April 8/10 13:47 pm - Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco: Stage 4
Posted by Editoress on 04/8/10
Today's 4th stage of the Tour of the Basque Country was won by the reigning Olympic RR champion Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) with a solo finish, 2 seconds ahead of chasers Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Chris Horner (Team Radioshack). Valverde takes back the overall lead from Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
Ryder Hesjedal finished 20th, 1:16 behind and is now 13th in the GC
| Stage 4: Murguia to Arrate, 160 Km | |
| 1 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4:05:16 |
| 2 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | at 0:02 |
| 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 4 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack | both s.t. |
| 5 Benat Intxausti (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:33 |
| 6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | s.t. |
| 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:40 |
| 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
| 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:49 |
| 10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha | |
| 11 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia | both s.t. |
| 12 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 1:11 |
| 13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 14 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana | |
| 15 Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 16 Daniel Navarro (Esp) Astana | |
| 17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack | |
| 18 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | all s.t. |
| 19 Ezequiel Mosquera (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 1:14 |
| 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 1:16 |
| 21 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto | |
| 22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | |
| 23 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia | |
| 24 Ivan Velasco (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 25 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Team Radioshack | |
| 26 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | |
| 28 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | all s.t. |
| 29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1:42 |
| 30 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 1:49 |
| 31 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | 1:54 |
| 32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 2:46 |
| 33 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
| 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 35 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | all s.t. |
| 36 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 3:33 |
| 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 38 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | |
| 39 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | |
| 40 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 41 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 42 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto | all s.t. |
| 44 Delio Fernandez (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 3:46 |
| 45 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 4:23 |
| 46 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
| 47 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 48 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 49 David Loosli (Sui) Lampre-Farnese Vini | all s.t. |
| 50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha | 6:04 |
| 51 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 6:44 |
| 52 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 6:56 |
| 53 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | |
| 55 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank | |
| 56 David De La Fuente (Esp) Astana | |
| 57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
| 58 Oscar Freire (Esp) Rabobank | |
| 59 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 60 Marcos Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | |
| 61 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | all s.t. |
| 62 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | 8:48 |
| 63 David Arroyo (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 64 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 65 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 10:09 |
| 66 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 67 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 68 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | |
| 69 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 70 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 71 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana | |
| 72 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 73 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 74 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 75 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 77 Rafael Valls (Esp) Footon-Servetto | |
| 78 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 79 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha | all s.t. |
| 80 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack | 11:13 |
| 81 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 14:47 |
| 82 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 17:42 |
| 83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 17:42 |
| 84 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 85 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 86 Ruben Perez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 87 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana | |
| 88 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
| 89 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 90 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia | |
| 91 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
| 92 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | |
| 93 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 94 Manuel Calvente (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
| 95 Serafin Martinez (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | |
| 96 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 98 Alberto Benitez (Esp) Footon-Servetto | |
| 99 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | |
| 100 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto | |
| 101 Iban Mayoz (Esp) Footon-Servetto | |
| 102 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | |
| 103 Javier Ramirez (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
| 104 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | |
| 105 Sergio Carrasco (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
| 106 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 107 Michael Albasini (Sui) Team HTC - Columbia | |
| 108 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 109 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 110 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | |
| 111 Gonzalo Rabunal (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | |
| 112 Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack | |
| 113 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto | |
| 114 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 115 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 116 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto | |
| 117 Antonio Piedra (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
| 118 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | |
| 119 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | |
| 120 Francisco Perez (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 121 Davide Vigano (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 122 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 123 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 124 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 125 Alan Perez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 126 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 127 José Luis Arrieta (Esp) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 128 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 129 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 130 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux | |
| 131 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 132 Gustavo Cesar (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | |
| 133 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 134 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 135 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 136 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 137 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 138 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | |
| 139 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 140 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | all s.t. |
| 141 Fuyu Li (Chn) Team Radioshack | 23:25 |
| 142 Rodrigo Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | s.t. |
| 143 Juan Javier Estrada (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | 24:05 |
| 144 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 28:27 |
| 145 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack | s.t. |
| DNF Oliver Zaugg (Sui) Liquigas-Doimo | |
| DNF Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo | |
| DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | |
| DNF Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF David Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | |
| DNF J. Angel Gomez Marchante (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | |
| GC | |
| 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 18:46:50 |
| 2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack | at 0:01 |
| 3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | s.t. |
| 4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:32 |
| 5 Benat Intxausti (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
| 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 0:39 |
| 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
| 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia | 0:48 |
| 9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha | |
| 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | both s.t. |
| 11 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 1:10 |
| 12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | s.t. |
| 13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 1:15 |
| 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp) Team Radioshack | |
| 15 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 16 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia | all s.t. |
| 18 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:36 |
| 19 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1:41 |
| 20 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 1:48 |
| 21 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | 1:53 |
| 22 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 2:45 |
| 23 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana | 2:49 |
| 24 David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. |
| 25 Ivan Velasco (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2:54 |
| 26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto | s.t. |
| 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack | 3:50 |
| 28 Ezequiel Mosquera (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 3:53 |
| 29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia | 3:55 |
| 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 4:24 |
| 31 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 5:11 |
| 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
| 33 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia | 5:23 |
| 34 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | 5:25 |
| 35 David Loosli (Sui) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 6:01 |
| 36 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 37 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha | 6:03 |
| 38 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram | 6:12 |
| 39 Oscar Freire (Esp) Rabobank | 6:52 |
| 40 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 7:02 |
| 41 Daniel Navarro (Esp) Astana | 7:16 |
| 42 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 8:32 |
| 43 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 8:34 |
| 44 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 8:56 |
| 45 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo | 9:35 |
| 46 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | s.t. |
| 47 David Arroyo (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 10:26 |
| 48 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | 10:28 |
| 49 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10:47 |
| 50 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha | 11:47 |
| 51 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 52 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 11:55 |
| 53 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank | 12:06 |
| 54 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 12:48 |
| 55 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana | |
| 57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank | all s.t. |
| 58 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 13:30 |
| 59 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 14:17 |
| 60 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne | 14:41 |
| 61 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 15:11 |
| 62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 15:19 |
| 63 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux | s.t. |
| 64 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 15:21 |
| 65 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 15:51 |
| 66 David De La Fuente (Esp) Astana | 16:05 |
| 67 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 17:12 |
| 68 Marcos Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 18:27 |
| 69 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank | 19:18 |
| 70 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo | |
| 71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | both s.t. |
| 72 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto | 19:46 |
| 73 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack | 19:49 |
| 74 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 20:19 |
| 75 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram | 20:21 |
| 76 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | |
| 77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | both s.t. |
| 78 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 21:57 |
| 79 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto | s.t. |
| 80 Michael Albasini (Sui) Team HTC - Columbia | 22:06 |
| 81 Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 22:19 |
| 82 Serafin Martinez (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 22:44 |
| 83 Ruben Perez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 23:02 |
| 84 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 23:26 |
| 85 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 23:47 |
| 86 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank | 24:07 |
| 87 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia | 24:55 |
| 88 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | 24:56 |
| 89 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 26:16 |
| 90 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha | 26:39 |
| 91 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step | 26:47 |
| 92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 27:14 |
| 93 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 27:15 |
| 94 Manuel Calvente (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | 27:26 |
| 95 Davide Vigano (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 27:38 |
| 96 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia | 27:40 |
| 97 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha | 27:42 |
| 98 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 28:09 |
| 99 Delio Fernandez (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 28:52 |
| 100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 29:22 |
| 101 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 29:43 |
| 102 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 30:04 |
| 103 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana | 31:08 |
| 104 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 31:15 |
| 105 Rafael Valls (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 31:42 |
| 106 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 32:29 |
| 107 Gustavo Cesar (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 33:35 |
| 108 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions | 33:46 |
| 109 Iban Mayoz (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 34:26 |
| 110 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 34:43 |
| 111 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux | s.t. |
| 112 Antonio Piedra (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | 34:52 |
| 113 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 35:34 |
| 114 Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack | 36:14 |
| 115 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 36:19 |
| 116 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 36:29 |
| 117 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions | 36:55 |
| 118 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 37:08 |
| 119 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 37:48 |
| 120 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank | 38:11 |
| 121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 38:24 |
| 122 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step | 38:37 |
| 123 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto | 39:15 |
| 124 Alan Perez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 41:10 |
| 125 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | 41:36 |
| 126 Javier Ramirez (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | 43:23 |
| 127 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram | 44:14 |
| 128 José Luis Arrieta (Esp) AG2R La Mondiale | 44:14 |
| 129 Alberto Benitez (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 45:40 |
| 130 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | 46:34 |
| 131 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 47:03 |
| 132 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram | 48:16 |
| 133 Francisco Perez (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 50:20 |
| 134 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini | 50:58 |
| 135 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 52:08 |
| 136 Rodrigo Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 52:36 |
| 137 Sergio Carrasco (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | 52:59 |
| 138 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne | 53:44 |
| 139 Gonzalo Rabunal (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia | 56:09 |
| 140 Fuyu Li (Chn) Team Radioshack | 56:41 |
| 141 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto | 58:07 |
| 142 Juan Javier Estrada (Esp) Andalucia - Cajasur | 58:31 |
| 143 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 59:17 |
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