What a special day of time trialing we have in store! Three categorised climbs including a finish on the summit of San Pedro. The first check today comes after 9km, the second after 19km and then of course the finish after 28.2km. This should provide some more gaps in the GC before our final summit finish on stage 18. And here are the profiles of the three climbs:
Climb 1 – 4.5km @ 7%
Climb 2 – 3.7km @ 5.8%
Climb 3 – 3.7km @ 8.4%
The final climb in fact is even steeper than that for most of the way up, with some sections around 11%.
We join the race just before the final 30 riders go because that is where all of the stage favourites are. Here are the best times through each of the checks:
Check 1 – 9km
1.
Paulo Scarponi
20'13"
2.
Ian Bibby
+4"
3.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+6"
4.
Moises Dueñas
+19"
5.
Jackson Rodríguez
+20"
6.
Tyler Brandt
+23"
7.
Arnold Jeannesson
+23"
8.
Mattia Cattaneo
+25"
9.
Matthias Frank
+27"
10.
Florian Morizot
+32"
Check 2 – 19km
1.
Ian Bibby
34'30"
2.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+3"
3.
Paulo Scarponi
+7"
4.
Jackson Rodríguez
+32"
5.
Tyler Brandt
+35"
6.
Moises Dueñas
+35"
7.
Mattia Cattaneo
+36"
8.
Arnold Jeannesson
+37"
9.
Matthias Frank
+42"
10.
Florian Morizot
+42"
Final Times – 28.2km
1.
Ian Bibby
53'05"
2.
Paulo Scarponi
+3"
3.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+3"
4.
Dmitri Medvedev
+12"
5.
Francisco Terciado
+30"
6.
Jackson Rodríguez
+44"
7.
Jaroslav Kulhavy
+46"
8.
Arnold Jeannesson
+46"
9.
Tyler Brandt
+50"
10.
Moises Dueñas
+50"
Note that Medvedev managed to make up almost an entire minute to surge up the leader board on the final climb – the intermediate time checks aren’t everything.
So anyway we have our first rider of the top 30 out on course - Sergio Pardilla. He has been one of the key helpers for Riccardo Ricco and is in fact the third best placed Bacardi rider. He could also be looking at his second ever top 30 at the Vuelta if he puts in a good ride. He is almost 2’30” behind the next best rider so is unlikely to move up. His first check is a solid 20’36”, provisionally 6th. He keeps a good time of 35’07” through the second check and could be on track for a provisional top ten time here.
But no he drops off a bit on the final climb and finishes in a time of 54 minutes flat, 13th best time at the moment. Still, he didn’t have much to lose today and that will hold his position steady.
Next up we have Mwangi Samwel. The Kenyan finished inside the top 30 in all three of his previous Grand Tours and is looking to continue that in this race. He is 34” down on Christoph Mai and may also look to try to overhaul him today as Samwel is a better climber on paper. His first time is a great 20’18”, provisionally 3rd place! Unfortunately he slips down after the second climb, which is perhaps because it is much less steep. His time there is still 4th best, however, with 34’53”.
Samwel slips one more place and finishes the course in 53’33”.
Christoph Mai is the next up and in order to defend his 28th place he needs to finish the course in 54’06” or better. His first time is a very good 20’27”, but that is still almost a third of the time he can afford to lose to Samwel. However, the 9” gap between the two remains and Mai comes through the second check in 35’02”.
And though Mai loses a bit more time before the finish he finishes the course in 53’48”, easily enough to defend his lead over Samwel before the final mountain stages.
The next rider, Hubert Schwab, has ridden a really quiet and anonymous race, but that consistency has earned him a spot in the top 30. He has no real fight to defend his position unless something goes catastrophically wrong. His first check is the solid unremarkable consistency he has shown as he comes through in the 8th best time of 20’34”. He loses a bit of time to come through the second check in 35’15”.
And Schwab’s final time is 54’05”, 1 minute down on the best time thus far but easily enough to defend his position.
Coming up now we have a four way battle for 23rd to 26th place. Here is how they sit before the start of the day:
23
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 11'38
24
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
+ 11'43
25
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 12'09
26
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 12'24
Petar Panayotov is the first of these four up. He has been present on the front of the pack quite often, always guiding Machado to wherever he needs to be. His first check is a great 20’20”, good enough for 5th just 7” back. Unlike a lot of others who have gone through this first check quickly he doesn’t lose a lot of time and he goes through the second check in 34’46”, moving up to 4th for the day.
And his final time is 53’24”, provisionally 5th. That could well be enough to move slightly up the board depending on the time of the next two riders.
Daniel Navarro is not quite as good a climber as Panayotov but will need to be today if he wants to hold on to his position. He needs to finish in under 53’39” to hold on to his top 25 place. His first check is 20’33” and while that is good enough for 8th at the moment, it still means that he has lost almost his entire gap to Panayotov. Navarro’s second check is 35’08”, putting him behind the big Bulgarian.
Navarro clearly lost a lot of time in the second half of the course as he finishes in 53’58”, down to provisional 16th best time and dropping to 26th on GC.
Next up is 24th placed Konstantin Siutsou. The Belarusian has to finish in 54’06” to beat Panayotov. While Siutsou isn’t quite as good a climber as the Bulgarian, he is a better TT rider and might be able to make back time on the descents. Clearly he will have to as his time through the first check is 20’42”, already 22” down! Things don’t get much better through the second check on top of the climb as he goes through in 35’18”. This is getting dangerous for him!
And his finishing time is 54’11”, only 26th best time thus far. That will drop him down a place and move Panayotov up two places to 24th.
David De la Fuente will surely be feeling pretty good now that some of the pressure has been lifted. Any decent time will be enough to extend his gap to the riders behind him. His first check is in fact better than decent as he goes through in the 6th best time of 20’21”. He matches the time of Panayotov through the second check with 34’46”.
And in fact he just pips him to the line, beating him by a fraction of a second with a time of 53’25”. That makes De la Fuente provisional 5th.
Next up is David Lopez Garcia. The super domestique sits in 22nd overall, 56” behind the rider in front of him and more than a minute ahead of De la Fuente, so there shouldn’t be too much to worry about here. Lopez Garcia is still giving it his all, however and he goes through the first check with a fabulous time of 20’17”, which is 3rd at the moment! He loses some speed, however, and it is clear that he has gone out too hard too fast. His next check is 34’54”, 7th at the moment but now 24” back.
And he holds 7th place until the finish where his time is 53’30”. Still a great time, but disappointing after that first intermediate time.
Next up we have Dominik Nerz. The German was never supposed to be this high up on GC but his break on stage 8 earned him a lot of time. He has been slowly slipping since then. And indeed his first check is 20’47”, well down the rankings. Remember he started the day 56” ahead of Lopez Garcia, so losing 30” on him already could be dangerous! Through the second check Nerz sets a time of 35’23”, now 29” slower than Lopez Garcia.
Nerz does a slow third part of the course and could be in danger here! His final time is 54’23”... 52” slower than Lopez Garcia and thus barely enough to keep him in 21st overall.
So now we move into the top 20 overall. Before that let’s see what the intermediate times are looking like:
Check 1 – 9km
1.
Paulo Scarponi
20'13"
2.
Ian Bibby
+4"
3.
David Lopez Garcia
+4"
4.
Mwangi Samwel
+5"
5.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+6"
6.
Petar Panayotov
+7"
7.
David De la Fuente
+8"
8.
Christoph Mai
+14"
9.
Moises Dueñas
+19"
10.
Daniel Navarro
+20"
Check 2 – 19km
1.
Ian Bibby
34'30"
2.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+3"
3.
Paulo Scarponi
+7"
4.
Petar Panayotov
+16"
5.
David De la Fuente
+16"
6.
Mwangi Samwel
+23"
7.
David Lopez Garcia
+24"
8.
Jackson Rodríguez
+32"
9.
Christoph Mai
+32"
10.
Tyler Brandt
+35"
Final Times – 28.2km
1.
Ian Bibby
53'05"
2.
Paulo Scarponi
+3"
3.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+3"
4.
Dmitri Medvedev
+12"
5.
David De la Fuente
+20"
6.
Petar Panayotov
+20"
7.
David Lopez Garcia
+25"
8.
Mwangi Samwel
+28"
9.
Francisco Terciado
+30"
10.
Christoph Mai
+43"
Alejandro Valverde kicks off the top 20. He will be disappointed wit this race but can put it mostly down to a crash on stage 10. There is a lot of potential for him to move up the standings today however, as he is part of a close battle that goes up to 16th place:
16
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'03
17
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 8'04
18
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'34
19
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 8'53
20
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
+ 8'55
Indeed the Spaniard is looking serious here as he sets a new best time through the first check of 19’57”. He follows this up with another best at the second check of 34’05”.
And he sets the new best time at the finish of 52’23” – that knocks off the long-standing best time out on course of Ian Bibby. But will it be enough to win the stage?
One of the biggest surprises in the top 20 is Martin Hacecky and clearly he will be keen to secure his first ever top 20 finish in a grand tour. He is only 2” in front of Valverde, however. Through the first check he unsurprisingly loses all of that and more with a time of 20’17” but even so that is 5th best at the moment. He drops down a little bit with his next time of 34’54” but is still within the top best times.
His time at the finish is 53’37”, good enough for 11th and easily good enough to keep a hold on the top 20.
Next up is another rider who will be disappointed with his ride thus far in this race, Ryan Eastman. The American tried such unorthodox things as getting into abreak on stage 2, and it clearly hasn’t worked out. His time through the first check is great however, as he goes through in 20’04”, just 7” down on Valverde. Remember that he started the day just 21” ahead of him. Through the next check Eastman’s time is 34’12”, once again 7” down on our leader.
And at the finish Eastman gets a time of 52’38”, which defends his position and in fact could make him a danger to some of the next riders.
If there are two things that Fabio Duarte can do it is climb mountains and time trial. So today is the sort of day where he has to make up for lost time. Certainly he starts off strongly with a third best time through the first check of 20’08”. He holds his speed well through the second check and is once again third with 34’18”.
And at the finish Duarte goes through in 52’48” which proves easily enough to defend his place against Valverde and Eastman.
The final one of this group is Juan Jose Cobo. He is only 1” ahead of Duarte, 31” ahead of Eastman and he has a comfortable 51” on Valverde. He will need a good ride here. His first checkpoint sees him go through in 20’13”, which drops him below Duarte already. His second check is 34’24”, keeping him just behind Duarte again but easily avoiding the others.
And the final time for Cobo is 53’07”, good enough for provisional 4th at the line. That means that Duarte skips ahead of him.
Next up we have a two way battle for 14th:
14
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 7'22
15
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
+ 7'33
Robin van der Hugenhaben is another rider who gained a fair amount of time in a break and thus is in this great GC position. Remarkably, his legs don’t seem to be doing their job today and his first check is only 20’26”, which in fact means that he is in danger of slipping down! Cobo started the day 30” behind him and Duarte 31”. He has dropped about 20” to each of them already! And through the second check there isn’t much more reason to cheer. Though he comes through in 10th with a time of 34’47” he has now lost 29” to Duarte and 23” to Cobo.
And his time at the end is 53’27”, meaning that he has lost too much time to both riders and will drop from 15th to 17th, while Duarte will climb to 15th, or perhaps even higher if he can catch our next rider...
Rasmus Guldhammer is that rider. He has actually been climbing remarkably well and is showing a lot of promise for being able to crack the top 10 in a GT next year. Today, however, is about avoiding a time loss of 42” to Duarte. His first check is a time of 20’22”, outside the top ten but still acceptable. His second check is 34’45”, meaning that he has dropped 27” over the first two checks. This could be touch-and-go.
And his time is 53’24”, keeping him 5” ahead of Duarte and in 14th overall.
With that little fight decided next up we have the fight for the spots from 11th-13th:
11
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
+ 6'01
12
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 6'25
13
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
+ 6'41
Having lost some time earlier in the race Jose Rujano has a lot to prove here. His climbing is brilliant and he has been a constant attacking presence so far. Clearly that is going to continue as he blitzes through the first leg of the course in a new best time of 19’31”, shaving 26” off the time of Valverde! This relentless pace doesn’t stop as he goes through the second check in 33’27”, 38” faster than the previous best.
And of course Rujano sets the new best time of 51’27” at the end, almost a whole minute faster than the 52’23” of Valverde!
Next up we have the best-placed domestique in the race, Rafael Valls. He will have a tough time defending his place against Rujano with the sort of time he just set. Regardless, his first time is a solid 20’09”, good enough for 5th at that point. His time at the second check is 34’21”, which isn’t impressive compared to Rujano but once again is the 5th best time.
Valls finishes in a time of 52’49”. He has clearly left something in the tank for the final stages and is using that up now. He is 5th on the stage at the moment. He will lose his spot on GC unless Plaza has a really off day.
Speak of the devil, Ruben Plaza is up next. Mountain time trials like this one are his sort of terrain so this could well be a strong time. Certainly at the first check his time of 20’13” is strong, though he has lost 4” from his 24” gap to Valls. At the second check he in fact reverses this with a time of 34’18”, 3” faster than the Spaniard!
Plaza finishes the course in 52’47”, 4th on the stage and easily enough to defend his 11th place. So with that we conclude places 20-11 and the top ten at each check looks like this:
Check 1
1.
Jose Rujano
19'31"
2.
Alejandro Valverde
+26"
3.
Ryan Eastman
+33"
4.
Fabio Duarte
+37"
5.
Rafael Valls
+38"
6.
Paulo Scarponi
+42"
7.
Juan Jose Cobo
+42"
8.
Ruben Plaza
+42"
9.
Ian Bibby
+46"
10.
David Lopez Garcia
+46"
Check 2
1.
Jose Rujano
33'27"
2.
Alejandro Valverde
+38"
3.
Ryan Eastman
+45"
4.
Ruben Plaza
+51"
5.
Fabio Duarte
+51"
6.
Rafael Valls
+54"
7.
Juan Jose Cobo
+57"
8.
Ian Bibby
+1'03"
9.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+1'06"
10.
Paulo Scarponi
+1'10"
Final Time
1.
Jose Rujano
51'27"
2.
Alejandro Valverde
+56"
3.
Ryan Eastman
+1'11"
4.
Ruben Plaza
+1'20"
5.
Fabio Duarte
+1'21"
6.
Rafael Valls
+1'22"
7.
Ian Bibby
+1'38"
8.
Juan Jose Cobo
+1'40"
9.
Paulo Scarponi
+1'41"
10.
Yevgeni Nepomnyaschniy
+1'41"
First up we have a fight for 7th place:
8
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'27
9
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 4'39
10
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
+ 4'41
Luis Leon Sanchez has confounded bookmakers by sitting in tenth place. His highest Vuelta finish was 12th in 2010 and so this would be a remarkable result in his 5th Vuelta. His time through the first check is 20’23”, outside of the top 10. He has been able to sit inside the peloton for much of this race, but here he has to support himself and he is suffering because of it. His time through the second check is 34’39”, not far outside the top ten but probably not enough time to close the gap to Martin.
Daniel Martin won’t have to worry about looking behind him but will be looking to close the 12” gap to Schleck. Pendleton’s came here with a top ten goal and the young Irishman could well fulfil that. His time through the first check is a strong 20’08” and through the second check his time is 34’20”, which sets a decent benchmark to try to beat the rider ahead of him.
Frank Schleck is up now. He didn’t make up as much time as he needed to in the hills so it comes to an individual time trial for him to make his case. And he is going out all guns blazing, as he goes through the first check with the third best time of 19’58”. That shows that he might be able to hold on to 8th place and perhaps, if he can hold this, move a spot higher. And he certainly can hold it as he goes through the second check with a time of 34’08”, which is third there.
Luis Leon Sanchez approaches the finishing line now and his time is 53’14”, which is good enough for 11th at the moment. That should secure his top 10 spot before the coming couple of mountain stages but it certainly won’t move him any higher.
Daniel Martin was going quite quickly along the course and will want to guarantee himself a ninth place with a strong rider today. His time of 52’47” is 4th best and will hopefully do just what he wants.
The time of Frank Schleck will be interesting. If he is fast enough he can close in on a better GC place. His time is 52’25”, which is now the 3rd fastest time at the finish line. He starts the day 45” behind Ricco and if the Italian has a bad day that could be important. They have worked together as allies so often during this race and now they are in a battle against each other.
That’s not the only battle Ricco is in. He is part of the fight for fifth place:
5
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
+ 3'22
6
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 3'38
7
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 3'42
Riccardo Ricco will be wishing he could have done more on the hills but now he has no choice but to fight for his time here. Some would have gone into today thinking that he would lose more time here but that may not be the case! His first check is a great 19’46”, only 15” off the best time of Rujano! He keeps his pace high and through the second check he is once again second with a time of 33’51”.
Stefan Denifl has been fairly quiet this race, putting in solid performances without any real stand-out stage. He has dragged back a lot of attacks and that has helped him to stay in touch. His time through the first check today is 19’59”, good enough for 5th but already putting him behind Ricco into 7th place. His second check doesn’t fix this and though he goes through in 4th place with 34’08” he will have to find another gear.
Rigoberto Uran has had an up-and-down race. He lost a lot of time on the first hilly stage by missing a split and then he won the stage 5 time trial. Can he repeat that performance? His time through the first check is 19’43”, just 3” faster than Ricco but still 12” off the pace. His next check’s time is still second best with 33’38”, now 11” off the pace.
The times of Riccardo Ricco have been strong thus far, but has he held this to the finish? He has indeed as he comes through in provisional 2nd with a time of 52 minutes flat. That is still 33” slower than Rujano, who is looking more and more like a stage winner.
Stefan Denifl needed to close down a bit of time but 52’30” will not be enough! He slips down to 7th and Ricco moves up to 6th place, providing our first shuffle of the top ten.
Rigoberto Uran was doing a storming ride when we were last with him and it turns out that nothing has changed! His time is 51’48”, just 21” off the time of Rujano and, if he is lucky, it could be enough to overtake Machado into fourth.
So now we come to the final four riders. This should determine who sits on the podium going into the final two mountain stages:
1
Justo Tenorio
Santander
53h40'06
2
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'14
3
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
+ 1'41
4
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'49
So Tiago Machado is up first. He came into this as the best climber on paper but he hasn’t been anything special in the mountains. Today, though, may dispel some doubts as his first check is a new best time! He goes through in 19’17”, 14” faster than Rujano. Not only that but he holds a high speed to the second checkpoint with a time of 33’05”! This may narrow the gap to the podium seriously!
Next up is Vincenzo Nibali. He has managed to ride consistently well, losing only small bits of time here-and-there. In fact he was 2nd for much of the race. Regardless, he is clearly under pressure now to limit his losses today. His first time is 19’33”, 16” down. His second check is a strong 33’20”, now making him 15” down.
Alberto Contador is the only rider who has looked like seriously challenging for leadership in the mountains but he still finds himself 1’14” back. He puts in a relatively strong time of 19’40” and maintains this 4th best time through the next check with a time of 33’38”.
And now for the man who has never really looked too under pressure this race - Justo Tenorio. The Spaniard on the Spanish team in the Spanish national race – the media have loved it! But for once he seems to be under a bit of stress as his first time is 19’44”, 4” slower than Contador. But at the second check he lays some fearful minds to ease as he pulls back that time and comes through 1” faster than Contador with a time of 33’37”.
So with everyone through the intermediates, here are what the times there looked like:
Check 1
1.
Tiago Machado
19'17"
2.
Jose Rujano
+14"
3.
Vincenzo Nibali
+16"
4.
Alberto Contador
+23"
5.
Rigoberto Uran
+26"
6.
Justo Tenorio
+27"
7.
Riccardo Ricco
+29"
8.
Alejandro Valverde
+40"
9.
Frank Schleck
+41"
10.
Stefan Denifl
+42"
Check 2
1.
Tiago Machado
33'05"
2.
Vincenzo Nibali
+15"
3.
Jose Rujano
+22"
4.
Justo Tenorio
+32"
5.
Alberto Contador
+33"
6.
Rigoberto Uran
+33"
7.
Riccardo Ricco
+46"
8.
Alejandro Valverde
+1'00"
9.
Stefan Denifl
+1'03"
10.
Frank Schleck
+1'03"
Tiago Machado storms up to the finishing line and no one is surprised as he sets the new best time, the time which will probably win today. That is 50’56”, a whole 31” better than Rujano and probably enough to put him in serious contention for a podium place.
Vincenzo Nibali has been closing the 25” deficit to Contador and could well be on track to move back into 2nd place here! His time is 51’17”, which is now the second best time to complete the course! Rujano is bumped down to third.
Alberto Contador has to defend against Nibali but he also has to try to reverse his deficit to Tenorio to put himself in striking distance. He comes up to the finish and his time is 51’48”... which is exactly 25” slower than Nibali! The race organisers huddle together and they decide... Vincenzo Nibali will move up to 2nd place by a fraction of a second!
Finally we have Justo Tenorio. He was 1” faster than Contador at the check.
His time at the finish line is 51’47”, good enough for 6th on the stage but not the win that some were predicting. He was only 2” slower than Contador, meaning that Nibali and Contador are both now 1’12” behind the race leader.
And with that we complete the final individual time trial of the race!
Stage Results:
1
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
50'56
2
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
+ 22
3
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
+ 31
4
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
+ 49
5
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 51
6
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
+ 52
7
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 1'04
8
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
+ 1'27
9
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1'29
10
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 1'34
11
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1'42
12
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
+ 1'51
13
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
s.t.
14
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1'52
15
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 1'53
16
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'00
17
Ian Bibby
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 2'09
18
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2'12
19
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
20
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
+ 2'18
21
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2'22
22
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2'28
23
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
24
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'29
25
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
+ 2'31
26
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 2'35
27
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 2'37
28
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 2'39
29
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 2'41
30
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 2'52
31
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'54
32
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 2'55
33
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'56
34
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 2'59
35
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 3'00
36
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
37
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 3'01
38
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 3'02
39
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 3'05
40
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
+ 3'08
41
Hector Duenas Nevado
Aker - MOT
+ 3'09
42
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
43
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
44
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
45
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'10
46
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
47
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 3'11
48
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
+ 3'16
49
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
50
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
51
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 3'17
52
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 3'20
53
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 3'22
54
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
55
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
56
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
57
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 3'23
58
Andrew Tennant
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
59
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
60
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
61
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 3'24
62
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
s.t.
63
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
+ 3'26
64
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'27
65
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 3'28
66
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 3'30
67
Jack Bobridge
Simply Red Bull
+ 3'31
68
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
69
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
70
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
+ 3'32
71
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
72
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 3'33
73
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 3'35
74
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
75
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 3'37
76
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
77
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 3'40
78
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
79
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 3'42
80
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
81
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
82
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 3'43
83
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
84
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 3'44
85
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
86
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
87
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 3'45
88
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
89
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 3'46
90
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
+ 3'49
91
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
92
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
+ 3'50
93
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
94
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
95
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
96
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 3'51
97
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 3'52
98
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 3'53
99
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
s.t.
100
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
101
Gert Dockx
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 3'55
102
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
103
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
104
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 3'56
105
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
106
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 3'57
107
André Vital
Prio - Porto
+ 3'58
108
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
109
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
110
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 3'59
111
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
112
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
113
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
114
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 4'01
115
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
116
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
117
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
118
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
119
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 4'02
120
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
121
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
122
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
123
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
124
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
+ 4'03
125
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
126
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
127
Kiel Reijnen
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
128
Viktor Renäng
Koenigsegg
+ 4'04
129
Carlos Baltazar
Prio - Porto
s.t.
130
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
131
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 4'05
132
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
s.t.
133
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
134
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
135
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
136
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
+ 4'06
137
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
s.t.
138
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
139
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
140
Rob Partridge
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 4'07
141
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 4'08
142
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
143
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
144
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 4'09
145
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
146
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
s.t.
147
Anthony Roux
Team Bacardi
+ 4'10
148
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
s.t.
149
Bruno Silva
Prio - Porto
s.t.
150
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
s.t.
151
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 4'11
152
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
153
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
+ 4'12
154
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
155
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
156
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 4'13
157
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
158
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
s.t.
159
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 4'14
160
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
161
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
162
Andrew Fenn
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 4'15
163
Ole Haavardsholm
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
164
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 4'16
165
Michael Albasini
UBS - BMC
s.t.
166
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
167
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
168
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'17
169
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 4'18
170
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
171
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
172
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
173
Toms Skujins
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'19
174
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
175
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 4'20
176
Daniele Ratto
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 4'21
177
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 4'22
178
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
179
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 4'23
180
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
+ 4'24
181
Meron Amanuel
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 4'25
182
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
+ 4'27
183
Jonathan McEvoy
Pendleton's
s.t.
184
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 4'28
185
Mikel Landa
Wikipedia
+ 4'30
186
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 4'31
187
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 4'35
188
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
189
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
+ 4'37
190
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
+ 4'39
General Classification:
1
Justo Tenorio
Santander
54h31'53
2
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
+ 1'12
3
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
4
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 1'58
5
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
+ 3'23
6
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 3'55
7
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 4'21
8
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 5'05
9
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 5'39
10
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
+ 6'08
11
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
+ 6'21
12
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
+ 7'01
13
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 7'27
14
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 8'59
15
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 9'05
16
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 9'12
17
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
+ 9'13
18
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 9'25
19
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
+ 9'31
20
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 10'43
21
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 12'08
22
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 12'12
23
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 13'15
24
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 14'02
25
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
+ 14'08
26
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
+ 14'20
27
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
+ 16'16
28
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 17'03
29
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 17'22
30
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 20'19
Points Classification:
1
Justo Tenorio
Santander
118
2
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
95
3
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
95
4
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
80
5
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
79
6
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
73
7
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
72
8
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
71
9
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
70
10
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
69
Mountain Classification:
1
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
58
2
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
48
3
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
48
4
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
44
5
Justo Tenorio
Santander
38
6
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
34
7
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
34
8
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
34
9
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
34
10
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
32
Team Classification:
1
Santander
163h51'50
2
Pearl Adidas
+ 11'36
3
Team Bacardi
+ 14'18
4
Pendleton's
+ 20'09
5
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 20'51
6
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 21'29
7
Team B&O
+ 21'33
8
Koenigsegg
+ 25'34
9
Milka - AVG
+ 36'55
10
Festina-Canal+
+ 39'36
11
Wikipedia
+ 43'34
12
Project 1t4i
+ 1h03'16
13
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h08'34
14
UBS - BMC
+ 1h08'38
15
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h21'09
16
Prio - Porto
+ 1h26'13
17
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h35'03
18
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h37'39
19
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1h45'33
20
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h49'45
21
Aker - MOT
+ 2h52'09
22
Simply Red Bull
+ 3h19'52
Youth Classification:
1
Justo Tenorio
Santander
54h31'53
2
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 8'59
3
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 9'25
4
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 10'43
5
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 12'08
6
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 17'03
7
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 21'43
8
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
