Image 1 of 33 Samuel Sanchez and Vincenzo Nibali chatting at the start (Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo) Image 2 of 33 Lluis Mas enjoys the combativity prize (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 3 of 33 Fabricio Ferrari in the intermediate sprints jersey (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 4 of 33 Simone Ponzi in the Points jersey (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 5 of 33 Edwin Ávila (Colombia) in the Burgos landscape (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 6 of 33 Francesco Lasca (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 7 of 33 Beñat Intxausti recently renewed with Movistar (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 8 of 33 Nairo Quintana (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 9 of 33 Iker Camano Ortuzar, David De la Cruz, José Mendes, three Iberians at NetApp who are going to race the Vuelta (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 10 of 33 Burgos BH is the home team with Steve Bekaert, Jesus Del Pino, Luis Mas, Pablo Torres (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 11 of 33 Darío Hernández, say cheese (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 12 of 33 Fabio Duarte at sign in (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 13 of 33 Euskaltel: Samuel Sanchez, Peio Bilbao and Pablo Urtasun (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 14 of 33 Xabi Zandio (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 15 of 33 Dani Navarro didn't finish because of a huge crash where he injured his teeth.. (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 16 of 33 Cannondales getting shelter (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 17 of 33 Samuel Sanchez and Pablo Urtasun on the first pass of El Castillo (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 18 of 33 Jesús Herrada (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 19 of 33 Marcos García, Antonio Piedra, Paolo Tiralongo, Giovanni Visconti and Simone Ponzi chat at the start (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 20 of 33 Nairo Quintana between Colombia riders (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 21 of 33 The breakaway contests an intermediate sprint (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 22 of 33 Iván Gutiérrez rides through the rain (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 23 of 33 Euskaltel Euskadi riders not quite enjoying the day (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 24 of 33 Pier Paolo De Negri (Fantini) ready to shower (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 25 of 33 The peloton in the rain (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 26 of 33 Airán Fernández debuts as stagiaire with Fantini (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 27 of 33 Damaged AG2R riders (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 28 of 33 Carlos Barbero (Euskadi), best young and local rider (Image credit: Alberto Brevers) Image 29 of 33 Anthony Roux (FDJ) sets the pace on the first pass of El Castillo (Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo) Image 30 of 33 Simone Ponzi (Astana) sprints to victory on stage 1 at the Vuelta a Burgos (Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo) Image 31 of 33 Simone Ponzi (Astana) wins stage 1 at the Vuelta a Burgos ahead of Daniele Ratto (Cannondale) and Sergei Chernetckii (Katusha) (Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo) Image 32 of 33 A happy Simone Ponzi (Astana) on the podium after winning stage 1 at the Vuelta a Burgos (Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo) Image 33 of 33 Stage 1 winner Simone Ponzi (Astana) on the podium (Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo)

The Italian Simone Ponzi (Astana) won the 139km opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos, which was decided in an uphill finish at El Castillo de Burgos. Ponzi benefited from the work of his teammate Vincenzo Nibali, who tested his legs ahead of the Vuelta a España by setting the pace (and tearing the pack to pieces) in the final kilometer of the stage. When Nibali ceased his effort, Ponzi found himself in a close, man-to-man contest with Daniele Ratto (Cannondale), who tried to win by striking first with no reward except an unsatisfying second result. Katusha's Sergei Chernetskiy, very inspired as he recently showed in the Tour de Pologne, took third place.

Ponzi praised Nibali in his statements after the race. "Without Vincenzo I wouldn't have won today, it's that simple," said Ponzi. "He did so much work in the last kilometers to set a high pace and keep the speed up."

That allowed Ponzi to arrive with "good legs and a lot of energy" for the finale and grab his first victory of the season. Ponzi's last win was in June, 2012 on stage 1 at the Tour of Slovenia.

Leaving aside the picturesque climb to El Castillo de Burgos, which the cyclists faced twice in the final ten kilometers, the stage also featured beautiful landscapes and interesting racing. It followed the conventional pattern as six riders went clear early after some aggressive racing and were caught right before the crucial moments in the stage's endgame. Those escapees were Vasil Kiryienka (Sky), Paolo Tiralongo (Astana), Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel), Christian Meier (Orica-GreenEdge), Fabricio Ferrari (Caja Rural) and Iliart Zuazubiskar (Euskadi).

The six were given kept on a tight leash by the peloton, driven by Movistar which thought of Giovanni Visconti and Nairo Quintana as potential winners for the stage, although the pair got boxed in during the closing kilometers and couldn't contest for glory.

The stage was marred by several crashes midway through which caused the retirement of Dani Navarro (Cofidis, 9th in the Tour de France) and three Team Sky riders: Joe Dombrowski, Ian Boswell and Christian Knees. They are "bruised up", according to Sky DS Marcus Ljungqvist, but "should be okay for their upcoming races."

Full Results 1 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:16:34 2 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 3 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Katusha 4 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:00:03 6 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:00:05 8 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:08 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 14 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia 15 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 17 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 18 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:12 19 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 20 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 22 Steve Bekaert (Bel) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 23 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 24 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 25 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 27 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 28 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 29 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 30 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr 31 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 32 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 33 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 34 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 35 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 36 Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr 38 David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 39 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 40 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 41 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:21 43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 44 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 45 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia 0:00:24 46 Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25 47 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:27 48 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 49 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:29 50 Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:32 51 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 52 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:00:34 54 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 55 Federico Canuti (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 56 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 57 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 59 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:00:38 60 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 61 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:42 62 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 63 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:45 64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 67 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 68 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 0:00:51 69 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 70 Philip Lavery (Irl) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:58 71 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:07 72 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:10 73 Unai Iparraguirre Azpiazu (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:16 74 Daniele Colli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 75 Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 76 Duber Armando Quintero Artunduaga (Col) Colombia 0:01:31 77 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:01:33 78 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:01:34 79 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi 80 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 81 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:01:36 82 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha 83 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 84 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 85 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team NetApp-Endura 86 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:55 87 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:03 88 Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi 0:02:07 89 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:12 90 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:02:26 91 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:02:29 92 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:39 93 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:51 94 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Katusha 0:03:33 95 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 0:03:41 96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:03:49 97 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 98 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 99 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 100 Francesco Lasca (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 101 Airan Fernandez (Spa) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 102 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha 103 Pablo Torres Muino (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 104 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 105 Darío Hernández (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 106 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 107 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 108 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 109 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 110 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 111 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 112 Julio Alexis Camacho Bernal (Col) Colombia 113 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 114 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ.fr 115 Juan Carlos Larrinaga Muguruza (Spa) Euskadi 116 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:03:58 117 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 118 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 0:03:59 119 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 120 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 121 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:04:14 123 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:11:26 DNF Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits DNF Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling DNF Ian Boswell (USA) Sky Procycling DNF Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling

Points 1 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 25 pts 2 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 20 3 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Katusha 16 4 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 14 5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 12 6 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 10 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 9 8 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 8 9 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 6 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5 12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 3 14 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia 2 15 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1

Mountain 1 - Alto Los Buitres (Cat. 3) 41km 1 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4 3 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2 4 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 1

Mountain 2 - El Castillo (Cat. 3) 131km 1 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 6 pts 2 Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 4 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2 4 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia 1

Mountain 3 - El Castillo (Cat. 3) 139km 1 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 6 pts 2 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4 3 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Katusha 2 4 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 1

Sprint 1 - Castrillo del Val, 52km 1 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3 pts 2 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 2 3 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 1

Sprint 2 - Ibeas de Juarros, 58km 1 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3 pts 2 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 2 3 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 1

Sprint 3 - Atapuerca, 74km 1 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3 pts 2 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 2 3 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Young riders 1 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 3:16:46 2 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:09 3 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:00 4 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:03:37

Spanish riders 1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:16:42 2 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:04 4 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 6 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 7 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 8 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 9 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 10 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 11 David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 12 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 13 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 14 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:13 16 Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:24 17 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:26 18 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:00:30 19 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:37 20 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 0:00:43 23 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:59 24 Unai Iparraguirre Azpiazu (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:08 25 Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 26 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:01:25 27 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:26 28 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:47 29 Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:59 30 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:43 31 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:41 32 Airan Fernandez (Spa) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha 34 Pablo Torres Muino (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 35 Darío Hernández (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 36 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 37 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 38 Juan Carlos Larrinaga Muguruza (Spa) Euskadi 39 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 0:03:50

Local riders 1 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 3:16:46 2 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:01:21 3 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:03:37

Teams 1 FDJ.fr 9:49:59 2 Katusha 0:00:03 3 Astana Pro Team 0:00:12 4 Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 5 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:15 6 Movistar Team 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Team NetApp-Endura 0:00:19 9 Ag2R La Mondiale 0:00:21 10 Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:24 11 Sky Procycling 0:00:32 12 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:35 13 Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:00:45 14 Euskadi 0:00:48 15 Colombia 0:00:49 16 Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:52

General classification after stage 1 1 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:16:34 2 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 3 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Katusha 4 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:00:03 6 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:00:05 8 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:08 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 14 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia 15 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 17 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 18 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:12 19 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 20 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 22 Steve Bekaert (Bel) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 23 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 24 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 25 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 27 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 28 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 29 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 30 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr 31 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 32 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 33 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 34 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 35 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling 36 Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr 38 David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 39 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 40 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 41 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:21 43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 44 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 45 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia 0:00:24 46 Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25 47 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:27 48 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 49 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:29 50 Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:32 51 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 52 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) AG2R La Mondiale 53 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0:00:34 54 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 55 Federico Canuti (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 56 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 57 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 59 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:00:38 60 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 61 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:42 62 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 63 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:45 64 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia 67 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 68 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha 0:00:51 69 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 70 Philip Lavery (Irl) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:58 71 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:07 72 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:10 73 Unai Iparraguirre Azpiazu (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:16 74 Daniele Colli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 75 Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 76 Duber Armando Quintero Artunduaga (Col) Colombia 0:01:31 77 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:01:33 78 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia 0:01:34 79 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi 80 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 81 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:01:36 82 Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha 83 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 84 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 85 Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team NetApp-Endura 86 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:55 87 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:03 88 Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi 0:02:07 89 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:12 90 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:02:26 91 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:02:29 92 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:39 93 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:51 94 Mikhail Antonov (Rus) Katusha 0:03:33 95 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 0:03:41 96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:03:49 97 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 98 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 99 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 100 Francesco Lasca (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 101 Airan Fernandez (Spa) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 102 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha 103 Pablo Torres Muino (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 104 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 105 Darío Hernández (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 106 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 107 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 108 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 109 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 110 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 111 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 112 Julio Alexis Camacho Bernal (Col) Colombia 113 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 114 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ.fr 115 Juan Carlos Larrinaga Muguruza (Spa) Euskadi 116 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 0:03:58 117 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 118 Erick Rowsell (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 0:03:59 119 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura 120 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 121 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:04:14 123 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 0:11:26

Points classification 1 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 25 pts 2 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 20 3 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Katusha 16 4 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 14 5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling 12 6 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 10 7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 9 8 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 8 9 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 6 11 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5 12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha 3 14 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia 2 15 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1

Mountains classification 1 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 7 pts 2 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 6 3 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4 5 Francesco Failli (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 4 6 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4 7 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Katusha 2 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2 9 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2 10 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia 1 11 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 1

Sprint classification 1 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 9 pts 2 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 6 3 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 2 4 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Young riders classification 1 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 3:16:46 2 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:09 3 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:00 4 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:03:37

Spanish riders classification 1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3:16:42 2 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:04 4 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 6 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 7 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 8 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 9 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 10 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Movistar Team 11 David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 12 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 13 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 14 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:13 16 Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) Euskadi 0:00:24 17 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:26 18 Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:00:30 19 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:37 20 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 0:00:43 23 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:59 24 Unai Iparraguirre Azpiazu (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:08 25 Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 26 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:01:25 27 Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:26 28 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:47 29 Aritz Bagües (Spa) Euskadi 0:01:59 30 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:43 31 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:41 32 Airan Fernandez (Spa) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 33 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha 34 Pablo Torres Muino (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 35 Darío Hernández (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 36 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 37 Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 38 Juan Carlos Larrinaga Muguruza (Spa) Euskadi 39 Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi (Spa) Euskadi 0:03:50

Local riders classification 1 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Euskadi 3:16:46 2 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:01:21 3 Efren Carazo (Spa) Burgos BH-Castilla y Leon 0:03:37