2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 17 results

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Stage 17, Wednesday, Sept 10: Ortigueira - A Coruña, 190.7 km

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The Race: Four riders did not start today. The most notable was Rigoberto Uran, Omega Pharma's protected GC man. Suffering from bronchitis, he lost a lot of time in the three mountain stages. Also, Christian Knees (Sky) is sick and Haimar Zubeldia (Trek) has an infected boil. Tanel Kangert (Astana) as well is out of the Vuelta. That leaves us with a peloton of 169 riders.

As a stage with no categorized climbs, Giant-Shimano spent most of the day keeping the day's break on a short leash. The break - Rohan Dennis (BMC), Bob Jungels (Trek), Luis Mas Bonet (Caja Rural), Elia Favilli (Lampre) and Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) - was never allowed to gain a gap of more than four minutes.

But two of the riders were especially tenacious. Bob Jungels and Elia Favilli were not caught until the race had passed the Red Kite. The peloton's efforts to contain the fast-moving break left the big sprinters without their leadout trains. Also, with some pavé before the sprint, riders who might otherwise not be tempted decided to try the sprint, most notably Fabian Cancellara.

John Degenkolb won a close sprint against Michael Matthews and Cancellara (see photo above), the German's fourth stage win of this Vuelta. Will his 149 points against Valverde's 114 be good enough for him to take the Green Jersey home? Degenkolb is very reserved about his chances since there are stages coming that suit Valverde very well.

The big GC men finished in the front group, so Alberto Contador remains the overall leader, 1min 36sec ahead of Valverde.

Complete Stage 17 results:

Winner's average speed: 42.996 km/hr

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

GC after Stage 17:

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

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	149 points
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	114
3	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	108
4	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	95
5	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	93
6	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	89
7	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	76
8	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	66
9	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	56
10	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	55
11	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	44
12	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	44
13	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	43
14	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	42
15	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	41
16	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	40
17	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	38
18	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	36
19	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	35
20	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	35
21	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	34
22	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	29
23	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	28
24	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	28
25	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	26
26	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	25
27	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	24
28	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	22
29	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	21
30	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	20
31	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	20
32	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	20
33	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	20
34	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	20
35	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	20
36	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	18
37	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	17
38	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	16
39	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	16
40	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	16
41	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	15
42	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	15
43	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	14
44	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
45	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	14
46	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	14
47	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
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	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	11
55	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	10
56	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	10
57	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	10
58	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
59	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
60	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	9
61	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	8
62	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	8
63	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	7
64	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	7
65	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	7
66	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	7
67	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	7
68	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	7
69	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	6
70	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	6
71	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	6
72	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	6
73	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	5
74	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
75	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
76	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	4
77	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	4
78	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	4
79	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
80	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	4
81	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
82	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
83	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
84	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
85	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
86	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
87	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	3
88	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
89	Angel Mate Luis	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
90	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
91	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	2
92	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	2
93	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
94	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
95	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
96	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	1
97	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
98	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	1
99	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	1
100	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	1
101	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	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	3
32	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
33	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
34	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	2
35	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	2
36	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	2
37	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	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	203hr 30min 47sec
2	Movistar Team	@ 14min 12sec
3	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 30' 24''
4	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 32' 57''
5	Team SKY	+ 46' 34''
6	Astana Pro Team	+ 48' 34''
7	Garmin Sharp	+ 52' 49''
8	BMC Racing Team	+ 57' 52''
9	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 04' 15''
10	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 08' 14''
11	Lampre - Merida	+ 1h 31' 10''
12	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 51' 30''
13	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 2h 10' 04''
14	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 16' 56''
15	Team Europcar	+ 2h 28' 40''
16	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2h 34' 06''
17	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3h 05' 02''
18	Orica GreenEdge	+ 3h 14' 48''
19	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3h 28' 48''
20	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4h 18' 41''
21	FDJ.fr	+ 4h 48' 39''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 6h 31' 45''

Stage 17 photos:

Mountains classification leader Luis Leon Sanchez has just signed in. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador is ready to race. Photo ©Sirotti

Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti

Tom Boonen. Photo ©Sirotti

Here they come....Photo ©Sirotti

It's between Degenkolb, Matthews, Stuyven and Cancellara. Photo ©Sirotti

Still really close, but Degenkolb is ahead. Photo ©Sirotti

Degenkolb has it and he knows it. Photo ©Sirotti

At the finish John Degenkolb was able to just barely hold off Michael Matthews and Fabian Cancellara. Photo ©Sirotti

That makes four stage wins this Vuelta for Degenkolb. How can he not be happy? Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner John Degenkolb. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador has to defend his lead for four more stages. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 17 live updates:

Weather at Ferrol (about a third into the stage) at 2PM, local time: 26C (79F), partly cloudy with the wind from the north-northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). Forecast is for scattered thunderstorms and a 40% chance of rain.

The Start: There were a number of non-starters today. The most notable was Rigoberto Uran, Omega Pharma's protected GC man. Suffering from bronchitis, he lost a lot of time in the three mountain stages. Also, Christian Knees (Sky) is sick and Haimar Zubeldia (Trek) has an infected boil. Also Tanel Kangert (Astana) is out of the Vuelta. That leaves us with a peloton of 169 riders.

Km 32, 158 km to go: The first riders to get away were Rohan Dennis and Bob Jungels, who slipped their leashes at the 23rd km. They were soon joined by Luis Mas Bonet, Elia Favilli and Daniel Teklehaimanot. The quintet are currently 2 minutes ahead of the peloton.

Giant Shimano rider Warren Barguil crashes, but is now reintegrated in the peloton.

Km 46, 145 km to go: This is a stage with no categorized climbs, so it is not surprising the Giant-Shimano is policing the race, hoping for another John Degenkolb stage victory. The break of five is working well together and now have a lead of 3min 3sec. After 1hr 9min of racing the stage's average speed is 40 km/hr

Km 60, 131 km to go: Giant-Shimano is keeping the quintet's gap at 3 minutes as they ride through Ferrol.

Km 73, 118 km to go: Results of the intermediate sprint at Pontedeume: 1st Rohan Dennis, 2nd Elia Favilli, 3rd Bob Jungels. The break's lead is 2min 30sec.

Km 91, 100 km to go: Giant-Shimano doesn't want to let this stage get away. They are keeping the break's lead at just 2min 46sec.

Km 105, 86 km to go: The break of five riders - Rohan Dennis (BMC), Bob Jungels (Trek), Luis Mas Bonet (Caja Rural), Elia Favilli (Lampre) and Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) - have passed through the feed zone. They currently have a lead of 3min 48sc. Astana rider Jacopo Guarnieri had a mechnical problem with his seat, but it has been repaired.

59 km to go: Gap is 3min 42sec. Giant-Shimano and Omega Pharma are at the front of the pack with a single Orica-GreenEdge rider leading. Saxo-Tinkoff are near the front, of course. FDJ is moving up. FDJ has only four riders left in the Vuelta and no longer have their master sprinter, Nacer Bouhanni, who withdrew several stages ago.

46 km to go: The break still looks like a smooth working machine. They have a lead of 3min 17sec. The peloton is strung out with an army of Giant-Shimano riders pulling at the front.

37 km to go: The five breakaways have a lead of 3min 2sec. The peloton is no longer strong out. The chase doesn't seem to be as intense right now.

28 km to go: The break seems to be losing cohesion. Luis Mas Bonet has been dropped. Teklehaimanot is having trouble hanging on. The break's lead is down to 2min 14sec. The road looks lumpy with no flat or straight sections, stressing the breakaway riders.

19 km to go: The four riders in the break have seen their lead cut to 2 minutes.

14 km to go: In the break Bob Jungels takes a hard uphill pull and Teklehaimanot struggles to stay with them. Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff-Saxo) has a flat and gets a lightning-fast wheel change. Omega Pharma is at the front of the pack. Tom Boonen must fancy his chances today. Now Orica-GreenEdge is pulling. Last time gap was 1min 22sec.

Now the break's gap is just one minute.

9 km to go: Teklehaimanot is dropped on a modest hill. The break of three riders is now 48sec ahead of the field.

6 km to go: 39sec.

4 km to go: 22sec.

1 km to go: The break is caught. We should have a big sprint since the peloton is largely intact.

The Finish: Another stage win for John Degenkolb who had the courage of his convictions to be the first sprinter to jump. No one could come around him, though Orica-Greendge's Michael Matthews tried.

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