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2012 Vuelta a España

August 18 - September 9, 2012

Sunday, September 9: 21st and Final Stage, Cercedilla - Madrid, 115.0 km

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Sunday, September 9: 21st and Final Stage, Cercedilla - Madrid, 115.0 km

Stage 21 finish

Results:

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  1. John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) 2hr 44min 57sec
  2. Elia Viviani (Liquigas) s.t.
  3. Daniele Bennati (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
  4. Allan Davis (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
  5. Koldo Fernández (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
  6. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) s.t.
  7. Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
  8. Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick step) s.t.
  9. Raymond Kreder (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
  10. Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) s.t.
  11. Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) s.t.
  12. Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
  13. Matti Breschel (Rabobank) s.t.
  14. Manuel Cardoso (Caja Rural) s.t.
  15. Klaas Lodewyck (BMC) s.t.
  16. Denys Kostyuk (Lampre) s.t.
  17. Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) s.t.
  18. Egoitz Garcia (Cofidis) s.t.
  19. Ben Swift (Sky) s.t.
  20. Dominique Rollin (FDJ-Big Mat) s.t.
  21. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) s.t.
  22. Andrey Zeits (Astana) s.t.
  23. Ian Stannard (Sky) s.t.
  24. Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) s.t.
  25. Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) s.t.
  26. Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) s.t.
  27. Davide Vigano (Lampre) s.t.
  28. Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) s.t.
  29. Michel Kreder (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
  30. Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
  31. Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) s.t.
  32. Juan José Cobo (Movistar) s.t.
  33. Pablo Lastras (Movistar) s.t.
  34. Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) s.t.
  35. Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) s.t.
  36. Vicente Reynes (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
  37. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) s.t.
  38. Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) s.t.
  39. Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) s.t.
  40. Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) s.t.
  41. Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) s.t.
  42. Angel Vicioso (Katusha) s.t.
  43. Martijn Maaskant (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
  44. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Orica-GreenEdge) s.t.
  45. Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
  46. Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) s.t.
  47. Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis) s.t.
  48. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) s.t.
  49. Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) s.t.
  50. Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) s.t.

Complete Final GC after Stage 21: 3,360.2 km raced at an average speed of 39.53 km/hr

  1. Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) 84hr 59min 49sec
  2. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) @ 1min 16sec
  3. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) @ 1min 37sec
  4. Christopher Froome (Sky) @ 10min 16sec
  5. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) @ 11min 29sec
  6. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 12min 23sec
  7. Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) @ 13min 28sec
  8. Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) @ 13min 41sec
  9. Igor Anton (Euskaltel) @ 14min 1sec
  10. Beñat Intxausti (Movistar) @ 16min 13sec
  11. Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 16min 22sec
  12. Nicolas Roche (Ag2r) @ 17min 50sec
  13. Tomasz Marczynski (Vacansoleil) @ 19min 14sec
  14. Sergio Luis Henao (Sky) @ 19min 59sec
  15. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) @ 20min 48sec
  16. Maxime Monfort (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 20min 50sec
  17. Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) @ 20min 56sec
  18. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) @ 22min 30sec
  19. Winner Anacona (Lampre) @ 23min 38sec
  20. Maxime Bouet (Ag2r) @ 26min 30sec
  21. Andre Fernando Cardoso (Caja Rural) @ 31min 51sec
  22. Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 32min 45sec
  23. Rémi Pauriol (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 40min 48sec
  24. Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 46min 26sec
  25. Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) @ 46min 54sec
  26. Ivan Velasco (Euskaltel) @ 48min 42sec
  27. Marcos Garcia (Caja Rural) @ 49min 29sec
  28. Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) @ 51min 44sec
  29. Rigoberto Uran (Sky) @ 54min 40sec
  30. Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 55min 1sec
  31. Christophe Le Mevel (Garmin-Sharp) @ 1hr 0min 2sec
  32. Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1hr 5min 42sec
  33. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 1hr 6min 30sec
  34. Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) @ 1hr 8min 15sec
  35. Steve Morabito (BMC) @ 1hr 15min 37sec
  36. Nairo Alexander Quintana (Movistar) @ 1hr 15min 53sec
  37. Alberto Losada (Katusha) @ 1hr 19min 8sec
  38. Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) @ 1hr 19min 16sec
  39. Kevin Seeldrayers (Astana) @ 1hr 23min 34sec
  40. Tiago Machado (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 1hr 23min 38sec
  41. Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 23min 39sec
  42. Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) @ 1hr 27min 15sec
  43. Jesús Hernández (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1hr 32min 30sec
  44. Romain Sicard (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 33min 5sec
  45. Mickaël Buffaz (Cofidis) @ 1hr 34min 3sec
  46. Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 34min 29sec
  47. Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) s.t.
  48. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 38min 48sec
  49. Cristiano Salerno (Liquigas) @1hr 39min 7sec
  50. Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 39min 53sec
  51. Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 1hr 44min 15sec
  52. Andrey Zeits (Astana) @ 1hr 44min 21sec
  53. Hernani Broco (Caja Rural) @ 1hr 46min 40sec
  54. Denis Menchov (Katusha) @ 1hr 47min 7sec
  55. Daniel Navarro (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 1hr 48min 44sec
  56. Denys Kostyuk (Lampre) @ 1hr 49min 25sec
  57. Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) @ 1hr 50min 6sec
  58. Mauro Santambrogio (BMC) @ 1hr 52min 10sec
  59. Philippe Gilbert (BMC) @ 1hr 53min 57sec
  60. Cayetano Sarmiento (Liquigas) @ 1hr 54min 7sec
  61. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) @ 1hr 55min 21sec
  62. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil) @ 1hr 56min 19sec
  63. Alessandro Ballan (BMC) @ 1hr 57min 36sec
  64. Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 1hr 58min 26sec
  65. David De La Fuente (Caja Rural) @ 2hr 0min 10sec
  66. Javier Moreno (Movistar) @ 2hr 1min 31sec
  67. Juan José Cobo (Movistar) @ 2hr 1min 42sec
  68. Richie Porte (Sky) @ 2hr 2min 39sec
  69. Mikel Landa (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 3min 12sec
  70. Sergio Paulinho (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 2hr 3min 38sec
  71. Simon Geschke (Argos-Shimano) @ 2hr 6min 42sec
  72. Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r) @ 2hr 7min 21sec
  73. Marco Marzano (Lampre) @ 2hr 7min 22sec
  74. Pablo Lastras (Movistar) @ 2hr 8min 50sec
  75. Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 10min 55sec
  76. Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick step) @ 2hr 12min 1sec
  77. Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 2hr 12min 22sec
  78. Brent Bookwalter (BMC) @ 2hr 14min 20sec
  79. Johan Van Summeren (Garmin-Sharp) @ 2hr 14min 56sec
  80. Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) @ 2hr 19min 4sec
  81. Ben Gastauer (Ag2r) @ 2hr 19min 20sec
  82. Vicente Reynes (Lotto-Belisol) @ 2hr 20min 23sec
  83. Johannes Fröhlinger (Argos-Shimano) @ 2hr 23min 38sec
  84. Antonio Piedra (Caja Rural) @ 2hr 26min 2sec
  85. Koen De Kort (Argos-Shimano) @ 2hr 26min 59sec
  86. Laurent Didier (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2hr 27min 7sec
  87. Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) @ 2hr 27min 40sec
  88. Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 2hr 27min 56sec
  89. Maciej Paterski (Liquigas) @ 2hr 29min 16sec
  90. Alexandre Geniez (Argos-Shimano) @ 2hr 31min 20sec
  91. Kristof Vandewalle (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2hr 32min 24sec
  92. Grégory Rast (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2hr 35min 3sec
  93. Markel Irizar (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 2hr 35min 4sec
  94. Sergio Carrasco (Andalucia) @ 2hr 37min 24sec
  95. Angel Vicioso (Katusha) @ 2hr 37min 56sec
  96. Michel Kreder (Garmin-Sharp) @ 2hr 39min 18sec
  97. Bruno Pires (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 2hr 39min 37sec
  98. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) @ 2hr 42min 28sec
  99. Amaël Moinard (BMC) @ 2hr 43min 28sec
  100. Stef Clement (Rabobank) @ 2hr 44min 2sec
  101. Egoitz Garcia (Cofidis) @ 2hr 44min 13sec
  102. Martijn Keizer (Vacansoleil) @ 2hr 46min 11sec
  103. Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 2hr 47min 48sec
  104. Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) @ 2hr 48min 6sec
  105. Xavier Florencio (Katusha) @ 2hr 49min 28sec
  106. Pavel Brutt (Katusha) @ 2hr 51min 45sec
  107. Lars Boom (Rabobank) @ 2hr 53min 57sec
  108. Benjamín Noval (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 2hr 54min 1sec
  109. David Moncoutié (Cofidis) @ 2hr 54min 6sec
  110. Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 2hr 54min 6sec
  111. Ian Stannard (Sky) @ 2hr 55min 45sec
  112. Adrián Palomares (Andalucia) @ 2hr 56min 11sec
  113. Rudy Molard (Cofidis) @ 2hr 56min 45sec
  114. Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Andalucia) @ 2hr 56min 52sec
  115. Thomas Peterson (Garmin-Sharp) @ 2hr 57min 56sec
  116. Klaas Lodewyck (BMC) @ 2hr 58min 17sec
  117. Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) @ 2hr 58min 30sec
  118. Gabriel Rasch (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3hr 0min 5sec
  119. Yannick Eijssen (BMC) @ 3hr 0min 32sec
  120. Javier Ramírez (Andalucia) @ 3hr 1min 11sec
  121. Ben Swift (Sky) @ 3hr 1min 13sec
  122. Egor Silin (Astana) @ 3hr 1min 50sec
  123. Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) @ 3hr 3min 2sec
  124. Thierry Hupond (Argos-Shimano) @ 3hr 3min 24sec
  125. Oleksandr Kvachuk (Lampre) @ 3hr 3min 26sec
  126. Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) @ 3hr 6min 54sec
  127. Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 3hr 7min 31sec
  128. Elia Viviani (Liquigas) @ 3hr 7min 54sec
  129. Florent Barle (Cofidis) @ 3hr 9min 16sec
  130. Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas) @ 3hr 9min 41sec
  131. John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) @ 3hr 10min 6sec
  132. Imanol Erviti (Movistar) @ 3hr 10min 7sec
  133. José Vicente Toribio (Andalucia) @ 3hr 10min 29sec
  134. Koldo Fernández (Garmin-sharp) @ 3hr 11min 5sec
  135. Matteo Tosatto (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 3hr 11min 39sec
  136. Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3hr 11min 42sec
  137. Alexsandr Dyachenko (Astana) @ 3hr 12min 6sec
  138. Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) @ 3hr 12min 7sec
  139. Yokihiro Doi (Argos-Shimano) @ 3hr 12min 22sec
  140. Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Liquigas) @ 3hr 13min 41sec
  141. Davide Vigano (Lampre) @ 3hr 17min 29sec
  142. Fredrik Willems (Lotto-Belisol) @ 3hr 17min 35sec
  143. Bertjan Lindeman (Vacansoleil) @ 3hr 17min 41sec
  144. Daniele Bennati (Radio Shack-Nissan) @ 3hr 18min 0sec
  145. Wesley Sulzberger (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 18min 31sec
  146. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 18min 46sec
  147. Danny Pate (Sky) @ 3hr 19min 33sec
  148. Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar) @ 3hr 20min 17sec
  149. Thomas Dekker (Garmin-Sharp) s.t.
  150. Martijn Maaskant (Garmin-Sharp) @ 3hr 21min 3sec
  151. Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil) @ 3hr 21min 34sec
  152. William Bonnet (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3hr 22min 45sec
  153. Dominique Rollin (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3hr 23min 10sec
  154. Arnaud Courteille (FDJ-Big Mat) @ 3hr 24min 52sec
  155. Nicki Sörensen (Saxo-Tinkoff) @ 3hr 24min 56sec
  156. Stephen Cummings (BMC) @ 3hr 27min 18sec
  157. Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) @ 3hr 28min 11sec
  158. Julian Dean (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 28min 32sec
  159. Matti Breschel (Rabobank) @ 3hr 34min 30sec
  160. Manuel Cardoso (Caja Rural) @ 3hr 38min 31sec
  161. Javier Chacon (Andalucia) @ 3hr 39min 34sec
  162. Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) @ 3hr 41min 50sec
  163. Davide Cimolai (Lampre) @ 3hr 46min 47sec
  164. Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank) @ 3hr 47min 25sec
  165. Travis Meyer (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 48min 16sec
  166. Mitchell Docker (Orica-GreenEdge) @ 3hr 51min 4sec
  167. Allan Davis (Orica-Green Edge) @ 3hr 51min 6sec
  168. Danail Andonov (Caja Rural) s.t.
  169. Biel Kadri (Ag2r) @ 3hr 51min 23sec
  170. Javier Aramendia (Caja Rural) @ 3hr 55min 45sec
  171. Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha) @ 3hr 55min 51sec
  172. Raymond Kreder (Garmin-Sharp) @ 3hr 58min 16sec
  173. Aitor Galdos (Caja Rural) @ 4hr 6min 47sec
  174. Juan Jose Lobato (Andalucia) @ 4hr 19min 17sec
  175. Cheng Jl (Argos-Shimano) @ 4hr 32min 35sec

Points Classification:

  1. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 199 points
  2. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 193
  3. Alberto Contador: 161
  4. John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano): 149
  5. Daniele Bennati (Radio Shack-Nissan): 107
  6. Christopher Froome (Sky): 93
  7. Allan Davis (Orica-GreenEdge):84
  8. Elia Viviani (Liquigas): 79
  9. Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r): 74
  10. Daniel Moreno: 72

Climber Classification:

  1. Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge): 63 points
  2. David De La Fuente (Caja Rural): 40
  3. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 36
  4. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil): 33
  5. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 31
  6. Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 28
  7. Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step): 27
  8. Richie Porte (Sky): 21
  9. Denis Menchov (Katusha): 20
  10. David Moncoutié (Cofidis): 18

Allround (Combinada) Classification:

  1. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar): 8 points
  2. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha): 8
  3. Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff): 10
  4. Christophe Froome (Sky): 30
  5. Daniel Moreno (Katusha): 48
  6. Nicolas Roche (Ag2r): 65
  7. Eros Capecchi (Liquigas): 79
  8. Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil): 80
  9. Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-Quick Step): 85
  10. Sergio Luis Henao (Sky): 88

Team Classification:

  1. Movistar: 254hr 52min 49sec
  2. Euskaltel @ 9min 40sec
  3. Ag2r @ 20min 9sec
  4. Rabobank @ 23min 48sec
  5. Sky @ 26min 55sec
  6. Katusha @ 36min 7sec
  7. Lampre @ 53min 0sec
  8. Saxo-Tinkoff @ 1hr 1min 11sec
  9. Radio Shack-Nissan @ 1hr 17min 34sec
  10. Caja Rural @ 1hr 25min 10sec

Stage 21 map and profile

Stage 21 map

Stage 21 map

Stage 21 profile

Stage 21 profile


Photos from Stage 21:

Team Saxo-Tinkoff

Team Saxo-Tinkoff leads Alberto Contador in the final stage

Vuelta peloton

The Vuelta peloton

Alberto Contador

Contador's team all sported red handlebar tape.

Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador finishes the Vuelta signalling the 7 Grand Tours he says he has won. UCI has a different count.

John Degenkolb

Stagge winner John Degenkolb

Alberto Contador

One last pistolero shot from Contador

Somin Clarke

KOM Simon Clarke

Alejnadro Valverde

Alejandro Valverde won both the points (Green Jersey) and Allround (White Jersey) Classifications

2012 podium

An all-Spanish podium: Valverde, Contador and Rodriguez