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Il Bimbo d'bronzo | Giro d'Italia 2015
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The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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Posted on 22-07-2014 13:54
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Posted on 22-07-2014 13:55
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Stage 6 | Benalmádena - La Zubia, 158 km
The one issue with holding the leaders jersey in a grand tour is that there is always a camera on you, to record every single second of your suffering (or dominance). Today it would mostly be a lot of the first. At just under a 160km todays stage was a short one, but the final climb up Cumbres Verdes which was 5km at about 10% wasn’t terrain on which I would show Henao or anyone else for that matter who’s boss.
Team Europcar made sure to become half of the peloton their enemy as in a failed attempt to catch the breakaway they set up a high speed chase that lasted for well over 70km. With the peloton completely losing pace as the French team gave up the breakaway managed to get to Cumbres Verdes with a 9 minute lead.
As Joaquin Rodriguez opened up the debates right at the foot of the final climb the hardest 5km of my life would start as the pace skyrocketed. MINUTES of the lead from the early breakaway where being taken back within kilometers. As Contador and Betancur where dragging at the head of the peloton which had been reduced to a mere 30 men instantly, with me hanging on at the back.
With 3km left it was the #2 of the Tour, Contador who in an attack which was more impressive than the one at Verbier flew away from the group, out of which I was dropped instantly as the pace increased even more. Froome, Rodriguez, Mollema, Valverde and Betancur were the only ones able to follow at a distance. Contador 1, Froome 0.
Julian Arredondo also was having a tough time as he followed on a distance. Not as far back as I though, as in the falling snow the cameraman captured my agony dramatically.
Teklehaimanot who seemed to be secure of the win as the best rider in the breakaway must have gotten a cold as Contador flew by him in the final 1km. It seemed the break had blown itself up when staying ahead of Europcar and were now paying the price as Contador took the flowers and the leaders jersey.
A leaders jersey I had officially lost as I crossed the line as 19th, a good 3 minutes after the winner.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 4h20'33 | | 2 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'00 | | 3 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1'09 | | 4 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 8 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'35 | | 9 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 10 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 2'00 | | - | | 19 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 3'13 |
Spoiler | 11 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'17 | | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 13 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 2'40 | | 15 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 16 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'02 | | 17 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'13 | | 18 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 19 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 20 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'48 | | 21 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 22 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 23 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 4'17 | | 24 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 25 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 4'29 | | 26 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 4'41 | | 27 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 29 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 30 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | + 5'17 | | 31 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 33 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 34 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 35 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 36 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 37 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 5'52 | | 38 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 39 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 40 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 6'05 | | 41 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 42 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 43 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 6'15 | | 44 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 45 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 7'26 | | 46 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 47 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | + 8'09 | | 48 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 8'21 | | 49 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 50 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 9'45 | | 51 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 52 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 10'01 | | 53 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 54 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 55 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 56 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 57 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 58 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 59 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 60 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 61 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 62 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 63 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 64 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 65 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 66 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 67 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 69 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 70 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 71 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 72 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'32 | | 73 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 11'49 | | 74 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 12'25 | | 76 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 77 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 12'47 | | 78 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 79 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 80 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 81 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 82 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 83 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 84 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 85 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 86 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 87 | David López García | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 88 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 13'29 | | 89 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 90 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 91 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 92 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 93 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 94 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 95 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 96 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 97 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 98 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 14'13 | | 99 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 100 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 101 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 102 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 103 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 104 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 105 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 106 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 107 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 108 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 15'15 | | 109 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 110 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 111 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 112 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 113 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 114 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 115 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 116 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 117 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 118 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 119 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 16'09 | | 120 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 121 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 122 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 123 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 124 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 125 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 126 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 127 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 128 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 129 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 130 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 131 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 132 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 16'39 | | 133 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 134 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 135 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 136 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 137 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'55 | | 138 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 139 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 140 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 141 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 142 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 143 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 144 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 145 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 146 | Markel Irizar | Team Tissot | + 17'47 | | 147 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 148 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 149 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 150 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 151 | Koen De Kort | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 152 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 153 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 154 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 155 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 156 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 157 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 158 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 159 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 160 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 161 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 162 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 18'47 | | 163 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 164 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 165 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 166 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 167 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 168 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 169 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 170 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 171 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 172 | Nico Sijmens | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 173 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 19'53 | | 174 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 20'02 | | 175 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 176 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 177 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 178 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 179 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 180 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 181 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 182 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 183 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 184 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 185 | Wesley Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 20'37 | | 186 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 20'47 | | 187 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 188 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 189 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 190 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | + 21'17 | | 191 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | + 21'53 | | 192 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 27'25 | | 193 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 194 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 195 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 28'59 | | 196 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 31'09 |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 21h06'56 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'02 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'08 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'21 | | 5 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'23 | | 6 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1'29 | | 8 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 1'35 | | 9 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 2'02 | | 10 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 2'21 | | 11 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 2'30 |
Spoiler | 12 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'34 | | 13 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 3'07 | | 14 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'46 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 4'08 | | 16 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4'13 | | 17 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 4'26 | | 18 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 4'34 | | 19 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 4'46 | | 20 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 4'50 | | 21 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 5'04 | | 22 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 5'07 | | 23 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 5'17 | | 24 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 5'34 | | 25 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 5'41 | | 26 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 6'06 | | 27 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 6'08 | | 28 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | + 6'16 | | 29 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 6'30 | | 30 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 6'32 | | 31 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 6'45 | | 32 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 6'51 | | 33 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 6'53 | | 34 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'04 | | 35 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 8'25 | | 36 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 8'35 | | 37 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 8'52 | | 38 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 9'30 | | 39 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 10'40 | | 40 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | + 10'44 | | 41 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 11'03 | | 42 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 43 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 11'14 | | 44 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 11'35 | | 45 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 12'19 | | 46 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 12'23 | | 47 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 12'28 | | 48 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 12'42 | | 49 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 12'46 | | 50 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 13'46 | | 51 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 13'53 | | 52 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 14'52 | | 53 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 14'55 | | 54 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 15'00 | | 55 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 15'07 | | 56 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 15'10 | | 57 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 15'11 | | 58 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | + 15'24 | | 59 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | + 15'26 | | 60 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 15'44 | | 61 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 15'47 | | 62 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 16'08 | | 63 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 16'10 | | 64 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 16'20 | | 65 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 16'22 | | 66 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 16'38 | | 67 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 16'45 | | 68 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 69 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | + 16'48 | | 70 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 16'51 | | 71 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 16'53 | | 72 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 17'46 | | 73 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 18'09 | | 74 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 18'20 | | 75 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 18'36 | | 76 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 18'44 | | 77 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 19'07 | | 78 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 19'08 | | 79 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 19'09 | | 80 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 19'35 | | 81 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 19'37 | | 82 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 19'56 | | 83 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 20'27 | | 84 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 85 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 20'36 | | 86 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | + 20'50 | | 87 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 21'10 | | 88 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 21'17 | | 89 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | + 21'24 | | 90 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 21'29 | | 91 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 21'47 | | 92 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 21'51 | | 93 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 21'58 | | 94 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 22'12 | | 95 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 22'40 | | 96 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 22'44 | | 97 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 22'59 | | 98 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 23'03 | | 99 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | + 23'06 | | 100 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 23'11 | | 101 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 23'14 | | 102 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 23'55 | | 103 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 24'02 | | 104 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | + 24'15 | | 105 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | + 24'17 | | 106 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 24'27 | | 107 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 24'49 | | 108 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | + 25'05 | | 109 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 25'22 | | 110 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 25'34 | | 111 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 25'50 | | 112 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 26'21 | | 113 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 26'24 | | 114 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 26'28 | | 115 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 26'31 | | 116 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 26'37 | | 117 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 26'41 | | 118 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 26'52 | | 119 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 27'06 | | 120 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 27'08 | | 121 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 27'15 | | 122 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 27'16 | | 123 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 27'19 | | 124 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 28'04 | | 125 | Koen De Kort | Giant - Shimano | + 28'19 | | 126 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 28'20 | | 127 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 28'23 | | 128 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 28'27 | | 129 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 28'37 | | 130 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | + 28'57 | | 131 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 29'11 | | 132 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 29'48 | | 133 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 29'57 | | 134 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 30'09 | | 135 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 30'12 | | 136 | Markel Irizar | Team Tissot | + 30'13 | | 137 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 138 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 31'16 | | 139 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | + 31'36 | | 140 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 31'43 | | 141 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | + 31'44 | | 142 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 143 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | + 31'51 | | 144 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 31'58 | | 145 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 32'12 | | 146 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 32'35 | | 147 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 33'06 | | 148 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 33'19 | | 149 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 150 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 34'24 | | 151 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 34'25 | | 152 | Nico Sijmens | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 153 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | + 34'31 | | 154 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 34'52 | | 155 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 34'54 | | 156 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - 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Stage 7 | Alhendín - Alcaudete, 165 km
Before the Vuelta I had noted down todays stage as the ideal one to go for a stage victory, but with Julian in good standing in the GC, Josu decided it best for me to serve him. Useful help as with the thermostat hitting 35 degrees plenty of water had to be carried back and forth.
On the final climb of the day the Alto Ahillo the breakaway got caught which opened up the theater for Betancur, Contador, Valverde and Henao as the quartet attacked halfway through the climb, quickly taking a 20 second lead.
Julian had me counter the quartet by placing myself at the head of the peloton, quickly reducing our group to just Arredondo, Rodriguez, D.Martin, Froome, Gilbert and Vanendert. By the time we reached the top the situation had become.
<Group Contador> 32” <Group Arredondo> 23” <Peloton>
None of our companions were willing to put in any chase work and rather speculated on their teammates returning from the background. Leaving me with little else to do, but take the lead and dive into the descent.
It didn’t take a lot of risks for us to return to Contador and his companions as by the time we reached the bottom of the descent we had regrouped and held an 1 minute lead on the peloton. Mollema, van Garderen and Ulissi the only ones who had managed to jump across. It where those same three together with me that set the pace in the group as we reached the final hill into Alcaudete with a lead of over well 2 minutes on the peloton with me in particular having emptied out my engine as I had to let the group go.
In a finale that was made for him it was Valverde who out-sprinted Henao, Rodriguez and Contador for the win. As the four managed to jump off from the rest of the group and take a good 30 seconds on the rest of the group.
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 3h54'54 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 3 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 28 | | 6 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 7 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 8 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | s.t. | | - | | 18 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 1'43 |
Spoiler | 11 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 13 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1'05 | | 14 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1'13 | | 15 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'35 | | 16 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'43 | | 17 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 18 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 19 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'59 | | 20 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'11 | | 21 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 22 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 23 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 24 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 25 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 26 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 27 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 28 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 29 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 30 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 31 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 32 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 33 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 34 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 35 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 36 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 37 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 38 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 39 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 40 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 42 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 43 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 44 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 45 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 46 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 47 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 48 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 49 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 50 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 51 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 52 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3'34 | | 53 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 54 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 55 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 56 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 57 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 3'58 | | 58 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 4'14 | | 59 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 60 | David López García | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 61 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 62 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 5'31 | | 63 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 5'50 | | 64 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 65 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 66 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 67 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 68 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 69 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 70 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 71 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 72 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 73 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 74 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 75 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 76 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 77 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 78 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 79 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 80 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 81 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 82 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 83 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 84 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 85 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 86 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 87 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 89 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 90 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 91 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 92 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 93 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 94 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 95 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 96 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 97 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 98 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 99 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 100 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 101 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 102 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 103 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 104 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 105 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 106 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 107 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 108 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 109 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 7'08 | | 110 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 111 | Koen De Kort | Giant - 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GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 133 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 134 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 135 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 136 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 137 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 138 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 139 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 140 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 141 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 142 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 143 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 144 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 145 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 146 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 147 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 148 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 149 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 150 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 151 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 152 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 153 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 154 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 155 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 156 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 9'20 | | 157 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 158 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 159 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 160 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 9'58 | | 161 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 10'09 | | 162 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 163 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 164 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 165 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 166 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 167 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 168 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 169 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 170 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 171 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 10'43 | | 172 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 173 | Wesley Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 174 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 175 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 176 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 177 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 178 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 11'17 | | 179 | Nico Sijmens | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 13'34 | | 180 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 13'43 | | 181 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 182 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 183 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 184 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 185 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 186 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 187 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 188 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 189 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 190 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 191 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 192 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - 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| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 25h01'50 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'08 | | 3 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1'29 | | 4 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'30 | | 5 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1'49 | | 6 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'51 | | 7 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 2'02 | | 9 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 2'03 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 3'35 | | 11 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 4'04 | | 12 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 4'13 | | 13 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 4'36 | | 14 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'45 | | 15 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 4'54 |
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Steady performance by both Arredondo and Arcier
Edit: Sorry for double post 
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Steady performance
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Stage 8 | Baeza - Albacete, 207 km
The team cook Kim Thorsen made sure to give us a strong pasta meal this morning as the Dane knew what was to come today. The stages to Albacete are famous for the strong wind that blows around the course, today was no different.
Our directeur sportif Josu Cortés made sure that Julian and I were kept at the head of the peloton by Devolder, Vandewalle, Roulston and Rast at all times. A plan which paid off with about 70 km left in the stage as the men of Belkin and Giant went into mach one ripping the peloton into echelons. What would follow was 70 km of pure pain as the pace did not drop for even a single moment. The kind of tough race Alexander Kristoff from Katusha excels in and it came as no surprise that he won the mass sprint finish.
Another man from Katusha was less lucky today though. Joaquin Rodriguez did not make the cut when the peloton broke apart and would lose over 10 minutes today. Leaving his dream of winning a grand tour in ruins.
At the dinner table that night we made sure to pull out a special bottle of champagne for Kim Thorsen. To congratulate him for his impressive (not that impressive) course prediction ability.
| 1 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | 4h12'40 | | 2 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 3 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 4 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 5 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 7 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 8 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 10 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | - | | 20 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | - | | 88 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 10'09 |
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Slow and steady wins the race.
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Lets thank the Vuelta organization for the lack of real mountain stages. 
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He was in good form as well.
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Stage 9 - Carboneras de Guadazaón - Aramón Valdelinares, 181 km
In the routebook next to stage 9 it has a hilly icon. An icon which the Vuelta organization could switch in for a mountainous one and nobody would complain. The final climb up to Valdelinares averaged out at just over 7% with sections of 10-12%.
On the Puerto San Rafael which was the appetizer before the climb to Valvelinares it was Alejandro Valverde who laid the peloton on the stove by jumping ahead. ‘El Imbatido’ quickly followed by jersey roja wearer Contador.
Unlike previous days all favourites where able to follow and unlike previous days I didn’t have to completely blow myself up to follow as well. My wonder legs carried me across to the final climb in an elite group of 20-men.
A group which wasn’t mean for long as Rodriguez attacked quickly on the final climb towards Valdelinares. Countered on a distance by Contador, D.Martin, Valverde and Froome. It was last mentioned who pushed out another acceleration as he jumped towards Rodriguez leaving the other 3 on their own. Giving Arredondo, I and the rest of the group the opportunity catch up.
Meanwhile at the front of the race Froome showed he still had his strong form from the Tour de France as he left Rodriguez behind, soloing his way to the victory.
Contador with an ultimate effort managed to save his red jersey, but blew our entire group up during the process, forcing every man to ride for himself.
I had to let Arredondo and some others go, but managed to bite myself in the back of Talansky his wheel before breaking down in the final 500m. Finishing the day as 11th a little over 2 minutes behind Froome. In a performance I had never expected and one which firmly placed me in the top 15 of the general classification.
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 4h35'08 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 41 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 59 | | 4 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 5 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'26 | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 1'41 | | 8 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 1'50 | | 9 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'00 | | 10 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'10 | | 11 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 2'19 |
Spoiler | 12 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 2'35 | | 13 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 14 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 3'06 | | 15 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 3'16 | | 16 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 17 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'51 | | 18 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4'06 | | 19 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 5'43 | | 20 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 6'24 | | 21 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 22 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 23 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 24 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 25 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 26 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 27 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 7'38 | | 28 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 29 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 30 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 31 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 33 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 8'10 | | 34 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 35 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 36 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 37 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 38 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 8'30 | | 39 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 40 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 41 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 9'11 | | 42 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 9'31 | | 43 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 9'57 | | 44 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 10'58 | | 45 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 46 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 11'14 | | 47 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 48 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 49 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 50 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 51 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 52 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 53 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 54 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 55 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 56 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 57 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 58 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 59 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 12'39 | | 60 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 13'01 | | 61 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 13'10 | | 62 | David López García | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 63 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 13'40 | | 64 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 14'15 | | 65 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 14'23 | | 66 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 67 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 14'36 | | 68 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 69 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 70 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 15'01 | | 71 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 72 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 73 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 74 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 75 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 76 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 77 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 78 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 79 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 80 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 81 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 82 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 83 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 84 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 16'04 | | 85 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 86 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 87 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 17'09 | | 88 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 17'21 | | 89 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 90 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 17'32 | | 91 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | + 17'58 | | 92 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 93 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 18'10 | | 94 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 95 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 18'20 | | 96 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 97 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 98 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 99 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 100 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 101 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 102 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 103 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 104 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 105 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 106 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 107 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 108 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 109 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 110 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 112 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 113 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 114 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 115 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 116 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 117 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 118 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 119 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 120 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 121 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 122 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 123 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 124 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 125 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 126 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 127 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 128 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 129 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 130 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 131 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 132 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 133 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 134 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 135 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 136 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 137 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 138 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 139 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 140 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 20'17 | | 141 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 21'04 | | 142 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 143 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 144 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 145 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 21'29 | | 146 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 147 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 21'40 | | 148 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 149 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 150 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 151 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 152 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 153 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 154 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 155 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 156 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 157 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 158 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 159 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 160 | Nico Sijmens | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 161 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 162 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 163 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 164 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 165 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 166 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 167 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 168 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 169 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 170 | Koen De Kort | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 171 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 172 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 173 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 174 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 175 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 176 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 177 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 178 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 23'08 | | 179 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 23'20 | | 180 | Markel Irizar | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 181 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | + 26'26 | | 182 | Wesley Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 26'51 | | 183 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | + 27'05 | | 184 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 27'19 | | 185 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 27'32 | | 186 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 187 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 188 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 189 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 190 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 191 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 192 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 28'07 | | 193 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 28'20 | | 194 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 195 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 28'49 | | 196 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 34'51 |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 33h50'13 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 45 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'59 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'09 | | 5 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'42 | | 6 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 3'09 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'16 | | 8 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 4'33 | | 9 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 5'19 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 5'35 | | 11 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 5'57 | | 12 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 6'20 | | 13 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 7'35 | | 14 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 7'45 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 7'52 | | 16 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 9'55 | | 17 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 10'09 | | 18 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 12'02 | | 19 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 12'05 | | 20 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 12'50 |
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 24-07-2014 10:26
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Top 10 would be awsome |
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Posted on 24-07-2014 10:59
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very good from Arcier top 10 would be amazing
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan'
Gracias Alberto.
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Another nice ride from Nicholas  , but there is always the idiot with the flag  |
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Stage 10 | Real Monasterio de Santa María de Veruela - Borja, 34.5 km
My wonder legs of yesterday where no more, but my confidence and morale where still high for todays stage. A 35 km long individual time trail. Normally would sound like a very displeasing day, but today was different. As the course was mostly in a declining line. If there ever was a time trial made for me, this was it. Time to push everything out one last time before the rest day. A welcome relief after 10 days of torture in the Spanish sun.
As I rolled up to the starting platform the leading time was that of Boasson Hagen at 46’29” a small surprise as he was 2 seconds faster than the top favorite of the day, Taylor Phinney. Who with his tall and big body seemed the ideal candidate for this stage.
Right out from the start my legs were feeling good as I danced my way up the Alto del Moncayo the 8km long climb we had to conquer before descending towards the finish in Borja. At the top I right away clocked the fastest time of the day up till then beating Boasson Hagen his time by 12 seconds.
A lead I knew would be difficult to maintain if I didn't gain some more time in the descent towards Ambel after which the road would start to even out. Josu repeatedly spoke through my ear-piece to keep the risks to a minimum in the descent. Words that fell on deaf ears as I cut the corners as close to the crowd as I cut. Accelerating on my highest gear whenever coming out of one.
Efforts which where paid back as by the time I reached the checkpoint in Ambel I was leading Hagen by 20 seconds! Leaving me exactly 10km to defend my lead till the finish-line. Euphoria took over as I came to realize I was competing with the best in the world at a time trial!
The burning sensation in my legs almost became unbearable in the final K’s as I tried to turn them as fast I could while holding my upper body as steady as possible on top the Pinarello TT bicycle.
As I passed the flamme rouge Josu his screaming in my ear turned into white noise. It was going to be close as I pushed out one final sprint in the last 300m, practically throwing my bike across the finish-line. My face immediately looking back to check the time. 45’23”! Six seconds! I had beaten Boasson Hagen and Phinney in a time trial! Unreal! In a performance that was maybe more impressive than my stage win last week.
Before I could even replace Boasson Hagen on the waiting chair my time was smashed by Tejay van Garden by a full 21 seconds. As a famous Jedi Master once said; ‘there is always a bigger fish.’ Even though I lost my top 10 classification, Josu his hysterical embrace was an acceptable alternative though.
At the end of the day, three others dived under my time, Froome the day winner at 45’43”, Valverde who finished 10 seconds after van Garderen and Mollema who beat me out by 1 second.
That’s correct, your dear narrator beat out Contador by 3 seconds. Maybe there is a GC rider hiding in me somewhere, aye?
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 45'43 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 19 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 29 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 39 | | 5 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 40 | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 43 | | 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 46 | | 8 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 48 | | 9 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 54 | | 10 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 59 | | - | | 13 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 1'19 |
Spoiler | 11 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 1'18 | | 12 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 13 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 1'19 | | 14 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 1'22 | | 15 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1'23 | | 16 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 1'26 | | 17 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'28 | | 18 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 1'29 | | 19 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1'34 | | 20 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 1'38 | | 21 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'41 | | 22 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'42 | | 23 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 1'45 | | 24 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 25 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'47 | | 26 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 1'48 | | 27 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'50 | | 28 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 1'51 | | 29 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 30 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1'56 | | 31 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 2'02 | | 32 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 2'08 | | 33 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2'10 | | 34 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 2'11 | | 35 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 2'13 | | 36 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'16 | | 37 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 2'20 | | 38 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 2'24 | | 39 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 2'25 | | 40 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 41 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2'26 | | 42 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'29 | | 43 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 2'30 | | 44 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 45 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2'31 | | 46 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 2'32 | | 47 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 48 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 49 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 50 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'33 | | 51 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 2'35 | | 52 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 2'38 | | 53 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2'41 | | 54 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | + 2'42 | | 55 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 57 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 58 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 59 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 60 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | + 2'43 | | 61 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'48 | | 62 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 63 | Markel Irizar | Team Tissot | + 2'49 | | 64 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 65 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 2'50 | | 66 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2'51 | | 67 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2'54 | | 68 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'58 | | 69 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 70 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 3'01 | | 71 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 72 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 3'02 | | 73 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 3'05 | | 74 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'06 | | 75 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'07 | | 76 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'09 | | 77 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 78 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 3'11 | | 79 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'14 | | 80 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 3'15 | | 81 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'16 | | 82 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 83 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 84 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 3'18 | | 85 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 86 | David López García | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 87 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3'20 | | 88 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 89 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3'21 | | 90 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'22 | | 91 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 92 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 93 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'23 | | 94 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 95 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'24 | | 96 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 97 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 98 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | + 3'25 | | 99 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3'26 | | 100 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 101 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | + 3'27 | | 102 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 103 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'28 | | 104 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 3'29 | | 105 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 3'30 | | 106 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 107 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 3'31 | | 108 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'32 | | 109 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 110 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'35 | | 111 | Koen De Kort | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 112 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 3'36 | | 113 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3'37 | | 114 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 115 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | + 3'38 | | 116 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 117 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 118 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'39 | | 119 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3'42 | | 120 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 3'43 | | 121 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 122 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'44 | | 123 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 3'45 | | 124 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 126 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'46 | | 127 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 128 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'47 | | 129 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 3'48 | | 130 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3'49 | | 131 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 132 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3'50 | | 133 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3'51 | | 134 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 135 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 3'52 | | 136 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 137 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3'53 | | 138 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3'54 | | 139 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3'55 | | 140 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 141 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3'56 | | 142 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 143 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | + 3'57 | | 144 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 3'58 | | 145 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 3'59 | | 146 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 147 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 148 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 149 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | + 4'00 | | 150 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 4'02 | | 151 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 152 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4'03 | | 153 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 154 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 155 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 156 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | + 4'04 | | 157 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4'05 | | 158 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 159 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 160 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 4'06 | | 161 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 162 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 4'07 | | 163 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 164 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 4'09 | | 165 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 166 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4'10 | | 167 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 4'11 | | 168 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4'12 | | 169 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 4'13 | | 170 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 171 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 4'14 | | 172 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | + 4'15 | | 173 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 174 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4'16 | | 175 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 176 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 4'17 | | 177 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'19 | | 178 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 179 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 4'20 | | 180 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 4'21 | | 181 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 182 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 4'22 | | 183 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 4'24 | | 184 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | + 4'25 | | 185 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 4'26 | | 186 | Nico Sijmens | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 4'28 | | 187 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 4'29 | | 188 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 4'30 | | 189 | Wesley Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 190 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4'34 | | 191 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | + 4'36 | | 192 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4'40 | | 193 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 4'45 | | 194 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 4'46 | | 195 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | + 4'48 | | 196 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 4'58 |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 34h36'39 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 2 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'45 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2'05 | | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 3'45 | | 6 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 4'09 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 4'18 | | 8 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 4'44 | | 9 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 5'11 | | 10 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 5'35 | | 11 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 5'54 |
Spoiler | 12 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 7'28 | | 13 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 8'30 | | 14 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 9'35 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 9'41 | | 16 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 10'53 | | 17 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 12'01 | | 18 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 12'53 | | 19 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 13'52 | | 20 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 14'16 | | 21 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 14'46 | | 22 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 14'49 | | 23 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 15'12 | | 24 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 15'39 | | 25 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | + 16'55 | | 26 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | + 17'35 | | 27 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 17'40 | | 28 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 17'41 | | 29 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 17'49 | | 30 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 19'53 | | 31 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 21'37 | | 32 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 22'00 | | 33 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | + 22'56 | | 34 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 23'58 | | 35 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 24'00 | | 36 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 24'07 | | 37 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 25'42 | | 38 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 25'52 | | 39 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 27'12 | | 40 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | + 29'59 | | 41 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 30'51 | | 42 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 32'49 | | 43 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 33'23 | | 44 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 33'37 | | 45 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 33'40 | | 46 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 34'51 | | 47 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 35'37 | | 48 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 36'29 | | 49 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 37'00 | | 50 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 37'09 | | 51 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 37'12 | | 52 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | + 37'40 | | 53 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 38'17 | | 54 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 39'31 | | 55 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | + 39'43 | | 56 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 40'56 | | 57 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 41'45 | | 58 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 42'44 | | 59 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 42'57 | | 60 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 43'29 | | 61 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 43'46 | | 62 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 43'59 | | 63 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 44'07 | | 64 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 44'18 | | 65 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 44'23 | | 66 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 44'48 | | 67 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 45'47 | | 68 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 46'27 | | 69 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 46'33 | | 70 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 46'42 | | 71 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 46'50 | | 72 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 46'56 | | 73 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 47'24 | | 74 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 47'26 | | 75 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 48'04 | | 76 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 48'35 | | 77 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 48'36 | | 78 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 48'44 | | 79 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 49'00 | | 80 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 49'10 | | 81 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 50'17 | | 82 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 50'36 | | 83 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 50'39 | | 84 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 51'01 | | 85 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 51'06 | | 86 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 51'13 | | 87 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 51'49 | | 88 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 52'03 | | 89 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 52'07 | | 90 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 52'12 | | 91 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 52'49 | | 92 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | + 52'53 | | 93 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | + 53'07 | | 94 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 53'24 | | 95 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 53'29 | | 96 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 53'38 | | 97 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 54'18 | | 98 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | + 54'38 | | 99 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 54'46 | | 100 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 55'21 | | 101 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 55'35 | | 102 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 55'40 | | 103 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 55'52 | | 104 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | + 56'47 | | 105 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 56'50 | | 106 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 57'25 | | 107 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 58'07 | | 108 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 58'13 | | 109 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 58'17 | | 110 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 58'52 | | 111 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 59'09 | | 112 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 59'10 | | 113 | Koen De Kort | Giant - Shimano | + 59'24 | | 114 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | + 59'51 | | 115 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 1h00'15 | | 116 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 1h00'23 | | 117 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | + 1h00'34 | | 118 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 1h01'06 | | 119 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | + 1h01'28 | | 120 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h02'22 | | 121 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h02'42 | | 122 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 1h02'49 | | 123 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h02'50 | | 124 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h02'51 | | 125 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 1h03'12 | | 126 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h03'34 | | 127 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h04'08 | | 128 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h04'11 | | 129 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 1h04'24 | | 130 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | + 1h05'22 | | 131 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 1h05'35 | | 132 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 1h05'45 | | 133 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | + 1h06'23 | | 134 | Tom Veelers | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 135 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | + 1h06'27 | | 136 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h07'13 | | 137 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h07'35 | | 138 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h07'39 | | 139 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 140 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h08'07 | | 141 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h08'33 | | 142 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h08'38 | | 143 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 1h08'45 | | 144 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h09'09 | | 145 | Markel Irizar | Team Tissot | + 1h09'23 | | 146 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 147 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 1h09'43 | | 148 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h10'26 | | 149 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 1h10'38 | | 150 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h10'41 | | 151 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 1h11'08 | | 152 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h11'25 | | 153 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h12'00 | | 154 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h12'01 | | 155 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h12'54 | | 156 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h15'26 | | 157 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | + 1h15'48 | | 158 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h16'19 | | 159 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h17'06 | | 160 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 1h17'46 | | 161 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 1h18'27 | | 162 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 1h18'54 | | 163 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 1h19'19 | | 164 | Theo Bos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h19'42 | | 165 | Maarten Wynants | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h20'06 | | 166 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h20'23 | | 167 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 1h20'26 | | 168 | Gert Steegmans | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h20'31 | | 169 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h20'36 | | 170 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h21'38 | | 171 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 1h22'14 | | 172 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h22'43 | | 173 | Nico Sijmens | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h22'58 | | 174 | Brett Lancaster | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h23'58 | | 175 | Geoffrey Soupe | FDJ.fr | + 1h24'12 | | 176 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h25'29 | | 177 | Damien Gaudin | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h26'11 | | 178 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre - Merida | + 1h28'32 | | 179 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h30'06 | | 180 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h32'33 | | 181 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h32'38 | | 182 | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | + 1h32'57 | | 183 | Michael Van Staeyen | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h33'50 | | 184 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h34'12 | | 185 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1h35'05 | | 186 | Kevyn Ista | IAM Cycling | + 1h41'22 | | 187 | Sebastien Hinault | IAM Cycling | + 1h42'41 | | 188 | Jempy Drucker | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h42'45 | | 189 | Wesley Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h43'39 | | 190 | Yohann Gène | Team Europcar | + 1h43'56 | | 191 | Youcef Reguigui | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h48'05 | | 192 | Marcel Aregger | IAM Cycling | + 1h49'05 | | 193 | Jan Ghyselinck | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h51'46 | | 194 | Mathew Hayman | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h56'42 | | 195 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 1h58'44 | | 196 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 2h09'55 |
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