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29th Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia - 2.1
Spain, March 4-8, 2009
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Stage 5 - March 8: Santiago de la Ribera - Murcia, 142.5km
Rabobank dominates Murcia with Menchov and Brown
Rabobank dominated Spain's Vuelta a Murcia this last week thanks to an overall win by Russian Denis Menchov and two stage wins by Australian Graeme Brown. The stage race finished Sunday in Murcia with a sprint stage won by Brown over Gregory Henderson (Columbia-Highroad) and Saxo Bank's Juan José Haedo and Matthew Goss.
"In the end, my team was very strong," said Menchov. "I finished with good feelings, but I am still far from my best form, which should arrive in May for the Giro d'Italia."
Menchov took over the race lead on stage four to Alhama de Murcia. He finished third in the stage won by Rubén Plaza (Liberty Seguros). He maintained his advantage on the following stage to Murcia.
"I trained like always, maybe I am a little thinner. It's a race that I like because the route is very comprehensive, as it includes all types of terrain: time trial, a mountain stage and a pair of flat stages, but with wind."
The win was Menchov's first win since he won the Vuelta a España in 2007.
Results
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3.11.46 (44.59 km/h) 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 4 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Egoitz García (Spa) Spanish National Team 8 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 9 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 12 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 15 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 16 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 17 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 18 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 19 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 21 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 22 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 23 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 24 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 25 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 26 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 27 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 28 Carlos Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 29 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 30 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 31 Pedro Merino (Spa) Spanish National Team 32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 33 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 34 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 39 José Mendes (Por) Liberty Seguros 40 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 41 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 42 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 43 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 0.10 44 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 0.15 45 Hubb Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 0.54 46 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 1.25 47 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 48 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.50 49 Aitor Galdós (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.09 50 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 51 Aitor Aznar (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 52 Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 53 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 54 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 55 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 56 Andrés Vigil (Spa) Spanish National Team 57 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 58 Javier Chacón (Spa) Spanish National Team 59 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Spanish National Team 60 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 62 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 63 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 64 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 65 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 66 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Spanish National Team 67 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 68 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 69 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 70 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 71 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2.23 72 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2.34 73 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.54 74 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4.36 75 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 76 Iván Raña (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 77 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 78 José Vicente García (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 79 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4.38 80 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 7.14 81 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 7.33 82 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 83 Dmytro Chuzhda (Ukr) Andorra - Grandvalira 84 Vicente García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 85 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 86 Claudio Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 10.17 87 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 88 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 90 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 91 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 92 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 93 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 94 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 95 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank DNF Carlos Torrent (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira Points 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 20 3 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 16 4 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 14 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 12 6 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 7 Egoitz García (Spa) Spanish National Team 9 8 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 8 9 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7 10 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 6 11 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 12 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3 14 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 2 15 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Sprints Los Alcázares 1 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 3 pts 2 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 2 3 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Algezares 1 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 3 pts 2 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 3 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1 Mountains Alto de Portman 1 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 2 3 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1 Alto Cabezo de la Plata 1 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 2 3 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Alto de la Fuensanta 1 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 pts 2 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 3 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 9.35.18 2 Liberty Seguros 3 Andalucía - Cajasur 4 Xacobeo Galicia 5 Team Columbia - Highroad 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Garmin - Slipstream 8 Caisse D'Epargne 9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.10 10 Andorra - Grandavalira 1.25 11 Team Saxo Bank 2.09 12 Spanish National Team 13 Contentpolis - AMPO Final General classification 1 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14.55.06 2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.20 3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 4 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0.45 5 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 0.51 6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.15 7 Carlos Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.58 8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1.59 9 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2.06 10 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2.07 11 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 2.17 12 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.35 13 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 3.13 14 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.29 15 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.52 16 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.15 17 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.21 18 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 5.00 19 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 5.03 20 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5.18 21 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 7.58 22 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 10.45 23 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 11.35 24 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 14.38 25 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 16.02 26 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 16.28 27 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.42 28 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 17.10 29 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 17.17 30 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 18.28 31 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 18.37 32 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.53 33 José Antonio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 19.11 34 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 19.27 35 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.33 36 Hubb Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 19.36 37 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 19.47 38 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 19.49 39 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 19.56 40 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 20.06 41 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 20.13 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 20.17 43 Pedro Merino (Spa) Spanish National Team 20.20 44 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 20.36 45 José Mendes (Por) Liberty Seguros 21.01 46 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 21.20 47 Blake Caldwell (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 21.23 48 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 21.32 49 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 21.38 50 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 21.57 51 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 22.15 52 José Vicente García (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 23.32 53 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 23.34 54 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 23.40 55 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 24.14 56 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 24.32 57 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 27.16 58 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.34 59 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 28.10 60 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 28.11 61 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 28.15 62 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 28.29 63 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 29.18 64 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 29.36 65 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 29.42 66 Egoitz García (Spa) Spanish National Team 29.50 67 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29.52 68 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 30.23 69 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 30.44 70 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 31.02 71 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Spanish National Team 31.11 72 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 31.58 73 Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 32.19 74 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 32.26 75 Raúl García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 32.27 76 Aitor Galdós (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 32.34 77 Javier Chacón (Spa) Spanish National Team 32.40 78 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Spanish National Team 33.05 79 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 33.06 80 Rui Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 33.52 81 Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Team Saxo Bank 34.25 82 Andrés Vigil (Spa) Spanish National Team 35.14 83 Aitor Aznar (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 35.21 84 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 35.24 85 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 37.31 86 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 37.42 87 Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.04 88 Dmytro Chuzhda (Ukr) Andorra - Grandvalira 89 Vicente García De Mateo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 38.09 90 Iván Raña (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 38.20 91 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 39.57 92 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.25 93 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 41.37 94 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 42.03 95 Claudio Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 44.29 Points classification 1 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 68 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 60 3 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 46 4 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 5 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 43 6 Dennis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36 7 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 28 8 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 23 10 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 21 11 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 20 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 18 13 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 17 14 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 17 15 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 16 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 16 17 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 16 18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 19 Jaume Rovira (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 14 20 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 14 21 Egoitz García (Spa) Spanish National Team 13 22 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 23 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 11 24 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 10 25 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 8 26 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 8 27 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 7 28 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 29 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Spanish National Team 7 30 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 7 31 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 32 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5 33 Edgar Pinto (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 34 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5 35 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 4 36 Hubb Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 4 37 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 4 38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 3 39 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 40 Aitor Galdós (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 41 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 3 42 Carlos Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 43 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 2 44 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 2 45 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 46 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 47 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 48 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 1 49 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 50 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1 Sprints classification 1 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 9 pts 2 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 8 3 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 7 4 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 4 5 Diego Milán (Spa) Acqua e Sapone 3 6 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 3 7 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1 8 José Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 1 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 1 10 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 11 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Mountains classification 1 Konstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 16 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 Héctor Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 8 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 4 9 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 4 12 José Antonio López (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 3 13 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2 14 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 15 Javier Benítez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 16 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 17 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 18 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Andorra - Grandvalira 1 19 Marcos García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 20 Lucas Euser (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1 21 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Murcian rider classification 1 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 14.57.12 2 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 28.17 3 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 30.34 4 Salvador Guardiola (Spa) Spanish National Team 30.59 5 Eloy Teruel (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 35.25 6 Pedro J. Vera (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 37.51 7 Claudio Casas (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 42.23 Team classification 1 Rabobank 44.47.02 2 Liberty Seguros 1.20 3 Caisse D'Epargne 3.55 4 Xacobeo Galicia 4.01 5 Andalucía - Cajasur 13.35 6 Contentpolis - AMPO 22.34 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.19 8 Andorra - Grandavalira 33.14 9 Team Columbia - Highroad 34.16 10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 40.44 11 Garmin - Slipstream 41.05 12 Team Saxo Bank 41.56 13 Spanish National Team 1.16.54
