2012 Vuelta a España
August 18 - September 9, 2012
Wednesday, September 5: Stage 17, Santander - Fuente Dé, 187.3 km
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Wednesday, September 5: Stage 17, Santander - Fuente Dé, 187.3 km
Rated ascents:
- Km 124.3: Collado de Ozalba, 5.9 km @ 6.6% gradient, Category 3
- Km 138: Collado La Hoz, 5.7 km @ 7.6%, Category 2
- Km 187.3: Fuente Dé, 17.3 km @ 3.9%, Category 2
The race: Brilliant, just brilliant! In what looked like a planned set-piece, Contador escaped on the penultimate climb, shed his fellow breakaways and crossed the line alone to become the Vuelta's leader. Alejandro Valverde was closing fast but was six seconds short. Joaquin Rodriguez was out of gas and couldn't respond to either Contador's nor Valverde's attacks and finished tenth, more than two and a half minutes behind Contador.
Results:
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) 4hr 29min 20sec
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 6sec
- Sergio Luis Henao (Sky) s.t.
- Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) s.t.
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) @ 19sec
- Jan Bakelants (Radio shack-Nissan) @ 55sec
- Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) @ 1min 13sec
- Alexandre Geniez (Argos-Shimano) @ 1min 40sec
- Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) @ 2min 13sec
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) @ 2min 38sec
- Jesús Hernández (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
- Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) s.t.
- Arnbold Jeannesson (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3min 3sec
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3min 18sec
- Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 4min 5sec
- Mikel Landa (Euskaltel) @ 4min 17sec
- Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) @ 4min 48sec
- Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
- Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) s.t.
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) s.t.
- Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Maxime monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) s.t.
- Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
- Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) s.t.
- Winner Anacona (Lampre) s.t.
- Rémi Pauriol (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) s.t.
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) s.t.
- Christopher Froome (sky) @ 4min 58sec
- Sergio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 5min 10sec
- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 5min 19sec
- Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 5min 10sec
- Javier Moreno (Movistar) s.t.
- Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) @ 5min 28sec
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
- Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) @ 5min 32sec
- Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel) @ 5min 43sec
- Alessandro Ballan (BMC) @ 6min 1sec
- Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) @ 7min 14sec
- Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 7min 55sec
- Bruno Pires (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 9min 21sec
- Marco Marzano (Lampre) s.t.
- Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 12min 31sec
- Ben Swift (Sky) @ 18min 29sec
- Danny Pate (Sky) s.t.
- Alberto Losada (Katusha) @ 20min 22sec
GC after Stage 17:
Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) 68hr 7min 54sec- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 1min 52sec
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) @ 2min 28sec
- Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 9min 40sec
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) @ 11min 36sec
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 12min 6sec
- Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 12min 55sec
- Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) @ 13min 6sec
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) @ 13min 49sec
- Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) @ 14min 10sec
- Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 15min54sec
- Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 16min 22sec
- Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) @ 17min 11sec
- Sergio Luis Henao (Sky) @ 19min 7sec
- Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 18min 12sec
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) @ 18min 18sec
- Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) @ 19min 13sec
- Winner Anacona (Lampre) @ 20min 8sec
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) @ 20mn 24sec
- Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) @ 28min 13sec
- Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 28min 48sec
- Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) @ 29min 24sec
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 35min 17sec
- Rémi Pauriol (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 35min 57sec
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) @ 40min 26sec
- Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) @ 40min 30sec
- Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 41min 0sec
- Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel) @ 44min 27sec
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 45min 19sec
- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 50min 22sec
- Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Sharp) @ 57min 13sec
- Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) @ 58min 43sec
- Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 59min 57sec
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) @ 1min 0min 20sec
- Rafal Majka (Saxo-tinkoff) @ 1hr 0min 48sec
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1hr 2min 23sec
- Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) @ 1hr 3min 42sec
- Kevin Seeldrayers (Astana) @ 1hr 5min 1sec
- Alberto Losada (Katusha) @ 1hr 9min 50sec
- Tiago Machado (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1hr 15min 11sec
- Jesús Hernández (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1hr 17min 22sec
- Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 18min 34sec
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 19min 26sec
- Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) @ 1hr 19min 36sec
- Andrey Zeits (Astana) @ 1hr 22min 50sec
- Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 22min 52sec
- Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 23min 3sec
- Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 23min 14sec
- Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis) @ 1hr 23min 26sec
- Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) @ 1hr 24min 23sec
Points Classification:
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 170 points- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 159
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 152
- John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano): 112
- Christopher Froome (Sky): 93
Climber Classification:
Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge): 38 points- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 36
- Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil): 33
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 31
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 28
Allround Classification:
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 6 points- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): m8
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 9
- Christopher Froome (Sky): 25
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha): 44
Team Classification:
- Movistar: 204hr 11min 0sec
- Euskaltel @ 17min 36sec
- Rabobank @ 25min 16sec
- Ag2r @ 26min 11sec
- Sky @ 34min 43sec
Stage 17 map
Stage 17 profile
The final climb
Alberto Contador riding to the red jersey
Alejandro Valverde is closing in on Contador
But Joaquin Rodriguez isn't.
Rinaldo Nocentini
Jan Bakelants
Beñat Intxausti
Paolo Tiralongo
Damiano Cunego
Laurens Ten Dam
Sergio Paulinho
Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Andrew Talansky (Garmin)
Bart de Clercq
Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack) and Nicolas Roche
Winner Anacona (Lampre)
Alessandro Ballan
An exhausted Joaquin Rodriguez finishes with Contador's teammate Jesus Hernandez clenching his fist in triumph.
Alberto Contador is the Vuelta's new leader.