July 27, 2013 – Tony Gallopin (Radioshack-Leopard) confirmed his huge potential and huge talent with a solo victory in the Clasica San Sebastian UCI WorldTour race in Spain. The 25 year-old Frenchman attacked alone on the late Arkale climb and used his time trialing ability to hold off the chasers and win alone. It was Gallopin’s first ride in the one-day Classic and his first victory since 2011 but confirmed his pedigree as one of the next generation of high quality French riders.
Spain’s Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) was the favourite before the start but had to accept second place, finishing 28 seconds down on Gallopin. He beat Roman Kreuziger (Saxo-Tinkoff) Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Nicolas Roche (Saxo-Tinkoff) and Mikel Landa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) but their combined efforts were unable to catch Gallopin on the run-in to the centre of San Sebastian.
As usual the second assault of the Jaizkibel and the Arkale climbs saw a series of attacks that shaped the Clasica di San Sebastian.
The Movistar team chased down the early breakaway of the race and then Nairo Quintana and Valverde attacked together on the lower slopes of the Jaizkibel. They sparked the key selection on the climb and then Valverde emerged as part of a strong front group.
However Gallopin was not afraid to take on his bigger-name rivals. He attacked alone on the Arkale, 15km from the finish and never looked back. The five chasers tried to pull him back but could not close the gap.
Thanks to his victory, Gallopin scored 80 UCI WorldTour points. Valverde scored 60 points and Kreuziger scored 50 points.
“It’s been a difficult season for me and even the Tour de France wasn’t great because missed out on a win. However I like one-day Classics and I felt super, super good,” Gallopin said after pulling on the traditional winner’s Txapela beret.
“This is the first time I’ve ridden the Clasica but I was up front and felt good. I’m really happy to have beaten riders of the calibre of Alejandro Valverde and Roman Kreuziger. This a super result for me.”
Froome remains the leader of the UCI WorldTour
Tour de France winner Chris Froome (Team Sky) did not ride the Clasica San Sebastian but retained the lead in the individual ranking of the UCI WorldTour.
Froome took the lead by winning the Tour de France and scored 200 points. He has a total of 587 points and currently leads Peter Sagan (Cannondale) by 178 points, with Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) third a further 19 points behind.
Team Sky also leads the team standings, while Spain leads the nations ranking.
The UCI WorldTour continues this week with the Tour de Pologne stage race. Giro d’Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) and Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Leopard) are all in action in the race that ends on Sunday August 3.
Full Results
1. Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard 5:39:02
2. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Movistar Team 0:00:28
3. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
4. Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5. Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:29
6. Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:36
7. Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:51
8. Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
10. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
11. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
12. Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
13. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14. Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
15. Bob Jungels (Lux) RadioShack Leopard 0:00:53
16. Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:17
17. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:01:55
18. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
19. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha
21. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:02:22
22. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
23. John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
25. David Arroyo Duran (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:31
26. Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 0:02:44
27. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:03:12
28. Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
29. Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha
30. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
31. Igor Anton Hernandez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:13
32. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:03:16
33. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:03:19
34. Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack Leopard
35. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:20
36. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
37. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:05
38. Amets Txurruka (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
39. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling
40. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
41. Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano 0:04:40
42. Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin-Sharp
43. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
44. Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
45. Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
46. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
47. Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge
48. Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
49. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida
50. Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Esp) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
51. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
52. Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
53. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
54. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
56. Ivan Velasco Murillo (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
57. Stijn Devolder (Bel) RadioShack Leopard
58. Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
59. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha
60. Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
61. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
62. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:06:34
63. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr
64. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Esp) RadioShack Leopard
65. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Sharp
67. Stefano Agostini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
68. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
69. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Movistar Team
70. Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
71. Marcos Garcia (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
72. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
73. Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team
74. José Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
75. Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol
76. Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
77. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
78. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
79. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
80. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:12:24
81. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:13:14
82. Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale Pro Cycling
83. Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Garmin-Sharp
84. Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol
85. Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
86. Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
87. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
88. Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team
89. Antonio Piedra Perez (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
90. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
91. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
92. Ian Boswell (USA) Sky Procycling
93. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano
94. Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling
95. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0:17:48
96. Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
97. Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:20:10
98. Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:21:23
99. Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol
100. Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
101. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol
DNS Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
DNF Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
DNF Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
DNF Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEdge
DNF Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
DNF Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
DNF Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
DNF Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol
DNF Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol
DNF Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol
DNF Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Imanol Erviti Ollo (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Luca Dodi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
DNF Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr
DNF Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr
DNF Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr
DNF Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr
DNF Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
DNF Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Esp) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
DNF Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
DNF Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
DNF Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
DNF Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team
DNF Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC Racing Team
DNF Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
DNF Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
DNF Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
DNF Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Katusha
DNF Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha
DNF Yury Trofimov (Rus) Katusha
DNF Federico Canuti (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
DNF Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
DNF Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale Pro Cycling
DNF Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
DNF Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Sky Procycling
DNF Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling
DNF Xabier Zandio Echaide (Esp) Sky Procycling
DNF Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF William Clarke (Aus) Team Argos-Shimano
DNF Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
DNF Yann Huguet (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
DNF Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano
DNF Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA