2011 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Results - Stage 4
Samuel Sanchez wins stage 4 of the 2011 Tour of the Basque Country for Team Euskaltel; Team Katusha's Joaquin Rodriguez maintains overall race lead.
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April 7, 2011: 2011 Tour of the Basque Country / Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2011: Stage 4: Amurrio - Eibar (178 km):
1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 04:42:34
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
9 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
10 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
12 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:32
13 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC
14 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:00:47
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
16 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:51
18 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:01:16
19 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:01:22
20 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural
21 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
22 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:01:25
23 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:30
24 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
26 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:43
27 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD
28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
31 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
32 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0:01:51
33 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:55
34 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack
36 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:06
37 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:02
38 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
39 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
40 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
41 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
42 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team
43 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
44 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
45 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
46 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
47 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:03:32
48 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
49 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural
50 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:04:27
51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
52 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
53 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
54 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:05:00
56 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural 0:05:01
57 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 0:06:03
58 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard
60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
61 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
62 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
63 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:09
64 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana
65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
66 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:06:51
67 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:07:37
68 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
69 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
70 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:58
71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
72 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:07:59
73 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
74 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:08:46
75 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:35
76 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:10:17
77 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
78 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:10:22
79 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:11:40
80 Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
81 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC 0:12:03
82 Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad 0:12:49
83 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural 0:13:22
84 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:13:45
85 Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack
86 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 0:16:59
87 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
88 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team
89 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
90 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
91 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
92 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC
93 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural
95 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
96 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
97 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
98 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
99 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team
100 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana
101 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
102 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
103 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek
104 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
105 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
106 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
107 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
108 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
109 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad
110 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
111 Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural
112 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
113 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre - ISD
114 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
115 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD
116 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
117 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
118 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
119 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
120 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
121 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
122 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
123 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
124 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
125 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
126 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling
127 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team
128 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
129 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural 0:21:31
130 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
131 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team
132 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
133 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
135 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek
136 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC
137 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
138 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
139 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
140 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
141 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto
142 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
143 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:23:43
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Overall rankings after stage 4:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 17:12:43
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:01
5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:06
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:09
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:10
11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:00:18
12 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:01:03
13 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:23
14 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:01:26
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:29
16 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:01:34
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:01:48
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:49
19 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 0:02:13
20 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:17
21 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:02:28
22 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural 0:02:40
23 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0:02:58
24 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 0:03:07
25 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:03:22
26 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:03:44
27 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:04:05
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:05:22
29 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:01
30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:06:02
31 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:03
32 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:28
33 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural 0:06:29
34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:06:45
35 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural 0:07:02
36 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 0:07:36
37 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack 0:08:01
38 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10:26
39 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:10:45
40 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:11:01
41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:11:07
42 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:12:10
43 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:12:16
44 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:12:50
45 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:13:17
46 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:13:47
47 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:13:50
48 Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:13:53
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:14:08
50 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:15:09
51 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:15:23
52 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:32
53 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:15:59
54 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:27
55 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:16:53
56 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:16:58
57 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 0:17:04
58 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:21
59 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:17:41
60 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 0:18:36
61 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:18:59
62 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:19:03
63 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:19:06
64 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:19:39
65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:20:48
66 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:20:53
67 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:21:11
68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:21:21
69 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:22:12
70 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:22:26
71 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 0:23:21
72 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:24:01
73 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:24:26
74 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:25:05
75 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 0:25:34
76 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 0:25:56
77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:26:06
78 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:27:12
79 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:27:51
80 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:28:08
81 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:28:20
82 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:28:48
83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:29:04
84 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:29:54
85 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:30:30
86 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:31:04
87 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:31:16
88 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:31:50
89 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:33:26
90 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:33:45
91 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:39
92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:35:13
93 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:36:25
94 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:36:34
95 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:37:36
96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:39:25
97 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:39:33
98 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC 0:40:34
99 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 0:40:55
100 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:42:12
101 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:42:47
102 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:43:17
103 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:43:31
104 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
105 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
106 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:43:32
107 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:44:04
108 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:44:05
109 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:44:28
110 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre - ISD 0:45:05
111 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:45:18
112 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:45:21
113 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
114 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:45:26
115 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:45:31
116 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:45:44
117 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:46:02
118 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:47:55
119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:47:58
120 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural 0:49:07
121 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:50:39
122 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
123 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:50:49
124 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:51:05
125 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 0:51:28
126 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:53:14
127 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:53:24
128 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:53:57
129 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:54:42
130 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana 0:57:40
131 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:58:38
132 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:59:05
133 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto
134 Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad 0:59:18
135 Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack 0:59:44
136 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 1:00:22
137 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:00:56
138 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD 1:02:58
139 Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural 1:03:45
140 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural 1:06:38
141 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1:08:20
142 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural 1:08:47
143 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 1:12:51