We should see a sprint finish today, but whether any sprinters will be present there remains to be seen.
The wet roads caused to Janez Brajkovic to fall, the Slovenian was already well dwn in the overall but was a key team mate for his RadioShack team.
A few km's later we have another crash. It's Brajkovic again! This guy is having absolutely no luck today. It will be a long ride to the finish for him today.
With all of the sprinters dropped from the peleton their teams had no reason to set the pace. Nobody else seemed to interested in setting a high pace so Damiano Cunego decided to take advantage of this and try to get away near the finish.
He was followed by Kolobnev. The two never built up a very big gap.
Under the 1km banner, and Cunego and Kolobnev were still out in front but the peleton were closing in on them rapidly...
,,,But not rapidly enough and Damiano Cunego takes his second win of the race ahead of Joaquim Rodruguez at the line. Unfortunately for us their aren't any time binuses awarded at this race so the Overall standings don't change.
Stage Standings
1
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
4h17'18
2
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
s.t.
3
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
4
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
s.t.
5
Javier Moreno
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
6
Bram Tankink
Rabobank
s.t.
7
José Iván Gutiérrez
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
8
Egoi Martínez
Euskaltel - Euskadi
s.t.
9
Yukiya Arashiro
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
10
José Luis Arrieta
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
11
Enrico Gasparotto
Astana
s.t.
12
David De la Fuente
Astana
s.t.
13
Gilberto Simoni
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
14
Alexandr Kolobnev
Team Katusha
s.t.
15
Alexandre Vinokourov
Astana
s.t.
Overall
1
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
16h19'42
2
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
+ 1'49
3
Thomas Voeckler
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
4
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 2'09
5
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 2'19
6
Pierre Rolland
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 3'28
7
Nicolas Vogondy
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
8
Markus Fothen
Team Milram
s.t.
9
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
+ 3'41
10
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 4'11
11
José Iván Gutiérrez
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
12
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
s.t.
13
Rubén Plaza
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
14
Maxime Monfort
Team HTC - Columbia
s.t.
15
Daniel Moreno
Omega Pharma - Lotto
s.t.
Points
1
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
68
2
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
68
3
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
53
Cunego is now locked with Rodriguez at the top of the points standings. But Damiano will wear the jersey tomorrow, like he has for the past couple of days, as Rodriguez will be wearing yellow.
Mountain
1
Jérôme Pineau
Quick·Step
35
2
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
35
3
Chris Horner
Team RadioShack
16
Gavazzi picked up some valuable points today to draw level with Pineau at the top of the standings. However the Frenchman will wear the jersey tomorrow on a countback.
The penultimate stage of this year's race. With an ITT tomorrow, the weaker time trialists will be looking to gain as much time as possible here today. Overall victory is still possible for Cunego but he'll have to ride well here today if he's to have any chance.
Many strong riders have lost a lot of time throughout this race through crashes. Some of them tried their luck in a breakaway today. Here we see Evans, Brajkovic, Horner and Lovkvist.
However these four were considered to dangerous by Katusha and were reeled back in before the finish. The Russian team took complete control of the peleton today.
The final hill was where all the action would take place. Cunego was being well protected by Simoni who was having a good race himself.
Moments later Rodriguez and Cunego attacked simultaneously. They definately looked to be the two strongest climbers so far in this race.
Together with Philippe Gilbert they formed a three man leading group. So far things were working well for Cunego, if these three could stay away and win by 30 seconds then our man would move into 2nd Overall.
Unfortunately during the decent these three were joined by most of the other favourites. This included Voeckler, Garate and Kiryienka, the three men Cunego was looking to gain time on.
Cunego had to do something, so approaching the final km he set a furious pace at the front of the group. Only Nibali and Popovych could follow.
The sprint started, as their were no time bonuses Cunego wasn't particularly concerned about winning the sprint. He just wanted to create a time gap back to the others.
Nibali came around Popovych and Cunego to take victory. The Italian hasn't been very active until now but has now moved into 8th overall, and with his TT skills he has a chance of a top 5 finish. Cunego finished second. But he didn't create a big enough gap to gain any time on his rivals they were all awarded the same time. This top 10 placing for Cunego means he has placed in the top 10 on every stage so far, a remarkable achevement. Can he continue the record tomorrow?
Except for Joaquim Rodriguez who, along with Phillipe Gilbert, fell of the back of the group during the sprint. He only lost 31 seconds, but that lost time could be crucial to to his chances of overall victory.
Stage Standings
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Doimo
4h23'04
2
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
s.t.
3
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
s.t.
4
Thomas Voeckler
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
5
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
6
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
7
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
s.t.
8
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
s.t.
9
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 31
10
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
s.t.
11
David Millar
Garmin - Transitions
+ 44
12
Gilberto Simoni
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 1'02
13
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
s.t.
14
Markus Fothen
Team Milram
+ 1'28
15
Alexandre Vinokourov
Astana
s.t.
Overall
1
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
20h43'17
2
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
+ 1'18
3
Thomas Voeckler
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
4
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 1'38
5
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 1'48
6
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
+ 3'40
7
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
s.t.
8
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Doimo
s.t.
9
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
s.t.
10
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 4'11
11
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
+ 4'12
12
David Millar
Garmin - Transitions
+ 4'24
13
Pierre Rolland
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 4'25
14
Nicolas Vogondy
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
s.t.
15
Markus Fothen
Team Milram
s.t.
Points
1
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
88
2
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
77
3
Thomas Voeckler
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
64
Mountain
1
Jérôme Pineau
Quick·Step
2
37
2
Francesco Gavazzi
Lampre - Farnese Vini
0
35
3
Jakob Fuglsang
Team Saxo Bank
29
29
Gavazzi sacrificed himself for his leader, Cunego, today and did not take part in any sprints for KoM points.
We end this race with a hilly ITT. With the Overall Standings extremely close this promises to be an intriguing battle.
One of the first contenders to set off was Andreas Kloden. RadioShack has had an extremely unlucky race so far, can Kloden turn it around for them today. He rides well and sets the best time so far. 36'43
Cadel Evans is another one who's had an unlucky race. After crashing on the opening stage he's never really found his rhythm. He was a bit better today, but couldn't beat Kloden's time. 36'49
Tony Martin is the best time trialist in this race. He sets the top time so far. 36'29
This course looks to suit Alexandre Vinokourov perfectly. He proves that by smasjing Martin's time. A new best time for Vino. 35'48
David Millar is another one of the better time trialists in this race. He beats Martin, but can't beat Vino. 36'27
Damiano Cunego had high expectations coming into today's stage, the terrain suited him and he was a better TT''ist than a couple of his rivals above him. A podium finish was not out of the question. Or at least that's what we hoped, he had an absolutely shocking day today and was lucky to hold onto 5th overall. 37'33
Vasil Kyrienka, 4th overall, must be confident about taking a podium spot in the Overall today. He did everything he could to acheive that. Rodriguez will have to ride a good race today or else he might find himself losing the Yellow Jersey to the Belerusian. 36'25
Thomas Voeckler has been suprisingly good so far. Can he retain his position on the podium. It looks unlikely, he finishes 53 seconds slower than Kiryienka and loses his position to him. 37'18
Winner of stage 1, Juan Manuel Garate, isn't the greatest time trialist. But today he seemed very motivated to keep his podium spot. 37'08
The final man to leave the starting ramp was race leader Joaquim Rodriguez. He held a healthy lead coming into today's stage, but he'd need it as he's a poor time trialist. However it seems he was helped today by the hilly nature of the course. He was only 58 seconds slower than his fastest rival today and he seals overall victory at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. 37'23
Alexandre Vinokourov takes a very convincing stage win.
Stage Standings
1
Alexandre Vinokourov
Astana
35'48
2
Rubén Plaza
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 24
3
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
+ 31
4
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 37
5
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 38
6
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 39
7
David Millar
Garmin - Transitions
s.t.
8
Tony Martin
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 41
9
Marzio Bruseghin
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 44
10
Andreas Klöden
Team RadioShack
+ 55
11
Maxime Monfort
Team HTC - Columbia
+ 56
12
Cadel Evans
BMC Racing Team
+ 1'01
13
Haimar Zubeldia
Team RadioShack
+ 1'02
14
Janez Brajkovic
Team RadioShack
s.t.
15
Enrico Gasparotto
Astana
+ 1'03
Spoiler
16 Gustav Erik Larsson Team Saxo Bank + 1'06
17 Josep Jufré Astana + 1'07
18 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
19 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 1'09
20 Vladimir Karpets Team Katusha + 1'12
21 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank + 1'15
22 Thomas Löfkvist Sky Professional Cycling Team + 1'16
23 Nicolas Vogondy Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 1'17
24 Linus Gerdemann Team Milram + 1'18
25 José Luis Rubiera Team RadioShack + 1'19
26 Óscar Pereiro Astana s.t.
27 Juan Manuel Gárate Rabobank + 1'20
28 Ángel Vicioso Andalucía - Cajasur + 1'21
29 Fredrik Kessiakoff Garmin - Transitions + 1'26
30 Christian Knees Team Milram + 1'28
31 Francis De Greef Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
32 Arkaitz Durán Footon - Servetto s.t.
33 Peter Velits Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
34 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
35 Tejay Van Garderen Team HTC - Columbia + 1'29
36 Thomas Voeckler Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 1'30
37 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Doimo + 1'31
38 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 1'32
39 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale + 1'33
40 Markus Fothen Team Milram s.t.
41 Jérémy Roy Française des Jeux s.t.
42 Joaquím Rodríguez Team Katusha + 1'35
43 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
44 Chris Horner Team RadioShack s.t.
45 Marco Pinotti Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
46 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Footon - Servetto s.t.
47 Alexandr Kolobnev Team Katusha + 1'36
48 Simon Gerrans Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
49 Laurent Lefèvre Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 1'38
50 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 1'41
51 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale + 1'43
52 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Katusha s.t. 53 Damiano Cunego Lampre - Farnese Vini + 1'4654 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'47
55 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team s.t.
56 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 1'48
57 Fabian Wegmann Team Milram s.t.
58 Geraint Thomas Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
59 Branislau Samoilau Quick·Step + 1'49
60 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 1'50
61 Jonathan Castroviejo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'52
62 Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1'53
63 Aleksejs Saramotins Team HTC - Columbia + 1'55
64 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack s.t.
65 Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t.
66 David López Caisse d'Epargne + 1'56
67 Alexander Kvachuk ISD - Neri + 1'58
68 Daniel Moreno Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'00
69 Jurgen Van Goolen Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
70 Brian Vandborg Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
71 Patrick Gretsch Team HTC - Columbia + 2'01
72 Kai Reus Rabobank + 2'03
73 Serge Pauwels Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
74 Javier Moreno Andalucía - Cajasur + 2'04
75 Svein Tuft Garmin - Transitions + 2'06
76 Benjamín Noval Astana + 2'07
77 Cyril Gautier Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 2'08
78 José Luis Arrieta AG2R La Mondiale + 2'11
79 Daniel Navarro Astana s.t.
80 Marcos García Xacobeo - Galicia + 2'12
81 Francisco José Pacheco Xacobeo - Galicia + 2'14
82 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
83 David De la Fuente Astana s.t.
84 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
85 Paul Voss Team Milram + 2'15
86 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank s.t.
87 Ruslan Pidgornyy ISD - Neri s.t.
88 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana s.t.
89 Rafael Valls Footon - Servetto + 2'16
90 Johann Tschopp Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
91 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step s.t.
92 Thomas Rohregger Team Milram s.t.
93 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team s.t.
94 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Transitions s.t.
95 Bram Tankink Rabobank s.t.
96 Iban Mayoz Footon - Servetto + 2'18
97 Rick Flens Rabobank + 2'19
98 David Arroyo Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
99 Delio Fernández Xacobeo - Galicia + 2'20
100 David García Dapena Xacobeo - Galicia s.t.
101 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha + 2'24
102 Denys Kostyuk ISD - Neri + 2'25
103 Russell Downing Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
104 Daniel Martin Garmin - Transitions + 2'26
105 Ricardo Van der Velde Garmin - Transitions s.t.
106 Manuel Ortega Andalucía - Cajasur + 2'27
107 Michel Kreder Garmin - Transitions + 2'28
108 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2'29
109 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step + 2'31
110 Thibaut Pinot Française des Jeux + 2'32
111 Joan Horrach Team Katusha s.t.
112 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team s.t.
113 Jonathan Bellis Team Saxo Bank s.t.
114 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux + 2'33
115 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
116 Marco Velo Quick·Step + 2'34
117 Denis Galimzyanov Team Katusha + 2'35
118 Michael Barry Sky Professional Cycling Team s.t.
119 Roger Kluge Team Milram s.t.
120 José Vicente García Acosta Caisse d'Epargne + 2'36
121 Egor Silin Team Katusha s.t.
122 Jérôme Pineau Quick·Step s.t.
123 Alexander Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
124 Christopher Sutton Sky Professional Cycling Team + 2'37
125 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
126 Simon Clarke ISD - Neri + 2'38
127 Maxim Belkov ISD - Neri s.t.
128 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 2'39
129 Ángel Madrazo Caisse d'Epargne + 2'40
130 Jonas Ljungblad Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2'41
131 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux s.t.
132 Laurent Didier Team Saxo Bank + 2'42
133 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux s.t.
134 Aleksandr Kuschynski Liquigas - Doimo + 2'44
135 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
136 Frederik Willems Liquigas - Doimo + 2'46
137 Jeff Louder BMC Racing Team + 2'47
138 Rodrigo García Xacobeo - Galicia + 2'51
139 Matthew Wilson Garmin - Transitions s.t.
140 Johnnie Walker Footon - Servetto + 2'55
141 Kenny De Haes Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
142 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Doimo s.t.
143 José Luis Roldán Andalucía - Cajasur + 2'56 144 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
145 Ezequiel Mosquera Xacobeo - Galicia + 3'00
146 Anders Lund Team Saxo Bank + 3'01
147 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 3'02
148 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step s.t.
149 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Doimo + 3'03
150 Javier Ramírez Abeja Andalucía - Cajasur s.t.
151 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
152 Pablo Lechuga Andalucía - Cajasur s.t.
153 Pierre Rolland Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 3'04
154 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Footon - Servetto s.t. 155 Gilberto Simoni Lampre - Farnese Vini + 3'06
156 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step s.t.
157 Pierre Cazaux Française des Jeux + 3'07
158 Vidal Celis Footon - Servetto s.t.
159 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack + 3'09 160 Danilo Hondo Lampre - Farnese Vini s.t.
161 Vicente Reynès Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
162 Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo Bank + 3'11
163 Davide Ricci Bitti ISD - Neri + 3'12
164 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank s.t.
165 Alberto Fernández Xacobeo - Galicia + 3'15
166 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Doimo + 3'18
167 Antonio Cabello Andalucía - Cajasur s.t.
168 Davide Viganò Sky Professional Cycling Team + 3'24
169 José Vicente Toribio Andalucía - Cajasur s.t. 170 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - Farnese Vini + 3'35
171 Oscar Gatto ISD - Neri + 3'36
172 Olivier Bonnaire Française des Jeux + 3'43 173 Mirco Lorenzetto Lampre - Farnese Vini + 3'44
174 David Loosli Lampre - Farnese Vini + 3'55
175 Matteo Bono Lampre - Farnese Vini + 4'03
Overall
1
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
21h20'40
2
Vasil Kiryienka
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 40
3
Juan Manuel Gárate
Rabobank
+ 1'03
4
Thomas Voeckler
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 1'13
5
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
+ 1'59
6
Yaroslav Popovych
Team RadioShack
+ 2'36
7
Vincenzo Nibali
Liquigas - Doimo
+ 2'43
8
Philippe Gilbert
Omega Pharma - Lotto
+ 3'15
9
Ángel Vicioso
Andalucía - Cajasur
+ 3'26
10
David Millar
Garmin - Transitions
+ 3'28
11
Rinaldo Nocentini
AG2R La Mondiale
+ 3'38
12
Rubén Plaza
Caisse d'Epargne
+ 3'57
13
Arkaitz Durán
Footon - Servetto
+ 4'05
14
Nicolas Vogondy
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
+ 4'07
15
Alexandre Vinokourov
Astana
+ 4'09
Spoiler
16 Marzio Bruseghin Caisse d'Epargne + 4'17
17 Markus Fothen Team Milram + 4'23
18 Maxime Monfort Team HTC - Columbia + 4'29
19 Haimar Zubeldia Team RadioShack + 4'35
20 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne + 4'42
21 Linus Gerdemann Team Milram + 4'51
22 José Luis Rubiera Team RadioShack + 4'52
23 Fredrik Kessiakoff Garmin - Transitions + 4'59
24 Tejay Van Garderen Team HTC - Columbia + 5'02
25 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Doimo + 5'04
26 Christophe Riblon AG2R La Mondiale + 5'08
27 Laurent Lefèvre Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 5'11
28 Egoi Martínez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5'26
29 Francis De Greef Omega Pharma - Lotto + 5'38
30 José Luis Arrieta AG2R La Mondiale + 5'44
31 Simon Gerrans Sky Professional Cycling Team + 5'45
32 Thomas Rohregger Team Milram + 5'49
33 Iban Mayoz Footon - Servetto + 5'51
34 Pierre Rolland Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 5'54
35 Daniel Martin Garmin - Transitions + 5'59
36 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'06 37 Gilberto Simoni Lampre - Farnese Vini + 6'13
38 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quick·Step + 6'25
39 Tony Martin Team HTC - Columbia + 6'42
40 Alexandr Kolobnev Team Katusha s.t.
41 Christian Knees Team Milram + 6'47
42 Vladimir Karpets Team Katusha + 6'55
43 Josep Jufré Astana + 7'08
44 Daniel Moreno Omega Pharma - Lotto + 7'18
45 Óscar Pereiro Astana + 7'20
46 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 7'26
47 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team + 7'28
48 Cyril Gautier Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 7'31
49 Johann Tschopp Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 7'34
50 Bauke Mollema Rabobank + 7'38
51 Bram Tankink Rabobank + 7'59
52 Eduard Vorganov Team Katusha + 8'07
53 David De la Fuente Astana + 8'15
54 David García Dapena Xacobeo - Galicia + 8'42
55 Gustav Erik Larsson Team Saxo Bank + 8'48
56 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 8'55
57 Thomas Löfkvist Sky Professional Cycling Team + 9'02
58 Jérémy Roy Française des Jeux + 9'13
59 Aitor Hernández Euskaltel - Euskadi + 9'21
60 Branislau Samoilau Quick·Step + 9'23
61 Jürgen Van de Walle Quick·Step + 9'43
62 Fabian Wegmann Team Milram + 9'47
63 Mario Aerts Omega Pharma - Lotto + 10'06
64 Aitor Pérez Arrieta Footon - Servetto + 10'19
65 Alexander Efimkin AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
66 Serge Pauwels Sky Professional Cycling Team + 10'30
67 Jérôme Pineau Quick·Step + 10'31
68 Patrick Gretsch Team HTC - Columbia + 10'40
69 Alexsandr Dyachenko Astana + 11'05
70 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank + 11'11
71 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 11'15
72 Jurgen Van Goolen Omega Pharma - Lotto + 12'49
73 Javier Moreno Andalucía - Cajasur + 13'07
74 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux + 13'12
75 Marcos García Xacobeo - Galicia + 13'19
76 Delio Fernández Xacobeo - Galicia + 13'56
77 Michel Kreder Garmin - Transitions s.t.
78 Andreas Klöden Team RadioShack + 13'59
79 Benjamín Noval Astana + 14'01
80 David López Caisse d'Epargne + 14'11
81 Rafael Valls Footon - Servetto s.t.
82 Egor Silin Team Katusha + 14'17
83 José Vicente García Acosta Caisse d'Epargne + 14'20
84 Guillaume Bonnafond AG2R La Mondiale + 14'22
85 Mikhail Ignatiev Team Katusha + 14'32
86 Aleksandr Kuschynski Liquigas - Doimo + 14'36
87 Igor Antón Euskaltel - Euskadi + 14'52
88 Ruslan Pidgornyy ISD - Neri + 15'21
89 Marco Pinotti Team HTC - Columbia + 15'28
90 Lloyd Mondory AG2R La Mondiale + 15'30
91 Enrico Gasparotto Astana + 15'38 92 Francesco Gavazzi Lampre - Farnese Vini + 15'50
93 Dimitri Champion AG2R La Mondiale + 16'07
94 Joan Horrach Team Katusha + 16'17
95 Aleksejs Saramotins Team HTC - Columbia + 16'35
96 Nicki Sørensen Team Saxo Bank + 16'48
97 Paul Voss Team Milram + 16'55
98 Daniel Navarro Astana + 17'27
99 Kai Reus Rabobank + 17'40
100 Russell Downing Sky Professional Cycling Team + 18'06
101 Yukiya Arashiro Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 18'42
102 Markel Irizar Team RadioShack + 19'18
103 Ricardo Van der Velde Garmin - Transitions + 19'40
104 Frederik Willems Liquigas - Doimo + 19'44
105 Chris Horner Team RadioShack + 20'24
106 Manuel Ortega Andalucía - Cajasur + 20'25
107 Janez Brajkovic Team RadioShack + 20'48
108 Marco Velo Quick·Step + 20'59 109 Mirco Lorenzetto Lampre - Farnese Vini + 21'23
110 Thibaut Pinot Française des Jeux + 22'11
111 David Arroyo Caisse d'Epargne + 22'19
112 José Luis Roldán Andalucía - Cajasur + 22'26 113 David Loosli Lampre - Farnese Vini + 22'37
114 Alexander Kvachuk ISD - Neri s.t.
115 Davide Malacarne Quick·Step + 22'49
116 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 23'03
117 Vicente Reynès Team HTC - Columbia + 23'30
118 Simon Clarke ISD - Neri + 23'49
119 Jonathan Castroviejo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 24'02
120 Denis Galimzyanov Team Katusha s.t.
121 Michael Barry Sky Professional Cycling Team + 24'43 122 Danilo Hondo Lampre - Farnese Vini + 25'08
123 Francisco José Pacheco Xacobeo - Galicia + 25'20
124 Jonas Ljungblad Omega Pharma - Lotto + 25'31 125 Alessandro Petacchi Lampre - Farnese Vini + 25'38
126 Chad Beyer BMC Racing Team + 25'45
127 Javier Ramírez Abeja Andalucía - Cajasur + 25'59
128 Francis Mourey Française des Jeux + 26'12
129 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 26'16
130 Matteo Tosatto Quick·Step + 26'41
131 Iván Velasco Euskaltel - Euskadi + 26'45
132 Alexandre Moos BMC Racing Team + 27'35
133 Pierre Cazaux Française des Jeux + 28'10
134 Brent Bookwalter BMC Racing Team + 29'06
135 Ezequiel Mosquera Xacobeo - Galicia + 29'08
136 Ángel Madrazo Caisse d'Epargne + 29'36
137 David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez Footon - Servetto + 30'11
138 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 30'35
139 Rodrigo García Xacobeo - Galicia s.t.
140 Alberto Fernández Xacobeo - Galicia + 30'45
141 Wesley Sulzberger Française des Jeux + 31'52
142 Laurent Didier Team Saxo Bank + 32'41
143 Jeff Louder BMC Racing Team + 33'34
144 Michael Schär BMC Racing Team + 33'42 145 Matteo Bono Lampre - Farnese Vini + 34'29
146 Chris Anker Sørensen Team Saxo Bank + 35'03
147 Rick Flens Rabobank + 35'39
148 Joost Posthuma Rabobank + 36'32
149 Denys Kostyuk ISD - Neri + 36'49
150 Olivier Bonnaire Française des Jeux + 36'55
151 Anders Lund Team Saxo Bank + 37'00
152 Christopher Sutton Sky Professional Cycling Team + 39'25
153 Geoffroy Lequatre Team RadioShack + 40'05
154 Brian Vandborg Liquigas - Doimo + 40'48
155 Cameron Meyer Garmin - Transitions + 47'04
156 Davide Ricci Bitti ISD - Neri + 47'20
157 Jonathan Bellis Team Saxo Bank + 47'36
158 Roger Kluge Team Milram + 48'35
159 Pablo Lechuga Andalucía - Cajasur + 48'39
160 Peter Velits Team HTC - Columbia + 50'18
161 Matthew Wilson Garmin - Transitions + 50'43
162 Geraint Thomas Sky Professional Cycling Team + 54'12
163 Vidal Celis Footon - Servetto + 54'27
164 Davide Viganò Sky Professional Cycling Team + 54'52
165 José Vicente Toribio Andalucía - Cajasur + 56'28
166 Svein Tuft Garmin - Transitions + 57'34
167 Maxim Belkov ISD - Neri + 58'46
168 Davide Cimolai Liquigas - Doimo + 59'18
169 Antonio Cabello Andalucía - Cajasur + 1h01'58
170 Andreas Stauff Quick·Step + 1h04'22
171 Johnnie Walker Footon - Servetto + 1h05'51
172 Kenny De Haes Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1h15'19
173 Elia Viviani Liquigas - Doimo + 1h17'03
174 Maciej Paterski Liquigas - Doimo + 1h17'19
175 Oscar Gatto ISD - Neri + 1h42'08
A special mention must go to Alexandre Vinokourov, whoended up finishing 15th overall despite crashing
Points
1
Damiano Cunego
Lampre - Farnese Vini
88
2
Joaquím Rodríguez
Team Katusha
77
3
Thomas Voeckler
Bbox Bouygues Télécom
64
If it's any consolidation to him, Damiano Cunego walks away with the Points Jersey courtesy of his four top 2 placings and a top 10.
Hi, Happy New Year. I hope you all had a great Christmas. I've been a bit busy so there's been no update's for a while.
I'm heading off in about an hour for a an overseas holiday in the Middle East (Dubai and Doha). So there won't be any more updates until at least the 12th.
Poor Brajkovic...
. So there won't be any more updates until at least the 12th.
