Bennati wins Vuelta stage 20 as Cobo keeps lead

September 10, 2011, 4:18pm

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Juan José Cobo holds a 13-second advantage over Britain's Chris Froome after Daniele Bennati's victory in stage 20 of the Tour of Spain, but the leader is taking nothing for granted heading into Sunday's final stage.

With 32 bonus seconds up for grabs on the 95km run into Madrid, Cobo said he will not be able to relax. "I'd like it to be a party, like the last stage of a Grand Tour normally is for a winner, but that's not going to be possible," the Geox rider Cobo said after Saturday's penultimate stage won by the Italian Daniele Bennati.

"I'm closer than ever to winning, but mathematically it's not over, and Froome has got the right to fight on right until the end."

Team Sky's Froome said he would press Cobo all the way. "I'm going to continue [fighting for overall victory]," he said. "We tried to keep the pressure on Cobo today and once again he didn't crack. But we'll keep trying."

Bennati took stage honours on Saturday, showing solid form ahead of the world championships later this month.

Part of an early break over the mountainous first half of the 185km stage from Bilbao to Vitoria, Bennati was still strong enough to take a sprint of around 80 riders ahead of the Italians Enrico Gasparotto and Damiano Caruso.

"I'm pleased to win today because it's the last hilly stage of the Tour of Spain and a victory at the end of a three-week race on such a hard day proves my good condition for the world championships," Bennati said.

"On top of that, I made it into the early break and stayed with them over two first-category climbs. If I can do what I did today, I believe I can do well at the worlds."

The 30-year-old Leopard Trek rider said that leading the Vuelta in the first week and his stage win on Saturday also confirmed he was fully recovered from a bad crash in the Tour of Romandie in early May.

Result of 20th stage of the Tour of Spain from Bilbao to Vitoria

1 Daniele Bennati (It/Leopard) 4hr 39min 20sec

2 Enrico Gasparotto (It/Astana) same time

3 Damiano Caruso (It/Liquigas)

4 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel/Garmin)

5 Koen de Kort (Neth/Skil-Shimano)

6 Manuele Mori (It/Lampre)

7 Davide Malacarne (It/Quick-Step)

8 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel/Quick-Step)

9 Bauke Mollema (Neth/Rabobank)

10 Eros Capecchi (It/Liquigas)

Overall standings

1 Juan José Cobo (Sp/Geox) 82hr 38min 32sec

2 Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +13

3 Bradley Wiggins (GB/Team Sky) +1:39

4 Bauke Mollema (Neth/Rabobank) +2:03

5 Denis Menchov (Rus/Geox) +3:48

6 Maxime Monfort (Bel/Leopard) +4:13

7 Vincenzo Nibali (It/Liquigas) +4:31

8 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel/Omega Pharma-Lotto) +4:45

9 Daniel Moreno (Sp/Katusha) +5:20

10 Mikel Nieve (Sp/Euskaltel) +5:33

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Results from stage 20 - TDF 2011

July 23, 2011, 2:06pm

Stage 20

1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:55:33
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:07
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:06
4 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:29
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:30
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:33
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:37
8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 0:01:42
9 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 0:02:03
10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:02:08
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:02:10
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:14
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:02:36
15 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
16 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:02:38
17 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
18 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:02:39
19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:02:41
21 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:02:50
22 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:02:51
23 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:02:57
24 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:58
25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:03:00
26 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0:03:03
27 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:03:23
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:03:28
29 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:03:30
30 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:03:36
31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:03:38
32 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:03:41
33 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:43
34 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:47
35 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:51
36 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 0:03:57
37 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:58
38 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:59
39 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:01
40 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:04:07
41 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:04:10
42 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:13
43 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:04:18
44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:04:20
45 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:04:23
46 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:04:24
47 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:04:30
48 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:35
49 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 0:04:36
50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:04:38
51 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:04:39
52 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:04:42
53 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:43
54 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:04:44
55 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
56 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:04:46
57 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:48
58 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:04:49
59 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:52
60 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team
61 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:04:54
62 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:56
63 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:05:00
64 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:01
65 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:05:05
66 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:09
67 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:05:11
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:12
69 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:05:15
70 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:05:16
71 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
72 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:05:19
73 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:05:20
74 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:26
75 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:27
76 Yuriy Trofimov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:05:30
77 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:35
78 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:05:38
79 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:05:42
80 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:05:43
81 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:05:46
82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
83 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana 0:05:47
84 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:05:48
85 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:05:51
86 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:05:52
87 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 0:05:53
88 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:05:54
89 Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ
90 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:05:56
91 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:57
92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:06:01
93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:02
94 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:06:03
95 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:06:05
96 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:06:07
97 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:06:08
98 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
99 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:06:10
100 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:06:11
101 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:06:14
102 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
103 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:15
104 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:18
105 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:06:19
106 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:21
107 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:06:23
108 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
109 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:06:25
110 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:06:28
112 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
113 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:06:29
114 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:06:30
116 Jesús Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:06:32
117 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:06:34
118 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek 0:06:36
119 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:45
120 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:06:47
121 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:06:50
122 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:06:51
123 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana 0:06:54
124 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:56
125 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
126 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:04
127 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:08
128 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:07:09
129 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
130 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:07:14
131 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:07:19
132 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:07:22
133 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:07:24
134 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:07:28
135 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:30
136 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:07:31
137 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:07:36
138 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:07:39
139 André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto
140 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD
141 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:07:41
142 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:07:44
143 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 0:07:53
144 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:07:54
145 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:07:55
146 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
147 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:08:07
148 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:08:09
149 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:08:11
150 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad
151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:08:16
152 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:08:19
153 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:08:26
154 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:08:27
155 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:08:32
156 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 0:08:35
157 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:08:37
158 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:08:44
159 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:08:46
160 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 0:09:03
161 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:09:17
162 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:09:27
163 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:09:44
164 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:45
165 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:09:48
166 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:10:38
167 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:11:19

Points

1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 20 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 17
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 15
4 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 13
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 11
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9
8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 8
9 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 7
10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
12 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 4
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 3
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 2
15 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 1

Young riders

1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:57:02
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:34
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:41
4 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:07
5 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:09
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:21
7 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:22
8 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:30
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:32
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:02:55
11 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:03:01
12 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:06
13 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0:03:10
14 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:03:13
15 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:14
16 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:03:19
17 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:03:31
18 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:03:32
19 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:03:36
20 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:03:42
21 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:47
22 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0:04:19
23 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:23
24 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:04:25
25 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:04:36
26 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:04:41
27 Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha Team 0:04:54
28 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:56
29 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:05:22
30 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:05:40
31 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:05:45
32 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:01
33 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:25
34 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:06:38
35 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:06:40

Teams

1 HTC-Highroad 2:52:12
2 Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:54
3 Leopard Trek 0:01:23
4 AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:38
5 Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:03:16
6 Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:18
7 Team Europcar 0:04:23
8 Liquigas-Cannondale 0:04:33
9 BMC Racing Team 0:04:39
10 Sky Procycling 0:05:20
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:26
12 Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:33
13 FDJ 0:05:35
14 Lampre - ISD 0:06:36
15 Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:06:50
16 Quickstep Cycling Team 0:07:25
17 Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:07:27
18 Team RadioShack 0:07:31
19 Saur - Sojasun 0:07:50
20 Katusha Team 0:08:19
21 Movistar Team 0:11:17
22 Pro Team Astana 0:11:26

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