2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 12 results

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John Degenkolb wins stage 12. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: Given that this was a completely flat stage, eight circuits of 20.8 km, a sprint finish had to be assumed. In fact, in 2012 when a similar course was used here, John Degenkolb was the winner.

Almost as soon at the two-kilometer neutralized section was completed, Cannondale rider Matthias Krizek took off alone. The peloton was in no mood to race hard today and Krizek was given and took a lot of rope, eventually gaining a gap of nearly nine minutes.

With about 75 kilometers to go, both FDJ and Giant-Shimano put a rider at the front of the peloton to start bringing Krizek back. But no one got too excited about the task. By the start of the final lap Krizek still had 83 seconds.

But by then the the fight for the front had become serious and the speed was really ramping up. Krizek was caught with twelve kilometers to go.

As the race sped to the finish, Tinkoff-Saxo stayed at the front, keeping race leader Alberto Contador out of trouble. And trouble came, big time, in the form of a a crash at the final corner. A lot of the the big-name sprinters went down, including Nacer Bouhanni and Andrea Guardini.

Lampre sprinter Roberto Ferrari went early, but John Degenkolb fighting off a determined Tom Boonen flew by him. Boonen kept coming, but Degenkiolb was not to be denied today as he won his third stage of this year's Vuelta.

The top GC men finished in the front group and Alberto Contador remains the overall leader with Alejandro Valverde second At 20 seconds.

Complete Stage 12 results:

Crashed riders were given the same time as John Degenkolb (+ 0"), though they finished later than riders given slower times.

Winner's average speed: 39.7 km/hr

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	4hr 11min 18sec
2	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
3	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team
4	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling
5	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida
6	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar
7	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale
8	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing
9	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing
10	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling
11	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale
12	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano
13	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol
14	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida
15	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo
16	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano
17	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol
18	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team
19	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo
20	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp
21	Christopher Froome	Team SKY
22	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team
23	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team
24	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
25	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar
26	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
27	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
28	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
29	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
30	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
31	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling
32	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano
33	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka
34	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling
35	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge
36	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
37	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY
38	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol
39	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
40	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team
41	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp
42	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge
43	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha
44	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY
45	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp
46	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol
47	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida
48	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team
49	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha
50	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
51	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
52	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
53	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team
54	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka
55	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team
56	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team
57	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
58	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
59	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo
60	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida
61	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha
62	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
63	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
64	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
65	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida
66	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka
67	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY
68	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol
69	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar
70	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling
71	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
72	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo
73	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale
74	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
75	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
76	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
77	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
78	Luis Angel Mate	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
79	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
80	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha
81	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka
82	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team
83	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha
84	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team
85	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
86	Christian Knees	Team SKY
87	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano
88	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano
89	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY
90	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
91	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing
92	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo
93	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo
94	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team
95	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
96	Dan Craven	Team Europcar
97	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team
98	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
99	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
100	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale
101	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
102	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling
103	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano
104	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling
105	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
106	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team
107	José Herrada	Movistar Team
108	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
109	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida
110	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida
111	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
112	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol
113	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar
114	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing
115	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing
116	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha
117	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale
118	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
119	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge
120	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
121	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
122	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
123	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling
124	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling
125	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team
126	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
127	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol
128	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team
129	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol
130	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo
131	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida
132	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka
133	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
134	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team
135	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka
136	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp
137	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol
138	Miguel Paulinho Sergio	Tinkoff - Saxo
139	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka
140	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar
141	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
142	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale
143	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale
144	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
145	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	@ 1min 54sec
146	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp
147	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 0"
148	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1' 54''
149	Luke Rowe	Team SKY
150	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
151	León Sánchez Luis	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 0''
152	Robert Thomson Jay	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1' 54''
153	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 0"
154	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+ 0''
155	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2' 02''
156	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 2' 11''
157	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha
158	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha
159	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 0''
160	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 0''
161	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 0''
162	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 2' 36''
163	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 0''
164	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 0''
165	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 0''
166	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 2' 49''
167	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 0''
168	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	+ 0''
169	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr	+ 2' 56''
170	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3' 00''
171	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling
172	David Millar	Garmin Sharp
173	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp
174	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 0''
175	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 3' 00''
176	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp
177	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
178	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3' 16''
179	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	+ 3' 22''
180	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 0''
181	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 0''
182	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 0''
183	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3' 36''
184	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 0''
185	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 4' 09''
186	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	+ 0''
187	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	+ 4' 25''
188	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 4' 47''
189	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 6' 16''
190	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr

GC after Stage 12:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	44hr 38min 14sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	@ 20 seconds
3	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1' 08''
4	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	+ 1' 20''
5	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 1' 35''
6	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 52''
7	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 2' 13''
8	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 2' 22''
9	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2' 55''
10	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3' 51''
11	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 3' 59''
12	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 4' 26''
13	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 4' 56''
14	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 5' 00''
15	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 6' 10''
16	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 7' 19''
17	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 8' 44''
18	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 8' 47''
19	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 9' 15''
20	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 10' 19''
21	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 10' 47''
22	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 11' 24''
23	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	+ 12' 31''
24	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 12' 48''
25	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 13' 28''
26	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 13' 44''
27	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 14' 36''
28	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 15' 13''
29	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 15' 41''
30	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 15' 50''
31	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 17' 09''
32	Angel Mate Luis	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 20' 13''
33	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 25' 55''
34	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 27' 14''
35	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 27' 19''
36	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 27' 41''
37	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 29' 09''
38	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 29' 58''
39	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 30' 01''
40	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 30' 35''
41	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 31' 43''
42	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 33' 45''
43	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	+ 34' 22''
44	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 34' 30''
45	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 35' 38''
46	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 36' 02''
47	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 36' 32''
48	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 36' 51''
49	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 37' 51''
50	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 38' 27''
51	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 38' 52''
52	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 38' 55''
53	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 39' 19''
54	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 40' 43''
55	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 40' 45''
56	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 40' 56''
57	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 43' 04''
58	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 45' 18''
59	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 45' 28''
60	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	+ 45' 53''
61	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 47' 36''
62	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 48' 29''
63	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 48' 40''
64	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 48' 41''
65	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 51' 51''
66	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	+ 51' 53''
67	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	+ 53' 04''
68	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	+ 53' 12''
69	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 53' 12''
70	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 53' 13''
71	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 53' 23''
72	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 54' 24''
73	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 54' 24''
74	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 54' 29''
75	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 55' 42''
76	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 56' 12''
77	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 57' 08''
78	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 57' 41''
79	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 58' 27''
80	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 58' 44''
81	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 59' 37''
82	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 59' 37''
83	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 00' 00''
84	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 01' 13''
85	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 1h 01' 57''
86	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 1h 03' 04''
87	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	+ 1h 03' 20''
88	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 03' 22''
89	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 1h 03' 48''
90	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 03' 52''
91	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 03' 54''
92	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 04' 15''
93	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 04' 38''
94	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 04' 40''
95	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 05' 34''
96	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 05' 38''
97	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 06' 34''
98	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 07' 46''
99	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 10' 18''
100	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 10' 41''
101	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 11' 53''
102	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 1h 12' 03''
103	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 12' 12''
104	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 1h 12' 57''
105	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 13' 56''
106	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 14' 04''
107	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 14' 21''
108	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 15' 03''
109	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 15' 06''
110	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha	+ 1h 15' 30''
111	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 16' 21''
112	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 16' 31''
113	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 18' 10''
114	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 18' 34''
115	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 19' 40''
116	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 19' 50''
117	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 19' 52''
118	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 21' 06''
119	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 21' 23''
120	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 21' 32''
121	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	+ 1h 22' 03''
122	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 23' 54''
123	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 24' 20''
124	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 24' 20''
125	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 24' 47''
126	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 25' 07''
127	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 26' 04''
128	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 26' 30''
129	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 26' 39''
130	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 26' 44''
131	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 26' 48''
132	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 28' 20''
133	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 1h 28' 26''
134	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 28' 54''
135	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 29' 03''
136	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 29' 40''
137	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha	+ 1h 29' 43''
138	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 30' 32''
139	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 32' 00''
140	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 32' 39''
141	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 34' 22''
142	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 34' 22''
143	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 35' 06''
144	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 1h 35' 14''
145	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha	+ 1h 35' 21''
146	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 36' 46''
147	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 37' 39''
148	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	+ 1h 37' 45''
149	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 38' 08''
150	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 39' 21''
151	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 39' 36''
152	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 39' 47''
153	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 40' 23''
154	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 40' 24''
155	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 40' 31''
156	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 41' 10''
157	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 42' 03''
158	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 42' 07''
159	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 42' 18''
160	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 42' 45''
161	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 42' 57''
162	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 43' 11''
163	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 44' 09''
164	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 45' 07''
165	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 45' 29''
166	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 45' 39''
167	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 46' 28''
168	Dan Craven	Team Europcar	+ 1h 48' 34''
169	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 49' 02''
170	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 49' 27''
171	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 50' 04''
172	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 50' 11''
173	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 50' 24''
174	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar	+ 1h 52' 52''
175	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 54' 31''
176	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 55' 18''
177	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 55' 19''
178	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 56' 17''
179	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 57' 52''
180	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 01' 46''
181	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 2h 03' 52''
182	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2h 07' 14''
183	Luke Rowe	Team SKY	+ 2h 09' 44''
184	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 09' 46''
185	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 10' 56''
186	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 2h 11' 29''
187	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2h 21' 44''
188	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	+ 2h 21' 57''
189	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 35' 50''
190	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 41' 27''

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	112 points
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	78
3	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	71
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	64
5	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	56
6	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	56
7	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	51
8	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	50
9	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	42
10	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	41
11	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	41
12	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	35
13	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	35
14	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	32
15	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	30
16	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	28
17	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	28
18	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	27
19	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	26
20	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	25
21	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	24
22	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	24
23	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	23
24	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	22
25	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	21
26	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	21
27	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	20
28	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	20
29	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	20
30	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	19
31	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	19
32	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	18
33	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	17
34	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	17
35	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	16
36	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	16
37	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	16
38	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	16
39	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	16
40	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	15
41	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
42	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	14
43	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	14
44	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
45	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	12
46	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	12
47	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
48	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
49	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	11
50	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	10
51	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	10
52	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	10
53	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
54	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
55	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	9
56	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	9
57	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	8
58	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	8
59	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	8
60	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	7
61	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	7
62	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
63	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	7
64	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	7
65	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	6
66	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	6
67	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	5
68	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	5
69	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
70	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	5
71	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
72	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	4
73	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
74	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	4
75	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
76	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
77	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
78	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
79	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
80	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	3
81	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
82	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	2
83	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
84	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	2
85	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	2
86	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
87	Robert Thomson Jay	MTN - Qhubeka	2
88	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1
89	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	1
90	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
91	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
92	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
93	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	1
94	Christian Knees	Team SKY	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	20 points
2	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	18
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	18
4	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	13
5	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	10
6	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	9
7	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	8
8	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	7
9	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	7
10	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	7
11	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	6
12	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	6
13	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	6
14	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	5
15	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	5
16	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	4
17	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	3
18	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	3
19	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
20	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
21	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	2
22	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	2
23	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	2
24	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	2
25	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	2
26	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	1
27	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	1
28	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	1
29	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	1
30	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	1
31	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1

Team Classification:

1	Movistar Team	133hr 37min 34sec
2	Team Katusha	@ 3min 35sec
3	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 5' 03''
4	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 9' 54''
5	Astana Pro Team	+ 10' 09''
6	BMC Racing Team	+ 10' 33''
7	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 10' 49''
8	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 15' 00''
9	Garmin Sharp	+ 18' 31''
10	Lampre - Merida	+ 22' 07''
11	Team SKY	+ 23' 47''
12	Lotto Belisol	+ 39' 25''
13	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 43' 20''
14	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 51' 16''
15	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 54' 23''
16	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 54' 56''
17	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 09' 09''
18	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 12' 42''
19	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 13' 05''
20	Team Europcar	+ 1h 17' 53''
21	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 39' 18''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 48' 21''

Stage 11 photos:

Tinkoff-Saxo boss Bjarne Riis is looking awfully grim-faced for having the Vuelta-leading rider on his squad. Photo ©Sirotti

Tom Boonen at the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Race leader Alberto Contador. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome and Alberto Contador. Photo ©Sirotti

Matthias Krizek on his long break. Photo ©Sirotti

This is how it was for a lot of the seocnd half of the stage: A single Giant-Shimano rider and and FDJ domestique chasing Krizek with Tinkoff-Saxo lined up behind them keeping Alberto Contador up front and out of trouble. Photo ©Sirotti

Then FDJ massed at the front but near then end they seemed to have run out of gas were nowhere to be seen. Photo ©Sirotti

John Degenkolb wins stage 12. Photo ©Sirotti

Nothing like winning three stages in a single Grand Tour to make one's day. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner John Degenkolb celebrates. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 12 live updates:

Weather at Logroño at 2PM local time: 28C (82F) and partly cloudy. The forecast is for the temperature to climb to 32C (90F) with full sun. Wind from the north-northwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). Humidity 37%

Km 10, 156 km to go: Today will be a completely flat stage with eight laps of a 20.8 km circuit. All 190 finishers of yesterday's stage signed in and started.

Currently Austrian rider Matthias Krizek of Cannondale is on a solo break, 5min 8sec ahead of the peloton.

Km 28, 138 km to go: Krizek is on his second lap of the Logroño circuit, riding 5min 20sec ahead of the pack. The average speed so far is not very torrid, 34.3 km/hr

Km 41, 125 km to go: Krizek has started his third lap and has extended his lead to 8min 7sec.

The order of the first intermediate sprint: 1st Matthias Krizek, 2nd Nacer Bouhanni, 3rd Michael Valgren Andersen.

This is a sprinter's stage (John Degenkolb won here two years ago) and at some point a serous chase will be mounted, but so far the average speed after 1hr 19min of racing is 32.7 km/hr.

Km 57, 109 km to go: In fact, when the gap went out to more than nine minutes the sprinters' teams went to the front and began the chase. Both Giant-Shimano and FDJ have riders at the front and the gap has already come down, currently 8min 45sec.

Km 65, 101 km to go: Matthias Krizek is on the fourth of eight laps of the Logroño circuit, 7min 35sec ahead of the field.

Km 77, 89 km to go: Krizek's gap has dropped below seven minutes, it's currently 6min 50sec. But no land speed records are being set today. After two and a quarter hours of racing the average speed is 34.4 km/hr

76 km to go: Even though the pack is still taking it easy, Krizek's lead is down to 5min 16sec. There is a single FDJ and a single Giant-Shimano rider working the front, followed by an army of Tinkoff-Saxo riders.

62 km to go: Still a single FDJ rider and a Giant Shimano rider at the front, obviously working for Nacer Bouhanni and John Degenkolb. Then a long line of Tinkoff-Saxo riders with Alberto Contador in the middle. Average speed has gone up a little, now 37 km/hr.

53 km to go: Cannondale is certainly getting a lot of TV time with Krizek's long break. Krizek is currently 3min 13sec ahead of a still-casually riding peloton. Krizek takes each corner as fast as he can and gets out of the saddle out of each corner. Krizek has taken a little time out of the pack as I wrote this, the gap is back to 3min 20sec.

Km 123, 43 to go: Krizek has just finished his sixth lap. FDJ has put several riders at the front, wanting to take control of the race for Nacer Bouhanni. I still see only one Giant-Shimano rider at the front. The pack finished the sixth lap 3min 41 seconds behind Krizek.

34 km to go: Krizek is still 3min 23sec ahead of the field. Results of the second intermediate sprint: 1st Matthias Krizek, 2nd Nacer Bouhanni, 3rd Daniele Bennati

31 km to go: Looks like someone hit a light switch and things have just speeded up. The peloton is starting to line out and Krizek's gap is suddenly down to 2min 45sec. It's FDJ doing the pacemaking at the front of the peloton.

24 km to go: Gap is 2min 8sec. Belkin is moving toward the front. The fight for a good position in anticipation of the sprint looks like it's beginning.

Gap dropped to 1min 46sec as I typed this update.

20 km to go: Krizek gets the bell for the last lap. He's out of the saddle, trying to keep up his speed, trying to stay away from the peloton as long as he can. The speed is up to 50 km/hr. Gap is 1min 23sec.

Lampre has moved up now as has Astana, Belkin and Europcar.

Has FDJ burned too many matches leading the pack?

15 km to go: I didn't expect Krizek to be off the front this late in the stage, but he still has 63 seconds. No way he's making to the end.

13 km to go: FDJ no longer controls the front of the peloton. Tinkoff-Saxo is at the front, keeping Contador out of trouble. Gap is 19 seconds.

12 km to go: Krizek is caught. Astana and BMC lead. Giant-Shimano is finally trying to get up to the front.

8 km to go: Giant-Shimano is still missing from the front. BMC is at the front.There they are, getting closer to the front. Krizek has been spit out the back.

6 km to go: Giant-Shimano is in place as the speed has climbed to 61 km/hr.

4 km to go: Degenkolb is near the front. FDJ is fighting to get back up to the front. Contador is fourth man from the front.

2 km to go: Manuel Quinziato is trying a flier and is caught.

The finish: Roberto Ferrari went early. A crash in one of the final turns took out Andrea Guardini among several other riders, probably Bouhanni.

John Degenkolb takes the stage after holding off a surging Tom Boonen.

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