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#1062

Posted on 20-03-2012 12:01

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Thanks a lot for the comments!

@ Avin: Great to hear you're still on board

And yeah, the Vuelta is going great. And still 6 stages to go...

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#1063

Posted on 20-03-2012 12:01

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September 6, 2012

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Vuelta a Espana, Stage 16

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A flat stage for most of the peloton to relax. We can expect a bunch sprint but as the last few kilometers are ascending, the punchy sprinters or puncheurs could have a say here, too.

Dominik's Pre-Race Comment

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We clearly aim for our sixth stage win. The finish is perfectly suited for Sagan and Finetto and we'll do everything to ensure a mass sprint.

Live Ticker


Km 4:	Vitaly Kondrut and Jens Voigt are the first attackers.
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Km 30:	16 riders are in front now. Way too many to tolerate for the peloton.
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Km 52:	While Kondrut* fell back, Voigt is part of the break, which has a strong German touch. In addition to Voigt, there are also Martens (Rabobank) and Kluge (Skil) present.*
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Km 69:	With 92 kms to go and the advance up to seven minutes, Liquigas takes over the lead.
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Km 116:	A couple of riders try it with 45 kms to go: Gustavo Cesar Veloso, Peter Velits* and Simon Spilak are on their way.*
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Km 125:	As more and more riders attack, the break grows to 13 riders. Even Nerz* participates in the chase now, the pace is high.*
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Km 140:	Vacansoleil and Movistar took over now. It doesn't look like the break would have any chance.
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Km 147:	With 14 kms to go, the last remaining parts of the break are caught. It's all ready for a mass sprint.
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Km 150:	Or is it? Again, it's Gustavo Cesar Veloso* who attacks.*
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Km 154:	But he's caught again. No chance for anyone but the sprinters.
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Km 157:	Oh my! A couple of riders hit the ground! The pack splits, only about 60 riders are in the front group. All top riders seen to be there,
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Km 158:	While Vacansoleil sets up a perfect train, Sagan* and Finetto were blocked in a bit.*
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Km 159:	But Sagan* does a hell of a job and comes to the front. Valverde is on his wheel, Finetto behind him.*
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Km 161:	Finetto has problems to launch his sprint and only finishes sixth, a bit disappointing. Philippe Gilbert is the dominant winner once again. He's amazing!
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Km 161:	While Nerz finished comfortably in the first group, GC's 9th, 10th and 11th, Mosquera, Daniel and Javier Moreno all lost more than two minutes due to the crash. The Top 10 are coming closer for Nerz.

1 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto 3h50'47
2 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t.
4 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
5 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
6 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
7 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
8 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling s.t.
9 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
10 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t.

Spoiler
12 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC s.t.
13 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle s.t.
14 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
15 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
16 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t.
17 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
18 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
19 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ s.t.
20 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t.
21 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team s.t.
22 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
23 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek s.t.
24 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t.
25 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana s.t.
26 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
27 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar s.t.
28 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t.
29 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano s.t.
30 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano s.t.
31 David Veilleux Team Europcar s.t.
32 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar s.t.
33 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC s.t.
34 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle s.t.
35 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t.
36 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile s.t.
37 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
38 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile s.t.
39 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t.
40 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t.
41 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t.
42 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t.
43 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
44 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural s.t.
45 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t.
46 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
47 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling s.t.
48 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle s.t.
49 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 50
50 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t.
51 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek + 1'10
52 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
53 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t.
54 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
55 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD + 1'54
56 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
57 Anthony Roux FDJ + 2'15
58 Rui Costa Caja Rural s.t.
59 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile s.t.
60 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano s.t.
61 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
62 Steve Chainel FDJ s.t.
63 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
64 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling s.t.
65 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team s.t.
66 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
67 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t.
68 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
69 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
70 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
71 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team + 2'47
72 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
73 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
74 Arturo Mora Caja Rural s.t.
75 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
76 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t.
77 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
78 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
79 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
80 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
81 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural s.t.
82 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
83 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
84 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
85 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t.
86 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t.
87 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar s.t.
88 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t.
89 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
90 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t.
91 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
92 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle s.t.
93 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t.
94 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
95 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
96 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
97 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ s.t.
98 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile s.t.
99 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t.
100 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD s.t.
101 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
102 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano s.t.
103 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
104 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t.
105 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
106 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
107 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
108 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle s.t.
109 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
110 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
111 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
112 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
113 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
114 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD s.t.
115 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek s.t.
116 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
117 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t.
118 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t.
119 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t.
120 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD s.t.
121 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile s.t.
122 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t.
123 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
124 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t.
125 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t.
126 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle s.t.
127 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek s.t.
128 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek s.t.
129 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
130 Wim Van Huffel FDJ s.t.
131 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t.
132 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
133 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t.
134 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t.
135 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC s.t.
136 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team s.t.
137 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
138 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling s.t.
139 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team s.t.
140 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD s.t.
141 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar s.t.
142 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
143 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t.
144 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team s.t.
145 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD s.t.
146 Anders Lund Leopard Trek s.t.
147 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team s.t.
148 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t.
149 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
150 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
151 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team s.t.
152 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t.
153 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle s.t.
154 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t.
155 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team s.t.
156 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC s.t.
157 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t.
158 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4'22
159 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team s.t.
160 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile s.t.
161 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 15'18
162 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t.
163 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
164 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team s.t.
165 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle s.t.

Classifications

Overall

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 70h29'18
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 4'48
3 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'12
4 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek + 8'03
5 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle s.t.
6 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC + 12'04
7 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar + 13'13
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana + 13'29
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team + 19'59
10 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 20'52

Spoiler
11 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 21'01
12 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'08
13 Javier Moreno Caja Rural + 21'09
14 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling + 22'27
15 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 22'37
16 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 24'50
17 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team + 25'16
18 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 32'18
19 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 34'37
20 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 34'49
21 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle + 35'08
22 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 35'28
23 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano + 37'52
24 David Arroyo Movistar Team + 38'47
25 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 40'35
26 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 41'30
27 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 43'07
28 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural + 46'07
29 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 47'31
30 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 48'35
31 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 49'22
32 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 49'40
33 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 49'57
34 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 51'23
35 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 51'51
36 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team + 52'13
37 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 52'44
38 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto + 53'07
39 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 56'31
40 Rui Costa Caja Rural + 57'25
41 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural + 57'51
42 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 58'04
43 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team + 58'17
44 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 58'21
45 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 58'25
46 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h00'49
47 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h00'53
48 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h04'06
49 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle + 1h10'06
50 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 1h10'27
51 Anders Lund Leopard Trek + 1h12'20
52 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 1h12'31
53 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD + 1h13'18
54 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h14'03
55 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team + 1h14'06
56 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h14'45
57 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle + 1h18'25
58 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile + 1h18'57
59 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team + 1h19'06
60 Arnaud Courteille FDJ + 1h22'21
61 Wim Van Huffel FDJ + 1h22'40
62 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 1h24'02
63 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile + 1h24'37
64 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling + 1h26'22
65 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling + 1h27'02
66 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling + 1h28'44
67 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle + 1h31'21
68 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 1h31'59
69 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h32'22
70 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana + 1h32'25
71 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek + 1h33'32
72 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h33'39
73 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle + 1h34'39
74 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h36'23
75 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 1h40'33
76 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1h40'47
77 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 1h41'38
78 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 1h43'15
79 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h49'38
80 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano + 1h51'38
81 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD + 1h54'44
82 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 1h55'06
83 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team + 1h56'04
84 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 1h56'26
85 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 1h58'13
86 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile + 1h58'41
87 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h02'03
88 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h03'13
89 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h08'43
90 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle + 2h10'43
91 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC + 2h11'02
92 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team + 2h11'22
93 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 2h14'12
94 Anthony Roux FDJ + 2h15'44
95 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 2h17'22
96 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h18'12
97 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD + 2h22'03
98 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 2h23'14
99 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h23'17
100 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile + 2h28'02
101 Francis Mourey FDJ + 2h28'03
102 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek + 2h33'01
103 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h33'56
104 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC + 2h34'40
105 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h37'42
106 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale + 2h38'08
107 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 2h39'07
108 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team + 2h40'02
109 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling + 2h41'50
110 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar + 2h42'34
111 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling + 2h44'27
112 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ + 2h47'45
113 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural + 2h47'50
114 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h51'31
115 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 2h57'41
116 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 3h00'43
117 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek + 3h02'35
118 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek + 3h03'32
119 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 3h05'44
120 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC + 3h06'39
121 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling + 3h07'35
122 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto + 3h09'58
123 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 3h10'08
124 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling + 3h11'57
125 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team + 3h11'59
126 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 3h12'27
127 Arturo Mora Caja Rural + 3h14'23
128 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile + 3h14'36
129 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle + 3h14'51
130 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 3h16'19
131 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team + 3h17'40
132 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 3h18'43
133 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar + 3h19'00
134 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 3h19'25
135 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h19'36
136 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h20'05
137 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team + 3h21'21
138 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD + 3h23'44
139 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile + 3h26'21
140 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 3h29'27
141 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling + 3h30'02
142 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling + 3h30'10
143 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team + 3h33'54
144 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h35'45
145 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 3h38'55
146 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana + 3h41'49
147 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural + 3h44'29
148 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano + 3h46'05
149 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 3h46'42
150 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar + 3h48'08
151 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team + 3h48'49
152 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 3h51'16
153 Steve Chainel FDJ + 3h57'53
154 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD + 4h07'51
155 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 4h11'07
156 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 4h13'06
157 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 4h15'39
158 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ + 4h18'44
159 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h23'53
160 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 4h31'34
161 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD + 4h50'20
162 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek + 4h53'00
163 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team + 4h53'09
164 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 4h57'39
165 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 5h22'41

Points

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 163
2 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto 147
3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 117
4 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 114
5 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle 90

Mountain

1 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 111
2 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 106
3 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD 93
4 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek 66
5 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 56

Young Riders

1 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale 70h50'26
2 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'42
3 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 27'27
4 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 28'49
5 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 37'13

Teams

1 Liquigas - Cannondale 212h01'40
2 Katusha Team + 21'58
3 Geox - TMC + 39'03
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi + 39'32
5 Unicef - Oracle + 40'34

Dominik's Comment

Not a very good day for the team. The lead out didn't work very well and in the end, Mauro didn't have the punch for a really good result. Sixth is respectable but not more.

On the other hand, I benefitted from the crash and the split of the pack. I am only sixteen seconds away from the Top 10! And I'm a better time trialist than most of the guys closely in front of me.

Two mountain stages await us now but both without a mountain top finish. It should be tough nevertheless.

Greetings,

Jeronen

#1064

Posted on 20-03-2012 19:50

Junior Rider

Posts: 27
Joined: 18-06-2011
PCM$: 200.00

That Top-10 place with Nerz should be possible! Go for it!

Avin Wargunnson

#1065

Posted on 21-03-2012 05:57

World Champion

Posts: 14236
Joined: 20-06-2011
PCM$: 300.00

You are close to the top 10, keep fighting Dominik!. Pity with the failed sprint, Gilbert is super strong

Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 21-03-2012 05:58

I'll be back

#1066

Posted on 21-03-2012 08:03

Team Manager

Posts: 6508
Joined: 14-09-2008
PCM$: 1090.00

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September 7, 2012

Vuelta a Espana, Stage 17

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The stage is shaped by three tough mountains that are to cross. The last top is 24 kms from the finish which makes big time gaps less probable. A sprint from a small group or a breakaway seems probable.

Dominik's Pre-Race Comment

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We will ride rather defensively today. We'll try to send someone into the break, maybe Sylvester as a reward for all the work he has done. We won't do the pace in the pack as we aren't in the need to gain time. Also, if Peter could cross the last mountain within the first group, he would have great chances to win. Today also might be a chance for Vincenzo to gain the lead in the mountain classification.

Live Ticker


Km 2:	Burghardt launches the first attack of the day and Sylvester Szmyd follows.
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Km 18:	Only three riders are in front and they seem to lack of the strength to get away. More attacks are coming.
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Km 33:	Everything is back together but Szmyd* tries it again.*
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Km 47:	And really: On the bottom of the first climb, a group of five has found themselves. A couple of riders are behind them.
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Km 80:	Close to the second climb, the escapees have more than nine minutes of advance. With Tiralongo, Knees* and Wyss, threre are strong climbers present.*
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Km 91:	Szmyd leads the seven escapees over the second climb. They are 11 minutes in front. A win for them is possible.
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Km 93:	Even after those two climbs, there are still more than 150 riders in the pack. A sign for the slow pace.
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Km 127:	The advance grew to 17 minutes. It's between the escapees today.
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Km 136:	Andrei Kashechkin is the first that can't keep up anymore.
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Km 138:	Szmyd knows he has no chance in a sprint and attacks!
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Km 138:	The pack splits up on this climb. And Igor Anton* misses the right move. He's a bit more than a minute behind the main group.*
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Km 135:	Rodriguez attacks and Nibali counters as well as Valverde.
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Km 138:	Nibali attacks one more time to use his great descending skills.
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Km 151:	Meanwhile, Szmyd* created a 40 seconds gap on the other escapees.*
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Km 144:	Nerz and Sagan are in an elite group behind Nibali, who dropped the pace as his attack didn't seem to work out.
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Km 148:	And Nibali* is back.*
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Km 162:	Szmyd did it! Sixth stage win for Liquigas and a fantastic revenue for all the domestique work.
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Km 162:	Nibali, Nerz and Sagan come in 12 minutes later. Anton is missing in the group as well as some others of the Top 10. Nerz advances to nineth overall, amazing!

1 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale 4h22'31
2 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC + 1'38
3 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t.
4 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t.
5 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile + 2'02
6 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD + 5'11
7 Francis Mourey FDJ + 6'28
8 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale + 12'20
9 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t.
10 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.

Spoiler
11 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t.
12 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle s.t.
13 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC s.t.
14 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
15 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
16 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
17 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 13'31
18 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team s.t.
19 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek s.t.
20 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 13'51
21 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t.
22 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t.
23 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC s.t.
24 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana s.t.
25 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar s.t.
26 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t.
27 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t.
28 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
29 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
30 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
31 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t.
32 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
33 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t.
34 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 14'48
35 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
36 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team s.t.
37 David Arroyo Movistar Team + 16'40
38 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano + 16'49
39 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
40 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 17'01
41 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 17'16
42 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle s.t.
43 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t.
44 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
45 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle s.t.
46 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
47 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team + 19'13
48 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 19'32
49 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
50 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team s.t.
51 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t.
52 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
53 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team s.t.
54 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle s.t.
55 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
56 Rui Costa Caja Rural s.t.
57 Wim Van Huffel FDJ s.t.
58 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team s.t.
59 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD s.t.
60 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
61 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
62 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
63 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t.
64 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
65 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile s.t.
66 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t.
67 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
68 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t.
69 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team s.t.
70 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
71 Anders Lund Leopard Trek s.t.
72 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
73 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle s.t.
74 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling s.t.
75 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t.
76 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team + 20'31
77 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar s.t.
78 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 22'52
79 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
80 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
81 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano s.t.
82 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile s.t.
83 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
84 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team s.t.
85 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek s.t.
86 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
87 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek s.t.
88 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t.
89 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
90 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD + 25'23
91 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t.
92 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
93 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
94 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
95 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t.
96 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t.
97 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
98 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
99 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
100 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile s.t.
101 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
102 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD s.t.
103 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 26'27
104 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t.
105 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle s.t.
106 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural s.t.
107 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
108 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t.
109 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural s.t.
110 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t.
111 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t.
112 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
113 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD s.t.
114 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano s.t.
115 David Veilleux Team Europcar s.t.
116 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling s.t.
117 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
118 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
119 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
120 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ s.t.
121 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
122 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile s.t.
123 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
124 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
125 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t.
126 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto + 31'08
127 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t.
128 Arturo Mora Caja Rural s.t.
129 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t.
130 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t.
131 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t.
132 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle s.t.
133 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling s.t.
134 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
135 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t.
136 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
137 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile s.t.
138 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle s.t.
139 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t.
140 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team s.t.
141 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar s.t.
142 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t.
143 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
144 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team s.t.
145 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek s.t.
146 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano s.t.
147 Steve Chainel FDJ s.t.
148 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t.
149 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
150 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
151 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling s.t.
152 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t.
153 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ s.t.
154 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC s.t.
155 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
156 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
157 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
158 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 37'40
159 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
160 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
161 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 39'30
162 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar s.t.
163 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD s.t.
164 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD s.t.
165 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.

Classifications

Overall

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 75h04'09
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 4'48
3 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'12
4 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle + 8'03
5 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek + 9'14
6 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC + 12'04
7 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar + 14'44
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana + 15'00
9 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'08
10 Javier Moreno Caja Rural + 21'09

Spoiler
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team + 21'10
12 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 22'23
13 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 22'32
14 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 23'48
15 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling + 23'58
16 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 24'50
17 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team + 26'47
18 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 27'51
19 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 34'37
20 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 36'59
21 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 39'30
22 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle + 40'04
23 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 42'01
24 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano + 42'21
25 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 43'01
26 David Arroyo Movistar Team + 43'07
27 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 44'38
28 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural + 47'38
29 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 51'28
30 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 53'51
31 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team + 54'41
32 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 54'43
33 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 55'47
34 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 56'34
35 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 56'47
36 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 56'52
37 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 58'59
38 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 59'35
39 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 59'52
40 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1h00'19
41 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team + 1h03'13
42 Rui Costa Caja Rural + 1h04'37
43 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 1h05'37
44 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h05'45
45 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 1h05'47
46 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h07'46
47 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h08'47
48 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural + 1h11'58
49 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 1h14'02
50 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle + 1h15'02
51 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 1h17'39
52 Anders Lund Leopard Trek + 1h19'32
53 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h21'15
54 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team + 1h21'18
55 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana + 1h21'35
56 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle + 1h25'37
57 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile + 1h26'09
58 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team + 1h26'18
59 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD + 1h26'21
60 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h28'52
61 Arnaud Courteille FDJ + 1h29'33
62 Wim Van Huffel FDJ + 1h29'52
63 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling + 1h33'34
64 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile + 1h35'09
65 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling + 1h35'56
66 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 1h36'59
67 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h37'18
68 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle + 1h38'33
69 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 1h39'11
70 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling + 1h40'05
71 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek + 1h40'44
72 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h43'35
73 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 1h44'16
74 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h46'42
75 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD + 1h47'27
76 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile + 1h48'23
77 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle + 1h48'46
78 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 1h51'05
79 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 1h57'22
80 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1h59'35
81 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC + 2h00'02
82 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 2h00'26
83 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h02'37
84 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team + 2h03'16
85 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano + 2h05'45
86 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 2h09'29
87 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 2h11'16
88 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h12'35
89 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h17'20
90 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team + 2h18'34
91 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 2h21'24
92 Francis Mourey FDJ + 2h22'11
93 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h22'50
94 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 2h24'34
95 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h28'44
96 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle + 2h29'31
97 Anthony Roux FDJ + 2h29'51
98 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h33'49
99 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD + 2h36'10
100 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 2h37'21
101 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h44'28
102 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile + 2h46'50
103 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek + 2h47'08
104 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team + 2h48'13
105 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 2h48'14
106 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale + 2h48'40
107 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar + 2h50'45
108 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 2h52'10
109 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC + 2h53'28
110 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling + 2h54'53
111 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling + 2h58'34
112 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ + 3h01'52
113 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural + 3h01'57
114 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h05'38
115 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 3h11'48
116 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek + 3h13'07
117 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 3h13'46
118 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek + 3h14'04
119 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto + 3h14'27
120 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 3h24'32
121 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC + 3h25'27
122 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling + 3h26'04
123 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling + 3h26'23
124 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile + 3h27'39
125 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team + 3h28'12
126 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 3h29'57
127 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 3h30'26
128 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team + 3h30'47
129 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 3h31'15
130 Arturo Mora Caja Rural + 3h33'11
131 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle + 3h33'39
132 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h34'12
133 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 3h35'28
134 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
135 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD + 3h36'47
136 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar + 3h37'48
137 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h38'24
138 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile + 3h40'28
139 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 3h45'53
140 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 3h48'15
141 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling + 3h48'50
142 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling + 3h48'58
143 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h54'33
144 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana + 3h55'56
145 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 3h57'43
146 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team + 3h59'14
147 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural + 4h03'17
148 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano + 4h04'53
149 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 4h05'30
150 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team + 4h07'37
151 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 4h10'04
152 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar + 4h15'18
153 Steve Chainel FDJ + 4h16'41
154 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 4h31'54
155 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 4h34'27
156 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD + 4h35'01
157 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ + 4h37'32
158 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 4h38'17
159 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h42'41
160 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 4h45'41
161 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek + 5h11'48
162 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team + 5h11'57
163 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD + 5h17'30
164 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 5h22'59
165 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 5h41'29

Points

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 171
2 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto 147
3 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 124
4 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 116
5 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle 94

Mountain

1 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 111
2 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 107
3 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD 93
4 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek 66
5 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale 58

Young Riders

1 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale 75h25'17
2 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'42
3 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 30'20
4 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 34'39
5 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 38'44

Teams

1 Liquigas - Cannondale 225h33'53
2 Katusha Team + 40'45
3 Geox - TMC + 42'12
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi + 56'48
5 Unicef - Oracle + 1h02'46

Dominik's Comment

We just don't stop! It's so great for Sylvester that he got a reward for all the hard work he has done so far. He also advances back into the Top 20.

Also, since Mosquera and Javier Moreno failed to get into the main group, I really advanced into the Top 10! Isn't that amazing? But you have to look at the distances: Moreno is one, Mosquera is two seconds behind me. I don't know if that ever happened in a GT at this stage before! One mountain stage (with a descent to the finish) and the time trial (where I'll have advances) will decide.

I'd like to draw your attention once again to the team results: We gained 20 minutes on Katusha today and lead now by 40 minutes! It shows how strong we are here in Spain.

The mentioned mountain stage is up tomorrow and then, the main exertions are over! See you,

Neillster

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4 riders in the top 20! Fantastic!

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Wow, Dominic, excellent!!!

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Posted on 22-03-2012 10:47

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September 8, 2012

Vuelta a Espana, Stage 18

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The last mountain stage of the race and the last chance for the likes of Rodriguez or AntÃ³n to gain some time before the time trial. The four huge and several small climbs over 196 kms will strech the riders to the limits.

Dominik's Pre-Race Comment

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Personally, I just want to stay as close to the front as possible. I surely could use some more time especially on Kern and Gilbert before the time trial as I feel that my shape is slowly declining. For the team, Nibali is going for the mountain classification, which is why we'll keep the peloton together at least until the first mountain sprint. After that, Caruso, Szmyd or even Peter Sagan will go into a break, hoping for a similar outcome as yesterday.

Live Ticker

Km 6:	The first lonely escapee of the day is Sep Vanmarcke* (Garmin). Not particularly known for his climbing.*
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Km 10:	Bernardo Zanchi (QuickÂ·Step) joins him but Liquigas already started the chase.
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Km 23:	After a long quiet time, a couple of riders under the lead of Edvald Boasson Hagen* tries to attack the Liquigas armada.*
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Km 29:	But they don't even have the slightest chance. Nibali* easily takes six points and leads the classification with two points now.*
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Km 38:	Simon Gerrans, who has been very active lately, attacks on the descent.
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Km 47:	Following Andriy Grivko, Damiano Caruso* attacks.*
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Km 63:	At the bottom of the first bigger climb, Caruso* is part of the six men break, 3'30 in front of the pack. Four more riders are a bit behind them.*
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Km 77:	Caruso leads the ten riders over the climb. They're five minutes in front. Wim Van Huffel (FDJ) is the next best climber, after Caruso.
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Km 114:	The advance don't grow to more than 8 minutes, in contrary: It slowly starts to decrease.
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Km 119:	The pack starts to split very early. While Liquigas was once again very attentive, some of the Top 10 riders are caught behind.
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Km 133:	The break probably won't have a chance today. Only 5 riders are left together and with 64 kms to go, they're only 5 minutes away. But there have been stranger outcomes...
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Km 156:	For Liquigas, it would be great if the break survived the last climb. Then, the mountain jersey would be safe at least for today.
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Km 168:	Caruso increases the pace and is soon alone. 8 kms to the top.
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Km 169:	Kessiakoff and Sanchez attack from the main group!
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Km 171:	Rodriguez follows soon and Nibali increases the pace to bring them back.
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Km 175:	Soon, he finds himself along with Caruso* and Sanchez. Cobo and Anton follow closely behind.*
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Km 175:	Nerz keeps himself in the front part of the main group. Valverde attacks while Rodriguez surprisingly stays calm.
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Km 176:	Nibali attacks and wins the mountain sprint. The best two descenders are now in front of the rest.
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Km 178:	Nerz passes the top of the climb along with the other Top 10 riders except for Anton, Cobo* and Valverde, who are a bit in front.*
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Km 194:	Nibali and Sanchez have an advance of 30 seconds with 3 kms to go.
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Km 195:	One kilometer later, Nibali* attacks! Sanchez is probably the better sprinter.*
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Km 197:	This guy is a phenomenon! Fifth stage win!
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Km 197:	Nerz sprints to a great 14th place among the followers.
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Km 197:	Sagan loses another seven minutes on Nerz, which means the young riders classification is decided now.

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 5h27'27
2 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 8
3 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar + 22
4 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle s.t.
5 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
6 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t.
7 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC s.t.
8 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t.
9 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
10 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek s.t.

Spoiler
11 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana s.t.
12 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle s.t.
13 David Blanco Geox - TMC s.t.
14 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
15 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t.
16 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
17 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano s.t.
18 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team s.t.
19 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t.
20 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 1'16
21 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural + 3'26
22 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t.
23 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t.
24 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t.
25 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 3'40
26 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 4'38
27 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t.
28 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
29 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
30 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 5'07
31 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 5'15
32 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team s.t.
33 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
34 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 6'29
35 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t.
36 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t.
37 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
38 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
39 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling s.t.
40 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t.
41 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
42 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 7'26
43 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 7'54
44 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team + 8'25
45 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team s.t.
46 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t.
47 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 9'27
48 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 9'59
49 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t.
50 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
51 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
52 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
53 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC s.t.
54 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t.
55 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
56 Wim Van Huffel FDJ + 10'31
57 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural + 11'32
58 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
59 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t.
60 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD s.t.
61 Rui Costa Caja Rural s.t.
62 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
63 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t.
64 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
65 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team s.t.
66 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team + 13'30
67 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team + 14'00
68 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t.
69 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
70 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile + 15'05
71 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile s.t.
72 Anders Lund Leopard Trek s.t.
73 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t.
74 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle s.t.
75 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 15'20
76 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 16'23
77 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
78 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
79 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling + 17'37
80 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 17'54
81 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar + 18'27
82 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t.
83 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 19'05
84 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile s.t.
85 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
86 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 19'23
87 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t.
88 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t.
89 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile + 19'46
90 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD s.t.
91 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t.
92 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
93 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ s.t.
94 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano s.t.
95 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t.
96 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling + 21'46
97 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile s.t.
98 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek + 24'23
99 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 25'52
100 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 27'08
101 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team + 29'21
102 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
103 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 29'52
104 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto + 30'50
105 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale + 34'25
106 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle + 35'45
107 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle s.t.
108 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
109 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD s.t.
110 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle s.t.
111 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
112 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle s.t.
113 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t.
114 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t.
115 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team s.t.
116 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team s.t.
117 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
118 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team s.t.
119 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
120 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
121 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile s.t.
122 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t.
123 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t.
124 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling s.t.
125 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek s.t.
126 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
127 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
128 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural s.t.
129 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t.
130 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD s.t.
131 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling s.t.
132 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
133 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t.
134 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC s.t.
135 John Murphy BMC Racing Team s.t.
136 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t.
137 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
138 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
139 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
140 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
141 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano s.t.
142 Arturo Mora Caja Rural s.t.
143 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
144 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ s.t.
145 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
146 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD s.t.
147 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling s.t.
148 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t.
149 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
150 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team + 36'58
151 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle + 37'25
152 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar s.t.
153 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t.
154 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
155 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
156 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
157 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar + 39'53
158 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 40'22
159 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
160 Steve Chainel FDJ s.t.
161 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek s.t.
162 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
163 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 43'29
164 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD s.t.
165 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.

Classifications

Overall

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 80h31'16
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 5'30
3 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'28
4 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle + 8'45
5 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek + 9'56
6 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC + 12'46
7 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar + 15'18
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana + 15'42
9 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'50
10 Javier Moreno Caja Rural + 21'51

Spoiler
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team + 21'52
12 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling + 24'40
13 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 26'09
14 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team + 27'29
15 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 28'46
16 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 29'21
17 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 31'49
18 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 33'04
19 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 35'19
20 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 37'41
21 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle + 40'46
22 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano + 43'03
23 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 43'43
24 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 45'20
25 David Arroyo Movistar Team + 46'53
26 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 49'49
27 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural + 51'24
28 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 52'20
29 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 56'26
30 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team + 1h00'16
31 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h00'18
32 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h01'24
33 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h01'50
34 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h05'02
35 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h05'43
36 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 1h05'48
37 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 1h06'53
38 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team + 1h06'59
39 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 1h07'39
40 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 1h08'39
41 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1h10'38
42 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h10'43
43 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 1h12'36
44 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h15'36
45 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 1h15'56
46 Rui Costa Caja Rural + 1h16'29
47 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h16'31
48 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 1h20'51
49 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural + 1h23'50
50 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h26'50
51 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team + 1h30'03
52 Anders Lund Leopard Trek + 1h34'57
53 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team + 1h40'38
54 Wim Van Huffel FDJ + 1h40'43
55 Arnaud Courteille FDJ + 1h41'25
56 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile + 1h41'34
57 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling + 1h42'45
58 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling + 1h43'53
59 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 1h44'43
60 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek + 1h47'33
61 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 1h48'58
62 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h50'24
63 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile + 1h50'34
64 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle + 1h51'07
65 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 1h53'44
66 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 1h56'08
67 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h56'43
68 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana + 1h57'40
69 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling + 1h57'56
70 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 2h01'18
71 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle + 2h01'42
72 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD + 2h02'26
73 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h04'57
74 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile + 2h07'48
75 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC + 2h10'21
76 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle + 2h14'38
77 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 2h15'36
78 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2h16'18
79 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h16'27
80 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 2h18'14
81 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 2h20'09
82 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h22'47
83 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD + 2h23'32
84 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle + 2h24'51
85 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 2h25'36
86 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano + 2h25'51
87 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h29'18
88 Francis Mourey FDJ + 2h36'31
89 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 2h36'49
90 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team + 2h39'21
91 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 2h40'08
92 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h40'36
93 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle + 2h44'56
94 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h49'02
95 Anthony Roux FDJ + 2h49'57
96 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h50'32
97 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h53'25
98 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team + 2h54'39
99 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD + 2h56'16
100 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 2h57'04
101 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team + 3h00'05
102 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek + 3h05'55
103 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h07'39
104 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile + 3h08'56
105 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar + 3h09'32
106 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling + 3h14'59
107 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h20'33
108 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling + 3h20'40
109 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ + 3h21'58
110 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h23'21
111 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 3h28'15
112 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC + 3h29'33
113 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural + 3h38'02
114 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek + 3h38'47
115 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h41'43
116 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 3h43'27
117 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto + 3h45'33
118 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t.
119 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile + 3h47'45
120 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 3h47'53
121 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek + 3h49'12
122 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 4h00'37
123 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling + 4h02'09
124 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling + 4h02'28
125 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team + 4h04'17
126 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 4h05'52
127 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 4h06'02
128 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 4h06'31
129 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h06'52
130 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 4h07'58
131 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 4h09'00
132 Arturo Mora Caja Rural + 4h09'16
133 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4h10'17
134 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle + 4h11'24
135 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 4h11'33
136 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
137 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD + 4h12'52
138 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar + 4h15'33
139 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile + 4h16'33
140 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h23'38
141 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 4h24'45
142 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling + 4h24'55
143 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling + 4h25'03
144 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana + 4h32'01
145 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h35'19
146 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h35'26
147 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team + 4h37'18
148 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural + 4h39'22
149 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano + 4h40'58
150 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 4h46'12
151 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 4h47'49
152 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar + 4h55'31
153 Steve Chainel FDJ + 4h57'23
154 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 5h07'59
155 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 5h10'32
156 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD + 5h11'06
157 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ + 5h13'37
158 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto + 5h18'46
159 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 5h18'59
160 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 5h29'30
161 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team + 5h49'15
162 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek + 5h52'30
163 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD + 6h01'19
164 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 6h03'41
165 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 6h25'18

Points

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 196
2 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto 147
3 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 136
4 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 132
5 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle 98

Mountain

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 123
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 111
3 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD 94
4 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale 80
5 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek 69

Young Riders

1 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale 80h53'06
2 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 11'14
3 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 34'36
4 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 39'34
5 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 45'49

Teams

1 Liquigas - Cannondale 241h57'52
2 Geox - TMC + 45'56
3 Katusha Team + 46'21
4 Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h00'18
5 Unicef - Oracle + 1h16'57

Dominik's Comment

Slowly but surely, I run out of words for our performance. Vincenzo has now incredible 5 (in words: five) stage wins! And I don't even have to mention the GC, his win there has been safe for days already.

I, once again, was able to stay with the best men above the mountains. And as I hoped, I could gain time on some riders behind me. Only Mosquera and Moreno could kick me out of the Top 10 again but since they aren't known to be good time trialists, I don't worry about that too much.

Tomorrow's an easier day, a bit recovery before the time trial.

Greetings,

Edited by cunego59 on 22-03-2012 10:48

#1070

Posted on 22-03-2012 10:56

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Could you please slow down a bit with the report, I have to play stage 16 of this Vuelta in my story, can't keep up with you

Again, great racing and congrats with your 12th or 34th stage win this Vuelta (7th?)

Edited by dienblad on 22-03-2012 10:58

Pellizotti2

#1071

Posted on 22-03-2012 13:23

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Nerz in the Top 10 overall is just awesome! Also two great stage wins with Nibali and Szmyd. You're doing amazingly well!

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#1072

Posted on 22-03-2012 18:07

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@ dienblad: Then you better hurry: Ingame, I'm already past the Tour of Beijing, so I could in fact post at double or triple speed

And yes, it was the seventh win. Thanks

@ Pelli: Thanks. While playing, I thought "this is how Pellizotti2 must feel, winning (almost) every race"

But then I realized it was "just" the Vuelta where even Gilbert can enter the Top 15... Still, I'm proud especially of Dominik's results.

Next stage is coming up tomorrow.

#1073

Posted on 22-03-2012 18:10

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Then you're gonna win, I hope to play stage 16 tonight, and stage 17 probably sunday....

johannes-w

#1074

Posted on 23-03-2012 07:50

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hi havent been commenting in a while now but i m still checking every update its really an amazing vuelta for the whole team but of course i am especially happy for dominik finally having his big breakthrough!!!
also i think your reports are matching the results of liquigas

just great - keep it up!
ps if this story continues like that we need a new difficulty level for you as well

sutty68

#1075

Posted on 26-03-2012 18:19

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9th overall and the best young rider in Spain, keep it going Dominik not long to go now

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#1076

Posted on 26-03-2012 18:51

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This one is going to.......

I must say i love your screens,really great ones.
Sutty68 afterwork.....

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#1077

Posted on 26-03-2012 19:36

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Dominik's my new hero now... How can I haven't checked this yet?!

#1078

Posted on 29-03-2012 17:05

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Thanks a lot for all the fantastic comments, guys

Sorry for not posting in a while but I just started university this week so PCM isn't quite my priority at the moment

Anyway, I still have a couple of reports already written, so you may expect one every couple of days.

#1079

Posted on 29-03-2012 17:05

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September 9, 2012

Vuelta a Espana, Stage 19

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The third to last stage of the Vuelta is classified as hilly but doesn't really look that challenging. It's also rather short. Also note that the last kilometer is once again ascending.

Dominik's Pre-Race Comment

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The finish seems to be taylor made for Peter Sagan. But since we don't want to spend our energy chasing, especially with the time trial tomorrow in mind, we will send Marco Marcato or Daniel Oss into the break once again. If that shouldn't work, we will do everything to ensure a bunch sprint.

Live Ticker


Km 2:	Lampre has been a very active team throughout the whole race and they won't stop now: Xavier Florencio* attacks with Marco Marcato on his wheel.*
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Km 31:	The pack splits! Numerous riders including Sanchez, Rodriguez* and Valverde are caught behind! We can expect them to rejoin later on, though.*
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Km 36:	Meanwhile, Marco Marcato* leads solo in front of a 10 men group with two minutes on the peloton.*
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Km 41:	The bigger groups reunited again but under heavy winds, the peloton is stretched a lot. The riders have to be very attentive today.
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Km 50:	Marcato fell back to the main group of escapees, consisting of eleven riders. Among them are stage 12 winner Paul Martens as well as Edvald Boasson Hagen, who would be the top favorite if this group made it.
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Km 77:	With 68 kms to go and the break more than seven minutes away, Liquigas comes to the front of the pack, despite having Marcato* in the break.*
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Km 115:	But 38 kms later, the advance is still at almost five minutes and they let it go.
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Km 132:	With 13 kms to go, the weaker sprinters Tiralongo, Florencio* and Popovych attack!*
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Km 140:	But eventhough they could open a 30 seconds gap, they're caught with 5 kms to go.
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Km 142:	A bit later, Popovych* tries it again and this time, it's Marcato who follows!*
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Km 144:	And they get away! They sprint for the win and on the last kilometer, Popovych* has a solid advance. Can Marcato counter?*
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Km 145:	No. Popovych* was stronger today. After a third, a fourth and a fifth spot, Marcato now scores a second place... Oscar Sevilla finishes third.*
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Km 145:	Sagan wins the meaningless sprint for 12th place easily.

1 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle 3h42'28
2 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
3 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle + 24
4 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 32
5 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t.
7 Anthony Roux FDJ s.t.
8 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile s.t.
9 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team s.t.
10 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD + 49

Spoiler
11 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana s.t.
12 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling + 9'57
13 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 12'51
14 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 13'10
15 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
16 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC s.t.
17 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC s.t.
18 Javier Moreno Caja Rural s.t.
19 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural s.t.
20 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
21 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek s.t.
22 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC s.t.
23 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD s.t.
24 Rui Costa Caja Rural s.t.
25 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural s.t.
26 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
27 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
28 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC s.t.
29 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD s.t.
30 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
31 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
32 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
33 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano s.t.
34 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC s.t.
35 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano s.t.
36 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural s.t.
37 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile s.t.
38 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano s.t.
39 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
40 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
41 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural s.t.
42 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile s.t.
43 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD s.t.
44 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano s.t.
45 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural s.t.
46 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano s.t.
47 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle s.t.
48 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC s.t.
49 Arturo Mora Caja Rural s.t.
50 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale s.t.
51 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
52 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano s.t.
53 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
54 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
55 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
56 Francis Mourey FDJ s.t.
57 David Veilleux Team Europcar s.t.
58 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
59 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle s.t.
60 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar s.t.
61 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
62 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
63 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek s.t.
64 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar s.t.
65 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar s.t.
66 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team s.t.
67 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek s.t.
68 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ s.t.
69 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
70 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
71 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling s.t.
72 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team s.t.
73 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
74 Anders Lund Leopard Trek s.t.
75 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
76 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
77 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team s.t.
78 Christophe Kern Team Europcar s.t.
79 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
80 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek s.t.
81 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
82 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
83 Tony Hurel Team Europcar s.t.
84 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team s.t.
85 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
86 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team s.t.
87 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
88 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team s.t.
89 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
90 David Arroyo Movistar Team s.t.
91 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team s.t.
92 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team s.t.
93 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
94 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team s.t.
95 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
96 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
97 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
98 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
99 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
100 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
101 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team s.t.
102 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
103 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
104 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek s.t.
105 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling s.t.
106 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo s.t.
107 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team s.t.
108 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
109 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle s.t.
110 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD s.t.
111 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
112 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling s.t.
113 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle s.t.
114 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
115 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
116 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
117 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling s.t.
118 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
119 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
120 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
121 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD s.t.
122 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team s.t.
123 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana s.t.
124 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle s.t.
125 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile s.t.
126 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile s.t.
127 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
128 Arnaud Courteille FDJ s.t.
129 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD s.t.
130 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling s.t.
131 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team s.t.
132 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
133 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team s.t.
134 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana s.t.
135 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile s.t.
136 Wim Van Huffel FDJ s.t.
137 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana s.t.
138 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle s.t.
139 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team s.t.
140 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana s.t.
141 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling + 16'42
142 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural s.t.
143 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team s.t.
144 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling s.t.
145 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling s.t.
146 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 20'18
147 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team s.t.
148 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana s.t.
149 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling s.t.
150 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana s.t.
151 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD s.t.
152 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
153 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team s.t.
154 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team s.t.
155 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar s.t.
156 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team s.t.
157 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek s.t.
158 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 22'28
159 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team s.t.
160 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto s.t.
161 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 23'32
162 Steve Chainel FDJ s.t.
163 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team s.t.
164 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD s.t.
165 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ s.t.

Classifications

Overall

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 84h26'54
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team + 5'30
3 Samuel SÃ¡nchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 6'28
4 Alejandro Valverde Unicef - Oracle + 8'45
5 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek + 9'56
6 Juan JosÃ© Cobo Geox - TMC + 12'46
7 Christophe Le MÃ©vel Team Europcar + 15'18
8 Fredrik Kessiakoff Pro Team Astana + 15'42
9 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale + 21'50
10 Javier Moreno Caja Rural + 21'51

Spoiler
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Movistar Team + 21'52
12 Rob Ruijgh GreenEdge Cycling + 24'40
13 Daniel Moreno Katusha Team + 26'09
14 Matthias Frank BMC Racing Team + 27'29
15 Christophe Kern Team Europcar + 28'46
16 Philippe Gilbert Omega Pharma - Lotto + 29'21
17 Sylwester Szmyd Liquigas - Cannondale + 31'49
18 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 32'45
19 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi + 35'19
20 David Blanco Geox - TMC + 37'41
21 Tiago Machado Unicef - Oracle + 40'46
22 Oliver Zaugg Skil - Shimano + 43'03
23 Chris Froome Sky ProCycling + 43'43
24 Riccardo RiccÃ² Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 45'20
25 David Arroyo Movistar Team + 46'53
26 Kevin De Weert QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 49'49
27 ÃÃ±igo Cuesta Caja Rural + 51'24
28 Johnny Hoogerland Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 52'20
29 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 56'26
30 Daniel Navarro Movistar Team + 1h00'16
31 Johan Vansummeren Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h00'18
32 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 1h01'24
33 Mikel Nieve Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h01'50
34 David Millar Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h05'02
35 Simon Spilak Lampre - ISD + 1h05'48
36 JuliÃ¡n SÃ¡nchez Pimienta Caja Rural + 1h06'53
37 Eduard Vorganov Katusha Team + 1h06'59
38 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 1h07'39
39 JÃ©rÃ´me Pineau QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 1h08'39
40 Sergey Lagutin Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 1h09'15
41 Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Lotto + 1h10'38
42 Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h10'43
43 David De la Fuente Geox - TMC + 1h12'36
44 Carlos Barredo Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h15'36
45 Mathieu Sprick Skil - Shimano + 1h15'56
46 Rui Costa Caja Rural + 1h16'29
47 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank Cycling Team + 1h16'31
48 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD + 1h20'51
49 Gustavo CÃ©sar Veloso Caja Rural + 1h23'50
50 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h26'50
51 SergueÃ¯ Ivanov Katusha Team + 1h30'03
52 Anders Lund Leopard Trek + 1h34'57
53 BeÃ±at Intxausti Movistar Team + 1h40'38
54 Wim Van Huffel FDJ + 1h40'43
55 Arnaud Courteille FDJ + 1h41'25
56 Peter Velits Team T-Mobile + 1h41'34
57 John-Lee Augustyn Sky ProCycling + 1h42'45
58 Richie Porte GreenEdge Cycling + 1h43'53
59 Andriy Grivko Pro Team Astana + 1h44'43
60 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana + 1h45'13
61 Jens Voigt Leopard Trek + 1h47'33
62 Yaroslav Popovych Unicef - Oracle + 1h48'10
63 Maxim Iglinskiy Pro Team Astana + 1h48'58
64 Gorka Izagirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h50'24
65 Stefan Schumacher Team T-Mobile + 1h50'34
66 JosÃ© Ãngel GÃ³mez Marchante Unicef - Oracle + 1h51'07
67 Pavel Brutt Katusha Team + 1h53'44
68 Christian Knees Sky ProCycling + 1h56'08
69 Andrew Talansky Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 1h56'43
70 Simon Gerrans GreenEdge Cycling + 1h57'56
71 Yukihiro Doi Skil - Shimano + 2h01'18
72 Tadej Valjavec Lampre - ISD + 2h02'26
73 Marc De Maar Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h04'57
74 Marcus Burghardt BMC Racing Team + 2h05'36
75 Matthias Kessler Team T-Mobile + 2h07'48
76 Marcel Wyss Geox - TMC + 2h10'21
77 Ã“scar Sevilla Unicef - Oracle + 2h11'53
78 Carlos Sastre Unicef - Oracle + 2h14'38
79 Steve Morabito BMC Racing Team + 2h15'36
80 Frederik Willems Omega Pharma - Lotto + 2h16'18
81 Juan Manuel GÃ¡rate Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h16'27
82 VÃctor De la Parte Caja Rural + 2h20'09
83 Maarten Tjallingii Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h22'47
84 Andrey Kashechkin Lampre - ISD + 2h23'32
85 JosÃ© JoaquÃn Rojas Movistar Team + 2h25'36
86 Stijn Devolder Skil - Shimano + 2h25'51
87 Francesco Reda QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h29'18
88 Paul Martens Rabobank Cycling Team + 2h36'22
89 Francis Mourey FDJ + 2h36'31
90 Alexsandr Dyachenko Pro Team Astana + 2h36'49
91 Anthony Roux FDJ + 2h37'19
92 JosÃ© Belda Movistar Team + 2h39'21
93 Mauro Finetto Liquigas - Cannondale + 2h40'08
94 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 2h40'35
95 Maxim Belkov Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 2h40'36
96 Xavier Florencio Lampre - ISD + 2h43'55
97 Dimitriy Muravyev Unicef - Oracle + 2h44'56
98 JÃ©rÃ´me Coppel Movistar Team + 2h54'39
99 Gatis Smukulis Team T-Mobile + 2h56'14
100 David Veilleux Team Europcar + 2h57'04
101 Bernardo Zanchi QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 2h57'40
102 Joost Posthuma Leopard Trek + 3h05'55
103 RubÃ©n PÃ©rez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 3h07'39
104 Marcus Gerber BMC Racing Team + 3h09'23
105 Vincent JÃ©rÃ´me Team Europcar + 3h09'32
106 Marco Marcato Liquigas - Cannondale + 3h09'57
107 Allan Davis GreenEdge Cycling + 3h14'59
108 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 3h15'37
109 Romain Feillu Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h20'33
110 CÃ©dric Pineau FDJ + 3h21'58
111 Stuart O'Grady GreenEdge Cycling + 3h24'12
112 Dimitry Kozontchuk Geox - TMC + 3h29'33
113 RubÃ©n Reig Caja Rural + 3h38'02
114 Harald Morscher Leopard Trek + 3h38'47
115 Greg Van Avermaet Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team + 3h41'43
116 Kristof Vandewalle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 3h43'27
117 Vicente ReynÃ¨s Omega Pharma - Lotto + 3h45'29
118 Matteo Pelucchi Geox - TMC + 3h45'33
119 Caleb Fairly Team T-Mobile + 3h47'45
120 Martin Pedersen Leopard Trek + 3h49'12
121 Michael Barry Sky ProCycling + 3h51'25
122 Assan Bazayev Pro Team Astana + 4h00'37
123 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling + 4h02'28
124 Timothy Roe BMC Racing Team + 4h04'17
125 Mitchell Docker GreenEdge Cycling + 4h05'41
126 Daniel Oss Liquigas - Cannondale + 4h05'52
127 Gert Steegmans QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 4h06'31
128 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano + 4h09'00
129 Arturo Mora Caja Rural + 4h09'16
130 Javier Francisco Aramendia Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4h10'17
131 GrÃ©gory Rast Unicef - Oracle + 4h11'24
132 Martijn Maaskant Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 4h11'33
133 Maxime Vantomme Katusha Team s.t.
134 Manuele Mori Lampre - ISD + 4h12'52
135 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team + 4h13'10
136 Gerben LÃ¶wik Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h14'00
137 Roman Kireyev Pro Team Astana + 4h15'06
138 Damien Gaudin Team Europcar + 4h15'33
139 Bert Grabsch Team T-Mobile + 4h16'33
140 Wesley Sulzberger GreenEdge Cycling + 4h21'50
141 Fabio Sabatini Liquigas - Cannondale + 4h24'45
142 Dennis Van Winden Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h30'46
143 Gene Michael Bates Sky ProCycling + 4h32'03
144 Mikhaylo Khalilov Rabobank Cycling Team + 4h35'19
145 Maarten Neyens Omega Pharma - Lotto + 4h35'26
146 Arkimedes Arguelyes Katusha Team + 4h37'18
147 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Pro Team Astana + 4h39'09
148 Coen Vermeltfoort Skil - Shimano + 4h40'58
149 JoaquÃn Sobrino Caja Rural + 4h42'54
150 Andy Cappelle QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 4h47'49
151 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team + 4h53'20
152 Guillaume Le Floch Team Europcar + 5h02'39
153 Steve Chainel FDJ + 5h07'45
154 Christopher Sutton Sky ProCycling + 5h07'59
155 Vitali Kondrut Lampre - ISD + 5h18'14
156 Andreas Klier Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 5h18'59
157 John Murphy BMC Racing Team + 5h19'50
158 Yauheni Hutarovich FDJ + 5h23'59
159 Sebastian Lang Omega Pharma - Lotto + 5h28'04
160 Tony Hurel Team Europcar + 5h29'30
161 Vladimir Isaychev Katusha Team + 5h59'37
162 Jochen Summer Leopard Trek + 5h59'38
163 Dimitri Krivtsov Lampre - ISD + 6h11'41
164 Travis Meyer Team Garmin - CervÃ©lo + 6h14'03
165 Bruno Ferro QuickÂ·Step Cycling Team + 6h32'26

Points

Mountain

1 Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas - Cannondale 123
2 JoaquÃm RodrÃguez Katusha Team 111
3 Vitaliy Buts Lampre - ISD 94
4 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale 80
5 Igor AntÃ³n Leopard Trek 69

Young Riders

1 Dominik Nerz Liquigas - Cannondale 84h48'44
2 Peter Sagan Liquigas - Cannondale + 10'55
3 Rafael Valls Geox - TMC + 34'36
4 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale + 39'34
5 Diego Ulissi Lampre - ISD + 45'49

Teams

1 Liquigas - Cannondale 253h31'17
2 Geox - TMC + 59'25
3 Katusha Team + 59'50
4 Unicef - Oracle + 1h04'30
5 Euskaltel - Euskadi + 1h13'47

Dominik's Comment

What Marco Marcato accomplishes during this race is amazing! Not only has he a nose for the right breakaway, he also has the legs to finish it very well. For the fourth time, he achieves a Top 5 result from a breakaway now. The only thing that's missing is a win - highly unlikely now, which is a pity, but nevertheless, his stamina is admirable.

Because of the break, we had a relatively calm day in the pack. The winds were tough but as usual, our team was very attentive and never got in danger of falling behind. As you read, we spent some time in the lead because Peter Sagan said he felt awesome and there were a couple of good sprinters with Marcato, but we didn't go full power and stopped when we realized the break would stay free. Then, we could regenerate a bit for the time trial tomorrow.

Yours,