2012 Tour de Suisse Results - Stage 4
Team Liquigas-Cannondale's Peter Sagan powers to repeat sprint victory in stage 4 of 2012 Tour of Switzerland; Team Movistar's Rui Da Costa maintains overall 2012 Tour de Suisse lead.
June 12, 2012: 2012 Tour de Suisse / Tour of Switzerland 2012: Stage 4: Aarberg-Trimbach Olten (188 km):
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 04:36:55
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
4 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda
5 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Pro Team Astana
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
7 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team
10 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
11 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana
12 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
13 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan
16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
20 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
21 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
22 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling
23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
24 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team
25 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
28 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
29 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
30 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
31 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
32 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling
35 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
36 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
37 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
38 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
41 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
42 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
43 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
44 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
45 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
46 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
49 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
50 Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana
51 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
52 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
53 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
54 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
55 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
56 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
57 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:20
58 Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:21
59 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:27
60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Barracuda 0:04:53
61 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
62 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
63 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana
64 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
65 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
66 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
67 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
68 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
69 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
70 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
71 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
72 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
74 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank
75 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda
76 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:07:15
77 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:07:37
78 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
79 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:26
81 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:10:43
83 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank
84 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
85 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
86 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank
87 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
88 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
89 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
90 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
92 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
93 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
94 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
95 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
97 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
99 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
100 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Pro Team Astana
101 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
102 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
103 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
104 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team
106 Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
107 David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
108 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
109 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
110 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team
111 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD
112 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
113 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
114 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team
115 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling
116 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
117 Stefano Agostini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
118 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:15:40
119 Raymond Kunzli (Swi) Spidertech Powered By C10
120 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD
121 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team
122 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol Team
123 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
124 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
125 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
127 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
128 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
129 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
130 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
131 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
132 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10
133 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
135 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
136 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
137 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Saxo Bank
138 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank
139 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
140 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
141 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda
142 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
143 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
144 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
145 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
146 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
147 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
148 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
149 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
150 Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
151 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
152 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team
DNF Will Routley (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
DNF Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
DNF Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
DNF Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
Overall 2012 Tour de Suisse rankings after stage 4:
1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 15:43:52
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:08
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0:00:15
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:00:19
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:21
6 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:23
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:24
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:26
10 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:00:29
11 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:00:32
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:33
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:00:37
14 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:40
15 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:00:41
16 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:47
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:57
18 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:58
19 Moreno Moser (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:01
20 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:09
21 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:01:15
22 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:37
23 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:39
24 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:43
25 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:01:45
26 Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana 0:01:47
27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:55
28 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:01:59
29 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
30 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:13
31 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:02:15
32 Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:02:33
33 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:02:44
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:46
35 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
36 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Procycling 0:03:02
37 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:03:18
38 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:04:12
39 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:25
40 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:58
41 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:05:03
42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:05:47
43 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0:05:56
44 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:06:21
45 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:06:26
46 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank
47 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank 0:07:14
48 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:07:35
49 Lucas Euser (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:08:26
50 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:08:39
51 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:08:40
52 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:08:47
53 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:08:54
54 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:09:15
55 Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:09:27
56 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda 0:09:30
57 Timothy Duggan (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:09:34
58 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:36
59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:53
60 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:10:08
61 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:30
62 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:33
63 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda
64 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:10:44
65 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:11:50
66 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:11:58
67 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:29
68 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:12:30
69 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:12:44
70 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:12:56
71 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:13:04
72 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:13:10
73 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
74 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:13:12
75 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 0:13:13
76 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:13:21
77 Laurent Didier (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:13:41
78 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin-Barracuda 0:13:50
79 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:13:56
80 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 0:14:14
81 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:18
82 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:14:59
83 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 0:16:40
84 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 0:17:00
85 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:07
86 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:17:24
87 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:17:31
88 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:17:47
89 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:17:57
90 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:18:28
91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:18:31
92 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:18:34
93 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:19:14
94 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:19:29
95 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:19:42
96 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
97 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 0:19:50
98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank
99 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:20:02
100 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:20:26
101 Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:21:08
102 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:21:17
103 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:18
104 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:21:19
105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:21:22
106 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 0:21:59
107 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team 0:22:09
108 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:23:52
109 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:24:06
110 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:24:10
111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:24:13
112 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 0:24:29
113 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:24:33
114 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:24:36
115 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
116 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:24:46
117 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:24:56
118 Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 0:24:59
119 Raymond Kunzli (Swi) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:25:32
120 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:26:32
121 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:26:49
122 Stefano Agostini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:27:04
123 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:28:51
124 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:29:19
125 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 0:29:42
126 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:29:46
127 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:29:50
128 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:30:08
129 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:31:00
130 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team 0:32:02
131 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:32:25
132 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:32:27
133 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
134 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:32:29
135 David Boily (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:32:40
136 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 0:32:43
137 Caleb Fairly (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:33:01
138 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:33:51
139 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:33:52
140 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:34:02
141 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:35:36
142 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:37:22
143 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team 0:37:34
144 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:37:37
145 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 0:37:40
146 Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:40:43
147 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol Team 0:41:02
148 Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 0:42:33
149 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:42:51
150 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:42:53
151 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:43:05
152 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:43:24