Rory Sutherland, australiano della United Healthcare, si aggiudica la sesta tappa della USA Pro Cycling Challenge, da Golden a Boulder per un totale di 166,2km. Non è il solo a festeggiare però, perchè Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma Quick Step) conquista la maglia di leader.
Sutherland faceva parte del nutrito gruppo di fuggitivi evasi dopo pochi chilometri e sull’ultima salita (Flagstaff Mountain) riesce a piazzare lo scatto vincente. Buonissima anche la prova del nostro Fabio Aru (Pro Team Astana), giunto secondo e dell’indomabile Jens Voigt (RadioShack Nissan Trek), terzo.
Levi Leipheimer, quarto classificato di giornata, infligge 29″ di distacco a Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) e diventa così, a una tappa del termine, il nuovo leader della classifica generale. Dovrà però difendersi con le unghie e con i denti nella cronometro finale di Denver (15,3km), perchè Van Garderen quest’anno ha dimostrato di essere fortissimo nelle prove contro il tempo. Sarà comunque una lotta sul filo dei secondi e vi parteciperanno anche Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) e il giovane Joseph Dombrowski (Bontrager Livestrong Team), tutti racchiusi in appena 21″.
Da segnalare il ritiro di Cadel Evans. L’australiano della Bmc Racing Team non sta attraversando un periodo di grande forma fisica.
Ordine d’arrivo della 6ª tappa:
1 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 4:06:12
2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:20
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:26
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:45
5 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:52
6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:01:02
7 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
10 Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) EPM – Une
11 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:14
12 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp
13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:01:22
14 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan
15 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:01:28
16 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
17 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
18 Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo
19 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
20 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
21 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
22 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
23 Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:33
24 Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) EPM – Une 0:01:35
25 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:01:56
26 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp
27 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy 0:02:09
28 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM – Une 0:02:12
29 Freddy Orlando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM – Une
30 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo
31 Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
32 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
33 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
34 Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
35 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo
36 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:25
37 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:02:34
38 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
39 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
40 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:02:50
41 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:03:31
42 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo 0:03:39
43 Andres Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy 0:03:44
44 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:03:53
45 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
46 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
47 Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) EPM – Une 0:04:10
48 Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) EPM – Une 0:05:06
49 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:05:31
50 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
51 Julian Kyer (USA) Bissell Cycling
52 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
53 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
54 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:19
55 Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo 0:06:32
56 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:56
57 Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:07:27
58 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:07:56
59 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:10:36
60 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:12:20
61 Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
62 Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) EPM – Une
63 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
64 Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
65 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy
66 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
67 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
68 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10
69 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
70 Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy
71 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
72 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:13:41
73 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
74 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
75 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp
76 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling
77 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp
78 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
79 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
80 Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling
81 Tom Zirbel (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
82 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
83 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp
84 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM – Une
85 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
86 James Oram (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team
87 Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
88 Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
89 Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
90 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo
91 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 0:24:42
92 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
93 Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo 0:27:06
94 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:28:09
95 Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling
96 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:28:16
DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy
DNF Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
DNF Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
DNF Andrew Bajadali (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
Classifica generale:
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 25:39:50
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:00:09
3 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:21
4 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
5 Ramiro Rincon Diaz (Col) EPM – Une 0:00:22
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:26
7 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:00:38
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 0:00:41
9 Ivan Rovny (Rus) RusVelo
10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:52
11 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:53
13 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:57
14 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:18
15 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin – Sharp
16 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:01:20
17 Chris Butler (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:01:35
18 Javier Eduardo Gomez Pineda (Col) EPM – Une 0:01:36
19 Gavin Mannion (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 0:01:50
20 Freddy Orlando Piamonte Rodriguez (Col) EPM – Une 0:01:53
21 Michael Creed (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:02:23
22 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:37
23 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:02:47
24 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:03:33
25 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:15
26 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo 0:04:17
27 Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:04:54
28 Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) EPM – Une 0:04:55
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:40
30 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM – Une 0:06:39
31 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:06:41
32 Robigzon Leandro Oyola Oyola (Col) EPM – Une 0:06:57
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:08:25
34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:12:58
35 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:13:12
36 Craig Lewis (USA) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:13:36
37 Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:14:12
38 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) EPM – Une 0:15:23
39 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:16:05
40 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:19:22
41 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:20:01
42 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:20:10
43 Carter Jones (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:20:58
44 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:22:23
45 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:24:23
46 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:25:16
47 Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) EPM – Une 0:25:50
48 Julian Kyer (USA) Bissell Cycling 0:26:48
49 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0:27:42
50 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:27:45
51 Serghei Tvetcov (Mda) Team Exergy 0:27:49
52 Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo 0:28:32
53 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:28:44
54 Alexander Candelario (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:30:33
55 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo 0:32:56
56 Andres Diaz Corrales (Col) Team Exergy 0:34:19
57 Benjamin King (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 0:34:58
58 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:35:50
59 Tom Zirbel (USA) Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 0:38:45
60 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:39:38
61 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:40:09
62 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo 0:42:05
63 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:42:06
64 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:43:21
65 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:44:13
66 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:44:23
67 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:44:52
68 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:46:58
69 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Sharp 0:50:11
70 Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:50:33
71 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:52:12
72 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:54:33
73 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo 0:56:56
74 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 0:57:04
75 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 0:58:44
76 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 1:00:41
77 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:01:13
78 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:02:02
79 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
80 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Sharp 1:03:24
81 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 1:03:37
82 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 1:04:25
83 Matt Cooke (USA) Team Exergy 1:04:49
84 Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 1:04:58
85 Ryan Eastman (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team 1:05:29
86 Biao Liu (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 1:06:13
87 Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 1:07:12
88 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1:07:53
89 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling 1:11:50
90 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Team Exergy 1:11:51
91 James Oram (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team 1:12:01
92 Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 1:12:30
93 Frank Kevin Pipp (USA) Bissell Cycling 1:13:22
94 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 1:19:12
95 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:24:01
96 Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo 1:26:37
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