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Nordic Cycling | Final Farewell
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Posted on 13-01-2014 11:43
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 Vuelta a España
Stage 20: Bilbao – Vitoria-Gasteiz
The last day for Henao and Antón to challenge Willy.
A solid looking break gets away early on and we let them go without chasing hoping that they’ll make it all the way and take the bonus seconds.
With 100 km to go they have 7’30’’ on the peloton.
80 km and 6’14. Looks like Cofidis won´t let them get away with it.
Again today we send the boys to do some work approaching the final climb to deter people from attacking.
Chris and Thomas do an awesome job and despite being in 2nd row all the way up Henao and Antón makes no sign of attacking. Breschel is further back in the 16-rider group first over the top.
From there on it turns into parade riding with groups coming up from behind as no one wants to work for the final 40 flat km. Looks like Henao have given up on finding those final 25 seconds he's missing.
Bulgac and Magazzini takes advantage of the slow pace and attacks. They didn’t quite plan on Breschel joining them though I’d imagine.
There is absolutely no chase of them so Euskaltel-rider Rubieles easily joins them 5 km from the finish line.
No one wants to open the sprint with the World Champion lurking behind them so Breschel will have to do it himself going into the final km.
Guess this shows why no one wanted to lead him out…
A similar thing happens in the peloton more than three minutes later.
Stage Results | 1 |  Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 5h29'38 | | 2 |  Brian Bulgac | Belisol | s.t. | | 3 |  Enrico Magazzini | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 4 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 5 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | + 3'30 |
Spoiler | 6 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 7 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 8 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 9 | Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 10 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 11 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 12 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 13 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 14 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 15 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 16 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 17 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 18 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 19 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 20 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 21 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 22 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 23 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 24 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 25 | Tobias Tonning | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 26 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 27 | Jan Barta | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 28 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 29 | Niels Albert | Belisol | s.t. | | 30 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 31 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 32 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 33 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 34 | Ángel Madrazo | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 35 | Pim Ligthart | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 36 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | s.t. | | 37 | Stefano Locatelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 38 | Francisco José Pacheco | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 39 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 40 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 41 | Daniel Schorn | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 42 | Christian Vande Velde | Nissan | s.t. | | 43 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 44 | Jesús Ezquerra | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 45 | Davide Bonuccelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 46 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 47 | Robert Kiserlovski | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 48 | Egor Silin | Nissan | s.t. | | 49 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 50 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 51 | Jarlinson Pantano | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 52 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 53 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 54 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 55 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 56 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 57 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 58 | Dirk Bellemakers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 59 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 60 | Maurits Lammertink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 62 | Morgan Chedhomme | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 63 | Mark McNally | Team Santander | s.t. | | 64 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 65 | Beñat Intxausti | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 66 | José Antonio De Segovia | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 67 | Salvador Guardiola | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 68 | Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 69 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 70 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 71 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 72 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 73 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 74 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 75 | James Stewart | Team Santander | s.t. | | 76 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 77 | Francesco Failli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 78 | Alberto Losada | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 79 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 80 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 81 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | s.t. | | 82 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | s.t. | | 83 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 84 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 85 | Jesús Hernández | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 86 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 87 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 88 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 89 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 90 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 91 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 92 | Manuel Vazquez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 93 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 94 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 95 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 7'13 | | 96 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 97 | Matthew Goss | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 98 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 99 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 100 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 101 | Jose Aguilar | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 102 | Mauro Finetto | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 8'10 | | 103 | Nicolas Edet | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 104 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 105 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | + 9'59 | | 106 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 107 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 108 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 109 | Michael Færk Christensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 12'29 | | 110 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 111 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 112 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 13'54 | | 113 | Roman Klimov | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 114 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 15'47 | | 115 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 116 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 117 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | + 16'37 | | 118 | Pierpaolo Tondo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 17'15 | | 119 | Ermanno Capelli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 120 | Fabian Wegmann | Volkswagen | + 18'16 | | 121 | Jérôme Baugnies | Belisol | s.t. | | 122 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | s.t. | | 123 | Joel Zangerle | Nissan | s.t. | | 124 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | + 18'44 | | 125 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | s.t. | | 126 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 127 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 19'56 | | 128 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 20'33 | | 129 | Morten Høberg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 130 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 131 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 21'46 | | 132 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 133 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 134 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 22'39 | | 135 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 23'12 | | 136 | Sander Armee | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 137 | Edoardo Costanzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 23'52 | | 138 | Aristide Ratti | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 139 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 140 | Maxime Vantomme | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 141 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 142 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 143 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 144 | Santiago Casellas | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 145 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 26'15 | | 146 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | s.t. | | 147 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 27'53 | | 148 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 149 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 150 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 28'43 | | 151 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 29'12 | | 152 | Grischa Niermann | Volkswagen | + 30'06 | | 153 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 30'37 | | 154 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 31'44 | | 155 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 32'29 | | 156 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 157 | Pieter Ghyllebert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 158 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. |
| 1 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 85h59'25 | | 2 |  Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | + 25 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'48 | | 4 |  Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 9'42 | | 5 |  Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | + 10'06 | | 6 |  Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | + 11'37 | | 7 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 14'59 | | 8 |  Robert Kiserlovski | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 15'04 | | 9 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 18'05 | | 10 |  Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 18'22 |
Spoiler | 11 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 20'25 | | 12 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | + 21'44 | | 13 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 25'30 | | 14 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 26'31 | | 15 | Beñat Intxausti | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 28'56 | | 16 | Egor Silin | Nissan | + 29'08 | | 17 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | + 40'47 | | 18 | Jarlinson Pantano | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 45'23 | | 19 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 47'36 | | 20 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 50'05 | | 21 | Jesús Hernández | Astana Pro Team | + 50'44 | | 22 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 51'08 | | 23 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | + 54'10 | | 24 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 55'45 | | 25 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 58'02 | | 26 | Tobias Tonning | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 1h02'26 | | 27 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 1h04'23 | | 28 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | + 1h05'39 | | 29 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h09'31 | | 30 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h10'40 | | 31 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h11'14 | | 32 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 1h11'31 | | 33 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h11'34 | | 34 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | + 1h12'18 | | 35 | Christian Vande Velde | Nissan | + 1h16'48 | | 36 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 1h17'12 | | 37 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | + 1h17'58 | | 38 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h18'02 | | 39 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h19'14 | | 40 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1h20'26 | | 41 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | + 1h21'28 | | 42 | José Antonio De Segovia | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 1h22'07 | | 43 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 1h22'26 | | 44 | Ángel Madrazo | Volkswagen | + 1h23'45 | | 45 | Enrico Magazzini | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1h28'04 | | 46 | Jesús Ezquerra | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 1h32'21 | | 47 | Stefano Locatelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h33'48 | | 48 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h36'18 | | 49 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h38'42 | | 50 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | + 1h43'03 | | 51 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1h49'40 | | 52 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h00'04 | | 53 | Alberto Losada | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2h03'45 | | 54 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h04'33 | | 55 | Salvador Guardiola | Movistar Team | + 2h05'24 | | 56 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 2h12'30 | | 57 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2h14'02 | | 58 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 2h14'46 | | 59 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h17'56 | | 60 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h18'43 | | 61 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2h19'00 | | 62 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h20'47 | | 63 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 2h20'59 | | 64 | Manuel Vazquez | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2h22'39 | | 65 | Jan Barta | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h23'06 | | 66 | Francesco Failli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2h23'36 | | 67 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | + 2h24'16 | | 68 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 2h25'42 | | 69 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h25'53 | | 70 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h27'49 | | 71 | Nicolas Edet | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 2h27'51 | | 72 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | + 2h28'07 | | 73 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | + 2h28'14 | | 74 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | + 2h30'19 | | 75 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h32'20 | | 76 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h37'51 | | 77 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h41'20 | | 78 | Roman Klimov | Volkswagen | + 2h44'02 | | 79 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | + 2h44'30 | | 80 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | + 2h44'40 | | 81 | Davide Bonuccelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h47'38 | | 82 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2h50'34 | | 83 | Maurits Lammertink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h59'41 | | 84 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 3h00'55 | | 85 | Joel Zangerle | Nissan | + 3h01'55 | | 86 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3h03'32 | | 87 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 3h04'20 | | 88 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 3h06'02 | | 89 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | + 3h06'30 | | 90 | Niels Albert | Belisol | + 3h10'23 | | 91 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | + 3h14'43 | | 92 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3h19'36 | | 93 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 3h19'53 | | 94 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3h26'13 | | 95 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | + 3h33'24 | | 96 | Morgan Chedhomme | FDJ - BigMat | + 3h33'46 | | 97 | Jose Aguilar | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 3h37'05 | | 98 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 3h40'57 | | 99 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h46'54 | | 100 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3h47'49 | | 101 | Pim Ligthart | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 3h57'47 | | 102 | Dirk Bellemakers | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h59'39 | | 103 | Mark McNally | Team Santander | + 4h01'51 | | 104 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 4h06'18 | | 105 | Sander Armee | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4h08'02 | | 106 | Matthew Goss | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h10'03 | | 107 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 4h10'53 | | 108 | Fabian Wegmann | Volkswagen | + 4h11'02 | | 109 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h16'31 | | 110 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 4h18'08 | | 111 | Francisco José Pacheco | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 4h19'43 | | 112 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 4h22'12 | | 113 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 4h31'34 | | 114 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 4h32'00 | | 115 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 4h36'15 | | 116 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h40'53 | | 117 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 4h55'33 | | 118 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | + 4h57'05 | | 119 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | + 4h59'13 | | 120 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 4h59'33 | | 121 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 5h01'01 | | 122 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h01'20 | | 123 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 5h06'26 | | 124 | Mauro Finetto | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 5h10'15 | | 125 | Pierpaolo Tondo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 5h13'33 | | 126 | Daniel Schorn | Astana Pro Team | + 5h13'49 | | 127 | Michael Færk Christensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 5h14'20 | | 128 | Ermanno Capelli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 5h16'45 | | 129 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 5h18'32 | | 130 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | + 5h25'33 | | 131 | Grischa Niermann | Volkswagen | + 5h28'09 | | 132 | Jérôme Baugnies | Belisol | + 5h28'11 | | 133 | Morten Høberg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5h31'57 | | 134 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 5h33'55 | | 135 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | + 5h34'04 | | 136 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h34'51 | | 137 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h39'22 | | 138 | James Stewart | Team Santander | + 5h43'56 | | 139 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5h44'01 | | 140 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | + 5h46'23 | | 141 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5h48'28 | | 142 | Maxime Vantomme | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h49'26 | | 143 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h51'19 | | 144 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | + 6h04'56 | | 145 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 6h05'06 | | 146 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 6h11'05 | | 147 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | + 6h18'52 | | 148 | Aristide Ratti | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 6h22'16 | | 149 | Santiago Casellas | Movistar Team | + 6h24'28 | | 150 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 6h31'35 | | 151 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6h34'57 | | 152 | Pieter Ghyllebert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 6h35'24 | | 153 | Edoardo Costanzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 6h38'22 | | 154 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6h44'38 | | 155 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6h55'24 | | 156 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 6h58'46 | | 157 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 7h02'06 | | 158 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7h10'00 |
Sergio Henao, Volkswagen Spoiler | 1 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | 215 | | 2 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 210 | | 3 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 185 | | 4 | Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 141 | | 5 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 135 | | 6 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | 116 | | 7 | Robert Kiserlovski | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 104 | | 8 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | 98 | | 9 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 92 | | 10 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | 84 |
Spoiler | 1 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 173 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | 145 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 131 | | 4 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 83 | | 5 | Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 76 | | 6 | Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 66 | | 7 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | 60 | | 8 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 54 | | 9 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 46 | | 10 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | 45 |
Spoiler | 1 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 86h47'01 (1) | | 2 | Tobias Tonning | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 14'50 (2) | | 3 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 16'47 (3) | | 4 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 23'38 (4) | | 5 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h33'11 (5) | | 6 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | + 1h42'43 (6) | | 7 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 2h16'44 (7) | | 8 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 2h53'21 (8) | | 9 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 4h56'25 (9) | | 10 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h03'43 (10) | | 11 | Santiago Casellas | Movistar Team | + 5h36'52 (11) |
 Novo Nordisk - SASSpoiler | 1 | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 257h29'27 (1) | | 2 | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 57'23 (2) | | 3 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h16'10 (3) | | 4 | Movistar Team | + 2h07'41 (4) | | 5 | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 2h16'02 (5) | | 6 | Nissan | + 2h20'18 (6) | | 7 | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2h20'42 (7) | | 8 | Volkswagen | + 2h26'31 (8) | | 9 | Astana Pro Team | + 2h39'00 (9) | | 10 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h53'09 (10) | | 11 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h09'44 (11) | | 12 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 3h33'42 (12) | | 13 | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 3h51'30 (13) | | 14 | Belisol | + 4h21'21 (14) | | 15 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h30'21 (15) | | 16 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 4h44'31 (16) | | 17 | Team Santander | + 5h14'44 (17) | | 18 | FDJ - BigMat | + 5h20'23 (18) | | 19 | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 6h49'20 (19) | | 20 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 7h36'32 (20) | | 21 | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 7h54'58 (21) | | 22 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11h12'39 (22) |
After the award ceremony tonight you will get the chance to get your questions answered by the entire team.
Feel free to send in your questions by either writing them heir or sending them in a PM.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 13-01-2014 12:02
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Willy and the team did it - and in a very confident manner I might add.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 13-01-2014 13:40
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Super Matti Breschel  , another win in the World Champion jersey |
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Posted on 13-01-2014 14:52
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Shonak: I guess the picture with the flat front in the peloton and Antón stretching his back says everything about the final 50 km. Had I been unlucky they would have been able to ride agressively enough to isolate and drop Willy on the main climb, which could have tunred very ugly if they joined a break ahead or something like that...
sutty: He is certainly showing the jersey in the best possible way
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Posted on 13-01-2014 19:57
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Vuelta a España
Stage 21: Circuit de Jarama – Madrid
On paper this shouldn’t be a problem, but we vividly remember when Purito lost his podium by crashing just a few m from the line. Alex and Matti will be chasing the final sprint while the rest of the team should focus on getting Willy home safe.
A rather big break establishes in the first 30 km and builds a bigger gap than expected. With 50 km to go they have 3’30’’ on the peloton.
Ratto is the last breaker to get caught with 10 km to go.
At 2,5 km Leezer is leading out Kittel in front while Ludvigsson and Rasmussen try to deliver Breschel.
Kittel is hungry for a win and rockets into the final km chased by Appolonio and with Breschel just about to go past Alex.
A brilliant sprint by Matti, but Kittel was just too strong today.
Chris Anker makes sure Willy gets over the line without ending up in any trouble.
Stage Results | 1 |  Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2h17'09 | | 2 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 3 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 4 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 5 |  Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. |
Spoiler | 6 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | s.t. | | 7 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | s.t. | | 8 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 9 | Matthew Goss | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 10 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 11 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 12 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 13 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 14 | Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 15 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 16 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 17 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 18 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 19 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | s.t. | | 20 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 21 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 22 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 23 | José Antonio De Segovia | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 24 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 25 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 26 | Robert Kiserlovski | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 27 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 28 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 29 | Stefano Locatelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 30 | Michael Færk Christensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 31 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 33 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 34 | Pim Ligthart | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 35 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | s.t. | | 36 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 37 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 38 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 39 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 40 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 41 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | s.t. | | 42 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 43 | Maurits Lammertink | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 44 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 45 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 46 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 47 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | s.t. | | 48 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 49 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 50 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 51 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 52 | Mark McNally | Team Santander | s.t. | | 53 | Francisco José Pacheco | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 54 | Enrico Magazzini | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 55 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 56 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 57 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 58 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 59 | Tobias Tonning | Novo Nordisk - SAS | s.t. | | 60 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 62 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 63 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 64 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 65 | Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 66 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 67 | Egor Silin | Nissan | s.t. | | 68 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 69 | Dirk Bellemakers | Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. | | 70 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 71 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 72 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 73 | Niels Albert | Belisol | s.t. | | 74 | Daniel Schorn | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 75 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 76 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 77 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | s.t. | | 78 | Salvador Guardiola | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 79 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 80 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | s.t. | | 81 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 82 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 83 | Jérôme Baugnies | Belisol | s.t. | | 84 | Jarlinson Pantano | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 85 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 86 | James Stewart | Team Santander | s.t. | | 87 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 88 | Jesús Hernández | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 89 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | s.t. | | 90 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 91 | Jesús Ezquerra | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 92 | Aristide Ratti | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 93 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 94 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 95 | Ángel Madrazo | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 96 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 97 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 98 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 99 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 100 | Manuel Vazquez | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 101 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 102 | Alberto Losada | Colombia - Coldeportes | s.t. | | 103 | Morgan Chedhomme | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 104 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 105 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 106 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 107 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 108 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 109 | Davide Bonuccelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 110 | Jan Barta | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 111 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 112 | Edoardo Costanzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 113 | Beñat Intxausti | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 114 | Christian Vande Velde | Nissan | s.t. | | 115 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | s.t. | | 116 | Joel Zangerle | Nissan | s.t. | | 117 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 118 | Morten Høberg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 119 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 120 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 121 | Francesco Failli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 122 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | s.t. | | 123 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | s.t. | | 124 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 125 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 126 | Sander Armee | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 127 | Mauro Finetto | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 128 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 129 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 130 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 131 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 132 | Roman Klimov | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 133 | Pieter Ghyllebert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | s.t. | | 134 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 135 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 136 | Maxime Vantomme | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 137 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 138 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 139 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 140 | Jose Aguilar | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 141 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Statoil - Stoerensoe | s.t. | | 142 | Nicolas Edet | Vacansoleil - DCM | s.t. | | 143 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | s.t. | | 144 | Pierpaolo Tondo | Colnago - CSF Inox | s.t. | | 145 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 146 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. | | 147 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | s.t. | | 148 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 149 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | s.t. | | 150 | Fabian Wegmann | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 151 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | s.t. | | 152 | Ermanno Capelli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 153 | Grischa Niermann | Volkswagen | s.t. | | 154 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 155 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | s.t. | | 156 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | s.t. | | 157 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | s.t. | | 158 | Santiago Casellas | Movistar Team | s.t. |
General Classification
With three Nordic riders as well as three riders from CT-teams in the top 10, among them the 2nd place this is in every way an anusual Vuelta classification.
Less than a minutes difference on the podium serves to underline that it was an exciting and close race right to the end. Spoiler | 1 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 88h16'34 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | + 25 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1'48 | | 4 | Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 9'42 | | 5 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | + 10'06 | | 6 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | + 11'37 | | 7 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 14'59 | | 8 | Robert Kiserlovski | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 15'04 | | 9 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 18'05 | | 10 | Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 18'22 | | 11 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 20'25 | | 12 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | + 21'44 | | 13 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 25'30 | | 14 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 26'31 | | 15 | Beñat Intxausti | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 28'56 | | 16 | Egor Silin | Nissan | + 29'08 | | 17 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | + 40'47 | | 18 | Jarlinson Pantano | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 45'23 | | 19 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 47'36 | | 20 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 49'53 | | 21 | Jesús Hernández | Astana Pro Team | + 50'44 | | 22 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 51'08 | | 23 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | + 54'10 | | 24 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 55'45 | | 25 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 58'02 | | 26 | Tobias Tonning | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 1h02'26 | | 27 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 1h04'23 | | 28 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | + 1h05'39 | | 29 | Robinson Chalapud | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h09'31 | | 30 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h10'40 | | 31 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 1h11'14 | | 32 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 1h11'31 | | 33 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h11'34 | | 34 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | + 1h12'18 | | 35 | Christian Vande Velde | Nissan | + 1h16'48 | | 36 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 1h17'12 | | 37 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | + 1h17'58 | | 38 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h18'02 | | 39 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 1h19'14 | | 40 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1h20'26 | | 41 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | + 1h21'28 | | 42 | José Antonio De Segovia | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 1h22'07 | | 43 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 1h22'26 | | 44 | Ángel Madrazo | Volkswagen | + 1h23'45 | | 45 | Enrico Magazzini | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1h28'04 | | 46 | Jesús Ezquerra | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 1h32'21 | | 47 | Stefano Locatelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h33'48 | | 48 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 1h36'18 | | 49 | Iván Velasco | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 1h38'42 | | 50 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | + 1h43'03 | | 51 | Mauro Santambrogio | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 1h49'40 | | 52 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h00'04 | | 53 | Alberto Losada | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2h03'45 | | 54 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h04'33 | | 55 | Salvador Guardiola | Movistar Team | + 2h05'24 | | 56 | Gustav Erik Larsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 2h12'30 | | 57 | Omar Fraile | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2h14'02 | | 58 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 2h14'46 | | 59 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h17'56 | | 60 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h18'43 | | 61 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2h19'00 | | 62 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h20'47 | | 63 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 2h20'59 | | 64 | Manuel Vazquez | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 2h22'39 | | 65 | Jan Barta | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 2h23'06 | | 66 | Francesco Failli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 2h23'36 | | 67 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | + 2h24'16 | | 68 | Ángel Vallejo | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 2h25'42 | | 69 | Juan José Oroz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h25'53 | | 70 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 2h27'43 | | 71 | Nicolas Edet | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 2h27'51 | | 72 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | + 2h28'07 | | 73 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | + 2h28'14 | | 74 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | + 2h30'19 | | 75 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | + 2h32'20 | | 76 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 2h37'51 | | 77 | Arthur Vichot | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h41'20 | | 78 | Roman Klimov | Volkswagen | + 2h44'02 | | 79 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | + 2h44'30 | | 80 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | + 2h44'40 | | 81 | Davide Bonuccelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 2h47'38 | | 82 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2h50'34 | | 83 | Maurits Lammertink | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 2h59'41 | | 84 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 3h00'55 | | 85 | Joel Zangerle | Nissan | + 3h01'55 | | 86 | Levi Leipheimer | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 3h03'32 | | 87 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 3h04'20 | | 88 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 3h06'02 | | 89 | Simon Geschke | Volkswagen | + 3h06'30 | | 90 | Niels Albert | Belisol | + 3h10'23 | | 91 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | + 3h14'43 | | 92 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3h19'36 | | 93 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | + 3h19'53 | | 94 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 3h26'13 | | 95 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | + 3h33'24 | | 96 | Morgan Chedhomme | FDJ - BigMat | + 3h33'46 | | 97 | Jose Aguilar | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 3h37'05 | | 98 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 3h40'57 | | 99 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h46'34 | | 100 | Mikaël Chérel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 3h47'49 | | 101 | Pim Ligthart | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 3h57'47 | | 102 | Dirk Bellemakers | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 3h59'39 | | 103 | Mark McNally | Team Santander | + 4h01'51 | | 104 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 4h06'10 | | 105 | Sander Armee | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 4h08'02 | | 106 | Matthew Goss | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 4h10'03 | | 107 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 4h10'53 | | 108 | Fabian Wegmann | Volkswagen | + 4h11'02 | | 109 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h16'31 | | 110 | Martin Pedersen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 4h18'08 | | 111 | Francisco José Pacheco | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 4h19'43 | | 112 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 4h22'12 | | 113 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 4h31'34 | | 114 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 4h32'00 | | 115 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 4h36'15 | | 116 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 4h40'53 | | 117 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | + 4h55'33 | | 118 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | + 4h57'05 | | 119 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | + 4h59'13 | | 120 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 4h59'33 | | 121 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 5h01'01 | | 122 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h01'20 | | 123 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 5h06'26 | | 124 | Mauro Finetto | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 5h10'15 | | 125 | Pierpaolo Tondo | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 5h13'33 | | 126 | Daniel Schorn | Astana Pro Team | + 5h13'47 | | 127 | Michael Færk Christensen | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 5h14'20 | | 128 | Ermanno Capelli | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 5h16'45 | | 129 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 5h18'32 | | 130 | Dimitriy Muravyev | Astana Pro Team | + 5h25'33 | | 131 | Grischa Niermann | Volkswagen | + 5h28'09 | | 132 | Jérôme Baugnies | Belisol | + 5h28'11 | | 133 | Morten Høberg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5h31'57 | | 134 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 5h33'55 | | 135 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | + 5h34'04 | | 136 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h34'51 | | 137 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 5h39'22 | | 138 | James Stewart | Team Santander | + 5h43'56 | | 139 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 5h44'01 | | 140 | Liam Holohan | Team Santander | + 5h46'23 | | 141 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 5h48'28 | | 142 | Maxime Vantomme | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h49'26 | | 143 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h51'19 | | 144 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | + 6h04'56 | | 145 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 6h05'06 | | 146 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 6h11'05 | | 147 | Marcel Sieberg | Volkswagen | + 6h18'52 | | 148 | Aristide Ratti | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 6h22'16 | | 149 | Santiago Casellas | Movistar Team | + 6h24'28 | | 150 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 6h31'31 | | 151 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6h34'57 | | 152 | Pieter Ghyllebert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 6h35'24 | | 153 | Edoardo Costanzi | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 6h38'22 | | 154 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 6h44'38 | | 155 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 6h55'24 | | 156 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 6h58'46 | | 157 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | + 7h02'06 | | 158 | Robin Chaigneau | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 7h10'00 |
Points Classification
The battle for the points jersey ended up closer than we had expected for most of the race. Antón almost got a consolation price for a disappointing race after heving won the race two years in a row, but this will serve as much more than a consolation price for Henao and it will be instrumental in Volkswagen's attempt to win promotion. Spoiler | 1 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | 215 | | 2 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 210 | | 3 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 188 | | 4 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 155 | | 5 | Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 141 | | 6 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | 116 | | 7 | Robert Kiserlovski | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 104 | | 8 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | 98 | | 9 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 97 | | 10 | José Joaquín Rojas | Team Santander | 94 | | 11 | Marcel Kittel | Rabobank Cycling Team | 92 | | 12 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | 75 | | 13 | Yauheni Hutarovich | Nissan | 74 | | 14 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 71 | | 15 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | 65 | | 16 | Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 65 | | 17 | Ben Swift | Colnago - CSF Inox | 62 | | 18 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 56 | | 19 | Niels Albert | Belisol | 51 | | 20 | Matthew Goss | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 50 | | 21 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 45 | | 22 | Egor Silin | Nissan | 43 | | 23 | Alex Rasmussen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 39 | | 24 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | 36 | | 25 | Rafal Majka | Movistar Team | 36 | | 26 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 36 | | 27 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | 34 | | 28 | Gianni Meersman | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 33 | | 29 | Pim Ligthart | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 32 | | 30 | Beñat Intxausti | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 28 | | 31 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | 28 | | 32 | Jürgen Roelandts | Belisol | 25 | | 33 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 24 | | 34 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | 22 | | 35 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 21 | | 36 | Stefano Locatelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | 21 | | 37 | Aidis Kruopis | Astana Pro Team | 21 | | 38 | Enrico Magazzini | Colnago - CSF Inox | 20 | | 39 | Brian Bulgac | Belisol | 20 | | 40 | Francisco José Pacheco | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 19 | | 41 | Tom Leezer | Rabobank Cycling Team | 19 | | 42 | Moreno Moser | Colnago - CSF Inox | 18 | | 43 | Jesús Del Nero | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 16 | | 44 | Maciej Paterski | Liquigas - Cannondale | 15 | | 45 | Ángel Madrazo | Volkswagen | 15 | | 46 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | 15 | | 47 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 15 | | 48 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 15 | | 49 | Joel Zangerle | Nissan | 14 | | 50 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | 14 | | 51 | Thomas Damuseau | FDJ - BigMat | 13 | | 52 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 13 | | 53 | José Antonio De Segovia | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 12 | | 54 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | 12 | | 55 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 11 | | 56 | Nicolas Edet | Vacansoleil - DCM | 11 | | 57 | Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 11 | | 58 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 10 | | 59 | Manuel Vazquez | Colombia - Coldeportes | 10 | | 60 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | 10 | | 61 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | 10 | | 62 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | 9 | | 63 | Maurits Lammertink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 9 | | 64 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 9 | | 65 | Francesco Masciarelli | Colnago - CSF Inox | 8 | | 66 | Francesco Failli | Team ISD - Ferrari | 8 | | 67 | Juan Forero | Colombia - Coldeportes | 8 | | 68 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 8 | | 69 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 8 | | 70 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 6 | | 71 | Morgan Chedhomme | FDJ - BigMat | 6 | | 72 | Pierpaolo Tondo | Colnago - CSF Inox | 6 | | 73 | Jérôme Baugnies | Belisol | 6 | | 74 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | 5 | | 75 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Astana Pro Team | 5 | | 76 | Alexander Porsev | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 5 | | 77 | Michael Reihs | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 5 | | 78 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | 4 | | 79 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 4 | | 80 | Vitaliy Buts | Team ISD - Ferrari | 4 | | 81 | Dirk Bellemakers | Rabobank Cycling Team | 4 | | 82 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 4 | | 83 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 4 | | 84 | James Stewart | Team Santander | 4 | | 85 | Maxime Vantomme | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 4 | | 86 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 3 | | 87 | Davide Malacarne | Liquigas - Cannondale | 3 | | 88 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | 3 | | 89 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 3 | | 90 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 3 | | 91 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | 2 | | 92 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 2 | | 93 | Daniel Navarro | Movistar Team | 2 | | 94 | Egoitz García | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 2 | | 95 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | 2 | | 96 | Mark McNally | Team Santander | 2 | | 97 | Bernardo Riccio | Colnago - CSF Inox | 2 | | 98 | David Belda | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 1 | | 99 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 1 | | 100 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 1 | | 101 | Daniel Schorn | Astana Pro Team | 1 | | 102 | Morten Høberg | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 1 | | 103 | Jesse Sergent | Nissan | 1 | | 104 | Víctor Cabedo | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 | | 105 | Aristide Ratti | Team ISD - Ferrari | 1 |
Mountain Classification
Ipsen founded hisGC win in the big mountains, thus it is only fitting that he takes the mountain jersey as well. Spoiler | 1 | Willy Ipsen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 173 | | 2 | Sergio Henao | Volkswagen | 145 | | 3 | Igor Antón | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 131 | | 4 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 83 | | 5 | Thomas Löfkvist | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 76 | | 6 | Peter Kennaugh | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 66 | | 7 | Romain Sicard | Astana Pro Team | 60 | | 8 | Pieter Weening | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 54 | | 9 | Matti Breschel | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 46 | | 10 | Tom Slagter | Vacansoleil - DCM | 45 | | 11 | Robert Kiserlovski | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 43 | | 12 | Niels Albert | Belisol | 43 | | 13 | Pello Bilbao | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 38 | | 14 | Matteo Rabottini | Liquigas - Cannondale | 37 | | 15 | Johnny Hoogerland | Team Santander | 37 | | 16 | Juan Enrique Rubiales | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 34 | | 17 | Morgan Chedhomme | FDJ - BigMat | 29 | | 18 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 28 | | 19 | Roman Kreuziger | Belisol | 27 | | 20 | Damien Branaa | FDJ - BigMat | 26 | | 21 | Pim Ligthart | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 26 | | 22 | Stijn Vandenbergh | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 25 | | 23 | Vladimir Karpets | Movistar Team | 24 | | 24 | Joaquím Rodríguez | Rabobank Cycling Team | 23 | | 25 | Stefano Locatelli | Liquigas - Cannondale | 23 | | 26 | Haimar Zubeldia | Movistar Team | 23 | | 27 | Enrico Rossi | Team ISD - Ferrari | 23 | | 28 | Manuel Vazquez | Colombia - Coldeportes | 21 | | 29 | Enrico Magazzini | Colnago - CSF Inox | 20 | | 30 | Mark McNally | Team Santander | 20 | | 31 | Jackson Rodríguez | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 19 | | 32 | Rémy Di Gregorio | FDJ - BigMat | 18 | | 33 | Maurits Lammertink | Rabobank Cycling Team | 18 | | 34 | Martijn Maaskant | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 18 | | 35 | James Stewart | Team Santander | 17 | | 36 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 16 | | 37 | Baptiste Planckaert | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | 16 | | 38 | Tobias Tonning | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 15 | | 39 | Francisco Javier Moreno | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 15 | | 40 | Jan Barta | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 12 | | 41 | Steve Chainel | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 12 | | 42 | Job Vissers | Vacansoleil - DCM | 11 | | 43 | Joseba Larralde | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 10 | | 44 | Nicolas Sanderson | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 10 | | 45 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 9 | | 46 | Óscar Freire | Colnago - CSF Inox | 9 | | 47 | Egor Silin | Nissan | 8 | | 48 | Nicolas Edet | Vacansoleil - DCM | 8 | | 49 | Andrey Kashechkin | Astana Pro Team | 8 | | 50 | Valeriy Dmitriyev | Astana Pro Team | 8 | | 51 | Jarlinson Pantano | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 7 | | 52 | Ángel Madrazo | Volkswagen | 7 | | 53 | Coen Vermeltfoort | Rabobank Cycling Team | 7 | | 54 | Beñat Intxausti | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 6 | | 55 | Daniele Pietropolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | 6 | | 56 | Sander Armee | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 6 | | 57 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Team ISD - Ferrari | 6 | | 58 | Francisco José Pacheco | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 6 | | 59 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | 5 | | 60 | Gerald Ciolek | Nissan | 4 | | 61 | Andrew Tennant | Statoil - Stoerensoe | 4 | | 62 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | 4 | | 63 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 3 | | 64 | Joel Zangerle | Nissan | 3 | | 65 | Fränk Schleck | Movistar Team | 2 | | 66 | Jan Bakelants | Nissan | 2 | | 67 | Andrey Amador | Volkswagen | 2 | | 68 | Jesús Ezquerra | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 2 | | 69 | Iban Mayoz | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | | 70 | Roman Klimov | Volkswagen | 2 | | 71 | Dirk Bellemakers | Rabobank Cycling Team | 2 | | 72 | Samuel Dumoulin | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 2 | | 73 | Eros Capecchi | Liquigas - Cannondale | 1 | | 74 | Thomas Rohregger | Colombia - Coldeportes | 1 | | 75 | José Antonio De Segovia | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | 1 | | 76 | Steve Houanard | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | 1 | | 77 | Dimitry Kozontchuk | Volkswagen | 1 | | 78 | Davide Appollonio | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 1 | | 79 | Raymond Kreder | Vacansoleil - DCM | 1 | | 80 | Daniel Schorn | Astana Pro Team | 1 | | 81 | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | 1 | | 82 | Mario Ickx | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | 1 |
Young Riders Classification
In the first week Elissonde looked unbeatable, but then the Frenchman completely fell through handing the jersey to a surprised Swede. It's hard to say what happened, but it sure was weird to watch! Spoiler | 1 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 89h04'10 (1) | | 2 | Tobias Tonning | Novo Nordisk - SAS | + 14'50 (2) | | 3 | Ivar Slik | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 16'47 (3) | | 4 | Kenny Elissonde | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 23'38 (4) | | 5 | Jasper Bovenhuis | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 1h33'11 (5) | | 6 | Joshua Edmonson | Team Santander | + 1h42'43 (6) | | 7 | Luke Durbridge | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 2h16'44 (7) | | 8 | Efren Carazo | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 2h53'21 (8) | | 9 | Jacob Clorius | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 4h56'25 (9) | | 10 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 5h03'43 (10) | | 11 | Santiago Casellas | Movistar Team | + 5h36'52 (11) |
Team Classification
With Rasmussen and Breschel on the flats combined with a massive TTT and a terrifying mountain train it's no surprise that we ended up winning the team competition as well. Spoiler | 1 | Novo Nordisk - SAS | 264h20'54 (1) | | 2 | Statoil - Stoerensoe | + 57'23 (2) | | 3 | Liquigas - Cannondale | + 1h16'10 (3) | | 4 | Movistar Team | + 2h07'41 (4) | | 5 | Club La Santa - Cantabria Infinita | + 2h16'02 (5) | | 6 | Nissan | + 2h20'18 (6) | | 7 | Colnago - CSF Inox | + 2h20'42 (7) | | 8 | Volkswagen | + 2h26'31 (8) | | 9 | Astana Pro Team | + 2h39'00 (9) | | 10 | Cofidis, le crédit en ligne | + 2h53'09 (10) | | 11 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | + 3h09'44 (11) | | 12 | Colombia - Coldeportes | + 3h33'42 (12) | | 13 | Het Nieuwsblad - Willems Veranda's | + 3h51'30 (13) | | 14 | Belisol | + 4h21'21 (14) | | 15 | Rabobank Cycling Team | + 4h30'21 (15) | | 16 | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | + 4h44'31 (16) | | 17 | Team Santander | + 5h14'44 (17) | | 18 | FDJ - BigMat | + 5h20'23 (18) | | 19 | Vacansoleil - DCM | + 6h49'20 (19) | | 20 | Team ISD - Ferrari | + 7h36'32 (20) | | 21 | Commonwealth Bank - GreenEdge | + 7h54'58 (21) | | 22 | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step | + 11h12'39 (22) |
Tomorrow you will get the chance to get your questions answered by the entire team.
Feel free to send in your questions by either writing them here or sending them in a PM.
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| Miguel98 |
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Amazing, yeah.
for Willy. |
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| Jesleyh |
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Great to see Willy won it!
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| Shonak |
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Indeed, congratulations to the team and Willy. It was a great, exciting Vuelta. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Great job Willy. Amazing work by the team as well
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| Shonak |
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And once more: Congratulations, this time to Atlantius personally! Much deserved.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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Great job done by the team here, a really imperious performance. Absolutely fantastic!
And a huge congratulations to the Directeur Sportif, Atlantius. You've entertained us royally throughout this past year, and the award is well deserved |
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Great victory here! And nice to see you took the points and young rider jerseys as well! By the way: I've sent some questions. 
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YES, you and Willy did it
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Miguel: He will be happy to get the bananas after a hard race
Jesleyh: Completely agree. Especially after he almost got dropped several times in the last week
Shonak: Then try to imagine the final week in my seat. Nervewrecking is probably the right word...
Jakstar: He couldn't have done it without his team that's for sure.
Shonak: Thanks. I'm extremely happy to have gotten the award
Neillster: Winning such a close Vuelta and the Story-award on the same day almost feels coordinated for the sake of a huge climax
MrUfo87: Actuallt Henao took the points and wee took the rest
I've just started writing together the press confence so if anyone (else) wants to get a question in to the Vuelta-squad this is your moment...
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Before the Vuelta we made a deal with the Novo Nordisk – SAS management that we would get a press conference with at least one rider, but with guarantee that everyone who managed to win anything in the Vuelta would be here.
So we have the entire team here for questions…
We’ll start off with a couple of questions for the man in red:
Willy: How would you rate the Vuelta compared to le Tour? Is there something for you that makes it special, that maybe le Tour doesn't offer?
Obviously the Tour is something unique and I’m happy to have raced it three times with 2 top 10’s as a result but the Vuelta seems to be the race most suiting for me. In 2014 I got a bit of a breakthrough by being very strong in the last half of the race helping Chris to his 2nd place that year and with this win the Vuelta will always have a very special place in my heart – even if I perhaps won’t come back every year.
The Vuelta was very sensational, especially the last week. Did you feel any pressure? How did you handle the pressure?
The biggest pressure was really hanging on to Chris and Thomas when they were pacing uphill (laughs, red.). The manager just expected me to fight with everything I had and we always knew that the slightest bit of misfortune would be enough to lose the race, so I just went out there and pedaled to the point where I started doubting if my legs would fall off…
And then a few questions for the man in white, Tobias Ludvigsson:
While Willy won the Vuelta, you did an awesome job by winning the Young Rider classification. How do you feel about Willy's victory? Is you dream to win a Grand Tour as well in the future? And which one would you like to win?
To be honest this youth jersey came as a big surprise for me and I probably wouldn’t have been able to take it if any of the real young stars such as Kelderman or Quintana was here or if Elissonde hadn’t decided halfway through the race that he didn’t really want to race. I’m very happy to have it on my palmares and a big thanks goes to the team for allowing me a very free role after I took the jersey in order to defend it.
I don’t see myself as a future GT winner though. I’m generally more a rider for the smaller tours I think.
As you mention there seems to be a huge discrepancy in the field. Only 11 riders were classified as young riders, the last one having five hours gap on you. How would you explain such a huge difference?
A lot of teams only use their young riders as slaves so it was mainly young riders who ended up falling for the time limit. We we’re actually 31 young riders lined up for the start, but most just wasn’t ready and were forced to work their legs off early leaving them no chance of survival.
That’s not how things are run on this team and that’s a big part of why I love it here!
In fact you won the U25 jersey ahead of your teammate. The team certainly has established itself to be the place to be for any upcoming Nordic riders. How would you rate the talent pool of Novo Nordisk?
One word: Amazing!
The management has a policy of not only signing a lot of talented youngster, but also allowing them to rider their own chance which helps their development a lot. On top of that we also have a lot of great trainers as well as a sufficient amount of veterans to take the pressure of us allowing us to be more free in the way we ride. We know that the team will always get results thanks to guys like Fuglsang, Breschel, Boasson Hagen and in previous years Hushovd, so it’s not the end of the world when I get beaten by Sagan in Eneco…
Chris Anker: You showed a great team performance and in large parts thanks to you the team could snatch many stage wins and jersesys. On stage 17 you went with Henao and Antón instead of staying with Willy Ipsen. That day could have cost Willy Ipsen the jersey. Did you felt like going for the stage win, how was it in accordance with the team strategy?
I know that could very well look weird for outsiders. I had worked hard for Willy in the final part of the race, as he had a really bad day.
Then when the final km came I tried keeping him at the wheel of Henao and Antón as they started sprinting, but he cracked as soon as the pace went up. I hesitated a moment when I saw it, but he told me to go for it to pick up as many bonus seconds as possible and perhaps get the stage for myself. In a way it succeded as I at least finished ahead of Sergio.
We spoke again right after we passed the line and he said there wasn’t anything I could have done for him in the finish – he was just empty.
And back to another question for Willy:
Sergio Henao and Igor Antón certainly made the race exciting until the end. Team Novo Nordisk drove a pretty hard bargain in the last stages though. Despite this, what would you describe as vital for winning the Vuelta?
You could say that again. I’m pretty sure it was a better show on TV than it was on my bike!
If it hadn’t been for the awesome work by the team in the last week I would have finished 3rd, so I’m extremely grateful for their selfless effort!
Chris Anker Sørensen & Thomas Löfkvist: Last year you both finished fourth and fifth. Now you finished seventh and tenth. Are you proud on what you achieved as a team? Did you have any problems to give up your own chances to help Willy winning the Vuelta?
Chris: I was lucky to finish 2nd after Purito crashed 10 m before the finish line in Madrid in 2014, but I wasn’t able to follow it up with a podium last year and to be honest I would rather be 7th after helping a friend win the race than finishing 4th without getting a team mate on the podium. Thomas: I’m just happy to have been part of this team and in spite all my work this is my 2nd best GT result in my entire career. The team have been good to give me a lot of chance sin the biggest races the last couple of year, but to be fair I haven’t been able to prove that I should be a captain in the biggest races. I’m just not as good a climber as Ipsen so no hard feelings there.
Willy:
How are the chances that Jakob and you will both focus your efforts on le Tour next year, so that one of you tries to go for the podium spot or even the win and split the captaincy?
That’s partly up the team management and partly the race organizers.
Usually we sit down at the start of the season when all the profiles have been published and split the races between us. As you know it’s not our style to send all our captains to one race, but rather to focus on doing things the along entire season confident that youngsters as myself in the past and Tonning, Ludvigsson etc. now will step up and prove their talent. With that in mind I would be surprised if both me and Jakob went to the Tour. Perhaps if I get a program similar to this year and Jakob decides to do Giro-Tour?
We'll finish of with a few questions for the World Champion Matti Breschel: Is taking the Rainbow Jersey for another year a goal for this season? How do you handle the pressure from the Rainbow Jersey?
I think I’ve handled the pressure rather well even though I’m annoyed at not winning in Milano – Sanremo or San Sebastian. I’ve certainly handled it better than Gilbert did the three years before and it has been great to experience how the fans receive me (or perhaps more the jersey) – you know I haven’t had to pay for coffee on a café one single time since I won the worlds and the amount of camera’s remind me of when I was a model years ago.
If any of the readers have trouble remembering the great moments from Matti's year in rainbow we refer to the August edition of the Rear Wheel
You seem to be in excellent shape for the World Championships. Who do you consider your main contenders?
Sagan is one rider that will be hungry for a win after always being a favourite but never really performing. Gilbert seems back to his old self and always performs at the Worlds, so even though he's retiring I won’t count him out either. Edvald plans to be in great shape so if he is in the same group as me on the finish line I could be in trouble. Kruziger also looks sharp, though he looked better in the first half of the Vuelta than the last.
If Henao and Antón can carry on their Vuelta form to the Worlds they will be very hard to beat as well…
Your teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen had an unbelieveable streak of wins at le Tour. If push comes to shovel, how can you react to a man that had such a stellar season lately, especially in a possible sprint?
In a regular flat sprint I can’t. At least not when he’s in top shape. Edvald is an amazing rider capable of pretty much anything and with a deadly finish he is capable of beating everyone as long as it’s not on too steep terrain.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 14-01-2014 11:05
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Great press conference Atlantius and only 5 more posts till 3000
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| VoetsT |
Posted on 14-01-2014 11:09
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Very nice interview
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| Shonak |
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Great interview Atlantius.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ian Butler |
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Great piece of storywriting there
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| sutty68 |
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Great Vuelta victory for Willy
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