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The Stages:
Stage 4, Puente Genil - Jaen, 147.3 kms:1. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 3.50.52 2. TCHMIL, Andrei UKR LOTTO-MOBISTAR 3. MARTIN, M. Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 4. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES 5. HINCAPIE, Georgo USA US POSTAL SERVICE 6. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE 7. BALDINGER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 8. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 9. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL TVM-FARM FRITES 10. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 11. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS 12. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 13. ETXEBARRIA, Unai ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 14. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO 15. DIERCKXENS, Ludo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 16. MUSEEUW, Johan BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 17. HOJ, Frank DEN PALMANS-IDEAL 18. MERCADO, Juan M. ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 19. FARAZIJN, Peter BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 20. MORIN, Anthony FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 21. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 22. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE 23. WAUTERS, Marc BEL RABOBANK 24. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 25. GARCIA, Marcelino ESP ONCE 26. NIERMANN, Grischa GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 27. ETXEBARRIA, David ESP ONCE 28. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 29. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO 30. GONZALEZ, I¤igo ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 31. CASTRESANA, Angel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 32. CABELLO, Francisco ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 33. DEN BAKKER, Maarten NED RABOBANK 34. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 35. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 36. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 37. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 38. MEINERT, Peter DEN US POSTAL SERVICE 39. HERNANDEZ, Eduardo ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 40. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 41. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 42. BERZIN, Eugeni RUS LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 43. FERNANDEZ, Manuel ESP BANESTO 0.17 44. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 45. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.47 46. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES 1.47 47. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.47 48. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE 1.47 49. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 1.47 50. ELIZBURU, Jose M. ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.47 51. CORVERS, Frank BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 1.47 52. VAN HYFTE, Paul BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.47 53. SORENSEN, Rolf DEN RABOBANK 1.47 54. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Albert ESP ONCE 1.47 55. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 1.47 56. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM 1.47 57. AGGIANO, Elio ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 1.47 58. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO 1.47 59. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.47 60. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA US POSTAL SERVICE 1.47 61. GAUMONT, Philippe FRA COFIDIS 1.47 62. MATTAN, Nico BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.46 63. GLASNER, Bjorn GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 5.09 64. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 5.09 65. VILLANUEVA, Isaac ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 5.09 66. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 5.09 67. SCHOLZ, Timo GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 5.09 68. ALVES, Nuno POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 5.09 69. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 5.09 70. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO 5.09 71. KASPUTIS, Arturas LTU CASINO 5.09 72. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 5.09 73. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 5.09 74. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 5.09 75. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL US POSTAL SERVICE 5.09 76. SCHMIDT, Rico GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 5.09 77. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS 5.09 78. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 5.09 79. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM 9.41 80. SUNDERLAND, Scott AUS PALMANS-IDEAL 9.41 81. PAUWELS, Karl BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 9.41 82. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS 9.41 83. HORNER, Christopher USA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 12.30 84. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK 12.30 85. HIEMSTRA, Bert NED RABOBANK 12.30 86. ZABEL, Erik GER TELEKOM 12.30 87. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 12.30 88. GARCIA, Ignacio ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 12.30 89. WESEMANN, Steffen GER TELEKOM 12.30 90. SCHAFFRATH, Jan GER TELEKOM 12.30 91. PEREZ, Cesar ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 12.30 92. SAUERBORN, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 12.30 93. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 12.30 94. VAN DER WOLF, Michael NED TEAM GEROLSTEINER 12.30 95. FREIRE, Oscar ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 12.30 96. HEULOT, Stephane FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 12.30 97. JAN, Xavier FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 12.30 98. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 12.30 99. PARINUSSA, Stefan GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 16.14 100. FERNANDES, Philippe FRA TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 16.14 101. AGNOLUTTO, Christophe FRA CASINO 16.14 102. GRABSCH, Ralf GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 16.14 103. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 16.14 104. DURANT, Jacky FRA CASINO 16.14 105. BRAND, Hans-Kurt SUI CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 16.14 106. VAN MALDERGHEM, Steven BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 16.14 107. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 16.14 108. VANZELLA, Flavio ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 16.14 109. WEGMANN, Christian GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 16.14 110. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 16.14 111. BLANCO, Santiago ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 16.14 112. PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, Jav ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 16.14 113. BARRIGON, Josue ESP ONCE 16.14 114. DIAZ, Rafael ESP ONCE 16.14 115. WALZER, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 16.14 116. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE 16.14 117. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVES 16.14 118. PERON, Andrea ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 16.14 119. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS 16.14 120. HUNT, Jeremy GBR BANESTO 16.14 121. BERMEJO, Andres ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 16.14 122. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 16.14 123. GWIAZDOWSKI, Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 16.14 124. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-De BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 16.14 125. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP BANESTO 16.14 126. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 16.14 127. WILLIEMS, Ludwing BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 16.14 128. LASTRAS, Pablo ESP BANESTO 16.14 129. CAPELLE, Christophe FRA COFIDIS 16.14 130. SCHLICKAU, Michael GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 16.14 131. KINTANA, Aitor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 16.14 132. HENRIX, Sascha GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 16.14 133. MCEWEN, Robbie AUS RABOBANK 16.14 GC after Stage 4
1. GARCIA, Marcelino ESP ONCE 18.01.27 2. JALABERT, Laurent FRA ONCE 0.05 3. ETXEBARRIA, David ESP ONCE 0.10 4. VANDENBROUCKE, Frank BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 0.15 5. CABELLO, Francisco ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.27 6. SALMERON, Gines ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.32 7. EKIMOV, Vjatceslav RUS US POSTAL SERVICE 0.32 8. TCHMIL, Andrei UKR LOTTO-MOBISTAR 0.36 9. MERCADO, Juan M. ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.36 10. BESSY, Frederic FRA CASINO 0.36 11. MARTIN, M. Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 0.42 12. JAERMAN, Rolf SUI CASINO 0.42 13. JULICH, Bobby USA COFIDIS 0.50 14. ARMSTRONG, Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 0.50 15. FARAZIJN, Peter BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 0.50 16. GONZALEZ, I¤igo ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 0.55 17. GONZALEZ, Ramon ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 0.55 18. NIERMANN, Grischa GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 0.59 19. VAN PETEGEM, Peter BEL TVM-FARM FRITES 1.02 20. ETXEBARRIA, Unai ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.05 21. PEERS, Chris BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.16 22. GOMEZ, Jose Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.16 23. CASTRESANA, Angel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1.23 24. HOJ, Frank DEN PALMANS-IDEAL 1.26 25. DIERCKXENS, Ludo BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 1.26 26. LAVARINHAS, Rui POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 1.26 27. BALDINGER, Dirk GER TELEKOM 1.26 28. WAUTERS, Marc BEL RABOBANK 1.41 29. SEVILLA, Oscar ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 1.41 30. DEN BAKKER, Maarten NED RABOBANK 1.41 31. MIRANDA, Carmelo ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 1.47 32. RICHARD, Pascal SUI CASINO 1.47 33. HINCAPIE, Georgo USA US POSTAL SERVICE 2.24 34. MORIN, Anthony FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 2.24 35. HUNDERTMARK, Kai GER TELEKOM 2.28 36. FERNANDEZ, Manuel ESP BANESTO 2.41 37. HERNANDEZ, Eduardo ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 3.12 38. VAN HYFTE, Paul BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 3.25 39. LOPEZ, Oscar ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 3.25 40. MEINERT, Peter DEN US POSTAL SERVICE 3.34 41. BERZIN, Eugeni RUS LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 3.34 42. IVANOV, Serguei RUS TVM-FARM FRITES 3.51 43. ROBIN, Jean-Cyril FRA US POSTAL SERVICE 4.01 44. VICARIO, Juan Carlos ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 4.27 45. GONZALEZ, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 4.32 46. VALLS, Tomas ESP TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 4.38 47. PEETERS, Wilfried BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 48. MUSEEUW, Johan BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 4.38 49. OUTSCHAKOV, Serguei UKR TVM-FARM FRITES 4.38 50. SIERRA, Roberto ESP ONCE 5.01 51. SALMON, Benoit FRA CASINO 5.05 52. SORENSEN, Rolf DEN RABOBANK 5.33 53. DIETZ, Bert GER TELEKOM 6.06 54. LEYSEN, Bart BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 6.25 55. AGGIANO, Elio ITA VITALICIO SEGUROS 6.58 56. NIETO, German ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 7.42 57. BELTRAN, Manuel ESP BANESTO 8.04 58. SCHMIDT, Rico GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 8.29 59. GAMITO, Victor Manuel POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 8.36 60. BARANOWSKI, Dariusz POL US POSTAL SERVICE 9.04 61. LEAZNIBARRUTIA, Alberto ESP ONCE 9.10 62. LOMBARDI, Giovanni ITA TELEKOM 9.34 63. GAUMONT, Philippe FRA COFIDIS 9.45 64. KASPUTIS, Arturas LTU CASINO 9.47 65. MOREAU, Francis FRA COFIDIS 9.47 66. VAN HEESWIJK, Max NED RABOBANK 11.30 67. SCHOLZ, Timo GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 11.39 68. HEPPNER, Jens GER TELEKOM 11.51 69. SUNDERLAND, Scott AUS PALMANS-IDEAL 12.09 70. STEELS, Tom BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 12.19 71. PLAZA, David ESP COFIDIS 12.26 72. MICHAELSEN, Lars DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 12.36 73. MATTAN, Nico BEL MAPEI-BRICOBI 12.58 74. JAN, Xavier FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 14.08 75. FREIRE, Oscar ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 14.47 76. VILLANUEVA, Isaac ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 16.21 77. PAUWELS, Karl BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 16.32 78. ZABEL, Erik GER TELEKOM 17.08 79. SCHAFFRATH, Jan GER TELEKOM 17.08 80. HEULOT, Stephane FRA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 17.18 81. WESEMANN, Steffen GER TELEKOM 18.54 82. SAUERBORN, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 19.09 83. GARCIA, Ignacio ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 19.09 84. MCEWEN, Robbie AUS RABOBANK 19.20 85. EDO, Angel ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 19.25 86. MOLLER, Claus Michael DEN TVM-FARM FRITES 20.39 87. HORNER, Christopher USA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 20.48 88. CAPELLE, Christophe FRA COFIDIS 20.52 89. VAN BON, Leon NED RABOBANK 21.08 90. FLORES, Igor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 21.19 91. CORVERS, Frank BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 22.03 92. HENRIX, Sascha GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 22.44 93. BLANCO, Santiago ESP VITALICIO SEGUROS 22.44 94. DIAZ, Rafael ESP ONCE 22.53 95. GARMENDIA, Aitor ESP BANESTO 22.53 96. PEREZ, Cesar ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 23.42 97. MAULEON, Javier ESP ONCE 23.42 98. HUNT, Jeremy GBR BANESTO 24.29 99. BERMEJO, Andres ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 24.38 100. VERZIAGI, Stefano ITA ESTEPONA-BREPAC 25.25 101. ALVES, Nuno POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 25.25 102. JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP BANESTO 25.25 103. BRAMATI, Davide ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 26.58 104. ELIZBURU, Jose M. ESP ESTEPONA-BREPAC 28.37 105. BARRIGON, Josue ESP ONCE 29.02 106. PERON, Andrea ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 29.02 107. PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, Javier ESP KELME-COSTA BLANCA 30.42 108. VAN MALDERGHEM, Steven BEL PALMANS-IDEAL 30.58 109. RINCON, Oliverio COL VITALICIO SEGUROS 31.38 110. HIEMSTRA, Bert NED RABOBANK 32.46 111. VAN DER WOLF, Michael NED TEAM GEROLSTEINER 32.46 112. ZANINI, Stefano ITA MAPEI-BRICOBI 32.46 113. DURANT, Jacky FRA CASINO 33.35 114. GARCIA, Jose Vicente ESP BANESTO 33.38 115. GRABSCH, Ralf GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 36.30 116. FERNANDES, Philippe FRA TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 36.30 117. LIVINGSTON, Kevin USA COFIDIS 36.30 118. VANZELLA, Flavio ITA LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX 36.30 119. SCHLICKAU, Michael GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 36.30 120. WEGMANN, Christian GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 37.22 121. LASTRAS, Pablo ESP BANESTO 43.04 122. MATIAS, Raul POR TROIAMARISCO-P.RAVESSA 43.04 123. KINTANA, Aitor ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 43.15 124. LAFIS, Michael SWE TVM-FARM FRITES 45.16 125. WILLIEMS, Ludwing BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 45.24 126. WALZER, Andreas GER CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 45.27 127. GLASNER, Bjorn GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 48.16 128. GWIAZDOWSKI, Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 52.49 129. BRAND, Hans-Kurt SUI CONTINENTAL-OLYMPIA 57.26 130. VANDENBROUCKE, Jean-Denis BEL LOTTO-MOBISTAR 59.13 131. VIERHOUTEN, Aart NED RABOBANK 59.51 132. AGNOLUTTO, Christophe FRA CASINO 1.00.06 133. PARINUSSA, Stefan GER TEAM GEROLSTEINER 1.03.17Brief Spanish rider Marcelino García, from Team ONCE is the virtual winner of the 44th edition of la Vuelta a Andalucía after the excellent control exercised by his ONCE team throughout the penultimate stage. Dutchman Max van Heeswijk, from Team Rabobank won the stage. The 147kms of the fourth stage, between Puente Genil & Jaén, were covered by Van Heeswijk in 3:50:52, at an average speed of 38.2 km/hr. The general classification didn't suffer any changes in the top places, with the ONCE riders dominating. ONCE's strength was obvious from the first kilometers, and they worked to prevent their closest rivals from making things harder. This would be the theme for most of the stage - monotony ruled while they waited for the climb of Alto de La Pandera, a category 1, which was located 28kms from the finish. The peloton was stirred into action in the first kilometers of thi 8km climb, which in some sections was around 8%. But ONCE didn't want any surprises and they kept vigilant throughout. Team Kelme launched García Camacho, who was able to open a gap of up to 3 minutes, but ONCE maintained a high tempo up front, the proof of this being that the first to make the top of the climb was Laurent Jalabert. The descent was rough and the most significant thing was a flat tire by David Etxeberría, teammate of leader Marcelino García. He quickly rejoined the group. Almost at the finish, Kelme moved to the front to try to setup their sprinter for a good finish. But Van Heeswijk, who usually is the setup man for McEwen, would take advantage of Kelme's work and make it two wins for Team Rabobank. The fifth and last stage will be tomorrow between Ubeda and Granada, over 150 kms, which should be a mere formality for overall leader Marcelino García. |