MURCIA. Trionfo di Quintana, crono al russo Serov

| 04/03/2012 | 14:32
Successo finale del colombiano Nairo Quintana alla Vuelta Murcia, che stamane si è conclusa con la prova contro il tempo di 12 chilometri a Murcia vinta dal russo Alexander Serov (Rus Velo) in 13'46" davanti a allo spagnolo Castroviejo e allo svedese Wetterhal. In classifica generale, Quintana (Movistar) che si era imposto nella frazione inaugurale con arrivo in salita, ha superato il britannico Tiernan Locke di 6" e l'olandese Poels di 9".

After the success by Alejandro Valverde in the Queen stage and the overall of the Vuelta a Andalucía ten days ago, his team-mate Nairo Quintana pronlogued Movistar Team's winning streak in 2012 this weekend with the overall triumph in the Vuelta a Murcia and increasing the account of the telephone squad to five this season. After Saturday's win in the opening stage of the reduced, two-day event in the Sierra Espuña interpretation centre, the 22-year-old Colombian resisted the final punch by Tiernan-Locke (EDR) and Poels (VCD), his two main rivals, who accomplanied him into the overall podium after the conclusive, 12k ITT around the capital city of the Murcian region.

Quintana lost just 10 seconds to the Brit and five to the Dutchman to keep the yellow jersey in a day almost complete for Movistar Team, with Jonathan Castroviejo 55 hundredths of a second behind the day's winner Serov (RVL), into a big team performance that saw him jump into 5th overall, with a superb Sergio Pardilla in 4th to secure the squad's overall win.

REACTION / Nairo Quintana: “I'm really, really happy with taking this overall victory. I already said yesterday I could stay into the fight at the time trial and I proved it today. I never did specific TT training, but I got to be the national U23 time trial champion in Colombia and I don't do really bad at them. I knew how to stay calm in these hours after yesterday's victory, I had some good rest and although the TT route wasn't in my favour, I was happy this morning after doing the recon because it had no dangerous points. I was especially afraid of Poels, but we had the references from my team-mates and I knew I could keep the jersey. This win is very important, probably as much as the overall in the Tour de l'Avenir, because that one opened the doors and allowed me to come here. This gives me much moral and confidence for the rest of the season. I want to thank everyone from the team for the full support they gave me these two days, and dedicate this win to my family and God, which helped me much because being so much time far from home is difficult for me."

Ordine d’arrivo
1º 77 SEROV, Alexander RUS RUSVELO 0:13:46
2º 22 CASTROVIEJO, Jonathan ESP MOVISTAR TEAM mt.
3º 142 WETTERHALL, Alexander SWE ENDURA RACING a 03
4º 184 KUNSHIN, Alexey RUS LOKOSPHINX a 06
5º 81 BARTA, Jan CZE TEAM NETAPP a 10
6º 1 GESINK, Robert NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 12
7º 186 SHILOV, Sergey RUS LOKOSPHINX a 13
8º 183 SVESHNIKOV, Kiril RUS LOKOSPHINX a 16
9º 74 KOVALEV, Evgeny RUS RUSVELO a 16
10º 2 CLEMENT, Stef NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 17
11º 187 SOKOLOV, Dmitry RUS LOKOSPHINX a 17
12º 66 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias SWE PROJECT 1T4I a 20
13º 86 HUZARSKI, Bartosz POL TEAM NETAPP a 21
14º 141 TIERNAN-LOCKE, Jonath. GBR ENDURA RACING a 22
15º 72 ERSHOV, Artur RUS RUSVELO a 23
16º 176 TERUEL, Eloy ESP SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA a 23
17º 65 KLUGE, Roger GER PROJECT 1T4I a 23
18º 123 MARQUE, Alejandro ESP CARMIM-PRIO a 23
19º 31 HOOGERLAND, Johny NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO a 25
20º 173 MANTECON, Sergio ESP SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA a 25
21º 6 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 26
22º 35 POELS, Wouter NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO a 27
23º 11 SANCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 28
24º 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 30
25º 34 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz POL VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO a 31
26º 25 PARDILLA, Sergio ESP MOVISTAR TEAM a 31
27º 27 QUINTANA, Nairo COL MOVISTAR TEAM a 32
28º 26 PLAZA, Ruben ESP MOVISTAR TEAM a 33
29º 105 MAS, Luis ESP BURGOS BH-CST Y LEON a 37
30º 23 HERRADA, Jesus ESP MOVISTAR TEAM a 37

Classifica finale
1º 27 QUINTANA, Nairo COL MOVISTAR TEAM 05:06:10
2º 141 TIERNAN-LOCKE, Jonath. GBR ENDURA RACING a 06
3º 35 POELS, Wouter NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO a 09
4º 25 PARDILLA, Sergio ESP MOVISTAR TEAM a 15
5º 22 CASTROVIEJO, Jonathan ESP MOVISTAR TEAM a 21
6º 11 SANCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 22
7º 31 HOOGERLAND, Johny NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO a 25
8º 1 GESINK, Robert NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 33
9º 86 HUZARSKI, Bartosz POL TEAM NETAPP a 47
10º 147 VOSS, Paul GER ENDURA RACING a 01:24
11º 41 PALOMARES, Adrian ESP ANDALUCIA a 01:26
12º 24 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS MOVISTAR TEAM a 01:53
13º 92 ARMEE, Sander BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN- a 02:03
14º 52 BRAVO, Garikoitz ESP CAJA RURAL a 02:07
15º 55 PETROV, Danail BUL CAJA RURAL a 02:08
16º 183 SVESHNIKOV, Kiril RUS LOKOSPHINX a 02:23
17º 143 CAMAÑO, Iker ESP ENDURA RACING a 02:24
18º 23 HERRADA, Jesus ESP MOVISTAR TEAM a 02:42
19º 83 BRANDLE, Matthias AUT TEAM NETAPP a 02:47
20º 84 DIETZIKER, Andreas SUI TEAM NETAPP a 02:53
21º 56 PIEDRA, Antonio ESP CAJA RURAL a 02:58
22º 71 ROVNY, Ivan RUS RUSVELO a 03:03
23º 2 CLEMENT, Stef NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 03:04
24º 91 SERRY, Pieter BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN- a 03:04
25º 51 CARDOSO, Andre POR CAJA RURAL a 03:35
26º 63 FRÖLINGER, Johannes GER PROJECT 1T4I a 03:37
27º 44 CHACON, Javier ESP ANDALUCIA a 03:39
28º 161 FOTHEN, Markus GER TEAM NSP-GHOST a 03:44
29º 145 ROWSELL, Eric GBR ENDURA RACING a 03:46
30º 16 TXURRUKA, Amets ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 03:50
31º 121 LIVRAMENTO, David POR CARMIM-PRIO a 03:51
32º 115 FRAILE, Omar ESP ORBEA CONTINENTAL a 03:52
33º 17 VELASCO, Ivan ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 03:58
34º 5 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 03:58
35º 37 RUIYGH, Rob NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO a 03:59
36º 136 RUTKIEWICZ, Marek POL CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE a 04:01
37º 173 MANTECON, Sergio ESP SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA a 04:03
38º 177 VIGIL, Andres ESP SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA a 04:04
39º 151 ROVIRA, Jaume ESP GIOS-DESEYR LEON KAS a 04:05
40º 171 FERNANDEZ, Ruben ESP SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA a 04:20
41º 96 JACOBS, Pieter BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN- a 04:30
42º 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco NED RABOBANK CYCLING TEA a 04:31
43º 174 NICOLAS, Samuel ESP SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA a 04:33
44º 103 BRANAA, Damien FRA BURGOS BH-CST Y LEON a 04:41
45º 106 SILVA, Joni POR BURGOS BH-CST Y LEON a 05:06
46º 104 CAPDEPUY, Nicolas FRA BURGOS BH-CST Y LEON a 05:15
47º 67 SPRICK, Matthieu FRA PROJECT 1T4I a 05:25
48º 122 CASIMIRO, Henrique POR CARMIM-PRIO a 05:36
49º 157 PEREZ, Aitor ESP GIOS-DESEYR LEON KAS a 05:38
50º 26 PLAZA, Ruben ESP MOVISTAR TEAM a 05:44