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Euskal Bizikleta - 2.HC
Spain, June 1-5, 2005
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Stage 4a - June 4: Murgia-Zuia - Abadiño , 89km
Another for Vicioso, as Jimenez crashes
The short but sharp morning stage on the fourth day of the Euskal Bizikleta saw Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) take his second victory in this race so far, while leader Eladio Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) crashed and missed the winning break of 18 and finished up losing 1'19 to his close rivals Adrian Palomares (Kaiku) Aketza Peña (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and Jure Golcer (Acqua & Sapone). Jimenez still has a 1'42 lead over Palomares going into this afternoon's 13.7 km time trial, but his buffer is not as comfortable.
The 89 km stage between Murgia-Zuia and Abadiño started shortly before 10:00am with 88 riders signing on, although Alessandro D'Andrea (Acqua e Sapone) pulled out after 8 km. It was an aggressive start to the stage as 14 riders got clear after 27 km: Barredo, Navarro (Liberty), Albizu (Euskaltel), Perez (Relax), Ruiz De Larrinaga (Kaiku), Cox (Barloworld), Berthou and Martin (RAGT), Aggiano and Masolino (LPR), Donati (Acqua), Galletti (Naturino), Perez Moreno and Villegas (Orbea). The group pulled 2'05 out of the peloton after 49 km, but a concerted chase by Euskaltel had the leaders back to under a minute after 60 km.
Aggiano won the intermediate sprint at Eibar (km 64) ahead of Perez and Donati, but as the group started on the first ramps of the Elgeta climb, the gap had dropped to 42 seconds. Angel Vicioso (Liberty) and Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) attacked out of the peloton and made it up to the leading group, which splintered. At the top of the Cat. 2 Karabieta climb with 16 km to go, Daniel Navarro (Liberty) and Joseba Albizu (Euskaltel) crossed first, with a 20 second gap to a group of riders led by David Herrero (Euskaltel).
It was then that disaster struck leader Jimenez, as he crashed and missed getting across to the front group, where Palomares, Peña, and Golcer were. The lead group now numbered 18 riders and it had four Liberty Seguros men in it, who were doing their utmost to ensure that the group stayed away for Vicioso to try to win his second stage. The stage 1 winner did not let the team down, and sprinted to victory in Abadiño ahead of Aitor Hernandez (LPR) and Massimiliano Gentili (Naturino). The battered Jimenez came in 1'19 down in a similarly sized group.
Results
1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.02.09 2 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 3 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 4 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 7 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 13 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 14 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 18 David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 19 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 1.19 20 Ruben Perez (Spa) Orbea 21 Gustavo Dominguez (Spa) Orbea 22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 23 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 24 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Kaiku 27 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 29 Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga (Spa) Kaiku 30 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 31 Santo Anza (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 32 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 33 Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barloworld-Valsir 34 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Dailos Diaz (Spa) Orbea 37 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 38 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39 Raul Garcia De Mateo (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.24 40 Yon Bru (Spa) Kaiku 41 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) Kaiku 42 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 44 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.45 45 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 46 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 47 Daniele Masolino (Ita) Team L.P.R. 5.29 48 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.20 49 David Plaza (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 50 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Félix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld-Valsir 52 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 53 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 54 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 55 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 56 Luca Nardello (Ita) Team L.P.R. 57 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.10 59 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 60 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 61 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 63 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 64 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Comunidad Valenciana 65 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Julio Lopez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 67 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 68 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Orbea 69 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 71 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 72 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 73 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 74 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 75 Jose Almagro (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 76 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 77 Gustavo Cesar (Spa) Kaiku 78 Xabat Ochotorena (Spa) Orbea 79 David Muñoz (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 80 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Orbea 82 Aaron Villegas (Spa) Orbea 83 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 84 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 86 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 11.18 87 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Alessandro D'andrea (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil Points 1 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 pts 2 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Team L.P.R. 20 3 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 16 4 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 12 6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 10 7 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 8 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Team L.P.R. 8 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 10 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 11 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Team Barloworld-Valsir 4 13 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 3 14 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Mountains Karabieta - Cat. 2, km 73 1 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 pts 2 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Metas volantes Venta Fria, km 27,9 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1 Eibar, km 64,3 1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 pts 2 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 3 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.06.27 2 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Team Barloworld-Valsir 4 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1.19 5 Team L.P.R. 6 Kaiku 2.38 7 Comunidad Valenciana 3.57 8 Orbea 9 Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 4.43 10 R.A.G.T. Semences 7.23 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.40 12 Relax Fuenlabrada 25.44 13 Agritubel 33.30 General classification after stage 4a 1 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14.12.56 2 Adrian Palomares (Spa) Kaiku 1.42 3 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.29 4 Jure Golcer (Slo) Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil 6.19
