Vuelta Independencia Nacional 2012: Stage 8a Results

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Tanner takes the win.(Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

American Tanner Putt won the eighth stage of the Vuelta Independencia in the Dominican Republic, which took place between La Vega and Santo Domingo.

The eighth day on paper was expected to be quiet, but became a flight of 4 riders one of the most emotional of return on its thirty-third edition, Colombians Eduard Beltran and Isaac Bolivar (EPM-UNE), Stiven Suarez Calderon (Soacha) and Putt (USA).

The leaders jumped at 40 kilometres into the stage and were able to take an advantage of over a minute on the peloton, including overall leader Sanchez, who was easily able to keep the gap within control, partly thanks to the work of the other local teams.

As the escape reached the final kilometres they still held a small advantage that allowed them to fight out the stage in the comfort that there would be no comeback from the group behind them.

Putt proved to be the fastest in the sprint, easily taking the stage in the end ahead of Ecuadorian Jose Bone Leon.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tanner Putt (USA) USA National Team	2:30:17
2	Jose Bone Leon (Ecu) Ecuador	0:00:01
3	Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Epm-Une	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Aro & Pedal-Inteja	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Global Cycling	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Rafael German Meran (Dom) Club Arco Iris	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Alejandro Guzmán (Dom) San Pedro De Macoris	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	César Alberto Marte (Dom) Club Arco Iris	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Bruno Langlois (Can) 1% Por El Planeta	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	David Van Eerd (Ned) Global Cycling	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Marcos Delgado (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) Epm-Une	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Florian Smits (Ned) Global Cycling	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Jose Ragonessi (Ecu) Ecuador	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Epm-Une	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Mickael Clarico (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Kelvyn Pujols (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Manuel Andres Sanchez Cuevas (Dom) San Cristobal-V.Alt.	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Navarro Ayala (Mex) Firefighters R.T.	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Lars Pria (Rom) ARBO-Oberndorfer-KTM	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Wilfrid Camelia (AHo) Curazao	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Alain Van Der Velde (Ned) Global Cycling	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Erizon Peña (Dom) San Pedro De Macoris	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Steven Calderón (Col) Soacha-Puerto Rico	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Anthony Hall (USA) 1% Por El Planeta	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Nelson Ismael Sanchez Jimenez (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Etienne Samson (Can) 1% Por El Planeta	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Gavriel Epstein (Can) 1% Por El Planeta	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Carlos Lorenzo (Dom) San Cristobal-V.Alt.	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Ecuador	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Coulton Hartrich (USA) Firefighters R.T.	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Kerry Werner (USA) USA National Team	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Jorge Luis Martínez (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Erik Castanos (Ecu) Ecuador	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Ruiggeri Pinedoe (AHo) Curazao	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Russell Finsterwald (USA) USA National Team	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Wendy Cruz (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Efren Ortega (PuR) Soacha-Puerto Rico	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Spencer Gaddy (USA) 1% Por El Planeta	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Ismael Collado (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Hector Patarroyo (Col) Soacha-Puerto Rico	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Rafael Moreta (Dom) Fenix	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Jos Chalmers (USA) USA National Team	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Anthony Rodríguez (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	William Guzmán (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Norlandis Taveras (Dom) Club Arco Iris	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Euris Vidal (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Rene Bauer (Aut) ARBO-Oberndorfer-KTM	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Quinten Winkel (AHo) Curazao	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Ramón Checo (Dom) Club Arco Iris	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Roeland Dijkshoorn (Ned) Global Cycling	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Jorge Gallegos (Ecu) Ecuador	0:00:15
53	Martijn Knol (Ned) Global Cycling	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Augusto Sanchez Beriguete (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	0:00:01
55	Claudio De Jesús (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:00:15
56	Kelian Lankester (Ned) Curazao	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Gremmy Arias (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Jonnathan Toussaint (Col) Soacha-Puerto Rico	0:00:18
59	Wilmi Gil (Dom) Aro & Pedal-Inteja	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Carlos Eduardo Quisphe (Ecu) Ecuador	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Robert Pérez (Dom) Aro & Pedal-Inteja	0:00:26
62	Franck Sartori (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	0:00:27
63	Elvis Rodríguez (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:00:38
64	Adellyn Cruz (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:00:01
65	Juan José Cueto (Dom) Club Arco Iris	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Silverio Mejia (Dom) Team Romana	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) Epm-Une	0:01:23
68	Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) Epm-Une	0:00:01
69	Jaime Vergara (Col) Epm-Une	0:01:33
70	Grant Potter (USA) 1% Por El Planeta	0:01:37
71	Jorge Perez (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	0:01:51
72	Jonatan Reynoso (Dom) San Cristobal-V.Alt.	0:04:32
73	Charlihoo Hernández (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	0:04:35
74	Gregorio Alfonseca (Dom) Fenix	0:07:31
75	Christian Parrett (USA) Firefighters R.T.	0:14:08
76	George Winterdal (Aru) Curazao	0:15:33
77	Jonathan Encarnación (Dom) Miderec-Bicicentro	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Benigno De La Cruz (Dom) Miderec-Bicicentro	0:15:40
79	Leo Frayre (USA) Firefighters R.T.	0:20:04
80	Jacques Serna (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	0:20:09
81	Emmanuel Fernandez (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	Row 80 - Cell 2
DNF	Ross Shane Bradley (USA) Firefighters R.T.	Row 81 - Cell 2
DNF	Rodny Minier (Dom) Aro & Pedal-Inteja	Row 82 - Cell 2
DNF	Yordalis Hernández (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	Row 83 - Cell 2

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General classification after stage 8a
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nelson Ismael Sanchez Jimenez (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	24:56:10
2	Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Epm-Une	0:01:24
3	Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) Epm-Une	0:01:25
4	Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (Col) Epm-Une	0:01:52
5	Rafael German Meran (Dom) Club Arco Iris	0:02:01
6	Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Aro & Pedal-Inteja	0:02:28
7	Efren Ortega (PuR) Soacha-Puerto Rico	0:02:42
8	Bruno Langlois (Can) 1% Por El Planeta	0:03:30
9	Coulton Hartrich (USA) Firefighters R.T.	0:03:37
10	Wendy Cruz (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:03:41
11	Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Ecuador	0:03:55
12	Augusto Sanchez Beriguete (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	0:04:18
13	Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) Epm-Une	0:05:33
14	Jose Ragonessi (Ecu) Ecuador	0:05:36
15	Jaime Vergara (Col) Epm-Une	0:05:48
16	Kerry Werner (USA) USA National Team	0:07:30
17	Florian Smits (Ned) Global Cycling	0:10:02
18	Steven Calderón (Col) Soacha-Puerto Rico	0:12:04
19	Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Epm-Une	0:12:07
20	Erik Castanos (Ecu) Ecuador	0:12:45
21	Anthony Hall (USA) 1% Por El Planeta	0:14:25
22	William Guzmán (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	0:14:54
23	Tanner Putt (USA) USA National Team	0:15:48
24	Adellyn Cruz (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:16:07
25	Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Global Cycling	0:16:59
26	Marcos Delgado (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	0:17:35
27	Elvis Rodríguez (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:18:30
28	Jorge Perez (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	0:21:26
29	Jose Bone Leon (Ecu) Ecuador	0:23:20
30	Jorge Luis Martínez (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	0:25:24
31	Mickael Clarico (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	0:25:36
32	Alain Van Der Velde (Ned) Global Cycling	0:26:03
33	Kelvyn Pujols (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:29:44
34	Claudio De Jesús (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:30:47
35	Carlos Eduardo Quisphe (Ecu) Ecuador	0:30:49
36	Manuel Andres Sanchez Cuevas (Dom) San Cristobal-V.Alt.	0:31:16
37	Alejandro Guzmán (Dom) San Pedro De Macoris	0:31:57
38	Anthony Rodríguez (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	0:32:02
39	Kelian Lankester (Ned) Curazao	0:33:39
40	Russell Finsterwald (USA) USA National Team	0:36:02
41	Martijn Knol (Ned) Global Cycling	0:37:23
42	Jorge Gallegos (Ecu) Ecuador	0:37:27
43	Jonnathan Toussaint (Col) Soacha-Puerto Rico	0:40:21
44	Rene Bauer (Aut) ARBO-Oberndorfer-KTM	0:41:12
45	Euris Vidal (Dom) La Vega-Com.Nal.Energia	0:43:39
46	Rafael Moreta (Dom) Fenix	0:43:47
47	Robert Pérez (Dom) Aro & Pedal-Inteja	0:47:08
48	Gremmy Arias (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	0:48:08
49	Spencer Gaddy (USA) 1% Por El Planeta	0:48:33
50	Carlos Lorenzo (Dom) San Cristobal-V.Alt.	0:48:57
51	Christian Parrett (USA) Firefighters R.T.	0:49:26
52	Quinten Winkel (AHo) Curazao	0:49:55
53	Gavriel Epstein (Can) 1% Por El Planeta	0:49:58
54	Jos Chalmers (USA) USA National Team	0:51:10
55	Ismael Collado (Dom) Ochoa Finauto-Santiago	0:51:56
56	Grant Potter (USA) 1% Por El Planeta	0:53:55
57	Erizon Peña (Dom) San Pedro De Macoris	0:55:32
58	David Van Eerd (Ned) Global Cycling	0:55:58
59	Lars Pria (Rom) ARBO-Oberndorfer-KTM	0:56:28
60	Juan José Cueto (Dom) Club Arco Iris	0:57:49
61	Etienne Samson (Can) 1% Por El Planeta	1:03:40
62	Ramón Checo (Dom) Club Arco Iris	1:03:50
63	Norlandis Taveras (Dom) Club Arco Iris	1:05:37
64	César Alberto Marte (Dom) Club Arco Iris	1:06:19
65	Navarro Ayala (Mex) Firefighters R.T.	1:09:09
66	Hector Patarroyo (Col) Soacha-Puerto Rico	1:13:40
67	Wilmi Gil (Dom) Aro & Pedal-Inteja	1:13:50
68	Wilfrid Camelia (AHo) Curazao	1:13:56
69	George Winterdal (Aru) Curazao	1:18:24
70	Charlihoo Hernández (Dom) Leon Ureña-Wilse Moca	1:20:14
71	Franck Sartori (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	1:20:52
72	Roeland Dijkshoorn (Ned) Global Cycling	1:22:51
73	Gregorio Alfonseca (Dom) Fenix	1:23:32
74	Ruiggeri Pinedoe (AHo) Curazao	1:29:07
75	Leo Frayre (USA) Firefighters R.T.	1:35:50
76	Jacques Serna (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	1:37:09
77	Jonatan Reynoso (Dom) San Cristobal-V.Alt.	1:43:16
78	Silverio Mejia (Dom) Team Romana	1:45:27
79	Emmanuel Fernandez (Fra) A.S.C. Vetiver	2:06:05
80	Benigno De La Cruz (Dom) Miderec-Bicicentro	2:35:29
81	Jonathan Encarnación (Dom) Miderec-Bicicentro	2:37:30

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