Route du Sud: Contador wins stage 3 in Bagnères-de-Luchon
Spaniard moves into the orange leader's jersey
Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) clashed as expected during the Queen stage of the Route du Sud but instead of fighting it out on the climb of the Port de Balès, Contador managed to distance Quintana on the long descent to Bagneres-de-Luchon.
The Giro d’Italia winner won alone in the spa resort in the Pyrenees, pointing to his sponsor logo on his jersey before firing off his Pistolero winning salute.
Quintana looked cool and collected on the climb, matching Contador on the climb but then lost contact with him on the testing descent. Once Contador got a gap on the descent, Quintana was unable close the gap and finished 13 seconds behind.
Young French rider Pierre-Roger Latour (Ag2r-La Mondiale) managed to go over the top of the Col des Bales with Contador and Quintana and finished third at 35 seconds.
Thanks to the time bonuses, Contador now leads Quintana in the overall classification by 17 seconds. Latour is third at 41 seconds.
The Route du Sud ends on Sunday with a 166km stage from Revel to Gaillac in the rolling hills of the Tarn region, meaning Contador is set for overall victory in his first race since triumphing at the Giro d’Italia.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo | 4:48:05 |
2 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | 0:00:13 |
3 | Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:35 |
4 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:00:48 |
5 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia | 0:01:03 |
7 | Alberto Gallego (Esp) Radio Popular-Boavista | 0:01:58 |
8 | Julien Loubet (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | 0:02:56 |
9 | Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Mikel Bizkarra (Esp) Murias-Taldea | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Nathan Brown (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:02:59 |
14 | John Gadret (Fra) Movistar | 0:03:28 |
15 | David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) Auber 100 | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:04:41 |
18 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Ángel Madrazo (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:05:23 |
21 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Rasmus Guldhammer Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:07:18 |
27 | Yoann Barbas (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:08:37 |
33 | Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:09:16 |
35 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:10:01 |
36 | Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Team Cannondale-Garmin | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Murias-Taldea | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Antonio Molina Canet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:10:20 |
39 | Davide Villella (Ita) Team Cannondale-Garmin | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:12:07 |
42 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Cannondale-Garmin | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Julien Bérard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:12:09 |
46 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:13:25 |
47 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Yoann Paillot (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | 0:15:36 |
49 | Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Fabien Canal (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Daniel Felipe Martinez (Col) Colombia | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:17:44 |
54 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | 0:20:29 |
56 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia | 0:20:51 |
57 | Marc Soler Gimenez (Esp) Movistar | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:22:18 |
59 | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:22:46 |
60 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Julien Duval (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:23:00 |
62 | Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Edwin Alciviades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Colombia | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Nuno Miguel Alves Bico Matos (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:23:06 |
76 | Aritz Bagues (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:24:59 |
77 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:28:45 |
79 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 0:29:01 |
80 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Imanol Estevez Salas (Esp) Murias-Taldea | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Edward King (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 99 | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Hector Sáez Benito (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | David Menut (Fra) Auber 97 | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | César Bihel (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Anthony Maldonado (Fra) Auber 96 | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Colombia | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Yann Guyot (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Julien Guay (Bel) Auber 94 | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Eneko Lizarralde (Esp) Murias-Taldea | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Maxime Renault (Fra) Auber 98 | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Clément Saint Martin (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:31:07 |
104 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:31:55 |
107 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:32:42 |
109 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:34:54 |
DNF | Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrián González (Esp) Murias-Taldea | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel McLay (GBr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 95 | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clément Penven (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuel Magalhães (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Le Roux (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clément Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo | 13:11:04 |
2 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | 0:00:17 |
3 | Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:00:41 |
4 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:00:58 |
5 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia | 0:01:31 |
7 | Alberto Gallego (Esp) Radio Popular-Boavista | 0:02:08 |
8 | Julien Loubet (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | 0:03:06 |
9 | Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Nathan Brown (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:03:09 |
12 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ | 0:03:21 |
13 | Mikel Bizkarra (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:03:28 |
14 | David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:03:38 |
15 | Théo Vimpere (Fra) Auber 100 | 0:04:21 |
16 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis | 0:04:51 |
17 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Ángel Madrazo (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:05:33 |
20 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | John Gadret (Fra) Movistar | 0:05:46 |
23 | David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | 0:05:48 |
24 | Rasmus Guldhammer Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:06:55 |
25 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:07:16 |
26 | Yoann Barbas (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:07:28 |
27 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:07:41 |
29 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:07:50 |
30 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ | 0:08:07 |
32 | Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | 0:08:47 |
33 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:09:26 |
34 | Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 0:10:02 |
35 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:10:11 |
36 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Antonio Molina Canet (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:10:30 |
38 | Davide Villella (Ita) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 0:10:48 |
39 | Mads Pedersen (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:12:07 |
40 | Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:12:17 |
41 | Julien Bérard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:12:41 |
42 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:13:42 |
43 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | 0:13:57 |
44 | Heiner Rodrigo Parra Bustamente (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:16:06 |
45 | Fabien Canal (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:16:26 |
46 | Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:16:27 |
47 | Loïc Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:16:48 |
48 | Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:18:09 |
49 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:18:47 |
50 | Yoann Paillot (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | 0:19:58 |
51 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:20:27 |
52 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 0:21:08 |
53 | Daniel Felipe Martinez (Col) Colombia | 0:21:18 |
54 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia | 0:21:40 |
55 | Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | 0:22:04 |
56 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:22:46 |
57 | Edwin Alciviades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia | 0:23:10 |
58 | Nuno Miguel Alves Bico Matos (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | 0:23:25 |
59 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ | 0:23:30 |
60 | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:23:42 |
61 | Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar | 0:23:49 |
62 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:24:36 |
64 | Michael Reihs (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:24:48 |
65 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | 0:25:04 |
66 | Aritz Bagues (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:25:07 |
67 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:28:44 |
68 | Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 99 | 0:28:58 |
69 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:29:00 |
70 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | 0:29:01 |
71 | Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:29:04 |
72 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:29:07 |
73 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:29:11 |
74 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Cannondale-Garmin | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | César Bihel (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Clément Saint Martin (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | 0:29:26 |
77 | Julien Guay (Bel) Auber 94 | 0:29:50 |
78 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar | 0:29:51 |
79 | Anthony Maldonado (Fra) Auber 96 | 0:29:54 |
80 | Edward King (USA) Team Cannondale-Garmin | 0:30:08 |
81 | Jérôme Mainard (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:30:24 |
82 | Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular-Boavista | 0:31:32 |
83 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:31:39 |
84 | Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ | 0:32:06 |
85 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Team Marseille 13 KTM | 0:32:19 |
86 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:32:29 |
87 | Quentin Jauregui (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:32:45 |
88 | Yohann Gène (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:33:12 |
89 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Colombia | 0:33:17 |
90 | Marc Soler Gimenez (Esp) Movistar | 0:33:28 |
91 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar | 0:34:27 |
92 | Julien Duval (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:35:53 |
93 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar | 0:35:55 |
94 | Imanol Estevez Salas (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:35:57 |
95 | Christian Mager (Ger) Cult Energy Pro Cycling | 0:36:22 |
96 | Eneko Lizarralde (Esp) Murias-Taldea | 0:36:33 |
97 | Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Colombia | 0:36:50 |
98 | Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:37:18 |
99 | Yann Guyot (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L’Armée De Terre | 0:37:20 |
100 | Hector Sáez Benito (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:38:46 |
101 | Maxime Renault (Fra) Auber 98 | 0:40:15 |
102 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar | 0:41:45 |
103 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:42:06 |
104 | David Menut (Fra) Auber 97 | 0:45:28 |
105 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:45:29 |
106 | Louis Verhelst (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | 0:46:26 |
107 | Javier Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:46:58 |
108 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:47:35 |
109 | Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:49:54 |
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