2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 16 results

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Alberto Contador wins stage 16. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: Alberto Contador and Chris Froome rode away from the rest of the field today in what was billed as the Vuelta's Queen Stage, allowing Contador to extend his overall lead and put Froome within three seconds of second place.

Early in the race thirteen riders went clear: Rohan Dennis, Laurens Ten Dam, Gianluca Brambilla, Luis León Sánchez, Johan Le Bon, Romain Sicard, Ivan Rovný, Peter Kennaugh, Adriano Malori, Peio Bilbao, Alessandro De Marchi, Wouter Poels and Damiano Cunego. Katusha kept the break from much more than a five minute-lead.

Omega Pharma's GC man, Rigoberto Uran, is suffering from bronchial troubles and was dropped when the climbing got tough. He has dropped from fifth place in the GC to 18th, almost 19 minutes down. What a shame.

The break fractured on the penultimate climb, the first category San Lorenzo. There a fight broke out between Tinkoff-Saxo rider Ivan Rovny and Omega Pharma's Gianluca Brambilla. The judges always take a dim view of riders' throwing punches and threw both both pugilists out of the Vuelta.

For a while Alessandro de March, Wout Poels and Gianluca Brambilla were in front of the break. Brambilla was helping power the trio when he was very publicly told he was disqualified. De Marchi continued on his own for a while but under pressure from the Sky-led pack the other members of the break were absorbed.

With four kilometers to go Chris Froome attacked. He was immediately marked by a very attentive Alberto Contador. Neither Alejandro Valverde nor Joaquin Rodriguez could go with the pair.

For three kilometers Froome led Contador while Valverde and Rodriguez worked to limit their losses.

Under the Red Kite Contador attacked Froome and opened a good sized gap. He pressed on to win the stage. A surprising Froome came in fifteen seconds later. Then, to make Valverde's misery complete, De Marchi crossed the line third, taking the small time bonus. Contador's excellent ride has given him a 1min 36sec lead over Valverde. Froome is third, just three seconds behind Valverde.

Luis Leon Sanchez is the new leader of the mountains classification.

Complete Stage 16 results:

Winner's average speed: 32.8 km/hr

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

GC after Stage 16:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	63hr 25min 0sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	@ 1min 36sec
3	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	+ 1' 39''
4	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 2' 29''
5	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 3' 38''
6	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 6' 17''
7	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 6' 43''
8	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 6' 55''
9	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 8' 37''
10	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 9' 10''
11	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 9' 24''
12	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 11' 52''
13	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 13' 16''
14	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 17' 16''
15	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 17' 54''
16	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 18' 53''
17	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 19' 59''
18	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 20' 34''
19	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 21' 58''
20	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 22' 48''
21	Angel Mate Luis	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 28' 53''
22	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 30' 52''
23	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 35' 44''
24	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 40' 22''
25	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 41' 32''
26	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 41' 41''
27	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 45' 09''
28	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 45' 32''
29	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 50' 48''
30	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 52' 22''
31	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	+ 52' 30''
32	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 52' 37''
33	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 53' 14''
34	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 03' 29''
35	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 1h 04' 59''
36	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 10' 33''
37	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 12' 15''
38	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 1h 12' 39''
39	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 15' 33''
40	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 15' 43''
41	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 1h 17' 18''
42	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 18' 41''
43	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 18' 44''
44	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 1h 20' 41''
45	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 21' 31''
46	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 22' 02''
47	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 23' 02''
48	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 25' 19''
49	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	+ 1h 28' 23''
50	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 28' 34''
51	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	+ 1h 31' 23''
52	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 1h 32' 07''
53	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 32' 14''
54	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 34' 48''
55	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 37' 30''
56	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 39' 04''
57	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 1h 39' 12''
58	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 40' 24''
59	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 41' 39''
60	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 43' 58''
61	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 44' 01''
62	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 46' 10''
63	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 48' 43''
64	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 49' 18''
65	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 52' 00''
66	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 53' 34''
67	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 55' 33''
68	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 1h 57' 16''
69	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 58' 06''
70	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 00' 54''
71	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 01' 50''
72	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 2h 02' 26''
73	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	+ 2h 02' 52''
74	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h 04' 32''
75	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2h 04' 54''
76	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	+ 2h 07' 09''
77	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2h 08' 32''
78	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 09' 07''
79	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 2h 09' 46''
80	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 2h 11' 13''
81	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h 11' 24''
82	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2h 12' 13''
83	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 2h 13' 07''
84	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	+ 2h 14' 03''
85	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 14' 47''
86	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2h 16' 32''
87	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2h 17' 27''
88	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 2h 17' 53''
89	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 2h 18' 50''
90	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 2h 19' 05''
91	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 2h 19' 10''
92	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2h 19' 52''
93	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 2h 20' 00''
94	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2h 20' 33''
95	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 2h 21' 06''
96	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 2h 23' 45''
97	Rodolfo Serpa Perez Jose	Lampre Merida	+ 2h 24' 49''
98	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	+ 2h 24' 59''
99	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2h 25' 48''
100	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha	+ 2h 28' 13''
101	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2h 28' 28''
102	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida	+ 2h 31' 19''
103	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 38' 54''
104	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 39' 52''
105	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 2h 40' 07''
106	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 40' 49''
107	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 2h 41' 21''
108	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2h 41' 25''
109	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2h 41' 57''
110	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	+ 2h 42' 10''
111	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha	+ 2h 42' 12''
112	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2h 42' 27''
113	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 2h 42' 37''
114	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 42' 47''
115	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 2h 43' 43''
116	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 2h 44' 07''
117	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 2h 44' 11''
118	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 2h 44' 45''
119	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 2h 45' 53''
120	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	+ 2h 47' 31''
121	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2h 47' 42''
122	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 2h 47' 59''
123	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2h 48' 20''
124	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 48' 51''
125	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 49' 19''
126	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 2h 49' 51''
127	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 2h 50' 28''
128	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 54' 09''
129	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 2h 55' 28''
130	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2h 55' 55''
131	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 56' 14''
132	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 2h 56' 20''
133	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp	+ 2h 58' 39''
134	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 58' 47''
135	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3h 00' 32''
136	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha	+ 3h 01' 16''
137	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3h 02' 49''
138	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3h 04' 14''
139	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 3h 05' 35''
140	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	+ 3h 07' 58''
141	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 3h 09' 51''
142	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3h 10' 23''
143	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3h 11' 44''
144	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 3h 12' 07''
145	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 3h 12' 26''
146	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3h 12' 32''
147	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 3h 14' 00''
148	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3h 17' 14''
149	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 3h 19' 38''
150	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3h 20' 37''
151	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3h 23' 15''
152	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+ 3h 24' 29''
153	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 3h 24' 43''
154	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3h 24' 45''
155	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 3h 26' 41''
156	Luke Rowe	Team SKY	+ 3h 26' 44''
157	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	+ 3h 27' 50''
158	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 3h 27' 59''
159	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	+ 3h 28' 01''
160	Dan Craven	Team Europcar	+ 3h 28' 47''
161	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3h 29' 43''
162	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team	+ 3h 36' 34''
163	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 3h 36' 52''
164	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 3h 40' 10''
165	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3h 40' 42''
166	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3h 40' 48''
167	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3h 40' 53''
168	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar	+ 3h 41' 00''
169	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 3h 45' 04''
170	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	+ 3h 48' 53''
171	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	+ 3h 55' 05''
172	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 4h 09' 42''
173	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4h 11' 34''

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	124 points
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	114
3	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	108
4	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	95
5	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	89
6	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	76
7	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	73
8	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	66
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	55
10	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	46
11	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	44
12	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	43
13	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	42
14	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	40
15	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	38
16	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	36
17	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	35
18	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	35
19	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	32
20	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	32
21	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	29
22	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	28
23	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	28
24	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	28
25	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	25
26	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	25
27	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	24
28	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	22
29	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	21
30	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	21
31	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	20
32	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	20
33	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	20
34	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	19
35	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	18
36	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	17
37	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	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	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	15
43	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
44	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	14
45	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	14
46	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
47	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	12
48	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	12
49	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
50	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	11
51	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	11
52	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	11
53	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	11
54	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	10
55	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	10
56	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
57	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
58	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	9
59	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	8
60	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	8
61	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	7
62	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	7
63	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
64	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	7
65	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	7
66	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	7
67	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	6
68	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	6
69	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	6
70	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	6
71	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	5
72	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
73	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
74	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	4
75	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	4
76	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
77	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	4
78	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
79	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
80	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
81	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
82	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
83	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
84	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	3
85	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
86	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	2
87	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
88	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	2
89	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	2
90	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	2
91	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
92	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
93	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
94	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	1
95	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
96	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	1
97	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	1
98	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	1
99	Christian Knees	Team SKY	1
100	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	53 points
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	30
3	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	23
4	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	20
5	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	20
6	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	18
7	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	18
8	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	16
9	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	13
10	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	13
11	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	13
12	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	12
13	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	11
14	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	11
15	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	8
16	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	8
17	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	7
18	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	7
19	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
20	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	6
21	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	6
22	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	5
23	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	4
24	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	4
25	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	4
26	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	4
27	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	4
28	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	3
29	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	3
30	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	3
31	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
32	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	3
33	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
34	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	2
35	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	2
36	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	2
37	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	2
38	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
39	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	2
40	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	1
41	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	1
42	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	1
43	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	1
44	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	1
45	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	1
46	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	1
47	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1
48	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	1
49	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	1

Team Classification:

1	Team Katusha	190hr 11min 42sec
2	Movistar Team	@ 14min 34sec
3	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 31' 08''
4	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 33' 41''
5	Team SKY	+ 46' 25''
6	Astana Pro Team	+ 48' 56''
7	Garmin Sharp	+ 53' 11''
8	BMC Racing Team	+ 58' 36''
9	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 00' 04''
10	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 08' 58''
11	Lampre - Merida	+ 1h 31' 54''
12	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 51' 52''
13	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 2h 10' 04''
14	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 16' 56''
15	Team Europcar	+ 2h 29' 24''
16	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2h 33' 17''
17	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3h 05' 17''
18	Orica GreenEdge	+ 3h 14' 37''
19	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3h 29' 10''
20	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4h 17' 00''
21	FDJ.fr	+ 4h 44' 35''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 6h 29' 30''

Stage 16 photos:

Alberto Contador's attack has opened up a serious gap. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome chases. Photo ©Sirotti

Only Contador and Froome passed breakaway rider Alessandro de Marchi. Here he climbs to finish third. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde works to limit the damage. Behind him are Fabio Aru and Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti

Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabio Aru. Photo ©Sirotti

Robert Gesink. Photo ©Sirotti

Samuel Sanchez. Photo ©Sirotti

Warren Barguil. Photo ©Sirotti

Ryder Hesjedal. Photo ©Sirotti

Daniel Moreno. Photo ©Sirotti

Wouter Poels. Photo ©Sirotti

Damiano Caruso. Photo ©Sirotti

Louis Meintjes and Jesus Hernandez. Photo ©Sirotti

Andrew Talansky. Photo ©Sirotti

Peter Kennaugh and Philip Deignan. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador rode a perfect race to win the stage and increase his overall lead. Photo ©Sirotti

Contador takes the red jersey into the second rest day. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 16 live updates:

Weather at Las Morteras (near the day's penultimate ascent) at 2PM local time: 21C (70F), wind from the southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph) and partly cloudy. 20% chance of rain.

Km 53, 107 km to go: Currently there is a break of thirteen riders 7min 52 sec ahead of the field. The first category Calledona is in the rear-view mirror and the break is approaching the next climb, the category two Alto del Cordal. Next post will have the names of the riders in the break.

Tony Martin did not start the stage.

Km 58, 102 km to go: The riders in the break: Rohan Dennis, Laurens Ten Dam, Gianluca Brambilla, Luis León Sánchez, Johan Le Bon, Romain Sicard, Ivan Rovný, Peter Kennaugh, Adriano Malori, Peio Bilbao, Alessandro De Marchi, Wouter Poels and Damiano Cunego.

They are 6min 58sec ahead of the field.

Km 50, 100 to go: The break is on the climb with smaller gap, now 6min 25sec.

A little catching up: The order over the first climb of the day, the Calledona: 1st Luis Leon Sanchez, 2nd Rohan Dennis, 3rd Alessandro De Marchi, 4th Johan Le Bon, 5th Gianluca Brambilla.

While ascending the Calledona, the break of thirteen was well up the road, but Alberto Contador, Chris Froome and Alejandro Valverde also became separated from the field with a gap of about 14 seconds. Joaquin Rodriguez missed the move. Rodriguez's Katusha team went to the front and on the descent the Contador trio was caught.

Km 66, 94 km to go: Rigoberto Uran has been dropped by the peloton on the Cordal ascent. He's 30 seconds back. The break continues to lose ground, now it has a lead of 5min 20sec.

Km 72, 88 km to go: The Cordal climb is finished and the riders are on the descent. The peloton is being led by Katusha. The gap to the break of thirteen is 5min 7sec. Rigoberto Uran, the GC man for Omega Pharma, is still having a bad day and remains off the back. Two teammates are with him, Martin Velits and Carlos Verona.

On the Alto de la Corbertoria, no distance reading at this point: Omega Pharma used the descent to get Uran back into the pack. Katusha leads the peloton, followed by a line of Tinkoff-Saxo riders and then Movistar.

Uran is again dropped and again Velits and Verona have gone back to help him. His director, Davide Bramati, told Spanish TV that Uran slept badly the last few evenings and has bronchial problems.

The order over the Cordal: 1st Luis Leon Sanchez, 2nd Peio Bilbao, 3rd Rohan Dennis.

Km 84, 76 km to go: Looks like the Vuelta has solved its transponder problems and we have distance readings again. The thirteen riders up front are 3min 45sec ahead of the peloton. There are about 80 riders left in the Katusha-led peloton, the rest have been dropped as the race approaches the top of the Corbertoria.

Uran is about 30 seconds behind the Red Jersey group.

Km 85, 75 km to go: Luis Leon Sanchez was first over the Corbertoria. He should be the new KOM at the end of the day. Fabian Cancellara is trying to bridge up to the break of thirteen. He has a gap of 3min 50sec to close. The peloton is 4min 15sec behind the break.

Rigoberto Uran has made it up to the peloton.

58 km to go: Cancellara continues his pursuit of the break. He's 3min 28sec behind. Belkin rider Robert Gesink punctured but with help from teammates he regained the peloton. The riders are still descending the Corbertoria.

49 km to go: The break has started to ascend the first category Puerto de San Lorenzo. Fabian Cancellara is 3 minutes behind the thirteen riders and the peloton is 4min 44sec back.

Here are the riders in the break: Rohan Dennis, Laurens Ten Dam, Gianluca Brambilla, Luis León Sánchez, Johan Le Bon, Romain Sicard, Ivan Rovný, Peter Kennaugh, Adriano Malori, Peio Bilbao, Alessandro De Marchi, Wouter Poels and Damiano Cunego.

Katusha is still leading the peloton. Their efforts are intense enough to have the pack lined out.

44 km to go: Here was the order over the Corbertoria: 1st Luis Leon Sanchez, 2nd Peio Bilbao, 3rd Adriano Malori, 4th Johan Le Bon and 5th Damiano Cunego.

While we're at it, there was an intermediate sprint at Pola de Lena: 1st Damiano Cunego, 2nd Peio Bilbao, 3rd Gianluca Brambilla.

Cancellara has closed to within 2min 53sec of the break, the pack is 4min 35sec behind.

41 km to go: Fabian Cancellara has been caught by the peloton, which is 2min 52sec behind the break. Sky leads the pack.

39 km to go: There has been some bickering in the break regarding who would share the pacemaking. It broke out into a fight with real punching between Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Gianluca Brambilla (Omega Pharma). Rovny surely was being told by his team to just sit in and perhaps slow the break. It was Rovny who struck first.

38 km to go: Brambilla, filled with adrenaline, has left the break with Alessandro De Marchi. Sky has massed at the front of the peloton. The gap is 2min 35sec

32 km to go: De Marchi and Brambilla are descending the San Lorenzo, three minutes ahead of the pack, which is down to 22 riders. The big GC guys are there but one. Rigoberto Uran is again dropped.

The ten riders remaining in the break are two minutes behind De Marchi and Brambilla.

23 km to go: Sky leads the pack. Contador is sitting about fifth man back. Up front Wout Poels has joined Brambilla and De Marchi. They are about three minutes ahead of the peloton. The break sitting between the lead trio and the peloton is down to 8 riders and are 2 minutes behind the leaders.

Order over the San Lorenzo: 1st Alessandro De Marchi, 2nd Gianluca Brambilla, 3rd Wout Poels, 4th Luis Leon Sanchez, 5th Rohan Dennis.

19 km to go: Alberto Contador got a bike change and as he worked his way back to the peloton a press motorbike almost took him out. Contador was quickly back in the pack.

Gap up to the break of three is 2min 39sec. Rohan Dennis, who was part of the orginal break has been caught by the pack.

18 km to go: The lead trio have started the final climb to La Farrapona, with an average gradient 6.2%. They seemed to have had hard words about who was going to work. They are 2min 30sec ahead of the pack. There are only two riders in between, 75 seconds behind the lead trio.

I count five Sky riders at the front of the peloton.

15 km to go: Holy Mackerel! The race commissar drove up next to Gianluca Brambilla in the break and told him he was out of the race because of his fight with Ivan Rovny. Brambilla sits up, furious.

13 km to go: De Marchi and Poels continue with their break without Brambilla. Their lead is down to 1min 20sec ahead of the peloton, still led by Sky.

It looks like Ivan Rovny is still racing. Now Rovny is talking to his team car and now eases up and drifts back. Looks like he's out of the race as well.

11 km to go: De Marchi has dropped Poels. He's only got a minute's lead. All the riders who were racing between the lead break and the peloton have been absorbed. Only De Marchi is off the front.

8 km to go: De Marchi is doing well. He's grown his lead to 90 seocnds. Sky is still at the front of the peloton. Contador is riding fifth man back, right behind Froome, followed by several Tinkoff-Saxo teammates.

6 km to go: Sky motor Philip Deignan flatted and won't be helping Froome any more. De Marchi still has a minute and a half.

In the much smaller peloton, Valverde and Rodriguez are up near the front with Froome and Contador.

5 km to go: The climb has started to bite and De Marchi's lead is shrinking, now 76 seconds. The gradient is 8%.

4 km to go: Mikel Nieve of Sky is pounding at the front, dropping riders. Aru, Contador, Froome, Martin, Valverde are still there. I don't see Robert Gesink.

Bam! Froome Attacks! He is marked by Contador. Valverde and Rodriguez can't go with the move.

3.5 km to go: Aru chases Rodriguez and Valverde. Froome leads Contador. The gap to De Marchi is just 35 seconds. Aru has made contact with Valverde and Rodriguez.

3 km to go: Froome and Contador are catching De Marchi. Valverde and Rodriguez have dropped Aru.

Froome and Contador have a half-minute. So far De Marchi has been able to stay with Froome and Contador.

2.5 km to go: Froome is doing all the work while Contador sits on. Froome attacks again, De Marchi is dropped. The pair are 34 seconds ahead of Valverde, Aru (he's back) and Rodriguez.

2 km to go: Froome continues to lead Contador, now 40 seconds ahead of the Valverde trio.

Under the Red Kite: Froome still leads Contador, 43 seconds ahead of the Valverde trio.

Bam! Contador attacks and opens a big gap. He's headed to the stage win and the time bonus as well.

The finish: Contador hammers to the finish to win the stage. Froome chased as well as he could, but his second at about 14 seconds is a terrific performance. De Marchi takes third, taking the time bonus from fourth-place Valverde. This should move Froome up to second place. Nope! Valverde has held on to second place by a few seocnds.

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