Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) is a happy man in the red jersey of Vuelta leader. Igor Anton of the Men of Orange got his Vuelta off to a flying start. Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and Liquigas put in a superb ride to put time into all his GC rivals.
The big losers? Bradley Wiggins (Sky), Giro runner-up Michele Scarponi and Denis Menchov (Geox) all lost more than 30 seconds to Fuglsang — and that also means significant losses to Nibali.
The 13.5km team time trial along the Benidorm beachfront made for a thrilling launch of this year’s Helta Skelta Vuelta. Fuglsang’s Leopards, led by Fabian Cancellara, scorched the course in a time of 16:35, five seconds ahead of HTC-Highroad.
“The course today had everything – there was a hard start and it was technical,” said Fugslang. “You had to be careful not to blow up the whole team and not to crash.”
The Danish rider didn’t expect to cross the line first or finish the day on a podium with two hot Spanish babes. “We didn’t talk about it at the start; the goal today was to do a good team time trial,” he said. “We knew we could win if we rode at our maximum and we’d have a chance. I went as hard as I could and thought that someone would pass me at the end but they didn’t.”
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Technical was the word of the day and you could tell by the crashes and drops. Team Sky went down to just four riders before Xavier Zandio managed to catch back on. Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank) and Davide Viganò (Leopard-Trek) crashed and Janez Brajkovic had an unfortunate mechanical which knocked Radio Shack back to 14th place.
Sports Director Steven de Jongh said on the Team Sky website that “It was a really tough start.” It was certainly ugly and dispiritng for a team with high hopes. “We lost Kurt after a kilometre. He came down and so did Zandio. A rider sat up and didn’t really understand what was going on. It was tough to hear on the radio with the public shouting so it was a difficult situation,” said De Jongh. “So we are disappointed with the start but we have to look beyond that.”
Even the start ramp seemed to present a technical challenge with riders who seemed nervous right from the start. Lampre-ISD’s Marco Marzano had a rear wheel mechanical on the way down the ramp.
Fugslang simply did what the Brothers Schleck aways do in the first ten days of the Tour de France. Just follow that super fast and strong guy, Fabian Cancellara. Do that and good things happen.
Result | |||
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1 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 0:16:30 | |
2 | Fabian Cancellara (SSwi Leopard Trek | ||
3 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | ||
4 | Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek | ||
5 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek | ||
6 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:04 | |
7 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
8 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
9 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
11 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek | 0:00:07 | |
12 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 0:00:09 | |
13 | Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad | ||
14 | Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad | ||
15 | John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad | ||
16 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad | ||
17 | Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad | ||
18 | Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre – ISD | 0:00:10 | |
19 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | ||
20 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana | ||
21 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | ||
22 | Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana | ||
23 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | ||
24 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana | ||
25 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:14 | |
26 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
27 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
28 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
29 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
30 | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
31 | Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
32 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team | ||
33 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:00:15 | |
34 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
35 | Marc De Maar (AHo) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
36 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
37 | Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
38 | Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
39 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | ||
40 | Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:00:18 | |
41 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil – Shimano | ||
42 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil – Shimano | ||
43 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil – Shimano | ||
44 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil – Shimano | ||
45 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil – Shimano | ||
46 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil – Shimano | ||
47 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil – Shimano | ||
48 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
49 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
50 | Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
51 | Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
52 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | ||
53 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 0:00:19 | |
54 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 0:00:20 | |
55 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:00:25 | |
56 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
57 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
58 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
59 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
60 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
61 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | ||
62 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team | ||
63 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team | ||
64 | Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team | ||
65 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team | ||
66 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:27 | |
67 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | ||
68 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
69 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
70 | Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
71 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
72 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
73 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
74 | Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:00:28 | |
75 | Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
76 | Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
77 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
78 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
79 | Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
80 | Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | ||
81 | Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | ||
82 | Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | ||
83 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | ||
84 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | ||
85 | Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard | ||
86 | Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack | 0:00:29 | |
87 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack | ||
88 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack | ||
89 | Nelson Oliveira (Spa) Team RadioShack | ||
90 | Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack | ||
91 | Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack | ||
92 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | ||
93 | Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | ||
94 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack | ||
95 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:30 | |
96 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
97 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
98 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
99 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
100 | Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
101 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:00:32 | |
102 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre – ISD | ||
103 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
104 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
105 | Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre – ISD | ||
106 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
107 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:33 | |
108 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
109 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
110 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
111 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
112 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:34 | |
113 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:35 | |
114 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
115 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil – Shimano | 0:00:38 | |
116 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:39 | |
117 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
118 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
119 | Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
120 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
121 | Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
122 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
123 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:41 | |
124 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:42 | |
125 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
126 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
127 | Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
128 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
129 | Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
130 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
131 | Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling | ||
132 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
133 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
134 | Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling | ||
135 | Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
136 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC | 0:00:43 | |
137 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC | ||
138 | Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC | ||
139 | Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC | ||
140 | David Blanco Rodriguez (Spa) Geox-TMC | ||
141 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC | ||
142 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) Geox-TMC | ||
143 | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Geox-TMC | ||
144 | David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC | ||
145 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:44 | |
146 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
147 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
148 | Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 0:00:49 | |
149 | Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:00:52 | |
150 | Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | 0:01:03 | |
151 | Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
152 | Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
153 | Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
154 | Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
155 | Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
156 | José Luis Roldan Carmona (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
157 | Antonio Cabello Baena (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
158 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada | ||
159 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:01:05 | |
160 | Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Procycling | ||
161 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil – Shimano | 0:01:09 | |
162 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:11 | |
163 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:01:16 | |
164 | Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
165 | Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:19 | |
166 | Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:01:23 | |
167 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:24 | |
168 | Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 0:01:25 | |
169 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:01:32 | |
170 | Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team | 0:01:33 | |
171 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | ||
172 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | ||
173 | Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:35 | |
174 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | ||
175 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
176 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:36 | |
177 | Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:54 | |
178 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:01:55 | |
179 | Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:04 | |
180 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
181 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | 0:02:11 | |
182 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Leopard Trek | 0:02:12 | |
183 | Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek | ||
184 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:02:20 | |
185 | Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:02:21 | |
186 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:02:23 | |
187 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 0:02:33 | |
188 | Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Procycling | ||
189 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:34 | |
190 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad | 0:02:45 | |
191 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek | 0:02:46 | |
192 | Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 0:02:54 | |
193 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:55 | |
194 | Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:05 | |
195 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:03:21 | |
196 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
197 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:03:30 | |
198 | José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team |
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