Justo el mismo día en el que la Federación Colombiana de ciclismo confirmaba el secreto a voces de que Nairo Quintana viajaría como su jefe de filas a los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro, el corredor del Movistar daba un tremendo golpe de efecto al imponerse en la etapa cronometrada individual de la Ruta del Sur de una forma más que contundente y consiguiendo, además, el maillot de líder de la carrera antes de la llegada de su terreno predilecto, la alta montaña.
Cierto es, todo hay que decirlo, que Quintana ha evitado el enfrentamiento directo que sí buscaron Chris Froome (Sky) y Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) que se midieron en el Dauphiné, donde estuvieron todos los grandes favoritos que todo aficionado tiene en mente de cara al Tour de Francia… salvo el propio Nairo Quintana. Dicho esto, que no deja de ser un matiz importante, es de justicia decir que las sensaciones que ha dado hoy el corredor colombiano son de una notable mejora en la especialidad de la pelea individual contra el cronómetro.
Sylvain Chavannel (Direct Energie) fue la primera de las dos grandes víctimas de Quintana al perder un triunfo de etapa que, hasta que el colombiano entró en meta, parecía haberse asegurado con un crono al que nadie era capaz de acercarse. El segundo de los damnificados, claro está, fue un Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) que perdió el maillot naranja de líder que ahora reposa sobre los hombros de Quintana.
El colombiano reconocía que después de meterse en la fuga de ayer “tenía un poco de nervios porque no sabía cómo iba a responder después de haberme enfrentado tanto al viento ayer, pero las piernas han ido muy bien”. Además, ha confesado que “he estrenado bicicleta y es perfecta”, antes de reflexionar que “esperemos que lo de hoy no me pase factura mañana en la montaña”.
CLASIFICACIÓN 3ª ETAPA
1 | Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS | COL | MOV | 26 | 15:45 | ||
2 | Sylvain CHAVANEL | FRA | DEN | 37 | +6 | ||
3 | Imanol ERVITI | ESP | MOV | 33 | +17 | ||
4 | Arnaud DEMARE | FRA | FDJ | 25 | +22 | ||
5 | Bryan COQUARD | FRA | DEN | 24 | +22 | ||
6 | Luis MAS BONET | ESP | CJR | 27 | +25 | ||
7 | Eduardo SEPULVEDA | ARG | FVC | 25 | +29 | ||
8 | Anthony DELAPLACE | FRA | FVC | 27 | +30 | ||
9 | Stéphane ROSSETTO | FRA | COF | 29 | +36 | ||
10 | Marc SOLER | ESP | MOV | 23 | +39 | ||
11 | Yoann OFFREDO | FRA | FDJ | 30 | +41 | ||
12 | Benoît VAUGRENARD | FRA | FDJ | 34 | +43 | ||
13 | Nicolas EDET | FRA | COF | 29 | +43 | ||
14 | Flavien DASSONVILLE | FRA | AUB | 25 | +46 | ||
15 | Daniel MARTÍNEZ | COL | WIL | 20 | +46 | ||
16 | Artem NYCH | RUS | GAZ | 21 | +46 | ||
17 | Vegard BREEN | NOR | FVC | 26 | +47 | ||
18 | Thomas VOECKLER | FRA | DEN | 37 | +47 | ||
19 | José HERRADA LOPEZ | ESP | MOV | 31 | +48 | ||
20 | Alexander SEROV | RUS | GAZ | 34 | +48 | ||
21 | Julien LOUBET | FRA | FVC | 31 | +50 | ||
22 | Arnaud GERARD | FRA | FVC | 32 | +50 | ||
23 | Lilian CALMEJANE | FRA | DEN | 24 | +50 | ||
24 | Hugh CARTHY | GBR | CJR | 22 | +51 | ||
25 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | FRA | FVC | 38 | +53 | ||
26 | Rory SUTHERLAND | AUS | MOV | 34 | +54 | ||
27 | Bruno ARMIRAIL | FRA | ADT | 22 | +55 | ||
28 | Francis MOUREY | FRA | FVC | 36 | +57 | ||
29 | Sergio PARDILLA BELLON | ESP | CJR | 32 | +58 | ||
30 | Ricardo VILELA | POR | CJR | 29 | +59 | ||
31 | Jose Joaquin ROJAS GIL | ESP | MOV | 31 | +1:00 | ||
32 | Thierry HUPOND | FRA | DMP | 32 | +1:01 | ||
33 | Matteo BUSATO | ITA | WIL | 29 | +1:02 | ||
34 | Imanol ESTEVEZ | ESP | EUS | 23 | +1:03 | ||
35 | Axel DOMONT | FRA | ALM | 26 | +1:04 | ||
36 | Julien DUVAL | FRA | ADT | 26 | +1:06 | ||
37 | Angelo TULIK | FRA | DEN | 26 | +1:07 | ||
38 | Mikel bizkarra | ESP | EUS | 27 | +1:08 | ||
39 | Antonio MOLINA | ESP | CJR | 25 | +1:09 | ||
40 | Romain LEMARCHAND | FRA | SSG | 29 | +1:09 | ||
41 | Jonathan LASTRA MARTINEZ | ESP | CJR | 23 | +1:10 | ||
42 | Garikoitz BRAVO OIARBIDE | ESP | EUS | 27 | +1:10 | ||
43 | Viktor MANAKOV | RUS | GAZ | 24 | +1:10 | ||
44 | Mads PEDERSEN | DEN | SSG | 21 | +1:10 | ||
45 | Yoann BAGOT | FRA | COF | 29 | +1:11 | ||
46 | Aitor GONZALEZ | ESP | EUS | 26 | +1:12 | ||
47 | Benat TXOPERENA MATXIKOTE | ESP | EUS | 25 | +1:13 | ||
48 | Jerome COUSIN | FRA | COF | 27 | +1:14 | ||
49 | Delio FERNANDEZ CRUZ | ESP | DMP | 30 | +1:14 | ||
50 | Giuseppe FONZI | ITA | WIL | 25 | +1:15 | ||
51 | Javier MORENO BAZAN | ESP | MOV | 32 | +1:16 | ||
52 | Alex ARANBURU | ESP | EUS | 21 | +1:16 | ||
53 | Marc SARREAU | FRA | FDJ | 23 | +1:16 | ||
54 | Sergey FIRSANOV | RUS | GAZ | 34 | +1:17 | ||
55 | THOMAS BOUDAT | FRA | DEN | 22 | +1:18 | ||
56 | Mamyr STASH | RUS | GAZ | 23 | +1:18 | ||
57 | Mickael DELAGE | FRA | FDJ | 31 | +1:22 | ||
58 | Lorenzo MANZIN | FRA | FDJ | 22 | +1:22 | ||
59 | Jerome MAINARD | FRA | ADT | 30 | +1:25 | ||
60 | Quentin PACHER | FRA | DMP | 24 | +1:25 | ||
61 | Mikel ITURRIA SEGUROLA | ESP | EUS | 24 | +1:26 | ||
62 | Christian Mager | GER | SSG | 24 | +1:28 | ||
63 | Biel KADRI | FRA | ALM | 30 | +1:28 | ||
64 | Adrien PETIT | FRA | DEN | 26 | +1:29 | ||
65 | Quentin JAUREGUI | FRA | ALM | 22 | +1:30 | ||
66 | Alexander KAMP | DEN | SSG | 23 | +1:31 | ||
67 | Nico DENZ | GER | ALM | 22 | +1:31 | ||
68 | Dayer Uberney QUINTANA ROJAS | COL | MOV | 24 | +1:32 | ||
69 | Luis Angel MATE MARDONES | ESP | COF | 32 | +1:32 | ||
70 | Rémy DI GREGORIO | FRA | DMP | 31 | +1:33 | ||
71 | François BIDARD | FRA | ALM | 24 | +1:33 | ||
72 | Michael REIHS | DEN | SSG | 37 | +1:34 | ||
73 | Arnold JEANNESSON | FRA | COF | 30 | +1:35 | ||
74 | Aritz Bagües | ESP | EUS | 27 | +1:36 | ||
75 | Romain HARDY | FRA | COF | 28 | +1:37 | ||
76 | Guillaume LEVARLET | FRA | AUB | 31 | +1:39 | ||
77 | Loïc CHETOUT | FRA | COF | 24 | +1:40 | ||
78 | Olivier LE GAC | FRA | FDJ | 23 | +1:40 | ||
79 | Frederico FIGUEIREDO | POR | RPB | 25 | +1:41 | ||
80 | David ARROYO DURAN | ESP | CJR | 36 | +1:42 | ||
81 | David MENUT | FRA | AUB | 24 | +1:42 | ||
82 | Yohann GENE | FRA | DEN | 35 | +1:42 | ||
83 | Aleksey RYBALKIN | RUS | GAZ | 23 | +1:45 | ||
84 | Julien BERARD | FRA | ALM | 29 | +1:45 | ||
85 | Théo VIMPERE | FRA | AUB | 26 | +1:46 | ||
86 | Julien EL FARES | FRA | DMP | 31 | +1:46 | ||
87 | Manuel BELLETTI | ITA | WIL | 31 | +1:47 | ||
88 | Romain LE ROUX | FRA | ADT | 24 | +1:48 | ||
89 | David Miguel Costa RODRIGUES | POR | RPB | 25 | +1:49 | ||
90 | Enrique SANZ | ESP | WIL | 27 | +1:49 | ||
91 | Igor BOEV | RUS | GAZ | 27 | +1:49 | ||
92 | Pablo GUERRERO BONILLA | ESP | RPB | 24 | +1:53 | ||
93 | Maxime DANIEL | FRA | ALM | 25 | +1:55 | ||
94 | Pierre GOUAULT | FRA | AUB | 23 | +1:57 | ||
95 | Cristian RODRIGUEZ MARTIN | ESP | WIL | 21 | +1:57 | ||
96 | Yannick MARTINEZ | FRA | DMP | 28 | +1:59 | ||
97 | Samuele CONTI | ITA | WIL | 25 | +1:59 | ||
98 | Romain COMBAUD | FRA | DMP | 25 | +2:07 | ||
99 | Thomas KOEP | GER | SSG | 26 | +2:07 | ||
100 | Yann GUYOT | FRA | ADT | 30 | +2:08 | ||
101 | Stéphane POULHIES | FRA | ADT | 31 | +2:09 | ||
102 | Clément PENVEN | FRA | ADT | 27 | +2:12 | ||
103 | Yoann BARBAS | FRA | ADT | 28 | +2:17 | ||
104 | Christophe LABORIE | FRA | DMP | 30 | +2:17 | ||
105 | Julien GUAY | FRA | AUB | 30 | +2:18 | ||
106 | Guillaume BONNAFOND | FRA | ALM | 29 | +2:21 | ||
107 | Matteo DRAPERI | ITA | WIL | 25 | +2:21 | ||
108 | Carlos BARBERO CUESTA | ESP | CJR | 25 | +2:23 | ||
109 | Guillaume DE ALMEIDA | FRA | RPB | 28 | +2:43 | ||
110 | Daniel MCLAY | GBR | FVC | 24 | +2:48 | ||
111 | Anthony MALDONADO | FRA | AUB | 25 | +2:50 | ||
112 | Ricardo FERREIRA | POR | RPB | 24 | +2:53 | ||
113 | Victor ETXEBARRIA CARRASCO | ESP | RPB | 23 | +3:23 |
CLASIFICACIÓN GENERAL TRAS LA 3ª ETAPA –OFICIOSA–
1 | Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS | Colombia | MOV | 26 | 7:16:44 | 3 | 3 |
2 | Sylvain CHAVANEL | France | DEN | 37 | +11 | ||
3 | Bryan COQUARD | France | DEN | 24 | +11 | ||
4 | Arnaud DEMARE | France | FDJ | 25 | +21 | ||
5 | Imanol ERVITI | Spain | MOV | 33 | +22 | ||
6 | Luis MAS BONET | Spain | CJR | 27 | +30 | ||
7 | Eduardo SEPULVEDA | Argentina | FVC | 25 | +34 | ||
8 | Anthony DELAPLACE | France | FVC | 27 | +35 | ||
9 | Stéphane ROSSETTO | France | COF | 29 | +41 | ||
10 | Marc SOLER | Spain | MOV | 23 | +44 | ||
11 | Nicolas EDET | France | COF | 29 | +47 | ||
12 | Flavien DASSONVILLE | France | AUB | 25 | +51 | ||
13 | Daniel MARTÍNEZ | Colombia | WIL | 20 | +51 | ||
14 | Artem NYCH | Russia | GAZ | 21 | +51 | ||
15 | Vegard BREEN | Norway | FVC | 26 | +52 | ||
16 | Thomas VOECKLER | France | DEN | 37 | +52 | ||
17 | José HERRADA LOPEZ | Spain | MOV | 31 | +53 | ||
18 | Julien LOUBET | France | FVC | 31 | +55 | ||
19 | Arnaud GERARD | France | FVC | 32 | +55 | ||
20 | Hugh CARTHY | Great Britain | CJR | 22 | +56 | ||
21 | Jose Joaquin ROJAS GIL | Spain | MOV | 31 | +1:01 | ||
22 | Francis MOUREY | France | FVC | 36 | +1:02 | ||
23 | Ricardo VILELA | Portugal | CJR | 29 | +1:04 | ||
24 | Thierry HUPOND | France | DMP | 32 | +1:06 | ||
25 | Matteo BUSATO | Italy | WIL | 29 | +1:07 | ||
26 | Yoann OFFREDO | France | FDJ | 30 | +1:09 | ||
27 | Axel DOMONT | France | ALM | 26 | +1:09 | ||
28 | Angelo TULIK | France | DEN | 26 | +1:12 | ||
29 | Mikel bizkarra | Spain | EUS | 27 | +1:13 | ||
30 | Antonio MOLINA | Spain | CJR | 25 | +1:14 | ||
31 | Jonathan LASTRA MARTINEZ | Spain | CJR | 23 | +1:15 | ||
32 | Garikoitz BRAVO OIARBIDE | Spain | EUS | 27 | +1:15 | ||
33 | Viktor MANAKOV | Russia | GAZ | 24 | +1:15 | ||
34 | Yoann BAGOT | France | COF | 29 | +1:16 | ||
35 | Aitor GONZALEZ | Spain | EUS | 26 | +1:17 | ||
36 | Benat TXOPERENA MATXIKOTE | Spain | EUS | 25 | +1:18 | ||
37 | Delio FERNANDEZ CRUZ | Spain | DMP | 30 | +1:19 | ||
38 | Giuseppe FONZI | Italy | WIL | 25 | +1:20 | ||
39 | Sergio PARDILLA BELLON | Spain | CJR | 32 | +1:20 | ||
40 | Alex ARANBURU | Spain | EUS | 21 | +1:21 | ||
41 | Marc SARREAU | France | FDJ | 23 | +1:21 | ||
42 | Mamyr STASH | Russia | GAZ | 23 | +1:23 | ||
43 | Mickael DELAGE | France | FDJ | 31 | +1:25 | ||
44 | Jerome MAINARD | France | ADT | 30 | +1:30 | ||
45 | Quentin PACHER | France | DMP | 24 | +1:30 | ||
46 | Mikel ITURRIA SEGUROLA | Spain | EUS | 24 | +1:31 | ||
47 | Christian Mager | Germany | SSG | 24 | +1:33 | ||
48 | Alexander KAMP | Denmark | SSG | 23 | +1:36 | ||
49 | Nico DENZ | Germany | ALM | 22 | +1:36 | ||
50 | Lilian CALMEJANE | France | DEN | 24 | +1:36 | ||
51 | Dayer Uberney QUINTANA ROJAS | Colombia | MOV | 24 | +1:37 | ||
52 | Rory SUTHERLAND | Australia | MOV | 34 | +1:37 | ||
53 | Luis Angel MATE MARDONES | Spain | COF | 32 | +1:37 | ||
54 | Rémy DI GREGORIO | France | DMP | 31 | +1:38 | ||
55 | Bruno ARMIRAIL | France | ADT | 22 | +1:38 | ||
56 | François BIDARD | France | ALM | 24 | +1:38 | ||
57 | Arnold JEANNESSON | France | COF | 30 | +1:40 | ||
58 | Guillaume LEVARLET | France | AUB | 31 | +1:44 | ||
59 | Loïc CHETOUT | France | COF | 24 | +1:45 | ||
60 | Frederico FIGUEIREDO | Portugal | RPB | 25 | +1:46 | ||
61 | Imanol ESTEVEZ | Spain | EUS | 23 | +1:46 | ||
62 | David ARROYO DURAN | Spain | CJR | 36 | +1:47 | ||
63 | Julien BERARD | France | ALM | 29 | +1:47 | ||
64 | Manuel BELLETTI | Italy | WIL | 31 | +1:50 | ||
65 | Julien EL FARES | France | DMP | 31 | +1:51 | ||
66 | Romain LE ROUX | France | ADT | 24 | +1:53 | ||
67 | THOMAS BOUDAT | France | DEN | 22 | +1:53 | ||
68 | David Miguel Costa RODRIGUES | Portugal | RPB | 25 | +1:54 | ||
69 | Enrique SANZ | Spain | WIL | 27 | +1:54 | ||
70 | Igor BOEV | Russia | GAZ | 27 | +1:54 | ||
71 | Pablo GUERRERO BONILLA | Spain | RPB | 24 | +1:58 | ||
72 | Maxime DANIEL | France | ALM | 25 | +2:00 | ||
73 | Pierre GOUAULT | France | AUB | 23 | +2:02 | ||
74 | Adrien PETIT | France | DEN | 26 | +2:02 | ||
75 | Yannick MARTINEZ | France | DMP | 28 | +2:04 | ||
76 | Stéphane POULHIES | France | ADT | 31 | +2:10 | ||
77 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Russia | GAZ | 34 | +2:11 | ||
78 | Romain COMBAUD | France | DMP | 25 | +2:12 | ||
79 | Romain LEMARCHAND | France | SSG | 29 | +2:13 | ||
80 | Michael REIHS | Denmark | SSG | 37 | +2:21 | ||
81 | Yoann BARBAS | France | ADT | 28 | +2:22 | ||
82 | Christophe LABORIE | France | DMP | 30 | +2:22 | ||
83 | Julien GUAY | France | AUB | 30 | +2:23 | ||
84 | Guillaume BONNAFOND | France | ALM | 29 | +2:26 | ||
85 | Théo VIMPERE | France | AUB | 26 | +2:29 | ||
86 | Jerome COUSIN | France | COF | 27 | +2:30 | ||
87 | Julien DUVAL | France | ADT | 26 | +2:32 | ||
88 | Biel KADRI | France | ALM | 30 | +2:40 | ||
89 | Olivier LE GAC | France | FDJ | 23 | +2:42 | ||
90 | Romain HARDY | France | COF | 28 | +2:51 | ||
91 | Daniel MCLAY | Great Britain | FVC | 24 | +2:53 | ||
92 | Anthony MALDONADO | France | AUB | 25 | +2:55 | ||
93 | Ricardo FERREIRA | Portugal | RPB | 24 | +2:58 | ||
94 | Alexander SEROV | Russia | GAZ | 34 | +3:03 | ||
95 | Cristian RODRIGUEZ MARTIN | Spain | WIL | 21 | +3:18 | ||
96 | Pierrick FEDRIGO | France | FVC | 38 | +3:22 | ||
97 | Victor ETXEBARRIA CARRASCO | Spain | RPB | 23 | +3:28 | ||
98 | Yohann GENE | France | DEN | 35 | +3:37 | ||
99 | Aleksey RYBALKIN | Russia | GAZ | 23 | +4:00 | ||
100 | Guillaume DE ALMEIDA | France | RPB | 28 | +4:04 | ||
101 | Mads PEDERSEN | Denmark | SSG | 21 | +4:07 | ||
102 | Benoît VAUGRENARD | France | FDJ | 34 | +4:09 | ||
103 | David MENUT | France | AUB | 24 | +4:15 | ||
104 | Yann GUYOT | France | ADT | 30 | +4:27 | ||
105 | Samuele CONTI | Italy | WIL | 25 | +4:52 | ||
106 | Thomas KOEP | Germany | SSG | 26 | +5:00 | ||
107 | Carlos BARBERO CUESTA | Spain | CJR | 25 | +5:03 | ||
108 | Clément PENVEN | France | ADT | 27 | +5:54 | ||
109 | Aritz Bagües | Spain | EUS | 27 | +6:09 | ||
110 | Javier MORENO BAZAN | Spain | MOV | 32 | +6:27 | ||
111 | Quentin JAUREGUI | France | ALM | 22 | +7:15 | ||
112 | Lorenzo MANZIN | France | FDJ | 22 | +7:34 | ||
113 | Matteo DRAPERI | Italy | WIL | 25 | +8:09 |