September 2/12 14:22 pm - Vuelta a Espana - Stage 15
Posted by Editoress on 09/2/12
Antonio Piedra (Caja Rural) secured the biggest win of his career at Lagos de Covadonga summit, after 186.5km's that began in La Robla. The 26-year-old Spaniard attacked from a 10-men break on the final climb and crossed the line to take the win 2 minutes and 2 seconds ahead of Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) and his team-mate David de la Fuente. The other riders in the break were Pablo Lastras (Movistar), Simon Geschke (Argos-Shimano), Kevin Seeldraeyers and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana), Vicent Reynés (Lotto Belisol) and Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM).
In the battle for the GC, Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) attacked several times but he couldn't drop Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), who was assisted by Nairo Quintana. Britain's Chris Froome lost 45 seconds.
Rodríguez leads Contador by 22 seconds on GC with Valverde moving up to third, 1'41'' down. Froome drops to fourth, 2 minutes and 16 seconds in arrears.
Results
| Stage 15: La Robla to Lagos de Covadonga 186.5 km | |
| 1 Antonio Piedra (Esp) Caja Rural | 5:01:23 |
| 2 Ruben Perez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | at 2:02 |
| 3 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 4 David de la Fuente (Esp) Caja Rural | both s.t. |
| 5 Pablo Lastras (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:07 |
| 6 Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano | 2:12 |
| 7 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team | 2:25 |
| 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 3:35 |
| 9 Vicente Reynes (Esp) Lotto Belisol Team | 3:49 |
| 10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 6:45 |
| 11 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 9:25 |
| 12 Joaquim Rodriguez (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 13 Alberto Contador (Esp) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | |
| 14 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 9:38 |
| 15 Igor Anton (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 9:48 |
| 16 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 10:00 |
| 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 18 Winner Anacona (Col) Lampre - ISD | |
| 19 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | |
| 20 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | |
| 84 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | 21:30 |
| GC | |
| 1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Esp) Katusha Team | 58:17:21 |
| 2 Alberto Contador (Esp) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | at 0:22 |
| 3 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | 1:41 |
| 4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling | 2:16 |
| 5 Daniel Moreno (Esp) Katusha Team | 4:51 |
| 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 5:42 |
| 7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp | 6:48 |
| 8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 7:17 |
| 9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 7:21 |
| 10 Igor Anton (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 7:39 |
| 11 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 9:01 |
| 12 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 9:23 |
| 13 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10:21 |
| 14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan | 10:56 |
| 15 Benat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team | 11:03 |
| 16 Bart de Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 11:08 |
| 17 Winner Anacona (Col) Lampre - ISD | 11:09 |
| 18 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 11:24 |
| 19 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 13:23 |
| 20 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 14:19 |
| 146 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | 1:59:43 |
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