Barredo wins wet San Sebastián Classic
By Gregor Brown published
Spaniard wins home one-day race
Spain's Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) won a wet Clásica San Sebastián in Spain today from an escape group. He sprinted ahead of Czech Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) along the waterfront in San Sebastián after 237 kilometres of racing, including the Alto de Jaizkibel climb.
"Sports-wise this is the best day of my life," said Barredo.
"There were a lot of adversaries today, but I knew I could be up there with the best. So I tried to ride my race without worrying about the competition too much. Too many times in the past I lost the moment because I was waiting for my adversaries."
Barredo made the winning move with France's Pierrick Fédrigo (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) on the final categorised climb, Arkale, at 15 kilometres remaining. They passed Russian Evgeni Petrov (Katusha), who had escaped with a group of riders on the Jaizkibel climb.
Tour de France riders ruled the race's final kilometres.
Barredo and Tour's stage nine winner, Fédrigo, went over the top of Arkale with only a six-second lead. Kreuziger led the chase with an attack before the top, joined by Kim Kirchen (Columbia-HTC) and Luis León Sánchez (Caisse d'Epargne).
"It was very dangerous with the wet descents, the selection was made on the descents instead of the climbs," said Kreuziger.
Spaniard Sánchez caught Fédrigo and a solo Barredo after the descent of Arkale, 11 kilometres remaining. Kreuziger, Kirchen and Fédrigo continued their chase behind.
Sánchez showed the same speed he had when he won the Tour's stage eight three weeks ago. His presence ruled out the chances of last year's San Sebastián winner and teammate, Alejandro Valverde. Valverde was in the main group behind the front five riders.
The race re-shuffled on the un-categorised Miracruz climb outside of San Sebastián. Italian Champion Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) attacked from Valverde's group and caught the chasing trio and Kreuziger attacked on the descent.
Kreuziger, around two kilometres remaining, passed Sánchez and Barredo to ride solo briefly. Barredo re-joined him before the final one kilometre. Kreuziger led until the final 200 metres, when he was unable to respond to the sprint of Barredo.
The main group of chasers caught Pozzato's group before the sprint. France's Mickaël Delage (Silence-Lotto) led over the line for third seven seconds behind Barredo and Kreuziger.
"In the Tour de France I tried attacking thousands of times without luck," said Barredo.
Barredo featured in escape groups in the Tour de France's stages to Aubenas and Paris. Last year, he attacked with Marcus Burghardt in stage 18 to Saint-Étienne but lost the sprint.
Barredo won his first race with team Quick Step earlier in 2008 at Paris-Nice, stage five. He started his professional career with Liberty Seguros in 2004.
Read the live report.
1 | Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step | 5:37:00 |
2 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | |
3 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:07 |
4 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
5 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
6 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | |
7 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
8 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
9 | Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
10 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
11 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
12 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | |
13 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
14 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | |
15 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | |
16 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | |
17 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
18 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
19 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
20 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
21 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
22 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
23 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | |
24 | Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
25 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
26 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | |
27 | Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
28 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
29 | Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
30 | Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
31 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step | |
32 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto | |
33 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
34 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
35 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | |
36 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:02:00 |
37 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
38 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:02:19 |
39 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:02:21 |
40 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
41 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:03:09 |
42 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:03:18 |
43 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | |
44 | Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
45 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
46 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 0:04:52 |
47 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
48 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | |
49 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad | 0:05:49 |
50 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:58 |
51 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
52 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas | |
53 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas | |
54 | Lasse Bochmann (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
55 | Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha | |
56 | Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:08:45 |
57 | Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:09:24 |
58 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 0:10:52 |
59 | Javier Echarri (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
60 | Aitor Perezarrieta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
61 | Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
62 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram | |
63 | Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
64 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
65 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
66 | Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
67 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank | |
68 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
69 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | |
70 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
71 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
72 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana | |
73 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
74 | Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
75 | Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
76 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
77 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
78 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | |
79 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha | |
80 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | |
81 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
82 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | |
83 | Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:10:56 |
84 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
85 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
86 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
87 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
88 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
89 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
90 | Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:11:59 |
DNS | Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
DNF | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad | |
DNF | Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana | |
DNF | Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana | |
DNF | Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana | |
DNF | Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana | |
DNF | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | |
DNF | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
DNF | Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | |
DNF | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas | |
DNF | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Amica Chips - Knauf | |
DNF | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
DNF | Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank | |
DNF | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Jürgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
DNF | Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank | |
DNF | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank | |
DNF | Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank | |
DNF | Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
DNF | Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
DNF | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
DNF | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
DNF | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
DNF | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
DNF | Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
DNF | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
DNF | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
DNF | Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
DNF | Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
DNF | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | |
DNF | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | |
DNF | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
DNF | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
DNF | Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
DNF | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
DNF | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
DNF | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Amica Chips - Knauf | |
DNF | Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
DNF | Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
DNF | Benat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
DNF | Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
DNF | Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
DNF | Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | |
DNF | Adrian Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo |

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