Vuelta a España: Joaquim Rodriguez puts himself into the red on steep stage eight finish
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Vuelta a España: Joaquim Rodriguez puts himself into the red on steep stage eight finish

by Ben Atkins at 12:40 PM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Vuelta a España, Race Reports and Results
 
Purito takes his second stage of the race on Flèche Wallonne style finish to move into the lead

joaquim rodriguezJoaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) rode himself into the lead of the Vuelta a España on the cobbled climb to the finish of the eighth stage, between Talavera de la Reina and San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The Catalan rider attacked on the steepest section of the climb, with gradients of more than twenty percent, and rode away to take his second stage in the race.

Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD), who had initiated the aggression further down the climb, held on to take second place, nine seconds behind Rodriguez, while Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) lunged past Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard Trek) on the line to take third.

With overnight leader Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) unable to respond to the pace set early on in the climb, Rodriguez attack was enough to put the Katusha rider into the red jersey.

“The finale of El Escorial was harder than the one of Valdepeñas de Jaén where I won stage 5,” said Rodriguez after the stage. “Here the false flat sections at 20% really hurt. It was useful to know the course. I came to reconnoitre it in July with [teammate] Dani Moreno who lives nearby and that has helped me to win. I knew where to impose my rhythm, where to sit on the bike on the false flats and where to accelerate again.”

Rodriguez now leads the race, but with a time trial two days later he knows that it probably won’t be enough to hold off the specialists against the clock.

“I knew before the Vuelta that I have to gain as many time bonuses as possible,” he explained, “and I’m targeting them at the uphill finishes because I’m aware that I’ll lose a lot of time on Monday from riders like Bradley Wiggins and Janez Brajkovic.

“I’ll try to increase my advantage tomorrow,” he added. “In the time trial, I’ll lose at least 2’30”

“La Covatilla isn’t my favourite climb but with the condition I have, I should be able to get some time over riders like Wiggins and Menchov.”

The 177.3km stage was characterised by a long breakaway that saw Adrian Palomares (Andalucia-Caja Granada) and Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) join Matteo Motaguti (AG2R La Mondiale) and Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervélo) in the lead. The break managed to get more than eight minutes clear in the first third of the stage, and was almost enough to secure the mountains jersey for Motaguti, but it was reeled in by the Katusha team during the aggressive final 25km.

A mountain stage with a Classic finale

The jagged profile of the stage eight looked for all the world like an ordinary mountain stage; the 1st category climb to the Puerto de Mijares, followed by the two 2nd category climbs to the Alto de San Bartolomé de Pinares and the Alto de Santa Maria, would suit the qualities of a mountain specialist.

The steep, cobbled climb to the finish, with gradients of up to 28% though, would well and truly be the realm of the Classics riders.

In the absence of Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), who took an incredible Ardennes triple back in April, there was only one name on the lips of the peloton at the start line.

“Rodriguez is the favourite,” said Fuglsang. “I can imagine Katusha putting pressure on Liquigas[-Cannondale] today because they also have [Daniel] Moreno who is almost just as good as Rodriguez for this kind of stage.”

Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank-SunGard) was confident of his own prospects in the stage, but still knew who the favourite was. “It’s a day for riders like Rodriguez and me,” he said. “In a finish like this, 9 times out of 10, Rodriguez wins.”

Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) had been almost clairvoyant in his winner predictions in the first week. “At least among the riders present at the Vuelta, Rodriguez is unbeatable,” he prophesied, “but it won’t be a photocopy of stage five because this is a longer stage.”

Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM), the rider blamed for the crash at the previous day’s finish, was a non-starter due to having had 17 stitches to facial wounds. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervélo), the rider that Golas tangled with, took the start at the last moment – missing the sign on – but was not to last very long.

The breakaway takes time to escape and it gets away two-by-two

There were several attempts to get away in the early kilometres of the stage, including one from a group of 27 riders that included Chavanel. This was too big for the Liquigas-Cannondale and RadioShack teams’ liking though, and, even after splitting into two, it was pulled back again.

After 25km there was finally a successful break though, when Montaguti and Haussler got away and, after just five kilometres they were 1’25” clear.

With the leading pair more than two minutes ahead at the 35km point Palomares and Fouchard set off in pursuit. They were soon followed by Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) as they approached the foot of the Puerto de Mijares.

It was at this point that Farrar decided that he could go no further and climbed into his team car.

After 55km the leading duo’s lead was up to 8’17”, and the second pair was just a minute behind and closing in on the long climb. De Kort though, was climbing less well on his own, and was 5’20” back.

There were 30 seconds between the two pairs as Montaguti led over the top of the climb, and they got together just a few kilometres into the descent. De Kort was retaken by the peloton after 66km, with Katusha taking control of the peloton, while the gap to the group of four up front was down to 6’30”.

At the feedzone in Navalmoral de la Sierra after 83km the group’s lead was down to six minutes, and it was the point that Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) and three-time World champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank) also decided to abandon the race.

The lead comes down as Katusha sets the pace

Into the second half of the stage the Katusha team continued to steadily chip away at the foursome’s advantage. Over the top of the Alto de San Bartolomé de Pinares after 111km the lead was 4’43”, and on the approach to the Alto de Santa María de la Alameda with 33km to go, it was down to 2’49”.

As the climb began Fouchard was dropped by the leaders, just as Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) attacked to try to get across. He was only able to stay clear for a few moments though, before the steady tempo set by Katusha pulled him back

When what was now the leading trio approached the top of the climb, Haussler also found himself dropped by the two superior climbers. Montaguti led all the way up the climb and took the points over the top; Haussler was nine seconds back but was able to rejoin on the descent.

With Fouchard caught by the peloton on the way up the climb the peloton was now just 1’45” behind.

More attacks as the finish line approaches

Into the final twenty kilometres of the stage there were several attacks launched, with riders jumping clear of the peloton in ones and twos. The first to try their luck were Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Martin Kohler (BMC Racing), with the Basque rider leaving the Swiss behind after a few moments.

The attack was unsuccessful, but failed to provoke a response from the metronomic pace set by Katusha on the front of the peloton. On a small unclassified climb with 12km to go Montaguti and Palomares dropped Haussler again, with the peloton just 17 seconds behind them.

The next attempted attack came from Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) and Matthias Frank (BMC Racing), who jumped across as the climb kicked in and Taaramäe breezed past the breakaway riders. With 11km to go, the Estonian was joined in front by Angel Madrazo (Movistar), then the front group became five as Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) bridged across.

With 10km to go Madrazo went alone and with 7km to go he led by 16 seconds. Katusha was still setting its metronomic pace though, and caught the lone Movistar rider with 4km to go

Taaramäe tried again inside 3km to go but he gave up just before the 2km banner as Katusha went by; Cofidis was clearly determined to do something on the stage though, as Luis Angel Mate was the next to go, but he was caught almost immediately as Lampre-ISD took over the pace.

The final climb sees the favourites go one-on-one

As the cobbles began on the climb Scarponi was in second wheel and, as the Italian’s teammate Przemyslaw Niemiec drove the pace, Chavanel found himself dropped.

“I knew today it was going to be hard to defend the jersey on a finish like this,” said the French champion. “The gradients were really severe; I remembered this wall from my time in the 2007 Vuelta.

“Beyond this result I’m happy with my race anyway,” he added. “I was always in the front and well supported by the team, and my legs are still good, but I don’t have the explosiveness of riders like Rodriguez on this type of finish. Tomorrow we’ll see what we have to do. If my legs respond I’ll try to keep up with the best, otherwise I’ll try to recuperate some energy for the next stages.”

Under the flamme rouge, with one kilometre to go, Scarponi made his move; Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) was right on the Italian’s wheel, and took over the lead as the climb began to steepen. Scarponi went again as the gradient hit 18% but, as it got even steeper, Rodriguez put in a big jump and immediately opened a gap.

Scaponi chased the Katusha rider all the way to the line, but was unable to make any progress as Rodriguez continued to apply the pressure. “Purito” sat up and gave an exhausted two-handed salute as he crossed the line, while Scarponi followed him nine seconds later.

Fuglsang looked to be heading for third place, but Mollema put in a late surge and pipped the young Dane on the line. Chavanel was still struggling on the steeper gradients, and eventually finished 1’02” behind, giving Rodriguez the race lead.

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Vuelta a Espana (WorldTour) stage 8 Results: Talavera de la Reina to San Lorenzo de El Escorial (182 km)

  Click on the arrowsat the top of the column to sort the race results.
Country Result Name Team Time
esp ESP 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 04:49:01
ita ITA 2 Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) 00:00:09
ned NED 3 Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
den DEN 5 Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) 00:00:12
esp ESP 6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:00:15
irl IRL 7 Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
rus RUS 8 Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
irl IRL 9 Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
swe SWE 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 11 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack) 00:00:20
bel BEL 12 Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
esp ESP 13 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
ita ITA 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 15 Daniel Moreno Fernandéz (Katusha) s.t.
slo SLO 16 Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) s.t.
ned NED 17 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
esp ESP 18 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
gbr GBR 19 Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) s.t.
gbr GBR 20 Christopher Froome (Team Sky) s.t.
bel BEL 21 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) s.t.
den DEN 22 Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:00:28
ita ITA 23 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:32
ned NED 24 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) s.t.
sui SUI 25 Oliver Zaugg (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
por POR 26 Tiago Machado (RadioShack) 00:00:40
col COL 27 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
fra FRA 28 David Moncoutié (Cofidis) 00:00:41
esp ESP 29 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 30 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar) s.t.
esp ESP 31 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank) s.t.
fra FRA 32 Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
blr BLR 33 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (HTC-Highroad) 00:00:45
uzb UZB 34 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
cro CRO 35 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) s.t.
fra FRA 36 Mathieu Perget (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:01:03
fra FRA 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) s.t.
ita ITA 38 Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing) s.t.
pol POL 39 Rafal Majka (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:01:08
ita ITA 40 Santo Anza (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:01:12
ita ITA 41 Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) s.t.
esp ESP 42 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:15
ita ITA 43 Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:01:18
aut AUT 44 Thomas Rohregger (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
esp ESP 45 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis) 00:01:32
esp ESP 46 Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:01:33
bel BEL 47 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:01:36
esp ESP 48 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:42
ned NED 49 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank) 00:01:48
esp ESP 50 Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) s.t.
esp ESP 51 Benat Intxausti (Movistar) 00:01:53
fra FRA 52 Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:57
rus RUS 53 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) s.t.
ger GER 54 Johannes Frohlinger (Skil-Shimano) 00:01:59
rus RUS 55 Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) 00:02:01
pol POL 56 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
esp ESP 57 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 58 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:02:08
bel BEL 59 Francis De Greef (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:02:10
esp ESP 60 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Team Sky) 00:02:22
ukr UKR 61 Volodymyr Gustov (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:02:56
esp ESP 62 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Lampre-ISD) 00:03:08
fra FRA 63 Cyril Dessel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:03:21
ita ITA 64 Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
fra FRA 65 David Lelay (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
sui SUI 66 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) s.t.
esp ESP 67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
ita ITA 68 Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ita ITA 69 Marco Marzano (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
esp ESP 70 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
fra FRA 71 Dimitri Champion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:03:33
esp ESP 72 David Blanco Rodiguez (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
esp ESP 73 Angel Ruiz Madrazo (Movistar) 00:03:35
esp ESP 74 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
esp ESP 75 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:03:42
bel BEL 76 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) 00:03:52
usa USA 77 Matthew Busche (RadioShack) 00:04:12
est EST 78 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) 00:04:20
fra FRA 79 Steve Houanard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:04:21
ger GER 80 Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) 00:04:25
ita ITA 81 Morris Possoni (Team Sky) 00:04:29
ita ITA 82 Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) s.t.
usa USA 83 Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:04:36
ltu LTU 84 Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar) 00:04:44
sui SUI 85 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) 00:05:09
bel BEL 86 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:05:11
swe SWE 87 Thomas Löfkvist (Team Sky) 00:05:20
esp ESP 88 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:06:06
esp ESP 89 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar) 00:06:19
esp ESP 90 Inaki Isasi Flores (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t.
esp ESP 91 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha) 00:06:23
esp ESP 92 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 93 Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) s.t.
ned NED 94 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 95 Gert Dockx (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:06:25
esp ESP 96 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:06:27
bel BEL 97 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ger GER 98 Dominik Nerz (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:06:29
ita ITA 99 Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) 00:06:48
ita ITA 100 Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:06:52
aus AUS 101 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:07:22
rus RUS 102 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha) 00:07:29
est EST 103 Tanel Kangert (Astana) 00:07:45
ger GER 104 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack) 00:07:49
kaz KAZ 105 Andrey Mizurov (Astana) 00:08:59
fra FRA 106 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) 00:13:16
ger GER 107 Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:14:57
esp ESP 108 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
esp ESP 109 Josep Jufre Pou (Astana) s.t.
ita ITA 110 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ger GER 111 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
ned NED 112 Marc De Maar (Quick Step) 00:15:12
ger GER 113 Paul Martens (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 114 Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
bel BEL 115 Kristof Vandewalle (Quick Step) s.t.
ita ITA 116 Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 117 Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 118 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 119 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack) s.t.
rus RUS 120 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
den DEN 121 Mads Christensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
den DEN 122 Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
fra FRA 123 Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:15:30
esp ESP 124 David Bernabeu Armengol (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
esp ESP 125 Jose Luis Carmona Roldan (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:15:32
rus RUS 126 Evgeni Petrov (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 127 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) s.t.
esp ESP 128 Antonio Piedra Perez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
ned NED 129 Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) 00:15:36
aus AUS 130 Stuart O' Grady (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
fra FRA 131 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) 00:15:37
fra FRA 132 Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
por POR 133 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (RadioShack) s.t.
esp ESP 134 José Alberto Roman Benitez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:15:39
ita ITA 135 Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD) s.t.
ita ITA 136 Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:15:43
ita ITA 137 Daniele Righi (Lampre-ISD) 00:16:31
sui SUI 138 Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) 00:18:49
ita ITA 139 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
svk SVK 140 Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 141 Dario Cioni (Team Sky) s.t.
fra FRA 142 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t.
fra FRA 143 Geoffroy Lequatre (RadioShack) s.t.
blr BLR 144 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Katusha) s.t.
esp ESP 145 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar) s.t.
usa USA 146 Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) s.t.
ned NED 147 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
sui SUI 148 Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
ger GER 149 Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
bel BEL 150 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ukr UKR 151 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
svk SVK 152 Martin Velits (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
aus AUS 153 Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ita ITA 154 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) s.t.
ita ITA 155 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing) s.t.
gbr GBR 156 Ian Stannard (Team Sky) s.t.
bel BEL 157 Jurgen Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
esp ESP 158 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
arg ARG 159 Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
ita ITA 160 Davide Vigano (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ita ITA 161 Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
ita ITA 162 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
den DEN 163 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
ger GER 164 John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) 00:20:46
ger GER 165 Robert Wagner (Leopard-Trek) s.t.
aus AUS 166 Christopher Sutton (Team Sky) 00:22:20
ned NED 167 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
pol POL 168 Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
kaz KAZ 169 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) s.t.
por POR 170 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack) s.t.
esp ESP 171 Antonio Cabello Baena (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t.
ned NED 172 Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
aut AUT 173 Matthias Brandle (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
ger GER 174 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
aus AUS 175 Adam Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) s.t.
bel BEL 176 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) s.t.
kaz KAZ 177 Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana) s.t.
jpn JPN 178 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 179 Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) s.t.
lat LAT 180 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis) 00:22:28
ita ITA 181 Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 182 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) 00:22:30
BRA 183 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:22:31
ned NED 184 Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) 00:28:08
ned NED 185 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
ger GER 186 Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) 00:28:11
pol POL DNS Michal Golas (Vacansoleil-DCM)  
fra FRA DNF Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)  
esp ESP DNF Oscar Gomez Freire (Rabobank)  
usa USA DNF Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo)  

General classification after stage 8:

Country Result Name Team Time
esp ESP 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) 32:18:16
esp ESP 2 Daniel Moreno Fernandéz (Katusha) 00:00:32
den DEN 3 Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) 00:00:34
ita ITA 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:45
ita ITA 5 Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) 00:00:51
swe SWE 6 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) 00:00:53
bel BEL 7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:55
ned NED 8 Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) 00:00:59
fra FRA 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) 00:01:00
bel BEL 10 Maxime Monfort (Leopard-Trek) 00:01:01
ita ITA 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar) 00:01:09
bel BEL 12 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) 00:01:10
esp ESP 13 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:14
esp ESP 14 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack) 00:01:17
esp ESP 15 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar) 00:01:27
slo SLO 16 Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) 00:01:30
esp ESP 17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:01:38
esp ESP 18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank) 00:01:43
gbr GBR 19 Christopher Froome (Team Sky) s.t.
gbr GBR 20 Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) s.t.
blr BLR 21 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (HTC-Highroad) 00:01:46
irl IRL 22 Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:02:02
irl IRL 23 Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:02:05
por POR 24 Tiago Machado (RadioShack) 00:02:20
den DEN 25 Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:02:40
ita ITA 26 Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
rus RUS 27 Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:02:53
fra FRA 28 David Moncoutié (Cofidis) 00:03:00
ned NED 29 Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:03:01
ned NED 30 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) 00:03:03
esp ESP 31 Igor Anton Hernandez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:03:28
esp ESP 32 Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC Transformers) s.t.
cro CRO 33 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana) 00:03:34
col COL 34 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:03:36
uzb UZB 35 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:03:37
bel BEL 36 Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:03:46
fra FRA 37 Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:04:30
fra FRA 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:04:54
fra FRA 39 Mathieu Perget (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:07:30
esp ESP 40 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha) 00:07:47
rus RUS 41 Vladimir Karpets (Katusha) 00:08:40
ita ITA 42 Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing) 00:10:50
pol POL 43 Rafal Majka (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:12:34
sui SUI 44 Oliver Zaugg (Leopard-Trek) 00:13:39
rus RUS 45 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) 00:15:28
ita ITA 46 Marco Marzano (Lampre-ISD) 00:16:01
esp ESP 47 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis) 00:16:08
bel BEL 48 Francis De Greef (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:16:45
esp ESP 49 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Movistar) 00:17:19
ger GER 50 Johannes Frohlinger (Skil-Shimano) 00:17:25
esp ESP 51 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:17:59
ita ITA 52 Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) 00:18:08
esp ESP 53 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:18:44
pol POL 54 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-ISD) 00:18:55
ita ITA 55 Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre-ISD) 00:19:29
ita ITA 56 Santo Anza (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:19:47
esp ESP 57 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha) 00:20:45
ita ITA 58 Morris Possoni (Team Sky) 00:22:46
ger GER 59 Dominik Nerz (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:22:57
ita ITA 60 Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre-ISD) 00:24:29
usa USA 61 Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:24:49
esp ESP 62 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:24:50
aut AUT 63 Thomas Rohregger (Leopard-Trek) 00:25:13
swe SWE 64 Thomas Löfkvist (Team Sky) 00:26:09
bel BEL 65 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:29:12
esp ESP 66 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:30:59
esp ESP 67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:31:37
fra FRA 68 Dimitri Champion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:31:55
kaz KAZ 69 Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana) 00:35:59
rus RUS 70 Evgeni Petrov (Astana) 00:36:59
ita ITA 71 Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
esp ESP 72 David Bernabeu Armengol (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:37:18
ita ITA 73 Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:38:18
ukr UKR 74 Volodymyr Gustov (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 00:39:36
esp ESP 75 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Team Sky) 00:39:41
bel BEL 76 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) 00:41:04
fra FRA 77 David Lelay (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:41:19
esp ESP 78 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar) 00:41:58
est EST 79 Tanel Kangert (Astana) 00:42:21
ita ITA 80 Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) 00:42:28
fra FRA 81 Cyril Dessel (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:42:42
kaz KAZ 82 Andrey Mizurov (Astana) 00:42:56
bel BEL 83 Gert Dockx (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:45:18
esp ESP 84 David Blanco Rodiguez (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:46:07
esp ESP 85 Benat Intxausti (Movistar) 00:46:32
fra FRA 86 Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:46:34
esp ESP 87 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:47:10
usa USA 88 Matthew Busche (RadioShack) 00:47:31
aus AUS 89 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:48:27
esp ESP 90 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Rabobank) 00:48:40
sui SUI 91 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) 00:49:06
rus RUS 92 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Geox-TMC Transformers) 00:49:12
esp ESP 93 Inaki Isasi Flores (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:49:29
esp ESP 94 Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack) 00:49:47
ned NED 95 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) 00:49:53
esp ESP 96 Jose Luis Carmona Roldan (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:50:28
esp ESP 97 Antonio Piedra Perez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:51:16
ita ITA 98 Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) 00:51:28
ita ITA 99 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) 00:51:41
esp ESP 100 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:51:50
esp ESP 101 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:52:59
ned NED 102 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:53:55
ger GER 103 Sebastian Lang (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:54:22
svk SVK 104 Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:54:42
esp ESP 105 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar) 00:57:22
esp ESP 106 Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) 00:59:22
ger GER 107 Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) 00:59:28
esp ESP 108 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Lampre-ISD) 01:00:33
ukr UKR 109 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 110 Kristof Vandewalle (Quick Step) 01:00:47
kaz KAZ 111 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) 01:00:49
ltu LTU 112 Ignatas Konovalovas (Movistar) 01:01:00
esp ESP 113 Josep Jufre Pou (Astana) 01:01:15
fra FRA 114 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) 01:01:38
ita ITA 115 Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD) 01:01:39
bel BEL 116 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) 01:01:40
rus RUS 117 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha) 01:02:08
ita ITA 118 Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 01:03:13
ned NED 119 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank) 01:03:23
fra FRA 120 Steve Houanard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 01:03:26
bel BEL 121 Olivier Kaisen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 01:04:00
est EST 122 Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) 01:04:16
ita ITA 123 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) 01:04:30
ita ITA 124 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing) 01:05:26
aus AUS 125 Adam Hansen (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 01:06:13
ger GER 126 Andréas Klöden (RadioShack) 01:07:15
esp ESP 127 Angel Ruiz Madrazo (Movistar) 01:08:01
ger GER 128 Paul Martens (Rabobank) 01:08:25
aus AUS 129 Stuart O' Grady (Leopard-Trek) 01:08:57
svk SVK 130 Martin Velits (HTC-Highroad) 01:09:07
por POR 131 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (RadioShack) s.t.
fra FRA 132 Geoffroy Lequatre (RadioShack) 01:09:28
bel BEL 133 Kevin De Weert (Quick Step) 01:09:30
ger GER 134 Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad) 01:09:55
sui SUI 135 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) 01:11:26
bel BEL 136 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) 01:11:43
ita ITA 137 Daniele Righi (Lampre-ISD) 01:11:49
ita ITA 138 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) 01:12:14
ger GER 139 Simon Geschke (Skil-Shimano) 01:12:29
por POR 140 Nelson Oliveira (RadioShack) 01:12:44
ned NED 141 Marc De Maar (Quick Step) 01:12:49
ger GER 142 John Degenkolb (HTC-Highroad) 01:13:17
den DEN 143 Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 01:13:35
fra FRA 144 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) 01:14:17
ita ITA 145 Francesco Bellotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) 01:15:17
ita ITA 146 Davide Vigano (Leopard-Trek) 01:16:04
BRA 147 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) 01:16:27
ned NED 148 Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) s.t.
sui SUI 149 Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) 01:17:39
gbr GBR 150 Ian Stannard (Team Sky) 01:18:03
esp ESP 151 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 01:18:11
bel BEL 152 Jurgen Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 01:18:22
sui SUI 153 Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) 01:20:04
blr BLR 154 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Katusha) 01:20:34
esp ESP 155 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 01:21:21
ita ITA 156 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) 01:21:47
ita ITA 157 Luca Paolini (Katusha) 01:22:35
esp ESP 158 José Alberto Roman Benitez (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 01:22:52
arg ARG 159 Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 01:30:28
ita ITA 160 Dario Cioni (Team Sky) 01:30:39
aus AUS 161 Adam Leigh Howard (HTC-Highroad) 01:31:31
den DEN 162 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 01:32:45
bel BEL 163 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) 01:35:21
ita ITA 164 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil-DCM) 01:35:30
ita ITA 165 Dario Cataldo (Quick Step) 01:35:31
fra FRA 166 Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 01:39:01
ned NED 167 Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) 01:39:58
esp ESP 168 Antonio Cabello Baena (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 01:41:32
ger GER 169 Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) 01:41:35
ned NED 170 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil-DCM) 01:43:24
aut AUT 171 Matthias Brandle (Geox-TMC Transformers) 01:43:28
den DEN 172 Mads Christensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 01:44:28
bel BEL 173 Nikolas Maes (Quick Step) 01:44:33
esp ESP 174 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 01:46:04
pol POL 175 Jaroslaw Marycz (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 01:48:03
fra FRA 176 Alexandre Geniez (Skil-Shimano) 01:48:40
aus AUS 177 Christopher Sutton (Team Sky) 01:48:50
ned NED 178 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) 01:51:54
ger GER 179 Robert Wagner (Leopard-Trek) 01:52:11
bel BEL 180 Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin-Cervelo) 01:52:18
jpn JPN 181 Yukihiro Doi (Skil-Shimano) 01:52:35
ger GER 182 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) 01:53:20
usa USA 183 Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) 01:56:07
ned NED 184 Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) 01:57:14
lat LAT 185 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis) 01:59:20
bel BEL 186 Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 02:06:57

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