March 11, 2010 (Mende, France) - The Spanish invaded Stage 4 of the Paris-Nice today, with Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana winning the stage by 10s over Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne and Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi. With his victory, Contador took over the lead of the tour, with Valverde assuming second place. Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Transitions was top Canuck on the day in 95th and he is also best-ranked Canadian in the GC in 106th spot.
Results
1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4:26:47
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:10
3. Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:18
5. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:20
6. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:21
7. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo
8. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:29
9. Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
10. Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:31
11. Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0:37
12. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0:44
13. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step
14. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
15. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
16. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo Test Team
17. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:48
18. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:53
19. Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:56
20. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 0:58
21. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:01
22. David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
23. Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack
24. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25. David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions
26. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
27. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1:05
28. Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:06
29. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 1:09
30. Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
31. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack
32. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia 1:19
33. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
34. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:27
35. Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 1:33
36. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 1:34
37. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
38. Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 1:41
39. Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
40. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
41. David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:53
42. Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
43. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:55
44. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 1:56
45. Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions
46. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 2:05
47. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana 2:11
48. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
49. Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux
50. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
51. Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
52. Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
53. Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2:17
54. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:23
55. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo 2:24
56. Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
57. Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
58. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 2:51
59. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2:52
60. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini
61. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 3:03
62. Chris Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3:15
63. Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
64. Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
66. Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team
67. José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
68. Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
69. Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia 3:47
70. Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:54
71. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
72. Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4:18
73. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
74. Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
75. Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
76. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 4:21
77. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4:32
78. Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
79. Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
80. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
81. Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano
82. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha 4:49
83. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha
84. Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha
85. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana
86. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
87. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
88. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
89. Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
90. Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
91. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux
92. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack
93. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack
94. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil-Shimano
95. Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Transitions
96. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Transitions
97. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Transitions
98. Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 5:14
99. Mickaël Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5:48
100. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 6:23
101. Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step
102. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team 6:55
103. Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
104. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team 7:10
105. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7:24
106. Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
107. Nicolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step 8:03
108. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 8:14
109. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
110. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
111. Ted King (USA) Cervélo Test Team
112. Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo Test Team
113. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-Doimo
114. William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
115. Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Transitions
116. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
117. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 8:20
118. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
119. Jeremy Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
120. Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 8:28
121. Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8:33
122. Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
123. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8:36
124. Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 8:54
125. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 9:29
126. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 9:42
127. Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 9:54
128. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
129. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
130. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 9:56
131. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
132. Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Test Team 10:33
133. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 11:20
134. André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia 11:31
135. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Astana
136. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana
137. Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC-Columbia
138. Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
139. Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia
140. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
141. Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
142. Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
143. Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
144. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
145. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana
146. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
147. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
148. Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
149. Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
150. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia
151. Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
152. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
153. Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
154. Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
155. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank
156. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
157. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
158. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
159. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
160. Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
161. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo
162. Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
163. Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
164. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12:34
165. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux
166. Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 12:59
DNF Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo Test Team
DNF Kévin van Impe (Bel) Quick Step
GC after Stage 4
1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 17:07:23
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:24
3. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo 0:25
4. Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:28
5. Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:29
6. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0:34
7. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:36
8. Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 0:54
9. David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions 1:03
10. Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:06
11. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1:08
12. Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 1:14
13. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1:15
14. Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 1:16
15. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 1:22
16. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 1:23
17. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 1:27
18. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1:29
19. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 1:30
20. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1:32
21. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 1:33
22. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:35
23. Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:39
24. Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:45
25. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo Test Team 1:50
26. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:54
27. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia 2:01
28. Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2:05
29. David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2:13
30. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2:22
31. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2:27
32. Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 2:30
33. Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2:36
34. Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
35. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2:55
36. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2:56
37. Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2:59
38. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 3:08
39. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 3:12
40. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 3:17
41. Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3:18
42. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3:20
43. Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3:22
44. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana 3:28
45. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
46. Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:36
47. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas-Doimo 3:44
48. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 3:52
49. Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française des Jeux
50. Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 4:09
51. Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia 4:15
52. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 4:28
53. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 5:13
54. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 5:20
55. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
56. Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5:23
57. Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 5:31
58. Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 5:40
59. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 5:49
60. Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 5:50
61. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Transitions
62. Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 5:53
63. Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha 5:59
64. José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6:07
65. Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 6:11
66. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6:18
67. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 6:35
68. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 6:40
69. Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6:51
70. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7:18
71. Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 7:22
72. Mickaël Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
73. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 7:29
74. Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 7:48
75. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8:08
76. David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8:28
77. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team 8:30
78. Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 8:57
79. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
80. Chris Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 9:03
81. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9:05
82. Jeremy Galland (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 9:24
83. William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9:28
84. Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 9:44
85. Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9:49
86. Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10:19
87. Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10:20
88. Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo Test Team 10:29
89. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 10:31
90. Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10:38
91. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-Doimo 10:43
92. Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10:44
93. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 11:02
94. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 11:07
95. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini 11:25
96. Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 11:41
97. Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11:58
98. Ivan Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12:08
99. Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 12:23
100. Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 12:38
101. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 12:48
102. Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 13:02
103. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 13:09
104. Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 13:20
105. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 13:34
106. Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Transitions 13:42
107. Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo Test Team 13:47
108. Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 13:54
109. André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia 13:56
110. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 13:57
111. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 13:59
112. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 14:08
113. Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia 14:11
114. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 14:24
115. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 14:27
116. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14:32
117. Nicolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step 14:37
118. Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
119. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 14:53
120. Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 14:59
121. Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 15:00
122. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15:01
123. Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 15:12
124. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 15:39
125. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana 15:50
126. Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia 16:00
127. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Transitions 16:12
128. Ted King (USA) Cervélo Test Team 16:17
129. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Sky Professional Cycling Team 16:25
130. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 16:38
131. Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 16:42
132. Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Transitions 16:48
133. Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17:16
134. Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 17:32
135. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 18:36
136. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 18:43
137. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
138. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 18:46
139. Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 19:15
140. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 19:36
141. Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 20:04
142. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 20:18
143. Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 20:36
144. Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 20:39
145. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 20:53
146. Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 21:11
147. Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 21:22
148. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 21:24
149. Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 21:30
150. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 22:11
151. Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 22:17
152. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Astana 22:22
153. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo 22:56
154. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23:42
155. Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24:09
156. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 25:06
157. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 25:09
158. Jimmy Casper (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 26:47
159. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 28:28
160. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 30:30
161. Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 30:51
162. Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 32:23
163. Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 35:16
164. Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 36:39
165. Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team 39:21
166. Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 39:41
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Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
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