2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 14 Results

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Stage 14, Saturday, Sept 6: Santander - La Camperona. Valle de Sábero, 200.8 km

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Ryder Hesjedal wins stage 14. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: Well, today was a terrific day of racing with a couple of surprises at the end. It took a while for the day's break to get established, but when it did, it had some real horsepower: Jose Rodolfo Serpa, Carlos Verona, Tom Boonen, Romain Sicard, Ryder Hesjedal, Imanol Erviti, Bart de Clercq, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Jaco Vener, Oliver Zaugg, Adam Hansen, Robert Wagner, Luke Rowe, David Arroyo, Fabio Felline, Louis Meintjes, Yannick Martinez, Jacques van Rensburg, Johannes Frohlinger, Guillaume Levarlet, Sergio Miguel Paulinho, Luis León Sanchez and Alexandr Kolobnev.

On the first-category San Glorio, David Arroyo and Luis Leon Sanchez attacked the break. By the time the break had caught the pair, the escape was down to twelve riders.

The peloton never chased the break with vigor and by the time the twelve reached the base of the final climb, the fiendishly difficult La Camperona, they still had a gap of more than six minutes. The stage winner would come from the break. This took the time bonifications out of the day's GC fight.

Signalling Chris Froome's ambitions, Sky assembled at the front of the peloton, taking over from Omega Pharma.

Up front, Tinkoff-Saxo rider Oliver Zaugg took off on the steep part of the climb, with just a couple of kilometers to go. For a long time it looked like he had a lock on the stage victory. But from well back, Ryder Hesjedal surged, flying past Zaugg with unbelievable momentum. Hesjedal won the stage after spending much of the long day in a break.

In the Red Jersey group, with about 1,500 meters to go, the first rider to attack was Valverde. Alberto Contador marked him and then Joaquin Rodriguez and Fabio Aru closed the gap. Chris Froome was distanced.

Then Contador gave it all he had, but it wasn't enough. Rodriguez and Aru closed the gap. And then, improbably, Chris Froome arrived. Valverde couldn't take the high heat the other GC men were throwing and was dropped.

Then came the day's next big surprise. Froome attacked with overwhelming force, dropping Contador, Aru and Rodriguez. Rodriguez dug deep and slowly closed the gap, but was still short of catching the Sky rider at the finish.

The net results for the day: Contador remains the leader, now with a lead of 42 seconds over second place Valverde. Froome has climbed up on to the podium, in third, 73 seconds behind Contador. Rigoberto Uran has dropped to fifth place.

Luis Leon Leon Sanchez is the new KOM. And among the days' abandons were Peter Sagan, Lawson Craddock and Johan Tschopp.

There is no way to predict how this race is going to turn out.

Complete Stage 14 results:

Winner's average speed: 37.9 km/hr

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

GC after Stage 14:

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

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	116 points
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	80
3	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	73
4	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	69
5	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	65
6	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	61
7	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	58
8	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	49
9	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	44
10	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	42
11	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	41
12	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	40
13	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	39
14	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	35
15	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	33
16	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	32
17	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	32
18	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	32
19	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	28
20	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	28
21	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	28
22	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	28
23	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	27
24	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	27
25	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	25
26	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	25
27	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	24
28	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	22
29	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	21
30	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	20
31	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	20
32	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	20
33	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	19
34	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	18
35	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	17
36	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	17
37	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	17
38	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	16
39	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	16
40	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	16
41	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	16
42	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
43	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	14
44	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	14
45	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	14
46	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
47	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
48	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	12
49	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	12
50	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
51	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	11
52	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	11
53	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	11
54	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	11
55	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	10
56	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	10
57	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
58	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
59	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	9
60	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	9
61	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	8
62	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	8
63	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	7
64	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	7
65	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
66	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	7
67	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	7
68	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	7
69	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	6
70	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	6
71	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	6
72	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	5
73	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	5
74	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
75	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
76	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	4
77	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	4
78	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
79	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	4
80	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
81	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
82	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
83	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
84	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
85	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
86	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	3
87	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
88	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
89	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	2
90	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	2
91	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	2
92	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
93	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
94	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
95	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	1
96	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
97	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
98	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	1
99	Christian Knees	Team SKY	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	26 points
2	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	20
3	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	18
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	18
5	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	16
6	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	13
7	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	10
8	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	10
9	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	9
10	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	8
11	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	7
12	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	7
13	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	7
14	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
15	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	6
16	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	6
17	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	6
18	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	5
19	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	4
20	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	4
21	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	3
22	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	3
23	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	3
24	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
25	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
26	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	2
27	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	2
28	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	2
29	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	2
30	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	2
31	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
32	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	2
33	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	1
34	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	1
35	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	1
36	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	1
37	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	1
38	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	1
39	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	1
40	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	1
41	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1

Team Classification:

1	Movistar Team	162hr 44min 53sec
2	Team Katusha	@ 1min 8'sec
3	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	+ 9' 02''
4	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 14' 40''
5	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 16' 49''
6	Astana Pro Team	+ 17' 13''
7	Garmin Sharp	+ 20' 03''
8	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 20' 29''
9	BMC Racing Team	+ 21' 15''
10	Team SKY	+ 28' 50''
11	Lampre - Merida	+ 37' 29''
12	Lotto Belisol	+ 41' 14''
13	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 53' 13''
14	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 00' 06''
15	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 10' 01''
16	Team Europcar	+ 1h 28' 19''
17	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 37' 14''
18	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 49' 11''
19	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 55' 09''
20	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2h 03' 55''
21	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 32' 07''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 3h 53' 49''

Stage 14 pictures:

Ryder Hesjedal finds the power to get by Oliver Zaugg and press on alone. Photo ©Sirotti

What a stunning end to the stage. Ryder Hesjedal comes from way back to win. Photo ©Sirotti

Not quite the end of the stage. Behind Hesjedal, Chris Froome is catching and passing Alberto Contador. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome doesn't look like he's leaving anything on the table. Behind him is Contador and partially hiddin in Astana light blue is Fabio Aru. Photo ©Sirotti

Joaquin Rodriguez looks just as determined. Fabio Aru follows. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabio Aru. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde has been dropped and is losing time to Contador. Photo ©Sirotti

Despite being soundly dropped, Valverde is still in second place. Hardly a disaster. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Ryder Hesjedal. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 14 live updates:

Weather at Sabero (near the finish) at 2PM local time: 26C (78F), mostly cloudy. The temperature is not forecast to change, but there may be a bit more sun. Wind is from the west-northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). Only a 20% chance of rain.

Km 77, 128 km to go: Today's stage with its hilltop finish at the 1st category La Camperona had an early start. The peloton has just crested the second category Collada de la Hoz with a break of 23 riders, 5min 18sec ahead of the peloton

IAM Cycling rider Johan Tschopp abandoned.

Km 80, 118 km to go: The day's final ascent is difficult. The last 2.7 km of the 5-6 km ascent has portion that exceeds 19% gradient. Alberto Contador is packing a 39 x 30. Next posting will have the names of the riders in the break, which descending the de la Hoz and is 5min 28sec ahead of the field.

Km 90, 110 km to go: The riders in the break: Jose Rodolfo Serpa, Carlos Verona, Tom Boonen, Romain Sicard, Ryder Hesjedal, Imanol Erviti, Bart de Clercq, Przemyslaw Niemiec, Jaco Vener, Oliver Zaugg, Adam Hansen, Robert Wagner, Luke Rowe, David Arroyo, Fabio Felline, Louis Meintjes, Yannick Martinez, Jacques van Rensburg, Johannes Frohlinger, Guillaume Levarlet, Sergio Miguel Paulinho, Luis León Sanchez and Alexandr Kolobnev. The gap seems to be steady as the break finishes the descent, it's currently at 5min 14sec

MTN-Qhubeka has done a good job here, with three riders in the break: Meintjes, van Resnburg and Venter.

The order of the first three over the de la Hoz: 1st Luis Leon Sanchez, 2nd Jacques van Rensburg, 3rd Adam Hansen.

Oh, and to finish catching up, the first intermediate sprint at km 35 went this way: 1st John Degenjolb, 2nd Michael Matthews, 3rd Ramon Sinkeldam.

Km 98, 103 km to go: Dominic Klemme is the second IAM Cycling rider of the day to abandon.

Wilco Kelderman, who finished third yesterday, did not enjoy the day's racing. He said, "Third place yesterday does not give me any great confidence because I did not quite feel right. I hope to do well today but I do not like this kind of climb."

Approaching the first category Puerto de San Glorio, the break of 23 riders has a lead of 5min 16sec.

Km 115, 86 km to go: We're on the San Glorio. Three riders have attacked the break: Jacques van Rensburg, David Arroyo and Luis Leon Sanchez. They are nineteen seconds ahead of the other 20 breakaway riders and 5min 45sec ahead of the pack. None of the escaped riders is a GC threat. The best placed is Przemyslaw Niemiec, who is down 11 minutes.

Km 117, 84 to go: Van Resnburg was dropped by the two Caja Rural riders, Arroyo and Sanchez. It looks like the breakaway is coming apart on the long climb. Teammates Arroyo and Sanchez are climbing strongly and are 6min 29sec ahead of the peloton.

Tinkoff-Saxo leads the peloton.

77 km to go: Arroyo and Sanchez are 18 seconds ahead of the thirteen riders who remain from the original break and are 7min 25sec ahead of a lined-out peloton.

Omega Pharma is at the front of the lined-out peloton, setting a very hot pace. Riders are getting dropped. Rigoberto Uran is the Omega Pharma GC man, sitting in third place. He must be feeling good for his teammates to be putting in this much effort this early. Omega Pharma has two riders (Paulinho and Zaugg) in the break up the road.

Peter Sagan has abandoned.

Cadel Evans, KOM Luis Mas Bonet and John Degenkolb are among the victims of Omega Pharma's intense pacemaking.

73 km to go: Arroyo and Sanchez are six minutes ahead of the peloton with the thirteen chasers just 31 seconds behind the lead duo. There will probably be a regouping of the breakaway riders in the valley after the San Glorio's crest.

70 km to go: Arroyo and Sanchez are about caught by the chasing thirteen. the gap back to the field is down to 5min 18sec. Indeed, the pair is caught. We now have a break of fifteen.

Omega Pharma continues leading the peloton.

50 km to go: There are twelve riders in the break, 4min 58sec ahead of the field.

The order over the San Glorio: 1st Luis Leon Sanchez, 2nd Yannick Martinez, 3rd Bart de Clercq, 4th Oliver Zaugg, 5th Ryder Hesjedal.

Km 153, 48 km to go: The riders in the break: Luis León Sánchez, Carlos Verona, David Arroyo, Romain Sicard, Ryder Hesjedal, Yannick Martinez, Alexandr Kolobnev, Imanol Erviti, Bart De Clercq, Louis Meintjes, Adam Hansen and Oliver Zaugg.

Gap is 5min 7sec.

42 km to go: Astana has put a man at the front of the pack, followed by a line of Omega Pharma riders. Gap has grown to 5min 28sec.

Giant-Shimano rider Lawson Craddock (USA) has abandoned.

Km 160, 40 km to go: Results of the intermediate sprint at Riaño: 1st Alexandr Kolobnev, 2nd David Arroyo, 3rd Bart de Clarcq.

34 km to go: The break has a lead of 6min 7sec. The peloton is still being led by Omega Pharma with Tinkoff-Saxo right behind. Alberto Contador remains vigilant, near the front. The break may very well go the distance. If true, that will take the time bonuses out of play.

28 km to go: Tinkoff-Saxo has taken over the front of the peloton. The break's lead keeps growing. Now its 6min 34sec.

18 km to go: Still a ways from the start of the climb to La Camperona. The twelve riders are 6min 8sec ahead of the field. Three Tinkoff-Saxo riders lead Contador at the front of the peloton.

9 km to go: The day's winner will surely come from the break, which still has 5min 51sec. Tinkoff-Saxo still leads the pack as they ride through Sabero. The final climb is about to begin. It's fairly mild to start, but gets quite steep in the final three kilometers.

6 km to go: Whoa! Sky has assembled at the front of the peloton. I guess Chriss Froome is ready to fight.

4 km to go: Adam Hansen leads the break, 4min 39sec ahead of the Sky-led pack. In the break, Ryder Hesjedal looks around and slips in near the front. The climb is starting to bite.

2 km to go: Ow! It's steep, 14%. In the break Louis Meintjes ups the pace and we're down to seven riders in the front group. No action in the peloton yet.

Now it's 18%. Bam! There goes Hesjedal and Oliver Zaugg goes by him.

Zaugg grows his gap.

1.5 km to go: Bam! Valverde goes. Contador marks him and Rodriguez closes the gap. Froome is being distanced.

1 km to Go: Up front Zaugg is still clear. In the peloton, Valverde hammers with Contador, Moreno and Rodriguez and Aru right with him.

Bam! Contador drops the others. Rodriguez is closing the gap.

Contador is dancing on the pedals with Rodriguez next to him. Aru has clawed his way up to them. And now Froome has joined the Contador group.

The finish: Oliver Zaugg is headed to the finish with a small lead over Hesjedal.

Holy Mackerel! Hesjedal went flying by Zaugg! Ryder Hesjedal wins the stage.

Back with the GC men, Froome attacks and has dropped Contador, Aru and Rodriguez. Valverde is gone.

Froome presses on, but Rodriguez is driving hard but can't quite catch Froome. Contador finishes a few seconds after Froome and Rodriguez.

What a day of racing. Ryder Hesjedal comes from way back to win the stage and Froome also looks like a lost cause and then drops the GC favorites.

Contador remains the GC leader with a 42 second lead over Valverde. Froome is now third @ 1min 13sec

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