Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2017 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE – Individual Time Trial]

February 17, 2017
Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2017 – Stage 3– Lucena – Lucena (ITT) – 11,9 km

The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The nickname, Ruta del Sol, is in reference to the region’s popular tourist coastline the Costa del Sol.

Victor Campenaerts (Team LottoNl-Jumbo) held on to win a dramatic individual time trial at the Ruta del Sol on stage 3. The Belgian national trial champion was among the early starters over the 11.9-kilometre course and remained in the hot seat as all the GC contenders failed to dislodge him.

Campenaerts’ stage win, however, only told one side of the story on what was another dramatic day on the race. Heading into the crucial time trial, Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) held a slender three-second lead over Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) only a further two seconds in arrears. At the finish line, Valverde put six seconds into contador to move into the leader’s jersey by a single second. Contador dropped to second, unable to claw back time despite a frantic chase to the line.

With two stages remaining Valverde holds a one-second lead over Contador, with Pinot in third at six seconds. The biggest change in the overall standings happened when Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) crash out. The Spaniard started the stage in fourth overall, tied on the same time as Valverde. Team Sky rounds up the remaining places in the top six due to another consistent performance. Wout Poels finished sixth on the stage and now sits fourth in the overall, ahead of Diego Rosa and Mikel Landa.

The stage honours, however, belonged to the relatively unheralded Campenaerts. The 25-year-old won his national championships in 2015 but caught everyone by surprise in Spain. He set off like a bullet and quickly set the fastest time at both the intermediate post and the finish line but it wasn’t just the fact he took the lead, but the manner in which he did it that stood out. Until the Lotto rider had crossed the line, the consistent Mathias Brandle had sat in the hot seat. A former UCI Hour Record holder, many expected the Trek rider to keep the seat warm for the GC battlers. Campenaerts clearly hadn’t read the script and he decimated the standings, putting 28 seconds in Brandle and putting the rest of the field on notice.

One-by-one they trickled over the line with Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Crapac) and a host of other more established riders unable to even get close to the Belgian. Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and former time trial world champion Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) failed too, leaving the GC men as the last line of defence facing Campenaerts.

Pinot was smooth, cutting through corners with ease and using the opening climb to show his intent. Valverde, meanwhile, was at his menacing best and it was the Movistar rider who came closest to toppling Campenaerts with a matching time at the intermediate check.

Contador, who had started last but without the leader’s jersey on his shoulders, looked rapid and held Valverde to within five seconds but as the road began to rise, and with the Trek climber out of the saddle Campenaerts began his celebrations. Valverde nor Contador would deny him.

Valverde had done enough, just, and Contador for the third stage in a row found himself on the road side of a defeat. For all of his gusto in the mountains, it is Valverde’s more assured approach that has shone through. With two days remaining though, this race is far from over.

Results :
1 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:14:55
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:01
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:07
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:09
5 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:16
7 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:20
8 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:00:21
9 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ 0:00:25
10 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:28
11 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:00:32
12 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
13 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:35
14 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:37
15 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:39
16 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
17 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:41
18 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:42
19 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
20 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky
21 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb 0:00:43
22 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
23 Felix Großschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:44
24 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
25 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:46
26 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
27 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:48
28 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:49
29 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:00:50
30 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
31 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:51
32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:55
33 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:00:56
34 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
35 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
36 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:57
37 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:58
39 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
40 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:59
41 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
42 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:01
43 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
44 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
45 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:02
47 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb
48 Igor Merino (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:03
49 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:04
50 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:10
51 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:12
52 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie
53 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
54 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:14
55 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
56 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
57 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:15
58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
59 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
60 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:01:17
61 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:18
62 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
63 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
64 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:20
65 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie
66 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:21
67 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:01:23
68 Hector Saez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:24
69 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team
70 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
71 David Belda (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:25
72 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:26
73 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
74 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
75 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
76 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:27
77 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb 0:01:28
78 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
79 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:01:29
80 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:01:30
81 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:31
82 Aydar Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:32
83 Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
84 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 0:01:33
85 Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo
86 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:36
87 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy
88 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
89 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:37
90 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
91 Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:01:41
92 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
93 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:42
94 Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:43
95 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
96 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
97 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:01:44
98 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:45
99 Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH 0:01:46
100 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
101 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
102 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:48
103 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:49
104 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:51
105 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:01:52
106 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
107 André Cardoso (Por) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:53
108 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:01:54
109 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:58
110 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:01:59
111 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:02:00
112 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:01
113 Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
114 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:02
115 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:04
116 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:05
117 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
118 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:02:06
119 Daniel Lopez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:07
120 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:02:09
121 Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
122 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:10
123 Beñat Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:15
124 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:26
125 Alvaro Robredo (Spa) Burgos BH 0:02:27
126 Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
127 Pello Olaberria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:31
128 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
129 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:02:32
130 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:33
131 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy
132 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:34
133 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:37
134 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
135 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:02:46
136 Gotzon Udondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:02:48
137 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:02
138 José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:03:20
DNF Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
DNF Gaetan Bille (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNS Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits

General Classification after stage 3
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 9:01:34
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:01
3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:06
4 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:00:21
5 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:45
6 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:48
7 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 0:00:52
8 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:29
9 Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:48
10 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:50
11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:01:57
12 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:02:04
13 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:02:27
14 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:46
15 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:03:47
16 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:03:53
17 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:57
18 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:04:13
19 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:04:29
20 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:04:48
21 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:04:59
22 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
23 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:05:12
24 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij
25 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:05:25
26 André Cardoso (Por) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:29
27 David Belda (Spa) Burgos BH 0:05:36
28 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:06:24
29 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:08:04
30 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:08:19
31 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:08:23
32 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:08:53
33 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:56
34 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:42
35 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:09:56
36 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:57
37 Hector Saez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:10:09
38 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:10:12
39 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:14
40 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:10:18
41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:10:38
42 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac 0:10:39
43 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11:26
44 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:11:39
45 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:12:21
46 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:12:29
47 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy 0:12:38
48 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:12:42
49 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:13:46
50 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:13:57
51 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ
52 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky 0:14:34
53 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:14:47
54 Igor Merino (Spa) Burgos BH 0:15:09
55 Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:15:10
56 Alexander Aranburu (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:16:02
57 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:16:05
58 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:17:02
59 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:18:06
60 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:28
61 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:18:29
62 Jon Irisarri (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:18:35
63 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:18:38
64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:19:59
65 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:20:43
66 Luis Lemus (Mex) Israel Cycling Academy 0:21:10
67 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:21:15
68 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 0:21:21
69 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:21:23
70 Beñat Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:21:26
71 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:21:44
72 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb 0:21:45
73 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 0:21:53
74 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:22:20
75 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:22:28
76 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 0:22:43
77 Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH 0:23:11
78 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:23:23
79 Jorge Cubero Galvez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:23:35
80 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 0:23:38
81 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:23:59
82 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:24:16
83 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:25:19
84 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:25:40
85 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:25:41
86 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 0:26:27
87 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Israel Cycling Academy 0:26:38
88 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:26:42
89 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 0:26:45
90 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:26:46
91 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:26:58
92 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
93 Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Cycling Academy 0:26:59
94 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 0:27:23
95 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:27:33
96 Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:27:40
97 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:28:00
98 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:28:07
99 Daniel Turek (Cze) Israel Cycling Academy 0:28:17
100 Aydar Zakarin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:28:43
101 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:28:50
102 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:29:05
103 José Manuel Díaz (Spa) Israel Cycling Academy 0:29:08
104 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:29:14
105 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:29:39
106 Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
107 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:29:44
108 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:30:35
109 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy 0:30:43
110 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 0:30:49
111 Felix Großschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:30:53
112 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:30:57
113 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:31:44
114 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:32:00
115 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:32:25
116 Jorge Arcas Peña (Spa) Movistar Team 0:32:41
117 Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:33:00
118 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 0:33:09
119 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:33:36
120 Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
121 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 0:34:00
122 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij 0:34:29
123 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:35:00
124 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:35:02
125 Adrian Gonzalez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:35:07
126 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:35:28
127 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:35:31
128 Daniel Lopez (Spa) Burgos BH 0:35:48
129 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:36:34
130 Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:36:37
131 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:36:42
132 Pello Olaberria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:38:07
133 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:49
134 Alvaro Robredo (Spa) Burgos BH 0:38:53
135 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:39:26
136 Gotzon Udondo (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:41:38
137 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:41:55
138 Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 0:43:40