Vuelta a Castilla y Leon 2015: Stage 3 Results

Pierre Rolland (Eurocpar) was one of the big winners from today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) won the stage 3 finale on the climb to Alto de Lubián at the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon on Sunday. He rode to the win ahead of Movistar teammates Beñat Intxausti and Igor Anton Hernandez.

The Frenchman's stage win also secured him the overall victory at the three-stage race. The top three on the decisive final stage were also the same as the overall classification with Intxausti finished 16 seconds back and Hernandez 24 seconds back.

The final stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon was a 179km race from Zamora to Alto de Lubián. An early breakaway formed that included Pablo Torres (Burgos BH), Perrig Quemeneur (Eurocar Team), Edwin Avila (Colombia) and Dmitry Sokolov (Lokosphinx) and later Marcos Jurado. The five riders held a gap for most of the race but were caught with 15km from the finish line.

Initial attacks on the climb came from Colombian Rodolfo Torres and French Romain Sicard, which succeeded in breaking apart the field into only a select group of climbers. Rolland proved strongest on the stage, winning the race and the overall title.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	4:38:35
2	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:12
3	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:18
4	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia	0:00:20
5	Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:43
6	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:00:47
7	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa
8	Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
10	David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH	0:00:54
11	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:57
12	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar	0:01:02
13	Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Efapel	0:01:29
14	David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista
15	Aleksey Rybalkin (Rus) Lokosphinx
16	Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:01:35
17	Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:01:38
18	Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	0:01:39
19	Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Colombia	0:01:41
20	Jóni Silva Brandão (Por) Efapel
21	Jetse Bol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:01:54
22	Antonio Santoro (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:01:55
23	Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:02:23
24	Victor Martin Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH
25	Edgar Miguel Lemos Pinto (Por) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team
26	Ricardo Mestre (Por) Team Tavira
27	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Burgos BH
28	Óscar González (Spa) Efapel	0:02:29
29	Moreno Giampaolo (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:02:37
30	Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Movistar Team	0:02:54
31	Sergey Shilov (Rus) Lokosphinx
32	Alberto Gallego Ruiz (Spa) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:03:12
33	Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Spain
34	Rafael Silva (Por) Efapel
35	Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:03:30
36	Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team
37	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia
38	Joao Pereira (Por) Team Tavira
39	Juan Ignacio Pérez (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:03:34
40	Joaquim Silva (Por) W52 - Quinta da Lixa
41	Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:03:58
42	Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	0:04:00
43	Israel Nuno Arguelles (Spa) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team
44	Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) Burgos BH	0:04:05
45	Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia	0:04:20
46	Gian Marco Di Francesco (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega
47	Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:04:49
48	Mario Vogt (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team	0:05:34
49	Nuno Matos (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista
50	Robbert De Greef (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:05:52
51	Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
52	Rui Vinhas (Por) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:06:20
53	Henrique Casimiro (Por) Team Tavira
54	Eneko Lizarralde (Spa) Murias Taldea
55	David Da Silva Livramento (Por) Team Tavira
56	Sergey Vdovin (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:07:05
57	Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Colombia	0:07:25
58	Adellyn Cruz (Dom) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team
59	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:07:38
60	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar	0:08:18
61	Fabian Brintrup (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team
62	Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Spain
63	Ruben Menendez Velasco (Spa) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:08:47
64	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	0:09:17
65	Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:09:28
66	Samuel José Rodrigues Caldeira (Por) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:09:31
67	Daniel Mestre (Por) Team Tavira
68	Vasily Neustroev (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:09:51
69	Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:10:19
70	Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:10:21
71	Diego Rubio (Spa) Efapel	0:10:32
72	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar	0:11:28
73	Cristian Astals Fernandez (Spa) Spain
74	José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:11:57
75	Kobus Hereijgers (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:12:10
76	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:12:57
77	Aitor González (Spa) Spain
78	Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
79	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team
80	Domingos André Maciel Gonçalves (Por) Efapel
81	Johnatan Fernando Sarmiento Pacheco (Col) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:13:11
82	Julio Alberto Amores Palacios (Spa) Spain	0:13:25
83	Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa
84	Imanol Estevez (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:13:30
85	Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team Tavira	0:14:52
86	Diogo Nunes (Por) Team Tavira
87	Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia	0:15:00
88	Marco Mathis (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team	0:15:42
89	Pablo Torres Muino (Spa) Burgos BH	0:17:40
90	Dario Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH
91	Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH
92	Timon Van Reek (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:18:24
93	Daan Meijers (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:18:27
94	Dex Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke
95	Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:18:41
96	Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team
97	Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:21:40
98	Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Spain
99	Hélder Fernandes Ferreira (Por) Efapel
100	Samuel Magalhães (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista
101	Fabio Tuzi (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:22:09
102	Raffaele Radice (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega
103	Marcos Jurado Rodriguez (Spa) Spain	0:23:14
DNF	Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF	Fernando Grijalba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar
DNF	Benat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Murias Taldea

Finish
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	25	pts
2	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	20
3	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	16
4	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia	14
5	Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar	12
6	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Lokosphinx	10
7	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	9
8	Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8
9	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar	7
10	David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH	6
11	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team	5
12	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar	4
13	Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Efapel	3
14	David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	2
15	Aleksey Rybalkin (Rus) Lokosphinx	1

Mountain 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Murias Taldea	6	pts
2	Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia	4
3	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	2
4	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar	1

Mountain 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	10	pts
2	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	8
3	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	6
4	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia	4
5	Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar	2
6	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Lokosphinx	1

Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Movistar Team	13:57:12
2	Team Europcar	0:00:03
3	Radio Popular - Boavista	0:03:15
4	Lokosphinx	0:03:43
5	Colombia	0:04:04
6	Efapel	0:04:12
7	Burgos Bh	0:04:13
8	W52-Quinta Da Lixa	0:06:24
9	Skydive Dubai Pro C.T.	0:06:35
10	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:07:25
11	Caja Rural-Seguros Rga	0:07:35
12	Team Tavira	0:10:46
13	Inteja-Mmr Dominican Cycl	0:13:28
14	Cycling Team Join's - Der	0:16:40
15	Sel. Española De Pista	0:21:31
16	Murias Taldea	0:21:48
17	Rad-Net Rose Team	0:28:07

Final general classification after stage 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	13:18:36
2	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:16
3	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:24
4	Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:47
5	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:00:57
6	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
7	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:07
8	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia	0:01:27
9	Alejandro Marque Porto (Spa) Efapel	0:01:39
10	Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	0:01:49
11	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:01:54
12	Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar	0:02:00
13	Jetse Bol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:02:04
14	Federico Figueiredo (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:02:30
15	Edgar Miguel Lemos Pinto (Por) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	0:02:33
16	Daniel Eduardo Moreira Silva (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:02:42
17	Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Colombia	0:02:48
18	David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH	0:02:54
19	David Miguel Costa Rodrigues (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:03:01
20	Sergey Shilov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:03:06
21	Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar	0:03:08
22	Jóni Silva Brandão (Por) Efapel	0:03:10
23	Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:03:30
24	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia	0:03:36
25	Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:03:40
26	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Burgos BH	0:03:55
27	Victor Martin Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH
28	Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:04:08
29	Óscar González (Spa) Efapel	0:04:10
30	Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Movistar Team	0:04:11
31	Antonio Santoro (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:04:14
32	Rafael Silva (Por) Efapel	0:04:19
33	Ricardo Mestre (Por) Team Tavira	0:04:29
34	Alberto Gallego Ruiz (Spa) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:04:41
35	Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:04:42
36	Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	0:05:27
37	Juan Ignacio Pérez (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:05:40
38	Joaquim Silva (Por) W52 - Quinta da Lixa
39	Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Spain	0:05:46
40	Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia	0:05:52
41	Gian Marco Di Francesco (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega
42	Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:05:56
43	Israel Nuno Arguelles (Spa) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:06:06
44	Mario Vogt (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team	0:07:01
45	Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:07:11
46	Robbert De Greef (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:07:34
47	Nuno Matos (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:07:40
48	Rui Vinhas (Por) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:08:26
49	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:08:45
50	Sergey Vdovin (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:08:46
51	Moreno Giampaolo (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:08:53
52	Eneko Lizarralde (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:09:29
53	Samuel José Rodrigues Caldeira (Por) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:09:41
54	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar	0:10:27
55	Aleksey Rybalkin (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:10:59
56	Ricardo Ferreira (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:11:00
57	Daniel Mestre (Por) Team Tavira	0:11:13
58	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	0:11:23
59	Dmitry Sokolov (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:11:42
60	Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:11:53
61	David Da Silva Livramento (Por) Team Tavira	0:12:12
62	Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:12:57
63	Joao Pereira (Por) Team Tavira	0:13:00
64	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team	0:13:32
65	Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) Burgos BH	0:13:43
66	Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar	0:14:11
67	Domingos André Maciel Gonçalves (Por) Efapel	0:14:38
68	Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Colombia	0:16:04
69	Diego Rubio (Spa) Efapel	0:17:01
70	Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Spain	0:17:11
71	Julio Alberto Amores Palacios (Spa) Spain	0:17:14
72	Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team Tavira	0:17:42
73	Vasily Neustroev (Rus) Lokosphinx	0:18:34
74	Pablo Torres Muino (Spa) Burgos BH	0:19:49
75	Cristian Astals Fernandez (Spa) Spain	0:20:11
76	Imanol Estevez (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:20:12
77	Nicola Gaffurini (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:20:13
78	José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:20:15
79	Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH	0:20:43
80	Adellyn Cruz (Dom) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:20:44
81	Henrique Casimiro (Por) Team Tavira	0:21:46
82	Ruben Menendez Velasco (Spa) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:22:06
83	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:22:19
84	Aitor González (Spa) Spain	0:22:59
85	Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	0:23:23
86	Fabian Brintrup (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team	0:23:44
87	Marco Mathis (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team	0:24:00
88	Kobus Hereijgers (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:25:29
89	Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia	0:26:30
90	Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Murias Taldea	0:28:06
91	Johnatan Fernando Sarmiento Pacheco (Col) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:28:33
92	Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	0:28:51
93	Diogo Nunes (Por) Team Tavira	0:30:18
94	Samuel Magalhães (Por) Radio Popular - Boavista	0:31:07
95	Daan Meijers (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:32:23
96	Dex Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:32:55
97	Marcos Jurado Rodriguez (Spa) Spain	0:32:56
98	Dario Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH	0:33:06
99	Hélder Fernandes Ferreira (Por) Efapel	0:34:59
100	Raffaele Radice (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:35:28
101	Timon Van Reek (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	0:37:18
102	Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Spain	0:42:31
103	Fabio Tuzi (Ita) Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:43:10

Point classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	42	pts
2	Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	36
3	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	27
4	Sergey Shilov (Rus) Lokosphinx	25
5	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	23
6	Jetse Bol (Ned) Cyclingteam Join's - de Rijke	20
7	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) W52 - Quinta da Lixa	19
8	Edgar Miguel Lemos Pinto (Por) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	18
9	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	17
10	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team	16
11	Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Colombia	16
12	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia	14
13	Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar	12
14	Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	12
15	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Lokosphinx	10

Mountain classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Murias Taldea	16	pts
2	José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12
3	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	10
4	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	8
5	Diego Rubio (Spa) Efapel	8
6	Marcos Jurado Rodriguez (Spa) Spain	6
7	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	6
8	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia	4

Team classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Movistar Team	39:57:45
2	Team Europcar	0:00:03
3	Lokosphinx	0:05:37
4	Colombia	0:05:58
5	Efapel	0:06:06
6	Radio Popular - Boavista	0:06:13
7	W52-Quinta Da Lixa	0:06:24
8	Skydive Dubai Pro C.T.	0:07:17
9	Caja Rural-Seguros Rga	0:08:32
10	Burgos Bh	0:08:47
11	Mg.Kvis-Vega	0:12:18
12	Team Tavira	0:16:54
13	Cycling Team Join's - Der	0:19:34
14	Murias Taldea	0:26:29
15	Inteja-Mmr Dominican Cycl	0:26:46
16	Sel. Española De Pista	0:35:18
17	Rad-Net Rose Team	0:52:48

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