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Report & results Past Winners Previous Stage Next stage Stage 4 - August 29: Valdepeñas-Albacete, 159 kmStage four is an undulating 159 kilometre haul from Valdepeñas to Albacete. This should be the chance for the sprinters so far to take a stage before the race takes an upward turn tomorrow. Albacete has about 130,000 inhabitants is the most populous city of the Castilla La Mancha region. It is situated at nearly 700 metres above sea level on a vast plateau and is the capital of its province (total pop. 360,000). Its important economies are knives, timber and agricultural products. Stage profile
1942 Julian Berrendero (Spa) 1947 Delio Rodriguez (Spa) 1956 Miguel Poblet (Spa) 1961 José Peréz-Francis (Spa) 1973 Gerben Karstens (Ned) 1982 Domenique Arnaud (Fra) 1985 Sean Kelly (Irl) 1986 Jon Eguiarte (Spa) 1987 Sean (2) Kelly (Irl) 1988 Mathieu Hermans (Ned) 1989 Stefano Allochio (Ita) 1990 Uwe Raab (Ger) 1992 Djamolidin Abdujaparov (Uzb) 1993 Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) 1996 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 1999 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin
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