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
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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