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29th Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia - 2.1
Spain, March 4-8, 2009
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Stage 4 - March 7: Alhama de Murcia - Alhama de Murcia, 156.1km
Plaza takes season's first in Murcia
Rubén Plaza used his form that gave him third overall in the Volta ao Algarve to win stage four of the Vuelta a Murcia in Alhama de Murcia, Spain, on Saturday. The Spaniard of team Liberty Seguros won ahead of José Herrada (Contentpolis-Ampo) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank).
Russia's Menchov gained enough time on overnight leader Frantisek Rabon (Columbia-Highroad) over the 156.1-kilometre stage to move into the overall lead. The two-time Vuelta a España winner leads the general classification over Plaza and teammate Pieter Weening.
Stage four featured two climbs – Alto de la Perdiz and Alto del Collado Bermejo. The second 1150-metre climb left 23 downhill kilometres to the finish line.
Menchov faces tomorrow's fifth and final stage before he can claim the race overall. The 142.5-kilometre stage from Santiago de la Ribera to Murcia features three category three climbs; the final comes 11 kilometres to the finish. (GB)
Results
1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.09.34 (37.53 km/h) 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 5 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 7 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 9 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.31 12 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 1.15 13 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 14 Carlos Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.23 16 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 17 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.50 18 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 19 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 20 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 21 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 4.54 22 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 23 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 7.03 24 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 11.00 25 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 11.06 26 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 27 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 28 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 29 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 30 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 11.31 31 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 18.03 33 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 35 Pedro Merino (Spa) Spanish National Team 36 José Vicente García (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 37 Hubb Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 38 José Mendes (Por) Liberty Seguros 39 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 40 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 41 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 42 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 43 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 44 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 45 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 47 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 48 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 50 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 51 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 52 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 53 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 54 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 55 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 56 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 57 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 58 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 59 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 18.18 60 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 26.51 61 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 62 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 63 Vicente García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 64 Claudio Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 65 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 66 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 67 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 68 Aitor Aznar (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 69 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Spanish National Team 70 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 71 Andrés Vigil (Spa) Spanish National Team 72 Egoitz García (Spa) Spanish National Team 73 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 74 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Spanish National Team 75 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 76 Dmytro Chuzhda (Ukr) Andorra - Grandvalira 77 Javier Chacón (Spa) Spanish National Team 78 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 79 Iván Raña (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 80 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 81 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 82 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 83 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 84 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 85 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 86 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 87 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 88 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 89 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 90 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 91 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Aitor Galdós (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 94 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 95 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream DNS Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream DNS Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne DNF Manuel Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros DNF Jesús Merino (Spa) Spanish National Team Points 1 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 pts 2 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 20 3 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 4 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 14 5 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 7 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 9 8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 8 9 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6 11 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 12 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 4 13 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3 14 Carlos Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 15 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Sprints Los Ventorillos 1 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 pts 2 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 2 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 1 Totana 1 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 pts 2 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 2 3 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 1 Mountains Alto de La Perdiz 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 8 3 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 6 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4 5 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 6 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 1 Alto de La Santa 1 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1 Alto de Collado Bermejo 1 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 pts 2 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 8 3 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 4 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 5 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 12.29.57 2 Liberty Seguros 0.31 3 Xacobeo Galicia 1.58 4 Caisse D'Epargne 5 Andalucía - Cajasur 10.42 6 Contentpolis - AMPO 18.38 7 Andorra - Grandavalira 26.51 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.19 9 Team Columbia - Highroad 34.51 10 Team Saxo Bank 38.57 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 39.00 12 Garmin - Slipstream 39.45 13 Spanish National Team 1.10.30 General classification after stage 4 1 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11.43.20 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.20 3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 4 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 0.44 5 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0.45 6 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.50 7 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 0.51 8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.15 9 Carlos Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.58 10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1.59 11 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2.06 12 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2.07 14 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 2.17 15 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.35 16 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.29 17 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.52 18 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.21 19 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 5.00 20 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 5.03 21 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5.18 22 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 10.10 23 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 10.45 24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 11.40 25 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12.08 26 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 12.34 27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 12.39 28 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 14.19 29 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 14.38 30 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.52 31 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 17.38 32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 18.08 33 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 18.27 34 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 18.28 35 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 18.37 36 Hubb Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 18.42 37 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.53 38 José Vicente García (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 18.56 39 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 18.58 40 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 19.04 41 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 19.11 42 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 19.23 43 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 19.25 44 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 19.27 45 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.33 46 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 19.49 47 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 19.51 48 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 19.56 49 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 20.13 50 Pedro Merino (Spa) Spanish National Team 20.20 51 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 20.27 52 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 20.38 53 José Mendes (Por) Liberty Seguros 21.01 54 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 21.20 55 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 21.23 56 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 21.38 57 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 22.15 58 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 22.23 59 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 24.04 60 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 27.14 61 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 27.16 62 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 27.27 63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.34 64 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 27.43 65 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.47 66 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 27.51 67 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 28.10 68 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 28.14 69 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 28.15 70 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 28.29 71 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 28.53 72 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Spanish National Team 29.02 73 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 29.18 74 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 29.40 75 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 29.49 76 Egoitz García (Spa) Spanish National Team 29.50 77 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 29.52 78 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.08 79 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 30.09 80 Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 30.10 81 Carlos Torrent (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 30.25 82 Aitor Galdós (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Javier Chacón (Spa) Spanish National Team 30.31 84 Dmytro Chuzhda (Ukr) Andorra - Grandvalira 85 Vicente García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 30.36 86 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Spanish National Team 30.56 87 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 30.57 88 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 31.02 89 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 31.20 90 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 31.43 91 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 31.46 92 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 32.16 93 Andrés Vigil (Spa) Spanish National Team 33.05 94 Aitor Aznar (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 33.12 95 Iván Raña (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 33.44 96 Claudio Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 34.12 Points classification 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road 48 pts 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 36 3 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 4 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 35 5 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 32 6 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 32 7 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 28 8 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road 25 9 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 21 10 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 20 11 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 17 12 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 17 13 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 16 14 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 14 15 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 14 16 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 13 17 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - High Road 12 18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11 19 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 11 20 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 21 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 22 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 8 23 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 24 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 7 25 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Spanish National Team 7 26 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 27 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 28 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 29 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5 31 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 4 32 Hubb Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 4 33 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 4 34 Egoitz García (Spa) Spanish National Team 4 35 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3 36 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - High Road 3 37 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 3 38 Aitor Galdós (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 39 Carlos Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 40 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2 41 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 42 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 43 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 1 44 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 Sprints classification 1 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 pts 2 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 3 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 4 4 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4 5 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 3 6 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 1 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 1 8 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 9 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Mountains classification 1 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - High Road 10 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 3 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 8 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 8 5 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 6 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 6 7 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 4 8 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4 10 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 3 11 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2 12 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 13 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 14 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 15 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 16 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Murcian rider classification 1 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 11.45.26 2 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 25.08 3 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 26.08 4 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 27.34 5 Javier Chacón (Spa) Spanish National Team 28.25 6 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Spanish National Team 28.50 7 Claudio Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 32.06 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 35.11.44 2 Liberty Seguros 1.20 3 Caisse D'Epargne 3.55 4 Xacobeo Galicia 4.01 5 Andalucía - Cajasur 13.35 6 Contentpolis - AMPO 20.25 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.19 8 Andorra - Grandavalira 31.49 9 Team Columbia - Highroad 34.16 10 Team Saxo Bank 39.47 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 40.34 12 Garmin - Slipstream 41.05 13 Spanish National Team 1.14.45
