Current Articles | Archives | RSS Feeds | Search Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Michael Albasini doubles up in the Volta a Catalunya by Ben Atkins at 12:28 PM EST

Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Volta a Catalunya Race leader surprises the leaders with as the final climb decimates the peloton Michael Albasini (GreenEDGE) surprised the rest of the very select group of riders to take the second stage of the Volta a Catalunya, starting and finishing in the city of Girona. The Swiss rider, wearing the white and green leader’s jersey after taking the previous day’s stage victory, jumped away from the pack as they approached the finish line, and managed to open up a decisive gap that the sprinting group was unable to close.



Just on Albasini’s wheel as he hit the line was Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), who outsprinted Rigoberto Uran (Team Sky) in the dash for the line. A second victory for Albasini means that the GreenEDGE rider keeps his overall lead in the race, although the victory carries no time bonuses.



"It was fantastic to win yesterday and have the leader's jersey today," said Albasini. "To win a stage in the jersey is a good feeling. I'm happy to pay back my teammates with one more victory after they worked so hard for me the whole day."



The rolling 161km stage saved its toughest part to the very end, with the 1st category Alt dels Angels coming just 13.7km from the end. Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) escaped on the descent, along with Dan Martin (Garmin-Barracuda) and Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil-DCM); the trio were just a few seconds ahead of the splintered peloton as they approached the finish however, and were hunted down by Team Sky - led by Paris-Nice winner Bradley Wiggins - as they approached the final kilometre.



A breakaway gets away and Valverde gets a taste of his own medicine



The break of the day former after just 11km, as Jordi Simon (Andalucía), Julian Sánchez (Caja Rural) et Cyril Bessy (Saur-Sojasun) escaped. Just six kilometres later, as Sánchez led them over the intermediate sprint at Banyoles, the three riders were already two minutes clear, and managed to open up a maximum of 7’12” by kilometre 33.



With the knowledge that Albasini’s race lead had come from a little complacency in the peloton in the previous stage, GreenEDGE then began to close down the breakaway trio.



As they hit the feedzone after 100km, with 61km still to race, the leaders were just two minutes ahead. Disaster struck here for one of the race’s hot contenders though, as Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) came down hard in a crash.



“Just as we were heading out of the feedzone, there was a bottle on the road, the front wheel got over it and I crashed on my right side against a kerb,” he explained afterwards. “It was practically an inevitable crash.”



As well as the discomfort of his crash injuries however, Valverde now also had the problem of fighting his way back on to an accelerating peloton. Just as Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Levi Leipheimer had found Movistar increasing the pace after his crash in the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice a little over a week before, Valverde now found himself behind the peloton as the American’s team was beginning to pull hard on the front.



This meant that the the gap to the three breakaway riders shrank much more quickly than before and they were recaptured after 199km, with three kilometres still to climb to the top of the 3rd category Alt de la Ganga.



The peloton continued to split on the climb, with Valverde’s group some 25 seconds behind as the front group rode over the top of the climb with 37km to go. This began to increase on the descent and, as the race arrived at the foot of the Alt des Angels it was up to 50 seconds; despite a chase from Valverde himself on the way up, he was 1’20” behind at the top, with only 13.7km to go.



Some big names try and get away but the climbers get to sprint it out



The twisting descent quickly saw Cunego, Martin and Carrara break free, but they were only ten seconds clear as they hit the flat run to the line with 4km to go. Despite the three of them working hard together, they were unable to resist the chase of Team Sky, with Wiggins’ British champion’s jersey doing the lion’s share on behalf of Uran.



The peloton - which now numbered just 31 riders - was all together as they arrived inside the final kilometre, and was heading for a sprint. Inside the last few hundred metres though, Albasini made his move on the opposite side of the road and took everybody by surprise with his sudden attack.



"I went so hard on the uphill, and I knew there were no pure sprinters left," he said. "I thought this made me one of the fastest in the small bunch. I suffered a lot on the last climb, so I wasn't sure if my legs were fresh for the sprint. I thought Cataldo would be one of the fastest guys, so I went on his wheel. When he moved up, I followed, and in the end, he gave me the perfect leadout. The sprint could not have gone better for me."



Valverde eventually crossed the line in 64th place, at the head of a group some 2’09” behind Albasini, his race over. Also missing from the front group were Albasini’s companions from the stage one break, meaning that he now leads the other thirty riders from the front group of stage two by 1’32” with Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) at their head thanks to his finishing positions so far.





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Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Volta a Catalunya (WorldTour) Stage 2 Result: Girona to Girona, 161km: Click on the arrows at the top of the column to sort the race results. Country Result Name Team Time SUI 1 Michael Albasini (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 03:52:07 ITA 2 Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. COL 3 Rigoberto Uran (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 4 Damiano Cunego (Lampre - ISD) s.t. CAN 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. ESP 6 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar Team) s.t. FRA 7 Arnold Jeannesson (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ESP 8 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha Team) s.t. AUS 9 Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) s.t. CRO 10 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana Pro Team) s.t. IRL 11 Daniel Martin (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. BEL 12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. NED 13 Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. DEN 14 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. KAZ 15 Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana Pro Team) s.t. GBR 16 Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 17 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. USA 18 Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. FRA 19 Mickael Cherel (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. POL 21 Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. SUI 22 Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 23 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. NED 24 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. POR 25 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. RUS 26 Denis Menchov (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 27 Rémy Di Gregorio (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. NED 28 Robert Gesink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. NED 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 30 Peter Stetina (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. ITA 31 Cristiano Salerno (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. SLO 32 Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team) 00:00:51 ITA 33 Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NED 34 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. AUT 35 Stefan Denifl (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RSA 36 Daryl Impey (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 37 Egor Silin (Astana Pro Team) s.t. AUT 38 Thomas Rohregger (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FRA 39 Romain Bardet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ITA 40 Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NED 41 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 42 Miguel Minguez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. POR 43 Tiago Machado (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FRA 44 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ESP 45 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. POL 46 Rafal Majka (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. FRA 47 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. BLR 48 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) s.t. FRA 49 Brice Feillu (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. ESP 50 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. USA 51 Thomas Peterson (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. DEN 52 Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 53 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 54 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) s.t. RUS 55 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha Team) s.t. ESP 56 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. RUS 57 Petr Ignatenko (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 58 Cédric Pineau (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:01:49 POR 59 Andre Cardoso (Caja Rural) s.t. ITA 60 Manuele Mori (Lampre - ISD) s.t. POL 61 Maciej Paterski (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. SUI 62 Oliver Zaugg (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. SUI 63 Johann Tschopp (BMC Racing Team) s.t. ESP 64 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 00:02:09 ESP 65 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ITA 66 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. BEL 67 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. CAN 68 Christian Meier (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 69 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Caja Rural) s.t. FRA 70 Jérémy Roy (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. AUS 71 Allan Davis (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 72 Yann Huguet (1t4i) s.t. BEL 73 Francis De Greef (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 74 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. ITA 75 Morris Possoni (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 76 Anthony Delaplace (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. BEL 77 Dennis Vanendert (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. JPN 78 Fumiyuki Beppu (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 79 Romain Zingle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ESP 80 David De La Cruz (Caja Rural) s.t. FRA 81 Matthieu Sprick (1t4i) s.t. FRA 82 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. LAT 83 Gatis Smukulis (Katusha Team) s.t. LUX 84 Andy Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 85 Marcos Garcia Fernandez (Caja Rural) s.t. FRA 86 Sébastien Minard (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. SUI 87 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team) s.t. AUS 88 Luke Roberts (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 89 Benjamin Gonzalez Noval (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ITA 90 Marco Marzano (Lampre - ISD) s.t. ESP 91 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. ESP 92 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Sky Procycling) s.t. USA 93 Alex Howes (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. USA 94 Timothy Duggan (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. JPN 95 Yukihiro Doi (1t4i) s.t. ESP 96 David Arroyo Duran (Movistar Team) s.t. IRL 97 Nicolas Roche (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. POL 98 Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 99 Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. FRA 100 Thibaut Pinot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. USA 101 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 00:02:17 FRA 102 Kenny Elissonde (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:03:19 ESP 103 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ITA 104 Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) 00:03:26 NED 105 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. NED 106 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. UKR 107 Denys Kostyuk (Lampre - ISD) s.t. ITA 108 Ivan Basso (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. COL 109 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) s.t. ITA 110 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Lampre - ISD) s.t. ERI 111 Daniel Teklehaymanot (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:05:35 AUS 112 Brett Lancaster (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. SUI 113 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) s.t. NED 114 Stef Clement (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:06:51 ESP 115 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. ESP 116 Jose Luis Cano (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. ESP 117 Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. FRA 118 Julien Simon (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. ESP 119 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. RUS 120 Maxim Belkov (Katusha Team) s.t. RUS 121 Timofey Kritskiy (Katusha Team) s.t. KAZ 122 Sergey Renev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. BEL 123 Kenny Dehaes (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 124 Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. USA 125 Matthew Busche (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. USA 126 Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. ESP 127 Antonio Piedra Perez (Caja Rural) s.t. POL 128 Michal Golas (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 129 Sebastien Rosseler (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. BEL 130 Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. LUX 131 Ben Gastauer (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. FRA 132 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. FRA 133 David Moncoutié (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. FRA 134 Francis Mourey (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. FRA 135 Thierry Hupond (1t4i) s.t. ESP 136 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. GER 137 Johannes Frohlinger (1t4i) s.t. ITA 138 Matteo Bono (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 139 Maxime Mederel (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. FRA 140 Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ITA 141 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) s.t. LUX 142 Laurent Didier (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:08:57 ARG 143 Juan Jose Haedo (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. BLR 144 Branislau Samoilau (Movistar Team) s.t. KAZ 145 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana Pro Team) s.t. FRA 146 Thomas Damuseau (1t4i) s.t. CZE 147 Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ESP 148 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team) s.t. ITA 149 Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing Team) 00:10:17 NZL 150 Julian Dean (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 151 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. ESP 152 Jordi Simón (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. FRA 153 Stéphane Poulhies (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. ITA 154 Marco Marzano (Lampre - ISD) s.t. BEL 155 Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ESP 156 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ESP 157 Victor Cabedo Carda (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:11:54 ESP 158 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Caja Rural) s.t. GER 159 Roger Kluge (1t4i) 00:11:58 BEL 160 Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:13:12 ITA 161 Marco Bandiera (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. FIN 162 Jussi Veikkanen (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. BEL 163 Ben Hermans (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. GER 164 Grischa Niermann (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 165 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar Team) s.t. BEL 166 Gaetan Bille (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. POL 167 Jacek Morajko (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 168 Vladimir Karpets (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 169 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural) s.t. ESP 170 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Caja Rural) s.t. IRI 171 Amir Zargari (Ag2R - La Mondiale) 00:17:03 IRI 172 Mehdi Sohrabi (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 173 Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar Team) s.t. FRA 174 Cyril Bessy (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. FRA 175 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ESP DNS Jesús Hernández Blazquez (Team Saxo Bank) General classification: Country Result Name Team Time SUI 1 Michael Albasini (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 07:12:11 CAN 2 Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 00:01:32 FRA 3 Mickael Cherel (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. SUI 4 Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) s.t. FRA 5 Arnold Jeannesson (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. IRL 6 Daniel Martin (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. AUS 7 Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) s.t. BEL 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. DEN 9 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ITA 10 Damiano Cunego (Lampre - ISD) s.t. USA 11 Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. POR 12 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 13 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. COL 15 Rigoberto Uran (Sky Procycling) s.t. NED 16 Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. CRO 17 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 18 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 19 Rémy Di Gregorio (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. NED 20 Robert Gesink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 21 Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. RUS 22 Denis Menchov (Katusha Team) s.t. NED 23 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 24 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ESP 25 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha Team) s.t. KAZ 26 Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana Pro Team) s.t. POL 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. ITA 28 Cristiano Salerno (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. NED 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 30 Peter Stetina (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. GBR 31 Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 32 Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) 00:02:23 RSA 33 Daryl Impey (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 34 Romain Bardet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 35 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ESP 36 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 37 Miguel Minguez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. FRA 38 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. AUT 39 Thomas Rohregger (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 40 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. SLO 41 Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team) s.t. POR 42 Tiago Machado (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NED 43 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 44 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha Team) s.t. NED 45 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 46 Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) s.t. BLR 47 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) s.t. RUS 48 Petr Ignatenko (Katusha Team) s.t. AUT 49 Stefan Denifl (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 50 Brice Feillu (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. POL 51 Rafal Majka (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. DEN 52 Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 53 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ITA 54 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) s.t. RUS 55 Egor Silin (Astana Pro Team) s.t. USA 56 Thomas Peterson (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. FRA 57 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. FRA 58 Anthony Delaplace (Saur - Sojasun) 00:02:51 ITA 59 Manuele Mori (Lampre - ISD) 00:03:21 POR 60 Andre Cardoso (Caja Rural) s.t. SUI 61 Oliver Zaugg (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. POL 62 Maciej Paterski (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. FRA 63 Cédric Pineau (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. SUI 64 Johann Tschopp (BMC Racing Team) s.t. FRA 65 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:03:23 ITA 66 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:03:41 AUS 67 Allan Davis (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 68 Luke Roberts (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. CAN 69 Christian Meier (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. JPN 70 Fumiyuki Beppu (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. LAT 71 Gatis Smukulis (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 72 Sébastien Minard (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. BEL 73 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. IRL 74 Nicolas Roche (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 75 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. USA 76 Timothy Duggan (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. BEL 77 Romain Zingle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ESP 78 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. BEL 79 Dennis Vanendert (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 80 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. SUI 81 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 82 Alex Howes (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. BEL 83 Francis De Greef (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 84 David Arroyo Duran (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 85 Marcos Garcia Fernandez (Caja Rural) s.t. ITA 86 Morris Possoni (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 87 Yann Huguet (1t4i) s.t. LUX 88 Andy Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 89 David De La Cruz (Caja Rural) s.t. FRA 90 Jérémy Roy (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. POL 91 Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 92 Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 93 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Caja Rural) s.t. ESP 94 Benjamin Gonzalez Noval (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 95 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 96 Marco Marzano (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 97 Matthieu Sprick (1t4i) s.t. FRA 98 Thibaut Pinot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. JPN 99 Yukihiro Doi (1t4i) s.t. USA 100 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 00:03:49 ESP 101 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 00:04:01 FRA 102 Kenny Elissonde (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:04:51 ESP 103 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. NED 104 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:04:58 ITA 105 Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NED 106 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 107 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Lampre - ISD) s.t. UKR 108 Denys Kostyuk (Lampre - ISD) s.t. ITA 109 Ivan Basso (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. COL 110 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 00:05:18 SUI 111 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) 00:07:07 ERI 112 Daniel Teklehaymanot (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 113 Brett Lancaster (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 114 Jose Luis Cano (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:08:23 LUX 115 Ben Gastauer (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. BEL 116 Kenny Dehaes (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. RUS 117 Timofey Kritskiy (Katusha Team) s.t. POL 118 Michal Golas (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ITA 119 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) s.t. ESP 120 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. RUS 121 Maxim Belkov (Katusha Team) s.t. GER 122 Johannes Frohlinger (1t4i) s.t. BEL 123 Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. USA 124 Matthew Busche (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 125 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. FRA 126 Julien Simon (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. BEL 127 Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. USA 128 Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. ESP 129 Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. FRA 130 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. NED 131 Stef Clement (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 132 Antonio Piedra Perez (Caja Rural) s.t. ESP 133 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. FRA 134 Maxime Mederel (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. FRA 135 Thierry Hupond (1t4i) s.t. KAZ 136 Sergey Renev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. FRA 137 Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. FRA 138 David Moncoutié (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ITA 139 Matteo Bono (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 140 Francis Mourey (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. CZE 141 Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:10:29 LUX 142 Laurent Didier (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BLR 143 Branislau Samoilau (Movistar Team) s.t. ARG 144 Juan Jose Haedo (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. FRA 145 Thomas Damuseau (1t4i) s.t. ESP 146 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 147 Stéphane Poulhies (Saur - Sojasun) 00:11:49 ESP 148 Jordi Simón (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. ITA 149 Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing Team) s.t. FRA 150 Jean-marc Marino (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. ESP 151 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. NZL 152 Julian Dean (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 153 Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ITA 154 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. BEL 155 Sebastien Rosseler (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 00:12:13 GER 156 Roger Kluge (1t4i) 00:13:30 ESP 157 Victor Cabedo Carda (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:14:04 KAZ 158 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana Pro Team) 00:14:19 ITA 159 Marco Bandiera (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:14:44 ESP 160 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Caja Rural) s.t. BEL 161 Gaetan Bille (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 162 Ben Hermans (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FIN 163 Jussi Veikkanen (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ESP 164 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural) s.t. BEL 165 Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 166 Vladimir Karpets (Movistar Team) s.t. POL 167 Jacek Morajko (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 168 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar Team) 00:15:24 ESP 169 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Caja Rural) 00:17:16 GER 170 Grischa Niermann (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:18:34 FRA 171 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:18:35 IRI 172 Amir Zargari (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. IRI 173 Mehdi Sohrabi (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. FRA 174 Cyril Bessy (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. ESP 175 Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar Team) 00:18:55 General classifification after stage 2: Country Result Name Team Time SUI 1 Michael Albasini (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 07:12:11 CAN 2 Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 00:01:32 FRA 3 Mickael Cherel (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. SUI 4 Steve Morabito (BMC Racing Team) s.t. FRA 5 Arnold Jeannesson (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. IRL 6 Daniel Martin (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. AUS 7 Richie Porte (Sky Procycling) s.t. BEL 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. DEN 9 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ITA 10 Damiano Cunego (Lampre - ISD) s.t. USA 11 Thomas Danielson (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. POR 12 Bruno Manuel Silva Pires (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 13 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. COL 15 Rigoberto Uran (Sky Procycling) s.t. NED 16 Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. CRO 17 Robert Kiserlovski (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 18 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 19 Rémy Di Gregorio (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. NED 20 Robert Gesink (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 21 Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. RUS 22 Denis Menchov (Katusha Team) s.t. NED 23 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 24 Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ESP 25 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Katusha Team) s.t. KAZ 26 Alexandr Dyachenko (Astana Pro Team) s.t. POL 27 Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. ITA 28 Cristiano Salerno (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. NED 29 Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. USA 30 Peter Stetina (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. GBR 31 Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 32 Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) 00:02:23 RSA 33 Daryl Impey (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 34 Romain Bardet (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 35 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ESP 36 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 37 Miguel Minguez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. FRA 38 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. AUT 39 Thomas Rohregger (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 40 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. SLO 41 Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team) s.t. POR 42 Tiago Machado (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NED 43 Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 44 Yuri Trofimov (Katusha Team) s.t. NED 45 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 46 Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) s.t. BLR 47 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky Procycling) s.t. RUS 48 Petr Ignatenko (Katusha Team) s.t. AUT 49 Stefan Denifl (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 50 Brice Feillu (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. POL 51 Rafal Majka (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. DEN 52 Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 53 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ITA 54 Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) s.t. RUS 55 Egor Silin (Astana Pro Team) s.t. USA 56 Thomas Peterson (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. FRA 57 Yoann Bagot (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. FRA 58 Anthony Delaplace (Saur - Sojasun) 00:02:51 ITA 59 Manuele Mori (Lampre - ISD) 00:03:21 POR 60 Andre Cardoso (Caja Rural) s.t. SUI 61 Oliver Zaugg (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. POL 62 Maciej Paterski (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. FRA 63 Cédric Pineau (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. SUI 64 Johann Tschopp (BMC Racing Team) s.t. FRA 65 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:03:23 ITA 66 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas - Cannondale) 00:03:41 AUS 67 Allan Davis (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 68 Luke Roberts (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. CAN 69 Christian Meier (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. JPN 70 Fumiyuki Beppu (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. LAT 71 Gatis Smukulis (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 72 Sébastien Minard (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. BEL 73 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. IRL 74 Nicolas Roche (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 75 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. USA 76 Timothy Duggan (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. BEL 77 Romain Zingle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ESP 78 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. BEL 79 Dennis Vanendert (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 80 Jose Vicente Toribio (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. SUI 81 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing Team) s.t. USA 82 Alex Howes (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. BEL 83 Francis De Greef (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 84 David Arroyo Duran (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 85 Marcos Garcia Fernandez (Caja Rural) s.t. ITA 86 Morris Possoni (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 87 Yann Huguet (1t4i) s.t. LUX 88 Andy Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 89 David De La Cruz (Caja Rural) s.t. FRA 90 Jérémy Roy (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. POL 91 Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 92 Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 93 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Caja Rural) s.t. ESP 94 Benjamin Gonzalez Noval (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. ESP 95 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 96 Marco Marzano (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 97 Matthieu Sprick (1t4i) s.t. FRA 98 Thibaut Pinot (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. JPN 99 Yukihiro Doi (1t4i) s.t. USA 100 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 00:03:49 ESP 101 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 00:04:01 FRA 102 Kenny Elissonde (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:04:51 ESP 103 Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. NED 104 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:04:58 ITA 105 Paolo Tiralongo (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NED 106 Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 107 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Lampre - ISD) s.t. UKR 108 Denys Kostyuk (Lampre - ISD) s.t. ITA 109 Ivan Basso (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. COL 110 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 00:05:18 SUI 111 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) 00:07:07 ERITREA.PNG 112 Daniel Teklehaymanot (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 113 Brett Lancaster (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 114 Jose Luis Cano (Andalucia - Caja Granada) 00:08:23 LUX 115 Ben Gastauer (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. BEL 116 Kenny Dehaes (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. RUS 117 Timofey Kritskiy (Katusha Team) s.t. POL 118 Michal Golas (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ITA 119 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) s.t. ESP 120 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. RUS 121 Maxim Belkov (Katusha Team) s.t. GER 122 Johannes Frohlinger (1t4i) s.t. BEL 123 Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. USA 124 Matthew Busche (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 125 Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. FRA 126 Julien Simon (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. BEL 127 Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. USA 128 Christian Vande Velde (Team Garmin - Barracuda) s.t. ESP 129 Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. FRA 130 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. NED 131 Stef Clement (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 132 Antonio Piedra Perez (Caja Rural) s.t. ESP 133 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. FRA 134 Maxime Mederel (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. FRA 135 Thierry Hupond (1t4i) s.t. KAZ 136 Sergey Renev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. FRA 137 Pierre Cazaux (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. FRA 138 David Moncoutié (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. ITA 139 Matteo Bono (Lampre - ISD) s.t. FRA 140 Francis Mourey (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. CZE 141 Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:10:29 LUX 142 Laurent Didier (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BLR 143 Branislau Samoilau (Movistar Team) s.t. ARG 144 Juan Jose Haedo (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. FRA 145 Thomas Damuseau (1t4i) s.t. ESP 146 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 147 Stéphane Poulhies (Saur - Sojasun) 00:11:49 ESP 148 Jordi Simón (Andalucia - Caja Granada) s.t. ITA 149 Mauro Santambrogio (BMC Racing Team) s.t. FRA 150 Jean-marc Marino (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. ESP 151 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. NZL 152 Julian Dean (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 153 Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ITA 154 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas - Cannondale) s.t. BEL 155 Sebastien Rosseler (Team Garmin - Barracuda) 00:12:13 GER 156 Roger Kluge (1t4i) 00:13:30 ESP 157 Victor Cabedo Carda (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:14:04 KAZ 158 Andrey Kashechkin (Astana Pro Team) 00:14:19 ITA 159 Marco Bandiera (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:14:44 ESP 160 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Caja Rural) s.t. BEL 161 Gaetan Bille (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 162 Ben Hermans (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FIN 163 Jussi Veikkanen (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ESP 164 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural) s.t. BEL 165 Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 166 Vladimir Karpets (Movistar Team) s.t. POL 167 Jacek Morajko (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 168 Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar Team) 00:15:24 ESP 169 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Caja Rural) 00:17:16 GER 170 Grischa Niermann (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:18:34 FRA 171 Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:18:35 IRI 172 Amir Zargari (Ag2R - La Mondiale) s.t. IRI 173 Mehdi Sohrabi (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. FRA 174 Cyril Bessy (Saur - Sojasun) s.t. ESP 175 Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar Team) 00:18:55

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