2010 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Results - Stage 4
Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez snatches stage win in stage 4 of the 2010 Tour of the Basque Country; Alejandro Valverde (Team Caisse d'Epargne) leads Team RadioShack's Christopher Horner by one second before crucial individual time trial.
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April 8, 2010: Tour of the Basque Country: Murguia Zuia - Eibar (162 km):
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 04:05:16
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:02
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
5 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:33
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:00:40
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:00:49
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
11 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia
12 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 0:01:11
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
14 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
15 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
16 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
18 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
19 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:14
20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:01:16
21 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia
23 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia
24 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Team Radioshack
26 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
28 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:01:42
30 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:49
31 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack 0:01:54
32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 0:02:46
33 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
34 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team
35 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
36 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:33
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 Frölingher (Ger) Team Milram
42 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram
43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
44 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:03:46
45 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:04:23
46 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
47 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
48 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
49 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini
50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:06:04
51 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0:06:44
52 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:06:56
53 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
55 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Astana
57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
58 Óscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
59 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
60 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
61 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
62 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 0:08:48
63 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
64 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
65 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:09
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 Stenina (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 Rafaél Valls (Spa) Footon-Servetto
78 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
79 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
80 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack 0:11:13
81 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:14:47
82 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:17:42
83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
84 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram
85 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
86 Rubén Pérez (Spa) 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 (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
95 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
96 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
98 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Footon-Servetto
99 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
100 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto
101 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Footon-Servetto
102 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
103 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
104 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
105 Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
106 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions
107 Michael Albasini (Swi) 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 Rabuñal (Spa) 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 (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
118 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
119 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
120 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
121 Davide Vigano (Ita) 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 Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
126 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions
127 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
128 Xabier Zandio (Spa) 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 César (Spa) 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
141 Fuyu Li (Chn) Team Radioshack 0:23:25
142 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
143 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:24:05
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Overall rankings after stage 4:
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18:46:50
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack 0:00:01
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:32
5 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:00:39
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:48
9 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
11 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 0:01:10
12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:01:15
14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Team Radioshack
15 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
16 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia
18 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:36
19 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:01:41
20 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:01:48
21 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack 0:01:53
22 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0:02:45
23 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana 0:02:49
24 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
25 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:02:54
26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack 0:03:50
28 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:03:53
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia 0:03:55
30 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:04:24
31 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 0:05:11
32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
33 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 0:05:23
34 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:05:25
35 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:06:01
36 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
37 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:06:03
38 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram 0:06:12
39 Óscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 0:06:52
40 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:07:02
41 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:07:16
42 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:08:32
43 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:08:34
44 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:08:56
45 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:09:35
46 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
47 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:10:26
48 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0:10:28
49 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:10:47
50 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:11:47
51 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
52 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:11:55
53 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 0:12:06
54 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:48
55 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana
57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
58 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:13:30
59 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:14:17
60 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 0:14:41
61 Peter Stenina (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:15:11
62 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:19
63 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
64 Johannes Frölingher (Ger) Team Milram 0:15:21
65 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0:15:51
66 David De La Fuente (Spa) Astana 0:16:05
67 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:17:12
68 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:18:27
69 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 0:19:18
70 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
72 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 0:19:46
73 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack 0:19:49
74 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0:20:19
75 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 0:20:21
76 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
77 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
78 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:21:57
79 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
80 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia 0:22:06
81 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:22:19
82 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:22:44
83 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:23:02
84 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:23:26
85 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 0:23:47
86 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 0:24:07
87 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:24:55
88 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0:24:56
89 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:26:16
90 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:26:39
91 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0:26:47
92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:27:14
93 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:27:15
94 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:27:26
95 Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:27:38
96 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia 0:27:40
97 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 0:27:42
98 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:28:09
99 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:28:52
100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:29:22
101 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:29:43
102 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:30:04
103 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 0:31:08
104 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:31:15
105 Rafaél Valls (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0:31:42
106 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:32:29
107 Gustavo César (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:33:35
108 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:33:46
109 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0:34:26
110 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:34:43
111 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux
112 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:34:52
113 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:35:34
114 Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack 0:36:14
115 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:36:19
116 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0:36:29
117 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions 0:36:55
118 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 0:37:08
119 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:37:48
120 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0:38:11
121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:38:24
122 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 0:38:37
123 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto 0:39:15
124 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:41:10
125 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 0:41:36
126 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:43:23
127 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 0:44:14
128 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
129 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0:45:40
130 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions 0:46:34
131 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:47:03
132 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 0:48:16
133 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:50:20
134 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:50:58
135 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:52:08
136 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:52:36
137 Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:52:59
138 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 0:53:44
139 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:56:09
140 Fuyu Li (Chn) Team Radioshack 0:56:41
141 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto 0:58:07
142 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:58:31
143 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:59:17
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