The time trial starts in the center of Burgos, form there heading east to the village Cardeñajimeno, the location is part of Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint James), then south passing Monastery of San Pedro de Cardena and then turning back west in the village Carcedo de Burgos, through the village Cardeñadijo, before the finish back in Burgos.
Burgos is the capital of Provincia de Burgos, the city dates back to the 800’s were a fortification was build, helping the location to grow, from 931 it was the capital of the county of Castilla and later the Kingdom of Castile.
The profile is mostly flat, with just a relative easy hill climb on the first section up to Cardeñajimeno close to the first time check with gradients between 1.5 and 3.6 %.
The weather is nice with sun and very little wind.
We will start the transmission of the stage at the point where O'Shea takes over the Hot-Seat from, Gretsch, who took it from Campenaerts just minutes ago, those 3 riders with much better time than the other 4 rider who has finish at this point.
O'Shea, should already worry though because the 2nd sector time was already beaten by Kittel with 3” and his 1nd sector also beaten by Kittel, and more impressively by Yatsevich with 4”, if he can keep this up he is in for a fine time.
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Yatsevich
21'22
Kittel
39'00
O'Shea
55'22"
2
Kittel
4"
O'Shea
3"
Gretsch
3"
3
O'Shea
5"
Gretsch
5"
Campenaerts
5"
4
Gretsch
6"
Campenaerts
7"
Young
1'08"
5
Campenaerts
7"
Oram
19"
De Backer
3'00"
6
Oram
14"
Rajapakshage
49"
Ruiz
4'14"
7
Golovash
23"
Young
1'25"
Kosic
4'17"
8
Rajapakshage
29"
Frison
1'52"
9
Schorn
32"
Goldstein
1'53"
10
Young
49"
Chatarunga
2'22"
O'Shea
Kittel takes the Hot-Seat beating O'Shea with 6”.
But his 2nd sector is beaten by Yatsevich with 4” and we also got two new best 1st sectors form Howson and Zmorka both in 21’16” 6 seconds faster than Yatsevich
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Howson
21'16
Yatsevich
38'56
Kittel
55'16
2
Zmorka
0"
Kittel
4"
O'Shea
6"
3
Yatsevich
6"
O'Shea
7"
Gretsch
9"
4
Dal Col
10"
Gretsch
10"
Campenaerts
12"
5
Kittel
10"
Campenaerts
11"
Oram
25"
6
O'Shea
12"
Oram
23"
Rajapakshage
1'09"
7
Gretsch
13"
Golovash
41"
Young
1'14"
8
Campenaerts
13"
Rajapakshage
54"
Goldstein
1'48"
9
Oram
20"
Schorn
59"
Frison
1'49"
10
Golovash
29"
Young
1'30"
Chatarunga
2'38"
Kittel
The fight to get in the Hot-Seat is fierce between Howson and Zmorka , they also get the exact same 2nd sector time, 38’44” 11” faster than Yatsevich.
And unbelievable also the same full time, 54’51” 16 seconds faster than Yatsevich, Zmorka takes the Hot-Seat based on tens of seconds.
In the meantime we get a new best first sector time, Nascimento 21’14” just 1”, how will he perform on the next two sections?
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Nascimento
21'14"
Zmorka
38'44"
Zmorka
54"
2
Howson
1"
Howson
0"
Howson
0"
3
Zmorka
1"
Yatsevich
11"
Yatsevich
16"
4
Yatsevich
7"
Kittel
15"
Kittel
24"
5
Athanasiades
7"
Dal Col
18"
Dal Col
26"
6
Vorobev
11"
Vorobev
18"
O'Shea
30"
7
Dal Col
11"
O'Shea
19"
Gretsch
33"
8
Kittel
11"
Gretsch
21"
Campenaerts
36"
9
Wohler
12"
Wohler
22"
Oram
49"
10
O'Shea
13"
Campenaerts
23"
Golovash
1'13"
Zmorka
At this point about 100 riders have not started the stage yet.
As mentioned Nascimento had a good first sector but he lost momentum finishing 3rd at full time.
Then we see a rider seemingly about to set a completely now bar for the times to beat, Malori setting first sector 21’06, 7” faster than Nascimento, 2nd sector 38’23”, 17 seconds faster than Nascimento and full time 54’31” taking the Hot-Seat form Zmorka with 20”, you may wonder have we now seen the first top 10 time. But remember we have more than 100 riders yet to come.
Just a few moments later Novak, starting with just a 5th best 1 sector, has improved to 2nd, and also Vangstad have set a surprisingly good time considers what could be expected 7th fastest.
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Malori
21'06
Malori
38'23
Malori
54'31"
2
Nascimento
7"
Novak
17"
Novak
19"
3
Howson
9"
Nascimento
17"
Zmorka
20"
4
Zmorka
9"
Zmorka
21"
Howson
21"
5
Novak
9"
Howson
22"
Nascimento
23"
6
Yatsevich
15"
Yatsevich
32"
Yatsevich
36"
7
Athanasiades
15"
Vangstad
32"
Vangstad
42"
8
Vangstad
18"
Athanasiades
34"
Kittel
44"
9
Vorobev
19"
Kittel
36"
Dal Col
46"
10
Dal Col
19"
Dal Col
39"
Athanasiades
46"
Malori
Salcone 8th best Ludvigsson 6th best Houle 2nd best
Then we get a new best first sector from Koren, he set 1th sector 20’43”, 22” seconds faster than Malori, 2nd sector 37’28” 54” faster than Malori, and full time 53’09” stunning 1’21” faster than Malori
Not long after also Oliveira comes in with a good time 2nd 27” behind Koren
Behind Oliveira Dees, Kruijswijk and Bevin also setting good sector time.
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Koren
20'43"
Koren
37'28"
Koren
53'09"
2
Oliveira
6"
Oliveira
25"
Oliveira
27"
3
Bevin
10"
Dees
43"
Malori
1'21"
4
Kruijswijk
15"
Malori
54"
Houle
1'41"
5
Dees
16"
Danacik
1'06"
Novak
1'41"
6
Malori
22"
Houle
1'10"
Zmorka
1'42"
7
Houle
30"
Novak
1'12"
Danacik
1'42"
8
Nascimento
30"
Nascimento
1'12"
Howson
1'43"
9
Howson
32"
Zmorka
1'16"
Nascimento
1'45"
10
Zmorka
32"
Howson
1'17"
Ludvigsson
1'53"
Koren
After good sector times from Laengen, König, Goos. We get a new best first sector from Bibby a pretty good time from him, 5 seconds faster than Koren in 20’37”, and he keeps it up with new best 2nd sector 37’16” and new best full time 53’03”, 5” faster than Koren
Behind him the top 20 GC has started, right now Lecuisinier with best at 1st sector in front of Keizer.
Haig with best 2nd sector.
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Lecuisinier
20'33
Haig
37'16"
Bibby
53'03"
2
Keizer
2"
Bibby
4"
Koren
5"
3
Bibby
4"
Koren
12"
Oliveira
33"
4
Haig
5"
Nepomnyachsniy
21"
König
34"
5
Koren
10"
König
26"
Goos
39"
6
Velits
12"
Goos
29"
Laengen
53"
7
König
14"
Laengen
37"
Dees
56"
8
Nepomnyachsniy
15"
Oliveira
38"
Bevin
1'02"
9
Goos
17"
Bevin
53"
Kruijswijk
1'09"
10
Oliveira
17"
Kruijswijk
55"
Malori
1'27"
Bibby
Soon we get the first GC top 20 full time Kulhavy losing 4’18” – such a bad TT will surely cost him some places in GC.
Brambilla at ful time 1’26” and Guldhammer with 2’20”.
Haig with new best full time 52’56”
Behind him Kritskiy have set new best 1th sector and Pluchkin 2nd best 1th sector.
Madrazo, Velits and Dombrowski setting top 10 first sector times.
.
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Kritskiy
20'18"
Keizer
37'08"
Haig
52'56"
2
Pluchkin
12"
Haig
7"
Bibby
7"
3
Lecuisinier
15"
Bibby
11"
Koren
13"
4
Keizer
17"
Koren
19"
Nepomnyachsniy
30"
5
Bibby
19"
Velits
24"
Oliveira
41"
6
Haig
20"
Nepomnyachsniy
28"
König
41"
7
Koren
25"
König
34"
Goos
47"
8
Madrazo
26"
Goos
37"
Laengen
1'00"
9
Velits
27"
Laengen
44"
Dees
1'04"
10
Dombrowski
28"
Oliveira
45"
Bevin
1'10"
.
.
Brambilla
1'33"
.
Guldhammer
2'27"
.
Kulhavy
4'25"
Haig
We get a first sector time from race leader Schleck 42” behind Kritskiy, not a top 10 time, but not too bad either.
We also get full time from more top 20 riders, Preidler losing 4’04 to Haig, not too good but expected he is no tempo rider. Vosekalns losing 4’22 to Haig, again not too good but no tempo rider either. Olivier losing 2’29 to Haig.
And then we get a new best time from Keizer 52’44”, 11” faster than Haig. Keizer in the Hot-Seat
In the meantime Kritskiy has set new best 2nd sector, 28” seconds faster than Lecuisinier, he is looking at a very good final time it he keeps this up.
.
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Kritskiy
20'18"
Kritskiy
36'39"
Keizer
52'44"
2
Pluchkin
12"
Lecuisinier
28"
Haig
11"
3
Lecuisinier
15"
Keizer
29"
Bibby
18"
4
Keizer
17"
Haig
37"
Koren
24"
5
Bibby
19"
Bibby
41"
Nepomnyachsniy
41"
6
Haig
20"
Koren
49"
Oliveira
42"
7
Koren
25"
Velits
54"
König
53"
8
Madrazo
26"
Nepomnyachsniy
58"
Goos
58"
9
Velits
27"
König
1'02"
Laengen
1'12"
10
Dombrowski
28"
Goos
1'07"
Dees
1'15"
.
.
Brambilla
1'44"
.
Guldhammer
2'38"
.
Olivier
2'40"
.
Preidler
4'15"
.
Vosekalns
4'33"
.
Kulhavy
4'37"
Keizer
Arndt another of those GC rider who do not fancy the time trail, he loses 4’53 to Keizer Velits come in 5th losing 33” to Keizer, very good result from him. Galta losing 1’48” to Keizer, also fine result from him. Monsalve losing 2’31 to Keizer.
And then we get another new best time, Lecuisinier with 52’52”, 2” faster than Keizer
In the meantime Pluchkin with 2nd best 2nd sector.
Rank
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Kritskiy
20'18"
Kritskiy
36'39"
Lecuisinier
52'42
2
Pluchkin
12"
Pluchkin
22"
Keizer
2"
3
Lecuisinier
15"
Lecuisinier
28"
Haig
14"
4
Keizer
17"
Keizer
29"
Bibby
21"
5
Bibby
19"
Haig
37"
Koren
27"
6
Haig
20"
Bibby
41"
Velits
35"
7
Koren
25"
Koren
49"
Nepomnyachsniy
44"
8
Madrazo
26"
Madrazo
50"
Oliveira
55"
9
Velits
27"
Velits
54"
König
55"
10
Dombrowski
28"
Dombrowski
54"
Goos
1'01"
.
.
Brambilla
1'46"
.
Galta
1'48"
.
Monsalve
2'33"
.
Guldhammer
2'41"
.
Olivier
2'43"
.
Preidler
4'17"
.
Vosekalns
4'35"
.
Kulhavy
4'39"
.
Arndt
4'55"
Lecuisinier
Abal comes in with a time just inside top 10, losing 58” to Lecuisinier
Then Kritskiy with new best full time 52’02” a stunning 40” faster than Lecuisinier, it is a brilliant time.
Machado losing 1’48 to Kritskiy
Pluchkin 2nd just 29” behind Kritskiy, will be a needed comeback for him closing in on the top of GC.
Madrazo 8th losing 1’08 to Kritskiy also a good result form him.
Kritskiy
Dombrowski unbelievable 9th losing 1’13” an unexpectedly good result from the American, considering that he is usually not the best in TT’s.
And finally Schleck 16th losing 1’46”, that is acceptable could have been worse he is still leading the Vuelta a Espana
Kritskiy wins the time trail in Burgos, in front of Aleksandr Pluchkin, this was Pluchkin’s 4th podium in the Vuelta.
.
1. sector
2. sector
Final time
1
Kritskiy
20'18"
Kritskiy
36'39"
Kritskiy
52'02"
2
Pluchkin
12"
Pluchkin
22"
Pluchkin
29"
3
Lecuisinier
15"
Lecuisinier
28"
Lecuisinier
40"
4
Keizer
17"
Keizer
29"
Keizer
42"
5
Bibby
19"
Haig
37"
Haig
54"
6
Haig
20"
Bibby
41"
Bibby
1'01"
7
Koren
25"
Koren
49"
Koren
1'07"
8
Madrazo
26"
Madrazo
50"
Madrazo
1'08"
9
Velits
27"
Velits
54"
Velits
1'13"
10
Dombrowski
28"
Dombrowski
54"
Dombrowski
1'16"
.
14
Abal
1'38"
16
Schleck
1'46"
17
Machado
1'48"
22
Brambilla
2'27"
23
Galta
2'28"
39
Monsalve
3'13"
47
Guldhammer
3'21"
50
Olivier
3'23"
114
Preidler
4'58"
129
Vosekalns
5'16"
131
Kulhavy
5'19"
141
Arndt
5'35"
As expected with a grand tour time trail the result will shake the GC, if not exactly upside down, than at least providing for some remarkable changes.
The top 4 is the same Andy Schleck, Joseph Dombrowski, Angel Madrazo, Aleksandr Pluchkin, but the distance Schleck had is now dramatically reduced.
Timofey Kritskiy passed Tiago Machado for 5th. Peter Velits have jumped up from 11 th to 9th, pushing Yonathan Monsalve out of top 10. Jack Haig moved from 17 th 15th, Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy moved up to top 20. Jaroslav Kulhavy was pressed out of top 20.
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