Alla Vuelta di Spagna è il giorno di Horner, Nibali gli cede la maglia rossa
L'americano della RadioShack ha vinto la terza tappa della Vuelta di Spagna davanti a Valverde e Rodriguez ed indossa la maglia rossa di leader della corsa iberica.
Settimo posto per Michele Scarponi che è il migliore degli italiani, Ivan Basso chiude 10°, Vincenzo Nibali cede la leadarship della corsa ed ora e secondo a 3'' da Horner che all'età di 41 anni veste la maglia rossa della Vuelta.
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| Chris Hormer vince la 3a tappa © Photo Bettini |
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 20:15
TOUR OF SPAIN LEADER HORNER: “I FEEL LIKE I CAN KEEP RACING FOREVER”
Showing no signs of slowing down, American Chris Horner, 41, took a solo victory in the third stage of the Vuelta a España and laid claim to the red leader’s jersey. In the process he became the oldest rider in the history of cycling to win a stage in a Grand Tour, with the prior honor going to Pino Cerami who won a Tour stage at 41 years, 2 months. Horner will turn 42 in October.
Chris Horner: “It was fantastic today. There were multiple attacks but when I looked back and saw that I had a small I gap, I just said to myself that I was going. There were so many attacks that when I finally got to the last rider I wasn’t 100 percent sure he was the last guy, but in the car they were telling me to ‘Go! Go!’ So I went full gas to the line. It’s always a gift to win. And when you win here with all of these world class riders, you know you are one of the best riders, too, and it’s a wonderful feeling.”
The 172.5 km stage began in Vigo and ended in Mirador de Lobeira. The final pitch was just enough to stir things up after a crash saw many riders hit the ground. Horner avoided the carnage and jumped clear in the last kilometer of racing to cross the finish line three seconds ahead of Alessandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez. It was a second win this month for Horner who claimed a stage win two weeks ago in the Tour of Utah after missing much of the season due to a knee injury.
Horner: “I hurt my knee earlier in the year. Utah was my first race since end of March but I’m back now and I feel good and motivated to win some races. I’ve trained very hard and now I’m back to work. I wanted to take the jersey today. That was my plan and I hope to keep it as long as possible.”
Chris Horner has had a long and successful career in cycling but shows no signs of preparing to leave the sport: “I love racing. Everyone keeps asking me when I am going to retire, but I won’t do that until I feel like I’m just suffering all day on the bike and never winning bike races. At this moment I feel like I can keep racing forever. We feel we can keep this jersey for a few days. The team is so strong, we will work to keep it. Markel, Fabian, Rasty – they are the best at riding on the flats and I will be well protected by them. We will work for more stage wins too – I think I can win the Vuelta.”
In closing Horner said: “Thank you RadioShack for sponsoring me and the team for 4 years. They stop now and also I am at the end of contract. My contract is free and open."
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| Chris Hormer in maglia rossa alla Vuelta © Photo Bettini |
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Ordine d'arrivo 3a tappa della Vuelta di Spagna:
1 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 4:30:18
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:03
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
4 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
12 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
14 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:13
15 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
16 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
18 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp-Endura
19 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
20 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
22 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
23 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
24 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
25 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
26 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura
27 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
28 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team
29 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
30 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
31 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
32 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team
33 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
34 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ
35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:24
36 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
38 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
39 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 0:00:29
40 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
42 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
43 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
44 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
45 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
46 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural
47 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura
48 Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:33
49 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:37
50 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:41
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Classifica generale dopo la 3a tappa della Vuelta di Spagna:
1 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 9:37:40
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:03
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:11
4 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:13
5 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:23
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:24
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:25
8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:35
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 0:00:44
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:45
11 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura
12 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp-Endura 0:00:48
13 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:49
14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team
15 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:52
16 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
17 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:56
18 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
19 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:01:01
21 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:01:07
22 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:09
23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:01:12
24 Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:01:18
25 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 0:01:19
26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:01:27
27 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
29 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:01:29
30 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:33
31 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:01:38
32 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:42
33 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 0:01:44
34 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:47
35 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:49
36 José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 0:01:55
37 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 0:01:59
38 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 0:02:06
39 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 0:02:18
40 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:02:20
41 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:46
42 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural 0:02:49
43 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:02:54
44 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:03:02
45 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack Leopard 0:03:04
46 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 0:03:37
47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:40
48 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural 0:03:42
49 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:54
50 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural 0:04:04
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![Reguigui Makes History To Become
First Algerian In WorldTour Race
On Sunday, Youcef Reguigui became the first Algerian to take part in the WorldTour, the highest level of racing
in professional road cycling. The 23 year old who is in his debut year as a professional, formed part of the
Vattenfall Cyclassics line up for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung.
Reguigui put in a performance to be proud of after recently returning to racing following a lengthy break. He held
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onto the peloton until there was only two kilometres left to race and finished 1 minute behind winner John
Degenkolb.
“It’s the first time I raced 250 kilometres,” Reguigui said. “It was just an unbelievable day. I stayed with the
peloton until two kilometres to go. We went up the climb four times and I stayed in the first group and pushed
myself to the maximum. The last two kilometres, the peloton went really hard for the sprint and I dropped
because I helped [Gerald] Ciolek for the sprint.”
It’s not difficult to see where Reguigui gets his talent from as his father raced in Europe in the 80’s and is a
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![Vilanova de Arousa - Sanxenxo, (TTT) 27km
( 24 August, 2013 )
Astana wins opening team time trial stage at Vuelta - Brajkovic in red leader's jersey
Astana Pro Team won the opening stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, taking
control of the team time trial along a windswept and technical course in a seaside
town in Galicia.
Astana Pro Team rider Janez Brajkovic crossed the finish line of the 27km course
from Vilanova de Arousa to Sanxenxo in front of his teammates to become the first
leader of the three-week race. Six riders from Astana finished in 29:59, 11 seconds
ahead of second place squad Omega Pharma-Quick Step of Belgium.
"This was my lucky day. From the moment I woke up to the moment we crossed the
line, everything went right. It's nice to wear the red jersey after so much bad luck
this season, and I am especially proud of how strong the team is. We are here to try
and wear this jersey on the final day in Madrid, and today is a good indication of our
intent," Brajkovic said.
Brajkovic, from Slovenia, was set to start the Giro d'Italia in May, but withdrew just before the start with a stomach virus. He raced six stages
at the Tour de France in July but crashed badly and abandoned before the race came to the serious mountains.
"After all I have gone through this season, up and down, stomach and crash, I am very relieved to be back in form, and very happy to be on
this team," Brajkovic said.
Astana Pro Team rider Vincenzo Nibali, the designated leader and team captain, finished just behind Brajkovic, and raised his arm in the air
triumphantly when he crossed the line. The Italian Giro d'Italia champion gained serious time on his most dangerous rivals on Saturday ahead
of 13 upcoming mountain stages.
Astana Pro Team Director Sportif Alexandr Shefer said winning a team time trial is a great accomplishment.
"We have never won a TTT before. Second, third, we always seem to miss that one thing, that one element. Today we did everything right, and we
finished with six of nine riders. Everybody worked tremendously hard today to do this time trial right, and to take the leader's jersey on the first day is a
proud achievement for our team," Shefer said.
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