Clarke wins stage 4 of the Vuelta a Espana
Rodriguez takes over leader's jersey
Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) claimed stage 4 of the Vuelta a España and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) moved into the overall lead at the summit finish at Valdezcaray on day that saw Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) lose his red jersey in rather contentious circumstances.
Valverde was one of a number of fallers in a crash inside the final 30 kilometres, just as Chris Froome’s Sky team was looking to split the peloton in the stiff crosswinds that buffeted the race on the run-in to the day’s final climb. Although Sky had already begun to set the pace just before Valverde came a cropper, the British team paid no heed to his plight and persisted in their efforts all the way to the foot of the Valdezcaray, in spite of the exhortations of Valverde’s teammate Beñat Inxausti.
Rodriguez’s Katusha team briefly aided in the pace-making at the front before relenting on learning of Valverde’s fall, while Alberto Contador’s Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank team maintained a watching brief throughout.
The merits or otherwise of Sky’s particular interpretation of cycling’s unwritten rules are sure to be debated at length in the days to come, but their actions had an immediate impact out on the road. The peloton split into four echelons, with Valverde caught up wreckage of the peloton, scavenging from group to group in a doomed attempt to catch the leaders.
Valverde managed to limit his losses on Froome, Rodriguez and Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) to 55 seconds by the finish, but the Spaniard – who this year returned from suspension for his implication in the Operacion Puerto blood doping investigation – cut an irate figure as he crossed the line.
“They didn’t have the balls to stop, they chose an unsporting way,” Valverde said at the finish. “Sky formed an echelon and they’re perfectly within their rights to do that. I’m not cross that I lost the lead because of this, but because there was no respect.”
Sky’s Juan Antonio Flecha was on the front when Valverde fell but he claimed that he was not aware that the red jersey had hit the deck. “Nobody told me to stop and I only heard later that Valverde had fallen,” he said.
While Valverde was picking through the debris at the rear of the field, Simon Clarke was riding to the first win of his career up ahead. The Australian had been part of the day’s early break and he was the only one of their number who could match Tony Martin’s (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) pressing at the foot of the final climb.
Martin and Clarke had a lead of 4 minutes at that juncture, the steepest section of the Valdezcaray, and they measured their effort perfectly on the shallower slopes that followed in the final 9 kilometres to hold off their erstwhile companion Assan Bazayev (Astana). Even when an Alberto Contador acceleration behind dramatically cut away a large swathe of their lead in the finale, the pair refused to panic and emerged to fight out a tense sprint at the summit.
Clarke showed considerable sangfroid in the closing metres, marshalling Martin to the front and then refusing to accept his invitation to lead out from distance, before dispatching the German with room to spare in the sprint.
"Tony is a really good time triallist, but I thought I could have him in a sprint. I made sure to have him in front in the wind,” Clarke said. “This is my first win as pro, I've been a pro for four years and I've tried so many times, I've had so many seconds and third places, I'm just so happy.
"It was such a long day with so much wind in the finish. I knew Tony would be strong, but I wanted to make it a hard climb because I knew Bazayev is fast.”
Contador on the offensive
The category 1 climb to the ski station at Valdezcaray will have dominated the tactical discussions aboard the team buses in Barakaldo before the start, and the peloton was more than happy to allow a break sally off the front in the opening hour of racing. Martin, Clarke, Bazayev, Jesus Rosendo (Andalucia) and Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) gratefully accepted the invitation, and at one point the quintet held a 13-minute lead.
Sky’s ferocious stint of pace-making in the kilometres either side of Valverde’s crash saw that advantage tumble dramatically in the finale, and when the overall contenders began to race in earnest on the final, 13.4km ascent to the finish, they knew that were racing for possession of the red jersey if not necessarily the stage win.
After launching no fewer than seven attacks on the Alto de Arrate the previous day, Alberto Contador was slightly more circumspect on the longer climb on Monday, as if acknowledging that he must still feel his way back to full form following his return from suspension in early August.
Nonetheless, the Spaniard will have been in equal parts encouraged and frustrated by his exploratory probe on the steepest section of the final climb. Aided by his teammate Daniel Navarro, Contador succeeded in pulling Chris Froome and Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) clear of the main group of favourites. In spite of a further acceleration, however, he was unable to rid himself of Froome and they were reeled in by a resolute Katusha chase three kilometres later on.
Contador’s attack did yield a collateral gain nearer the summit, as Igor Anton (Euskatel-Euskadi) wilted and conceded 30 seconds. Rodriguez, Froome and Contador are separated by a mere five seconds in the top three positions overall, with the Rabobank pair of Bauke Mollema and Robert Gesink just behind, and the battle lines for final overall victory are already beginning to be drawn.
“Alberto put in a good acceleration on the climb but I preferred to stay calm and wait to chase,” Rodriguez said after he pulled on the red jersey of overall leader.
Another impressive performer on the stage was Nicolas Roche, who continued alone after Contador and Froome sat up. The Irishman was joined in the closing kilometres by the aggressive Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural), Linus Gerdemann (RadioShack-Nissan) and Laurens ten Dam, and they came home just ahead of the main group of favourites.
The story of the day was Valverde's fall and Sky's actions thereafter, however, and it remains to be seen if the reverberations from the inevitable polemic will impact on the race once the dust has settled.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 4:30:26 |
2 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:00:02 |
3 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:22 |
4 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:00:55 |
5 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:00:57 |
7 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:01 |
9 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:04 |
10 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Tiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:34 |
33 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:01:57 |
37 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:59 |
38 | Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Yohann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Hernani Broco (Por) Caja Rural | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:02:08 |
47 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia | 0:03:00 |
49 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:03:15 |
51 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:03:42 |
52 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:03:53 |
54 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:04:15 |
55 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | 0:05:07 |
72 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:51 |
73 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:07:17 |
74 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin - Sharp | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Bruno Pires (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:07:53 |
80 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:09:28 |
81 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Sharp | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Argos-Shimano | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:12:14 |
108 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Andalucia | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:14:50 |
132 | Javier Chacon (Spa) Andalucia | 0:15:01 |
133 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:15:42 |
134 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin - Sharp | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Cheng Ji (Chn) Argos-Shimano | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
145 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
146 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
147 | Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
148 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
150 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
151 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
154 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
155 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
156 | Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) Andalucia | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
157 | Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
158 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
159 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
160 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
161 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
162 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
163 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
164 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
165 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
166 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
167 | Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) Orica - GreenEdge | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
168 | Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
169 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
170 | Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
171 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica - GreenEdge | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
172 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
173 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
174 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
175 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
176 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
177 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
178 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Sharp | Row 177 - Cell 2 |
179 | Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:19:34 |
180 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:19:49 |
181 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 180 - Cell 2 |
182 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 181 - Cell 2 |
183 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 182 - Cell 2 |
184 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | Row 183 - Cell 2 |
185 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 184 - Cell 2 |
186 | Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling | Row 185 - Cell 2 |
187 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 186 - Cell 2 |
188 | Julian Dean (NZl) Orica - GreenEdge | Row 187 - Cell 2 |
189 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 188 - Cell 2 |
190 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Andalucia | Row 189 - Cell 2 |
191 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling | Row 190 - Cell 2 |
192 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | Row 191 - Cell 2 |
193 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 192 - Cell 2 |
194 | Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 193 - Cell 2 |
195 | Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 194 - Cell 2 |
196 | Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:20:27 |
DNF | David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 196 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 4 | pts |
2 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 4 | pts |
2 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 25 | pts |
2 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 20 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 16 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural | 14 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 12 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan | 10 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 9 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 8 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 7 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | 6 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 5 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 4 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 3 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 10 | pts |
2 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 6 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 10 | pts |
2 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 6 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team |
---|---|
1 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Astana Pro Team | 13:33:45 |
2 | Radioshack - Nissan | 0:00:38 |
3 | Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Lampre - ISD | 0:00:45 |
5 | SKY Procycling | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Caja Rural | 0:01:31 |
7 | AG2R La Mondiale | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Katusha Team | 0:01:38 |
9 | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:01:40 |
10 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:15 |
11 | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | 0:03:58 |
12 | Movistar Team | 0:04:29 |
13 | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:51 |
14 | Lotto Belisol Team | 0:06:34 |
15 | Andalucia | 0:06:47 |
16 | Cofidis, le credit en ligne | 0:07:29 |
17 | Team Argos - Shimano | 0:10:18 |
18 | Garmin - Sharp | 0:11:01 |
19 | BMC Racing Team | 0:15:22 |
20 | FDJ - Big Mat | 0:15:52 |
21 | Liquigas - Cannondale | 0:18:28 |
22 | Orica Greenedge | 0:24:37 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team | 13:18:45 |
2 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:01 |
3 | Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:00:05 |
4 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:09 |
5 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | 0:00:11 |
7 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:00:14 |
8 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:24 |
9 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:36 |
10 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:46 |
11 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:47 |
12 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | 0:00:52 |
13 | Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD | 0:00:53 |
14 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:55 |
16 | Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:57 |
17 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:17 |
19 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | 0:01:26 |
20 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:01:33 |
21 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 0:01:34 |
22 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:01:35 |
23 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:01:38 |
24 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:50 |
26 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:55 |
27 | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:02:01 |
28 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:02:15 |
29 | Yohann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:02:25 |
30 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:02:35 |
31 | John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:40 |
32 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:41 |
33 | Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | 0:02:48 |
34 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:02:53 |
37 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:41 |
38 | Hernani Broco (Por) Caja Rural | 0:03:43 |
39 | Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:03:53 |
40 | Tiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:04:10 |
41 | Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia | 0:04:20 |
42 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:04:24 |
43 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | 0:04:28 |
44 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:04:42 |
45 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:00 |
46 | Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | 0:05:06 |
47 | Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:25 |
48 | Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:05:27 |
49 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:05:43 |
50 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:05:48 |
51 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:06:06 |
52 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:06:11 |
53 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:06:21 |
54 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:06:38 |
55 | Laurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:06:45 |
56 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:55 |
57 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:06:58 |
58 | Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia | 0:07:16 |
59 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:07:18 |
61 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:07:22 |
62 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:07:36 |
63 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 0:07:50 |
64 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 0:07:53 |
65 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:08:50 |
66 | Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:09:15 |
67 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:09:30 |
68 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 0:09:37 |
69 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:09:38 |
70 | Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | 0:09:42 |
71 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:10:17 |
72 | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:10:19 |
73 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:10:24 |
74 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:10:34 |
75 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin - Sharp | 0:10:39 |
76 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:11:03 |
77 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:11:05 |
78 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 0:11:14 |
79 | Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:11:36 |
80 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:11:49 |
81 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:11:51 |
82 | Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia | 0:12:43 |
83 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:12:46 |
84 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:12:48 |
85 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:12:53 |
86 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:12:58 |
87 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:13:25 |
88 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:13:33 |
89 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Sharp | 0:13:34 |
90 | Bruno Pires (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:13:58 |
91 | Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia | 0:14:04 |
92 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:14:16 |
93 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 0:14:36 |
94 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:14:40 |
95 | Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:15:03 |
96 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:15:13 |
98 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:15:14 |
99 | Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 0:15:40 |
100 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:15:54 |
101 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:16:01 |
102 | Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:16:05 |
103 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:16:07 |
104 | Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Andalucia | 0:16:32 |
105 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:16:54 |
106 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team | 0:17:01 |
107 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 0:17:15 |
108 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 0:17:18 |
109 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:18:02 |
110 | Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | 0:18:06 |
111 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucia | 0:18:46 |
112 | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:19:17 |
113 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:19:20 |
114 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:19:25 |
115 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:19:32 |
116 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:19:38 |
117 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:19:43 |
119 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:19:46 |
120 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 0:19:49 |
121 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:20:30 |
122 | Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:20:34 |
124 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:20:39 |
125 | Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:21:14 |
126 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:21:15 |
127 | Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:21:20 |
128 | Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural | 0:21:32 |
129 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano | 0:21:33 |
130 | Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:21:46 |
131 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:21:48 |
132 | Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Spa) Andalucia | 0:22:14 |
133 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:22:18 |
134 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:22:21 |
135 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:22:25 |
136 | Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 0:22:27 |
137 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin - Sharp | 0:22:40 |
138 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Sharp | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:22:47 |
140 | Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:23:08 |
141 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:23:17 |
142 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:23:36 |
144 | Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:23:45 |
145 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 0:24:07 |
146 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:24:11 |
147 | Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:24:12 |
148 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 0:24:25 |
149 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:24:26 |
150 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:24:31 |
151 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:24:36 |
152 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:24:38 |
153 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:24:44 |
154 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:24:45 |
155 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
156 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:24:46 |
157 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:25:02 |
158 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:25:16 |
159 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
160 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling | 0:25:32 |
161 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | 0:25:44 |
162 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:25:52 |
163 | Javier Chacon (Spa) Andalucia | 0:26:05 |
164 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:26:08 |
165 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:26:11 |
166 | Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:26:14 |
167 | Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling | 0:26:21 |
168 | Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:26:58 |
169 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:27:43 |
170 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:27:52 |
171 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:28:00 |
172 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:28:29 |
173 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:28:31 |
174 | Cheng Ji (Chn) Argos-Shimano | 0:29:06 |
175 | Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:29:29 |
176 | Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:31:05 |
177 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:31:20 |
178 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:31:25 |
179 | Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:31:28 |
180 | Danny Pate (USA) S |