Posted by Editoress on 04/9/11
Results from the 6th and final stage of the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, in Spain won by Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre - ISD). Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin-Cervelo) finished 23rd on the stage and finished 9th overall.
Andreas Klöden Eleven Years Later in Basque Country
Eleven years after winning his first Vuelta al País Vasco, Andreas Klöden took his second victory on Saturday after a week of top-level racing in the Basque Country. The second place overall of Chris Horner makes the success of Team RadioShack complete.
Klöden, 35, entered today’s time trial in second place, tied on time with Spanish riders Joaquin Rodriquez (Katusha) and Olympic champion Sámuel Sánchez (Euskaltel Euskadi). But the German rider was the only one of the three who performed at a top level and dominated his rivals to earn the win. He arrived in Zalla with a finish time five seconds behind winner Tony Martin. Marco Pinotti (HTC) finished third, 24 seconds behind.
“The time trial went so well ,” said a happy Andreas Klöden. “Johan Bruyneel and José Azevedo coached me so well in the following car. They had the split times of Tony Martin. I started very fast and the climb went very well for me. I could keep my good pace till the end. Perfect.”
“Andreas was really motivated,” explained Team Director Johan Bruyneel. “He saw the course four times, by bike and in the car. It shows his determination to win. He wanted to take the victory. Already from the beginning it was clear that he was in the right rhythm. On the top of the climb he was seven seconds faster than Martin, but better yet, 30 seconds better than the other GC contenders. That’s why we decided not to take any more risks in the descent and not jeopardize the overall victory. We also knew it would be hard to beat Tony Martin on that flat part.”
For Andreas Klöden, who twice finished second in the Tour de France, the victory in the Tour of the Basque Country is his eighth victory in a pro stage race. Among his wins are Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adricatico, Tour de Romandie and the Tour of the Basque Country eleven years ago.
“It was a very hard week. There were a lot of climbs and so many attacks,” said Klöden after the race. “It’s unbelievable really that I’ve won here again after 11 years. But it shows what can happen. You need to be strong mentally and have a nice team. Without the team it’s not possible. My team was always in the race and looking out for me. I want to say thank you to my team.”
Team Director Viatcheslav Ekimov was a happy man in Zalla, too. “We came with ambition. We came with two leaders and both of them couldn’t have had a better end result. The tactics, the rider’s health, the team spirit, everything worked out fine. That’s not always the case. We all are happy.”
Throughout the week teammate and defending champion Chris Horner (39) animated the race alongside Klöden, making a formidable duo on the road. Horner was only one second off the lead starting today’s time trial and his strong performance to take ninth on the stage and the implosion of other top riders jumped the American into second place on the podium next to teammate Andreas Klöden, who is riding one of his best seasons in recent years.
“Honestly I haven’t worked harder than the other years,” concluded Klöden. “Maybe I even trained a bit less obsessively, but this year I never had bad luck or illnesses like in the last seasons. I was good in Algarve, I continued in Paris-Nice, recovered well and did a good TT in Critérium International. And here, in the Basque Country, I was lucky with this hot weather – perfect for me – and with my glorious teammates.”
Team RadioShack press release
Stage 6: Zalla to Zalla ITT, 24 km | |
1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 0:32:16 |
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | at 0:09 |
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad | 0:24 |
4 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 0:29 |
5 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:42 |
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | 0:48 |
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:50 |
8 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:53 |
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:55 |
10 Vasili Kiryienk(Blr) Movistar Team | 1:00 |
11 Beñat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:03 |
12 Xavier Tondo (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:06 |
13 Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:17 |
14 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 1:19 |
15 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:30 |
16 David Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:31 |
17 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 1:32 |
18 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 1:33 |
19 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:41 |
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 1:43 |
21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | 1:48 |
22 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 1:49 |
23 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 1:52 |
24 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:52 |
25 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 1:53 |
26 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 1:55 |
27 Fabio Andrés Duarte (Col) Geox-TMC | 1:56 |
28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 1:58 |
29 GorkVerdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 2:03 |
30 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad | 2:03 |
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) KatushTeam | 2:06 |
32 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 2:06 |
33 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) KatushTeam | 2:08 |
34 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:11 |
35 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 2:16 |
36 José Herrad(Esp) CajRural | 2:17 |
37 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team | 2:20 |
38 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:20 |
39 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R LMondiale | 2:21 |
40 Chris Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 2:22 |
41 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 2:24 |
42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling | 2:27 |
43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 2:28 |
44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 2:29 |
45 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | 2:31 |
46 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad | 2:31 |
47 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:31 |
48 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | 2:38 |
49 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:41 |
50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) KatushTeam | 2:42 |
51 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 2:42 |
52 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 2:45 |
53 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 2:49 |
54 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:50 |
55 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack | 2:51 |
56 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 2:51 |
57 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 2:54 |
58 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Sky Procycling | 2:55 |
59 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:56 |
60 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 2:57 |
61 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:58 |
62 Ivan Santaromit(Ita) BMC Racing Team | 2:58 |
63 David Arroyo (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:59 |
64 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 3:00 |
65 Egoi Martínez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:00 |
66 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team RadioShack | 3:03 |
67 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 3:05 |
68 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 3:05 |
69 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack | 3:07 |
70 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 3:09 |
71 Egoitz Garci(Esp) CajRural | 3:10 |
72 Mauricio Ardil(Col) Geox-TMC | 3:10 |
73 Amets Txurruk(Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:14 |
74 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | 3:15 |
75 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 3:18 |
76 Markel Irizar (Esp) Team RadioShack | 3:21 |
77 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 3:23 |
78 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 3:24 |
79 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 3:24 |
80 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 3:25 |
81 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | 3:26 |
82 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 3:29 |
83 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 3:30 |
84 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 3:33 |
85 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) KatushTeam | 3:33 |
86 Francesco Red(Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 3:34 |
87 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 3:35 |
88 Josep Jufré (Esp) Pro Team Astana | 3:35 |
89 Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad | 3:38 |
90 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 3:38 |
91 GrischNiermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 3:41 |
92 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 3:44 |
93 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 3:47 |
94 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) KatushTeam | 3:50 |
95 Alberto Losad(Esp) KatushTeam | 3:51 |
96 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 3:53 |
97 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek | 3:58 |
98 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3:58 |
99 Juan José Cobo (Esp) Geox-TMC | 3:59 |
100 Aitor Pérez Arriet(Esp) Lampre - ISD | 4:02 |
101 Juan Jose Oroz (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4:05 |
102 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 4:08 |
103 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 4:11 |
104 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling | 4:11 |
105 Garikoitz Bravo (Esp) CajRural | 4:14 |
106 Ivan Velasco (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4:18 |
107 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad | 4:20 |
108 Javier Moreno (Esp) CajRural | 4:26 |
109 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:29 |
110 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:30 |
111 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 4:30 |
112 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 4:31 |
113 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:34 |
114 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 4:46 |
115 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:47 |
116 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | 4:48 |
117 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team | 4:48 |
118 Daniel Moreno (Esp) KatushTeam | 4:50 |
119 J. Vicente GarcíAcost(Esp) Movistar Team | 4:56 |
120 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard | 5:00 |
121 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek | 5:05 |
122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling | 5:08 |
123 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 5:16 |
124 Gert Dockx (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 5:43 |
125 David De LFuente (Esp) Geox-TMC | 5:44 |
126 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek | 5:46 |
127 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | 6:02 |
128 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 6:05 |
129 Julián Sánchez Pimient(Esp) CajRural | 6:10 |
130 Pablo Urtasun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6:48 |
131 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 7:48 |
Final GC | |
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | 22:12:11 |
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack | at 0:47 |
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
4 Beñat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:03 |
5 Xavier Tondo (Esp) Movistar Team | s.t. |
6 Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:08 |
7 David Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:28 |
8 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 1:31 |
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 1:49 |
10 Vasili Kiryienk(Blr) Movistar Team | 1:54 |
11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) KatushTeam | 1:59 |
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 2:02 |
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 3:12 |
14 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
15 GorkVerdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 3:17 |
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 3:23 |
17 Chris Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 3:39 |
18 Fabio Andrés Duarte (Col) Geox-TMC | 4:00 |
19 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 4:47 |
20 José Herrad(Esp) CajRural | 4:48 |
21 David Arroyo (Esp) Movistar Team | 5:07 |
22 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad | 5:20 |
23 Ivan Santaromit(Ita) BMC Racing Team | 6:11 |
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | 6:41 |
25 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | 7:01 |
26 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) KatushTeam | 7:46 |
27 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling | 7:50 |
28 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) KatushTeam | 9:18 |
29 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 9:20 |
30 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 9:34 |
31 Daniel Moreno (Esp) KatushTeam | 10:03 |
32 Egoitz Garci(Esp) CajRural | s.t. |
33 Mauricio Ardil(Col) Geox-TMC | 11:57 |
34 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack | 12:03 |
35 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 12:25 |
36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 13:27 |
37 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 13:50 |
38 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 14:47 |
39 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 14:49 |
40 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 15:05 |
41 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 15:16 |
42 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 17:09 |
43 Javier Moreno (Esp) CajRural | 17:35 |
44 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Sky Procycling | 17:56 |
45 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 18:44 |
46 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad | 18:51 |
47 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | 19:31 |
48 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 19:42 |
49 Amets Txurruk(Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 19:57 |
50 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | 21:30 |
51 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) KatushTeam | 22:16 |
52 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 22:28 |
53 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 24:01 |
54 Egoi Martínez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 24:02 |
55 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 24:31 |
56 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling | 24:38 |
57 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 24:45 |
58 Ivan Velasco (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 24:51 |
59 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 24:56 |
60 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 25:33 |
61 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | 26:59 |
62 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 28:04 |
63 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 28:16 |
64 Francesco Red(Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 28:26 |
65 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 28:47 |
66 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 28:52 |
67 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 29:07 |
68 Alberto Losad(Esp) KatushTeam | 30:44 |
69 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team | 31:26 |
70 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 31:28 |
71 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 31:57 |
72 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling | 32:22 |
73 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) KatushTeam | 32:28 |
74 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 33:18 |
75 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack | 34:13 |
76 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | 34:34 |
77 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 35:07 |
78 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 35:47 |
79 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 35:56 |
80 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 36:08 |
81 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling | 36:34 |
82 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard | 36:45 |
83 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 37:44 |
84 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 38:32 |
85 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 38:52 |
86 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 41:51 |
87 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 42:36 |
88 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 44:43 |
89 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 46:57 |
90 Markel Irizar (Esp) Team RadioShack | 47:08 |
91 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 47:23 |
92 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 49:18 |
93 GrischNiermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 49:46 |
94 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | 50:35 |
95 Juan José Cobo (Esp) Geox-TMC | 50:36 |
96 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 51:01 |
97 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 51:21 |
98 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 51:38 |
99 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 52:54 |
100 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 53:04 |
101 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R LMondiale | 53:17 |
102 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 53:29 |
103 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 53:34 |
104 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | 54:05 |
105 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team | 54:15 |
106 Gert Dockx (Bel) OmegPharma-Lotto | 55:03 |
107 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 55:58 |
108 Juan Jose Oroz (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 56:05 |
109 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 59:08 |
110 Pablo Urtasun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 59:12 |
111 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 59:33 |
112 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek | 59:43 |
113 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek | 1:00:27 |
114 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 1:00:36 |
115 Aitor Pérez Arriet(Esp) Lampre - ISD | 1:01:04 |
116 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R LMondiale | 1:02:58 |
117 J. Vicente GarcíAcost(Esp) Movistar Team | 1:03:04 |
118 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek | 1:03:26 |
119 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad | 1:05:42 |
120 David De LFuente (Esp) Geox-TMC | 1:05:48 |
121 Josep Jufré (Esp) Pro Team Astana | 1:07:55 |
122 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:08:25 |
123 Julián Sánchez Pimient(Esp) CajRural | 1:09:03 |
124 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad | 1:09:05 |
125 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team RadioShack | 1:09:27 |
126 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:10:16 |
127 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:13:17 |
128 Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad | 1:14:11 |
129 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:20:07 |
130 Garikoitz Bravo (Esp) CajRural | 1:24:38 |
131 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:29:37 |
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