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February 20/10 11:20 am - Volta ao Algarve: Stage 4


Posted by Editoress on 02/20/10
 

Team RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler won the 4th stage in the Tour of Algarve (Portugal) on Saturday. The Belgian was the strongest rider after a solo effort of 28 kilometres on a demanding stage. In Tavira he had 58 second advantage to 5 other riders who had been part of his original breakaway.

Rosseler was not present in an early breakaway, but jumped to the front group of riders after 40 K of racing. With his companions Iljo Keisse, Preben Vanhecke, Egoi Martínez, Mickael Delage and Imanol Irviti he managed to stay in the front the entire day. The six got to a maximum advantage of 5-minutes, 10-seconds.  Team Astana and HTC-Columbia chased and drew closer but then Rosseler attacked. Nobody could follow the hard rider from Belgium.  He took up to 54 seconds. Delage was the fastest rider of the former breakaway group. The peloton finished at 3 minutes.

“What a surprise!” said Sébastien Rosseler after the stage. “Yesterday I felt so tired, but this morning I was motivated again. I intended to work for Tiago Machado and Levi Leipheimer, to keep them out of the wind but then I saw the opportunity to jump to the breakaway. This was maybe a chance to help the Team to a first victory of the season. We all expected a mass sprint but as Gert Steegmans is not here any more, we knew we had to take other initiatives. I dedicate this victory to Gert anyway. I hope he will get ready for the first races in Belgium next weekend. I am so happy. Thanks to my Team Directors.”

“I told  Séba to attack as the peloton was coming closer,” said Team Director José Azevedo. “It was better to attack when the gap was still 3 minutes than when it was 1 minute. It was hard for Séba, but he is so strong…”

“Never give Rosseler 100 meter advantage. You will not catch him,” added Team Director Dirk Demol. “We saw that he was the strongest rider uphill. With fast guys like Delage and Keisse, we could not take any risk. What a strong guy Rosseler is! The course was very hard, but he impressed us the whole day. I think we have not yet seen the best of him. Séba is one of our key riders for the classics. I think he will be ready for it.”

 

Team RadioShack press release

 

 

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Stage 4: V.R.S Antonio (Cacela) to Tavira 169km
1 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team Radioshack 4:12:46
2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto at 0:20
3 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator both s.t.
5 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:24
6 Iljio Keisse (Bel) Quick Step 2:50
7 André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 3:00
8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
9 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
11 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne
12 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
13 Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
15 Luis L. Sanchez (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne
16 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Cycling
17 Bruno Saraiva (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano
18 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step
19 Alberto Contador (Esp) Astana
20 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne
21 Boeckmans. Kris (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
22 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne
23 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly
24 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
25 Filipe Cardoso (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis
26 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC - Columbia
27 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step
29 Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto
30 Yoann Ofredo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
31 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia
33 Kim Kirehen (Lux) Team Katusha
34 Marcos Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia
35 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank
36 Constantino Zaballa (Esp) C C Loulé- Louletano
37 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
38 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Boavista
39 Edgar Pinto (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis
40 Matthiev Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
41 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia
42 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper
43 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne
44 Jean C. Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
45 Joan Horrach (Esp) Team Katusha
46 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
47 Santiago Perez (Esp) C C Loulé- Louletano
48 Alexander Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
49 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto
50 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
51 Alejandro Marque (Esp) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
52 Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
53 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack
54 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack
55 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
56 Grégory Rast (Sui) Team Radioshack
57 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin -Transitions
58 David Blanco (Esp) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
59 Juan J. Oroz (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
61 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
62 David Arroyo (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne
63 Mathew Wilson (Aus) Garmin -Transitions
64 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank
65 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Cycling
66 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne
67 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly
68 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
69 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto
70 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha
71 Mario Costa (Por) Barbot-Siper
72 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
73 Cesar Fonte (Por) Barbot-Siper
74 Vicente Reynes (Esp) Team HTC - Columbia
75 Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team
76 Hernani Broco (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis
77 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis Credit En Ligne
78 Ronan Mc Laughlin (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly
79 David Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia
80 Daniel Mestre (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
81 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 Mikel Nieve (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
83 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto
84 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil Cycling
85 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha
86 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne
87 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
88 David De La Fuente (Esp) Astana
89 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
90 Oliver Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
91 Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia
92 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
93 Joao Benta (Por) Madeinox-Boavista
94 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis
95 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
96 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Cycling
97 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin -Transitions
98 Hugo Sabido (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis
99 Celestino Pinho (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano
100 Daniel Silva (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano
101 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank
102 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Cycling
103 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira
104 David Bernabeu (Esp) Barbot-Siper
105 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox-Boavista
106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
107 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
108 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step
109 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia
110 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
111 Igor Anton (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
112 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team
113 Jose De Segovia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia
114 Kim Borry (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly
115 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Madeinox-Boavista
116 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto
117 Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne
118 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
119 David Millar (GBr) Garmin -Transitions
120 Angel Madrazo (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne
121 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Omega Pharma-Lotto
122 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
123 Daniel Navarro (Esp) Astana all s.t.
124 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 3:26
125 Jose Mendes (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 3:28
126 Jesus Hernandez (Esp) Astana 3:44
127 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 3:00
128 Pedro Soeiro (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano 7:56
129 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 11:11
130 Oscar Pujol (Esp) Cervelo Test Team 12:47
131 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly 12:48
132 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 12:48
133 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia 15:33
134 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team
135 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha
136 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
137 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Xacobeo Galicia
138 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Siper
139 Bruno Sancho (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis
140 Bruno Pinto (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano
141 Ezequiel Mosquera (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia
142 Joaquin Ortega (Esp) Barbot-Siper
143 Benjamin Noval (Esp) Astana
144 Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
145 Gustavo Cesar (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia all s.t.
 
GC
1 Alberto Contador (Esp) Astana 19:36:03
2 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack at 0:15
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack 0:28
4 Samuel Sanchez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:35
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia s.t.
6 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 0:40
7 Luis L. Sanchez (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 0:43
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
9 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha all s.t.
11 Joan Horrach (Esp) Team Katusha 0:47
12 Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:54
13 Carlos Barredo (Esp) Quick Step 0:55
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin -Transitions 1:01
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step
16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto both s.t.
17 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 1:05
18 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC - Columbia 1:06
19 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:10
20 David Blanco (Esp) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira s.t.
21 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 1:15
22 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto
23 Juan J. Oroz (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi
24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank all s.t.
25 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Cycling 1:21
26 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
27 Santiago Perez (Esp) C C Loulé- Louletano both s.t.
28 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack 1:26
29 Jean C. Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:27
30 Sergey Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:31
31 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Cycling 1:36
32 Matthiev Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
33 Alexander Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
34 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank all s.t.
35 Mikel Nieve (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:42
36 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 1:45
37 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:53
38 Sergio Sousa (Por) Madeinox-Boavista 1:54
39 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 1:57
40 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
41 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin -Transitions 1:59
42 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
43 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 2:08
44 Bruno Pires (Por) Barbot-Siper
45 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step both s.t.
46 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 2:16
47 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto 2:17
48 Imanol Erviti (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 2:25
49 Vicente Reynes (Esp) Team HTC - Columbia 2:38
50 Igor Anton (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:55
51 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 3:26
52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4:03
53 Grégory Rast (Sui) Team Radioshack 4:15
54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 4:30
55 Daniel Navarro (Esp) Astana s.t.
56 Egoi Martinez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4:38
57 André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 5:17
58 Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto s.t.
59 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 6:07
60 Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 6:42
61 Celestino Pinho (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano s.t.
62 Henrique Casimiro (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 7:17
63 Gorka Verdugo (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7:18
64 Hernani Broco (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 7:25
65 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 7:46
66 Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto 7:58
67 Filipe Cardoso (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 8:34
68 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 9:07
69 Kim Kirehen (Lux) Team Katusha 9:30
70 David De La Fuente (Esp) Astana 10:39
71 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 10:43
72 Alejandro Marque (Esp) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 10:53
73 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team Radioshack 12:21
74 Cesar Fonte (Por) Barbot-Siper s.t.
75 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 13:22
76 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 13:33
77 David Bernabeu (Esp) Barbot-Siper 13:58
78 Marcos Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia 14:03
79 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto s.t.
80 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 14:14
81 Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia 14:16
82 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Cycling 14:26
83 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 14:28
84 Constantino Zaballa (Esp) C C Loulé- Louletano 14:46
85 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Cycling 14:51
86 Jose Mendes (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 15:02
87 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 16:47
88 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto 16:50
89 Mario Costa (Por) Barbot-Siper s.t.
90 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16:53
91 Joaquim Sampaio (Por) Madeinox-Boavista 17:14
92 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Xacobeo Galicia 17:18
93 Ezequiel Mosquera (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia 17:25
94 David Arroyo (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 17:31
95 Koldo Fernandez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18:12
96 Oliver Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 19:14
97 Mathew Wilson (Aus) Garmin -Transitions 19:16
98 David Millar (GBr) Garmin -Transitions s.t.
99 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 19:17
100 Bruno Saraiva (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano 20:00
101 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Madeinox-Boavista 20:07
102 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 20:40
103 Pedro Soeiro (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano 21:53
104 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 21:55
105 Angel Madrazo (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne 22:18
106 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 22:29
107 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 22:44
108 Jesus Hernandez (Esp) Astana 23:10
109 Oscar Pujol (Esp) Cervelo Test Team 23:32
110 Yoann Ofredo (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 23:45
111 Ronan Mc Laughlin (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly 23:58
112 Joao Benta (Por) Madeinox-Boavista 24:16
113 Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 24:35
114 Edgar Pinto (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 25:06
115 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 25:49
116 Daniel Mestre (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 25:55
117 Kim Borry (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 27:13
118 Jose De Segovia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia 27:13
119 David Garcia (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia 28:19
120 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis Credit En Ligne 29:23
121 Iljio Keisse (Bel) Quick Step 29:27
122 David O'Loughlin (Irl) An Post-Sean Kelly 30:23
123 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 30:38
124 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 34:52
125 Daniel Silva (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano 35:17
126 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 36:32
127 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Omega Pharma-Lotto 37:47
128 Boeckmans. Kris (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 37:56
129 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil Cycling 37:57
130 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha 38:08
131 Hugo Sabido (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 38:18
132 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Tavira 39:53
133 Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 41:38
134 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 41:48
135 Benjamin Noval (Esp) Astana 42:42
136 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 42:45
137 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 42:53
138 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post-Sean Kelly 49:32
139 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia 51:22
140 Sergio Ribeiro (Por) Barbot-Siper 52:26
141 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 52:37
142 Gustavo Cesar (Esp) Xacobeo Galicia 54:17
143 Bruno Pinto (Por) C C Loulé- Louletano 54:41
144 Bruno Sancho (Por) La- Rota Dos Moveis 55:23
145 Joaquin Ortega (Esp) Barbot-Siper 1:01:15

 

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