Vuelta a España 2013

Vuelta a España 2013
Racing series	UCI World Tour 2013
Host country	Spain Andorra France
Competition period	August 24, 2013 to September 15, 2013
Stages	21st
overall length	3,358.4 km
Starting field	189 in 22 teams (of which 144 arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating	1. Christopher Horner 84:36:04 h 2. Vincenzo Nibali + 37 s 3. Alejandro Valverde + 1:36 min
Team evaluation	Euskaltel Euskadi 253: 29: 35 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating	Christopher Horner
Scoring	Alejandro Valverde
Mountain scoring	Nicolas Edet
Combination scoring	Christopher Horner
Team ranking	Euskaltel Euskadi
Most combative driver	Francisco Aramendia
course
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Final result after the 21st stage

	Christopher Horner	84h 36 '04 " (39.7 km / h)
2.	Vincenzo Nibali	+ 37 "
3.	Alejandro Valverde	+ 1 '36 "
4th	Joaquim Rodríguez	+ 3 '22 "
5.	Nicolas Roche	+ 7 '11 "
6th	Domenico Pozzovivo	+ 8 '00 "
7th	Thibaut Pinot	+ 8 '41 "
8th.	Samuel Sánchez	+ 9 '51 "
9.	Leopold King	+ 10 '11 "
10.	Daniel Moreno	+ 13 '11 "
	Alejandro Valverde	152 P.
2.	Christopher Horner	126 P.
3.	Joaquim Rodríguez	125 p.
	Nicolas Edet	46 P.
2.	Christopher Horner	32 p.
3.	Daniele Ratto	30 p.
	Christopher Horner	5 p.
2.	Vincenzo Nibali	13 P.
3.	Alejandro Valverde	17 p.
	Euskaltel Euskadi (EUS)	253h 29 '35 "
2.	Movistar (MOV)	+1 '02 "
3.	Astana Pro Team (AST)	+1 '30 "
	Francisco Aramendia

The 68th Vuelta a España took place from August 24, 2013 to September 15, 2013. The cycling tour started with a team time trial in Vilanova de Arousa and ended after a total of 3,358.4 kilometers in Madrid .

Attendees

ProTeams Ag2r (ALM) Team Argos-Shimano (ARG) Astana Pro Team (AST) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team (BEL) BMC Racing Team (BMC) Cannondale Pro Cycling (CAN) Euskaltel Euskadi (EUS)	FDJ.fr (FDJ) Garmin Sharp (GRS) Katusha (KAT) Lampre-Merida (LAM) Lotto Belisol (LTB) Movistar (MOV)	Orica GreenEdge (OGE) Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ) RadioShack Leopard (RLT) Sky ProCycling (SKY) Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD)
Professional Continental Teams Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (CJR)	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (COF)	Team NetApp-Endura (TNE)

The 19 ProTeams were entitled to start . In addition, three Professional Continental Teams were invited.

Stage overview

stage	date	route	Type	km	Stage winner	Jersey Rojo
1.	Sat, Aug 24	Vilanova de Arousa - Sanxenxo MZF		27.4	Astana Pro Team	Janez Brajkovic
2.	Sun, Aug 25	Pontevedra - Baiona Alto do Monte Da Groba		177.7	Nicolas Roche	Vincenzo Nibali
3.	Mon, Aug 26	Vigo - Mirador de Lobeira / Vilagarcía de Arousa		184.8	Christopher Horner	Christopher Horner
4th	Tue, Aug 27	Lalín / a Estrada - Fisterra / Cape Finisterre		189	Daniel Moreno	Vincenzo Nibali
5.	Wed, Aug 28	Sober - Lago de Sanabria		174.3	Michael Matthews
6th	Thu, Aug 29	Guijuelo - Cáceres		175	Michael Mørkøv
7th	Fri, Aug 30	Almendralejo - Mairena del Aljarafe		205.9	Zdenek Stybar
8th.	Sat, Aug 31	Jerez de la Frontera - Estepona Alto de Peñas Blancas		166.6	Leopold King	Nicolas Roche
9.	Sun, Sep 1	Antequera - Valdepeñas de Jaén		163.7	Daniel Moreno	Daniel Moreno
10.	Mon, Sep 2	Torredelcampo - Güéjar Sierra Alto de Haza Llana		186.8	Christopher Horner	Christopher Horner
R.	Tue, Sep. 3	1st day of rest
11.	Wed, Sep 4	Tarazona - Tarazona		38.8	Fabian Cancellara	Vincenzo Nibali
12.	Thu, Sep 5	Maella - Tarragona		164.2	Philippe Gilbert
13.	Fri, Sep 6	Valls - Castelldefels		169	Warren Barguil
14th	Sat, Sep 7	Bagà - Andorra Collada de la Gallina		155.7	Daniele Ratto
15th	Sun, Sep 8	Andorra - Peyragudes		224.9	Alexandre Geniez
16.	Mon, Sep 9	Graus - Sallent de Gállego Aramón Formigal		146.8	Warren Barguil
R.	Tue, Sep 10	2nd day off
17th	Wed, Sep 11	Calahorra - Burgos		189	Bauke Mollema	Vincenzo Nibali
18th	Thu, Sep 12	Burgos - Peña Cabarga		186.5	Vasil Kiryienka
19th	Fri, Sep 13	San Vicente de la Barquera - Oviedo Alto del Naranco		181	Joaquim Rodríguez	Christopher Horner
20th	Sat, Sep 14	Avilés - Alto de Angliru		142.2	Kenny Elissonde
21st	Sun, Sep 15	Leganés - Madrid		109.6	Michael Matthews

Race course

Stage winners and leaders in the overall classification

stage	stage			Overall ranking
	winner	Second	Third	Leader	Second	Third
01.	Astana Pro Team	RadioShack Leopard	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	Janez Brajkovic	Vincenzo Nibali	Paolo Tiralongo
02.	Nicolas Roche	Daniel Moreno	Domenico Pozzovivo	Vincenzo Nibali	Nicolas Roche	Haimar Zubeldia
03.	Christopher Horner	Alejandro Valverde	Joaquim Rodríguez	Christopher Horner	Vincenzo Nibali	Nicolas Roche
04th	Daniel Moreno	Fabian Cancellara	Michael Matthews	Vincenzo Nibali	Christopher Horner
05.	Michael Matthews	Maximiliano Richeze	Gianni Meersman
06th	Michael Morkov	Maximiliano Richeze	Fabian Cancellara
07th	Zdenek Stybar	Philippe Gilbert	Robert Wagner
08th.	Leopold King	Daniel Moreno	Nicolas Roche	Nicolas Roche		Daniel Moreno
09.	Daniel Moreno	Alejandro Valverde	Joaquim Rodríguez	Daniel Moreno	Nicolas Roche	Vincenzo Nibali
10.	Christopher Horner	Vincenzo Nibali	Alejandro Valverde	Christopher Horner	Vincenzo Nibali	Nicolas Roche
11.	Fabian Cancellara	Tony Martin	Domenico Pozzovivo	Vincenzo Nibali	Nicolas Roche	Alejandro Valverde
12.	Philippe Gilbert	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Maximiliano Richeze
13.	Warren Barguil	Rinaldo Nocentini	Bauke Mollema
14th	Daniele Ratto	Vincenzo Nibali	Christopher Horner		Christopher Horner
15th	Alexandre Geniez	Michele Scarponi	Nicolas Roche
16.	Warren Barguil	Rigoberto uranium	Bartosz Huzarski
17th	Bauke Mollema	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Maximiliano Richeze
18th	Vasil Kiryienka	Chris Anker Soerensen	Adam Hansen
19th	Joaquim Rodríguez	Diego Ulissi	Daniel Moreno	Christopher Horner	Vincenzo Nibali
20th	Kenny Elissonde	Christopher Horner	Alejandro Valverde
21st	Michael Matthews	Tyler Farrar	Nikias Arndt
Bottom line				Christopher Horner	Vincenzo Nibali	Alejandro Valverde

Further ratings

stage	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Combination scoring	Team evaluation	Most combative driver
01.	not forgiven	not forgiven	not forgiven	Astana Pro Team (AST)	Janez Brajkovic
02.	Nicolas Roche	Nicolas Roche	Nicolas Roche	RadioShack Leopard (RLT)	Alex Rasmussen
03.					Pablo Urtasun
04th	Daniel Moreno				Nicolas Edet
05.					Antonio Piedra
06th	Michael Matthews				Tony Martin
07th					Francisco Aramendia
08th.	Daniel Moreno			Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST)	Antonio Piedra
09.			Daniel Moreno	Movistar (MOV)	Francisco Aramendia
10.		Christopher Horner	Christopher Horner	Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST)	Juan Antonio Flecha
11.			Nicolas Roche	Astana Pro Team (AST)	Fabian Cancellara
12.					Fabricio Ferrari
13.					Michele Scarponi
14th	Alejandro Valverde	Daniele Ratto	Christopher Horner		Daniele Ratto
15th		Nicolas Edet			Alexandre Geniez
16.				Euskaltel Euskadi (EUS)	Juan Antonio Flecha
17th					Francisco Aramendia
18th					Egoi Martínez
19th					Edvald Boasson Hagen
20th					David Arroyo
21st					not forgiven
winner	Alejandro Valverde	Nicolas Edet	Christopher Horner	Euskaltel Euskadi (EUS)	Francisco Aramendia

gallery

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  Vincenzo Nibali in Maillot Rojo

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  Alejandro Valverde in Maillot Verde

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  Joaquim Rodríguez during his victory in Oviedo on the Alto del Naranco

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  The peloton on the eighth stage in Jerez

See also

• Giro d'Italia 2013
• Tour de France 2013
• UCI Road World Championships 2013

Web links

Commons : Vuelta a España 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Vuelta (Spanish, English, French)
• Vuelta a España 2013 in the database of Radsportseiten.net