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Nicolas Roche up to second in Vuelta

Irish rider was sixth in time-trial and trails leader Vincenzo Nibali by 33 seconds

Team Saxo-Tinkoff’s Irish rider Nicolas Roche is up to secpond place in ‘La Vuelta’ Tour of Spain. Photograph: Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty Images
Team Saxo-Tinkoff’s Irish rider Nicolas Roche is up to secpond place in ‘La Vuelta’ Tour of Spain. Photograph: Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty Images
Wed Sept 04 2013 - 18:55

Nicolas Roche cimbed back up to second in ‘La Vuelta’ this afternoon, following a sixth-place finish behind stage 11 winner Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.

Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali moved into the overall lead after the 38.8-kilometre time trial, having finished fourth, one minute and 24 seconds behind Cancellara. Roche, of Team Saxo-Tinkoff, was 1:48 behind the Swiss rider.

Germany’s Tony Martin, was second to former world and Olympic time trial champion Cancellara on the hilly individual time-trial that started and finished in Tarazona, with Italy’s Domenico Pozzovivo third.

The Tour of Spain finished on September 15th.

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Stage 11 results

1, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) 38.8 kilometres in 51 mins

2, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) at 37 secs

3, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 24 secs

4, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team) at 1 min 25 secs

5, Dario Cataldo (Sky Procycling) at 1 min 41 secs

6, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 min 48 secs

7, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 1 min 52 secs

8, Jerome Coppel (Cofidis, Solutions Credits)

9, Janez Brajkovic (Astana Pro Team) at 1 min 53 secs

10, Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 mins 13 secs

11, Leopold Konig (Team NetApp-Endura) at 2 mins 18 secs

12, Stef Clement (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 mins 24 secs

13, Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 2 mins 25 secs

14, Tanel Kangert (Astana Pro Team) at 2 mins 31 secs

15, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) at 2 mins 32 secs

16, Rafal Majka (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 2 mins 38 secs

17, Rigoberto Uran Uran (Sky Procycling) at 2 mins 42 secs

18, Ivan Basso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 mins 43 secs

19, Jan Barta (Team NetApp-Endura) at 2 mins 52 secs

20, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard) at 2 mins 54 secs

General classification

1, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana Pro Team) 41 hours 22 mins 22 secs

2, Nicolas Roche (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 33 secs

3, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) at 46 secs

4, Christopher Horner (RadioShack Leopard)

5, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) at 2 mins 33 secs

6, Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) at 2 mins 44 secs

7, Ivan Basso (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 2 mins 55 secs

8, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) at 3 mins 35 secs

9, Rafal Majka (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 3 mins 46 secs

10, Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Katusha) at 3 mins 56 secs

11, Leopold Konig (Team NetApp-Endura) at 4 mins 8 secs

12, Tanel Kangert (Astana Pro Team) at 5 mins 5 secs

13, Rigoberto Uran Uran (Sky Procycling) at 5 mins 46 secs

14, Eros Capecchi (Movistar Team) at 6 mins 37 secs

15, Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 6 mins 38 secs

16, Ivan Santaromita (BMC Racing Team) at 7 mins 23 secs

17, Dominik Nerz (BMC Racing Team) at 8 mins 2 secs

18, Laurens Ten Dam (Belkin Pro Cycling Team) at 8 mins 15 secs

19, José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Team NetApp-Endura) at 8 mins 56 secs

20, José Herrada Lopez (Movistar Team) at 9 mins 7 secs