Another short stage, just like yerserday, only is todays’ even flatter. This favours Forster before Ventoso and Sutton.
The break of the day has an easy time, since the first attackers can go away without any fight. At the first sprint, Zaini has no trouble holding off Khalilikhosroshani and Devenyns, with Stoltz ending up empty handed here.
Madrazo controls the pack again around 6 minutes before Wii Racing takes over to start the chase. It’s a no go today for the break.
Meanwhile, Zaini took another sprint with Stoltz taking revenge in second and Devenyns third again.
Adn when Devenyns is the last rider to be caugth, the sprinters are already setting up their trains.
Heading into the final 5k, Valverde is up front in his yellow jersey as there don’t seem tob e any strong trains. Del Nero is on the left with Ventoso, as are Chacon and Sutton and Costa with Moreno. They’re followed by all other sprinters.
Balck heads into the sprint on his own on the right hand side of the road, Wirth Jeanneson in the lead on the other side. Costa and Moreno are the first train.
And they’ve taken the lead in the final 2km, as all of a sudden all ‘big’ sprinters are gone! Moreno is now leading followed by Vandenbroeck, Duque and Erricson with Valverde still up front as well. It seems these will battle it out!
Under the arch of the final K they’ve taken a slight advantage over the rest as Duque makes his move and shoots past Moreno.
And seeing that acceleration it can’t be called a suprize none of the riders up front could counter that. It’s a job well done!
Behind him, Vandenbroeck managed to pass Moreno as well taking second and 12 bonification seconds with it. And since he was only 5 seconds behind on race leader Valverde, Vandenbroeck takes over the jersey, with Moreno passing Valverde as well taking second now in GC.
This may not last long though, as we have the mountain stage tomorrow, where everybody expects Valverde to have a go at the final GC victory. We’ll have to wait and see…
Stage result
1
Leonardo Duque
Wii Racing
3h21'51
2
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
Molteni
s.t.
3
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
4
Fredrik Ericsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
5
Alejandro Valverde
Santander
s.t.
6
Iñigo Landaluze
Molteni
s.t.
7
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
8
Giovanni Visconti
Team Starbucks
s.t.
9
Gregory Henderson
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
10
Magno Nazaret
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
11
Dario Giancecchi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
12
Vladimir Efimkin
Team Starbucks
s.t.
13
Remberto Jaramillo
Team Starbucks
s.t.
14
Wes Sulzberger
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
15
Francis De Greef
Molteni
s.t.
16
Tom Criel
Team Starbucks
s.t.
17
Rui Costa
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
18
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
s.t.
19
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
20
Branislav Samoilev
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
21
Amets Txurruka
Molteni
s.t.
22
Florentino Marquez
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
23
Johann Tschopp
Team Starbucks
s.t.
24
Christopher Sutton
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
25
Juan Mora
Wii Racing
s.t.
26
Benjamin Noval
Molteni
s.t.
27
Francisco Ventoso
Santander
s.t.
28
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
29
Juan Manuel Gárate
Santander
s.t.
30
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
31
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
32
Tommy Zaini
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
33
Maurizio Biondo
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
34
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Wii Racing
s.t.
35
Robert Förster
Wii Racing
s.t.
36
Pedro Merino Criado
Santander
s.t.
37
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
s.t.
38
Francisco Colorado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
39
Arnold Jeannesson
Team Ultimate
s.t.
40
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Ultimate
s.t.
41
Kazuki Aoyanagi
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
42
Sebastian Balck
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
43
Kensyo Sawada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
44
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
45
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
46
Luis Perez Rodriguez
Molteni
s.t.
47
Tiago Machado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
48
Jose Alarcon
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
49
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Team Ultimate
s.t.
50
Timothy Johnson
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
51
Wilson Rincón
Team Ultimate
s.t.
52
Yoshiaki Shimada
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
53
Oscar Sevilla
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
54
Evgeny Wacker
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
55
Ludvig Lundberg
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
56
Miguel Chacon
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
57
Phillip Thuaux
Team Ultimate
s.t.
58
Dries Devenyns
Molteni
s.t.
59
Anthony Roux
Wii Racing
s.t.
60
Nicolas Brolin
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
61
Peter Williams
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
62
Lars Andersson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
s.t.
63
Dan Craven
IrnBru - RBS
s.t.
64
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
65
Gert Rajala
Team Ultimate
s.t.
66
Ananias Ananias
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
67
Kristian House
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
68
Junya Sano
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
s.t.
69
Yannick Stoltz
Team Ultimate
s.t.
70
Behnam Khalilikhosroshani
Team Ultra Adventure Pro Cycling - Sponsored by Hello Kitty
+ 4'14
71
Julián Becerra
Wii Racing
s.t.
72
Paulo Lucas Martins
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
73
Jorge Nogaledo
Team Energie - Diesel
s.t.
74
Angel Madrazo
Santander
+ 5'26
GC
1
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
Molteni
7h25'45
2
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 6
3
Alejandro Valverde
Santander
+ 7
4
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
+ 8
5
Fredrik Ericsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
+ 10
6
Branislav Samoilev
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 11
7
Leonardo Duque
Wii Racing
s.t.
8
Dries Devenyns
Molteni
+ 13
9
Tom Criel
Team Starbucks
+ 14
10
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
11
Wilson Rincón
Team Ultimate
s.t.
12
Trent Lowe
Team Starbucks
+ 15
13
Gustavo Veloso
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 16
14
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Team Energie - Diesel
+ 22
15
Florentino Marquez
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 23
16
Paolo Savoldelli
Wii Racing
s.t.
17
Benjamin Noval
Molteni
s.t.
18
Phillip Thuaux
Team Ultimate
s.t.
19
Iñigo Landaluze
Molteni
+ 24
20
Francisco Ventoso
Santander
s.t.
21
Francisco Colorado
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
s.t.
22
Francis De Greef
Molteni
+ 25
23
Nuno Ribeiro
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
+ 26
24
Giovanni Visconti
Team Starbucks
+ 27
25
Juan Manuel Gárate
Santander
+ 28
Points
1
Alejandro Valverde
Santander
51
2
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
Molteni
40
3
Fredrik Ericsson
Team IKEA - Bianchi
35
4
Daniel Moreno
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Michelin
33
5
Francisco Ventoso
Santander
25
6
Leonardo Duque
Wii Racing
25
7
Rein Taaramäe
Team IKEA - Bianchi
20
8
Giovanni Visconti
Team Starbucks
20
9
Robert Förster
Wii Racing
20
10
Iñigo Landaluze
Molteni
19
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
