Tondo escapes to victory in Catalunya
By Stephen Farrand published
Rodriguez takes over GC lead
Xavier Tondo (Cervélo) out sprinted Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) to win the third stage of the Volta Catalunya in La Seu d'Urgell on Wednesday after the two Spaniards escaped from the peloton in the hills behind Barcelona.
The two went away 50km from the end of the 185km stage and held off a late chase from Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne), who finished third at 48 seconds. Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) brought home the leading group of chaser at 1:20, with Ireland’s Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) finishing sixth in the same time as Casar.
“It was really important for me to win today as this stage is just seven kilometres from my home,” said Tondo after the race. “When I was young I dreamed of winning at the Catalunya, I know these roads very well. For me today it’s like a dream. I feel really good with this team with riders like Iñigo Cuesta supporting my efforts. Believe me that is very important. We all work for one goal and finally when you achieve something. It feels great.”
Thanks to his better placing in the opening time trial stage, Rodríguez is the new race leader. Tondo is 10 seconds behind, with Sanchez at 48 seconds. Roche is fourth at 1:20.
A hard day in the hills
The stage included four categorised climbs and many other minor ones, making for a hard day in the saddle after an opening time trial and a flat stage for the sprinters.
The first attack of the day went clear after only 13km when 21 riders opened a gap. They got over the Alt de la Trona climb but the race came back together after a fast first hour of action. Another group of 14 riders got away after 60km and this time the peloton eased its grip and they opened a three-minute lead. However that was as much as they could get as the climbs along the route and a constant pace by RadioShack and then by Liqiuigas-Doimo and Katusha, reduced their lead.
Five riders remained out front with 55km to go but behind, Tondo and Rodríguez attacked. Oscar Pereiro (Astana) joined them and they quickly opened a gap but then Pereiro dropped back on the final part of the Alt de la Josa del Cadí climb. Tondo and Rodríguez pressed on, committed to trying to win the stage.
They had a one minute lead with 10km to go after a fast descent towards the finish. Luis Leon Sanchez set off in lone pursuit but Tondo and Rodríguez worked well together and even gained more time before sharing the spoils of the successful escape.
Thursday’s 209.7km fourth stage is back near the Mediterranean, from Oliana to Ascó, but includes the Alt de Paumeres climb on the two finishing circuits.
1 | Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 4:43:23 |
2 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | |
3 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:48 |
4 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:20 |
5 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | |
6 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
7 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | |
8 | Aitor Perez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | |
9 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana | |
10 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
11 | Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
12 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
13 | Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Astana | |
14 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions | |
15 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
16 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo | |
17 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
18 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | |
19 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack | |
20 | Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana | |
21 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo | |
22 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | |
23 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:05 |
24 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
25 | Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
26 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
27 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
28 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack | |
29 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
30 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
31 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia | |
32 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
33 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
34 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
35 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
36 | Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto | 0:02:24 |
37 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | |
38 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team | |
39 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
40 | Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
41 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | |
42 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack | |
43 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | |
44 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
45 | Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha | |
46 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
47 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
48 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:18 |
49 | Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
50 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
51 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:54 |
52 | Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
53 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
54 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank | 0:04:24 |
55 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | |
56 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
57 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:20 |
58 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:09:13 |
59 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:09:58 |
60 | Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:12:01 |
61 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | |
62 | Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
63 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step | |
64 | Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | |
65 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team | |
66 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:13:05 |
67 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha | 0:14:02 |
68 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:14:16 |
69 | David Loosli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
70 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
71 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | |
72 | Chris Froome (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
73 | Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
74 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana | |
75 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
76 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank | |
77 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto | 0:15:53 |
78 | Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto | |
79 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
80 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
81 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | |
82 | David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | |
83 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
84 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
85 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo | |
86 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | |
87 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
88 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
89 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
90 | Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | 0:19:56 |
91 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram | |
92 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | |
93 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo | |
94 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
95 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
96 | Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
97 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
98 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
99 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
100 | Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana | |
101 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Team Radioshack | |
102 | Dario Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
103 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | |
104 | Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
105 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
106 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | |
107 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
108 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
109 | Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
110 | Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | |
111 | Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step | 0:25:09 |
112 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | |
113 | Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
114 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
115 | Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
116 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | |
117 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
118 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | |
119 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
120 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
121 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
122 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
123 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
124 | Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
125 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
126 | Arten Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:26:58 |
127 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | 0:27:21 |
128 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | |
129 | Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
130 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux | |
131 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
132 | Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
133 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
134 | Jose Luis Roldan (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
135 | Gonzalo Rabuñal. (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
136 | Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
137 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
138 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto | |
139 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
140 | Pedro Merino (Spa) Footon-Servetto | |
141 | Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
142 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | |
143 | Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
144 | Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram | |
145 | Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
146 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
147 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
148 | Jorge Montenegro (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
149 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
150 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack | 0:28:03 |
151 | José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
152 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | |
153 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
154 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia | |
155 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
156 | Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Quick Step | |
157 | Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
158 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | |
159 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team | |
160 | Joao Correia (Por) Cervelo Test Team | |
161 | Bjorn Selander (USA) Team Radioshack | |
162 | Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | |
163 | Jose Antonio De Segovia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
164 | John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:30:38 |
165 | Jason McCartney (USA) Team Radioshack | 0:33:38 |
HD | Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram | 0:37:40 |
HD | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
HD | Aleksej Saramontins (Lat) Team HTC - Columbia |
1 | Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | pts |
2 | Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | 2 | |
3 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
1 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 3 | pts |
2 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 2 | |
3 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
1 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 10 | pts |
2 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo | 7 | |
3 | Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 5 | |
4 | Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha | 3 | |
5 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia | 2 | |
6 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 1 |
1 | David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 10 | pts |
2 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack | 7 | |
3 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 5 | |
4 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | 3 | |
5 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 2 | |
6 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
1 | David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 30 | pts |
2 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 25 | |
3 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 20 | |
4 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana | 16 | |
5 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 12 | |
6 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 10 | |
7 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 8 | |
8 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 6 | |
9 | Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
10 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 3 | |
11 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | 2 | |
12 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 1 |
1 | Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 10 | pts |
2 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | 7 | |
3 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 5 | |
4 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo | 3 | |
5 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 2 | |
6 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 1 |
1 | Team Katusha | 14:13:53 |
2 | Astana | 0:00:16 |
3 | Liquigas-Doimo | |
4 | Française Des Jeux | 0:01:01 |
5 | Garmin - Transitions | 0:01:20 |
6 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:46 |
7 | Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:02:05 |
8 | Team Radioshack | |
9 | Footon-Servetto | 0:02:24 |
10 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:09 |
11 | Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:54 |
12 | Rabobank | 0:04:05 |
13 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:10:41 |
14 | Team HTC - Columbia | 0:10:43 |
15 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:11:10 |
16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:14:49 |
17 | Andalucia - Cajasur | 0:15:55 |
18 | Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:25:42 |
19 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:30:19 |
20 | Quick Step | 0:31:46 |
21 | Team Milram | 0:38:32 |
22 | Xacobeo Galicia | 0:45:15 |
1 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | 9:04:12 |
2 | Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:00:10 |
3 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:48 |
4 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:20 |
5 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | |
6 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions | |
7 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | |
8 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:01:22 |
9 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions | 0:01:24 |
10 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack | 0:01:25 |
11 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:26 |
12 | Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana | 0:01:27 |
13 | Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
14 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:29 |
15 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:30 |
16 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana | |
17 | Daniel Moreno (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:31 |
18 | Aitor Perez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:01:33 |
19 | Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:37 |
20 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank | 0:01:38 |
21 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:01:40 |
22 | Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Astana | 0:01:44 |
23 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack | 0:02:00 |
24 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:12 |
25 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:02:14 |
26 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
27 | Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
28 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 0:02:17 |
29 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
30 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram | 0:02:18 |
31 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:02:20 |
32 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack | |
33 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:21 |
34 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
35 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:02:22 |
36 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
37 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
38 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team | 0:02:26 |
39 | Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:02:32 |
40 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
41 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:33 |
42 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:02:35 |
43 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 0:02:38 |
44 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:02:46 |
45 | Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | |
46 | Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto | 0:02:52 |
47 | Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:02:59 |
48 | Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | 0:03:34 |
49 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:03:35 |
50 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:41 |
51 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:56 |
52 | Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:04:10 |
53 | Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:04:13 |
54 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank | 0:04:40 |
55 | Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | 0:04:43 |
56 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | |
57 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:07:30 |
58 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 0:09:28 |
59 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:10:08 |
60 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step | 0:11:59 |
61 | Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank | 0:12:02 |
62 | Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:12:10 |
63 | Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:12:22 |
64 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team | 0:12:26 |
65 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:12:30 |
66 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:13:19 |
67 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha | 0:14:19 |
68 | Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:14:22 |
69 | Chris Froome (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:14:23 |
70 | Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:14:28 |
71 | David Loosli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:14:32 |
72 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:14:36 |
73 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank | 0:14:37 |
74 | Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | 0:14:38 |
75 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | 0:14:39 |
76 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana | 0:14:49 |
77 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:15:55 |
78 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:16:05 |
79 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:16:06 |
80 | David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 0:16:08 |
81 | Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | 0:16:11 |
82 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto | 0:16:12 |
83 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | |
84 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:16:13 |
85 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | |
86 | Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16:14 |
87 | Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:16:18 |
88 | David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:16:20 |
89 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:16:22 |
90 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram | 0:19:54 |
91 | Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:19:55 |
92 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 0:20:04 |
93 | Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:20:05 |
94 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Team Radioshack | |
95 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
96 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:20:06 |
97 | Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | 0:20:07 |
98 | Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
99 | Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 0:20:08 |
100 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 0:20:09 |
101 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 0:20:11 |
102 | Dario Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
103 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | 0:20:13 |
104 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:20:17 |
105 | Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:20:20 |
106 | Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:20:25 |
107 | Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:20:26 |
108 | Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana | 0:20:29 |
109 | Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:21:00 |
110 | Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:21:44 |
111 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:25:10 |
112 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:25:16 |
113 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:25:17 |
114 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:25:23 |
115 | Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 0:25:24 |
116 | Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step | 0:25:25 |
117 | Enrico Magazzini (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
118 | Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:25:27 |
119 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:25:29 |
120 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:25:32 |
121 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:25:35 |
122 | Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
123 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | 0:25:36 |
124 | Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:25:39 |
125 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:25:45 |
126 | Arten Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:27:22 |
127 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:27:23 |
128 | Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 0:27:28 |
129 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
130 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto | 0:27:30 |
131 | Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram | 0:27:31 |
132 | Gonzalo Rabuñal. (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:27:32 |
133 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | |
134 | Jorge Montenegro (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
135 | Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:27:34 |
136 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
137 | Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:27:35 |
138 | Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 0:27:37 |
139 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:27:39 |
140 | Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:27:41 |
141 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:27:43 |
142 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 0:27:44 |
143 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:27:48 |
144 | Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:27:50 |
145 | Pedro Merino (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 0:27:54 |
146 | Jose Luis Roldan (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | 0:27:55 |
147 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux | 0:28:00 |
148 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:28:01 |
149 | José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:28:06 |
150 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack | 0:28:10 |
151 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | |
152 | Bjorn Selander (USA) Team Radioshack | 0:28:11 |
153 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
154 | Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Quick Step | 0:28:14 |
155 | Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | 0:28:15 |
156 | Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | 0:28:16 |
157 | Jose Antonio De Segovia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia | |
158 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team | 0:28:19 |
159 | Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:28:24 |
160 | Joao Correia (Por) Cervelo Test Team | 0:28:26 |
161 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step | 0:28:35 |
162 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:28:40 |
163 | John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:31:00 |
164 | Jason McCartney (USA) Team Radioshack | 0:35:02 |
165 | Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 0:48:16 |
1 | David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-Servetto | 40 | pts |
2 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 25 | |
3 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 25 | |
4 | Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 21 | |
5 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 17 | |
6 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana | 16 | |
7 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 12 | |
8 | Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 12 | |
9 | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 10 | |
10 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 10 | |
11 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 10 |
1 | Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9 | pts |
2 | Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 4 | |
3 | Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur | 4 | |
4 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 3 | |
5 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 2 | |
6 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 1 | |
7 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 |
1 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha |
2 | Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team |
3 | Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana |
1 | Team Katusha | 27:16:36 |
2 | Liquigas-Doimo | 0:00:14 |
3 | Astana | 0:00:21 |
4 | Française Des Jeux | 0:01:09 |
5 | Garmin - Transitions | 0:01:16 |
6 | Team Radioshack | 0:01:45 |
7 | AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:55 |
8 | Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:02:12 |
9 | Footon-Servetto | 0:02:49 |
10 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:03:16 |
11 | Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne | 0:03:41 |
12 | Rabobank | 0:04:13 |
13 | Team HTC - Columbia | 0:10:27 |
14 | Cervelo Test Team | 0:10:46 |
15 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:11:03 |
16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:14:39 |
17 | Andalucia - Cajasur | 0:16:15 |
18 | Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:26:12 |
19 | Sky Professional Cycling Team | 0:30:38 |
20 | Quick Step | 0:31:44 |
21 | Team Milram | 0:38:15 |
22 | Xacobeo Galicia | 0:45:33 |

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