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Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 18-04-2013 22:51
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Great top 10. Chris will be happy with that.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 19-04-2013 09:05
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 Vuelta a España
The Route
This years Vuelta consists of
2 flat TT’s (52 km)
1 Mountain TT (13 km)
4 flat stages
7 hilly stages, 2 of these with an uphill finish
7 mountain stages, 5 of these with an uphill finish
The Favourites
The above all favourite has to be Igor Antón and with the support of Poels, Nieve and Landa he has the by far strongest climbing team to support him in his quest for a second GT this season. The big question is if he will get punished for riding his second GT in the third week.
In the second row there’s a lot of riders with similar climbing capabilities. Cobo will be hoping to repeat his 2011 win and Rodríguez will be determined to defend his win from last year. Both of them have to realize though that younger riders like Ascani, Masciarelli Cataldo and our own Chris Anker Sørensen will be looking to push the old kings away from the throne. All in all a very open race, which along with the route bodes for an exciting three weeks of racing!
Stage 1: Cadice (ITT)
This stage is just on that we need to be over with for us, so we’ll keep it short.
Tony Martin is the only rider, who have beaten Cancellara on a timetrial this year, and he’s not here…
Surprisingly Chris in the second Danish captain to go out on the route as Saxo Tinkoff has given Anders Lund the 1 on his back.
Edited by Atlantius on 19-04-2013 09:20
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| mowinckel91 |
Posted on 19-04-2013 09:16
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Really like your story mate, keep it up  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-04-2013 09:39
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Lars with a decent start! |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 19-04-2013 11:38
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mowinckel: Thank, I certainly will!
Ian: In deed. Not that a 15th for him on the prologue matter much in the long run 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 19-04-2013 12:02
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Vuelta a España
Stage 2: San Fernando – Ronda
We’re off to a hard start. No slowly finding your legs in this race!
The stage kept crashing when opening, so I had to quick-sim. Quite a good result 6th for Chris Anker Sørensen though.
Stage Results
| 1 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4h28'26 | | 2 |  Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 9 | | 3 |  Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 4 |  Chris Horner | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 21 | | 5 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 35 | | 7 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 8 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 9 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'07 | | 10 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 12 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 13 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 14 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1'19 | | 15 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 17 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 18 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 19 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 20 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 21 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1'28 | | 22 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 23 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 24 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 25 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | + 1'39 | | 26 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 27 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 28 | Thomas Faiers | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 29 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | + 2'03 | | 30 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 31 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 32 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | + 2'21 | | 33 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 34 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 35 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2'38 | | 36 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 37 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2'54 | | 38 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 39 | Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 40 | Alberto Losada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4'51 | | 41 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'06 | | 42 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 43 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 44 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'15 | | 45 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 46 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 47 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 48 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 49 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 50 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5'39 | | 51 | José Alberto Benítez | Andalucía | s.t. | | 52 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 53 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5'50 | | 54 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 55 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 56 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 57 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 58 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 59 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 6'12 | | 60 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 61 | Giampaolo Caruso | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 62 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 63 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 64 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 65 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 67 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 68 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 69 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | + 6'39 | | 70 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 71 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 72 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 73 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 74 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 75 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 76 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 77 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 78 | Matthew Goss | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 79 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 80 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 81 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 82 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 83 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 84 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 85 | Ole Haavardsholm | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 86 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 7'04 | | 87 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | s.t. | | 88 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 89 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 90 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 91 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 92 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 93 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 94 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 95 | Matteo Tosatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 96 | Kjell Carlström | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 97 | Egoi Martínez | Andalucía | s.t. | | 98 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 99 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 100 | Dídac Ortega | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 101 | Esteban Plaza | Andalucía | + 7'37 | | 102 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Davide Rebellin | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 104 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 105 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 106 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 107 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 108 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 109 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 110 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 7'54 | | 111 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 112 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 113 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 114 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 115 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 116 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 117 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 118 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 119 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | s.t. | | 120 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 8'04 | | 121 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 122 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 123 | Thomas Peterson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 124 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 125 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 126 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 127 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 128 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 129 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 130 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 131 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 132 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 8'16 | | 133 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 134 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 135 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 136 | Ran Margaliot | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 137 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 138 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 139 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 140 | Javier Ramírez Abeja | Andalucía | s.t. | | 141 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 142 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 8'31 | | 143 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 144 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 145 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 146 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 147 | José Vicente Toribio | Andalucía | s.t. | | 148 | Ivan Santaromita | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 8'47 | | 149 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 150 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 151 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 152 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 153 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 154 | Juan José Haedo | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 155 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 156 | Jaime Pacifico | Andalucía | s.t. | | 157 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 8'55 | | 158 | Stiven Fanelli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 159 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 160 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 161 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 162 | Jonathan Cantwell | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 163 | Alexander Khatuntsev | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 164 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 165 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | + 9'05 | | 166 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 167 | Edoardo Muoio | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 168 | Florio Segarelli | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 169 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 170 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 171 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 172 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 173 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 174 | Saïd Haddou | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 175 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | + 9'19 | | 176 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 177 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9'32 | | 178 | Román Osuna | Andalucía | s.t. | | 179 | Francesco Tizza | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 180 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | + 9'43 | | 181 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | + 11'58 | | 182 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 12'13 | | 183 | Davy Tuytens | Lotto Belisol Team | + 12'21 | | 184 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 13'34 | | 185 | Justino Subero | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 186 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 13'45 | | 187 | Danilo Napolitano | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 14'01 | | 188 | Vaughan Vicelich | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 189 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 14'21 | | 190 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Astana Pro Team | + 14'32 | | 191 | Lars Høeg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 14'57 | | 192 | Larry Young | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 193 | Hans Dekkers | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 16'26 | | 194 | Roni Salja | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 19'05 | | 195 | Haritz Grande | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 196 | James Knight | RadioShack - Nissan | + 19'15 |
Stage 3: Ronda – Antequera
Another hard hilly day…
Having not only the main favourite, but having him in the lead already means that Euskaltel get to start working right from the start.
With 50 km to go it looks like Gasparotto and Hermans will be deciding the stage between them. The duo has more than eight minutes on the peloton.
30 km. Every Euskaltel rider except Antón are working in front of the 59-rider peloton. My guys are sitting right behind them!
17 km to the line, 12 of these downhill. The break still holds 4’19’’ but now the favourites start moving. Rodríguez attacks and is followed by Ulissi. I told my guys to stay calm and let Euskaltel continue their work.
3 km to the top for Chris and Antón. Purito and Ulissi has 36 seconds to Weening and a further 17 seconds to the 18-rider group with the rest of the favourites.
2 km to the top of the last hill. Antón makes his move and Chris is right in his wheel.
Going in to the last 7 km of the stage chances look slim for Gasparotto now alone in front. 18 seconds to Hermans, Purito and Ulissi and an additional 18 seconds to Chris, Antón, Ascani, Cobo and Weening.
With 5 km to go 18 riders are united in front.
Chris can’t sprint so with 2,5 km to the line he tries to attack, but Rodríguez is right in his wheel.
He doesn’t get much of a gap but 2nd after Purito is very nice as well!
17 riders missed the time limit. Most prominently Guarnieri, Napolitano, JJ Haedo and Cantwell.
Stage Results
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | 5h58'20 | | 2 |  Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 8 | | 3 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 4 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15 | | 5 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 8 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 9 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 11 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 12 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 13 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 14 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 15 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 16 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 42 | | 17 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 50 | | 18 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 19 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1'38 | | 20 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 21 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 22 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 23 | Alberto Losada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 24 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 25 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | + 2'16 | | 26 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 27 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 2'27 | | 28 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | + 2'36 | | 29 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 30 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | + 3'08 | | 31 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Chris Horner | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 33 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 34 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'28 | | 35 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 36 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 37 | Giampaolo Caruso | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 38 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 39 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 40 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 41 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 42 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 43 | Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 44 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 45 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | + 5'04 | | 46 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 47 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | + 5'32 | | 48 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | + 6'44 | | 49 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 6'56 | | 50 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 51 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 52 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 53 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 54 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 55 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 56 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 57 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 58 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | + 8'37 | | 59 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Thomas Faiers | Team Vodafone | + 8'46 | | 61 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 62 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | + 9'01 | | 63 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 10'06 | | 64 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 65 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 66 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 67 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 68 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 69 | Thomas Peterson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 70 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 71 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 72 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 73 | Kjell Carlström | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 74 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 75 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 76 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 77 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 78 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 79 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 80 | Davide Rebellin | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 81 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | + 10'58 | | 82 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 83 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | + 11'39 | | 84 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 85 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 12'13 | | 86 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 87 | José Alberto Benítez | Andalucía | + 13'13 | | 88 | Esteban Plaza | Andalucía | s.t. | | 89 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | s.t. | | 90 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | s.t. | | 91 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | + 13'31 | | 92 | Egoi Martínez | Andalucía | + 13'40 | | 93 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 16'15 | | 94 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 95 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 16'37 | | 96 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | + 16'53 | | 97 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | + 17'08 | | 98 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | + 17'38 | | 99 | Ivan Santaromita | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 17'56 | | 100 | Dídac Ortega | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 101 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 102 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 18'27 | | 103 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 18'57 | | 104 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 19'25 | | 105 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 106 | Florio Segarelli | Team Gazprom | + 19'57 | | 107 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | + 20'59 | | 108 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 110 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 111 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 112 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 113 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 114 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 115 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 116 | Matthew Goss | Garmin - Sharp | + 21'20 | | 117 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | + 21'54 | | 118 | Ran Margaliot | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 23'17 | | 119 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | + 23'24 | | 120 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 121 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 122 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 123 | Javier Ramírez Abeja | Andalucía | s.t. | | 124 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 125 | Ole Haavardsholm | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 126 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 127 | Román Osuna | Andalucía | + 23'54 | | 128 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 24'29 | | 129 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 130 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 25'36 | | 131 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 132 | Francesco Tizza | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 26'09 | | 133 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 134 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 135 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 136 | Jaime Pacifico | Andalucía | + 26'25 | | 137 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | + 26'32 | | 138 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 27'53 | | 139 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 140 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 141 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 29'12 | | 142 | Stiven Fanelli | BMC Racing Team | + 33'40 | | 143 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 144 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 145 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 146 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 147 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 148 | Matteo Tosatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 149 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 150 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | + 34'44 | | 151 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 152 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 153 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 154 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 155 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 156 | Edoardo Muoio | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 157 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 158 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | + 35'09 | | 159 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 160 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 161 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | + 36'30 | | 162 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 163 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 164 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | + 36'55 | | 165 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 37'06 | | 166 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 37'34 | | 167 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 168 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 37'53 | | 169 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 38'37 | | 170 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 39'36 | | 171 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 172 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 173 | José Vicente Toribio | Andalucía | + 40'14 | | 174 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 175 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 41'37 | | 176 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 42'02 | | 177 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 178 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 43'20 | | 179 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | + 43'45 |
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Vuelta a España
Stage 4: Antequera – Granada
Probably the easiest stage this far (apart from the prologue)
Looking at the profile this stage had all the marks of a breakaway success. So Lars Bak went out there and with 75 km he holds 12’06’’ along with Tsatevich, Van de Walle, Belletti, Riblon, Lund and Lowe.
It is a certain win for the break, but also a certain win for Belletti if it comes down to a sprint finish.
With 15 km to go Riblon makes the first attack and gets Lars and Tsatevich with him.
With 8 km to go they’re caught by Belletti and Van de Walle. Time for more attacks to get rid of the Italian…
Lars is the only one able to actually build a small gap and he goes under the red flame alone with about 15 seconds down to the others.
And there it is. Our first Vuelta stage win ever!
Stage Results
| 1 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | 4h20'23 | | 2 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 20 | | 3 |  Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 4 |  Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 5 |  Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2'09 | | 7 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | + 2'50 | | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 15'18 | | 9 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 10 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 11 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 12 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 13 | José Alberto Benítez | Andalucía | s.t. | | 14 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 15 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 16 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 17 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 18 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 19 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 20 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 21 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Kjell Carlström | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 23 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 24 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 25 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 26 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 27 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 28 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 29 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 30 | Egoi Martínez | Andalucía | s.t. | | 31 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 32 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 33 | Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 34 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 35 | Chris Horner | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 36 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 37 | Thomas Faiers | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 38 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 39 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Giampaolo Caruso | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 41 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 42 | Alberto Losada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 43 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 45 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 46 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 47 | Matteo Tosatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 48 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 49 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | s.t. | | 50 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 51 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 52 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 53 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 54 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 55 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 56 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 57 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 58 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 59 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 61 | Ivan Santaromita | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 62 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 63 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 64 | Matthew Goss | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 65 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 66 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 67 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 68 | Ole Haavardsholm | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 69 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 70 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 71 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 72 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 73 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 74 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 75 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 76 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 77 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 78 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 79 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 80 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 81 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 82 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 83 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 84 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 85 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 86 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 87 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 88 | Francesco Tizza | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 89 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 90 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 91 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 92 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 93 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 94 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 95 | Thomas Peterson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 96 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 97 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 98 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 99 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | s.t. | | 100 | Dídac Ortega | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 101 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 102 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 103 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 104 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 105 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 106 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 107 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 108 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 109 | Esteban Plaza | Andalucía | s.t. | | 110 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 111 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 112 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 113 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 114 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 115 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 116 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 117 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 118 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 119 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 120 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 121 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 122 | Edoardo Muoio | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 123 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 124 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 125 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 126 | Stiven Fanelli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 127 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 128 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 129 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 130 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 131 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 132 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 133 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 134 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 135 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 136 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 137 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 138 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 139 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 140 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 141 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 142 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 143 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 144 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 145 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 146 | Javier Ramírez Abeja | Andalucía | s.t. | | 147 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 148 | José Vicente Toribio | Andalucía | s.t. | | 149 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 150 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 151 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 152 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 153 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 154 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 155 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 156 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 157 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 158 | Davide Rebellin | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 159 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 160 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 161 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 162 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 163 | Román Osuna | Andalucía | s.t. | | 164 | Florio Segarelli | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 165 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 166 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 167 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 168 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 169 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 170 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 171 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 172 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 173 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 174 | Ran Margaliot | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 175 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 21'56 | | 176 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 177 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 178 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 24'03 | | 179 | Jaime Pacifico | Andalucía | + 25'41 |
Stage 5: Granada – La Pandera
First mountain top finish. Things are starting to get serious…
Euskaltel keeps everything together early on, so when we close in on the first KOM Nicki decides to go for it. Right on the line he is passed by Palomares, who also chased the jersey (and held it for a long time) last year.
Meanwhile Euskaltels hard pace has reduced the peloton to 105 riders. We have Haavardsholm lost behind, but are otherwise intact.
With 67 km to the line Euskaltel is still intact in front of the peloton. 9 riders have a gap of 4’04’’
When starting the final climb Hoogerland, Pujol, Palomares, Masciarelli, Gustov and Rebellin hold 4 minutes on the peloton.
10 km to the finish line. Palomares has left his breakaway companions to take the final KOM of the day. He has 3’30’’ down to Euskaltel & Co.
Several riders are staring to move in the favourites group, but while Antón still has four helpers in the front we’re not going anywhere! There’s a thin line between bravery and stupidity – and we’re not going to cross it…
Masciarelli and Palomares going in to the last 5 km side by side. 1’39’’ to Hoogerland and Pujol, who has one minute to the favourites.
3 km to the top for the favourites. Euskaltel seems to finally have weakened and this is the moment to attack if we are to surprise Antón – and so be it!
The attacks weren’t very successful though as Nieve is still enough to reel in most of the challengers here…
So with 2 km to the top Antón is off. Chris is right in his wheel! They have about two minutes to the front riders.
Purito have managed to slip away and takes the stage win.
Chris can’t quite keep up with Antón but does manage to distance quite a few of the other favourites.
Stage Results
| 1 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | 5h00'50 | | 2 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | + 16 | | 3 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 37 | | 4 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 57 | | 7 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 8 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar Team | + 1'23 | | 9 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 10 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'05 | | 11 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 12 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 13 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 14 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 15 | Giampaolo Caruso | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 16 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 17 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'45 | | 18 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 19 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 20 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 21 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 22 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 23 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | + 3'11 | | 24 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 25 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | + 3'33 | | 26 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'59 | | 27 | Alberto Losada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 28 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | + 5'27 | | 29 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 5'46 | | 30 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 31 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 33 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 6'09 | | 34 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6'22 | | 35 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 36 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 37 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 38 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 7'05 | | 39 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 40 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 41 | Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | + 7'25 | | 42 | Chris Horner | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 43 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 44 | Thomas Faiers | Team Vodafone | + 7'49 | | 45 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | + 7'58 | | 46 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 47 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 48 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 49 | Davide Rebellin | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 50 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 51 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | s.t. | | 52 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 53 | Esteban Plaza | Andalucía | + 8'47 | | 54 | Thomas Peterson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 55 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 56 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 57 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 9'07 | | 58 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 9'38 | | 59 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 60 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 61 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 62 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | + 11'50 | | 63 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 64 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 65 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 66 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 67 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 68 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 69 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | + 12'58 | | 70 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | + 13'16 | | 71 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | + 14'49 | | 72 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 73 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 74 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 75 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 76 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 77 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | + 15'04 | | 78 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 79 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 80 | José Alberto Benítez | Andalucía | s.t. | | 81 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 82 | Ran Margaliot | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 83 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 15'32 | | 85 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 86 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 87 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 88 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 89 | Ivan Santaromita | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 90 | Jaime Pacifico | Andalucía | + 15'55 | | 91 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | + 16'14 | | 92 | Egoi Martínez | Andalucía | s.t. | | 93 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 94 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 95 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 96 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 16'44 | | 97 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 16'54 | | 98 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 99 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 100 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 101 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 102 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 103 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 104 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 105 | Kjell Carlström | Volvo - STARK | + 26'33 | | 106 | Ole Haavardsholm | Volvo - STARK | + 28'39 | | 107 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 29'28 | | 108 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 109 | Dídac Ortega | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 110 | Francesco Tizza | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 111 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 112 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 113 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 114 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 115 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 116 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 117 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 118 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 119 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 120 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 121 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 122 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 123 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 124 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 125 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 126 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 127 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 128 | Román Osuna | Andalucía | s.t. | | 129 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 130 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | + 30'46 | | 131 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 132 | Florio Segarelli | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 133 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 134 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 135 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 136 | Matthew Goss | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 137 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 138 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 139 | Stiven Fanelli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 140 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | + 31'22 | | 141 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 142 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 143 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 144 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 145 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 146 | Matteo Tosatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 147 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 148 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 149 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'55 | | 150 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 32'03 | | 151 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | + 32'14 | | 152 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 153 | Edoardo Muoio | Team Gazprom | + 41'10 | | 154 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | + 48'54 | | 155 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 156 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 157 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 158 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 159 | Javier Ramírez Abeja | Andalucía | s.t. | | 160 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 161 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 162 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 163 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 164 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 165 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 166 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 167 | José Vicente Toribio | Andalucía | s.t. | | 168 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 169 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 170 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 171 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 172 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 173 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 174 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 175 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 176 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 177 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 178 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 179 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. |
Provisional Standings
| 1 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 20h15'33 | | 2 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1'00 | | 3 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 1'32 | | 4 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1'53 | | 5 |  Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1'57 | | 6 |  Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2'25 | | 7 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2'32 | | 8 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar Team | + 2'33 | | 9 |  Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | + 3'07 | | 10 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'28 |
Spoiler | 11 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | + 3'51 | | 12 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3'54 | | 13 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'04 | | 14 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | + 4'18 | | 15 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4'22 | | 16 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | + 4'27 | | 17 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | + 6'07 | | 18 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | + 6'15 | | 19 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | + 6'28 | | 20 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | + 6'34 | | 21 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 6'50 | | 22 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 7'11 | | 23 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | + 7'42 | | 24 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 25 | Alberto Losada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 9'56 | | 26 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 10'04 | | 27 | Chris Horner | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 10'19 | | 28 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | + 11'41 | | 29 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11'44 | | 30 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 11'56 | | 31 | Giampaolo Caruso | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 12'42 | | 32 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | + 12'43 | | 33 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 12'47 | | 34 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 13'08 | | 35 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | + 13'13 | | 36 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | + 13'40 | | 37 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 13'46 | | 38 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | + 14'19 | | 39 | Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | + 14'21 | | 40 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 14'54 | | 41 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | + 15'05 | | 42 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 15'36 | | 43 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 15'57 | | 44 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'34 | | 45 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | + 17'52 | | 46 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | + 18'00 | | 47 | Thomas Faiers | Team Vodafone | + 18'02 | | 48 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | + 18'28 | | 49 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | + 18'34 | | 50 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | + 18'42 | | 51 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | + 18'46 | | 52 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | + 18'55 | | 53 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 19'01 | | 54 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 19'29 | | 55 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | + 19'31 | | 56 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 20'13 | | 57 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | + 20'33 | | 58 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | + 20'51 | | 59 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | + 21'04 | | 60 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | + 22'05 | | 61 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 22'31 | | 62 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | + 23'24 | | 63 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | + 23'45 | | 64 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | + 24'27 | | 65 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | + 24'34 | | 66 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 24'39 | | 67 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 25'08 | | 68 | Davide Rebellin | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 25'30 | | 69 | Thomas Peterson | Garmin - Sharp | + 26'44 | | 70 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | + 27'41 | | 71 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | + 27'58 | | 72 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | + 28'13 | | 73 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | + 28'42 | | 74 | Esteban Plaza | Andalucía | + 29'25 | | 75 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 29'42 | | 76 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 30'16 | | 77 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | + 30'17 | | 78 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | + 30'20 | | 79 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 30'28 | | 80 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 31'01 | | 81 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | + 31'36 | | 82 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 32'17 | | 83 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 32'53 | | 84 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | + 33'05 | | 85 | José Alberto Benítez | Andalucía | + 33'37 | | 86 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 34'53 | | 87 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | + 35'22 | | 88 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 35'46 | | 89 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 36'28 | | 90 | Egoi Martínez | Andalucía | + 36'47 | | 91 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | + 36'51 | | 92 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | + 39'38 | | 93 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | + 39'46 | | 94 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | + 40'15 | | 95 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | + 41'19 | | 96 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 41'27 | | 97 | Ivan Santaromita | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 42'31 | | 98 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 42'43 | | 99 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 43'06 | | 100 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 43'20 | | 101 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 43'47 | | 102 | Kjell Carlström | Volvo - STARK | + 43'48 | | 103 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural | + 43'55 | | 104 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 45'30 | | 105 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 46'20 | | 106 | Ran Margaliot | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 46'23 | | 107 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 50'02 | | 108 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | + 51'49 | | 109 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 52'23 | | 110 | Dídac Ortega | Caja Rural | + 54'28 | | 111 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | + 54'29 | | 112 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 55'01 | | 113 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 55'20 | | 114 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | + 57'26 | | 115 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | + 57'31 | | 116 | Ole Haavardsholm | Volvo - STARK | + 58'32 | | 117 | Matthew Goss | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 118 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | + 58'34 | | 119 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | + 58'41 | | 120 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 59'31 | | 121 | Florio Segarelli | Team Gazprom | + 59'39 | | 122 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 59'50 | | 123 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 1h00'43 | | 124 | Jaime Pacifico | Andalucía | + 1h01'12 | | 125 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h01'32 | | 126 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h01'59 | | 127 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h02'22 | | 128 | Román Osuna | Andalucía | + 1h02'37 | | 129 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 1h02'38 | | 130 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h03'04 | | 131 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h04'02 | | 132 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | + 1h04'34 | | 133 | Francesco Tizza | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h05'23 | | 134 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | + 1h06'00 | | 135 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h06'54 | | 136 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 1h07'10 | | 137 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h09'53 | | 138 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h10'16 | | 139 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | + 1h10'49 | | 140 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 1h10'59 | | 141 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | + 1h11'32 | | 142 | Matteo Tosatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h11'46 | | 143 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | + 1h12'26 | | 144 | Stiven Fanelli | BMC Racing Team | + 1h13'15 | | 145 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h13'57 | | 146 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | + 1h14'05 | | 147 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | + 1h14'57 | | 148 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | + 1h14'58 | | 149 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h17'07 | | 150 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | + 1h17'29 | | 151 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h17'55 | | 152 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 1h19'37 | | 153 | Javier Ramírez Abeja | Andalucía | + 1h20'33 | | 154 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | + 1h21'19 | | 155 | Edoardo Muoio | Team Gazprom | + 1h24'36 | | 156 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 1h25'01 | | 157 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 1h28'51 | | 158 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h28'55 | | 159 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 1h30'29 | | 160 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h31'09 | | 161 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 1h31'21 | | 162 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h32'27 | | 163 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h33'46 | | 164 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | + 1h34'23 | | 165 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h34'58 | | 166 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h35'30 | | 167 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h36'18 | | 168 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h37'01 | | 169 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h37'17 | | 170 | José Vicente Toribio | Andalucía | + 1h37'30 | | 171 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | + 1h37'36 | | 172 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h39'39 | | 173 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h39'59 | | 174 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h40'19 | | 175 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h40'21 | | 176 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h41'55 | | 177 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h42'31 | | 178 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h43'59 | | 179 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h46'16 |
Igor Antón, Euskaltel - Euskadi
Spoiler | 1 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 14 | 62 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | 25 | 50 | | 3 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | 9 | 46 | | 4 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | 0 | 30 | | 5 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 7 | 28 | | 6 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 16 | 28 | | 7 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | 26 | | 8 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | 0 | 25 | | 9 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar Team | 8 | 24 | | 10 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | 0 | 24 | | 11 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 0 | 22 | | 12 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | 4 | 21 | | 13 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | 21 | | 14 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | 21 | 21 | | 15 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | 0 | 20 | | 16 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | 0 | 20 | | 17 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | 0 | 20 | | 18 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | 0 | 18 | | 19 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0 | 16 | | 20 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | 0 | 15 |
Adrián Palomares, Andalucía
Spoiler | 1 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | 57 | 83 | | 2 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | 0 | 50 | | 3 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | 0 | 44 | | 4 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | 30 | 40 | | 5 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 16 | 28 | | 6 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | 7 | 23 | | 7 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 20 | 22 | | 8 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | 0 | 22 | | 9 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | 4 | 22 | | 10 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | 21 | 21 | | 11 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | 0 | 20 | | 12 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | 0 | 19 | | 13 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | 8 | 18 | | 14 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | 0 | 16 | | 15 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | 0 | 15 | | 16 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | 0 | 13 | | 17 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | 0 | 11 | | 18 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 4 | 10 | | 19 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | 10 | | 20 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | 10 | 10 |
Mikel Landa, Euskaltel - Euskadi
Spoiler | 1 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 20h18'05 (1) | | 2 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | + 3'56 (2) | | 3 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 4'39 (3) | | 4 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | + 9'09 (4) | | 5 | Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | + 11'49 (5) | | 6 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | + 13'04 (6) | | 7 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 13'25 (7) | | 8 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | + 15'28 (8) | | 9 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | + 16'10 (9) | | 10 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 27'10 (10) | | 11 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | + 27'45 (11) | | 12 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 27'56 (12) | | 13 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 33'56 (13) | | 14 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 40'34 (14) | | 15 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 40'48 (15) | | 16 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | + 54'54 (16) | | 17 | Ole Haavardsholm | Volvo - STARK | + 56'00 (17) | | 18 | Florio Segarelli | Team Gazprom | + 57'07 (18) | | 19 | Jaime Pacifico | Andalucía | + 58'40 (19) | | 20 | Román Osuna | Andalucía | + 1h00'05 (20) | | 21 | Edoardo Muoio | Team Gazprom | + 1h22'04 (21) | | 22 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | + 1h22'29 (22) | | 23 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 1h32'26 (23) | | 24 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 1h37'27 (24) | | 25 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h37'49 (25) | | 26 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h43'44 (26) |
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Spoiler | 1 | Volvo - STARK | 60h50'40 (1) | | 2 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1'54 (2) | | 3 | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 2'37 (3) | | 4 | Movistar Team | + 14'45 (4) | | 5 | Astana Pro Team | + 19'10 (5) | | 6 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 21'24 (6) | | 7 | RadioShack - Nissan | + 23'53 (7) | | 8 | Garmin - Sharp | + 26'58 (8) | | 9 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 29'59 (9) | | 10 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 32'45 (10) | | 11 | Team Gazprom | + 34'58 (11) | | 12 | Lotto Belisol Team | + 36'04 (12) | | 13 | Orica - GreenEdge | + 37'05 (13) | | 14 | Caja Rural | + 39'13 (14) | | 15 | Team Vodafone | + 43'11 (15) | | 16 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 47'29 (16) | | 17 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h02'55 (17) | | 18 | Andalucía | + 1h11'31 (18) | | 19 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h12'54 (19) | | 20 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 1h16'27 (20) | | 21 | BMC Racing Team | + 1h24'07 (21) | | 22 | Team Europcar | + 1h30'31 (22) |
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Ian: He does and he is a bit of an expert on this kind of stages. It's similar to his Giro-win IRL and his Tour-win last year in the story. But he is in great shape in deed!
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Good first "Vuelta-win"
Nice to see Chris in the top 3 of GC. Is he able to hold that position?
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ALready a win and 3rd in the GC, nice job!!
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PCM rulezz: Thanks. Time will tell, but he might. Antón is on a level above everyone else and then there's 10-15 riders with similar climbing skills, so it will be close and every second could be important in the end. Anything from 2nd to 15th is realistic...
sutty: He does. It is his big season goal, so he is fit and haven't got too many race days yet. Hopefullt he can keep it up.
dienblad: Thanks. It's a mean as route (only four stages categorized as flat), so it's a balance between being ready the first week and not getting tired in the third week...
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Congrat's on the stage win. And Chris currently 3rd on the GC.  |
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Miguel98: Thanks. Let's hope he can keep it up
Next report should be up shortly...
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Vuelta a España
Stage 6: Cordoba – Valdepenas de Jaen
Another interesting stage, where almost anything can happen except for a bunch sprint...
We send Nicki in the break. Not only chasing the possible stage win, but also very much chasing mountain points.
He wins the first three KOM’s without contention picking up 18 points.
Going in to the last 100 km the break holds a gap of 9’30’’ to the peloton, where Lotto and Garmin have decided to do the work for Euskaltel.
Crossing the last categorized climb of the day the peloton have minimized the gap to three minutes, but Nicki is not satisfied and attacks to take the 10 points at the top and see if the break can be revived.
Final 25 km. The break holds just over two minutes to the peloton now lead by Euskaltel.
Two km from the top Rodríguez have pulled away once again followed by Vanendert and Antón.
Chris was looking good but got boxed in by slower riders when the attack occurred.
1 km from the top he puts in a solid attack to regain some of the lost time.
He can’t get away from his group, but pulls it up to the front group, so it’s not all lost.
3 km to the line. 24 riders in the front group with Gilbert looking strong in the rainbow jersey.
A massive final sprint gets Vanendert the stage win, while Chris is just too tired after the chase to do anything in the last km.
Stage Results
| 1 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol Team | 6h04'48 | | 2 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin - Sharp | + 14 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 4 | Diego Ulissi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 5 | Nicolas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Jan Bakelants | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 7 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 8 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 9 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 |  Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 11 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 12 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 13 | Chris Horner | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 14 | Mikel Nieve | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 15 | Winner Anacona | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 16 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 17 | Giampaolo Caruso | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 18 | Pieter Weening | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 19 | Ben Hermans | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 20 | Thomas Rohregger | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 21 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 22 | Mikel Landa | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 23 | Luca Ascani | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 24 | Daniel Moreno | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 25 | Manuel Vazquez | Movistar Team | + 2'49 | | 26 | Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 2'56 | | 27 | Alberto Losada | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 28 | Wout Poels | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 29 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 30 | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 31 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 32 | Peter Sagan | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 33 | Lieuwe Westra | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 34 | Jérôme Pineau | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 35 | Leonardo Moser | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 36 | Willy Ipsen | Volvo - STARK | + 3'27 | | 37 | Juan Manuel Gárate | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3'39 | | 38 | Christian Vande Velde | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 39 | Nikita Novikov | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 40 | Carlos Barredo | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 41 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 42 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 4'32 | | 43 | Óscar Pujol | Caja Rural | + 4'41 | | 44 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5'41 | | 45 | Ion Izagirre | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 46 | Timothy Duggan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 47 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 48 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 49 | Christophe Riblon | Garmin - Sharp | + 6'06 | | 50 | Brian Bulgac | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 51 | Magnus Cort | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 52 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 53 | Thomas Nybo Riis | Volvo - STARK | + 6'24 | | 54 | Thomas Faiers | Team Vodafone | + 7'21 | | 55 | Egor Silin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 56 | Serguei Klimov | Team Gazprom | + 7'38 | | 57 | José Alberto Benítez | Andalucía | s.t. | | 58 | Arthur Vichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 59 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 60 | Daryl Impey | Team Europcar | + 8'00 | | 61 | Mikaël Chérel | AG2R La Mondiale | + 8'28 | | 62 | Heinrich Haussler | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 8'37 | | 63 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9'07 | | 64 | Sergey Rudaskov | Team Gazprom | + 9'14 | | 65 | Alexey Tsatevitch | Team Gazprom | + 9'34 | | 66 | Omar Fraile | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 67 | Ángel Madrazo | Movistar Team | + 9'47 | | 68 | José Antonio De Segovia | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 69 | Thomas Peterson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 70 | Jürgen Van de Walle | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 71 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Vodafone | + 10'02 | | 72 | Matteo Montaguti | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 73 | Pablo Lastras | Movistar Team | + 10'14 | | 74 | Josué Moyano | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 75 | Javier Iriarte | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 76 | Michael Rogers | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 77 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 78 | Trent Lowe | Orica - GreenEdge | + 10'27 | | 79 | Kjell Carlström | Volvo - STARK | s.t. | | 80 | Francis De Greef | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 81 | Francesco Masciarelli | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 82 | Esteban Plaza | Andalucía | + 11'07 | | 83 | Anthony Charteau | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 84 | Adrián Palomares | Andalucía | s.t. | | 85 | Jesús Rosendo | Andalucía | s.t. | | 86 | Yauheni Sobal | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 87 | Emanuele Sella | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 88 | Óscar Freire | Movistar Team | + 11'24 | | 89 | Moreno Moser | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 90 | Gerald Ciolek | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 91 | Ben Gastauer | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 92 | Ben Swift | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 93 | Davide Rebellin | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 94 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 95 | Egoi Martínez | Andalucía | + 12'10 | | 96 | Daniele Bennati | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 97 | Julien El Fares | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 98 | Björn Leukemans | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 99 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 12'53 | | 100 | Anders Lund | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 101 | David Zabriskie | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 102 | Maxime Vantomme | Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. | | 103 | Nicolas Vogondy | Team Europcar | + 14'35 | | 104 | Ivan Santaromita | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 105 | Ole Haavardsholm | Volvo - STARK | + 14'45 | | 106 | Matthew Goss | Garmin - Sharp | + 15'10 | | 107 | Volodymir Gustov | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 108 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 15'40 | | 109 | Pim Ligthart | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 110 | Vincent Jérôme | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 111 | Manuel Belletti | AG2R La Mondiale | + 17'07 | | 112 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 113 | Óscar Sevilla | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 114 | Dídac Ortega | Caja Rural | + 17'42 | | 115 | Mark Wassall | Team Vodafone | + 20'13 | | 116 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 117 | Kevyn Ista | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 118 | Víctor De la Parte | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 119 | Jacek Morajko | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | + 20'36 | | 120 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 121 | Adrián Sáez de Arregi | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 122 | Mark Cavendish | Team Vodafone | s.t. | | 123 | Francesco Tizza | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | s.t. | | 124 | Matti Breschel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 125 | Benjamín Noval | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 126 | Javier Ramírez Abeja | Andalucía | s.t. | | 127 | Stiven Fanelli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 128 | Borut Božic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 129 | Cyril Bessy | Team Europcar | + 21'02 | | 130 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 131 | Christian Meier | Orica - GreenEdge | + 22'16 | | 132 | Assan Bazayev | Astana Pro Team | + 22'52 | | 133 | Taiji Nishitani | Garmin - Sharp | + 24'18 | | 134 | Jérôme Baugnies | Lotto Belisol Team | + 24'38 | | 135 | Sébastien Turgot | Team Europcar | + 25'30 | | 136 | Matteo Tosatto | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 25'40 | | 137 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 26'20 | | 138 | Vicente Reynès | Caja Rural | + 27'35 | | 139 | Jos Van Emden | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 27'42 | | 140 | Murilo Fischer | Garmin - Sharp | + 28'53 | | 141 | Koldo Fernández | Garmin - Sharp | + 29'56 | | 142 | José Vicente Toribio | Andalucía | + 31'13 | | 143 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | + 31'39 | | 144 | Giuseppe Muraglia | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 32'05 | | 145 | Peter McDonald | Orica - GreenEdge | + 32'59 | | 146 | Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 34'48 | | 147 | Edoardo Muoio | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 148 | Greg Henderson | RadioShack - Nissan | s.t. | | 149 | Kristof Goddaert | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 150 | Roberto Ferrari | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 35'24 | | 151 | Sergio Marinangeli | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 152 | Juraj Sagan | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 153 | Igor Romero | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 154 | Amid Zargari | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 155 | Jaime Pacifico | Andalucía | + 35'42 | | 156 | Román Osuna | Andalucía | s.t. | | 157 | Ran Margaliot | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 36'53 | | 158 | Michaël Baer | BMC Racing Team | + 37'06 | | 159 | Mathieu Claude | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 160 | Florio Segarelli | Team Gazprom | + 39'07 | | 161 | Pierpaolo De Negri | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | + 40'02 | | 162 | Rick Flens | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 40'33 | | 163 | Baden Cooke | Orica - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 164 | Johim Ariesen | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 165 | Wouter Mol | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 166 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 167 | Edward King | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 168 | Leigh Howard | Orica - GreenEdge | + 40'57 | | 169 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 170 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Team Gazprom | + 41'09 | | 171 | Sergueï Ivanov | Team Gazprom | s.t. | | 172 | Kasper Klostergaard | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 41'24 | | 173 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 41'32 | | 174 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 42'46 | | 175 | Alex Rasmussen | Garmin - Sharp | + 44'25 | | 176 | Davide Cimolai | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 44'35 | | 177 | Francesco Chicchi | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 46'57 | | 178 | Pasqualino Saviano | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 50'57 |
Stage 7: Baza – Murcia
The closest thing we have been to a flat stage this far in the race. The big question is how the sprinter teams are feeling and how the hill will affect things. We’re not looking for a bunch sprint at least…
One of these days where pretty much the entire peloton wants to get in the break, thus making it impossible to build a good lead due to the constant attacking.
With 22 km to the finish line Veikkanen and 12 others hold two minutes on the peloton.
There’s several sprinter-types in the break so right before the hill Jussi attacks and gets away alone. The Finn crosses the top 1’31’’ ahead of the peloton, which in the mean time have been reduced to only 34 riders.
Vanendert, Purito and Antón decides to attack on the descent and Chris is right in their wheel not having to do any work since he has Jussi out ahead.
Going in to the final 5 km Veikkanen has just under a minute to the followers and 1’30’’ to the closest large group, but he is getting tired.
Right into the last km He can’t hold the big names away any more. So close and yet so far away...
Gasparotto takes what the sprinters thought was supposed to be their first day of glory.
Stage Results
| 1 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | 4h55’54’’ | | 2 | Igor Antón | Euskaltel – Euskadi | s.t. | | 3 | Jan Bakelandts | RadioShack – Nissan | s.t. | | 4 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 5 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Garmin – Sharp | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | Nicholas Roche | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Philippe Gilbert | Omega Pharma – QuickStep | s.t. | | 8 | Maxim Iglinsky | Astana | s.t. | | 9 | Juan José Cobo | Farnese Vini – Selle Italia | s.t. | | 10 | Pieter Weening | Orica – GreenEdge | s.t. | | 11 | Dario Cataldo | Omega Pharma – QuickStep | s.t. | | 12 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Volvo – STARK | s.t. | | 13 | Jussi Veikkanen | Volvo – STARK | s.t. | | 14 | Amets Txurruka | Movistar | s.t. | | 15 | Winner Anacona | ISD – Ferrari | s.t. | | 16 | Nicki Sørensen | Volvo – STARK | s.t. | | 17 | Alejandro Marque Porto | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 18 | Luis Pasamontes | Caja Rural | s.t. | | 19 | Lars Ytting Bak | Volvo – STARK | s.t. | | 20 | Fabian Cancellara | RadioShack – Nissan | s.t. |
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So close with Veikkanen.....
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Euskatel and Anton are really strong here 
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