Anton wins on climb to Valdepeñas de Jaén

The steep climb to the finish of stage four at Valdepeñas de Jaén inspired some aggressive racing for a second day at the Vuelta, with Basque climber Igor Anton proving he was the strongest, with a long and powerful surge to the line.

With huge crowds packed along the roadside and the gradient hitting 23% at one point, the one-kilometre climb to the line was a Spanish equivalent of the Mur de Huy used in the Fleche-Wallonne classic.

Anton attacked half way up the climb and quickly got a gap as he spin a gear to fight the gradient. He faded insight of the line but hung on to win ahead of Italy's Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) and Peter Velits (HTC-Columbia).

Just behind them were Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) and Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto). Gilbert won and took the race lead on the climb to the finish in Marbella on Monday but had to dig much deeper to hold onto his lead this time.

He kept the red jersey but was so tired; he almost fell into the barriers after crossing the line.

The USA's Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) again impressed despite the tough finale of the stage, finishing sixth, at eight seconds. Nicolas Roche (Ag2r-La Mondiale) also rode well and was eighth at 12 seconds. Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank) was 13th and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) also hung on to finish in the front group but were 19 seconds down on Anton.

Gilbert now leads Anton by ten seconds in the general classification, with Rodriguez third, also at ten seconds. Nibali is fourth at 12 seconds and Velits is fifth at 16 seconds. Van Garderen is sixth overall, at 29 seconds.

The big loser of the day was Spain's Carlos Sastre Cervelo TestTeam). The 2008 Tour de France winner threw his hat into the ring as a possible overall contender before the start but struggled on the late climb of the stage. The little Spaniard cracked before the summit, and with nobody to help him chase, he lost time as a select front group dived down to the finish and then blasted up to he finish.

Spain still had something to celebrate, with Anton gave the host nation its first victory at this year’s Vuelta.

“I did the right thing by coming here one and half month ago to reconnoitre the end of today’s stage,” Anton said.

“I knew I had to stay relaxed on the downhill of the Alto de Valdepeñas even though I was worried by the attacks of Vincenzo Nibali and Luis Leon Sanchez. Fortunately they were brought back and my teammate Mikel Nieve did a fantastic job, helping me stay in the best position before the finishing climb.”

“I remembered the finale of the Flèche-Wallonne where I made the mistake of attacking too early this year. It was a useful defeat because I’ve learned what not to do in these circumstances. I didn’t panic when I saw Uran and then Rodriguez attack. I calculated my effort pretty well, although I was afraid of Nibali passing me at the very end.”

Despite his success, Anton played down his chances of overall victory at this year’s Vuelta.

“My goal for the Vuelta was to win a stage. Rodriguez is very strong and I think he’s the favourite for the overall victory. I have the condition to do something good but I haven’t won any small stage race yet. I must improve gradually first.”

Another hot day in the saddle

Yet again the riders spent another hot day in the saddle under the Spanish sun. And it didn't take long for a group to get together as the peloton tried to handle the heat.

Only 16 km into the day, Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R), Sergio Carrasco Garcia (Andalucia-CajaSur), Dario Cataldo (QuickStep) and Dominik Roels (Milram) took off and successfully formed the move of the day. The foursome quickly built up a lead of up to seven minutes.

The stage started out flat, but after 25 km the climbing started. The first ranked climb of the day was the Alto de Zafarraya, which baked under a temperate of 32°C as the four opened a 5:40 gap.

The Omega Pharma-Lotto riders did their duty for overall leader Philippe Gilbert and lead the chase the whole day. The gap started coming down by the time the leaders hit the day's second climb, the Alto de Montefrio. With less than 40 km to go, Katusha joined in the work, convinced that the difficult late climb and then the steep finish would be too tough for Gilbert but perfect for second-place Joaquim Rodriguez.

The last ranked climb of the day was the Alto de Valdepeñas de Jaén, a long climb which crested only 7.8km before the finish. The climb made the first significant cut of the day, as the peloton split, not once but several times. A 23-man front group formed, which included Gilbert, Fränk Schleck, Denis Menchov, Igor Anton, Vincenzo Nibali and Rodriguez – but not Sastre.

The group caught the four escapees on the climb, and shot down the decent, with Sastre leading the chase group. But as Anton and the others fought for the stage victory, Sastre continued to lose time all the way to the finish.

Sastre tried to shrug of the time loss but his overall chances at the Vuelta seem compromised after just four stages.

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Full Results
1Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi5:00:29
2Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:01
3Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 2 - Cell 2
4Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team KatushaRow 3 - Cell 2
5Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:00:05
6Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia0:00:08
7Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:00:12
8Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 7 - Cell 2
9Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 8 - Cell 2
10Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne0:00:19
11Denis Menchov (Rus) RabobankRow 10 - Cell 2
12David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 11 - Cell 2
13Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo BankRow 12 - Cell 2
14Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’EpargneRow 13 - Cell 2
15Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 14 - Cell 2
16Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank0:00:28
17Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:00:36
18Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 17 - Cell 2
19Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 18 - Cell 2
20Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 19 - Cell 2
21Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team KatushaRow 20 - Cell 2
22Aleksandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha0:01:28
23Aleksandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana0:01:31
24David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:01:34
25Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 24 - Cell 2
26Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 25 - Cell 2
27Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 26 - Cell 2
28Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 27 - Cell 2
29Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick StepRow 28 - Cell 2
30David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:01:41
31Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram0:01:42
32Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:01:45
33Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 32 - Cell 2
34Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:01:52
35Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team KatushaRow 34 - Cell 2
36Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 35 - Cell 2
37Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana0:01:54
38David Lopez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:02:11
39Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 38 - Cell 2
40Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia0:02:44
41Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:02:48
42Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-DoimoRow 41 - Cell 2
43Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) FDJ0:03:03
44Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky0:03:05
45Mikael Cherel (Fra) FDJ0:03:08
46Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:03:09
47Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:03:12
48Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank0:03:14
49Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 48 - Cell 2
50Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 49 - Cell 2
51Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram0:03:17
52Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:03:28
53Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo0:04:00
54Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram0:04:30
55Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:05:18
56Alberto Benitez (Spa) Footon-Servetto0:05:29
57Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha0:05:35
58Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 57 - Cell 2
59Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) FDJRow 58 - Cell 2
60Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 59 - Cell 2
61Josep Jufre (Spa) AstanaRow 60 - Cell 2
62Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 61 - Cell 2
63Jürgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 62 - Cell 2
64Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 63 - Cell 2
65Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team KatushaRow 64 - Cell 2
66Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 65 - Cell 2
67Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 66 - Cell 2
68Dmitry Fofonov (Kaz) Astana0:06:13
69Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:08:00
70Egoï Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:08:26
71Juan-Manuel Garate (Spa) RabobankRow 70 - Cell 2
72Juan-Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 71 - Cell 2
73Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 72 - Cell 2
74Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team MilramRow 73 - Cell 2
75Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step0:08:36
76Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank0:08:44
77Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 76 - Cell 2
78Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram0:08:53
79Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:09:03
80Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:09:50
81Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step0:09:51
82Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d’EpargneRow 81 - Cell 2
83Vincent Jerôme (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 82 - Cell 2
84Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJRow 83 - Cell 2
85Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 84 - Cell 2
86Grischa Niermann (Ger) RabobankRow 85 - Cell 2
87Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 86 - Cell 2
88Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 87 - Cell 2
89Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 88 - Cell 2
90Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 89 - Cell 2
91Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team MilramRow 90 - Cell 2
92Gustavo Iglesias (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 91 - Cell 2
93Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 92 - Cell 2
94Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 93 - Cell 2
95Pierre Cazaux (Fra) FDJRow 94 - Cell 2
96Allan Davis (Aus) AstanaRow 95 - Cell 2
97Joan Horrach (Spa) Team KatushaRow 96 - Cell 2
98Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 97 - Cell 2
99Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) AstanaRow 98 - Cell 2
100Gustavo Cesar-Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:10:15
101Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:11:09
102Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick StepRow 101 - Cell 2
103Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:12:23
104Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 103 - Cell 2
105Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-DoimoRow 104 - Cell 2
106Sergey Renev (Kaz) AstanaRow 105 - Cell 2
107Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:12:34
108David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions0:14:36
109Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 108 - Cell 2
110Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-ServettoRow 109 - Cell 2
111Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 110 - Cell 2
112Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 111 - Cell 2
113Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 112 - Cell 2
114David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-ServettoRow 113 - Cell 2
115Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 114 - Cell 2
116Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJRow 115 - Cell 2
117Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo BankRow 116 - Cell 2
118Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 117 - Cell 2
119Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 118 - Cell 2
120Robert Förster (Ger) Team MilramRow 119 - Cell 2
121Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 120 - Cell 2
122Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 121 - Cell 2
123Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo BankRow 122 - Cell 2
124Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 123 - Cell 2
125Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-DoimoRow 124 - Cell 2
126Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 125 - Cell 2
127Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJRow 126 - Cell 2
128Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 127 - Cell 2
129Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo GaliciaRow 128 - Cell 2
130Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 129 - Cell 2
131Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 130 - Cell 2
132Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test TeamRow 131 - Cell 2
133Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 132 - Cell 2
134Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team SkyRow 133 - Cell 2
135Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 134 - Cell 2
136Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 135 - Cell 2
137Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJRow 136 - Cell 2
138Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick StepRow 137 - Cell 2
139Ian Stannard (GBr) Team SkyRow 138 - Cell 2
140Paul Voss (Ger) Team MilramRow 139 - Cell 2
141Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 140 - Cell 2
142Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick StepRow 141 - Cell 2
143Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-ServettoRow 142 - Cell 2
144Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 143 - Cell 2
145David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 144 - Cell 2
146Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 145 - Cell 2
147Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 146 - Cell 2
148Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 147 - Cell 2
149Markus Eichler (Ger) Team MilramRow 148 - Cell 2
150Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJRow 149 - Cell 2
151Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-TransitionsRow 150 - Cell 2
152William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 151 - Cell 2
153Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RabobankRow 152 - Cell 2
154Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick StepRow 153 - Cell 2
155Nicol Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligneRow 154 - Cell 2
156Assan Bazayev (Kaz) AstanaRow 155 - Cell 2
157Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) RabobankRow 156 - Cell 2
158Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo BankRow 157 - Cell 2
159Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo Test Team0:14:59
160Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha0:16:41
161Jorge Montenegro (Arg) Andalucia-Cajasur0:19:46
162Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick StepRow 161 - Cell 2
163Juan-Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo BankRow 162 - Cell 2
164Jose Vicente Toribio (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 163 - Cell 2
165Nick Nuyens (Bel) RabobankRow 164 - Cell 2
166Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo Test TeamRow 165 - Cell 2
167Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo BankRow 166 - Cell 2
168Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 167 - Cell 2
169Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R-La MondialeRow 168 - Cell 2
170Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin-TransitionsRow 169 - Cell 2
171Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) AstanaRow 170 - Cell 2
172Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 171 - Cell 2
173Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 172 - Cell 2
174Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team SkyRow 173 - Cell 2
175Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick StepRow 174 - Cell 2
176Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 175 - Cell 2
177Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 176 - Cell 2
178Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-ServettoRow 177 - Cell 2
179Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 178 - Cell 2
180Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-ServettoRow 179 - Cell 2
181Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team KatushaRow 180 - Cell 2
182Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervélo Test TeamRow 181 - Cell 2
183Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 182 - Cell 2
184Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Team SkyRow 183 - Cell 2
185Mauricio Ardila (Col) RabobankRow 184 - Cell 2
186Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Test TeamRow 185 - Cell 2
187Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team SkyRow 186 - Cell 2
188Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-LottoRow 187 - Cell 2
189Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues TelecomRow 188 - Cell 2
190Dominik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo BankRow 189 - Cell 2
191Kjell Carlström (Fin) Team Sky0:25:14
192Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-TransitionsRow 191 - Cell 2
193David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-TransitionsRow 192 - Cell 2
DNFBernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 193 - Cell 2
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Points - Valdepeñas de Jaén, 183.8km
1Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi25pts
2Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo20Row 1 - Cell 3
3Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia16Row 2 - Cell 3
4Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha14Row 3 - Cell 3
5Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto12Row 4 - Cell 3
6Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia10Row 5 - Cell 3
7Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia9Row 6 - Cell 3
8Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale8Row 7 - Cell 3
9Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne7Row 8 - Cell 3
10Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne6Row 9 - Cell 3
11Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank5Row 10 - Cell 3
12David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne4Row 11 - Cell 3
13Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank3Row 12 - Cell 3
14Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne2Row 13 - Cell 3
15Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team1Row 14 - Cell 3
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Sprint 1 - Intermedio 1, 64km
1Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram4pts
2Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Sprint 2 - Alcalá la Real, 153.1km
1Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur4pts
2Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountain 1 - Alto de Zafarraya (Cat. 2) 56km
1Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step5pts
2Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur3Row 1 - Cell 3
3Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountain 2 - Alto de Montefrío (Cat. 3) 122km
1Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step3pts
2Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur2Row 1 - Cell 3
3Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Mountain 3 - Alto de Valdepeñas de Jaén (Cat. 2) 176km
1Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo Test Team5pts
2Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne3Row 1 - Cell 3
3Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 2 - Cell 3
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Teams
1Caisse d'Epargne15:02:17
2Team Katusha0:01:15
3Omega Pharma - Lotto0:01:25
4Euskaltel - Euskadi0:01:38
5Team HTC - Columbia0:02:03
6Cervelo Test Team0:04:31
7Liquigas - Doimo0:04:47
8AG2R - La MondialeRow 7 - Cell 2
9Xacobeo Galicia0:06:38
10Astana0:08:10
11Lampre - Farese Vini0:08:15
12Rabobank0:08:23
13Team Milram0:08:39
14FDJ0:10:56
15Cofidis, le credit en ligne0:11:54
16Andalucia - Cajasur0:13:14
17Garmin - Transitions0:15:56
18Team Saxo Bank0:17:19
19Quick Step0:19:11
20BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:19:54
21Sky Professional Cycling Team0:31:27
22Footon - Servetto0:33:51
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General classification after stage 4
1Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto13:56:30
2Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:00:10
3Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team KatushaRow 2 - Cell 2
4Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:00:12
5Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia0:00:16
6Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia0:00:29
7Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:00:49
8Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank0:00:50
9Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:00:54
10Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:00:55
11Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:00:58
12David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:01:01
13Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’EpargneRow 12 - Cell 2
14Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank0:01:11
15Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne0:01:19
16Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:01:21
17Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:01:24
18Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team KatushaRow 17 - Cell 2
19Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:01:33
20Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank0:02:08
21Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:02:14
22Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:02:15
23Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:02:17
24Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:02:19
25Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step0:02:20
26Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:02:27
27Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram0:02:28
28David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:02:30
29Aleksandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana0:02:40
30Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha0:02:54
31Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia0:03:01
32Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:03:09
33Aleksandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha0:03:15
34David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:03:17
35David Lopez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:03:18
36Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:03:26
37Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-DoimoRow 36 - Cell 2
38Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:03:33
39Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank0:03:56
40Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:03:59
41Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky0:04:01
42Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:04:09
43Mikael Cherel (Fra) FDJ0:04:33
44Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:04:50
45Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) FDJ0:04:58
46Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:05:01
47Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:05:03
48Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram0:05:30
49Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo0:05:31
50Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:05:44
51Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha0:06:12
52Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:06:27
53Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:06:39
54Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:06:45
55Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana0:06:58
56Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) FDJ0:07:10
57Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:07:52
58Alberto Benitez (Spa) Footon-Servetto0:08:13
59Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha0:09:02
60Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:10:17
61Juan-Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank0:10:24
62Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ0:10:41
63Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram0:10:43
64Juan-Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:10:52
65Egoï Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:11:54
66Gustavo Cesar-Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:13:13
67Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:13:17
68Mathieu Sprick (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:13:38
69Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana0:14:59
70Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team0:15:12
71Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana0:15:40
72Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-EuskadiRow 71 - Cell 2
73Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:15:42
74Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo0:15:57
75Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana0:16:09
76Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:16:47
77Jürgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:16:50
78Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:17:01
79Sergey Renev (Kaz) AstanaRow 78 - Cell 2
80Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:17:28
81Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram0:17:43
82Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:19:50
83Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step0:19:53
84Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:19:57
85Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:20:09
86Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank0:20:53
87Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:21:14
88Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:21:15
89Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese ViniRow 88 - Cell 2
90Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:21:17
91Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Team Sky0:21:29
92Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:21:38
93Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha0:22:51
94Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:23:12
95Vincent Jerôme (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:24:38
96Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step0:24:45
97Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step0:25:40
98Gustavo Iglesias (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia0:25:47
99Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:25:56
100Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:26:02
101Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:26:05
102Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:26:07
103Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo0:26:47
104Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:27:12
105Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:27:33
106Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank0:28:58
107Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:29:01
108Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky0:29:12
109Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram0:29:17
110Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:29:21
111Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:29:26
112Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto0:29:41
113Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:29:43
114Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-CajasurRow 113 - Cell 2
115Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram0:30:19
116Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:30:41
117Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram0:31:10
118Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne0:31:40
119Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:31:51
120Dmitry Fofonov (Kaz) Astana0:31:55
121Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:33:53
122Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:33:56
123Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram0:33:57
124Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:34:04
125Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:34:06
126Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step0:34:12
127William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:34:18
128Nicol Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:34:19
129Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank0:34:21
130Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank0:34:37
131Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:34:57
132Pierre Cazaux (Fra) FDJ0:35:25
133Allan Davis (Aus) Astana0:35:33
134Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto0:36:16
135Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:36:41
136Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:38:14
137Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:38:17
138Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia0:38:30
139Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervélo Test Team0:39:16
140Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale0:39:22
141Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC-Columbia0:39:37
142Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-ColumbiaRow 141 - Cell 2
143Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-Doimo0:39:47
144Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-DoimoRow 143 - Cell 2
145Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ0:39:50
146Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank0:39:51
147David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions0:39:54
148Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-ServettoRow 147 - Cell 2
149Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram0:39:55
150Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step0:40:00
151Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick StepRow 150 - Cell 2
152Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia0:40:03
153Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:40:05
154Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky0:40:08
155Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ0:40:10
156Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJRow 155 - Cell 2
157Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo Test Team0:40:13
158Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ0:40:20
159Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-Servetto0:40:34
160David Gutierrez Gutierrez (Spa) Footon-ServettoRow 159 - Cell 2
161Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank0:40:39
162Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo Test Team0:40:42
163Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Transitions0:41:20
164Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank0:43:09
165David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto0:43:27
166Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:43:45
167Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha0:43:54
168Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia0:44:35
169Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia0:44:47
170Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:44:56
171Dominik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank0:45:01
172Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step0:45:10
173Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini0:45:11
174Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi0:45:14
175Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky0:45:15
176Juan-Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank0:45:23
177Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick StepRow 176 - Cell 2
178Nick Nuyens (Bel) RabobankRow 177 - Cell 2
179Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo Test Team0:45:25
180Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:45:26
181Jose Vicente Toribio (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur0:45:36
182Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto0:45:38
183Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank0:45:53
184Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha0:46:01
185Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team SkyRow 184 - Cell 2
186Jorge Montenegro (Arg) Andalucia-Cajasur0:46:06
187Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank0:46:30
188Matthew Wilson (Aus) Garmin-Transitions0:47:42
189David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Transitions0:50:55
190Kjell Carlström (Fin) Team Sky0:51:30
191Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne0:55:21
192Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana1:01:32
193Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Transitions1:09:58
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Points classification
1Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi41pts
2Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto37Row 1 - Cell 3
3Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha34Row 2 - Cell 3
4Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo34Row 3 - Cell 3
5Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ25Row 4 - Cell 3
6Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia20Row 5 - Cell 3
7Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale18Row 6 - Cell 3
8Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia17Row 7 - Cell 3
9Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions16Row 8 - Cell 3
10Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia16Row 9 - Cell 3
11Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank14Row 10 - Cell 3
12Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini14Row 11 - Cell 3
13Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini12Row 12 - Cell 3
14Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto12Row 13 - Cell 3
15Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur11Row 14 - Cell 3
16David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne11Row 15 - Cell 3
17Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi10Row 16 - Cell 3
18Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia10Row 17 - Cell 3
19Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne9Row 18 - Cell 3
20Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto8Row 19 - Cell 3
21Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram8Row 20 - Cell 3
22Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha7Row 21 - Cell 3
23Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur6Row 22 - Cell 3
24Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step6Row 23 - Cell 3
25Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank6Row 24 - Cell 3
26Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne6Row 25 - Cell 3
27Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ6Row 26 - Cell 3
28Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team5Row 27 - Cell 3
29Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha5Row 28 - Cell 3
30Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne5Row 29 - Cell 3
31Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram4Row 30 - Cell 3
32Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ4Row 31 - Cell 3
33Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto3Row 32 - Cell 3
34Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne3Row 33 - Cell 3
35Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-Servetto3Row 34 - Cell 3
36Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale2Row 35 - Cell 3
37Juan-Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank2Row 36 - Cell 3
38Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale2Row 37 - Cell 3
39Egoï Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi2Row 38 - Cell 3
40Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step2Row 39 - Cell 3
41Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto1Row 40 - Cell 3
42Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step1Row 41 - Cell 3
43Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia1Row 42 - Cell 3
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Mountains classification
1Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia13pts
2Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step8Row 1 - Cell 3
3David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le crédit en ligne6Row 2 - Cell 3
4Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervélo Test Team5Row 3 - Cell 3
5Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram5Row 4 - Cell 3
6Egoï Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi5Row 5 - Cell 3
7Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur5Row 6 - Cell 3
8Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto3Row 7 - Cell 3
9Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne3Row 8 - Cell 3
10Mikael Cherel (Fra) FDJ2Row 9 - Cell 3
11Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale2Row 10 - Cell 3
12Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur2Row 11 - Cell 3
13Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 12 - Cell 3
14Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale1Row 13 - Cell 3
15Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto1Row 14 - Cell 3
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Combativity classification
1Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo21pts
2Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale95Row 1 - Cell 3
3Egoï Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi109Row 2 - Cell 3
4Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur120Row 3 - Cell 3
5Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step122Row 4 - Cell 3
6Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur129Row 5 - Cell 3
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Teams classification
1Caisse d'Epargne41:23:24
2Team Katusha0:01:05
3Omega Pharma - Lotto0:01:18
4Team HTC - Columbia0:01:48
5Euskaltel - Euskadi0:02:56
6Cervelo Test Team0:04:36
7Liquigas - Doimo0:04:50
8AG2R - La Mondiale0:07:19
9Xacobeo Galicia0:08:15
10Lampre - Farese Vini0:08:32
11Astana0:09:37
12Rabobank0:09:49
13Team Milram0:10:50
14FDJ0:12:24
15Cofidis, le credit en ligne0:24:01
16Andalucia - Cajasur0:25:05
17BBOX Bouygues Telecom0:29:10
18Garmin - Transitions0:30:15
19Team Saxo Bank0:31:12
20Quick Step0:43:47
21Sky Professional Cycling Team0:45:47
22Footon - Servetto1:08:30

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