Attacking hard inside the wall-like final kilometre of the stage in search of the stage win, the top time bonus and the overall lead, Dani Moreno achieved all three of those on today’s ninth stage of the Vuelta a España.
The Spaniard finished four seconds clear of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Moreno’s Katusha team-mate in Valdepeñas de Jaén, with Roche finishing eight seconds back in fourth.
That saw the red jersey shift to Moreno’s shoulders by just one second, with 2010 race winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) twenty seconds back in third overall.
The 163.7 kilometre stage featured a five man break consisting of Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil DCM), Francisco Javier Aramendia (Caja Rural), Anthony Roux (FDJ), Luke Rowe (Team Sky) and Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r la Mondiale).
These gained a lead of almost seven minutes but were reeled in 26 kilometres from the line. Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural) then jumped clear on the second category climb of Alto de los Frailes and tried to build a decent lead, but was caught and passed by Robert Kiserlovski (RadioShack Leopard).
However Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) blasted past him, and went over the summit ten seconds ahead of the lone chaser Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), who was reeled in soon after.
The Norwegian pushed hard but was reeled in 1.8 kilometres from the line. Moreno then made his move inside the final kilometre, motoring towards the line and opening enough of a time gap to grab the red jersey from Roche.
“I’m very happy with this victory,” said the Spaniard. “Yesterday I said to my teammates that I would have liked to try to win today because I liked this stage a lot. I have to thank all them, especially Luca Paolini, who helped me a lot in the final part in order to put me in the best position for attacking, and Purito [Rodriguez]. We know each other very well, we know which stages are more suitable to the other.”
Although he is now in the red jersey, he stressed that Rodriguez remains the rider for the overall. “He’s the leader, all in the team work for him, but today I have got a chance to try for myself. We have to be focused every day and take advantage of any chances we would have to reach the team’s aims.
“I think the race is still very long and maybe I’ll have some more chances. It was a great victory in a very demanding stage.”
How it played out:
The 163.7 kilometre stage from Antequera to Valdepeñas de Jaén was another stage ending with an uphill finish, although in contrast to yesterday, the final ramp was a very short, steep one. Previous winners were Igor Anton (Euskaltel Euskadi) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), showing that small, explosive riders are well suited to the characteristics of the final climb.
The day’s break started one kilometre after the drop of the flag when former Tour de France King of the Mountains jersey wearer Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil DCM) and Sky’s Luke Rowe slipped clear. They were joined very soon afterwards by Francisco Javier Aramendia (Caja Rural), Anthony Roux (FDJ) and Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r la Mondiale).
They build a maximum lead of six minutes 34 seconds but chasing behind by the BMC Racing Team started to bring that back. It was down to three minutes 58 seconds after fifty kilometres, although the BMC and Katusha teams eased back over the next ten kilometres and allowed the break to increase to five and a half minutes.
After the feed zone, the gap was down to three minutes 43 seconds with 84 kilometres covered. Lotto – Belisol also got involved with the chase behind and when Roux beat Hoogerland and Aramendia to the Castillo de Locubín intermediate sprint (km 116.4, 47.3 kilometres from the finish), the leaders’ advantage was down to one minute 50 seconds.
Mondory edged out Rowe and Armendia for the second intermediate sprint at Alcalá La Real, 36.7 kilometres from the line, where the advantage had fallen to half a minute.
Just before they were caught with approximately 26 kilometres remaining, Aramendia clipped away and pushed ahead. The riders moved onto the day’s second category climb and the lone leader was hauled back, after which Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural) kicked clear.
He was caught with twenty kilometres to go by Robert Kiserlovski (RadioShack Leopard), who built a twelve second lead over the next two kilometres.
Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen attacked hard before the summit and tore past Txurruka, holding a ten second lead over the top. He hoped a lead of almost half a minute, prompting Luis Leon Sanchez (Belkin) to attack and try to get across.
Sanchez closed to nine seconds but was reabsorbed by the peloton, which was being led by Katusha. Boasson Hagen held a small ten second lead with nine kilometres to go, and had the same gap going under the four kilometre banner.
He continued to push hard but with a very difficult ramp up to the finish, it was clear that the fresher riders behind had the advantage. The Norwegian’s time out front was limited and he was finally reeled in 1.8 kilometres from the line.
Overall leader Nicolas Roche (Saxo Tinkoff) was close to the front of the reduced-size peloton heading towards the final kilometre. Ivan Basso (Cannondale) jumped hard after the kite and stretched things out, then Dani Moreno (Katusha) attacked hard to try to gain the time needed to take the jersey.
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) went after him, with Roche close behind and chasing hard. The Irishman took fourth but the time bonus for the stage winner Moreno and the gap he opened made things very tight.
Once the calculations were done it was confirmed that Moreno had taken over at the top by one second, with Roche second overall and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) twenty seconds back in third.
Valverde and Chris Horner (RadioShack Leopard) ended the day fourth and fifth overall, with Rodriguez sixth.
Vuelta a España (WorldTour)
Stage 9, Antequera to Valdepeñas de Jaén:
1, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) 163.7 kilomeres in 4 hours 18 mins 57 secs
2, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 4 secs
3, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha)
4, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 8 secs
5, Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 9 secs
6, Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale)
7, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team)
8, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) at 13 secs
9, Warren Barguil (Team Argos-Shimano)
10, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 15 secs
11, Ivan Basso (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
12, Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team)
13, Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Sky Procycling) at 18 secs
14, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
15, Tanel Kangert (Astana Pro Team)
16, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol)
17, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard)
18, Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar Team) at mins 26 secs
19, Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) at 27 secs
20, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) at 29 secs
21, Dominik Nerz (BMC Racing Team) at 30 secs
22, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team)
23, Eros Capecchi (Movistar Team)
24, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
25, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 43 secs
26, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 47 secs
27, Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team)
28, Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack Leopard)
29, Leopold Konig (Team NetApp-Endura)
30, Christian Meier (Orica-GreenEdge) at 49 secs
31, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge)
32, Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida)
33, Rigoberto Uran Uran (Sky Procycling)
34, David Arroyo Duran (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
35, Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 53 secs
36, Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 55 secs
37, Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 57 secs
38, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) at 58 secs
39, Rafal Majka (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
40, Andrey Zeits (Astana Pro Team) at 1 min 2 secs
41, David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Team NetApp-Endura) at 1 min 6 secs
42, Jelle Vanendert (Lotto Belisol)
43, Oliver Zaugg (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 min 9 secs
44, Yoann Bagot (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
45, Jose Joao Mendes (Team NetApp-Endura)
46, Chris Anker Sörensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
47, Robert Kiserlovski (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 min 12 secs
48, Kenny Elissonde (FDJ.fr) at 1 min 14 secs
49, Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team) at 1 min 16 secs
50, Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 19 secs
51, Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 1 min 21 secs
52, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) at 1 min 22 secs
53, Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 min 25 secs
54, Pieter Serry (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 1 min 29 secs
55, Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 1 min 30 secs
56, Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 41 secs
57, Francis De Greef (Lotto Belisol) at 1 min 43 secs
58, Georg Preidler (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 min 45 secs
59, Daniele Ratto (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
60, Cameron Wurf (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
61, Romain Zingle (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
62, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge)
63, Maciej Paterski (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
64, Paolo Longo Borghini (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
65, Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
66, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
67, Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1 min 49 secs
68, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) at 1 min 50 secs
69, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol)
70, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling)
71, Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 57 secs
72, Mikael Cherel (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 59 secs
73, Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp)
74, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) at 2 mins 1 secs
75, Paul Voss (Team NetApp-Endura) at 2 mins 2 secs
76, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida) at 2 mins 8 secs
77, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) at 2 mins 9 secs
78, Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha)
79, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 2 mins 12 secs
80, Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) at 2 mins 15 secs
81, Angel Vicioso Arcos (Katusha) at 2 mins 17 secs
82, Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 mins 35 secs
83, Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
84, Xabier Zandio Echaide (Sky Procycling) at 2 mins 51 secs
85, Anthony Roux (FDJ.fr) at 2 mins 58 secs
86, Sylvester Szmyd (Movistar Team) at 3 mins 1 secs
87, Vasil Kiryienka (Sky Procycling) at 3 mins 7 secs
88, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 3 mins 19 secs
89, Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 3 mins 56 secs
90, Johannes Fröhlinger (Team Argos-Shimano) at 3 mins 58 secs
91, Julien Berard (AG2R La Mondiale) at 4 mins 9 secs
92, Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ.fr) at 4 mins 13 secs
93, Steve Chainel (AG2R La Mondiale) at 4 mins 16 secs
94, Luca Paolini (Katusha) at 5 mins 8 secs
95, Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 5 mins 13 secs
96, Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard) at 5 mins 31 secs
97, Christian Knees (Sky Procycling) at 5 mins 51 secs
98, Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack Leopard) at 6 mins 10 secs
99, Grega Bole (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 6 mins 25 secs
100, Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing Team) at 6 mins 46 secs
101, Luca Dodi (Lampre-Merida) at 6 mins 49 secs
102, Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 7 mins 32 secs
103, Dennis Vanendert (Lotto Belisol)
104, Simone Stortoni (Lampre-Merida) at 8 mins 27 secs
105, Nico Sijmens (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 8 mins 32 secs
106, Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 8 mins 39 secs
107, Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Sharp) at 8 mins 47 secs
108, David Tanner (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
109, Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team) at 9 mins 8 secs
110, Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Team Argos-Shimano)
111, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) at 10 mins 5 secs
112, Michel Kreder (Garmin-Sharp) at 10 mins 36 secs
113, Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto Belisol)
114, Ben Gastauer (AG2R La Mondiale)
115, Iker Camano (Team NetApp-Endura)
116, Dario Cataldo (Sky Procycling)
117, Dmitry Kozontchuk (Katusha)
118, Jerome Coppel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
119, Stef Clement (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 11 mins 13 secs
120, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
121, Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
122, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto Belisol)
123, Cédric Pineau (FDJ.fr)
124, Lloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale) at 11 mins 33 secs
125, Guillaume Boivin (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 11 mins 41 secs
126, Arnaud Courteille (FDJ.fr) at 11 mins 43 secs
127, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 11 mins 52 secs
128, Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) at 11 mins 54 secs
129, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 16 mins 19 secs
130, Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Sharp)
131, Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
132, Nick Nuyens (Garmin-Sharp)
133, Juan Manuel Garate (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
134, Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar Team)
135, Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard)
136, Mikel Landa Meana (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
137, Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Movistar Team)
138, Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team)
139, José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Movistar Team)
140, Zakkari Dempster (Team NetApp-Endura)
141, Ivan Velasco Murillo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
142, Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Belisol)
143, Bartosz Huzarski (Team NetApp-Endura)
144, Caleb Fairly (Garmin-Sharp)
145, Thierry Hupond (Team Argos-Shimano)
146, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp)
147, Ramon Sinkeldam (Team Argos-Shimano)
148, Ben Hermans (RadioShack Leopard)
149, Robert Wagner (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
150, Jan Barta (Team NetApp-Endura)
151, Grégory Rast (RadioShack Leopard)
152, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol)
153, Baden Cooke (Orica-GreenEdge)
154, Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
155, Sam Bewley (Orica-GreenEdge)
156, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
157, Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
158, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
159, Sebastian Lander (BMC Racing Team)
160, Thomas Peterson (Team Argos-Shimano)
161, Graeme Brown (Belkin Pro Cycling Team)
162, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team)
163, Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
164, Antonio Piedra Perez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
165, Stéphane Poulhies (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 16 mins 29 secs
166, Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge)
167, Tom Stamsnijder (Team Argos-Shimano)
168, Mitchell Docker (Orica-GreenEdge)
169, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
170, Laurent Mangel (FDJ.fr)
171, Daniel Schorn (Team NetApp-Endura)
172, Nikias Arndt (Team Argos-Shimano)
173, Salvatore Puccio (Sky Procycling)
174, Cyril Bessy (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
175, Francesco Lasca (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
176, Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha)
177, Nicki Sörensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
178, Evgeny Petrov (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
179, Winner Anacona Gomez (Lampre-Merida)
180, Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team)
181, Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ.fr)
182, Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge)
183, Adrien Petit (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)
184, Michael Morkov (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
185, Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
186, Massimo Graziato (Lampre-Merida) at 16 mins 53 secs
187, Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (AG2R La Mondiale) at 16 mins 57 secs
188, Alessandro Vanotti (Astana Pro Team) at 17 mins 3 secs
189, Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) at 17 mins 10 secs
190, Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
191, Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Lampre-Merida)
192, Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
193, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 17 mins 13 secs
194, Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida)
Intermediate sprints:
Castillo de Locubín (km 116.4):
1, Anthony Roux (FDJ.fr) 4 pts
2, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 2
3, Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 1
Alcalá la Real (km 127):
1, Lloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale) 4 pts
2, Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) 2
3, Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 1
King of the mountains:
Category two climb of Alto de los Failes (km 148):
1, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 5 pts
2, Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 3
3, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team) 1
Most combative rider: Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Teams:
1, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 12 hours 57 mins 33 secs
2, BMC Racing Team, at 16 secs
3, Movistar Team, at 18 secs
4, Astana Pro Team, at 32 secs
5, Katusha, at 1 min 31 secs
6, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, at 1 min 33 secs
7, RadioShack Leopard, at 1 min 35 secs
8, AG2R La Mondiale, at 1 min 53 secs
9, Cannondale Pro Cycling, at 2 mins 11 secs
10, Belkin Pro Cycling Team, at 2 mins 12 secs
11, Sky Procycling, at 2 mins 15 secs
12, Team NetApp-Endura, at 2 mins 20 secs
13, Lotto Belisol, at 2 mins 25 secs
14, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 2 mins 31 secs
15, Orica-GreenEdge, at 2 mins 41 secs
16, Lampre-Merida, at 2 mins 42 secs
17, Cofidis, Solutions Credits, at 3 mins 37 secs
18, FDJ.fr, at 3 mins 42 secs
19, Team Argos-Shimano, at 5 mins 14 secs
20, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, at 5 mins 33 secs
21, Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team, at 7 mins 49 secs
22, Garmin-Sharp, at 20 mins 40 secs
General classification after stage 9:
1, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha 3) at 5 hours 58 mins 34 secs
2, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 secs
3, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team) at 20 secs
4, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 22 secs
5, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) at 28 secs
6, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) at 56 secs
7, Leopold Konig (Team NetApp-Endura) at 1 min 9 secs
8, Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 min 10 secs
9, Rigoberto Uran Uran (Sky Procycling) at 1 min 24 secs
10, Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) at 1 min 25 secs
11, Ivan Basso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 min 36 secs
12, Rafal Majka (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 min 43 secs
13, Eros Capecchi (Movistar Team) at 2 mins 5 secs
14, Tanel Kangert (Astana Pro Team) at 2 mins 12 secs
15, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 mins 21 secs
16, Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) at 2 mins 23 secs
17, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 mins 25 secs
18, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) at 2 mins 28 secs
19, Warren Barguil (Team Argos-Shimano) at 2 mins 31 secs
20, Bart De Clercq (Lotto Belisol) at 2 mins 33 secs
21, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team) at 3 mins 5 secs
22, Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Sky Procycling) at 3 mins 28 secs
23, Robert Kiserlovski (RadioShack Leopard) at 3 mins 36 secs
24, David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Team NetApp-Endura) at 3 mins 39 secs
25, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 3 mins 48 secs
26, Chris Anker Sörensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 4 mins 2 secs
27, David Arroyo Duran (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 4 mins 5 secs
28, Dominik Nerz (BMC Racing Team) at 4 mins 6 secs
29, Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 4 mins 30 secs
30, Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 4 mins 35 secs
31, Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team) at 4 mins 47 secs
32, Jose Joao Mendes (Team NetApp-Endura) at 4 mins 56 secs
33, Kenny Elissonde (FDJ.fr) at 5 mins 33 secs
34, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 5 mins 54 secs
35, Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar Team) at 6 mins 23 secs
36, Pieter Serry (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 6 mins 29 secs
37, Yoann Bagot (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 7 mins 35 secs
38, Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 7 mins 40 secs
39, Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 7 mins 47 secs
40, Oliver Zaugg (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 7 mins 50 secs
41, Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 11 mins 24 secs
42, Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 11 mins 41 secs
43, Yannick Eijssen (BMC Racing Team) at 13 mins 3 secs
44, Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) at 15 mins 44 secs
45, Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 15 mins 49 secs
46, Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) at 16 mins 1 secs
47, Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 16 mins 6 secs
48, Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) at 16 mins 9 secs
49, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) at 16 mins 29 secs
50, Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale) at 16 mins 40 secs
51, Sylvester Szmyd (Movistar Team) at 18 mins 55 secs
52, Matthew Busche (RadioShack Leopard) at 20 mins 43 secs
53, Jerome Coppel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 20 mins 53 secs
54, Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 21 mins 2 secs
55, Anthony Roux (FDJ.fr) at 21 mins 19 secs
56, Roman Kreuziger (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 23 mins 6 secs
57, Bartosz Huzarski (Team NetApp-Endura) at 23 mins 11 secs
58, Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr) at 23 mins 34 secs
59, Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 23 mins 59 secs
60, Georg Preidler (Team Argos-Shimano) at 25 mins 22 secs
61, Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) at 25 mins 54 secs
62, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) at 26 mins 18 secs
63, Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 26 mins 27 secs
64, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) at 28 mins 32 secs
65, Manuele Mori (Lampre-Merida) at 28 mins 41 secs
66, Jelle Vanendert (Lotto Belisol) at 28 mins 54 secs
67, Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 29 mins 44 secs
68, Julien Berard (AG2R La Mondiale) at 30 mins 0 secs
69, Ivan Velasco Murillo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 30 mins 58 secs
70, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) at 30 mins 59 secs
71, Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 32 mins 48 secs
72, Xabier Zandio Echaide (Sky Procycling)
73, Angel Vicioso Arcos (Katusha) at 32 mins 57 secs
74, Romain Zingle (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 33 mins 1 secs
75, Paul Voss (Team NetApp-Endura) at 33 mins 8 secs
76, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 33 mins 11 secs
77, Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) at 33 mins 51 secs
78, Ben Hermans (RadioShack Leopard) at 34 mins 41 secs
79, Cameron Wurf (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 34 mins 47 secs
80, Stef Clement (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 35 mins 51 secs
81, Rafael Valls Ferri (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 35 mins 54 secs
82, Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp) at 36 mins 2 secs
83, Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol)
84, Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 36 mins 38 secs
85, Francis De Greef (Lotto Belisol) at 37 mins 3 secs
86, Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack Leopard) at 39 mins 1 secs
87, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) at 39 mins 53 secs
88, Maciej Paterski (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 39 mins 59 secs
89, Mikel Landa Meana (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 40 mins 51 secs
90, Grega Bole (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 41 mins 45 secs
91, Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Team Argos-Shimano) at 41 mins 59 secs
92, Daniele Ratto (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 43 mins 23 secs
93, Ben Gastauer (AG2R La Mondiale) at 43 mins 50 secs
94, Johannes Fröhlinger (Team Argos-Shimano) at 44 mins 11 secs
95, Dennis Vanendert (Lotto Belisol) at 44 mins 13 secs
96, Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 44 mins 16 secs
97, Christian Knees (Sky Procycling) at 44 mins 38 secs
98, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) at 44 mins 56 secs
99, Dario Cataldo (Sky Procycling) at 45 mins 35 secs
100, Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) at 45 mins 54 secs
101, David Tanner (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 48 mins 0 secs
102, Simone Stortoni (Lampre-Merida) at 48 mins 42 secs
103, Thierry Hupond (Team Argos-Shimano) at 49 mins 21 secs
104, Luca Paolini (Katusha) at 49 mins 32 secs
105, Andrey Zeits (Astana Pro Team) at 49 mins 36 secs
106, Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ.fr) at 49 mins 40 secs
107, Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Sharp) at 50 mins 11 secs
108, Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) at 51 mins 39 secs
109, Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 52 mins 5 secs
110, Jan Barta (Team NetApp-Endura) at 52 mins 7 secs
111, Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 53 mins 9 secs
112, Vasil Kiryienka (Sky Procycling) at 53 mins 27 secs
113, Steve Chainel (AG2R La Mondiale) at 53 mins 36 secs
114, Paolo Longo Borghini (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 55 mins 43 secs
115, Grégory Rast (RadioShack Leopard) at 55 mins 48 secs
116, Christian Meier (Orica-GreenEdge) at 56 mins 10 secs
117, Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 57 mins 21 secs
118, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 57 mins 35 secs
119, Mikael Cherel (AG2R La Mondiale) at 57 mins 52 secs
120, Daniel Schorn (Team NetApp-Endura) at 58 mins 5 secs
121, Iker Camano (Team NetApp-Endura) at 58 mins 8 secs
122, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 59 mins 10 secs
123, Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) at 59 mins 11 secs
124, Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 59 mins 16 secs
125, Geoffrey Soupe (FDJ.fr) at 59 mins 49 secs
126, Salvatore Puccio (Sky Procycling) at 59 mins 54 secs
127, Lloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 hour 8 secs
128, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hour 39 secs
129, Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) at 1 hour 51 secs
130, Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hour 1 min 17 secs
131, Guillaume Boivin (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hour 2 mins 37 secs
132, Cédric Pineau (FDJ.fr) at 1 hour 2 mins 46 secs
133, Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Movistar Team) at 1 hour 3 mins 41 secs
134, Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hour 3 mins 43 secs
135, Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hour 3 mins 48 secs
136, Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hour 4 mins 55 secs
137, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hour 5 mins 0 secs
138, Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard) at 1 hour 5 mins 10 secs
139, Matteo Tosatto (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hour 5 mins 50 secs
140, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hour 6 mins 13 secs
141, Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team) at 1 hour 6 mins 18 secs
142, Baden Cooke (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hour 6 mins 29 secs
143, Ramon Sinkeldam (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hour 6 mins 31 secs
144, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hour 6 mins 39 secs
145, Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team) at 1 hour 6 mins 47 secs
146, Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hour 6 mins 52 secs
147, Michael Morkov (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hour 7 mins 6 secs
148, Luca Dodi (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hour 7 mins 42 secs
149, Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 1 hour 8 mins 58 secs
150, Nico Sijmens (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hour 9 mins 10 secs
151, Dmitry Kozontchuk (Katusha) at 1 hour 9 mins 57 secs
152, José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Movistar Team) at 1 hour 10 mins 8 secs
153, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hour 10 mins 22 secs
154, Robert Wagner (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hour 11 mins 27 secs
155, Juan Manuel Garate (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hour 12 mins 17 secs
156, Winner Anacona Gomez (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hour 12 mins 18 secs
157, Mitchell Docker (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hour 12 mins 30 secs
158, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 1 hour 12 mins 31 secs
159, Stéphane Poulhies (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hour 12 mins 47 secs
160, Alessandro Vanotti (Astana Pro Team) at 1 hour 13 mins 22 secs
161, Nicki Sörensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hour 14 mins 11 secs
162, Adrien Petit (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hour 14 mins 23 secs
163, Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) at 1 hour 15 mins 27 secs
164, Zakkari Dempster (Team NetApp-Endura) at 1 hour 15 mins 50 secs
165, Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar Team) at 1 hour 15 mins 53 secs
166, Francesco Lasca (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 1 hour 17 mins 2 secs
167, Arnaud Courteille (FDJ.fr)
168, Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 1 hour 18 mins 16 secs
169, Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hour 18 mins 25 secs
170, Sam Bewley (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hour 18 mins 51 secs
171, Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 1 hour 19 mins 48 secs
172, Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Belisol) at 1 hour 20 mins 19 secs
173, Antonio Piedra Perez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 1 hour 20 mins 23 secs
174, Nikias Arndt (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hour 20 mins 26 secs
175, Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hour 21 mins 5 secs
176, Caleb Fairly (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hour 21 mins 11 secs
177, Laurent Mangel (FDJ.fr) at 1 hour 21 mins 12 secs
178, Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 hour 21 mins 59 secs
179, Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha) at 1 hour 22 mins 16 secs
180, Evgeny Petrov (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 hour 22 mins 38 secs
181, Cyril Bessy (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) at 1 hour 22 mins 44 secs
182, Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 1 hour 22 mins 54 secs
183, Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) at 1 hour 23 mins 47 secs
184, Sebastian Lander (BMC Racing Team) at 1 hour 24 mins 59 secs
185, Nick Nuyens (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hour 25 mins 30 secs
186, Thomas Peterson (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hour 26 mins 21 secs
187, Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hour 27 mins 25 secs
188, Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 hour 27 mins 37 secs
189, Graeme Brown (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hour 28 mins 21 secs
190, Massimo Graziato (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hour 30 mins 43 secs
191, Tom Stamsnijder (Team Argos-Shimano) at 1 hour 31 mins 28 secs
192, Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 hour 36 mins 56 secs
193, Michel Kreder (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 hour 38 mins 27 secs
194, Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida) at 1 hour 40 mins 54 secs
Points:
1, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) 93 pts
2, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 68
3, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 65
4, Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) 53
5, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 49
6, Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Lampre-Merida) 40
7, Leopold Konig (Team NetApp-Endura) 39
8, Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 38
9, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) 36
10, Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) 35
11, Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 34
12, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) 33
13, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 32
14, Ivan Basso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 31
15, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) 30
16, Michael Morkov (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 26
17, Rigoberto Uran Uran (Sky Procycling) 26
18, Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 25
19, Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 24
20, Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) 22
21, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) 20
22, Adrien Petit (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 19
23, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) 18
24, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) 17
25, Rafal Majka (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 17
26, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) 16
27, Robert Wagner (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) 16
28, Warren Barguil (Team Argos-Shimano) 15
29, Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 15
30, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team) 14
Mountains:
1, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 15 pts
2, Leopold Konig (Team NetApp-Endura) 12
3, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) 12
4, Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 11
5, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 5
6, Winner Anacona Gomez (Lampre-Merida) 5
7, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) 4
8, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) 3
9, Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 3
10, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 3
11, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) 2
12, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) 2
13, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) 2
14, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 1
15, Ivan Basso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 1
16, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team) 1
17, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto Belisol) 1
18, Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Sharp) 1
19, Antonio Piedra Perez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 1
Combination classification:
1, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) 5 pts
2, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 5
3, Leopold Konig (Team NetApp-Endura) 16
4, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 17
5, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) 25
6, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 25
7, Ivan Basso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 40
8, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) 43
9, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr) 55
10, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) 80
11, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) 122
12, Nicolas Edet (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 162
13, Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) 176
14, Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto Belisol) 200
15, Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Sharp) 223
16, Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 234
17, Winner Anacona Gomez (Lampre-Merida) 241
18, Antonio Piedra Perez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) 241
Teams:
1, Movistar Team, 107 hours 10 secs
2, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, at 17 secs
3, RadioShack Leopard, at 32 secs
4, Astana Pro Team, at 1 min 25 secs
5, Team NetApp-Endura, at 2 mins 46 secs
6, Katusha, at 3 mins 4 secs
7, FDJ.fr, at 6 mins 35 secs
8, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 6 mins 36 secs
9, BMC Racing Team, at 11 mins 54 secs
10, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, at 15 mins 45 secs
11, Belkin Pro Cycling Team, at 16 mins 16 secs
12, Cofidis, Solutions Credits, at 17 mins 59 secs
13, Sky Procycling, at 18 mins 20 secs
14, AG2R La Mondiale, at 21 mins 48 secs
15, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 28 mins 49 secs
16, Cannondale Pro Cycling, at 30 mins 6 secs
17, Lotto Belisol, at 31 mins 7 secs
18, Lampre-Merida, at 36 mins 20 secs
19, Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team, at 36 mins 23 secs
20, Team Argos-Shimano, at 46 mins
21, Garmin-Sharp, at 1 hour 30 mins 50 secs
22, Orica-GreenEdge, at 1 hour 34 mins 4 secs