Vuelta a Asturias 2012

[hrotha]

Ion please.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Marque was dropped on the steep penultimate climb (last year Zaballa cut it down to himself, Moreno and Herrada on that), and is now a minute back on the Naranco. Intxausti and López are in the front group with di Gregorio, Moncoutié and Marcos García.

Edit:
Txurruka's ridden across to the group, then Beñat Intxausti has attacked, and di Gregorio and Moncoutié have gone with him. García's next on the road, then López and Txurruka.

2nd edit:
Movistar tweet that Intxausti was 2nd on the stage, but that's enough to take the GC. No word on whether it was di Gregorio or Moncoutié that beat him for the stage.

 

[jens_attacks]

french cofidis ownage on naranco.now i've seen them all

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Di Gregorio won the stage, ahead of Intxausti and Moncoutié.

EDIT:

1 Rémy DI GREGORIO (Cofidis) 4'30'05
2 Beñat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA (Movistar) +mt
3 David MONCOUTIÉ (Cofidis) +mt
4 David LÓPEZ GARCÍA (Movistar) +7"
5 David DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO (Caja Rural) +23"
6 Amets TXURRUKA ANSOLA (Euskaltel-Euskadi) +48"
7 Giovanny Manuel BÁEZ ÁLVAREZ (EPM-UNE) +48"
8 Pablo URTASUN PÉREZ (Euskaltel-Euskadi) +59"
9 Filipe Duarte Sousa CARDOSO (Efapel-Glassdrive) +1'07"
10 Sergio Ferreira SOUSA (Efapel-Glassdrive) +1'16"

I certainly wouldn't have expected Filipe Cardoso to be the first Portuguese home... Sergio Sousa was very good here last year, however. Great ride by De La Cruz too, think he might be 2nd on the GC as a result.

EDIT:

And the GC:

1 Beñat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA (Movistar) ESP 10'55'33
2 David DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO (Caja Rural) ESP +33"
3 Rémy DI GREGORIO (Cofidis) FRA +42"
4 David LÓPEZ GARCÍA (Movistar) ESP +53"
5 Alejandro MARQUE PORTO (Carmim-Prio-Tavira) ESP +1'08"
6 Amets TXURRUKA ANSOLA (Euskaltel-Euskadi) ESP +1'14"
7 David BLANCO RODRÍGUEZ (Efapel-Glassdrive) ESP +1'39"
8 Pablo URTASUN PÉREZ (Euskaltel-Euskadi) ESP +1'41"
9 Giovanny Manuel BÁEZ ÁLVAREZ (EPM-UNE) COL +1'45"
10 Pello BILBAO LÓPEZ DE ARMENTIA (Euskaltel-Euskadi) ESP +2'16"
11 Sergio Ferreira SOUSA (Efapel-Glassdrive) POR +2'19"
12 Henrique Madeira CASIMIRO (Carmim-Prio-Tavira) POR +2'22"
13 Hernâni Manuel Conceição BROCO (Caja Rural) POR +2'26"
14 David MONCOUTIÉ (Cofidis) FRA +2'33"
15 Ricardo Jorge Correia MESTRE (Carmim-Prio-Tavira) POR +2'49"
16 Mikhail ANTONOV (Lokosphinx) RUS +3'01"
17 Miguel MÍNGUEZ AYALA (Euskaltel-Euskadi) ESP +3'12"
18 Iván Ramiro PARRA PINTO (EPM-UNE) COL +3'18"
19 Garikoitz BRAVO OIARBIDE (Caja Rural) ESP +3'37"
20 Javier MORENO BAZÁN (Movistar) ESP +4'07"