Posted by Editoress on 04/7/11
Results from the fourth stage of Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, in Spain won by Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Ryder Hesjedal (Team Garmin-Cervelo) finished 15th on the stage and sits 5th overall.
| Stage 4: Amurrio to Eibar (Arrate), 179 Km | |
| 1 Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4:42:34 |
| 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | |
| 3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 6 Xavier Tondo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack | |
| 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 9 Beñat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 10 David Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | all s.t. |
| 12 Chris Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:32 |
| 13 Fabio Andrés Duarte (Col) Geox-TMC | s.t. |
| 14 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 0:47 |
| 15 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 16 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | both s.t. |
| 17 David Arroyo (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:51 |
| 18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 1:16 |
| 19 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling | 1:22 |
| 20 José Herrada (Esp) Caja Rural | s.t. |
| 21 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | both s.t. |
| 22 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 1:25 |
| 23 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1:30 |
| 24 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | |
| 25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | both s.t. |
| 26 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:43 |
| 27 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | |
| 28 Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 29 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 31 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | all s.t. |
| 32 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad | 1:51 |
| 33 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 1:55 |
| 34 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 35 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack | both s.t. |
| 36 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 2:06 |
| 37 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3:02 |
| 38 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 39 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Sky Procycling | |
| 40 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 41 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 42 Alberto Losada (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 43 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 44 Daniel Moreno (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 45 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | |
| 46 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 47 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 3:32 |
| 48 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | |
| 49 Egoitz Garcia (Esp) Caja Rural | both s.t. |
| 50 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 4:27 |
| 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 | all s.t. |
| 55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling | 5:00 |
| 56 Javier Moreno (Esp) Caja Rural | 5:01 |
| 57 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Geox-TMC | 6:03 |
| 58 Egoi Martínez (Esp) 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 | all s.t. |
| 63 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 6:09 |
| 64 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | |
| 65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | both s.t. |
| 66 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | 6:51 |
| 67 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack | 7:37 |
| 68 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 69 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | both s.t. |
| 70 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 7:58 |
| 71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 72 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 7:59 |
| 73 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | s.t. |
| 74 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team | 8:46 |
| 75 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 9:35 |
| 76 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 10:17 |
| 77 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 78 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 10:22 |
| 79 Iñaki Isasi (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 11:40 |
| 80 Ivan Velasco (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 81 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | 12:03 |
| 82 Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad | 12:49 |
| 83 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Esp) Caja Rural | 13:22 |
| 84 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 13:45 |
| 85 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team RadioShack | s.t. |
| 86 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling | 16:59 |
| 87 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 88 J. Vicente García Acosta (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 89 Markel Irizar (Esp) Team RadioShack | |
| 90 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 91 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| 92 Juan José Cobo (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 93 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 94 Garikoitz Bravo (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 95 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| 96 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | |
| 97 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 98 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 99 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 100 Josep Jufré (Esp) 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 Fernandez (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| 112 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 113 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Esp) Lampre - ISD | |
| 114 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 115 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD | |
| 116 Rigoberto 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 (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 121 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 122 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 123 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek | |
| 124 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | |
| 125 Óscar Freire (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 126 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 127 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| 128 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | all s.t. |
| 129 Aitor Galdos (Esp) Caja Rural | 21:31 |
| 130 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 131 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 132 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 133 Juan Jose Oroz (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 134 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 135 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek | |
| 136 David De La Fuente (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 137 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 138 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad | |
| 139 Johann Tschopp (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 140 Pablo Urtasun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 141 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 142 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 143 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad | 23:43 |
| DNF Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| DNF Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | |
| DNF Noe Gianetti (Sui) Geox-TMC | |
| DNF Iñigo Cuesta (Esp) Caja Rural | |
| DNF Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
| DNF Rafael Valls (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| GC | |
| 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Katusha Team | 17:12:43 |
| 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack | |
| 3 Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | both s.t. |
| 4 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:01 |
| 5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:06 |
| 6 Xavier Tondo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 8 David Lopez (Esp) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 9 Beñat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:09 |
| 10 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 0:10 |
| 11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 0:18 |
| 12 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | 1:03 |
| 13 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:23 |
| 14 Chris Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:26 |
| 15 Luis León Sánchez (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 1:29 |
| 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek | 1:34 |
| 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:48 |
| 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 1:49 |
| 19 Fabio Andrés Duarte (Col) Geox-TMC | 2:13 |
| 20 David Arroyo (Esp) Movistar Team | 2:17 |
| 21 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling | 2:28 |
| 22 José Herrada (Esp) Caja Rural | 2:40 |
| 23 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad | 2:58 |
| 24 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | 3:07 |
| 25 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 3:22 |
| 26 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana | 3:44 |
| 27 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team | 4:05 |
| 28 Daniel Moreno (Esp) Katusha Team | 5:22 |
| 29 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 6:01 |
| 30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | 6:02 |
| 31 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 6:03 |
| 32 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 6:28 |
| 33 Javier Moreno (Esp) Caja Rural | 6:29 |
| 34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team | 6:45 |
| 35 Egoitz Garcia (Esp) Caja Rural | 7:02 |
| 36 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Geox-TMC | 7:36 |
| 37 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack | 8:01 |
| 38 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 10:26 |
| 39 Jacob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | 10:45 |
| 40 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 11:01 |
| 41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 11:07 |
| 42 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 12:10 |
| 43 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 12:16 |
| 44 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 12:50 |
| 45 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 13:17 |
| 46 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad | 13:47 |
| 47 Xabier Zandio (Esp) Sky Procycling | 13:50 |
| 48 Ivan Velasco (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 13:53 |
| 49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team | 14:08 |
| 50 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 15:09 |
| 51 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 15:23 |
| 52 Amets Txurruka (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 15:32 |
| 53 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 15:59 |
| 54 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 16:27 |
| 55 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 16:53 |
| 56 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | 16:58 |
| 57 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana | 17:04 |
| 58 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 17:21 |
| 59 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Sky Procycling | 17:41 |
| 60 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad | 18:36 |
| 61 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team | 18:59 |
| 62 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team | 19:03 |
| 63 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale | 19:06 |
| 64 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling | 19:39 |
| 65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 20:48 |
| 66 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 20:53 |
| 67 Egoi Martínez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 21:11 |
| 68 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 21:21 |
| 69 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 22:12 |
| 70 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team | 22:26 |
| 71 Alberto Losada (Esp) Katusha Team | 23:21 |
| 72 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 24:01 |
| 73 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack | 24:26 |
| 74 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard | 25:05 |
| 75 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 25:34 |
| 76 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling | 25:56 |
| 77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek | 26:06 |
| 78 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 27:12 |
| 79 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack | 27:51 |
| 80 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team | 28:08 |
| 81 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | 28:20 |
| 82 Óscar Freire (Esp) Rabobank Cycling Team | 28:48 |
| 83 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team | 29:04 |
| 84 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 29:54 |
| 85 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 30:30 |
| 86 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 31:04 |
| 87 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 31:16 |
| 88 Markel Irizar (Esp) Team RadioShack | 31:50 |
| 89 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 33:26 |
| 90 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling | 33:45 |
| 91 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 34:39 |
| 92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 35:13 |
| 93 Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 36:25 |
| 94 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 36:34 |
| 95 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 37:36 |
| 96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | 39:25 |
| 97 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 39:33 |
| 98 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | 40:34 |
| 99 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek | 40:55 |
| 100 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 42:12 |
| 101 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team | 42:47 |
| 102 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 43:17 |
| 103 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 43:31 |
| 104 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard | 43:31 |
| 105 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 43:31 |
| 106 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 43:32 |
| 107 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling | 44:04 |
| 108 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 44:05 |
| 109 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team | 44:28 |
| 110 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Esp) Lampre - ISD | 45:05 |
| 111 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | 45:18 |
| 112 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 45:21 |
| 113 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 45:21 |
| 114 Juan José Cobo (Esp) Geox-TMC | 45:26 |
| 115 Iñaki Isasi (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 45:31 |
| 116 Pablo Urtasun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 45:44 |
| 117 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 46:02 |
| 118 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 47:55 |
| 119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 47:58 |
| 120 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Esp) Caja Rural | 49:07 |
| 121 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek | 50:39 |
| 122 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek | 50:39 |
| 123 Juan Jose Oroz (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 50:49 |
| 124 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 51:05 |
| 125 J. Vicente García Acosta (Esp) Movistar Team | 51:28 |
| 126 Johann Tschopp (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 53:14 |
| 127 David De La Fuente (Esp) Geox-TMC | 53:24 |
| 128 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 53:57 |
| 129 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad | 54:42 |
| 130 Josep Jufré (Esp) Pro Team Astana | 57:40 |
| 131 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 58:38 |
| 132 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 59:05 |
| 133 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 59:05 |
| 134 Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad | 59:18 |
| 135 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team RadioShack | 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 Fernandez (Esp) Caja Rural | 1:03:45 |
| 140 Garikoitz Bravo (Esp) Caja Rural | 1:06:38 |
| 141 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 1:08:20 |
| 142 Aitor Galdos (Esp) Caja Rural | 1:08:47 |
| 143 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard | 1:12:51 |
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