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2012 Vuelta a España
August 18 - September 9, 2012
Sunday, September 2: Stage 15, La Robla - Lagos de Covadonga, 186.5 km
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Sunday, September 2: Stage 15, La Robla - Lagos de Covadonga, 186.5 km
Rated ascents:
- Km 72.0: Santo Emiliano, 6.2 km @ 5% gradient, Category 3
- Km 146.4: Alto del Mirador del Fito, 6.8km @ 8.3%, Category 1
- Km 186.5: Lagos de Covadonga, 13.5 km @ 7%, Special Category
Results:
- Antonio Piedra (Caja Rural) 5hr 1min 23sec. 37.1 km/hr
- Rubén Perez (Euskaltel) @ 2min 2sec
- Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) s.t.
- David De La Fuente (Caja Rural) s.t.
- Pablo Lastras (Movistar) @ 2min 7sec
- Simon Geschke (Argos-Shimano) 2 2min 12sec
- Kevin Seeldrayers (Astana) @ 2min 25sec
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) @ 3min 35sec
- Vicente Reynes (Lotto-Belisol) @ 3min 49sec
- Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) @ 6min 45sec
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 9min 25sec
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) s.t.
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) s.t.
- Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) @ 8min38sec
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) @ 9min 48sec
- Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) @ 10min 0sec
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) s.t.
- Winner Anacona (Lamre) s.t.
- Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
- Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) s.t.
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) s.t.
- Christophe Froome (Sky) s.t.
- Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
- Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 10min 4sec
- Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 10min 8sec
- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 10min 26sec
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) @ 10min 42sec
- Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 10min 55sec
- Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
- Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) @ 11min 1sec
- Sergio Luis Henao (Sky) @ 11min 11sec
- Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Sharp) @ 11min 31sec
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) s.t.
- Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) @ 11min 45sec
- Rémi Pauriol (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
- Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) s.t.
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 12min 11sec
- Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 12min 22sec
- Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) @ 12min 52sec
- Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 12min 54sec
- Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
- Andrey Zeits (Astana) s.t.
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 13min 16sec
- Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) s.t.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 13min 34sec
- Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) @ 14min 42sec
- Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 15min 10sec
- Sergio Carrasco (Andalucia) @ 15min 15sec
- Marco Marzano (Lampre) @ 15min 19sec
GC after Stage 15:
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) 58hr 17min 21sec- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 22sec
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 1min 41sec
- Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 2min 16sec
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha) @ 4min 51sec
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 5min 42sec
- Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) @ 6min 48sec
- Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 7min 17sec
- Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 7min 21sec
- Igor Anton (Euskaltel) @ 7min 39sec
- Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) @ 9min 1sec
- Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) @ 9min 23sec
- Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 10min 21sec
- Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 10min 56sec
- Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) @ 11min 3sec
- Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) @ 11min 8sec
- Winner Anacona (Lampre) @ 11min 9sec
- Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) @ 11min 24sec
- Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 13min 23sec
- Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) @ 14mn 19sec
- Sergio Luis Henao (Sky) @ 14min 27sec
- Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 15min52sec
- Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) @ 16min 44sec
- Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) @ 17min 33sec
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 18min 42sec
- Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) @ 18min 55sec
- Marcos Garcia (Caja rural) @ 19min 29sec
- Rob Ruijgh (Vacansoleil) @ 19min 43sec
- Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 20min 12sec
- Kevin Seeldrayers (Astana) @ 21min 6sec
- Rémi Pauriol (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 22min 21sec
- Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 22min 52sec
- Sergey Legutin (Vacansoleil) @ 23min 40sec
- Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Sharp) @ 24min 33sec
- Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 26min 16sec
- Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel) @ 33min 17sec
- Alberto Losada (Katusha) @ 38min 0sec
- Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 39min 51sec
- Tiago Machado (Radi Shack-Nissan) @ 41min 56sec
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 42min 14sec
- Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel) @ 44min 9sec
- Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis) @ 46min 29sec
- Andrey Zeits (Astana) @ 46min 55sec
- Romain Sicard (Euskaltel) @ 48min 26sec
- Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) @ 50min 35sec
- Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) @ 50min 54sec
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 53min 3sec
- Daniel Navarro (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 53min 14sec
- Lusi Angel Mate (Cofidis) @ 53min 15sec
- Cristiano Salerno (Liquigas) @ 53min 44sec
Points Classification:
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 148 points- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 127
- John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano): 112
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 109
- Christopher Froome (Sky): 91
Climber Classification:
Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge): 34 points- Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 30
- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 26
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 18
- Antonio Piedra (Caja Rural): 17
Allround Classification:
Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 4 points- Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 8
- Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 10
- Christopher Froome (Sky): 23
- Daniel Moreno (Katusha): 41
Team Classification:
- Movistar: 174hr 32min 38sec
- Euskaltel @ 2min 52sec
- Sky @ 6min 12sec
- Rabobank @ 6min 19sec
- Ag2r @ 7min 8sec
Stage 15 map
Stage 15 profile
Antonio Piedra on the road to glory.
Piedra closes in on the finish
Antonio Piedra wins a big one for a smaller regional team.
Contador's attacks shattered the peloton
Nairo Quintana did a fantastic ride. He's the Movistar rider leading. He wold later be dropped.
When Contador and Valverde attacked, Rodriguez was content to just close back up without counter-attacking.
Igor Anton
Damiano Cunego
The best of the rest. Laurens Ten Dam leads Robert Gesink
Panorama of the final climb before it gets steep again
Another panorama
Steep stuff...
Should be philippe Gilbert in second position
Near the finish...
Rubén Pérez finishes
Alejandro Valverde leads Rodriquez and Contador across the line.
Followed shortly by Nairo Quintana
Robert Gesink finishes
Biggest win in Antonio Piedra's career.
Joaquin Rodriguez rode masterfully today. He's starting to look bulletproof.