Vuelta a España: A double day for Pablo Lastras as the breakaway succeeds
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Vuelta a España: A double day for Pablo Lastras as the breakaway succeeds

by Ben Atkins at 11:51 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Vuelta a España, Race Reports and Results
 
Movistar rider escapes the break on the final climb and solos to the stage win and red jersey

pablo lastrasPablo Lastras (Movistar) won the third stage of the Vuelta a España between Petrer and Totana after escaping a four man breakaway group and soloing to the finish. The 35-year-old Spaniard, who had promised at the start to make it into the escape of the day, attacked over the final climb of the day to finish 15 seconds ahead of his previous companions, taking the red leader’s jersey to go with his stage win.

French champion Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), who had been the strongest rider on the day and the one who seemed most likely to take the jersey, outsprinted the other two riders to take second place, with Markel Irizar (RadioShack) third and Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) fourth.

Nicolas Roche (AG2R La Mondiale) led the front half of the shattered peloton over the line 1’43” behind, outsprinting Matti Breschel (Rabobank) and Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale).

The four riders, originally in the company of Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) attacked after just 6km of the 163km and, while it looked as though they might be caught as the peloton began to close them down in the middle of the stage, they managed to stay away as no one team wanted to chase too hard.

A far from flat stage with a sprinter’s finale

Stage three was to feature an ideal finishing straight for the sprinters, but with the two third category climbs of the Alto del Berro, after 116.6km, and the Alto de la Santa, with just 12.4km to go, the fast men of the peloton would have a tough job getting to the finish in the front.

The course continued the race’s journey south, moving inland into the region of Murcia, as it headed towards its date with Sierra Nevada on stage four. The far from flat course would cross the finishing line with 22km to go to take in a circuit based on the de la Santa climb; something that local rider Luis León Sanchez (Rabobank) knew would create a lot of problems.

“The Alto de la Santa has 1.5km of a steep gradient almost at the top,” Sanchez said at the start of the stage. “The pure sprinters will not make it today.”

Sanchez’ teammate Oscar Freire, who has been suffering a little with illness at the beginning of the race, concurred. “The Alto de la Santa can eliminate the pure sprinters… and me too!” he joked.

An immediate break once more as Leopard Trek lets five get away

After a frenetic beginning to the stage, Chavanel, Pydgornyy and Edet got away after just six kilometres. The three riders were quickly joined by Lastras and Irizar, making a group of five out front.

The Leopard Trek team of race leader Daniele Bennati deemed this group to be acceptable and its advantage began to grow rapidly.

Of the five riders Lastras was the best place overall, 14 seconds behind Bennati in 23rd place, and so it wasn’t long before he took the virtual race lead. He declared at the start that he would try to get into the breakaway, and was being true to his word. “Everyday is like a classic for me at the exception of the stages to Farrapona and Angliru,” he said. “I’ll try everyday.”

Chavanel was just a second behind the Spanish veteran though, and, with bonus seconds available at the two intermediate sprints on the course, the French champion could overtake him.

After 68km the quintet’s lead reached a maximum of 7’53”, only for Rabobank and Liquigas-Cannondale to move to the front to start to bring it down.

Five become four as the virtual lead changes hands

Pydgornyy took the first sprint, in Pliego after 97.8km, ahead of Chavanel and Lastras. Four seconds taken by Chavanel for second meant that he leapfrogged Lastras – who only took two – in the overall classification, making the French champion the virtual leader on the road.

Meanwhile, Edet was consulting with the race doctor, meaning the group was down to four. As the others pressed on up the slopes of the Alto del Berro the 23-year-old Frenchman was unable to rejoin and began to drift back towards the peloton.

With 60km to go the lead was down to almost exactly six minutes. Edet was now 1’42” behind his former companions but still more than four minutes ahead of the peloton. Omega Pharma-Lotto and Katusha joined Liquigas-Cannondale at the front but the speed in the peloton dropped completely as no team was keen on spending too much energy on what would likely be another complicated finish.

Leopard Trek took over with Team Sky right behind and the pace began to increase a little once more.

The sprinters find the climbing tough but the peloton is not catching the break

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) was having trouble holding the pace of the peloton and teammate Leigh Howard dropped back to help. Irizar outsprinted Pydgornyy for the points at the top of the climb, just as Edet was being taken back by the Stuart O’Grady-led peloton.

As the peloton hit the steepest section of the climb, close to the top, Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) was also beginning to lose contact. The German sprinter had Albert Timmer for company though, and so should have no trouble rejoining on the descent.

As O’Grady led the peloton over the top, it was 4’36” behind the four leaders. With just 46km to go it would be a tall order for the peloton to pull them back unless it could organise itself well. Sure enough, with 35km to go it was 4’20”, and with 30km still to race it was still almost four minutes.

With the relatively low speed in the peloton there was a crash in the middle of the peloton involving Yury Trofimov (Katusha) and Christophe Le Mével (Garmin-Cervélo).

Cavendish and Howard were still behind the peloton though, with teammates Tony Martin and Martin Velits having dropped back. They were now part of a group of around twenty riders that included Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-SunGard) – who was still feeling the effects of his crash in the stage one team time trial – and Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing).

The break looks likely to make it as the peloton breaks up on the climb

At the 25km banner the foursome’s lead was still 3’49” as the speed completely dropped off the front of the peloton once more. Thankfully for Le Mével, this allowed him to make his way through the team cars and rejoin the back of the bunch.

At intermediate sprint number two, as they crossed the finish line for the first time, Lastras opened his sprint up early, but Chavanel was able to cruise past to take the maximum points and the all important six second bonus. The French champion was now three seconds ahead of Lastras overall and, should they be caught by the peloton, just five behind Bennati.

With twenty seconds on the line for the winner of the stage, the red jersey would be decided on the line if Chavanel and Lastras managed to stay away, and the Frenchman would surely be the favourite.

The peloton crossed the line 3’46” behind though, meaning it would be very tough indeed to catch the four leaders in the 22 remaining kilometres. Kurt Asle Arvesen (Team Sky) hit the front of the peloton and the gap began to fall though, and with the third category climb still to go, there was still a chance.

The Cavendish/Nuyens group crossed the line several minutes back, ending any slim chance that the Manx Missile would be taking his fourth stage of the Vuelta today.

As the peloton hit the base of the climb to the Alto de la Santa the gap was down to less than three minutes. Team Sky was keeping the pace high, with British champion Bradley Wiggins in second wheel, tucked in behind Thomas Löfkvist. More sprinters were being shelled out of the back, but with only a short run to the finish after the summit, they were allowing the peloton to go.

Local rider Luis León Sanchez put in a small attack as the peloton hit the steepest section, but he was soon pulled back. A more decisive attack came in from David de la Fuente (Geox-TMC) – another rider who had crashed on stage one – and he managed to get a few seconds ahead.

Bennati watches his lead slip away as Lastras attacks

As the leaders neared the top the gap was down to less than two minutes. With the steep part of the climb beginning to set in, Bennati lost contact. Even if the peloton was to pull back the four leaders, the Italian might well be about to lose his jersey.

With a few hundred metres to go to the top Lastras launched his attack; as he took the summit he was a few seconds ahead of the others. The peloton followed over 1’54” behind, now under the control of the Liquigas-Cannondale team.

As Lastras hit the bottom of the descent and passed under the 7km to go banner, he led the three chasers by 23 seconds. At 6km it was 21 seconds though, and at 5km it was down to just 16 as Chavanel was chasing hard.

With 4km to go Chavanel had brought it down to 14 seconds; the French champion was doing the lion’s share of the work, which could cost him the power that he would need to sprint for the stage. Lastras was the only one that could take the jersey form the French champion though, so catching the Spaniard was the priority.

Some two minutes behind Lastras, Sanchez attacked the peloton again

At the 3km banner Chavanel had cut Lastras’ lead to 10 seconds but, with 2km to go it had crept out to 12 seconds, as Irizar and Pidgornyy made it clear to Chavanel that this was a one on one battle between him and Lastras.

Into the final kilometre Lastras’ advantage was back out to 17 seconds, as Chavanel appeared to have given up. The Spaniard sat up as he crossed the line making a number of hand signals, including a point to the heavens in memory of teammate Xavier Tondo, who died back in May.

Even though he had done almost all of the chasing to try to pull back Lastras, Chavanel easily outsprinted the other two. Roche managed to break clear of the front of the main peloton into the finishing area, but was pulled back in as he crossed the line; the group numbered just 44 riders, with the final climb having done so much damage.

Splintered groups were crossing the line several minutes after Lastras, with Cavendish’s group eventually coming in after 12’50”.

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Vuelta a Espana (WorldTour) Stage 3 Results: Petrer to Totana (164 km)

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Country Result Name Team Time
esp ESP 1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar) 03:58:00
fra FRA 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) 00:00:15
esp ESP 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack) s.t.
ukr UKR 4 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
irl IRL 5 Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:01:43
den DEN 6 Matti Breschel (Rabobank) s.t.
ita ITA 7 Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 8 Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ita ITA 9 Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 10 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ned NED 11 Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
gbr GBR 12 Christopher Froome (Team Sky) s.t.
gbr GBR 13 Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) s.t.
esp ESP 14 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
bel BEL 15 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
den DEN 16 Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
esp ESP 17 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) s.t.
ita ITA 18 Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) s.t.
ita ITA 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
irl IRL 20 Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
blr BLR 21 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
por POR 22 Tiago Machado (RadioShack) s.t.
ita ITA 23 Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 24 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 25 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank) s.t.
esp ESP 26 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
swe SWE 28 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 29 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 30 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) s.t.
esp ESP 31 Daniel Moreno Fernandéz (Katusha) s.t.
slo SLO 32 Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) s.t.
bel BEL 33 Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ita ITA 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.
sui SUI 35 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 36 David Moncoutié (Cofidis) s.t.
esp ESP 37 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
est EST 38 Tanel Kangert (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack) s.t.
esp ESP 40 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar) s.t.
ita ITA 41 Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
fra FRA 42 Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
esp ESP 43 Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 44 Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
esp ESP 45 Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
est EST 46 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) s.t.
esp ESP 47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Rabobank) s.t.
ita ITA 48 Marco Marzano (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
den DEN 49 Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:03:06
bel BEL 50 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) s.t.
fra FRA 51 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
esp ESP 52 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
ned NED 53 Marc De Maar (Quick Step) s.t.
ned NED 54 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) s.t.
ned NED 55 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
esp ESP 56 David Bernabeu Armengol (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
esp ESP 57 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
col COL 58 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
fra FRA 59 Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
ukr UKR 60 Volodymyr Gustov (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
esp ESP 61 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis) s.t.
aut AUT 62 Thomas Rohregger (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
esp ESP 63 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ita ITA 64 Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
bel BEL 65 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) s.t.
sui SUI 66 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) s.t.
ita ITA 67 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ger GER 68 Johannes Frohlinger (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
pol POL 69 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ita ITA 70 Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ita ITA 71 Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
aus AUS 72 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
esp ESP 73 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
uzb UZB 74 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 75 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) s.t.
ned NED 76 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
kaz KAZ 77 Andrey Mizurov (Astana) s.t.
ita ITA 78 Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 79 Mathieu Perget (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
ita ITA 80 Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 81 Antonio Piedra Perez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
bel BEL 82 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
esp ESP 83 Jose Luis Carmona Roldan (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
bel BEL 84 Francis De Greef (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 85 Kristof Vandewalle (Quick Step) s.t.
kaz KAZ 86 Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana) s.t.
sui SUI 87 Johann Tschopp (BMC Racing) s.t.
swe SWE 88 Thomas Löfkvist (Team Sky) s.t.
ita ITA 89 Davide Vigano (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
usa USA 90 Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
kaz KAZ 91 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) s.t.
cro CRO 92 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 93 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 94 Josep Jufre Pou (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 95 Gert Dockx (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
rus RUS 96 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) s.t.
rus RUS 97 Evgeni Petrov (Astana) s.t.
rus RUS 98 Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
rus RUS 99 Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) s.t.
ger GER 100 Paul Martens (Rabobank) s.t.
fra FRA 101 Cyril Dessel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 102 Dimitri Champion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
ger GER 103 Dominik Nerz (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
BRA 104 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ita ITA 105 Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 106 Oscar Gomez Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
rus RUS 107 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
esp ESP 108 Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) 00:06:26
sui SUI 109 Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) 00:07:28
ned NED 110 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank) s.t.
den DEN 111 Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 112 Geoffroy Lequatre (RadioShack) s.t.
aus AUS 113 Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ger GER 114 John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
pol POL 115 Rafal Majka (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
esp ESP 116 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
sui SUI 117 Oliver Zaugg (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
svk SVK 118 Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 119 Morris Possoni (Team Sky) s.t.
esp ESP 120 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Team Sky) s.t.
pol POL 121 Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ita ITA 122 Santo Anza (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ita ITA 123 Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 124 Inaki Isasi Flores (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ger GER 125 Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
ger GER 126 Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ita ITA 127 Daniele Righi (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
aus AUS 128 Christopher Sutton (Team Sky) 00:08:57
fra FRA 129 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) s.t.
ger GER 130 Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
esp ESP 131 David Blanco Rodiguez (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
ita ITA 132 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
por POR 133 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (RadioShack) s.t.
ita ITA 134 Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) s.t.
ita ITA 135 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ned NED 136 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 137 Jurgen Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 138 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 139 Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) s.t.
esp ESP 140 Angel Ruiz Madrazo (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 141 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
fra FRA 142 Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ita ITA 143 Dario Cioni (Team Sky) 00:10:25
blr BLR 144 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Katusha) s.t.
ned NED 145 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
ned NED 146 Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
aut AUT 147 Matthias Brandle (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
pol POL 148 Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 149 Steve Houanard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
esp ESP 150 José Alberto Roman Benitez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
nor NOR 151 Kurt-asle Arvesen (Team Sky) s.t.
sui SUI 152 Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
bel BEL 153 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
jpn JPN 154 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
ita ITA 155 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) 00:12:19
arg ARG 156 Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 157 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) s.t.
ger GER 158 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack) s.t.
ger GER 159 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
usa USA 160 Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
bel BEL 161 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
gbr GBR 162 Ian Stannard (Team Sky) s.t.
ned NED 163 Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) s.t.
ita ITA 164 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 165 Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) s.t.
ger GER 166 Robert Wagner (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
aus AUS 167 Stuart O' Grady (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ita ITA 168 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing) s.t.
svk SVK 169 Martin Velits (HTC-Highroad) 00:12:50
gbr GBR 170 Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
aus AUS 171 Adam Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
esp ESP 172 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
esp ESP 173 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
usa USA 174 Matthew Busche (RadioShack) s.t.
den DEN 175 Mads Christensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
usa USA 176 Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) s.t.
ger GER 177 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
por POR 178 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack) s.t.
ger GER 179 Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
esp ESP 180 Antonio Cabello Baena (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
ned NED 181 Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
rus RUS 182 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha) s.t.
lat LAT 183 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis) s.t.
ltu LTU 184 Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 185 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
esp ESP 186 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
esp ESP 187 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
ita ITA 188 Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
col COL 189 Mauricio Alberto Cano Ardila (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
fra FRA 190 David Lelay (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
esp ESP 191 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Movistar) s.t.
den DEN 192 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
bel BEL 193 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
bel BEL 194 Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ned NED 195 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
fra FRA 196 Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis) s.t.
fra FRA 197 Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) 00:23:16

General classification after stage 3:

Country Result Name Team Time
esp ESP 1 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar) 08:25:59
fra FRA 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) 00:00:20
esp ESP 3 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack) 00:01:08
ukr UKR 4 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:01:24
den DEN 5 Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) 00:01:55
bel BEL 6 Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ita ITA 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:01:59
ita ITA 8 Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 9 Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
blr BLR 10 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (HTC-Highroad) 00:02:04
ita ITA 11 Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) 00:02:05
swe SWE 12 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 13 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar) 00:02:09
ita ITA 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 15 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 16 Benat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
ita ITA 17 Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) 00:02:10
bel BEL 18 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 19 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:02:13
bel BEL 20 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
irl IRL 21 Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:02:20
fra FRA 22 Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
esp ESP 23 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 24 Daniel Moreno Fernandéz (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 25 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 26 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:02:23
esp ESP 27 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
esp ESP 28 Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
slo SLO 29 Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) 00:02:24
por POR 30 Tiago Machado (RadioShack) s.t.
esp ESP 31 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 32 Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) 00:02:25
esp ESP 33 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Rabobank) s.t.
esp ESP 34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank) s.t.
ita ITA 35 Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) 00:02:27
est EST 36 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) 00:02:28
fra FRA 37 David Moncoutié (Cofidis) s.t.
den DEN 38 Matti Breschel (Rabobank) 00:02:30
est EST 39 Tanel Kangert (Astana) 00:02:31
irl IRL 40 Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:02:37
gbr GBR 41 Christopher Froome (Team Sky) s.t.
gbr GBR 42 Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) s.t.
esp ESP 43 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:02:38
sui SUI 44 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) 00:02:48
esp ESP 45 Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:02:58
ita ITA 46 Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) 00:03:18
aut AUT 47 Thomas Rohregger (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ita ITA 48 Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:03:22
cro CRO 49 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) 00:03:28
kaz KAZ 50 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar) 00:03:32
bel BEL 52 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) 00:03:33
ned NED 53 Marc De Maar (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 54 Kristof Vandewalle (Quick Step) 00:03:36
ned NED 55 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
ger GER 56 Johannes Frohlinger (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 57 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) 00:03:45
ita ITA 58 Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing) s.t.
sui SUI 59 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) s.t.
esp ESP 60 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:03:46
esp ESP 61 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
den DEN 62 Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
ned NED 63 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) 00:03:48
rus RUS 64 Evgeni Petrov (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 65 Josep Jufre Pou (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 66 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha) s.t.
ita ITA 67 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) 00:03:50
fra FRA 68 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) 00:03:51
bel BEL 69 Gert Dockx (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:03:52
uzb UZB 70 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:03:57
fra FRA 71 Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:04:00
swe SWE 72 Thomas Löfkvist (Team Sky) s.t.
col COL 73 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:04:01
esp ESP 74 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
rus RUS 75 Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
bel BEL 76 Francis De Greef (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:04:02
sui SUI 77 Johann Tschopp (BMC Racing) 00:04:05
bel BEL 78 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:04:09
ita ITA 79 Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD) 00:04:10
esp ESP 80 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis) 00:04:11
esp ESP 81 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ukr UKR 82 Volodymyr Gustov (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:04:12
pol POL 83 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-ISD) 00:04:16
fra FRA 84 Cyril Dessel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:04:20
esp ESP 85 David Bernabeu Armengol (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:04:21
esp ESP 86 Antonio Piedra Perez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
ned NED 87 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:04:23
kaz KAZ 88 Andrey Mizurov (Astana) 00:04:27
kaz KAZ 89 Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana) 00:04:39
rus RUS 90 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
esp ESP 91 Jose Luis Carmona Roldan (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:04:41
fra FRA 92 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:04:42
aus AUS 93 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:04:44
ger GER 94 Paul Martens (Rabobank) 00:04:45
rus RUS 95 Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) 00:04:50
ita ITA 96 Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre-ISD) 00:04:51
ita ITA 97 Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
rus RUS 98 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) s.t.
BRA 99 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:05:07
fra FRA 100 Mathieu Perget (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:05:32
ita ITA 101 Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-ISD) 00:05:36
ger GER 102 Dominik Nerz (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:05:56
esp ESP 103 Oscar Gomez Freire (Rabobank) 00:06:01
ita ITA 104 Marco Marzano (Lampre-ISD) 00:06:17
fra FRA 105 Dimitri Champion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:06:55
ita ITA 106 Davide Vigano (Leopard-Trek) 00:07:05
esp ESP 107 Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) 00:07:39
svk SVK 108 Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:07:44
ger GER 109 John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) 00:07:49
fra FRA 110 Geoffroy Lequatre (RadioShack) 00:08:09
pol POL 111 Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:08:19
den DEN 112 Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:08:28
usa USA 113 Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:08:29
ned NED 114 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank) 00:08:30
pol POL 115 Rafal Majka (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:08:34
ger GER 116 Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad) 00:08:36
ita ITA 117 Santo Anza (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:08:45
sui SUI 118 Oliver Zaugg (Leopard-Trek) 00:08:48
sui SUI 119 Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) 00:08:50
ger GER 120 Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:08:59
esp ESP 121 Inaki Isasi Flores (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:09:11
esp ESP 122 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Team Sky) 00:09:23
esp ESP 123 Angel Ruiz Madrazo (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 124 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:09:37
esp ESP 125 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Lampre-ISD) 00:09:45
ita ITA 126 Morris Possoni (Team Sky) 00:09:46
esp ESP 127 David Blanco Rodiguez (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:09:52
aus AUS 128 Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:09:55
bel BEL 129 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) 00:10:02
ita ITA 130 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:10:19
bel BEL 131 Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) 00:10:23
por POR 132 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (RadioShack) 00:10:39
ned NED 133 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:10:45
ita ITA 134 Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 135 Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) 00:10:57
aus AUS 136 Christopher Sutton (Team Sky) 00:11:00
ita ITA 137 Daniele Righi (Lampre-ISD) 00:11:06
bel BEL 138 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:11:16
fra FRA 139 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) 00:11:19
ned NED 140 Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) 00:11:46
ned NED 141 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) 00:11:56
esp ESP 142 José Alberto Roman Benitez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:12:00
blr BLR 143 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Katusha) 00:12:03
sui SUI 144 Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) 00:12:29
fra FRA 145 Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:12:31
usa USA 146 Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:12:56
ita ITA 147 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:13:05
bel BEL 148 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:13:09
ger GER 149 Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) 00:13:12
gbr GBR 150 Ian Stannard (Team Sky) 00:13:13
ger GER 151 Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) 00:13:23
ita ITA 152 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing) 00:13:24
bel BEL 153 Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) 00:13:47
bel BEL 154 Jurgen Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:13:53
aus AUS 155 Adam Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
pol POL 156 Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
arg ARG 157 Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:13:54
ita ITA 158 Dario Cioni (Team Sky) s.t.
por POR 159 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack) 00:13:57
col COL 160 Mauricio Alberto Cano Ardila (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:14:11
nor NOR 161 Kurt-asle Arvesen (Team Sky) s.t.
ita ITA 162 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
svk SVK 163 Martin Velits (HTC-Highroad) 00:14:12
usa USA 164 Matthew Busche (RadioShack) 00:14:15
ltu LTU 165 Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar) 00:14:17
ger GER 166 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack) 00:14:18
esp ESP 167 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:14:25
ita ITA 168 Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:14:28
esp ESP 169 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
rus RUS 170 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 171 Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:14:45
usa USA 172 Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) 00:15:09
aut AUT 173 Matthias Brandle (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:15:16
fra FRA 174 David Lelay (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:15:24
esp ESP 175 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:15:25
ger GER 176 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:15:30
fra FRA 177 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) 00:15:44
ger GER 178 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) 00:15:45
esp ESP 179 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:15:51
ger GER 180 Robert Wagner (Leopard-Trek) 00:15:55
den DEN 181 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:16:00
ita ITA 182 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) 00:16:23
aus AUS 183 Stuart O' Grady (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
gbr GBR 184 Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) 00:16:48
ned NED 185 Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) 00:16:54
ned NED 186 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:17:07
ned NED 187 Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) 00:17:16
den DEN 188 Mads Christensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:17:26
esp ESP 189 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:18:01
esp ESP 190 Antonio Cabello Baena (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
lat LAT 191 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis) 00:18:17
jpn JPN 192 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) 00:18:29
fra FRA 193 Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis) 00:18:33
esp ESP 194 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Movistar) 00:19:41
fra FRA 195 Steve Houanard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:20:52
bel BEL 196 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:22:16
fra FRA 197 Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) 00:30:30

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