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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 27-07-2014 20:52
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 27-07-2014 21:02
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Shame Arredondo lost time but good to see Nicolas in the Top 10
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 27-07-2014 23:45
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Stage 15 | Oviedo - Lagos de Covadonga, 149 km
Julian nor I were looking forward to today. With a ride towards Lagos de Covadonga a climb of 16km with various sections of 16% to cut your legs off. Fan of the shorter and punchier stuff today was going to be an interesting day. Julian at the very least was familiar with long climbs being Colombian. For me this would be the first time riding such a long climb outside of training camps.
Once again it was Alberto Contador who opened up the debates early by attacking on the Puerto del Torno, the climb ahead of Covadonga. Followed by Valverde, Betancur and Simon Clarke.
El Pistolero his attack straight away blew apart the Sky train leaving Froome and Henao to chase the quartet by themselves. Which is what they did with the joint help of D.Martin. Arredondo unwilling to waste any energy ahead of the final climb had Zubeldia, Didier and I keep the pace high in the peloton. Efforts which would pay off as the moment Froome joined Contador and his companions the pace in their group dropped allowing the rest of us to rejoin them ahead of the final climb.
If the early breakaway had any hopes of reaching to the end with a 2 minute lead starting at the bottom of the climb up Covadonga, that hope was quickly kicked to ruins by Betancur his acceleration, once again joined by Valverde and Contador. Reducing the peloton to a mere 20-men in the process as Henao once again worked Froome and the rest back to the front. Zubeldia and Didier where unable to follow, but I was feeling superb today.
With the breakaway caught and the pace once again dropping Julian had me take the head of the peloton and kickstart the pace again. Not without its victims though. Mainly Contador was unable to follow! Other victims were Mollema and van Garderen as within no time we took a 50 second lead. Our group now made out of Julian and I, Valverde, Henao, D.Martin, Froome, Rodriguez and Betancur.
The break off was the cue for Henao to up the pace even more as he completely emptied himself for Froome. Last mentioned attacking with a dreadful 8km left. The Brit his acceleration ridiculously high as he flew away, not to be seen again until after the finish-line.
With Henao dropped off it was the other Colombian, Betancur who took over the pacing. In his own way naturally as he simply placed a gazillion attacks, the rest of us seemingly following at his mercy.
At the 4km mark he placed another one of his stabbing attacks and the one which proved too much for both me and D.Martin. The two of us passed by a yellow locomotive by the name Contador as the Spaniard seemed to have regained himself during the climb.
Not the same could be said for Mollema who was losing his podium and van Garderen who was losing time on me! The American finishing over a minute after I crossed the line as 8th on the day.
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 4h08'57 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'14 | | 3 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 1'35 | | 5 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'56 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 2'31 | | 8 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3'09 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 3'46 |
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 56h00'02 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3'12 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 4'46 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'46 | | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 7'11 | | 6 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 7'12 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 10'19 | | 8 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 11'32 | | 9 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 13'16 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 13'19 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 27-07-2014 23:46
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 27-07-2014 23:48
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@dark_x2012, @the_hoyle, @sutty68
Yes Arcier is doing better than I expected.
Spoiler Which is partly because at the time of the Vuelta I underestimated the effect the recuperation stat had in the long term, making him a better GC rider than I wanted him to be. Changed them around a bit to still make him good in them, but from now on he should seriously fade in the last week. 
Edited by Re Leone on 28-07-2014 13:30
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 28-07-2014 13:38
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Stage 16 | San Martín del Rey Aurelio - La Farrapona. Lago de Somiedo, 160 km
With the queens stage the Vuelta organization decided to map out what might be the hardest stage of the entire year. With five climbs of the 1st category and all five of them made up of sections of around 10% some even as high as 20%. A lot of riders would be asking themselves what they were doing here today. Multiple times.
During our training-camp last month our team had noted down this stage as one for Arredondo to open the hunt on the mountain jersey, but with his good classification that plan had gone out of the window. Nonetheless Josu wanted someone to give it a try and it was Stijn who became the lucky victim as he escaped with Pardilla and Tjallingii right from the start.
On the following three climbs (all on which Stijn placed 1st) the pace in the peloton wasn’t too high. Nonetheless I could feel that my wonder legs had left me and I was really struggling on my bike even having trouble to hold Didier his wheel for most of the day.
In the valley ahead of the Puerto de San Lorenzo it was Daniel Teklehaimanot who joined Stijn and his companions after accelerating out of the peloton. The Eritrean right away making life hell for Stijn as the pace he laid upon the break on the penultimate climb, made the former Belgian champion drop within minutes.
A fate I would meet in kind on the same climb as Betancur placed an attack joined by Poels. Right away causing Sky to place Boasson Hagen and Henao at the head of the peloton. Increasing the pace to a level few could follow. It were Contador, Valverde, Rodriguez, Arredondo. D.Martin. Denifl, Brajkovic and Mollema who could keep up with the Sky Train. They weren’t the only ones ahead of me though as Van Garderen, Ulissi and Vanendert formed their own little group. Making the situation by the time we passed the top into.
<Betancur, Poels, Teklehaimanot, Pardilla> 51” <Group Froome> 1’05” <Group van Garderen> 1’15” <Group Arcier>
In the descent (normally where I create or reduce the damage) I was reduced to simply following Zubeldia and Didier as they tried to keep my losses to a minimum. My to bitter depths sunken morale being raised a little by the red BMC jersey of van Garderen far up to the road.
At the bottom of La Farrapona the situation has turned into.
<Group Froome> 50” <Brajkovic, Denifl> 58” <Ulissi, van Garderen, Vanendert> 42” <Group Arcier>
With just under 3 minutes behind on the front group the day didn’t seem lost yet, but reality would soon come knocking as the likes of Talansky, Monfort and Moreno passed me on the climb. Guys I was beating in these Spanish mountains just a few days ago. Reality had finally welcomed itself onto my doorstep and left a message. A message telling me I had lost over 9 minutes by the time I rolled over the finish-line. I was finally put back in my place. Thankfully there was a rest day tomorrow.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 5h00'52 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 23 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 38 | | 4 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 57 | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 1'10 | | 6 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1'29 | | 8 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'39 | | 9 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 10 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 2'41 | | - | | 18 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 9'26 |
Spoiler | 11 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 4'40 | | 12 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 6'03 | | 13 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 6'48 | | 14 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 7'03 | | 15 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 8'11 | | 16 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 8'38 | | 17 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 8'59 | | 18 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 9'26 | | 19 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 10'16 | | 20 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 10'25 | | 21 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 10'44 | | 22 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 12'00 | | 23 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 12'09 | | 24 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 25 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 12'29 | | 26 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 13'28 | | 27 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 29 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 13'47 | | 30 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 16'01 | | 31 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 32 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 16'13 | | 33 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 34 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 17'48 | | 35 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 36 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 17'56 | | 37 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 38 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 39 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 18'29 | | 40 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 41 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 42 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 18'46 | | 43 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 44 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 45 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 19'16 | | 46 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 47 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 48 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 50 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 20'01 | | 51 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 20'24 | | 52 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 53 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 20'54 | | 54 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 21'08 | | 55 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 21'33 | | 56 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 57 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 21'52 | | 58 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 59 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 60 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 61 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 22'17 | | 62 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 22'43 | | 63 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 23'37 | | 64 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 65 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 23'57 | | 67 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 24'12 | | 68 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 69 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 24'22 | | 70 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 24'50 | | 71 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 25'40 | | 72 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | + 26'13 | | 73 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 74 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 26'54 | | 75 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 76 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 27'12 | | 77 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 78 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 28'47 | | 79 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 80 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 30'49 | | 81 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 30'59 | | 82 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'09 | | 83 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 84 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 85 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 31'41 | | 86 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 87 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 88 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 31'59 | | 89 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 32'24 | | 90 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 92 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 93 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 32'45 | | 94 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 32'58 | | 95 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 33'15 | | 96 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 97 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 34'12 | | 98 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 34'33 | | 99 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 100 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 34'57 | | 101 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 102 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 35'14 | | 103 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 104 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 105 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 35'35 | | 106 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 107 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 108 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 109 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 110 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 111 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 36'09 | | 112 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | + 37'25 | | 113 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | + 38'33 | | 114 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 115 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 116 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 117 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 118 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 119 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 120 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 121 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 40'14 | | 122 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 123 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 124 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 125 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 126 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 127 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 128 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 129 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 40'46 | | 130 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 41'39 | | 131 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 42'39 | | 132 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 133 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 134 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 135 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 136 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 137 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 138 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 139 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 140 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 141 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 142 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 143 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 144 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 145 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 43'40 | | 146 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 147 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 148 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 45'45 | | 149 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 150 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 151 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 152 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 153 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 154 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 155 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 46'10 | | 156 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 46'18 | | 157 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 47'26 | | 158 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 159 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 160 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 161 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 162 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 163 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 164 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 165 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 166 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. |
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 61h01'11 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2'45 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 5'39 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'03 | | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 7'51 | | 6 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 8'05 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 11'41 | | 8 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 15'40 | | 9 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 18'11 | | 10 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 18'30 | | 11 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 20'05 | | 12 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 20'41 | | 13 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 21'35 | | 14 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 24'54 | | 15 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 25'35 |
Spoiler | 16 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 29'52 | | 17 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 31'00 | | 18 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 37'06 | | 19 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 40'10 | | 20 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 40'30 | | 21 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 43'50 | | 22 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 47'02 | | 23 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 50'37 | | 24 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 51'31 | | 25 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 57'03 | | 26 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 57'29 | | 27 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 59'50 | | 28 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 1h00'14 | | 29 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h01'55 | | 30 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 1h03'44 | | 31 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1h04'15 | | 32 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 1h05'31 | | 33 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 1h07'23 | | 34 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | + 1h07'26 | | 35 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h08'11 | | 36 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 1h11'31 | | 37 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 1h12'10 | | 38 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h15'20 | | 39 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 1h15'34 | | 40 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 1h18'01 | | 41 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 1h18'35 | | 42 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h20'37 | | 43 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h21'31 | | 44 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1h23'41 | | 45 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h25'04 | | 46 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 1h28'25 | | 47 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 1h29'41 | | 48 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h33'41 | | 49 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h33'54 | | 50 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 1h34'20 | | 51 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | + 1h34'26 | | 52 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | + 1h35'53 | | 53 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h36'45 | | 54 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h37'31 | | 55 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 1h38'07 | | 56 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h38'34 | | 57 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h40'23 | | 58 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 1h41'57 | | 59 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h42'00 | | 60 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h42'31 | | 61 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h42'36 | | 62 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1h42'44 | | 63 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 1h44'21 | | 64 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 1h45'43 | | 65 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h46'20 | | 66 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h47'19 | | 67 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 1h48'06 | | 68 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 1h49'01 | | 69 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1h49'21 | | 70 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 1h51'06 | | 71 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h51'56 | | 72 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h54'03 | | 73 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h55'28 | | 74 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 1h55'43 | | 75 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 76 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h56'28 | | 77 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h58'00 | | 78 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 1h58'38 | | 79 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | + 1h58'45 | | 80 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h00'59 | | 81 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 2h03'53 | | 82 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 2h09'08 | | 83 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 2h10'19 | | 84 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2h12'10 | | 85 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h12'13 | | 86 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | + 2h14'20 | | 87 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h16'04 | | 88 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | + 2h16'35 | | 89 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h18'05 | | 90 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h18'16 | | 91 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h19'11 | | 92 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2h20'38 | | 93 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 2h20'43 | | 94 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h22'34 | | 95 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h23'15 | | 96 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 2h23'34 | | 97 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 2h24'56 | | 98 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 2h25'26 | | 99 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 2h25'27 | | 100 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 2h26'04 | | 101 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h26'11 | | 102 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 2h27'34 | | 103 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 2h27'38 | | 104 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 2h28'21 | | 105 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h29'17 | | 106 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 2h29'27 | | 107 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h29'41 | | 108 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | + 2h31'24 | | 109 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 2h31'41 | | 110 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h32'12 | | 111 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 2h33'20 | | 112 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 2h36'03 | | 113 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h37'51 | | 114 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 2h37'54 | | 115 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h38'44 | | 116 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 2h39'18 | | 117 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h39'32 | | 118 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h40'24 | | 119 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h41'38 | | 120 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 2h42'51 | | 121 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 2h43'26 | | 122 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | + 2h44'20 | | 123 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | + 2h44'22 | | 124 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 2h44'37 | | 125 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | + 2h46'39 | | 126 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | + 2h48'07 | | 127 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 2h48'53 | | 128 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h49'01 | | 129 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h49'13 | | 130 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 2h50'47 | | 131 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 2h52'16 | | 132 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 2h52'43 | | 133 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 2h54'44 | | 134 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h55'45 | | 135 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h56'51 | | 136 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 2h58'02 | | 137 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h59'31 | | 138 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h02'09 | | 139 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 3h03'40 | | 140 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h05'02 | | 141 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | + 3h05'58 | | 142 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h06'30 | | 143 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 3h06'37 | | 144 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 3h06'56 | | 145 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3h07'35 | | 146 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | + 3h08'14 | | 147 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h09'11 | | 148 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3h10'58 | | 149 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3h11'00 | | 150 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3h11'25 | | 151 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3h11'50 | | 152 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h16'33 | | 153 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 3h17'39 | | 154 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h19'20 | | 155 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h19'51 | | 156 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h20'02 | | 157 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3h20'29 | | 158 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h23'04 | | 159 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 3h24'50 | | 160 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 3h26'45 | | 161 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 3h27'37 | | 162 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3h29'05 | | 163 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 3h29'09 | | 164 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h37'10 | | 165 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h43'20 | | 166 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 3h56'07 |
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The pleasant sounding news-anchor on the radio was just about to report the Champion League qualification round scores in her Galician accent. Just when Julian turned off the car and the radio. Clearly not a football fan.
Julian and I found ourselves in a dark forest not far out from Ortigueira where we would start tomorrow. A small light in between the trees our destination. El Pistolero, El Imbadito and Bananito where already waiting. (Bananito who was dubbed Waffles by the Belgian press after he was seen eating at a Belgian waffle house in the morning before his LBL win, perfect name to call him if you wanted to piss him off.) El Pistolero was the first to welcome us, as he quickly got to the point.
“Oleg has offered to pay each single one of you €100,000 if you help us beat those hijo de putas at Sky.”
Waffles let out a soft whistle, clearly a fan of oil dollars. Alejandro on the other hand was less positive. “And how exactly do you expect to beat Froome? Your form has dropped massively this last week. And nobody ”
“Don’t worry about it, I’m back to where I was before.”
Alejandro had his friendship with Alberto. Waffles and Julian where simply in it for the money. I just wanted to see Tissot beat Sky in the WorldTour ranking this year a goal only possible if Froome did not win this Vuelta. Nonetheless Contador the last real matador in the peloton together with Cancellera was the man who would have to make it all possible.
“Still won’t gain enough on him in the mountains.” Julian countered.
“Maybe. Maybe not.” Alberto shrugged. “I’m not going to crack Chris in the mountains though.”
A short half hour later and a couple of handshakes later we all went our own way. Bonds were forged in between us though for this final week in Spain.
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Stage 17 | Ortigueira - A Coruña, 174 km
After what seemed like a barrage of mountainous stages today was a welcome change. With the peloton making it half a rest day. The escape group with Stijn, Tjallingii, Norman Hansen, Mori and Albasini was clear to ride for the victory rather quickly.
A personal disappointment as I was feeling great today and felt I could compete for the win after my disappointment of two days ago.
In the final it was Devolder who was fooled into chasing a seemingly deciding attack of Tjalingii which killed both the Dutch and the Belgian their chances. Albasini was the favourite on paper, but it was Garmin-Sharp their Norman Hansen who won the final sprint ahead of Mori.
In the peloton sprint I finished 3rd behind Demare and Kristoff, once again confirming my good form for the day.
| 1 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | 4h10'52 | | 2 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 3 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 5 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 25 | | 6 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 3'28 | | 7 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 8 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 9 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 10 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. |
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Stage 18 | A Estrada - Mont Castrove. Meis, 174 km
Todays finish would lay in Meis which laid exactly 1600m after the top of the Monte Castrove a 5km long climb with an average gradient of 11%, which we would have to climb twice. Yes the Vuelta organization had some fun drawing up this one.
Even in the streaming race the usual script was stuck to. An early breakaway with our own Didier, joined by Fedrigo, Salerno, Degand and Kiryienka taking their leave.
Eventhough Didier and Kiryienka weren’t the greatest of partners in the break. The Belarusian unwilling to relay hiding behind the fact that Froome was wearing the red jersey. The group still maanged to gain a lead of 18 minutes, securing one of them to get the stage win.
On the first ride up the Monte Castrove it was Betancur who opened the registers. A knowing glance being exchanged by Contador, Arredondo and Valverde as the Colombian pocket climber quickly gained a 30 second lead. Which was reason enough for Froome to arrogantly display just how strong he was by opening up the chase himself. Tearing the peloton apart causing a group made out of Froome, Contador, Valverde, Mollema, Rodriguez, Ulissi, D.Martin, Arredondo and I to break off the peloton. Van Garderen who had been cracking the entire week was on the bad end of the shift today as well.
In the following descent the pace would drop as Boasson Hagen and van Garderen were allowed to return to our group. Something I personally did not mind, as I felt confident enough in my good legs to drop van Garderen off again on the final climb.
It was now Boasson Hagen who took over the reigns and led the chase on Betancur who had collected a lead of just over a minute.
What later that evening would be dubbed as the “Stare down at Combarro” the breaking point of this years Vuelta might have happened. As we entered the little Galician town it was Contador who attacked out of the back of the group. And as if in cue followed by Rodriguez, Mollema, Valverde, Martin and van Garderen.
Both Froome and Boasson Hagen were looking at me and Julian. They were expecting us to help them with the chase! Froome the fool had thrown Henao overboard on the previous climb and he was now paying for his stupidity. As the newspapers wrote that night. Here where the two strongest teams of the year staring each other down, unwilling to help their rival. With good reason!
The pale Brit kept yelling at us in his bad Spanish to relay with them, but both Julian and I simply shook our heads, blaming fatigue as our reason. Reality was that both Julian and I were feeling great and weren’t going to spend these legs to help Froome rejoin the front of the race.
Resigned to his fate Boasson Hagen re-upped the pace of our group able to latch onto Mollema, Martin and van Garderen, the trio unable to following Contador his pace up front.
Where everyone expected for Froome to unleash his otherworldly powers on the final climb he Brit who was looking even paler than his usual self stayed seated on his bike. Staring down at his STEM. The Brit was having a bad day! Reason for Julian to dash away.
Froome his worse was still my best as the best I could do was follow in his wheel. Which wasn’t all that bad, as he still managed to drop D.Martin, Mollema and van Garderen. A bizarre turn around in this Vuelta on the cards.
During all this drama it was Fredrigo who took the stage win ahead of Degand. Didier would finish 5th behind Kiryienka thanks to a day in which they both killed each others chances to win the stage.
At the end of the day Arredondo lost one spot in the GC, while I gained two. With both Mollema and van Garderen seeming to fade, things where looking bright for the both of us. Froome had held onto his lead in the GC, but took a serious hit as Contador gained back over a minute.
| 1 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | 4h26'20 | | 2 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 3 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 53 | | 4 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 1'08 | | 5 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 6 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 8'36 | | 7 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 8 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 8'57 | | 9 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 10 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 9'22 | | 11 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 12 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 9'58 | | 13 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. |
Spoiler | 14 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 10'31 | | 15 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 16 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 11'52 | | 17 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 18 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 12'09 | | 19 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 12'46 | | 20 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 13'27 | | 21 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 19'30 | | 22 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 23 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 24 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 25 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 26 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 27 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 28 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 29 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 30 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 31 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 32 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 33 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 34 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 35 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 36 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 37 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 38 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 39 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 40 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 41 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 43 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 44 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 45 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 46 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 47 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 48 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 49 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 50 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 51 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 52 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 53 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 54 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 55 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 56 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 58 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 59 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 60 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 61 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 62 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 63 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 64 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 65 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 66 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 67 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 68 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 69 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 70 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 72 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 73 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 74 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 75 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 76 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 77 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 78 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 79 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 80 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 81 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 82 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 83 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 84 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 85 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 86 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 87 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 88 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 89 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 90 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 91 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 92 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 93 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | + 21'30 | | 94 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 95 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 96 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 97 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 98 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 99 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 100 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 101 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 102 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 103 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 104 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 105 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 106 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 107 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 108 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 109 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 110 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 111 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 112 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 113 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 114 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 115 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 116 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 22'26 | | 117 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 118 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 119 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 120 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 121 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 122 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 123 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 124 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 125 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 126 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 127 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 128 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 129 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 130 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 131 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 132 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 133 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 134 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 135 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 136 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 137 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 138 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 139 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 140 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 141 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 142 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 143 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 144 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 145 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 146 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 147 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 148 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 149 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 150 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 23'20 | | 151 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 152 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 23'43 | | 153 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 154 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 155 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 156 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 157 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 158 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 159 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 160 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 161 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 162 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 163 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 24'11 | | 164 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 165 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 26'41 | | 166 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 29'13 |
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 69h51'49 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1'23 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 4'17 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 6'36 | | 5 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 7'04 | | 6 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 7'15 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 12'14 | | 8 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 17'35 | | 9 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 20'41 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 21'59 |
Spoiler | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 23'53 | | 12 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 25'04 | | 13 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 25'07 | | 14 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 25'12 | | 15 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 27'29 | | 16 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 37'52 | | 17 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 39'24 | | 18 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 40'32 | | 19 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 46'38 | | 20 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 49'42 | | 21 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 50'02 | | 22 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 53'22 | | 23 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1h00'09 | | 24 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 1h01'03 | | 25 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 1h03'02 | | 26 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h06'35 | | 27 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h09'01 | | 28 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 1h09'22 | | 29 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 1h11'10 | | 30 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h11'27 | | 31 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1h13'47 | | 32 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | + 1h16'58 | | 33 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 1h17'42 | | 34 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 1h19'29 | | 35 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 1h21'03 | | 36 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h21'14 | | 37 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 1h21'21 | | 38 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 1h21'42 | | 39 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h22'09 | | 40 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h29'17 | | 41 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 1h31'59 | | 42 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 1h32'33 | | 43 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h32'58 | | 44 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 1h33'13 | | 45 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 1h36'12 | | 46 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h36'35 | | 47 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 1h38'37 | | 48 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h39'02 | | 49 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 1h39'52 | | 50 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h43'19 | | 51 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 1h43'39 | | 52 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | + 1h45'25 | | 53 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h47'39 | | 54 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 1h48'18 | | 55 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | + 1h48'24 | | 56 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h49'52 | | 57 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 1h51'29 | | 58 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h51'50 | | 59 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 1h52'05 | | 60 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h52'32 | | 61 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 1h56'29 | | 62 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h56'34 | | 63 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 1h56'42 | | 64 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 1h57'38 | | 65 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 1h58'19 | | 66 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h58'46 | | 67 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 1h59'41 | | 68 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h00'18 | | 69 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 2h02'33 | | 70 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h03'28 | | 71 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 2h06'15 | | 72 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h07'10 | | 73 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h07'56 | | 74 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 2h10'26 | | 75 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h10'57 | | 76 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | + 2h11'13 | | 77 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h11'58 | | 78 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h14'57 | | 79 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 2h16'52 | | 80 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 2h17'51 | | 81 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 2h18'40 | | 82 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 2h22'19 | | 83 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | + 2h23'52 | | 84 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 2h24'17 | | 85 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h24'51 | | 86 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h25'40 | | 87 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2h26'08 | | 88 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | + 2h30'33 | | 89 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h32'03 | | 90 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h32'14 | | 91 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 2h33'11 | | 92 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h34'15 | | 93 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 2h34'28 | | 94 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2h34'36 | | 95 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 2h34'52 | | 96 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h35'43 | | 97 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 2h36'58 | | 98 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 2h37'32 | | 99 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 2h38'32 | | 100 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 101 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h39'13 | | 102 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 2h39'53 | | 103 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 2h41'13 | | 104 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 2h42'52 | | 105 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | + 2h42'56 | | 106 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h43'15 | | 107 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h43'39 | | 108 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 2h44'28 | | 109 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 2h44'32 | | 110 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h44'40 | | 111 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 2h46'21 | | 112 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h49'23 | | 113 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 2h50'01 | | 114 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 2h51'52 | | 115 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h53'05 | | 116 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | + 2h54'33 | | 117 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 2h55'16 | | 118 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h55'30 | | 119 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h55'38 | | 120 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | + 2h55'54 | | 121 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 2h57'05 | | 122 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h57'18 | | 123 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 2h57'49 | | 124 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h58'33 | | 125 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | + 2h59'39 | | 126 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 3h01'02 | | 127 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | + 3h01'14 | | 128 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 3h02'19 | | 129 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 3h02'38 | | 130 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h05'11 | | 131 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 3h06'11 | | 132 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 3h09'10 | | 133 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 3h09'37 | | 134 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h11'43 | | 135 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 3h12'25 | | 136 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h12'49 | | 137 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 3h16'08 | | 138 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3h16'25 | | 139 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h18'07 | | 140 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h20'15 | | 141 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | + 3h20'42 | | 142 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h21'00 | | 143 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | + 3h22'52 | | 144 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 3h22'54 | | 145 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 3h23'31 | | 146 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3h24'29 | | 147 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h26'05 | | 148 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3h27'52 | | 149 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3h28'19 | | 150 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3h29'11 | | 151 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3h30'29 | | 152 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h33'27 | | 153 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 3h35'50 | | 154 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h36'14 | | 155 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h37'39 | | 156 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3h38'17 | | 157 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h39'18 | | 158 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 3h39'58 | | 159 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 3h43'01 | | 160 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 3h43'45 | | 161 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 3h44'56 | | 162 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 3h46'03 | | 163 | Jens Mouris | Orica - 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| sutty68 |
Posted on 29-07-2014 12:28
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Unfortunately the rest of the Vuelta won't provide many opportunities for Arcier 
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Stage 19 | Salvaterra do Miño / Cangas do Morrazo, 176.5 km
The continues rain had been a welcome change from the heat in the South at the start of the Vuelta, but was now really chipping away at everyone in the peloton. Nonetheless Devolder, Albasini, Pauwels, Montaguti and Cummings still decided to go out on the early break. The five men gaining a 9 minute lead, during which Stijn desperately tried to score points for the mountains classification, but the Belgian simply did not have the energy anymore to compete with the superior climbers in his group. As he had to let go quite early on the final climb of the day.
On that same climb it were Betancur, Valverde and Contador who made good on their promise as the trio launched separate attacks. The Sky train each time having to sacrifice a man to catch them back. With 1km left on the climb Froome was left to lead the pack himself, exactly what we wanted. With 500m left on the climb it was my turn to twist the dagger in Sky their heart as I accelerated away at the head of the group. Grinding my teeth as I turned my pedals the fastest I could all the way across the top, diving into the descent.
With Contador and the rest of the group in my wheel I took major risks in the wet descent. Risks a certain Christopher Froome was too scared to take. As the Brit was quickly dropped from our group. And as if the cycling gods where smiling down on me, Van Garderen wasn’t able to follow the pace either.
By the time we reached the bottom we or rather I had managed to gain a lead of around 1 minute. Petty aspirations almost killed us though as nobody was willing to relay with me. Leaving me to hammer away at the head of our group. Just when Froome who had been rejoined by some of his men started to gain time back on us, it was Stijn Devolder who had dropped back from the front who provided a helping hand. A hand which would plunge the knife through Froome as our lead quickly grew towards the two minutes. A wink from Contador as we crossed the line told the entire story of the day. Froome had lost the battle and most likely the war.
At the front it was Montaguti who kept Albasini his Vuelta checkbook closed as he out-sprinted the Swiss for the victory.
| 1 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | 4h43'32 | | 2 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 3 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 4 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 1'08 | | 6 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 7 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 8 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 9 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 11 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | s.t. | | - | | 15 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 4'04 | | 16 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 74h37'52 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 1'33 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 2'54 | | 4 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 5'13 | | 5 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 5'41 | | 6 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 5'52 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 10'51 | | 8 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 16'12 | | 9 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 19'18 | | 10 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 22'30 |
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Posted on 29-07-2014 20:46
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Stage 20 | Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil - Puerto de Ancares, 164 km
One last time. One last day of going to the absolute limit. We already have had the queens stage, but today would feel just as royally bad after three weeks of constant pressure on my legs.
The tiredness was clear to spot in the peloton today as the early breakaway got caught without much effort about halfway through the stage. One man did seem energized today at that was our very own Arredondo.
On the penultimate climb of the day the Alto de Folgueiras de Aigas, Julian right away wanted me to set the pace at the first inclining meters which smashed us with a good 18%. Giving nearly my all I tried to make the race as hard as possible as I placed myself at the head of the pack. The group slowly thinning out to a group of 40-men.
With about 1km left to the top it where the big guns that blazed one more time as Froome himself placed an attack. Quickly followed by Contador, Betancur, Valverde, Arredondo and Rodriguez.
Cue for me to leave the pave to others as I planted myself in Mollema his wheel. The Dutchman desperately trying to save his top-5 GC position. A mission he would fail as he (and I) was eventually dropped by Talansky and van Garderen. With the two Americans being over 3 minutes behind me in the GC I knew I had to just keep my own pace to the top and not blow myself up.
Arredondo was unable to win todays stage as one man proved superior. Contador finished well over a minute ahead of the rest. The best of that rest was Julian though as he out-sprinted Rodriguez for second.
Almost 6 minutes later I would finish in a group with Mollema, D.Martin, Majka and that kid who won the Dauphine once. Losing less than a minute on Van Garderen and Talansky meaning that as long as I sat on my bike tomorrow, I would finish this Vuelta as 9th. A result I deemed unrealistc after getting dropped by everyone and their grandparents (I mean Horner) in Paris-Nice earlier this year.
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 5h07'42 | | 2 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 1'46 | | 3 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 4 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1'56 | | 5 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 6 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 2'22 | | 7 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 4'58 | | 8 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 9 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 5'44 | | 10 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 11 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | s.t. |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 79h45'24 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 3'39 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 5'26 | | 4 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 7'42 | | 5 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 7'47 | | 6 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 11'07 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 16'45 | | 8 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 18'04 | | 9 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 25'12 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 28'40 |
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Stage 21 | Santiago de Compostela, 10 km
In a weird trance-like state I crossed the finish-line (for the last time this year) after my 10km epilogue. Officially finishing the Vuelta of 2014 as ninth. Which also happened to be my finishing place in todays stage. A mere 17 seconds behind stage winner Tejay van Garderen. As I passed the waiting area on my way to the team bus I congratulated the American. Funny how it’s always easy to find someone you’ve beat likable.
Although the Vuelta had been great for our team with two stage wins and two riders finishing in the top 10. There was a hint of disappointment as Julian was unable to defend his 4th place in the GC as he dropped down to 5th behind Betancur. Nonetheless we could be proud as we still graced the podium as we finished this Vuelta as best team. Only losing Irizar in our 3 week trip across Spain.
I briefly thought back to how disappointed I had been back in June when Oliver Vasco delivered the news that I was ineligible for this years World Championships. After these three weeks I was rather happy that I wouldn’t have to race for a couple of months. The engine was empty and desperately in the need of some rest. Luckily it had been able to work nearly perfect in these last two weeks with two wins as a result.
A trip by the Tinkoff-Saxo hotel and a brand new Swiss bank account filled with €100,000 later (This Oleg lad did not waste anytime), I was on my way to Malta for a well earned vacation.
| 1 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | 13'53 | | 2 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 6 | | 3 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 10 | | 4 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 5 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 11 | | 6 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 12 | | 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 13 | | 8 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 17 | | 10 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 19 |
Spoiler | 11 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 20 | | 12 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 21 | | 13 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 14 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 15 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 22 | | 16 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 23 | | 17 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 18 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 24 | | 19 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 20 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 25 | | 21 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 22 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 26 | | 23 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 27 | | 24 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 25 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 28 | | 26 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 27 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 29 | | 28 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 29 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 30 | | 30 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 31 | | 31 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 32 | | 32 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 33 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | + 33 | | 34 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 34 | | 35 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 36 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 35 | | 37 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 38 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 39 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 36 | | 40 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 41 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 42 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 43 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 44 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 37 | | 45 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 38 | | 46 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 47 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 48 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 49 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 39 | | 50 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 51 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 52 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 53 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 54 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 40 | | 55 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 56 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 57 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 58 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 60 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 41 | | 61 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 62 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 63 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 64 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 65 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 66 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 42 | | 67 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 68 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 69 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 43 | | 70 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 71 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 72 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | + 44 | | 73 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 74 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 75 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 76 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 77 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 45 | | 78 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 79 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 80 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 46 | | 81 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 47 | | 82 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 83 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 84 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 48 | | 85 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 49 | | 86 | David López García | Sky Procycling | s.t. | | 87 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 88 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 89 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 90 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 50 | | 91 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 92 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 93 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 94 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 95 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 51 | | 96 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 97 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 98 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 99 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 52 | | 100 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 101 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 102 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 103 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 104 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 53 | | 105 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 106 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 107 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 108 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 109 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 110 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 111 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 112 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 113 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 54 | | 114 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 115 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 116 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 55 | | 117 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | s.t. | | 118 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 119 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 120 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 121 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 122 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 56 | | 123 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 124 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 57 | | 125 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 58 | | 126 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 127 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 128 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 129 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 59 | | 130 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 131 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 132 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 133 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 134 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1'00 | | 135 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 1'01 | | 136 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 137 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | s.t. | | 138 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | s.t. | | 139 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 1'02 | | 140 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 141 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 142 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 143 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | s.t. | | 144 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 145 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 146 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 147 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 1'03 | | 148 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 149 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 150 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 151 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | s.t. | | 152 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 153 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'04 | | 154 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | s.t. | | 155 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | s.t. | | 156 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 1'05 | | 157 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | s.t. | | 158 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | + 1'06 | | 159 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 160 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 161 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | s.t. | | 162 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'07 | | 163 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 164 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 1'08 | | 165 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 1'09 | | 166 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 1'19 |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 79h59'27 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | + 3'41 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | + 5'27 | | 4 | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 7'58 | | 5 | Julian Arredondo | Team Tissot | + 8'11 | | 6 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 11'10 | | 7 | Daniel Martin | Garmin - Sharp | + 17'00 | | 8 | Joaquin Rodriguez | Katusha Team | + 18'18 | | 9 | Nicholas Arcier | Team Tissot | + 25'19 | | 10 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 28'30 |
Spoiler | 11 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre - Merida | + 30'10 | | 12 | Andrew Talansky | Garmin - Sharp | + 31'56 | | 13 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | + 32'44 | | 14 | Sergio Henao | Sky Procycling | + 34'16 | | 15 | Wout Poels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 38'34 | | 16 | Rafal Majka | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 47'07 | | 17 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto - Belisol | + 51'52 | | 18 | Laurent Didier | Team Tissot | + 58'01 | | 19 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | + 58'05 | | 20 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | Movistar Team | + 1h00'38 | | 21 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto - Belisol | + 1h01'42 | | 22 | Simon Clarke | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 1h06'08 | | 23 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | + 1h11'17 | | 24 | Daniel Moreno | Katusha Team | + 1h12'27 | | 25 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Sky Procycling | + 1h19'51 | | 26 | Julian Kern | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 1h22'53 | | 27 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | + 1h25'59 | | 28 | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h26'32 | | 29 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky Procycling | + 1h27'24 | | 30 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | + 1h31'21 | | 31 | Giovanni Visconti | Movistar Team | + 1h31'31 | | 32 | Linus Gerdemann | MTN - Qhubeka | + 1h31'59 | | 33 | Sébastien Reichenbach | IAM Cycling | + 1h32'45 | | 34 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h33'31 | | 35 | Dominik Nerz | BMC Racing Team | + 1h35'10 | | 36 | Matteo Bono | Lampre - Merida | + 1h36'41 | | 37 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre - Merida | + 1h36'53 | | 38 | Lasse Norman Hansen | Garmin - Sharp | + 1h39'50 | | 39 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 1h47'53 | | 40 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 1h48'44 | | 41 | Pierrick Fédrigo | FDJ.fr | + 1h49'10 | | 42 | Mathias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 1h49'34 | | 43 | Haimar Zubeldia | Team Tissot | + 1h50'09 | | 44 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke | Sky Procycling | + 1h52'32 | | 45 | Giampaolo Caruso | Katusha Team | + 1h54'20 | | 46 | Dries Devenyns | Giant - Shimano | + 1h56'14 | | 47 | Oliver Zaugg | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 1h59'11 | | 48 | Stefan Denifl | IAM Cycling | + 2h00'37 | | 49 | Thomas Degand | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 2h01'19 | | 50 | Michael Albasini | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h02'46 | | 51 | Sergio Pardilla | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h03'46 | | 52 | Mikael Chérel | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2h07'37 | | 53 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | + 2h11'13 | | 54 | Laurens Ten Dam | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h11'31 | | 55 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | MTN - Qhubeka | + 2h13'14 | | 56 | Arthur Vichot | FDJ.fr | + 2h16'58 | | 57 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Garmin - Sharp | + 2h17'42 | | 58 | Matej Mohoric | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h19'08 | | 59 | Rafael Valls | Lampre - Merida | + 2h20'09 | | 60 | Ben Swift | Sky Procycling | + 2h20'20 | | 61 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | + 2h20'51 | | 62 | Bart De Clercq | Lotto - Belisol | + 2h21'16 | | 63 | José Herrada | Movistar Team | + 2h21'57 | | 64 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC Racing Team | + 2h22'34 | | 65 | Fabrice Jeandesboz | Team Europcar | + 2h23'44 | | 66 | Peter Stetina | BMC Racing Team | + 2h23'46 | | 67 | Kristijan Koren | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h26'16 | | 68 | Edward Beltran | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 2h26'34 | | 69 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha Team | + 2h27'38 | | 70 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h29'27 | | 71 | Jesus Herrada | Movistar Team | + 2h31'49 | | 72 | Stef Clement | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 2h35'11 | | 73 | Cayetano Jose Sarmiento | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h38'15 | | 74 | Francis De Greef | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 2h39'43 | | 75 | Michael Matthews | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h41'58 | | 76 | Matteo Trentin | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h45'36 | | 77 | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 2h45'50 | | 78 | Cameron Meyer | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 2h46'25 | | 79 | Albert Timmer | Giant - Shimano | + 2h49'11 | | 80 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | + 2h49'13 | | 81 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 2h50'19 | | 82 | Marco Marcato | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 2h51'21 | | 83 | Simon Geschke | Giant - Shimano | + 2h52'35 | | 84 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana Pro Team | + 3h02'27 | | 85 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 3h03'47 | | 86 | Michael Rogers | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3h03'54 | | 87 | David López García | Sky Procycling | + 3h04'00 | | 88 | Kevin Reza | Team Europcar | + 3h04'27 | | 89 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h04'47 | | 90 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 3h06'14 | | 91 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 3h08'30 | | 92 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | + 3h11'29 | | 93 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | + 3h12'11 | | 94 | John-Lee Augustyn | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3h12'12 | | 95 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h13'08 | | 96 | Alexander Kristoff | Katusha Team | + 3h14'24 | | 97 | Tom Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h14'53 | | 98 | Merhawi Kudus | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3h15'05 | | 99 | Luka Mezgec | Giant - Shimano | + 3h15'31 | | 100 | Gustav Larsson | IAM Cycling | + 3h15'33 | | 101 | Michael Schär | BMC Racing Team | + 3h17'05 | | 102 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h17'54 | | 103 | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr | + 3h18'09 | | 104 | Taylor Phinney | BMC Racing Team | + 3h19'28 | | 105 | Alex Dowsett | Movistar Team | + 3h19'44 | | 106 | Daniele Bennati | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3h20'03 | | 107 | Francesco Gavazzi | Astana Pro Team | + 3h20'15 | | 108 | John Degenkolb | Giant - Shimano | + 3h21'21 | | 109 | Gianni Meersman | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 3h22'17 | | 110 | Davide Cimolai | Lampre - Merida | + 3h26'22 | | 111 | Jean-Marc Marino | Cannondale Pro Cycling | + 3h26'52 | | 112 | Matthew Goss | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 3h28'42 | | 113 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | + 3h28'47 | | 114 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 3h32'44 | | 115 | Jaco Venter | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3h34'06 | | 116 | Pim Ligthart | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h34'58 | | 117 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | + 3h35'24 | | 118 | Gerald Ciolek | MTN - Qhubeka | + 3h36'16 | | 119 | Andrea Palini | Lampre - Merida | + 3h37'21 | | 120 | Cédric Pineau | FDJ.fr | + 3h37'34 | | 121 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre - Merida | + 3h37'50 | | 122 | Maxim Belkov | Katusha Team | + 3h38'08 | | 123 | Marcel Kittel | Giant - Shimano | + 3h38'43 | | 124 | Matteo Tosatto | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 3h38'58 | | 125 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin - Sharp | + 3h42'01 | | 126 | Ángel Vicioso | Katusha Team | + 3h44'00 | | 127 | Manuele Mori | Lampre - Merida | + 3h44'46 | | 128 | Luca Paolini | Katusha Team | + 3h45'59 | | 129 | Hayden Roulston | Team Tissot | + 3h47'50 | | 130 | Frederik Willems | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h49'08 | | 131 | Matthieu Ladagnous | FDJ.fr | + 3h49'55 | | 132 | Grégory Rast | Team Tissot | + 3h50'03 | | 133 | Kristof Vandewalle | Team Tissot | + 3h51'25 | | 134 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto - Belisol | + 3h58'00 | | 135 | Mikhail Ignatiev | Katusha Team | + 3h58'26 | | 136 | Bernhard Eisel | Sky Procycling | + 3h59'12 | | 137 | Yannick Martinez | Team Europcar | + 4h00'14 | | 138 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4h01'29 | | 139 | Tim Declercq | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h05'43 | | 140 | Jonathan Fumeaux | IAM Cycling | + 4h06'53 | | 141 | Sebastian Langeveld | Garmin - Sharp | + 4h09'13 | | 142 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4h09'52 | | 143 | Matti Breschel | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4h12'16 | | 144 | Michel Kreder | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | + 4h12'51 | | 145 | Jens Debusschere | Lotto - Belisol | + 4h14'40 | | 146 | Sébastien Minard | Ag2r - La Mondiale | + 4h15'15 | | 147 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Giant - Shimano | + 4h16'00 | | 148 | Kenny Dehaes | Lotto - Belisol | + 4h16'05 | | 149 | Jay Thomson | MTN - Qhubeka | + 4h16'33 | | 150 | Joshua Edmondson | Sky Procycling | + 4h17'23 | | 151 | Jesper Hansen | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | + 4h21'50 | | 152 | Aidis Kruopis | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 4h25'43 | | 153 | Zico Waeytens | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h25'49 | | 154 | Eliot Lietaer | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h26'44 | | 155 | Tom Leezer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 4h28'29 | | 156 | Johan Vansummeren | Garmin - Sharp | + 4h28'39 | | 157 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana Pro Team | + 4h33'09 | | 158 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h33'18 | | 159 | Alexandre Pichot | Team Europcar | + 4h35'07 | | 160 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | + 4h37'11 | | 161 | Jérôme Cousin | Team Europcar | + 4h38'15 | | 162 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | + 4h40'36 | | 163 | Jens Mouris | Orica - GreenEDGE | + 4h43'53 | | 164 | Yves Lampaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h47'35 | | 165 | Laurent Mangel | FDJ.fr | + 4h57'31 | | 166 | Jonas Rickaert | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | + 4h59'20 |
| 1 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 170 | | 2 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 168 | | 3 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 121 |
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff - Saxo | 52 | | 2 | Chris Froome | Sky Procycling | 45 | | 3 | Stijn Devolder | Team Tissot | 41 |
| 1 | Team Tissot | 240h37'12 | | 2 | Sky Procycling | + 18'21 | | 3 | Movistar Team | + 50'25 |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 29-07-2014 21:29
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Great Top 10 finish for Nicolas! Well done
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| Re Leone |
Posted on 29-07-2014 21:30
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That was a rather long winded Vuelta, but a big thank you to everyone who read it and enjoyed it.
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Thanks! It was mostly a stats error on my part which made Arcier this good in a GT, but I've decided to stick with it and see what the future brings.
Edited by Re Leone on 29-07-2014 21:32
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