano Cunego aims for the win but he would have to make up a lot of time in front of the time trial. An advantage should be that Contador, the main rival, starts the season while our Italian is already in great shape.
Simone Ponzi and Mauro Finetto have a good shot at the first stage, in case it ends in a mass sprint.
Report
A six men break including Alan Marangoni and Nokia's Matteo Tossato dominates the live coverage of today. The latter takes most points over the mountains and leads that ranking. They are caught on the last ascent and while a crash confuses the pack, Farnese Vini's Oscar Gatto breaks free.
By the time the pack takes notice, the Italian is already long gone. Damiano Cunego and Freddy Montana (Colombia) try to catch up with him but it's too late. Gatto wins the stage! Cunego and Montana stay in front of the pack but don't get a time gap, Finetto wins the sprint for place 4.
With a perfectly timed attack, Gatto tricks the sprinters.
1
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini – Neri Sottolo
4h09'02
2
Freddy Montana
Colombia es Pasión – Café de Colombia
+ 35
3
Damiano Cunego
Liquigas - Cannondale
s.t.
The break today is quite large, 12 men including Paolo Longo Borghini. They're caught on the last climb and make no further impact on the race. Four kilometers from the top, Damiano Cunego sets a strong attack and splits the pack. He crosses the summit with 45 seconds to a trio consisting of Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel), Ruben Plaza and David Arroyo (both Movistar). No signs of Contador or Peraud.
And Cunego doesn't only stay in the lead, he extends it to 55 seconds and takes the overall lead. Arroyo outsprints Nieve and his team mate Plaza for place two while Alexander Efimkin (Type 1) leads the pack into the finish 1'31 behind Cunego. Contador is in this pack, he obviously isn't in shape yet. Peraud loses even more than five minutes.
Cunego is now in a great position to win the overall. Plaza 1'23 behind him, Contador 1'59. In 12 kilometers of time trial, that shouldn't be doable for them.
Who shall stop this guy?
1
Damiano Cunego
Liquigas - Cannondale
4h35'54
2
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 55
3
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel – Euskadi
s.t.
4
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
s.t.
5
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
+ 1'31
One of the top favorites for today, Bert Grabsch (T-Mobile), starts very early and sets the best time for a while. Jean-Christophe Peraud can't match the German and is six seconds slower. The top favorite for today, and originally for the overall as well, is Alberto Contador. For the moment, he underlines the ambitions, crushing Grabsch's time by 17 seconds. He should make a big leap in the overall.
But eventually, three riders are faster than El Pistolero: The stage winner is a complete surprise. Caja Rural's Oleg Chuzda sets today's fastest time, six seconds faster than Contador. Maurizio Biondo (Acqua&Sapone) and Ruben Plaza (Movistar), who move up to sixth and second overall respectively, complete the podium. Damiano Cunego finishes 18th, 35 seconds down, but keeps his overall.
A surprising winner: Oleg Chuzda with his second season victory.
1
Oleg Chuzda
Caja Rural
16'00
2
Maurizio Biondo
Acqua & Sapone
+ 5
3
Ruben Plaza
Movistar Team
s.t.
Classifications
Overall
1
Damiano Cunego
Liquigas - Cannondale
9h01'38
2
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
+ 53
3
David Arroyo
Movistar Team
+ 1'15
4
Oleg Chuzhda
Caja Rural
+ 1'24
5
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 1'28
6
Maurizio Biondo
Acqua & Sapone
+ 1'29
7
Alberto Contador
Movistar Team
+ 1'30
8
Jonathan Castroviejo
Barbot - Efapel
+ 1'40
9
Gustavo César Veloso
Caja Rural
+ 1'41
10
Francisco José Pacheco
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 1'42
Spoiler
11
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
12
Dimitri Champion
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 1'45
13
Hugo Sabido
LA - Antarte
+ 1'47
14
José Antonio De Segovia
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
15
Cândido Barbosa
Onda
+ 1'56
16
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Nokia - SunGard
+ 1'57
17
Nicolas Vogondy
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
s.t.
18
Freddy Montaña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 2'05
19
Martin Elmiger
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'07
20
Francisco Mancebo
Orbea Continental
+ 2'08
21
Sérgio Sousa
Onda
s.t.
22
Alessandro Proni
Acqua & Sapone
+ 2'13
23
Vitor Rodrigues
Tavira - Prio
+ 2'15
24
Javier Moreno
Caja Rural
s.t.
25
Aitor Galdos
Caja Rural
+ 2'16
26
Sergio Pardilla
Movistar Team
s.t.
27
Gorka Verdugo
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 2'17
28
Nicolas Roche
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'18
29
Mauro Finetto
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2'19
30
Delio Fernández
Onda
+ 2'21
31
Diego Milán
Caja Rural
+ 2'23
32
José Herrada
Caja Rural
+ 2'28
33
Simone Ponzi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 2'30
34
Marcos García
Tavira - Prio
s.t.
35
Álex Cano Ardila
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
36
Daniele Callegarin
Team Type 1
s.t.
37
Alexander Efimkin
Team Type 1
+ 2'31
38
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 2'34
39
Gabriele Bosisio
Acqua & Sapone
s.t.
40
Ricardo Mestre
Tavira - Prio
+ 2'35
41
Iván Velasco
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
42
Jérémie Galland
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'36
43
Ángel Vallejo
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
44
Iban Mayoz
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
s.t.
45
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 2'37
46
Santiago Pérez
Barbot - Efapel
s.t.
47
Yannick Talabardon
Saur - Sojasun
+ 2'38
48
Óscar Pujol
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
+ 2'39
49
Fabio Taborre
Acqua & Sapone
+ 2'40
50
Félix Cárdenas
Onda
+ 2'48
51
Andrea Noè
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 2'50
52
Anthony Ravard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 3'09
53
Paolo Longo Borghini
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 3'38
54
Víctor De la Parte
Caja Rural
+ 4'15
55
Tejay Van Garderen
Team T-Mobile
+ 4'22
56
Danny Pate
Team T-Mobile
+ 4'34
57
Alejandro Marque
Onda
+ 4'42
58
Hugo Salazar
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
59
Amets Txurruka
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4'43
60
Tony Gallopin
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 4'46
61
Francisco Pérez
Tavira - Prio
+ 4'49
62
Koldo Fernández
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 4'52
63
Juan Forero
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 4'56
64
Gianluca Mirenda
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 5'02
65
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
s.t.
66
Roberto Ferrari
LA - Antarte
+ 5'04
67
Simone Masciarelli
Acqua & Sapone
+ 5'28
68
Jean-Christophe Peraud
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 5'33
69
Steve Houanard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 5'48
70
Jure Kocjan
Team Type 1
+ 5'51
71
Ricardo García
Onda
+ 5'57
72
Nicki Sørensen
Nokia - SunGard
+ 5'58
73
Jarosław Marycz
Nokia - SunGard
+ 5'59
74
Edgar Pinto
LA - Antarte
+ 6'02
75
Ion Izagirre
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
76
Rubens Bertogliati
Barbot - Efapel
+ 6'06
77
João Cabreira
Onda
+ 6'07
78
Nicolas Edet
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 6'15
79
Jonas Aaen Jørgensen
Nokia - SunGard
+ 6'17
80
Fabrice Jeandesboz
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
81
Ludovic Turpin
Saur - Sojasun
+ 6'27
82
Rodrigo García
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 6'34
83
José Alberto Benítez
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 6'42
84
Ezequiel Mosquera
Movistar Team
+ 6'56
85
Edwin Parra
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 6'58
86
Arturo Mora
Caja Rural
+ 8'03
87
Dalivier Ospina
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 8'16
88
Matthias Kessler
Team T-Mobile
+ 8'38
89
Valery Kobzarenko
Team Type 1
+ 8'48
90
Imanol Erviti
Movistar Team
+ 8'50
91
Sergio Hernandez
Team Type 1
+ 8'58
92
Cameron Wurf
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 9'02
93
Adam Sznitko
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 9'18
94
Takashi Miyazawa
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 9'21
95
Diego Caccia
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 9'22
96
Sérgio Ribeiro
Barbot - Efapel
+ 9'34
97
Dídac Ortega
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
+ 9'51
98
Rafaâ Chtioui
Acqua & Sapone
+ 10'44
99
José Vicente García Acosta
Movistar Team
+ 11'00
100
Linus Gerdemann
Team T-Mobile
+ 11'09
101
Sébastien Minard
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 11'11
102
Miguel Ángel Candil
LA - Antarte
+ 11'23
103
André Cardoso
Tavira - Prio
+ 11'24
104
José Luis Roldán
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 11'31
105
Marlón Pérez
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
+ 11'33
106
Raúl Alarcón
Barbot - Efapel
+ 11'37
107
Enrique Salgueiro
Tavira - Prio
+ 11'49
108
Bert Grabsch
Team T-Mobile
+ 11'56
109
Marcin Sapa
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 12'30
110
Juan José Lobato
Andalucía Caja Granada
s.t.
111
Pedro Cardoso
LA - Antarte
+ 12'39
112
Joseba Larralde
Orbea Continental
+ 13'00
113
Ignatas Konovalovas
Movistar Team
+ 13'20
114
Matteo Tosatto
Nokia - SunGard
+ 13'25
115
Jimmy Casper
Saur - Sojasun
+ 13'38
116
Daniel Sesma
Euskaltel - Euskadi
+ 14'12
117
Luis Ángel Maté
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 15'02
118
Alessandro Donati
Acqua & Sapone
+ 15'58
119
Pascual Orengo
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
+ 15'59
120
Javier Megías
Team Type 1
+ 16'04
121
Hugo Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 16'58
122
Rony Martias
Saur - Sojasun
+ 17'11
123
Jon Aberasturi
Orbea Continental
+ 17'15
124
René Weissinger
Team T-Mobile
+ 17'59
125
Nacer Bouhanni
Saur - Sojasun
s.t.
126
Tommi Martikainen
Nokia - SunGard
+ 18'01
127
Bruno Lima
Onda
+ 18'19
128
Alan Marangoni
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 18'36
129
Claude Wolter
Nokia - SunGard
+ 19'27
130
Manuel Ortega
Andalucía Caja Granada
+ 19'39
131
Andoni Blázquez
Orbea Continental
+ 19'50
132
Julien Fouchard
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 19'51
133
Noel Martín
Orbea Continental
+ 19'57
134
Francisco Manuel Antón
Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León
+ 21'29
135
Jean-Marc Marino
Saur - Sojasun
+ 21'38
136
Rahsaan Bahati
Team Type 1
+ 21'39
137
Mário Santiago
Tavira - Prio
+ 23'02
138
Kalle Kriit
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 23'09
139
Bruno Sancho
LA - Antarte
+ 23'16
140
Yoann Bagot
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne
+ 23'49
141
Dariusz Rudnicki
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
+ 24'25
142
João Pereira
Tavira - Prio
+ 25'06
143
Aritz Bagües
Orbea Continental
+ 25'47
144
Márcio Barbosa
LA - Antarte
+ 27'02
145
Tino Meier
Team T-Mobile
+ 30'21
146
Mark Renshaw
Team T-Mobile
+ 33'14
147
William Dugan
Team Type 1
+ 33'28
148
Francesco Di Paolo
Acqua & Sapone
+ 35'12
Points
1
Damiano Cunego
Liquigas - Cannondale
41
2
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
30
3
Freddy Montaña
Colombia es Pasión - Café de Colombia
30
4
Oscar Gatto
Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
25
5
Oleg Chuzhda
Caja Rural
25
Mountain
1
Damiano Cunego
Liquigas - Cannondale
16
2
Adrián Palomares
Andalucía Caja Granada
14
3
Matteo Tosatto
Nokia - SunGard
14
4
Rubén Plaza
Movistar Team
12
5
Mikel Nieve
Euskaltel - Euskadi
10
Young
1
Jonathan Castroviejo
Barbot - Efapel
9h03'18
2
Simone Ponzi
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 50
3
Tejay Van Garderen
Team T-Mobile
+ 2'42
Team
1
Movistar Team
27h08'42
2
Caja Rural
+ 1'06
3
Liquigas - Cannondale
+ 1'11
The Winner
Damiano Cunego has every right to be happy: In Murcia, he scores his eleventh season win – and it's only early March! It seems like the team change did him very well. With those performances, he is one of the top favorites for the upcoming Tirreno – Adriatico.
Liquigas Resumé
A stage win, a third place and the overall – another great race for us!
Great win again, but i will keep you telling to switch to extreme with very another win now
Btw. Will not Cunego be tired soon?He is racing a lot and he will need to be fit in April certainly.
