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Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2
Mexico, October 7-14, 2007
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Stage 4 - October 10: Guachochi - Creel, 157.3 km
Spanish day in Mexico
By Monika Prell in Creel
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Spain's Daniel Moreno (Relax GAM) won the fourth stage ahead of Mexican Antonio Aldape (Canels Turbo) and Javier Mejías (Saunier Duval), who became the new leader of the race, with a storming ride up the final climb to the mountain-top finish. "It was quite hard and I am glad to win," said Moreno after the race. "[The victory is for] my team-mates who worked for me and the others."
The start of today's fourth stage took place in the little town of Guachochi in the Sierra Tarahumara, where the previous day's stage concluded. After 157 mountainous kilometres the 89 riders would finish Stage 4 in the small town Creel. From the first kilometre the attacks were numerous and America's William Frischkorn (Team Slipstream) was the first to escape. Later Emilien Bergès (Agritubel), Edgardo Lugo (Canels Turbo), Will Routley (Symmetrics) and Santi Pérez (Relax GAM) took chase and were able to catch the rider. As the newly formed lead group reached the first mountain classification, which Frischkorn won, it had pulled the margin out to 3.17 minutes over the trailing peloton.
Carlos Nozal (Liberty Seguros) and David Muñoz (Fuerteventura Canarias) broke away from the main bunch at kilometre 66 in an attempt to catch the five riders. Muñoz succeeded in bridging, but with the peloton closing the gap to just 30 seconds Nozal decided to fall back into its grasp.
As Nozal dropped back into the peloton another doomed group attempted the crossing, with Javier Mejías (Saunier Duval), Will Routley (Symmetrics), Santi Pérez (Relax GAM) and Gregorio Ladino (Tecos) trying their luck but ultimately being chased down by the peloton.
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Just after Colombian Gregorio Ladino won the next mountains climb, Francisco Mancebo (Relax GAM) took to the lead and held out through to the third mountains climb, ahead of Gregorio Ladino and Daniel Moreno (Relax GAM).
Mancebo's lead would last for another 17 kilometres before the peloton hunted the Spaniard down. Ladino watched the race lead slip from his grasp as he suffered a mechanical problem and his team-mates in the same group disappeared into the distance. With his team-mates not waiting to assist Ladino get back into the group, the rider's 1.28 minute leading margin evaporated.
As the race entered its final kilometre the riders tackled the day's toughest ascent, where Moreno pounced to take the stage victory. Moreno rode away from his rivals Aldape and Mejías up the climb to finish a few hundred metres ahead.
Despite falling short in the final kilometre, Aldape was pleased with his second spot and content with his team's performance. "We reached to show a great effort, now we would like to save our position," said the Mexican of his intensions for the remaining three stages.
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The race's new leader Mejías is hopefully of holding his position through to the finish for his Saunier Duval Prodir squad, but sees another Spaniard as a huge threat to his position. "Mancebo is very dangerous, but I feel good and I am optimistic that I can save the leadership," he noted.
The riders will rest tomorrow before returning to action on Friday, where they will have to ride another 152 mountainous kilometres from Creel to Cuauhtémoc.
Photography
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Images by Monika Prell
- Spain's Daniel Moreno (Relax GAM) takes a convincing victory ahead of the rest day.
- Daniel Moreno (Relax GAM) celebrates on the podium after winning Stage 4.
- Podium (L-R): Antonio Aldape (Canels Turbo), Daniel Moreno (Relax GAM) and Javier Mejias (Saunier Duval Prodir).
- Spain's Javier Mejias (Saunier Duval Prodir) takes over the leader's jersey.
- Stage winner Daniel Moreno (Relax GAM) celebrates with countryman and new race leader Javier Mejias (Saunier Duval Prodir).
Results
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 4.14.53 (37.029 km/h) 2 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 0.10 3 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 6 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.15 7 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 8 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.26 9 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 10 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 11 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 12 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.33 13 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 14 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 0.41 17 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.48 18 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 19 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 0.50 20 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 1.24 21 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.33 22 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 2.44 23 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.32 24 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.57 26 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4.05 27 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 28 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4.32 29 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4.41 30 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 11.31 31 Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 11.36 32 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 11.56 33 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo 15.13 34 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 15.46 35 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 16.02 36 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 37 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 16.19 38 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven 19.21 39 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 19.24 40 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 19.44 41 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 19.57 42 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 21.36 43 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 44 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 45 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 21.42 46 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 21.50 47 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 22.09 48 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 22.43 49 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 50 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 51 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22.45 52 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 53 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 54 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 28.37 55 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 56 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 57 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 31.17 58 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 59 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 60 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 61 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 62 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 63 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 64 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 65 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 66 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 67 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 68 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 69 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer 31.43 70 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven 32.25 71 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 32.33 72 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 32.36 73 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 32.42 74 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 75 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer 32.57 76 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 33.05 77 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 33.29 78 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 39.10 79 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 80 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 81 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 82 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 43.00 83 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven 44.44 84 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 85 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 46.57 86 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 47.25 87 Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 54.10 88 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 89 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 55.29 Sprints 1 1 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 pts 2 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2 3 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 1 Points 1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 5 pts 2 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 3 3 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 Mountains 1 1 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 pts 2 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 3 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2 4 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1 2 1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 15 pts 2 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 12 3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 10 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 5 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 6 6 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 7 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 2 3 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 10 pts 2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 9 3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 4 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 5 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 5 6 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 3 4 1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 6 pts 2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 3 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 5 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 12.45.15 2 Team Slipstream 0.56 3 Canel's Turbo 1.24 4 Saunier Duval Prodir 4.39 5 Fuerte Ventura Canarias 5.17 6 Tecos Universidad Autonoma 7.03 7 Symetrics Cycling Team 15.15 8 Agritubel 23.06 9 Arenas Tlax 23.32 10 Liberty Seguros 28.31 11 Orven 50.49 12 Rica Burguer 1.23.13 13 Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.23.34 14 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua 1.39.53 General classification after stage 4 1 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.18.58 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 5 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.05 6 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.16 7 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.23 8 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 9 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.38 10 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 11 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 0.40 12 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1.06 13 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 1.16 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.53 15 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 3.08 16 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.19 17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 18 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3.26 19 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 20 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.26 21 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6.58 22 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 7.25 23 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.36 24 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 12.09 25 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 16.44 26 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 21.26 27 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22.35 28 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 27.16 29 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 27.26 30 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 29.54 31 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 30.37 32 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 30.49 33 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 31.22 34 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 33.20 35 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 35.04 36 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35.30 37 Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 40.15 38 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 41.39 39 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 43.34 40 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 41 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo 45.18 42 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 45.54 43 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 46.25 44 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 47.08 45 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven 49.25 46 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 49.40 47 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 49.48 48 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 50.05 49 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 51.44 50 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 51 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 51.50 52 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 52.53 53 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 53.24 54 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 53.51 55 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 58.22 56 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 58.45 57 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 1.01.24 58 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1.01.25 59 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 60 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 61 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 62 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 63 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 64 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer 1.01.47 65 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 1.07.31 66 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.09.56 67 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven 1.13.32 68 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 1.13.59 69 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.14.32 70 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 1.14.52 71 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.15.24 72 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.16.39 73 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 1.17.58 74 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.18.04 75 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.18.19 76 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.18.51 77 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer 1.19.10 78 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.24.32 79 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 80 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 81 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.28.22 82 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven 1.30.06 83 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 1.32.03 84 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 1.32.19 85 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.32.47 Points classsification 1 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 10 pts 2 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 9 3 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 7 4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 5 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7 7 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6 8 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 6 9 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 4 10 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 11 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 3 12 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 3 13 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2 12 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 16 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1 17 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 1 18 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 1 19 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountains classification 1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 46 pts 2 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 21 4 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 21 5 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 15 6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 15 7 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 8 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 9 9 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 8 10 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 11 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 6 12 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 6 13 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 14 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5 15 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5 16 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 4 17 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 18 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 3 19 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 20 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 21 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 22 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2 23 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 2 24 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 25 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 1 26 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1 27 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4.14.10 2 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.15 3 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 11.31 4 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo 15.13 5 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 16.02 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 19.57 7 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 28.37 8 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 31.17 9 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 39.10 10 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 46.57 11 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 47.25 12 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 54.10 13 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 55.29 Teams classification 1 Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 42.57.56 2 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 2.07 3 Fuerte Ventura Canarias 7.24 4 Tecos Universidad Autonoma 7.42 5 Canel's Turbo 13.55 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.00 7 Symmetrics Cycling Team 33.50 8 Agritubel 37.40 9 Liberty Seguros 43.05 10 Arenas Tlax 1.13.35 11 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 2.08.26 12 Orven 2.13.51 13 Rica Burguer 3.02.10 14 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua 3.55.33
