Yesterday saw some drama on the final hill for some GC riders. The course today isn’t likely to shake up GC too much, though with a fairly strong wind forecast for the whole day anything is possible. If yesterday’s stage was a fairly typical hilly Vuelta stage, today is a fairly typical Vuelta flat stage – that is to say, not very flat at all. There are a first, second and third category climb out on course, which may make some sprinters struggle. But it also means that Bassirou Konte is likely to lose his mountain jersey unless he can get in the break today as well.
The first attack today comes from Peter Kennaugh, who was dropped fairly early in yesterday’s stage and as such is 12’34” down.
He is joined by: Amael Moinard Damiano Caruso Wilco Kelderman Peter Sagan Jose Mendes
They get a short lead but with yesterday’s winner Caruso in the break (who is only 8” down on GC), as well as a number of other strong puncheurs, this is too dangerous to go and as such Welle Jallays makes the catch. Bauke Mollema and Brent Bookwalter help him out to keep the pace high. It is interesting to see some of the teams with sprinters doing the work – they are clearly confident about today.
The next attack is deemed acceptable and forms our break of the day: Michael Faerk Christensen (+15’02”) Vegard Robinson Bugge (+30”) Jose Mendes (+16”) Wilco Kelderman (+12’32”)
The sprint bonus seconds won’t be enough to overhaul GC so Mendes isn’t quite the danger he appears to be, unless the break go on to win, which on this course is entirely possible. Speaking of sprint points, the first one is slightly uphill, right near the base of the third category climb. Bugge wins this ahead of Mendes, while Kelderman just rolls over for this place, given the fact that he is much further back in GC.
Of a maximum 32 points on offer today, 6 of them are at the summit of this climb, which would be enough to draw even with Konte’s lead. Kelderman launches the first attack, while all the riders stick to his wheel. Everyone is interested in this one.
Kelderman is forced to knock off the pace a bit, so Bugge launches the next attack. But he can’t outdo Mendes, who takes the maximum at the summit. Bugge gets second and Kelderman’s enthusiasm only nets him third. They now have a lead of 8’27” over the peloton.
We now descend down to the second sprint point and here Mendes makes up for his earlier missed effort, taking the maximum bonus seconds ahead of Bugge. With the 10 bonus seconds earned today, Mendes will move up to 6th overall if he finishes with the bunch, which would provide valuable publicity for the Portuguese team.
Race radios erupt as crucial news arrives in – Frank Schleck has taken a fall! He gets up without any obvious problems and he gets into the bunch just fine, but the thought must now be lingering in his manager’s head – is he injured?
We have the Vuelta’s usual rolling terrain before the final two climbs and it is here that Wikipedia, Pokerstars and Festina start to work together. They are working for Goss, Holloway and Guerao respectively and clearly think their sprinters are capable of sticking with this one.
With 53km remaining the break reach the base of today’s first category climb, the Puerto del Espino, which is a fairly reasonable 5% gradient the whole way up and hasn’t got any real spikes in gradient. Their lead is down to 3’52” already and they may struggle to extend it over this terrain.
Back in the pack the first rider is dropped – Rafel Majka. The young Polish rider crashed yesterday and it has clearly affected him today. He may rely on the fans to push him up.
There are 16 mountain points on offer at the top and thus the winner here is likely to wear the jersey on the podium after today’s stage. The first to attack is the man who won the earlier mountain prime – Mendes.
And Bugge comes around him this time, taking the maximum. Mendes just beats Kelderman to the line to take second place, but Bugge now leads him 20 points to 18 with one 10 point climb still to come.
Christensen comes over 44” later, but he rejoins on the descent. The leaders have a 2’48” gap over the peloton, which is now reduced to 191 riders – but who is missing? Perhaps unsurprisingly it is Michael Vanderaerden, who is not a noted climber of hills. Pereyra, Hirschlein and Libert all wait for him to make sure he can get over the remaining hill and to the finish.
Jocelyn Bar falls on the descent but perhaps more importantly Domenik Klemme suffers a puncture. He is 10th overall and, while he isn’t going to be in the fight for GC overall, the position still is valuable.
Both of them get back as the final climb starts, however. The gap to the break is 2’37”, with 33km remaining. Up front there are only 3 riders left, as Christensen unhitches for good. This was always going to be a tough stage for him.
This climb is much steeper than the previous one and as such it suits Mendes much more. As such he easily takes the points at the summit. Bugge manages second with Kelderman once again third. This ties Mendes and Bugge up on 28 points apiece. Mendes will wear the jersey tomorrow based on winning two summits over Bugge’s one.
But so convincing is the attack of Mendes that he just continues with it. He pulls out 25” over the top on the other two breakaway riders. Project 1t4i lead the peloton over the climb. Most of the sprinters are still here in the 174 man group, though Lotto’s backup sprinter Maciej Ulanowski and Jon Aberasturi are both dropped.
The gap through the entire descent holds steady at 1’15” to Mendes. The breakaway are about 20” behind him.
The peloton come down and start to get buffeted by coastal winds. Pokerstars have taken up the pace for Dan Holloway. Confusingly, Welle Jallays and Jelle Wallays are the two riders doing most of the work. With 7km left the gap is down to 34” and the two chasers have been caught.
The high speed of the pack together with these strong cross-winds are causing difficulties at the back and gaps are starting to open up. There is no chance to get information about who is back here, so we will have to see what happens and they will have to hope that they can hang on until the finish!
With 3.4km to go Pokerstars have set up their train but it is notably missing one of their key riders – John Degenkolb was initially leading out for Dan Holloway but the wind hurt him and he has been forced to sit up somewhat.
So the train at the moment is: Jelle Wallays Dan Holloway Michael Van Stayen Alejandro Valverde Julien Simon
Most of the sprinters appear to have been really struggling, given riders like Simon a real chance. Not only that but Valverde is here to sprint for bonus seconds! A third place on the stage would draw him level on time with Joost Posthuma and it would come down to fractions of a second from the time trial! But the gap is still sitting at 16” to Mendes.
Simon comes out of the wheel of Valverde and moves to the right. Posthuma gets into his wheel and looks like he is about to sprint! Is he going for bonus seconds himself? Bibby gets on his back wheel meanwhile on the right there’s a Festina rider... but it isn’t Guerao. It is Mollema, who seems intent on fighting this out too.
Wallays seemed to be starting his lead-out but now with 1.8km remaining he takes a chance and jumps onto Simon’s back wheel, putting Holloway in a more comfortable position and bumping Posthuma out as quickly as he got there. This leaves Van Stayen with no lead-out but he has a train of his own behind him: Van Stayen Valverde Guldhammer Merino Criado Impey
Wallays has to peel off, leaving Holloway to close the gap to Simon. Van Stayen now manages to muscle his way on to Holloway’s wheel, keeping himself out of the wind much more. The gap to Mendes also seems to finally be closing.
Simon has spent too long in the wind and just as he is about to catch Mendes he has to peel off, with about 1100 metres to go. Holloway opens up and Van Stayen starts to look to come around him.
It is down to Van Stayen and Holloway, who can take this?
With 500 metres to go, Van Stayen goes clear!
Simon is doing well in third, but Valverde is challenging. If Simon takes third he will defend his team’s leader’s jersey while if Valverde takes it there is a chance he could become the new leader.
But before that, Michael Van Stayen adds to his total of Vuelta stage wins – this is his 3rd Vuelta stage in his career!
Dan Holloway will have to be content with a second place on the stage. But everyone is watching for third place... and it is Alejandro Valverde!
Julien Simon faded a lot, and ended up in 12th. Fourth place went to a surprising Rasmus Guldhammer. His teammate Domenik Klemme recovered from his earlier puncheur to take fifth. Daniel Martin is in sixth with Ian Bibby in seventh. David de la Fuente, Luis Leon Sanchez and Ruben Plaza ensure another three Spaniards in the top ten.
But where were the other sprinters? We get an answer as Guerao leads in the second group on the road. This was just too hard for most of the pure sprinters. The climbs took their toll and then the fast pace through the high winds was the final straw.
But now the real question is this – who is our new leader? The judges consult the time trial results, counting back to fractions of a second... and they judge that the current race leader is...
Spoiler
2011 Vuelta winner Alejandro Valverde!
In addition to this, the mountain jersey will be worn by Jose Mendes, who is on the same number of points as Vegard Robinson Bugge. Alejandro Valverde takes over the points competition and if he manages some more sprint results then he could well find himself being competitive there.
Stage Results:
1
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
4h28'28
2
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
3
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
s.t.
4
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
5
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
s.t.
6
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
s.t.
7
Ian Bibby
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
8
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
9
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
s.t.
10
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
s.t.
11
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
s.t.
12
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
13
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
14
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
s.t.
15
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
s.t.
16
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
17
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
18
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
s.t.
19
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
20
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
21
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
22
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
23
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
24
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
25
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
26
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
27
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
28
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
29
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
30
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
31
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
s.t.
32
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
s.t.
33
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
34
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
35
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
s.t.
36
Mikel Landa
Wikipedia
s.t.
37
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
38
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
39
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
40
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
s.t.
41
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
42
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
43
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
44
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
s.t.
45
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
46
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
47
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
48
Jonathan McEvoy
Pendleton's
s.t.
49
Toms Skujins
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
50
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
51
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
s.t.
52
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
53
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
54
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
55
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
56
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
57
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
58
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
59
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
60
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
61
Jack Bobridge
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
62
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
s.t.
63
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
64
Anthony Roux
Team Bacardi
s.t.
65
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
66
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
67
Michael Albasini
UBS - BMC
s.t.
68
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
69
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
70
Hector Duenas Nevado
Aker - MOT
s.t.
71
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
72
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
73
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
74
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
75
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
76
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
77
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
78
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
79
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
80
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
81
Rob Partridge
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
82
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
83
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
s.t.
84
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
85
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
86
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
87
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
88
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
89
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
90
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
91
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
92
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
93
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
94
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
95
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
96
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
97
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
s.t.
98
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
99
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
100
Andrew Tennant
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
101
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
s.t.
102
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
103
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
104
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
s.t.
105
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
106
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
107
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
108
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
s.t.
109
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
110
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
111
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
112
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
113
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
114
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
s.t.
115
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
116
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
s.t.
117
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
118
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
119
Ole Haavardsholm
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
120
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
121
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
122
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
s.t.
123
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
124
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
125
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
126
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
127
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
128
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
129
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
s.t.
130
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
131
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
132
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
133
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
134
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
135
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
s.t.
136
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
137
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
138
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
139
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
140
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
141
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
142
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
143
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
144
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
145
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 3'07
146
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
147
André Vital
Prio - Porto
s.t.
148
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
149
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
150
Meron Amanuel
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
151
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
152
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
153
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
154
Gert Dockx
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
155
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
156
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
157
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
158
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
159
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
160
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
161
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
162
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 4'02
163
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
164
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
s.t.
165
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
166
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
167
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
168
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
169
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
s.t.
170
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
171
Bruno Silva
Prio - Porto
s.t.
172
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
173
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
174
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 5'53
175
Kiel Reijnen
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
176
Carlos Baltazar
Prio - Porto
s.t.
177
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
s.t.
178
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'13
179
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
s.t.
180
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 9'22
181
Andrew Fenn
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
182
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 13'26
183
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
s.t.
184
Daniele Ratto
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
185
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
s.t.
186
Marc Machado
Prio - Porto
s.t.
187
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
188
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
s.t.
189
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
190
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
191
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
192
Viktor Renäng
Koenigsegg
s.t.
193
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
194
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
195
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
196
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
197
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
198
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
199
Francisco Mancebo
Control Team
s.t.
200
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 17'20
General Classification:
1
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
9h17'34
2
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
s.t.
3
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
+ 1
4
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 3
5
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
+ 4
6
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
s.t.
7
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
+ 6
8
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 7
9
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
10
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 8
11
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
+ 9
12
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 10
13
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
+ 12
14
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
15
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
16
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
+ 13
17
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 14
18
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
19
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 15
20
Ian Bibby
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 16
21
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
22
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 17
23
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
24
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 18
25
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
26
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
27
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
28
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 20
29
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
30
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 21
31
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
+ 23
32
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
33
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 24
34
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
35
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
36
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 25
37
Anthony Roux
Team Bacardi
s.t.
38
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
39
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
40
Jonathan McEvoy
Pendleton's
+ 26
41
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
42
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 27
43
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 28
44
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
+ 29
45
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
46
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 30
47
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
+ 31
48
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
49
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 33
50
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
s.t.
51
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 34
52
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
53
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
54
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
55
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
56
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 35
57
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
58
Toms Skujins
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 36
59
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 37
60
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
+ 39
61
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 40
62
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 42
63
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
+ 2'41
64
Jack Bobridge
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
65
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'42
66
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 2'47
67
Andrew Tennant
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
68
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'48
69
Michael Albasini
UBS - BMC
s.t.
70
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 2'50
71
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
72
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'51
73
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'52
74
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
75
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
76
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
77
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
78
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'53
79
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
80
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
81
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'54
82
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 2'55
83
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 2'56
84
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 2'57
85
Hector Duenas Nevado
Aker - MOT
s.t.
86
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
87
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 2'58
88
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'01
89
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
s.t.
90
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
91
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
92
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 3'02
93
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
s.t.
94
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
s.t.
95
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
s.t.
96
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 3'03
97
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'07
98
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
99
Mikel Landa
Wikipedia
+ 3'08
100
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 3'12
101
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'33
102
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
+ 5'13
103
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 5'16
104
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 5'31
105
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 5'34
106
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 5'53
107
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 5'56
108
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 5'58
109
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'01
110
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'04
111
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
+ 6'06
112
André Vital
Prio - Porto
+ 6'12
113
Meron Amanuel
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 6'20
114
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
+ 10'21
115
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 10'24
116
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 10'26
117
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 10'27
118
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 10'28
119
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 10'30
120
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
+ 10'32
121
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 10'40
122
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
+ 10'41
123
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 10'43
124
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 11'22
125
Ole Haavardsholm
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 11'40
126
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 11'44
127
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 12'10
128
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 12'22
129
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 12'28
130
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 12'29
131
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
132
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 12'33
133
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 12'34
134
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 12'40
135
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 12'41
136
David Rosch
Pendleton's
+ 12'42
137
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 12'45
138
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
+ 12'48
139
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 12'50
140
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 13'43
141
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 13'45
142
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 14'40
143
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'48
144
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 14'49
145
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'53
146
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14'58
147
Rob Partridge
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 15'01
148
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Aker - MOT
+ 15'05
149
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
+ 15'19
150
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 15'23
151
Nikola Aistrup
Team B&O
+ 15'27
152
Marco Brus
Festina-Canal+
+ 15'44
153
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 15'47
154
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 15'49
155
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 15'55
156
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 16'13
157
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
+ 16'30
158
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 16'41
159
Benoît Sinner
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
160
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 16'45
161
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 16'51
162
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
+ 18'08
163
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 18'09
164
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 18'17
165
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 18'21
166
Gert Dockx
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 18'27
167
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 18'28
168
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
169
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
+ 18'29
170
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 18'47
171
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 18'51
172
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 19'09
173
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
+ 19'18
174
Bruno Silva
Prio - Porto
+ 19'21
175
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 19'23
176
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 19'24
177
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 20'19
178
Kiel Reijnen
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 20'44
179
Carlos Baltazar
Prio - Porto
+ 21'11
180
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 21'59
181
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
+ 23'27
182
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 23'28
183
Rafel Majka
Project 1t4i
+ 24'04
184
Andrew Fenn
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 24'41
185
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 25'37
186
Freddy Johansson
Koenigsegg
+ 25'52
187
Viktor Renäng
Koenigsegg
+ 25'57
188
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 26'00
189
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'02
190
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'11
191
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'12
192
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 26'13
193
Maciej Ulanowski
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 26'14
194
Pim Ligthart
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 28'31
195
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 28'40
196
Marc Machado
Prio - Porto
+ 28'51
197
Daniele Ratto
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 28'53
198
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
+ 28'56
Points Classification:
1
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
31
2
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
30
3
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
29
4
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
28
5
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
25
6
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
25
7
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
21
8
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
20
9
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
20
10
Justo Tenorio
Santander
16
Mountain Classification:
1
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
28
2
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
28
3
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
18
4
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
8
5
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
6
6
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
6
7
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
6
8
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
4
9
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
4
10
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
4
Team Classification:
1
Project 1t4i
27h52'59
2
Koenigsegg
+ 24
3
Santander
+ 24
4
Festina-Canal+
+ 30
5
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 31
6
Prio - Porto
+ 34
7
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 35
8
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 36
9
Team Bacardi
+ 39
10
Wikipedia
+ 40
11
Pearl Adidas
+ 41
12
Pendleton's
+ 46
13
Aker - MOT
+ 1'06
14
Team B&O
+ 3'09
15
UBS - BMC
+ 5'26
16
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 5'28
17
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 6'22
18
Milka - AVG
+ 8'06
19
Pokerstars.com
+ 8'17
20
Simply Red Bull
+ 13'46
21
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
