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April 07, 2016
Vuelta al País Vasco 2016 – [Stage 4] – Lesaka – Orio – 165 km
Edition 56 of the Tour of the Basque Country leaves Monday,
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April 07, 2016
Vuelta al País Vasco 2016 – [Stage 4] – Lesaka – Orio – 165 km
Edition 56 of the Tour of the Basque Country leaves Monday, April 4, to finish on Saturday, April 9. The race is a feast for climbers and puncheurs, as the Basque Country is teeming with steep hills and mountains. The 2016 edition will start in Etxebarria, while the last stage is an individual time trial in the mountains of Eibar.
Samuel Sanchez launched a winning attack with one kilometre to go over the top of a small climb and held off the chase to take a slim but solo victory on stage 4 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The BMC rider finished just ahead of chasers Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) and Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin).
Wilco Kelderman (LottoNl-Jumbo) moved into the overall lead by six seconds ahead of Serio Henao (Team Sky). Henao’s teammate Mikel Landa, who struggled over the decisive final climb of Aia, slipped into third at seven seconds back.
Samuel Sanchez launched a winning attack with one kilometre to go over the top of a small climb and held off the chase to take a slim but solo stage 4 victory at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco. The BMC rider finished just ahead of chasers Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) and Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin).
Wilco Kelderman (LottoNl-Jumbo) moved into the overall lead by four seconds ahead of Sergio Henao (Team Sky). Henao’s teammate and previous race leader Mikel Landa, who struggled over the decisive final climb of Aia, slipped into third at seven seconds back.
Never an easy day at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco, stage 4 took the peloton on a 165km race from Lesaka to Orio. The day’s climbs began with Alto de Jaizkibel (Cat 1) and Aldo de Arkale (Cat 3).
After a somewhat flatter section of terrain and some reprieve, the racers hit the Alto de Aia (Cat 2) and the Alto de Garate (Cat 2). The race ended with two climbs over the Alto de Aia (Cat 2) followed by a fast descent and a small uphill kick to the finish line in Orio.
The start of the stage saw the overall classification in a tight-knit battle led by Landa, who was only one second ahead of Keldermann, but he could start the stage with some added confidence knowing his teammate Henao was close behind in third, five seconds back.
The day’s breakaway of six riders were Simone Petilli (Lampre-Merida), Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), Christopher Riblon (AG2R La Mondiale), Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis), Carlos Verona (Etixx-QuickStep) and Angel Vicioso (Katusha).
The breakaway split up briefly over the Garate ascent with Mate leading Verona, Wellens and Riblon over the top, but Vicioso and Petilli soon caught back up on the other side.
Team Sky had set the pace for all of the stage, keeping the breakaway at roughly 2:30 minutes but they increased their speed at the front of the peloton to bring that gap down to 1:30 with 22km to go.
On the Aia, Barguil jumped ahead of the Team Sky-led main group and Tinkoff sent Roman Kreuziger on his heels to take the pressure off of Alberto Contador. Astana soon came to the fore and shut down the move altogether.
Viscioso fell off pace over the climb and was eventually swept up by the field, but the other five breakaway riders continued on with a one-minute lead.
The next time up Aia, Wellens and Verona gapped their breakaway companions, as the riders behind were grinding their gears just to get over the steep incline. Team Sky continued a strong hold on the smaller 40-some-man field.
On the steepest section, which was reported to be 28%, Contador, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Henao bridge up to the two breakaway riders, but race leader Landa fell further and further back in the field.
Over the top, Verona attacked the newly formed lead group and although Wellens tried to get across it was a case of too little too late and by the time they reached the descent Verona was already ahead by six seconds.
Verona built his lead to 15 seconds over chasers Mate and Wellens, while Thibout Pinot (FDJ) and Fabio Aru (Astana), who emerged off of the steep slopes of Aia, chased further back.
Wellens and Mate caught Verona with just under three kilometres to go but a quick pace set by Kreuziger at the front of the field, with Costa on his wheel, resulted in the race coming back together with two kilometres to go.
Contador made a move on the small kicker toward the finish line and Henao tried to latch onto his wheel.
Sanchez followed closely and then launched an attack that Contador could not respond to, and he built a small gap over the top. Tucked into a tight areo position on the descent, Sanchez powered his way to the finish line in Orio to take the stage victory for BMC.
Results :
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 4:13:12
2 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
3 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
4 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
8 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
9 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
11 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
12 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge
13 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
15 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
16 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
17 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
18 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:08
19 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky
21 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:00:11
23 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:00:13
24 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
25 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
26 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
27 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:00:18
28 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19
29 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:27
31 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:00:39
32 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
33 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:07
34 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:17
35 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team
36 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge
37 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:24
38 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
39 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:48
41 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
42 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
43 Simone Petilli (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:02:14
44 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:26
45 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:02:35
46 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:46
47 Carlos Verona (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step
48 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:49
49 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:52
50 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:04:52
51 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
52 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale Pro Cycling
53 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
54 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
55 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
56 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
57 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – Merida
58 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
59 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:07:26
61 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
62 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
63 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
64 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
65 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
66 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
67 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
68 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
69 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data
70 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida
71 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
72 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
74 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
75 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
76 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
77 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
78 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha
79 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
80 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 0:11:10
81 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
82 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
83 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
84 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
85 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida
86 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
87 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
88 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team
89 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha
90 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
91 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
92 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky
93 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data
94 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
95 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
96 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling
97 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – Merida
98 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
99 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
100 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
101 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
102 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling
103 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
104 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
105 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
106 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge
107 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
108 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
109 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge
110 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
111 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
112 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:13:20
113 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:13:40
114 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
115 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:33
116 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 0:16:41
117 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling
118 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:18:16
119 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge
120 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
121 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
122 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
123 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling
124 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
125 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
126 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling
127 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
128 Domingos Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
129 Miguel Angel Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
130 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
131 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
132 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin
133 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
134 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
135 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha
136 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
137 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha
138 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
139 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Team Sky
140 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:58
141 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data
142 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
143 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step
144 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
145 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
146 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling
General Classification after Stage 4 :
2 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:00:04
3 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:07
4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:08
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:00:10
6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:12
7 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:00:14
8 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
10 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
11 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
12 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
13 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:21
14 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:25
15 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
16 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 0:00:27
17 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:32
18 Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:33
19 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:38
20 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:40
21 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:51
22 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:00:53
23 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:02
24 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:15
25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 0:01:26
26 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:43
27 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:49
28 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:02:13
29 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:21
30 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 0:02:33
31 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:02:48
32 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team 0:03:26
33 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:04:04
34 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:04:05
35 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:25
36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:05
37 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:05:18
38 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:05:47
39 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:06:16
40 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:06:36
41 Carlos Verona (Spa) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:08:00
42 Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 0:08:15
43 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:08:49
44 Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha 0:09:20
45 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:09:48
46 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:09:49
47 Simone Petilli (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:09:51
48 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 0:13:21
49 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:13:48
50 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:14:17
51 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:14:32
52 Fredrik Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:15:46
53 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:15:52
54 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:55
55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:16:12
56 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:20
57 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:17:12
58 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:17:15
59 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:17:26
60 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
61 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:17:57
62 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:18:15
63 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 0:18:26
64 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:19:15
65 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:19:23
66 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data 0:19:38
67 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:19:58
68 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:20:20
69 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:30
70 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:20:31
71 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:20:34
72 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:20:56
73 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:21:44
74 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-GreenEdge 0:21:55
75 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:22:20
76 Eduard Prades (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:23:13
77 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:23:38
78 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 0:23:47
79 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:24:14
80 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:25:00
81 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:25:19
82 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 0:25:20
83 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:25:36
84 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:26:15
85 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:26:22
86 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:26:53
87 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:28:00
88 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 0:28:23
89 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:28:24
90 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 0:28:49
91 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:29:12
92 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 0:29:30
93 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 0:31:29
94 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:31:37
95 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:31:53
96 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:31:57
97 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:32:05
98 Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:32:28
99 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:32:29
100 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:33:07
101 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:35:58
102 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-GreenEdge 0:36:53
103 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 0:37:36
104 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:37:52
105 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:38:14
106 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:22
107 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:39:16
108 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:39:57
109 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 0:39:58
110 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge 0:40:11
111 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 0:40:20
112 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:40:52
113 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:41:09
114 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 0:41:27
115 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:42:27
116 Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:44:56
117 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:46:09
118 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 0:47:32
119 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 0:47:37
120 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 0:47:55
121 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:48:20
122 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:48:44
123 Domingos Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:49:05
124 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:49:09
125 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 0:49:27
126 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre – Merida 0:49:34
127 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 0:50:15
128 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:50:29
129 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 0:50:53
130 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 0:51:03
131 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:51:12
132 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:52:06
133 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:52:18
134 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 0:54:11
135 Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Nor) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:54:14
136 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Orica-GreenEdge 0:54:39
137 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Team Sky 0:54:43
138 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:56:13
139 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:56:28
140 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 0:56:56
141 Miguel Angel Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:58:19
142 Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 1:03:39
143 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:04:55
144 Pirmin Lang (Swi) IAM Cycling
145 Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:08:20
146 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:08:37
