Today there is a short flat stage in Spain, with one KOM sprint to give the jersey an owner. The favourites are Ventoso, Forster and Duque.
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It can’t be called a suprize that the two teams which joined the CT last, are trying to get in the breakaway. And both succeed. Van Zandbeek is there for Team Ultimate, while Sawada defends Team Ultra Adventure’s colours(mainly pink).
While van Zandbeek takes the first sprint up front, Chacon beats Del Nero in the pack for third.
When the lead has increased to 7 minutes, Santander thinks it’s enough and they send Madrazo up front.
He isn’t completely on his own though; on the climb Del Nero takes over. Van Zandbeek takes the KOM jersey, uncontested by both breakaway riders. Sulzberger, Roux and Vandenbroeck take the remaining points. The breaks lead is now cut to 3’30 with the sprinters Henderson and Chacon being dropped.
When at 50km to go, Madrazo is still chasing on his own, Sevilla, Machado, de Greef and Tschopp have a go and attack. They stil up 2 vs 2 chasing the early break.
Van Zandbeek takes the final sprint, with Sawada second and Machado third.
Although Sevilla and Machado do catch up with the break, Ronan van Zandbeek is the last rider to be caugth with 23km left.
And it’s the new team, Team Ultra Adventure, who’s preparing the sprint for… well... Giancecchi?
But then… a crash! Roux is down, and he’s taken #5 from the GC, Dan Craven, with him.
The pack won’t wait though, as it’s now Costa with Moreno, Ventoso and Forster up front. All other sprinter are right behind as well.
Oh dear, it’s another crash! This time it’s Sutton who’s unlucky along with Duque, Sulzberger and Gianchecchi.
Up front the sprint is on though, as Moreno powers away with Ventoso and Forster waiting for the right moment.
Valverde tries to close the gap, but he does it on the wrong side of the road… Moreno, Ventoso and Forster will battle it out.
And when Ventoso releases his strength, the others don’t have an answer. Ventoso takes stage two, making it 2/2 for Santander! Forster is second and Moreno holds off Valverde for third.
Stage result
1
Francisco Ventoso
Santander
3h52'35
2
Robert Förster
Wii Racing
s.t.
3
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
4
Alejandro Valverde
Santander
s.t.
5
Giovanni Visconti
Team Starbucks
s.t.
6
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
Molteni
s.t.
7
Iñigo Landaluze
Molteni
s.t.
8
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
s.t.
9
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
10
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
11
Fredrik Ericsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
12
Juan Manuel Gárate
Santander
s.t.
13
Magno Nazaret
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
14
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
s.t.
15
Tom Criel
Team Starbucks
s.t.
16
Dries Devenyns
Molteni
s.t.
17
Florentino Marquez
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
18
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Wii Racing
s.t.
19
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
20
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
21
Amets Txurruka
Molteni
s.t.
22
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
23
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
24
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
25
Pedro Merino Criado
Santander
s.t.
26
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Ultimate
s.t.
27
Branislav Samoilev
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
28
Benjamin Noval
Molteni
s.t.
29
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
30
Rui Costa
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
31
Sebastian Balck
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
32
Maurizio Biondo
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
33
Francisco Colorado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
34
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
s.t.
35
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
36
Jose Alarcon
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
37
Phillip Thuaux
Team Ultimate
s.t.
38
Wilson Rincón
Team Ultimate
s.t.
39
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
40
Ludvig Lundberg
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
41
Nicolas Brolin
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
42
Arnold Jeannesson
Team Ultimate
s.t.
43
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
44
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
45
Wes Sulzberger
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
46
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
s.t.
47
Francis De Greef
Molteni
s.t.
48
Tiago Machado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
49
Dario Giancecchi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
50
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
51
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
52
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
53
Luis Perez Rodriguez
Molteni
s.t.
54
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
55
Oscar Sevilla
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
56
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
57
Johann Tschopp
Team Starbucks
s.t.
58
Julián Becerra
Wii Racing
s.t.
59
Jorge Nogaledo
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
60
Leonardo Duque
Wii Racing
s.t.
61
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
+ 3'24
62
Dan Craven
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
63
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 5'57
64
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Team Ultimate
s.t.
65
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 6'52
66
Gregory Henderson
IrnBru - RBS
+ 9'16
67
Yannick Stoltz
Team Ultimate
s.t.
68
Miguel Chacon
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
69
Timothy Johnson
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
70
Paulo Lucas Martins
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
71
Gert Rajala
Team Ultimate
s.t.
72
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 10'28
73
Lars Andersson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
74
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 12'28
GC
1
Alejandro Valverde
Santander
4h04'01
2
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
+ 1
3
Fredrik Ericsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
+ 3
4
Branislav Samoilev
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 4
5
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
Molteni
+ 5
6
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 7
7
Tom Criel
Team Starbucks
s.t.
8
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
9
Wilson Rincón
Team Ultimate
s.t.
10
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
+ 8
11
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 9
12
Dries Devenyns
Molteni
+ 10
13
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 15
14
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
+ 16
15
Florentino Marquez
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
16
Benjamin Noval
Molteni
s.t.
17
Phillip Thuaux
Team Ultimate
s.t.
18
Iñigo Landaluze
Molteni
+ 17
19
Francisco Ventoso
Santander
s.t.
20
Francisco Colorado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
21
Francis De Greef
Molteni
+ 18
22
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 19
23
Giovanni Visconti
Team Starbucks
+ 20
24
Juan Manuel Gárate
Santander
+ 21
25
Oscar Sevilla
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 22
Points
1
Alejandro Valverde
Santander
39
2
Francisco Ventoso
Santander
25
3
Fredrik Ericsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
21
4
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
20
5
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
Molteni
20
6
Robert Förster
Wii Racing
20
7
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
17
8
Branislav Samoilev
Team Energie - Diesel
14
9
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
14
10
Dan Craven
IrnBru - RBS
12
KOM
1
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Team Ultimate
10
2
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
8
3
Wes Sulzberger
IrnBru - RBS
6
4
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
4
5
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
Molteni
2
Young rider
1
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
4h04'02 (1)
2
Branislav Samoilev
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 3 (2)
3
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 6 (3)
4
Wilson Rincón
Team Ultimate
+ 6 (4)
5
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
+ 7 (5)
Teams
1
Santander
12h12'24 (1)
2
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 7 (2)
3
Molteni
+ 10 (3)
4
Team Starbucks
+ 14 (4)
5
Team IKEA - Bianchi
+ 19 (5)
6
Team Ultimate
+ 24 (6)
7
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 27 (7)
8
Wii Racing
+ 44 (8)
9
IrnBru - RBS
+ 56 (9)
10
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty