Cavendish claims first leader's jersey

The HTC-Columbia squad scorched around the artificially illuminated 13km course of the opening team time trial at the Vuelta a Espana in Seville to put Mark Cavendish in the race leader’s red jersey and secure the top nine places overall.

HTC-Columbia set a time of 14:06 for the testing course in the dark, with the final team finishing close to midnight local time. Liquigas-Doimo finished 10 seconds slower to take second, with Saxo Bank third at 12 seconds. Despite their recent announcement that the team will fold at the end of the season, Cervelo TestTeam put in a solid performance, finishing fourth, 13 seconds back.

Cavendish said that although he got to wear the Tour of Spain leader's red jersey for being the first to cross the line, "it belonged to the whole squad. I'm wearing it on behalf of the team."

"As soon as we did the first training ride on the course on Thursday even after ten minutes on the bike we were riding so well together I had the feeling we were going to win," he said.

"The team time trial is my favourite discipline because the whole team gets rewarded, it's special that way, and at the same time you need to get it one hundred percent right for it to work. I get to stand on the podium quite a lot, but that's because of eight other guys’ hard work. Today we all got to stand on the podium and I'm incredibly proud of what my teammates did."

“This is the first stage of my first Vuelta and I already have the red jersey but I only represent 10% of the win and each of my teammate deserve to wear the jersey as well. For me, to wear the jersey doesn’t change anything for stage 2 on Sunday because it should be a bunch sprint and we would have controlled the race anyway. It doesn’t take me away from my real goal here, which is to win stages.”

Cavendish is also the leader of the points competition, whilst HTC-Columbia leads the teams classification. The team time trial was HTC-Columbia's 55th victory of the 2010 season.

Liquigas-Doimo take second as others struggle in the dark

Surprisingly both Garmin-Transitions and Team Sky were out of the top five and failed to challenge HTC-Columbia. Garmin finished in sixth place, with five riders that included team leader Christian Vande Velde, but was 17 seconds off the pace and sixth. Team Sky was 14th, 28 seconds slower after deciding to wait for Thomas Löfkvist early on before then leaving him behind.

Liquigas director Mario Scirea was pleased with his team's performance and second place. Sprinter Daniele Bennati is the highest non-HTC-Columbia rider on the standings. He also commented on the scary nature of the opening stage. “We’ve put a strong performance, considering that the guys rode with a bit of fear because of not being used to race at night time."

"We have so many young guys here, they have ridden really well with Roman Kreuziger, Vincenzo Nibali and Daniele Bennati who have been the drivers of the team on the road. Bennati is looking good, so we’ll try and get a stage win in one of the first bunch sprints.”

Omega Pharma-Lotto finished seventh, 17 seconds behind HTC-Columbia. Team leader Philippe Gilbert was surprised at the time gap, but said it won't cloud his efforts to win a stage here. “We’ve had a pretty good time trial. To finish seventh isn’t bad for us but we lose 17 seconds and that’s more than one second per kilometre, it’s a lot," he explained.

"We lost two riders between the seventh and the eighth kilometre. That partly explains the gap. As for myself, I’ll try to take profit of the terrain when it won’t be too long climbs. I’d really like to win a stage even though my priority remains to gear up for the world championship.”

The 22 teams rode a mixture of race strategies as they defied the dark. Some chose to lose riders early after huge efforts on specific parts of the course, while others opted to finish all nine riders together. However it was about bravery and speed going into the dark corners at over 50km/h. HTC-Columbia’s polished lead out skills and fearlessness seemed to make a significant difference.

Cavendish pulled on the red leader’s jersey, with eight of his nine teammates filling the overall classification behind him at the same time. Bennati is ninth at 10 seconds.

Cavendish will wear the leader's jersey during the 173.7km second stage from Alcalá de Guadaíra to Marbella.

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Full Results
1Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia0:14:06
2Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 1 - Cell 2
3Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 2 - Cell 2
4Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 3 - Cell 2
5Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 4 - Cell 2
6Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 5 - Cell 2
7Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 6 - Cell 2
8Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 7 - Cell 2
9Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:10
10Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-DoimoRow 9 - Cell 2
11Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 10 - Cell 2
12Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 11 - Cell 2
13Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-DoimoRow 12 - Cell 2
14Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 13 - Cell 2
15Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-DoimoRow 14 - Cell 2
16Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:00:13
17Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 16 - Cell 2
18Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo Test TeamRow 17 - Cell 2
19Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 18 - Cell 2
20Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 19 - Cell 2
21Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank0:00:14
22Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo BankRow 21 - Cell 2
23Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo BankRow 22 - Cell 2
24Dominik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo BankRow 23 - Cell 2
25Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo BankRow 24 - Cell 2
26Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo BankRow 25 - Cell 2
27Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 26 - Cell 2
28Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 27 - Cell 2
29Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 28 - Cell 2
30Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 29 - Cell 2
31Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 30 - Cell 2
32Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 31 - Cell 2
33Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 32 - Cell 2
34Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:16
35Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:00:17
36David Millar (GBr) Garmin-TransitionsRow 35 - Cell 2
37David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 36 - Cell 2
38Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 37 - Cell 2
39Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 38 - Cell 2
40Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 39 - Cell 2
41Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 40 - Cell 2
42Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 41 - Cell 2
43Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 42 - Cell 2
44Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 43 - Cell 2
45Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 44 - Cell 2
46Jürgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 45 - Cell 2
47Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 46 - Cell 2
48Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram0:00:18
49Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team MilramRow 48 - Cell 2
50Robert Förster (Ger) Team MilramRow 49 - Cell 2
51Markus Fothen (Ger) Team MilramRow 50 - Cell 2
52Paul Voss (Ger) Team MilramRow 51 - Cell 2
53Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team MilramRow 52 - Cell 2
54Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team MilramRow 53 - Cell 2
55Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha0:00:20
56Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team KatushaRow 55 - Cell 2
57Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team KatushaRow 56 - Cell 2
58Aleksandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team KatushaRow 57 - Cell 2
59Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team KatushaRow 58 - Cell 2
60Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step0:00:23
61Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick StepRow 60 - Cell 2
62Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick StepRow 61 - Cell 2
63Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick StepRow 62 - Cell 2
64Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick StepRow 63 - Cell 2
65Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick StepRow 64 - Cell 2
66Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick StepRow 65 - Cell 2
67Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:00:24
68Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:00:25
69David Lopez (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 68 - Cell 2
70Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 69 - Cell 2
71Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 70 - Cell 2
72David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 71 - Cell 2
73Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’EpargneRow 72 - Cell 2
74Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’EpargneRow 73 - Cell 2
75Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia0:00:26
76David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 75 - Cell 2
77Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 76 - Cell 2
78Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 77 - Cell 2
79Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 78 - Cell 2
80Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 79 - Cell 2
81Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 80 - Cell 2
82Gustavo Cesar-Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 81 - Cell 2
83Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:00:27
84Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 83 - Cell 2
85Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 84 - Cell 2
86Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 85 - Cell 2
87Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 86 - Cell 2
88Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervélo Test TeamRow 87 - Cell 2
89Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky0:00:28
90Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team SkyRow 89 - Cell 2
91Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team SkyRow 90 - Cell 2
92Benjamin Swift (GBr) Team SkyRow 91 - Cell 2
93Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team SkyRow 92 - Cell 2
94Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team KatushaRow 93 - Cell 2
95Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 94 - Cell 2
96Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 95 - Cell 2
97Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 96 - Cell 2
98Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 97 - Cell 2
99Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 98 - Cell 2
100Nicol Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 99 - Cell 2
101Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 100 - Cell 2
102David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 101 - Cell 2
103Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky0:00:31
104Gustavo Iglesias (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 103 - Cell 2
105Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ0:00:33
106Pierre Cazaux (Fra) FDJRow 105 - Cell 2
107Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJRow 106 - Cell 2
108Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJRow 107 - Cell 2
109Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJRow 108 - Cell 2
110Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) FDJRow 109 - Cell 2
111Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJRow 110 - Cell 2
112Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) FDJRow 111 - Cell 2
113Mikael Cherel (Fra) FDJRow 112 - Cell 2
114Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 113 - Cell 2
115Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 114 - Cell 2
116Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 115 - Cell 2
117Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 116 - Cell 2
118Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 117 - Cell 2
119John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky0:00:34
120Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:35
121Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank0:00:36
122Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) RabobankRow 121 - Cell 2
123Mauricio Ardila (Col) RabobankRow 122 - Cell 2
124Nick Nuyens (Bel) RabobankRow 123 - Cell 2
125Juan-Manuel Garate (Spa) RabobankRow 124 - Cell 2
126Oscar Freire (Spa) RabobankRow 125 - Cell 2
127Egoï Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 126 - Cell 2
128Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick StepRow 127 - Cell 2
129Juan-Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo BankRow 128 - Cell 2
130Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia0:00:38
131Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo Test TeamRow 130 - Cell 2
132William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:00:39
133Vincent Jerôme (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 132 - Cell 2
134Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 133 - Cell 2
135Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 134 - Cell 2
136Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 135 - Cell 2
137Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 136 - Cell 2
138Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 137 - Cell 2
139Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 138 - Cell 2
140Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 139 - Cell 2
141Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha0:00:40
142Dmitry Fofonov (Kaz) Astana0:00:41
143Allan Davis (Aus) AstanaRow 142 - Cell 2
144Josep Jufre (Spa) AstanaRow 143 - Cell 2
145Aleksandr Dyachenko (Kaz) AstanaRow 144 - Cell 2
146Assan Bazayev (Kaz) AstanaRow 145 - Cell 2
147Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:00:42
148Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step0:00:46
149Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:00:49
150Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 149 - Cell 2
151Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 150 - Cell 2
152Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 151 - Cell 2
153Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 152 - Cell 2
154Jose Vicente Toribio (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 153 - Cell 2
155Jorge Montenegro (Arg) Andalucia-CajasurRow 154 - Cell 2
156Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 155 - Cell 2
157Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 156 - Cell 2
158Juan-Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:00:51
159Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 158 - Cell 2
160Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:00:52
161Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:00:57
162Alberto Benitez (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 161 - Cell 2
163Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 162 - Cell 2
164David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 163 - Cell 2
165Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-ServettoRow 164 - Cell 2
166Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-ServettoRow 165 - Cell 2
167Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-ServettoRow 166 - Cell 2
168Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 167 - Cell 2
169Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:00:58
170Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:00:59
171Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:01:04
172Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank0:01:12
173Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha0:01:14
174Kjell Carlström (Fin) Team Sky0:01:15
175Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Team SkyRow 174 - Cell 2
176Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram0:01:27
177Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:01:28
178Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana0:01:29
179Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:01:38
180Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:01:40
181Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:01:43
182Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-TransitionsRow 181 - Cell 2
183Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:01:49
184Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 183 - Cell 2
185Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Test Team0:01:53
186Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha0:02:02
187Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana0:02:06
188Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank0:02:15
189Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RabobankRow 188 - Cell 2
190Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram0:02:16
191Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:02:17
192David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto0:02:26
193Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto0:01:58
194Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:02:39
195Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana0:02:48
196Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana0:02:53
197Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin-Transitions0:02:55
198Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Transitions0:03:24
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Points
1Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia25pts
2Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia20Row 1 - Cell 3
3Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia16Row 2 - Cell 3
4Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia14Row 3 - Cell 3
5Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC-Columbia12Row 4 - Cell 3
6Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia10Row 5 - Cell 3
7Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia9Row 6 - Cell 3
8Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia8Row 7 - Cell 3
9Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo7Row 8 - Cell 3
10Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-Doimo6Row 9 - Cell 3
11Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo5Row 10 - Cell 3
12Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo4Row 11 - Cell 3
13Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo3Row 12 - Cell 3
14Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo2Row 13 - Cell 3
15Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 14 - Cell 3
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Teams
1Team HTC - Columbia0:14:06
2Liquigas - Doimo0:00:10
3Cervelo Test Team0:00:13
4Team Saxo Bank0:00:14
5Lampre - Farese ViniRow 4 - Cell 2
6Garmin - Transitions0:00:17
7Omega Pharma - LottoRow 6 - Cell 2
8Team Milram0:00:18
9Team Katusha0:00:20
10Quick Step0:00:23
11Caisse d'Epargne0:00:25
12Xacobeo Galicia0:00:26
13Euskaltel - Euskadi0:00:27
14Sky Professional Cycling Team0:00:28
15Cofidis, le credit en ligneRow 14 - Cell 2
16FDJ0:00:33
17AG2R - La MondialeRow 16 - Cell 2
18Rabobank0:00:36
19BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:00:39
20Astana0:00:41
21Andalucia - Cajasur0:00:49
22Footon - Servetto0:00:57
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General classification after stage 1
1Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia0:14:06
2Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 1 - Cell 2
3Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 2 - Cell 2
4Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 3 - Cell 2
5Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 4 - Cell 2
6Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 5 - Cell 2
7Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 6 - Cell 2
8Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 7 - Cell 2
9Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:10
10Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-DoimoRow 9 - Cell 2
11Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 10 - Cell 2
12Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 11 - Cell 2
13Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-DoimoRow 12 - Cell 2
14Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 13 - Cell 2
15Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-DoimoRow 14 - Cell 2
16Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:00:13
17Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 16 - Cell 2
18Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo Test TeamRow 17 - Cell 2
19Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 18 - Cell 2
20Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 19 - Cell 2
21Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank0:00:14
22Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo BankRow 21 - Cell 2
23Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo BankRow 22 - Cell 2
24Dominik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo BankRow 23 - Cell 2
25Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo BankRow 24 - Cell 2
26Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo BankRow 25 - Cell 2
27Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 26 - Cell 2
28Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 27 - Cell 2
29Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 28 - Cell 2
30Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 29 - Cell 2
31Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 30 - Cell 2
32Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 31 - Cell 2
33Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 32 - Cell 2
34Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:16
35Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:00:17
36David Millar (GBr) Garmin-TransitionsRow 35 - Cell 2
37David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 36 - Cell 2
38Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 37 - Cell 2
39Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 38 - Cell 2
40Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 39 - Cell 2
41Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 40 - Cell 2
42Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 41 - Cell 2
43Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 42 - Cell 2
44Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 43 - Cell 2
45Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 44 - Cell 2
46Jürgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 45 - Cell 2
47Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 46 - Cell 2
48Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram0:00:18
49Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team MilramRow 48 - Cell 2
50Robert Förster (Ger) Team MilramRow 49 - Cell 2
51Markus Fothen (Ger) Team MilramRow 50 - Cell 2
52Paul Voss (Ger) Team MilramRow 51 - Cell 2
53Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team MilramRow 52 - Cell 2
54Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team MilramRow 53 - Cell 2
55Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha0:00:20
56Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team KatushaRow 55 - Cell 2
57Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team KatushaRow 56 - Cell 2
58Aleksandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team KatushaRow 57 - Cell 2
59Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team KatushaRow 58 - Cell 2
60Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step0:00:23
61Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick StepRow 60 - Cell 2
62Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick StepRow 61 - Cell 2
63Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick StepRow 62 - Cell 2
64Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick StepRow 63 - Cell 2
65Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick StepRow 64 - Cell 2
66Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick StepRow 65 - Cell 2
67Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:00:24
68Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:00:25
69David Lopez (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 68 - Cell 2
70Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 69 - Cell 2
71Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 70 - Cell 2
72David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 71 - Cell 2
73Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’EpargneRow 72 - Cell 2
74Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’EpargneRow 73 - Cell 2
75Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia0:00:26
76David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 75 - Cell 2
77Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 76 - Cell 2
78Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 77 - Cell 2
79Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 78 - Cell 2
80Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 79 - Cell 2
81Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 80 - Cell 2
82Gustavo Cesar-Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 81 - Cell 2
83Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:00:27
84Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 83 - Cell 2
85Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 84 - Cell 2
86Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 85 - Cell 2
87Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 86 - Cell 2
88Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervélo Test TeamRow 87 - Cell 2
89Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky0:00:28
90Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team SkyRow 89 - Cell 2
91Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team SkyRow 90 - Cell 2
92Benjamin Swift (GBr) Team SkyRow 91 - Cell 2
93Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team SkyRow 92 - Cell 2
94Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team KatushaRow 93 - Cell 2
95Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 94 - Cell 2
96Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 95 - Cell 2
97Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 96 - Cell 2
98Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 97 - Cell 2
99Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 98 - Cell 2
100Nicol Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 99 - Cell 2
101Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 100 - Cell 2
102David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 101 - Cell 2
103Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky0:00:31
104Gustavo Iglesias (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 103 - Cell 2
105Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ0:00:33
106Pierre Cazaux (Fra) FDJRow 105 - Cell 2
107Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJRow 106 - Cell 2
108Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJRow 107 - Cell 2
109Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJRow 108 - Cell 2
110Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) FDJRow 109 - Cell 2
111Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJRow 110 - Cell 2
112Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) FDJRow 111 - Cell 2
113Mikael Cherel (Fra) FDJRow 112 - Cell 2
114Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 113 - Cell 2
115Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 114 - Cell 2
116Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 115 - Cell 2
117Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 116 - Cell 2
118Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 117 - Cell 2
119John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky0:00:34
120Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:35
121Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank0:00:36
122Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) RabobankRow 121 - Cell 2
123Mauricio Ardila (Col) RabobankRow 122 - Cell 2
124Nick Nuyens (Bel) RabobankRow 123 - Cell 2
125Juan-Manuel Garate (Spa) RabobankRow 124 - Cell 2
126Oscar Freire (Spa) RabobankRow 125 - Cell 2
127Egoï Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 126 - Cell 2
128Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick StepRow 127 - Cell 2
129Juan-Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo BankRow 128 - Cell 2
130Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia0:00:38
131Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo Test TeamRow 130 - Cell 2
132William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:00:39
133Vincent Jerôme (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 132 - Cell 2
134Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 133 - Cell 2
135Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 134 - Cell 2
136Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 135 - Cell 2
137Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 136 - Cell 2
138Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 137 - Cell 2
139Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 138 - Cell 2
140Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 139 - Cell 2
141Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha0:00:40
142Dmitry Fofonov (Kaz) Astana0:00:41
143Allan Davis (Aus) AstanaRow 142 - Cell 2
144Josep Jufre (Spa) AstanaRow 143 - Cell 2
145Aleksandr Dyachenko (Kaz) AstanaRow 144 - Cell 2
146Assan Bazayev (Kaz) AstanaRow 145 - Cell 2
147Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:00:42
148Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step0:00:46
149Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:00:49
150Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 149 - Cell 2
151Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 150 - Cell 2
152Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 151 - Cell 2
153Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 152 - Cell 2
154Jose Vicente Toribio (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 153 - Cell 2
155Jorge Montenegro (Arg) Andalucia-CajasurRow 154 - Cell 2
156Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 155 - Cell 2
157Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 156 - Cell 2
158Juan-Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:00:51
159Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 158 - Cell 2
160Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:00:52
161Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:00:57
162Alberto Benitez (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 161 - Cell 2
163Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 162 - Cell 2
164David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 163 - Cell 2
165Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-ServettoRow 164 - Cell 2
166Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-ServettoRow 165 - Cell 2
167Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-ServettoRow 166 - Cell 2
168Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 167 - Cell 2
169Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:00:58
170Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:00:59
171Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:01:04
172Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank0:01:12
173Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha0:01:14
174Kjell Carlström (Fin) Team Sky0:01:15
175Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Team SkyRow 174 - Cell 2
176Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram0:01:27
177Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:01:28
178Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana0:01:29
179Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:01:38
180Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:01:40
181Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:01:43
182Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-TransitionsRow 181 - Cell 2
183Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:01:49
184Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 183 - Cell 2
185Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Test Team0:01:53
186Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha0:02:02
187Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana0:02:06
188Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank0:02:15
189Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RabobankRow 188 - Cell 2
190Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram0:02:16
191Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:02:17
192David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto0:02:26
193Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto0:01:58
194Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:02:39
195Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana0:02:48
196Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana0:02:53
197Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin-Transitions0:02:55
198Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Transitions0:03:24
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Points classification
1Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia25pts
2Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia20Row 1 - Cell 3
3Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia16Row 2 - Cell 3
4Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia14Row 3 - Cell 3
5Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC-Columbia12Row 4 - Cell 3
6Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia10Row 5 - Cell 3
7Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia9Row 6 - Cell 3
8Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia8Row 7 - Cell 3
9Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo7Row 8 - Cell 3
10Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-Doimo6Row 9 - Cell 3
11Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo5Row 10 - Cell 3
12Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo4Row 11 - Cell 3
13Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo3Row 12 - Cell 3
14Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo2Row 13 - Cell 3
15Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 14 - Cell 3
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Combativity classification
1Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia2pts
2Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia4Row 1 - Cell 3
3Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia6Row 2 - Cell 3
4Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia8Row 3 - Cell 3
5Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC-Columbia10Row 4 - Cell 3
6Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia12Row 5 - Cell 3
7Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia14Row 6 - Cell 3
8Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia16Row 7 - Cell 3
9Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo18Row 8 - Cell 3
10Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-Doimo20Row 9 - Cell 3
11Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo22Row 10 - Cell 3
12Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo24Row 11 - Cell 3
13Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo26Row 12 - Cell 3
14Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo28Row 13 - Cell 3
15Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo30Row 14 - Cell 3
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Teams classification
1Team HTC - Columbia0:14:06
2Liquigas - Doimo0:00:10
3Cervelo Test Team0:00:13
4Team Saxo Bank0:00:14
5Lampre - Farese ViniRow 4 - Cell 2
6Garmin - Transitions0:00:17
7Omega Pharma - LottoRow 6 - Cell 2
8Team Milram0:00:18
9Team Katusha0:00:20
10Quick Step0:00:23
11Caisse d'Epargne0:00:25
12Xacobeo Galicia0:00:26
13Euskaltel - Euskadi0:00:27
14Sky Professional Cycling Team0:00:28
15Cofidis, le credit en ligneRow 14 - Cell 2
16FDJ0:00:33
17AG2R - La MondialeRow 16 - Cell 2
18Rabobank0:00:36
19BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:00:39
20Astana0:00:41
21Andalucia - Cajasur0:00:49
22Footon - Servetto0:00:57

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