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Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 20, Rivas Vaciamadrid - Rivas Vaciamadrid TT, 27.5K

16 September

Vino El Magnífico Makes it Three

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

The feisty Kazakh, Alexander Vinokourov, scorched the flats roads of Rivas to take the final individual crono and in the process his third stage of this year’s Vuelta a España. Vinokourov’s time of 33’39” was a scant 6” faster than the second place finisher, Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel Euskadi).

I got to admit, I would have loved to see Valverde narrow the gap on Vino forcing a real showdown for the final stage in the streets of Madrid. My BiciRace.com colleagues and I were salivating over the prospect of two of the most aggressive riders in the sport throwing punches down the wide boulevards of Madrid, only deciding the winner of the Vuelta in the final few kilometers. Ah, but it was not to be.

At 11:33 Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole) had the distinction of being the first rider off the start ramp, while David Navas (AG2R) was the first Spaniard to start. Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step) was one of the early leaders with a time of 36’04”. But his time would be of little consequence once the specialists started.

Every two minutes a new rider went off until we eventually made our way down the top 5. This is where the real action would begin. Vino rolled down the ramp at 2:05 meaning every rider was either done or out on the road suffering. His rhythm was good, but Valverde was putting in an absolutely fantastic ride. At the first time check at 11.3K he had the best time displacing Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel). Vino made his way to the 11.3k time check with a three second deficit over Valverde, however, he had a nice 50” buffer over the Green Bullet going into the stage giving him a little breathing room.

Sammy Sánchez (Euskaltel Euskadi) rolled in with a final time of 33’45” giving him the provisional best time. Carlos Sastre turned himself inside out over the course, but was unable to better his fourth place on the GC. His time of 34’23” was respectable, but still 38” seconds slower than Sánchez.

The attention was now focused on the duel between Valverde and Vino. Neither is a TT specialist, but both are quite capable of turning in stellar individual cronos.

Valverde was coaxing every last bit of energy out of his little body, but the best he could come up with was a final time of 33’58” giving him a 13” deficit over his countryman, Sammy Sánchez.

In the latter stages of the crono Vino was looking supple and looked to be on his way to three stage wins. He threw his bike across the “meta” with an amazing time of 33’39”.

Seeing Valverde win the grand tour of his home country would have been nice, but you can’t exactly be disappointed with a winner like Vinokourov. He is more than worthy and, along with his teammate Andrey Kashechkin, have made this year’s Vuelta one to remember.
- Paco

 

Results: 33'39" (49.03 km/h)
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.06
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.19
4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 0.26
5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.30
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.32
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.44
8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.49
9 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.55
10 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1.00
11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.04
12 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05
13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 1.06
14 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 1.28
15 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.43
16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.44
17 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.45
18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.48
19 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.54
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.57
22 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 2.02
23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 2.04
24 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
25 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.06
26 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 2.12
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 2.15
28 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.19
29 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2.25
30 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.27
31 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 2.28
32 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
33 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.29
34 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 2.30
35 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.32
36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.36
37 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 2.37
38 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
39 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 2.43
40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.45
41 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 2.49
42 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.52
44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.53
45 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.54
46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.55
47 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.56
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.58
49 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.00
50 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3.01
51 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.03
53 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 3.06
54 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
55 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.08
56 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
57 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.12
58 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 3.13
59 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17
60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
61 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 3.20
62 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.22
63 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 3.23
64 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
65 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM
66 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 3.24
67 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.27
68 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.28
69 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 3.30
70 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
71 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.34
72 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná
73 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 3.35
74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.36
75 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.38
76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.40
77 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 3.41
78 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.42
79 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
81 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 3.43
82 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.48
83 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.49
84 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.50
85 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.51
86 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 3.55
87 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.56
88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 3.58
89 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3.59
90 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.06
91 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
92 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
93 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 4.07
94 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
95 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.08
96 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 4.09
97 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
98 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.12
99 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.13
100 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
101 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 4.15
102 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.17
103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.18
104 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 4.20
105 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.22
106 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 4.24
107 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 4.25
108 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 4.27
109 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
110 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 4.28
111 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.30
112 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 4.31
113 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.35
114 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.37
115 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
116 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 4.38
117 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
118 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 4.44
119 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 4.47
120 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.48
121 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 4.49
122 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.50
123 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.01
124 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.03
125 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 5.11
126 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 5.12
127 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 5.13
128 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.18
129 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná
130 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 5.28
131 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 5.50
132 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 6.05
133 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 6.07
134 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.29
DNS Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

GC:
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 77.42.17
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.12
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 3.12
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.35
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.51
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 8.09
7 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.29
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.36
9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 10.47
10 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 11.32
11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 12.52
12 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 15.10
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.23
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 18.40
15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.56
16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 19.44
17 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.00
18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27.51
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.04
20 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 29.04
21 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 30.36
22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32.09
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 34.48
24 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 42.46
25 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 43.22
26 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 45.03
27 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 46.21
28 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 46.30
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 50.47
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 50.49
31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 50.50
32 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 51.57
33 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55.09
34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.12
35 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.48
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.01.55
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.02.32
38 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.04.33
39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.06.40
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.08.18
41 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1.14.34
42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 1.16.47
43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 1.19.25
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.24.11
45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1.25.18
46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.29.06
47 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 1.29.48
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.27
49 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.30.54
50 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.30.58
51 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.35.57
52 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.01
53 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.37.05
54 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 1.37.59
55 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.38.21
56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.39.33
57 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.40.01
58 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 1.40.06
59 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.41.37
60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.45
61 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.43.19
62 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.45.23
63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.45.53
64 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.45.54
65 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.45.58
66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.46.03
67 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 1.47.15
68 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.47.34
69 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.49.24
70 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 1.50.05
71 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50.42
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.51.49
73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 1.52.23
74 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.52.53
75 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.58.08
76 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.59.57
77 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.02.32
78 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03.02
79 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.03.10
80 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 2.04.14
81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 2.05.03
82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.05.24
83 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.09.07
84 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 2.09.29
85 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 2.09.37
86 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 2.09.56
87 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 2.10.12
88 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14.29
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.16.03
90 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 2.16.33
91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 2.17.12
92 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.20.53
93 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.20.58
94 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.22.35
95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 2.22.46
96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 2.26.23
97 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.26.41
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 2.27.45
99 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.29.54
100 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 2.30.12
101 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.30.28
102 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 2.31.27
103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 2.32.05
104 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.35.19
105 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.35.38
106 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.36.24
107 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.36.46
108 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 2.37.40
109 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38.43
110 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.39.11
111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.41.09
112 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 2.41.17
113 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 2.41.52
114 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 2.41.59
115 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 2.42.12
116 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2.42.26
117 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 2.42.54
118 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.43.40
119 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 2.44.54
120 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.45.40
121 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45.45
122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.45.48
123 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 2.46.59
124 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.47.04
125 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2.48.44
126 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.52.29
127 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 2.55.39
128 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2.57.40
129 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.57.54
130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.58.27
131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 2.59.32
132 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.10.10
133 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.19.47
134 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 3.19.52

Points classification
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 175
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 163
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 147
4 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 95

Mountains classification
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 129
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 117
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 98
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 84
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 82

Combination classification
1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 8
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 12
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24