Navarro wins on uphill finish
Mollema and Valverde complete the podium
Dani Navarro (Cofidis) beat Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Bauke Mollema (Blanco Cycling) on a testing uphill finish to win the Vuelta a Murcia.
The Spanish race has been reduced from a stage race to a one-day event, but it still attracted a quality field of riders keen to race in the warmer conditions of southern Europe.
The Movistar and Blanco teams rode to set up their leaders in the final kilometres, but Navarro was far too strong in the final surge to the line and had the strength to beat Mollema and Valverde.
Robert Gesink (Team Blanco) finished fourth after working for Mollema in the finale. Luis Ángel Maté (Cofidis) was fifth, Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) sixth, Davide Rebellin (CC Polsat) seventh and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) was eighth.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 4:40:32 |
2 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Enzo Moyano (Arg) Caja Rural | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | 0:00:03 |
12 | Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:06 |
13 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:07 |
14 | José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:08 |
15 | Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:26 |
16 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:00:28 |
17 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:44 |
18 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:46 |
19 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:49 |
21 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Karol Domagalski (Pol) Caja Rural | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:00:53 |
26 | Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:11 |
27 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Fabien Schmidt (Fra) Sojasun | 0:01:42 |
31 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:56 |
32 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:17 |
33 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:02:22 |
35 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:52 |
36 | Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:03:42 |
37 | Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) EUK | 0:06:37 |
38 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:07:01 |
39 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:10:20 |
40 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Sojasun | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:11:57 |
47 | Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:15:38 |
48 | Aritz Bagües (Spa) EUK | 0:17:22 |
49 | Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) EUK | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Jon Larrinaga (Spa) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Paul Poux (Fra) Sojasun | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Yelko Gomez (Pan) Caja Rural | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) EUK | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:17:27 |
57 | Stef Clement (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | 0:20:38 |
58 | Mikel Iturria (Spa) EUK | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Tomasz Kiendys (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) EUK | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:20:41 |
65 | David Tanner (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brice Feillu (Fra) Sojasun | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Sojasun | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tarik Chaoufi (Mar) Euskaltel-Euskadi | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Piotr Gawronski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pawel Charucki (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Unai Iparragirre (Spa) EUK | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
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