USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Etapa y liderato para Tyler Farrar. Buen arranque del Epm-Une (FOTOS)

Con una llegada masiva, en la que no participó todo el lote de participantes en la versión 2012 del Challenge americano que se corre en territorio del estado del Colorado, terminó la primera jornada que permitió ver victorioso a Tyler Farrar (Garmin Sharp) luego de un día plagado de alternativas en virtud a las condiciones climáticas y topográficas que rodearon el comienzo de esta importante carrera con un jornada larga que llevó la caravana desde Durango hasta Telluride con 202 kilómetros.

El equipo colombiano del Epm-Une que participa por segundo año consecutivo en esta competencia, se encargó de mostrar desde el primer día su elevado nivel técnico y competitivo, poniendo a Edward Beltrán en la fuga de 10 hombres que marcaron esta etapa, donde se encontraban entre otros, Vincenzo Nibali, -el tercero del Tour de Francia-, Tom Danielson, Peter Stetina, entre otros. Fuga que solo fue alcanzada a pocos kilómetros de la llegada, una vez que Beltrán, luego Danielson y Stetina estuvieron al comando de la prueba.

Una larga escalada sirvió para seleccionar el grupo y allí fue notoria la presencia de corredores del BMC Racing, Astana y Epm-Une, quienes mantuvieron controlado el lote de fugitivos, impidiendo que alcanzaran grandes diferencias.

Finalmente, la carrera se resuelve al embalaje con la victoria esperada  de Tyler Farrar  quien doblegó a Alessandro Bassana, Damiano Caruso y Fred Rodríguez, mientras Camilo Castiblanco del Epm-Une, se ubicaba décimo con el resto de sus compañeros de equipo en el lote principal.

Para resaltar, la pérdida considerable de tiempo por parte de los ex campeones del Tour de Francia y el Giro de Italia, Cadel Evans e Iván Basso quienes perdieron más de 12 minutos. Por su parte, Vincenzo Nibali, perdió 1.46 a pesar de haber sido uno de los grandes protagonistas de la primera etapa.

Este martes se corre la segunda etapa entre Monte Rose y CrestField Butte con 159 kilómetros.

Galería Fotográfica:

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Photos@BethSchneider

Resultados:

Etapa 1

1 12 Tyler FARRAR Garmin-Sharp 04:42:48
2 87 Alessandro BAZZANA Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:00:00
3 43 Damiano CARUSO Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:00
4 141 Fred RODRIGUEZ Team Exergy 00:00:00
5 71 Rory SUTHERLAND Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:00:00
6 138 Gavin MANNION Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:00:00
7 81 Kiel REIJNEN Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:00:00
8 123 Alex CANDELARIO Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
9 31 Christopher HORNER RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
10 152 Jorge Camilo CASTIBLANCO CUBIDES UNE – EPM 00:00:00
11 24 Michael SCHÄR BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
12 22 Mathias FRANK BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
13 153 Francisco COLORADO UNE – EPM 00:00:00
14 128 Michael FRIEDMAN Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
15 151 Rafael INFANTINO ABREU UNE – EPM 00:00:00
16 121 Jesse ANTHONY Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
17 28 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
18 1 Levi LEIPHEIMER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:00:00
19 16 Christian VANDEVELDE Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
20 37 Jens VOIGT RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
21 154 Ramiro RINCON DIAZ UNE – EPM 00:00:00
22 51 Janez BRAJKOVIC Astana Pro Team 00:00:00
23 142 Andrés Miguel DÍAZ Team Exergy 00:00:00
24 63 Dmitry KOZONTCHUK Rusvelo 00:00:00
25 155 Robigzon Leandro OYOLA OYOLA UNE – EPM 00:00:00
26 32 Jakob FUGLSANG RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
27 27 George HINCAPIE BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
28 93 Lucas EUSER Spidertech Powered by C10 00:00:00
29 157 Eduard Alexander BELTRAN SUAREZ UNE – EPM 00:00:00
30 64 Artem OVECHKIN Rusvelo 00:00:00
31 158 Javier Eduardo GOMEZ PINEDA UNE – EPM 00:00:00
32 107 Cameron WURF Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
33 35 Andreas KLÖDEN RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
34 62 Ivan ROVNY Rusvelo 00:00:00
35 65 Sergey FIRSANOV Rusvelo 00:00:00
36 11 Tom DANIELSON Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
37 45 Paolo LONGO BORGHINI Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:00
38 38 Olivier ZAUGG RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
39 25 Johann TSCHOPP BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
40 33 George BENNETT RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
41 36 Matthew BUSCHE RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
42 46 Timothy DUGGAN Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:00
43 111 Christopher BALDWIN Bissell Pro Cycling 00:00:00
44 15 Peter STETINA Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
45 102 Christopher BUTLER Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
46 52 Roman KREUZIGER Astana Pro Team 00:00:00
47 14 Alex HOWES Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
48 156 Carlos Fernando PIAMONTE RODRIGUEZ UNE – EPM 00:00:00
49 23 Ivan SANTAROMITA BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
50 124 Michael CREED Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
51 117 Julian KYER Bissell Pro Cycling 00:00:00
52 134 Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:00:00
53 76 Benjamin DAY Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:00:00
54 34 Benjamin KING RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
55 101 Craig LEWIS Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
56 108 Gang XU Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
57 114 Carter JONES Bissell Pro Cycling 00:00:00
58 44 Edward KING Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:32
59 122 Andy BAJADALI Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:39
60 78 Jeffry LOUDER Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:01:01
61 77 Christopher JONES Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:01:01
62 127 Marsh COOPER Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:01:06
63 41 Vincenzo NIBALI Liquigas-Cannondale 00:01:46
64 3 Peter VELITS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:02:25
65 143 Matt COOKE Team Exergy 00:06:48
66 26 Taylor PHINNEY BMC Racing Team 00:12:43
67 47 Ivan BASSO Liquigas-Cannondale 00:12:43
68 21 Cadel EVANS BMC Racing Team 00:12:43
69 147 Serghei TVETCOV Team Exergy 00:12:43
70 2 Martin VELITS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:12:43
71 4 Matt BRAMMEIER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:12:43
72 94 Caleb FAIRLY Spidertech Powered by C10 00:12:43
73 67 Alexander MIRONOV Rusvelo 00:12:43
74 73 Daniel SUMMERHILL Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:12:43
75 54 Yevgeniy NEPOMNYACHSHIY Astana Pro Team 00:12:43
76 56 Fabio ARU Astana Pro Team 00:12:43
77 112 Jeremy VENNELL Bissell Pro Cycling 00:12:43
78 5 Jeroen HOORNE Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:12:43
79 83 Julien EL FARES Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
80 48 Moreno MOSER Liquigas-Cannondale 00:12:43
81 125 Tom ZIRBEL Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:12:43
82 53 Tanel KANGERT Astana Pro Team 00:12:43
83 85 Georg PREIDLER Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
84 88 Joey ROSSKOPF Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
85 104 Pengda JIAO Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:12:43
86 84 Javier MEGIAS LEAL Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
87 75 Jacob KEOUGH Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:15:22
88 17 David ZABRISKIE Garmin-Sharp 00:15:22
89 95 Hugo HOULE Spidertech Powered by C10 00:15:22
90 145 Morgan SCHMITT Team Exergy 00:15:22
91 136 Connor O’LEARY Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
92 103 Matthias FRIEDEMANN Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:15:22
93 105 Biao LIU Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:15:22
94 137 James ORAM Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
95 148 Sam JOHNSON Team Exergy 00:15:22
96 106 William CLARKE Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:15:22
97 116 Patrick BEVIN Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
98 82 Alexander EFIMKIN Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:15:22
99 144 Noè GIANETTI Team Exergy 00:15:22
100 74 Robert FÖRSTER Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:15:22
101 135 Ryan EASTMAN Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
102 68 Sergueï KLIMOV Rusvelo 00:15:22
103 113 Ben JACQUES-MAYNES Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
104 13 Nathan HAAS Garmin-Sharp 00:15:22
105 131 Joshua ATKINS Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
106 115 Frank PIPP Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
107 86 Rubens BERTOGLIATI Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:15:22
108 42 Valerio AGNOLI Liquigas-Cannondale 00:15:22
109 96 Ryan ROTH Spidertech Powered by C10 00:15:22
110 98 Brian VANDBORG BACH Spidertech Powered by C10 00:15:22
111 55 Evgeni PETROV Astana Pro Team 00:15:22
112 66 Arkimedes ARGUELYES RODRIGES Rusvelo 00:15:22
113 72 Karl MENZIES Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:15:22
114 118 Joseph SCHMALZ Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
115 18 Lachlan David MORTON Garmin-Sharp 00:15:22
116 126 Sébastian SALAS Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:15:22
117 133 Lawson CRADDOCK Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:23:57

Clasificación General Individual:

1 12 Tyler FARRAR Garmin-Sharp 04:42:48
2 87 Alessandro BAZZANA Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:00:00
3 43 Damiano CARUSO Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:00
4 141 Fred RODRIGUEZ Team Exergy 00:00:00
5 71 Rory SUTHERLAND Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:00:00
6 138 Gavin MANNION Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:00:00
7 81 Kiel REIJNEN Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:00:00
8 123 Alex CANDELARIO Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
9 31 Christopher HORNER RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
10 152 Jorge Camilo CASTIBLANCO CUBIDES UNE – EPM 00:00:00
11 24 Michael SCHÄR BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
12 22 Mathias FRANK BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
13 153 Francisco COLORADO UNE – EPM 00:00:00
14 128 Michael FRIEDMAN Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
15 151 Rafael INFANTINO ABREU UNE – EPM 00:00:00
16 121 Jesse ANTHONY Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
17 28 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
18 1 Levi LEIPHEIMER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:00:00
19 16 Christian VANDEVELDE Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
20 37 Jens VOIGT RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
21 154 Ramiro RINCON DIAZ UNE – EPM 00:00:00
22 51 Janez BRAJKOVIC Astana Pro Team 00:00:00
23 142 Andrés Miguel DÍAZ Team Exergy 00:00:00
24 63 Dmitry KOZONTCHUK Rusvelo 00:00:00
25 155 Robigzon Leandro OYOLA OYOLA UNE – EPM 00:00:00
26 32 Jakob FUGLSANG RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
27 27 George HINCAPIE BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
28 93 Lucas EUSER Spidertech Powered by C10 00:00:00
29 157 Eduard Alexander BELTRAN SUAREZ UNE – EPM 00:00:00
30 64 Artem OVECHKIN Rusvelo 00:00:00
31 158 Javier Eduardo GOMEZ PINEDA UNE – EPM 00:00:00
32 107 Cameron WURF Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
33 35 Andreas KLÖDEN RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
34 62 Ivan ROVNY Rusvelo 00:00:00
35 65 Sergey FIRSANOV Rusvelo 00:00:00
36 11 Tom DANIELSON Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
37 45 Paolo LONGO BORGHINI Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:00
38 38 Olivier ZAUGG RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
39 25 Johann TSCHOPP BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
40 33 George BENNETT RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
41 36 Matthew BUSCHE RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
42 46 Timothy DUGGAN Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:00
43 111 Christopher BALDWIN Bissell Pro Cycling 00:00:00
44 15 Peter STETINA Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
45 102 Christopher BUTLER Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
46 52 Roman KREUZIGER Astana Pro Team 00:00:00
47 14 Alex HOWES Garmin-Sharp 00:00:00
48 156 Carlos Fernando PIAMONTE RODRIGUEZ UNE – EPM 00:00:00
49 23 Ivan SANTAROMITA BMC Racing Team 00:00:00
50 124 Michael CREED Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:00
51 117 Julian KYER Bissell Pro Cycling 00:00:00
52 134 Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:00:00
53 76 Benjamin DAY Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:00:00
54 34 Benjamin KING RadioShack-Nissan 00:00:00
55 101 Craig LEWIS Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
56 108 Gang XU Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:00:00
57 114 Carter JONES Bissell Pro Cycling 00:00:00
58 44 Edward KING Liquigas-Cannondale 00:00:32
59 122 Andy BAJADALI Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:00:39
60 78 Jeffry LOUDER Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:01:01
61 77 Christopher JONES Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:01:01
62 127 Marsh COOPER Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:01:06
63 41 Vincenzo NIBALI Liquigas-Cannondale 00:01:46
64 3 Peter VELITS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:02:25
65 143 Matt COOKE Team Exergy 00:06:48
66 26 Taylor PHINNEY BMC Racing Team 00:12:43
67 47 Ivan BASSO Liquigas-Cannondale 00:12:43
68 21 Cadel EVANS BMC Racing Team 00:12:43
69 147 Serghei TVETCOV Team Exergy 00:12:43
70 2 Martin VELITS Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:12:43
71 4 Matt BRAMMEIER Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:12:43
72 94 Caleb FAIRLY Spidertech Powered by C10 00:12:43
73 67 Alexander MIRONOV Rusvelo 00:12:43
74 73 Daniel SUMMERHILL Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:12:43
75 54 Yevgeniy NEPOMNYACHSHIY Astana Pro Team 00:12:43
76 56 Fabio ARU Astana Pro Team 00:12:43
77 112 Jeremy VENNELL Bissell Pro Cycling 00:12:43
78 5 Jeroen HOORNE Omega Pharma-QuickStep 00:12:43
79 83 Julien EL FARES Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
80 48 Moreno MOSER Liquigas-Cannondale 00:12:43
81 125 Tom ZIRBEL Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:12:43
82 53 Tanel KANGERT Astana Pro Team 00:12:43
83 85 Georg PREIDLER Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
84 88 Joey ROSSKOPF Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
85 104 Pengda JIAO Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:12:43
86 84 Javier MEGIAS LEAL Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:12:43
87 75 Jacob KEOUGH Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:15:22
88 17 David ZABRISKIE Garmin-Sharp 00:15:22
89 95 Hugo HOULE Spidertech Powered by C10 00:15:22
90 145 Morgan SCHMITT Team Exergy 00:15:22
91 136 * Connor O’LEARY Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
92 103 Matthias FRIEDEMANN Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:15:22
93 105 Biao LIU Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:15:22
94 137 James ORAM Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
95 148 Sam JOHNSON Team Exergy 00:15:22
96 106 William CLARKE Champion System Pro Cycling Team 00:15:22
97 116 Patrick BEVIN Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
98 82 Alexander EFIMKIN Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:15:22
99 144 Noè GIANETTI Team Exergy 00:15:22
100 74 Robert FÖRSTER Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:15:22
101 135 Ryan EASTMAN Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
102 68 Sergueï KLIMOV Rusvelo 00:15:22
103 113 Ben JACQUES-MAYNES Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
104 13 Nathan HAAS Garmin-Sharp 00:15:22
105 131 Joshua ATKINS Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:15:22
106 115 Frank PIPP Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
107 86 Rubens BERTOGLIATI Team Type 1 – Sanofi 00:15:22
108 42 Valerio AGNOLI Liquigas-Cannondale 00:15:22
109 96 Ryan ROTH Spidertech Powered by C10 00:15:22
110 98 Brian VANDBORG BACH Spidertech Powered by C10 00:15:22
111 55 Evgeni PETROV Astana Pro Team 00:15:22
112 66 Arkimedes ARGUELYES RODRIGES Rusvelo 00:15:22
113 72 Karl MENZIES Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling 00:15:22
114 118 Joseph SCHMALZ Bissell Pro Cycling 00:15:22
115 18 Lachlan David MORTON Garmin-Sharp 00:15:22
116 126 Sébastian SALAS Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 00:15:22
117 133 Lawson CRADDOCK Bontrager Livestrong Team 00:23:57