König breezed past the fading Basque rider with only 500 meters remaining – successfully holding off a late charge initiated by Moreno and Roche.
The outcome of today’s stage caused a major shake-up in the GC. Vincenzo Nibali relinquished his hold on the leader’s jersey to Nicolas Roche, as he failed to join the chase group pursuing König – finishing 16th at 27 seconds down. Chris Honer lost almost as much time as Nibali – relegating him from second to third.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MfjIvKp2GA
CZE 1 KONIG, Leopold (NETAPP – ENDURA) 4:09:46
ESP 2 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KATUSHA) + 1
IRL 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (SAXO-TINKOFF) + 5
FRA 4 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ)
ITA 5 BASSO, Ivan (CANNONDALE)
BEL 6 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LOTTO BELISOL) + 8
ESP 7 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 13
ESP 8 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 19
ESP 9 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA)
COL 10 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (SKY PROCYCLING) + 23
USA 11 HORNER, Christopher (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD)
POL 12 MAJKA, Rafal (SAXO-TINKOFF)
ITA 13 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
ESP 14 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD)
COL 15 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY PROCYCLING) + 27
ITA 16 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA PRO TEAM)
FRA 17 BARGUIL, Warren (ARGOS-SHIMANO) + 31
ITA 18 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (BMC RACING) + 40
FRA 19 BAGOT, Yohan (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS)
ESP 20 ARROYO DURAN, David (CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA)
ESP 21 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI)
EST 22 KANGERT, Tanel (ASTANA PRO TEAM)
ITA 23 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 57
GER 24 NERZ, Dominik (BMC RACING)
NED 25 TEN DAM, Laurens (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) + 59
ESP 26 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (NETAPP – ENDURA)
ITA 27 CAPECCHI, Eros (MOVISTAR TEAM)
ESP 28 HERRADA LOPEZ, José (MOVISTAR TEAM)
FRA 29 GENIEZ, Alexandre (FDJ) + 1:39
SLO 30 BRAJKOVIC, Janez (ASTANA PRO TEAM)
POR 31 CARDOSO, Andre Fernando S. Martins (CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA) + 1:54
POR 32 PIMENTA COSTA MENDES, José Joao (NETAPP – ENDURA) + 2:05
CRO 33 KISERLOVSKI, Robert (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 2:14
DEN 34 SÖRENSEN, Chris Anker (SAXO-TINKOFF)
NED 35 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) + 2:33
ITA 36 CARUSO, Giampaolo (KATUSHA) + 2:37
BEL 37 PAUWELS, Serge (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) + 2:46
ESP 38 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 2:55
ESP 39 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 3:03
ITA 40 MONTAGUTI, Matteo (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
BEL 41 SERRY, Pieter (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) + 3:55
IRL 1 ROCHE, Nicolas (SAXO-TINKOFF) 31:39:30
USA 2 HORNER, Christopher (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 17
ESP 3 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KATUSHA)
ITA 4 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA PRO TEAM) + 18
CZE 5 KONIG, Leopold (NETAPP – ENDURA) + 29
ESP 6 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 30
ESP 7 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 31
COL 8 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (SKY PROCYCLING) + 42
POL 9 MAJKA, Rafal (SAXO-TINKOFF) + 52
ESP 10 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 1:03
ITA 11 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (BMC RACING) + 1:17
ITA 12 BASSO, Ivan (CANNONDALE) + 1:28
FRA 13 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 1:37
ITA 14 CAPECCHI, Eros (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 1:42
ITA 15 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:59
EST 16 KANGERT, Tanel (ASTANA PRO TEAM) + 2:01
NED 17 TEN DAM, Laurens (BELKIN PRO CYCLING) + 2:02
ITA 18 SCARPONI, Michele (LAMPRE-MERIDA) + 2:03
BEL 19 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LOTTO BELISOL) + 2:22
FRA 20 BARGUIL, Warren (ARGOS-SHIMANO) + 2:25
