March 5/11 18:42 pm - Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 03/5/11
Results from the second stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia, in Spain, won by Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard). Christian Meier (UnitedHealthcare ) was 34th on teh stage and is now 46th in teh overall
| Stage 2: Estrella de Levante to Centro de Interpretación de Sierra Espuña, 183.2 km |
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| 1 Alberto Contador (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | 4:46:57 |
| 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC | at 0:05 |
| 3 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
| 4 Fabio Duarte (Col) Geox-TMC | 0:25 |
| 5 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:27 |
| 6 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 0:57 |
| 7 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky | 1:17 |
| 8 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 9 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 10 David Blanco Rodriguez (Esp) Geox-TMC | all s.t. |
| 11 Francisco Perez (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:22 |
| 12 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Geox-TMC | 1:34 |
| 13 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 1:38 |
| 14 José Herrada (Esp) Caja Rural | 1:40 |
| 15 Javier Moreno (Esp) Caja Rural | 1:55 |
| 16 Daniel Navarro (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | s.t. |
| 17 Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:00 |
| 18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:24 |
| 19 Jordi Simon (Esp) Spanish National Team | |
| 20 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing | |
| 21 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Esp) Endura Racing | |
| 22 Miguel Minguez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 23 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 24 Marcos Garcia (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 2:32 |
| 25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 2:34 |
| 26 Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | 2:44 |
| 27 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 2:52 |
| 28 Charles Wegelius (GBr) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 2:54 |
| 29 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 30 David Bernabeu (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
| 31 Dario Cioni (Ita) Team Sky | all s.t. |
| 32 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 3:20 |
| 33 Adrián Palomares (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 3:29 |
| 34 Christian Meier (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 3:34 |
| 35 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 3:36 |
| 36 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team | 3:53 |
| 37 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 38 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | both s.t. |
| 39 Samuel Nicolás (Esp) Spanish National Team | 3:55 |
| 40 Jaume Rovira Pous (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 4:18 |
| 41 Jose Roman (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | s.t. |
| 42 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Sky | 4:21 |
| 43 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | s.t. |
| 44 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:23 |
| 45 Jesús Hernandez (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | 4:37 |
| 46 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Team Sky | 4:52 |
| 47 Salvador Guardiola (Esp) KTM - Murcia | |
| 48 Arkaitz Duran (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 49 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 50 David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing | 5:23 |
| 51 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team | 5:26 |
| 52 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | |
| 53 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | |
| 54 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 55 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 56 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 57 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Esp) KTM - Murcia | |
| 58 Hector Gonzalez (Esp) KTM - Murcia | |
| 59 Igor Anton (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 60 Iñigo Cuesta (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 61 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | all s.t. |
| 62 Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5:31 |
| 63 Rubén Fernández (Esp) Spanish National Team | 6:32 |
| 64 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | s.t. |
| 65 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 6:53 |
| 66 Higinio Fernández (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 67 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 8:04 |
| 68 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 69 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 70 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano | all s.t. |
| 71 Russell Downing (GBr) Team Sky | 8:26 |
| 72 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | s.t. |
| 73 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 8:41 |
| 74 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 75 Pascual Orengo (Esp) Burgos 2016 - Castilla y León | |
| 76 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 77 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | all s.t. |
| 78 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 8:53 |
| 79 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 8:56 |
| 80 Florian Bissinger (Ger) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 10:38 |
| 81 Javier Benitez Pomares (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 11:11 |
| 82 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 11:24 |
| 83 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 84 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 85 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 86 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 87 John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing | all s.t. |
| 88 Alexander Serov (Rus) Russian National Team | 11:28 |
| 89 Alexey Markov (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 90 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 91 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 92 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team | |
| 93 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | all s.t. |
| 94 Francisco García Nicolás (Esp) Spanish National Team | 14:29 |
| 95 Carlos Sastre Candil (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 96 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | both s.t. |
| 97 Eloy Teruel (Esp) Spanish National Team | 16:59 |
| 98 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 17:35 |
| 99 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | 18:07 |
| 100 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| 101 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | both s.t. |
| 102 Aitor Galdos (Esp) Caja Rural | 20:19 |
| 103 Jose Luis Roldan Carmona (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 20:21 |
| 104 Rubén Reig Conejero (Esp) Caja Rural | s.t. |
| 105 Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 20:23 |
| 106 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Caja Rural | s.t. |
| 107 Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 20:27 |
| 108 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 109 Philipp Grömer (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 23:14 |
| 110 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 23:15 |
| 111 Lukas Ranacher (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
| 112 Alan Perez Lezaun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 113 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | all s.t. |
| 114 Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russian National Team | 23:18 |
| 115 José María Alcaraz Franco (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 29:48 |
| 116 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian National Team | |
| 117 Lars Pria (Rou) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 32:36 |
| 118 Evgeny Kovalev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | s.t. |
| DNF Juanjo Cobo (Esp) Geox - TMC | |
| DNF Mikel Landa (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| DNF Rubén Plaza (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| DNF Mauricio Soler (Col) Movistar Team | |
| DNF Philip Schinagl (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | |
| DNF Callum Wilkilson (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| DNF Carlos Verona (Esp) Spanish National Team | |
| GC | |
| 1 Alberto Contador (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | 9:13:08 |
| 2 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | at 0:03 |
| 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox - TMC | 0:05 |
| 4 Fabio Duarte (Col) Geox - TMC | 0:54 |
| 5 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:56 |
| 6 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 0:57 |
| 7 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:17 |
| 8 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 1:17 |
| 9 David Blanco (Esp) Geox - TMC | 1:17 |
| 10 Francisco Pérez (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:22 |
| 11 Rafael Valls (Esp) Geox - TMC | 1:34 |
| 12 José Herrada (Esp) Caja Rural | 1:40 |
| 13 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky | 1:52 |
| 14 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 1:56 |
| 15 Daniel Navarro García (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | 2:05 |
| 16 Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:18 |
| 17 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2:24 |
| 18 Jordi Simon (Esp) Spanish National Team | 2:24 |
| 19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 2:24 |
| 20 Javier Moreno (Esp) Caja Rural | 2:30 |
| 21 Marcos García (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 2:32 |
| 22 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing | 2:42 |
| 23 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Esp) Endura Racing | 2:42 |
| 24 Miguel Minguez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2:42 |
| 25 Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | 2:44 |
| 26 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 2:52 |
| 27 David Bernabeu (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 2:54 |
| 28 Dario Cioni (Ita) Team Sky | 2:54 |
| 29 Serguey Frisanov (Rus) Russian National Team | 3:27 |
| 30 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling | 3:29 |
| 31 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3:29 |
| 32 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 3:49 |
| 33 Carlos Oyarzun (Chi) Movistar Team | 3:53 |
| 34 Samuel Nicolás (Esp) Spanish National Team | 3:55 |
| 35 Adrián Palomares (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 4:04 |
| 36 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 4:21 |
| 37 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Sky | 4:21 |
| 38 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:23 |
| 39 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 4:28 |
| 40 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 4:47 |
| 41 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Team Sky | 4:50 |
| 42 Alberto Benítez (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 4:50 |
| 43 Salvador Guardiola (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 4:52 |
| 44 Arkaitz Durán (Esp) Geox - TMC | 4:52 |
| 45 Jaume Rovira Pous (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 4:53 |
| 46 Christian Meier (Can) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling | 5:02 |
| 47 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5:04 |
| 48 Mikel Nieve (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 5:10 |
| 49 Jesús Hernández Blázquez (Esp) Saxo Bank Sungard | 5:12 |
| 50 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5:26 |
| 51 David Clarke (GBr) Endura Racing | 5:58 |
| 52 Igor Anton (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6:01 |
| 53 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 6:01 |
| 54 Óscar García-Casarrubios (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 6:01 |
| 55 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | 6:01 |
| 56 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Saxo Bank Sungard | 6:01 |
| 57 Javier Ramírez Abeja (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 6:01 |
| 58 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team | 6:01 |
| 59 Rony Sutherland (Aus) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling | 6:01 |
| 60 Iñigo Cuesta (Esp) Caja Rural | 6:01 |
| 61 Ruslan Pydgornyy (Ukr) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 6:06 |
| 62 Rubén Fernández (Esp) Spanish National Team | 6:32 |
| 63 Higinio Fernández (Esp) Caja Rural | 6:53 |
| 64 Héctor González (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 7:03 |
| 65 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 7:28 |
| 66 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 8:02 |
| 67 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | 8:04 |
| 68 Russell Downing (GBr) Team Sky | 8:24 |
| 69 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 8:33 |
| 70 Jonas Jorgensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 8:39 |
| 71 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Skil - Shimano | 8:39 |
| 72 Pablo Lechuga (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 8:42 |
| 73 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard | 8:44 |
| 74 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 8:51 |
| 75 Pascual Orengo (Esp) Spanish National Team | 9:10 |
| 76 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 9:13 |
| 77 Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 9:16 |
| 78 Manuel Ortega (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 9:28 |
| 79 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 9:52 |
| 80 Florian Bissinger (Ger) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 11:13 |
| 81 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 11:22 |
| 82 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Team Sky | 11:24 |
| 83 Javier Benítez (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 11:29 |
| 84 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling | 11:32 |
| 85 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 11:42 |
| 86 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 11:51 |
| 87 Alexey Markov (Rus) Russian National Team | 12:00 |
| 88 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team | 12:03 |
| 89 Sep Vanmarke (Bel) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 12:03 |
| 90 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Russian National Team | 12:39 |
| 91 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 14:40 |
| 92 Francisco García Nicolás (Esp) Spanish National Team | 14:47 |
| 93 Carlos Sastre (Esp) Geox - TMC | 15:04 |
| 94 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin - Cervelo | 15:04 |
| 95 Alexander Serov (Rus) Russian National Team | 15:14 |
| 96 John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing | 16:55 |
| 97 Eloy Teruel (Esp) Spanish National Team | 17:31 |
| 98 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling | 18:05 |
| 99 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling | 18:42 |
| 100 Aitor Galdos (Esp) Caja Rural | 20:17 |
| 101 Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 20:25 |
| 102 Egoitz García (Esp) Caja Rural | 20:41 |
| 103 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 20:43 |
| 104 José Luis Roldan (Esp) Andalucia Caja Granada | 20:56 |
| 105 Rubén Reig (Esp) Caja Rural | 20:56 |
| 106 Jon Izagirre (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 23:06 |
| 107 Rubén Pérez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 23:15 |
| 108 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 23:15 |
| 109 Bradley White (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling | 23:38 |
| 110 Alan Pérez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 23:50 |
| 111 Christian Pavitschitz (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 25:54 |
| 112 Kiril Yatsevich (Rus) Russian National Team | 28:39 |
| 113 Philipp Grömer (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 28:45 |
| 114 Lukas Ranacher (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 31:19 |
| 115 Evgeniy Kovalev (Rus) Russian National Team | 34:06 |
| 116 Jose María Alcaraz Franco (Esp) KTM - Murcia | 35:09 |
| 117 Ivan Kovalev (Rus) Russian National Team | 38:27 |
| 118 Lars Pria (Ger) Arbo Gebruder Weiss - Oberndorfer | 43:16 |
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