August 19/12 8:36 am - Vuelta a Espana - Stage 1
Posted by Editor on 08/19/12
The last of the 2012 Grand Tours began yesterday with the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Teams covered 16.5 kilometres in a team time trial. Movistar beat Rabobank by ten seconds to put Jonathan Castroviejo into the leader's jersey. There is one Canadian in the race - Dominique Rollin with the FDJ -Big Mat, who was a distant 192nd, and 3:25 down.
| Pamplona to Pamplona, 16.5 km | |
| 1 Movistar Team | 0:18:51 |
| 2 Omega Pharma - Quickstep | at 0:10 |
| 3 Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 4 BMC Racing Team | both s.t. |
| 5 SKY Procycling | 0:12 |
| 6 Lotto Belisol Team | s.t. |
| 7 Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:14 |
| 8 Katusha Team | 0:15 |
| 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:28 |
| 10 Orica Greenedge | 0:33 |
| 11 Astana Pro Team | 0:34 |
| 12 AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 13 Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:35 |
| 14 Liquigas - Cannondale | 0:41 |
| 15 Cofidis, le credit en ligne | 0:47 |
| 16 Lampre - ISD | 0:54 |
| 17 Radioshack - Nissan | 0:55 |
| 18 FDJ - Big Mat | 0:57 |
| 19 Team Argos - Shimano | 0:59 |
| 20 Andalucia | 1:01 |
| 21 Garmin - Sharp | 1:27 |
| 22 Caja Rural | s.t. |
| GC | |
| 1 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:18:51 |
| 2 Javier Moreno Bazan (Esp) Movistar Team | at 0:01 |
| 3 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:04 |
| 7 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:10 |
| 8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 9 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 10 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 11 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 12 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 13 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 14 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 16 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 18 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 20 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| 21 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 22 Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 23 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Esp) Sky Procycling | 0:12 |
| 24 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | |
| 25 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 26 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 27 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling | |
| 28 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling | |
| 29 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 30 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 31 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 32 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 33 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 34 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:13 |
| 35 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 0:14 |
| 36 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 38 Bruno Pires (Por) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 39 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 40 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha Team | 0:15 |
| 41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 42 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 43 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 44 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 45 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 46 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:17 |
| 47 Igor Anton (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:28 |
| 48 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 49 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 50 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 51 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 52 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:31 |
| 53 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 0:33 |
| 54 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | |
| 55 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | |
| 56 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | |
| 57 Daniel Teklehaymanot (Eri) Orica - GreenEdge | |
| 58 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:34 |
| 59 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | |
| 60 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 61 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team | |
| 62 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | |
| 63 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 64 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 65 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 66 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 67 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 68 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:35 |
| 69 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | |
| 70 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | |
| 71 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | |
| 72 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | |
| 73 Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:37 |
| 74 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 0:41 |
| 75 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 76 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 77 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 78 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 79 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 80 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 81 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:45 |
| 82 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:47 |
| 83 Yohann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 84 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 85 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 86 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 87 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:54 |
| 88 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | |
| 89 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD | |
| 90 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 91 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 92 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan | 0:55 |
| 93 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | |
| 94 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | |
| 95 Tiago Machado (Por) Radioshack-Nissan | |
| 96 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) Radioshack-Nissan | |
| 97 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 0:57 |
| 98 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 99 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 100 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 101 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 102 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | |
| 103 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano | 0:59 |
| 104 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano | |
| 105 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 106 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Argos-Shimano | |
| 107 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 108 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Esp) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:00 |
| 109 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Andalucia | 1:01 |
| 110 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 111 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 112 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 113 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 114 Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 115 Javier Chacon (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 116 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 117 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:05 |
| 118 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Esp) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:06 |
| 119 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 1:07 |
| 120 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 121 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:08 |
| 122 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 123 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 1:10 |
| 124 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Esp) Andalucia | |
| 125 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:12 |
| 126 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1:13 |
| 127 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica - GreenEdge | 1:17 |
| 128 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 129 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 130 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:18 |
| 131 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | 1:27 |
| 132 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 133 Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 134 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 135 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 136 Antonio Piedra Perez (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 137 Hernani Broco (Por) Caja Rural | |
| 138 Danail Andonov Petrov (Bul) Caja Rural | |
| 139 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 140 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | |
| 141 Marcos Garcia (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 142 Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1:32 |
| 143 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:35 |
| 144 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Caja Rural | 1:38 |
| 145 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1:39 |
| 146 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan | 1:40 |
| 147 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:50 |
| 148 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:53 |
| 149 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 150 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | 1:58 |
| 152 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 153 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 1:59 |
| 154 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:01 |
| 155 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 156 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 157 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | |
| 159 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 160 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team | 2:02 |
| 161 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 162 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:03 |
| 163 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 164 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 2:05 |
| 165 Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge | 2:15 |
| 166 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 2:16 |
| 167 Julian Dean (NZl) Orica - GreenEdge | 2:20 |
| 168 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan | 2:23 |
| 169 Laurent Didier (Lux) Radioshack-Nissan | |
| 170 Grégory Rast (Sui) Radioshack-Nissan | |
| 171 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:32 |
| 172 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:33 |
| 173 Danny Pate (USA) Sky Procycling | |
| 174 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 175 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 2:34 |
| 176 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 177 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 2:43 |
| 178 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 2:47 |
| 179 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 180 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 2:52 |
| 181 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 182 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 2:58 |
| 183 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Garmin - Sharp | 3:05 |
| 184 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 185 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 3:08 |
| 186 Cheng Ji (Chn) Argos-Shimano | 3:17 |
| 187 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano | 3:18 |
| 188 Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano | |
| 189 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | 3:24 |
| 190 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team | 3:25 |
| 191 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 192 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 193 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | 3:36 |
| 194 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Katusha Team | 3:40 |
| 195 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural | 3:42 |
| 196 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | 4:05 |
| 197 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin - Sharp | 4:31 |
| 198 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 9:03 |
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