2010 Paris-Nice Results - Stage 4
Alberto Contador (Team Astana) climbs to stage 4 win and takes overall race lead.
March 11, 2010: Paris-Nice 2010: Maurs - Mende (210 km):
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 04:26:47
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:10
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:18
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:20
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:00:21
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas - Doimo
8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:00:29
9 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
10 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:00:31
11 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:00:37
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:44
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma - Lotto
15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
16 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo Test Team
17 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:48
18 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:00:53
19 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:56
20 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Doimo 0:00:58
21 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:01
22 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
23 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack
24 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi
25 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions
26 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
27 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:01:05
28 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:06
29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:01:09
30 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack
32 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia 0:01:19
33 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
34 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:27
35 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 0:01:33
36 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:01:34
37 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
38 Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:01:41
39 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano
40 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
41 David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:53
42 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto
43 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:55
44 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo 0:01:56
45 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Transitions
46 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:02:05
47 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana 0:02:11
48 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
49 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux
50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
51 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
52 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
53 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano 0:02:17
54 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:02:23
55 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas - Doimo 0:02:24
56 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo
57 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
58 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:02:51
59 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:02:52
60 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Farnese Vini
61 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:03
62 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:15
63 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
64 Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
65 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
66 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team
67 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
68 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
69 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:03:47
70 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:54
71 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
72 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:04:18
73 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
74 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
75 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
76 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 0:04:21
77 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:04:32
78 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
79 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
80 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
81 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano
82 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:04:49
83 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha
84 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha
85 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
86 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
87 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma - Lotto
88 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
89 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
90 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
91 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux
92 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack
93 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack
94 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano
95 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions
96 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
97 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions
98 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:05:14
99 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:05:48
100 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 0:06:23
101 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step
102 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:06:55
103 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
104 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:07:10
105 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:07:24
106 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto
107 Nicolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step 0:08:03
108 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:08:14
109 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini
110 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
111 Ted King (USA) Cervélo Test Team
112 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo Test Team
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas - Doimo
114 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
115 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions
116 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini
117 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:08:20
118 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
119 Jeremy Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
120 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0:08:28
121 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:08:33
122 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
123 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:08:36
124 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:08:54
125 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:09:29
126 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:09:42
127 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 0:09:54
128 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano
129 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano
130 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:09:56
131 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
132 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Test Team 0:10:33
133 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:11:20
134 André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:11:31
135 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Astana
136 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana
137 Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia
138 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
139 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
140 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
141 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
142 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
143 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano
144 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
145 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana
146 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
147 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
148 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
149 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
150 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
151 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto
152 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto
153 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
154 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
155 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank
156 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
157 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
158 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo
160 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
161 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas - Doimo
162 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
163 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
164 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:12:34
165 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux
166 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:12:59
DNF Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo TestTeam
DNF Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step
Overall rankings after stage 4:
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 17:07:23
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:24
3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas - Doimo 0:00:25
4 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:28
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:29
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:34
7 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:36
8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Doimo 0:00:54
9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 0:01:03
10 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:06
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:01:08
12 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:01:14
13 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:01:15
14 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:01:16
15 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:22
16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:01:23
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 0:01:27
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:01:29
19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:01:30
20 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:01:32
21 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 0:01:33
22 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:35
23 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:39
24 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:45
25 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo Test Team 0:01:50
26 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:01:54
27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia 0:02:01
28 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:05
29 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:02:13
30 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:02:22
31 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:02:27
32 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:02:30
33 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0:02:36
34 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
35 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:02:55
36 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo 0:02:56
37 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:02:59
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0:03:08
39 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:03:12
40 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:03:17
41 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:03:18
42 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:03:20
43 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano 0:03:22
44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana 0:03:28
45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
46 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:36
47 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas - Doimo 0:03:44
48 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:03:52
49 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux
50 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:04:09
51 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:04:15
52 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:04:28
53 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 0:05:13
54 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:05:20
55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
56 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:23
57 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:05:31
58 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0:05:40
59 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:05:49
60 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:05:50
61 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
62 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:05:53
63 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 0:05:59
64 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:06:07
65 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:06:11
66 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:06:18
67 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 0:06:35
68 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:06:40
69 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:06:51
70 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:07:18
71 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 0:07:22
72 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma - Lotto
73 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 0:07:29
74 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:07:48
75 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:08:08
76 David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:28
77 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:08:30
78 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:08:57
79 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini
80 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:09:03
81 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:09:05
82 Jeremy Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:09:24
83 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:09:28
84 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:09:44
85 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:09:49
86 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:10:19
87 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0:10:20
88 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo Test Team 0:10:29
89 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:10:31
90 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:38
91 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas - Doimo 0:10:43
92 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:10:44
93 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:11:02
94 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 0:11:07
95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:11:25
96 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 0:11:41
97 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:11:58
98 Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:12:08
99 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:12:23
100 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:12:38
101 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:12:48
102 Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:13:02
103 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:13:09
104 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:13:20
105 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:13:34
106 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:13:42
107 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Test Team 0:13:47
108 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:13:54
109 André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:13:56
110 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0:13:57
111 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:13:59
112 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 0:14:08
113 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:14:11
114 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 0:14:24
115 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0:14:27
116 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0:14:32
117 Nicolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step 0:14:37
118 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
119 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:14:53
120 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:14:59
121 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 0:15:00
122 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0:15:01
123 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0:15:12
124 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 0:15:39
125 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana 0:15:50
126 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:16:00
127 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:16:12
128 Ted King (USA) Cervélo Test Team 0:16:17
129 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:16:25
130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:16:38
131 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:16:42
132 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:16:48
133 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:17:16
134 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo 0:17:32
135 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:18:36
136 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:18:43
137 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
138 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:18:46
139 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0:19:15
140 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:19:36
141 Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano 0:20:04
142 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:20:18
143 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:20:36
144 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:20:39
145 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0:20:53
146 Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia 0:21:11
147 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 0:21:22
148 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:21:24
149 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:21:30
150 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 0:22:11
151 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto 0:22:17
152 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Astana 0:22:22
153 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas - Doimo 0:22:56
154 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0:23:42
155 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:24:09
156 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:25:06
157 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo 0:25:09
158 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 0:26:47
159 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0:28:28
160 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 0:30:30
161 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0:30:51
162 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:32:23
163 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:35:16
164 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 0:36:39
165 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:39:21
166 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0:39:41