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55th Vuelta a Andalucía (Ruta Ciclista Del Sol) - 2.1
Spain, February 15-19, 2009
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Stage 4 - February 19: Torrox Costa - Antequera, 165.8km
Rebellin doubles up in Andalucía, Posthuma overall.
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Davide Rebellin pulled off a rare back-to-back win after 24 years as a professional Thursday at the 55th Vuelta a Andalucía. The Italian of team Diquigiovanni-Androni won the final stage in Antequera, Spain, 24 hours after he won stage three.
"It was truly a difficult stage. It came out to be near 4600 metres of climbing, like a Liège [-Bastogne-Liège]," said Rebellin to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Rebellin benefited from a small climb in the final five kilometres. His teammates Gilberto Simoni and Michele Scarponi also finished in the top 10, third and seventh.
It was Rebellin's 52nd win as a professional.
Joost Posthuma of Rabobank finished in sixth at nine seconds back to maintain the overall lead he claimed at the end of stage one. (GB)
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- Davide Rebellin wins stage four in the Vuelta a Andalucia
- Stage win number two for Rebellin in the Ruta del Sol.
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) is followed by Juan Antonio Flecha and Linus Gerdemann.
- Davide Rebellin (Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) concentrates hard during stage four.
- Gilberto Simoni (r) rides with teammate and stage winner Davide Rebellin.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is getting in some racing as preparation for the big tours this year.
- Davide Rebellin and Joost Posthuma make another podium appearance but are joined by Xavier Tondo Volpini
- Menchov was a machine today as he helped Joost Posthuma protect his overall lead.
- Denis Menchov with teammates Posthuma and Juan Antonio Flecha gassing it on the climb.
- The day's podium (l-r): Davide Rebellin, Joost Posthuma and Xavier Tondo Volpini
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) leads the Ruta del Sol.
- Davide Rebellin wins stage four of the Ruta de Sol in Antequera.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) powers at the front and shows he's got some early-season form.
- Thomas Dekker and Marc Wauters are all smiles before the start.
- Gilberto Simoni stays alert as teammate Davide Rebellin looks for the win.
- Christian Pfannberger (l) rides alongside Davide Rebellin during stage four.
- Xavier Tondo (Andalucia Cajasur) rides ahead of David Lopez Garcia, Davide Rebellin and Gilberto Simoni.
Results
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.35.45 (36.076 km/h) 2 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.09 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 5 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 0.11 12 Juan Antnio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 0.21 13 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 1.31 14 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 15 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.34 17 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 20 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 1.37 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.39 22 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.40 23 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.09 25 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Jesus Rosendo (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 5.03 27 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 28 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 29 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 30 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 31 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 32 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 33 Pedro Fernández (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Dioni Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 36 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 37 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 38 Bjorn LeukemaDNS(Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 39 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 40 Adrián Palomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 41 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 8.26 42 Cadel EvaDNS(Aus) Silence-Lotto 43 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 9.42 44 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Julian Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 46 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 12.34 47 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 48 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 49 JeDNSMouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 50 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 53 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 55 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12.46 56 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18.16 57 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 58 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 59 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.53 60 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 19.03 61 Delio Fernández (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19.29 62 José Luis Roldán (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 63 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 65 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNS Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank DNS Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team DNS Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Wilfried CretskeDNS(Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Íñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Marlon Pérez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Katusha DNF Francisco José Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo DNF Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram DNF Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano DNF Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto DNF Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Elia Rigotto (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli Points 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 pts 2 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 4 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 14 5 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 8 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8 9 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 6 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 12 Juan Antnio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 4 13 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3 14 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2 15 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 Sprints Velez Málaga km. 42.6 1 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 pts 2 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 3 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Colmenar, km. 121.2 1 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 pts 2 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 3 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13.47.33 2 Fuji-Servetto 1.36 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.40 4 Rabobank 1.46 5 Caisse d'Epargne 5.34 6 Team Katusha 8.01 7 Team Milram 9.51 8 Andalucía Cajasur 9.57 9 Contentpolis-Ampo 11.19 10 Xacobeo Galicia 11 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 14.51 12 Skil-Shimano 28.41 Final General classification 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17.28.40 2 Tondovolpinixavier (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 0.02 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.03 4 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0.05 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.18 6 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.21 7 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0.23 9 Juan A Flechagiannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.34 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.51 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 0.57 12 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.32 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 1.39 14 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 15 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.50 16 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2.00 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.13 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.23 19 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.41 20 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.50 21 Samuel Sánchez González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.05 22 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.16 23 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.30 24 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha 4.55 25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 5.02 26 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 5.07 27 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.26 28 Dioni Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 5.30 29 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.32 30 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.34 31 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 5.35 33 Adrián Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 5.47 34 Sergio Dominguez Muñoz (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 5.50 35 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 5.57 36 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6.00 37 Pedro Fernández Hermida (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6.26 38 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6.49 39 Bjorn LeukemaDNS(Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6.53 40 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 9.01 41 Cadel EvaDNS(Aus) Silence-Lotto 9.52 42 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 11.15 43 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11.23 44 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 12.41 45 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 12.54 46 JeDNSMouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 12.58 47 Javier Aramendia Lorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.13 48 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 13.17 49 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13.23 50 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 14.22 51 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Caisse d'Epargne 15.04 52 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 15.54 53 Antonio Piedrapérez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 16.02 54 Julian Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 17.17 55 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 17.35 56 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18.29 57 Alberto Benítez Román (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 18.58 58 Josep Jufré Pou (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 20.28 59 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 20.41 60 José Luis Roldán Carmona (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 21.12 61 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.21 62 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 22.00 63 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.08 64 Francisco José Martínez Pérez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 24.27 65 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 40.57 Points classification 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58 pts 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 40 3 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 37 4 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 5 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 34 6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 30 7 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 26 8 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 26 9 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 10 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 18 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 12 Cadel EvaDNS(Aus) Silence-Lotto 16 13 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 14 14 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 13 15 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 16 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 17 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 19 JeDNSMouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 9 20 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 8 21 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 7 22 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 7 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 6 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 25 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 6 26 Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 27 Juan Antnio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 4 28 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 4 29 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 30 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 31 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1 Sprint classification 1 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 9 pts 2 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 8 3 Luis A Mate Mardones (Spa) Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 4 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 5 Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4 6 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 7 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 8 Francisco José Martínez (Spa) Andalucía Cajasur 2 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 2 10 Cadel EvaDNS(Aus) Silence-Lotto 1 11 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 52.27.09 2 Rabobank 1.02 3 Fuji-Servetto 1.25 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.55 5 Caisse d'Epargne 5.00 6 Team Milram 9.21 7 Andalucía Cajasur 10.02 8 Team Katusha 10.04 9 Xacobeo Galicia 11.36 10 Contentpolis-Ampo 11.41 11 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 15.13 12 Skil-Shimano 29.01
