65th Tour de Romandie -
Stage 4
Dave "Z-Man" Zabriskie kills the clock in Romandie! Cadel Evans
claims yellow jersey with Tony Martin and Alexandre Vinokourov in the wings for
the final stage...
Garmin-Cervélo's David Zabriskie cooked the final ten kilometers to beat the
clock to death and won the 20.1 kilometer time trial in Signal-de-Bougy.
Zabriskie's time bumped Saxo Bank's Richie Porte off the hot seat amd into
second place by a 2 second margin
Lieuwe Westra of Vacansoleil-DCM put in an excellent performance to claim third
14 seconds back... bumping team SKY's Brad Wiggins off the podium for fourth.
Mother Nature toyed with the top ranks with drizzles and increased wind;
howerver Tony Martin still set a blistering time to finish 5th on the day and
move up to second on the overall behind Cadel Evans with one more stage to go.
Zabriskie's Garmin-Cervélo young team mate Andrew Talansky put in a very fast
showing only 42 seconds off the big dogs pace today and moved into the lead of
the Best Young Riders classification leading team mate Peter Stetina.
Meanwhile the race for the overall was won by Cadel Evans who took the yellow
jersey with Tony Martin second at 31 seconds and the always aggressive Alexandre
Vinokourov third trailing at 31 seconds.
Marco Pinotti (HTC) and Ixtxausti Elorria of Movistar are poised in 4th and 5th
less than a minute behind; but they aren't the only ones the short list includes
Rabobanks Pieter Weening , RadioShack's Janez Brajkovic and former leader Pavel
Brutt in 8th place at 58 seconds.
Stage 4 Profile
Stage 4: Aubonne - Signal-de-Bougy ITT
20.1 km
Astana's Italian Mirco Lorenzetto opened the proceedings today with Birthday Boy
Dane Michael Morkov, 26 years old today celebrating his birthday gutting it out
on the rolling terrain of the 20.1 kilometer test against time. Taylor Phinney
followed next off the ramp, he should give us a fair look at the winning times
after his second place in the prologue.
Phinney wasn't beaming with confidence twittering before the start... : “The
hour had just seen whether my legs recovered tortures of stages 1 and 2”.
That would be a common comment today after two tough stages on rainy days for
all the riders.
First intermediate times: Phinney at 15:32, Morkov: 14:14 and at the finish
Morkov delived in 30:10 with Phinney taking a spill and still delivering a fast
fime of 30:38 to take a temporary lead.
Saxo Bank's Richie Porte flew through the 9km check in 13:42 setting the new
time to beat.Porte finished in 27: 59 (avg. 43,088 km/h) On the
course Jona Castroviejo was ripping up the asphalt and turned in a time of
28:45 beating former Russian time trial champ Artem Ovechkin (Katusha into third
with a 29:12.
Cameron Meyer (Garmin) bumped Ovechkin to fourth with a 29:04 as the leader
board changed one more time. .
Speaking about bumping Jonathan Castroviejo moved into second on the leader
board setting an excellent time of 28:45. David Lelay (Ag2r) joined
Ricchie Porte and Castroviejo on the hot seat with a 28:54. Youngsters
looked to be having their way today.
That is until David Zabriskie turned in a 13:48 split and flew under the
finish banners at 27:57 and taking the pre warmed chair of Richie Porte as they
waited for the riders to finish.
Bradley Wiggins (Team SKY) came up a tad short at 28:15 but joined
Z-Man and the Richie kid. Out on the course Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) and
Garmin-Cervélo youngster Andrew Talinsky looked like low flying jets.
Westra unseated Wiggo blasting through in 28:11
The rankings as we neared the top of the G.C. was 1. David Zabriskie (Garmin)
27:57; 2. Richie Carries (Saxo Bank) 27: 59: 3. Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil)
28:11; 4. Bradley Wiggins (SKY) 28:15' amd Rabobank's. Steven Kruijswijk in
fifth at 28:40.
Tony Martin (HTC) was out on the road but the winds ramped up as the G.C.
leaders hit the course and Martin was still rocking the clock in spite of the
wind turning in a14:18 at the 9 km check.
GArmin's Andrew Talansky drove it to the finish turning in a time of 28:39
tapping Kruijswijk out of fifth. I'm impressed!
Millar Time: David Millar hit the alarm with a 29:04; no fun for the Brit
fast man today. Tony Martin despite the wind came in at 29:04 tapping Talansky
off the honor roll of the top 5.
Tony Martin was unhappy, “I am very disappointed. The wind perhaps
played a part. In any case, these changes of the weather favour two runners,
Cadel Evans and Alexandr Vinokourov.”
Evans wasn't really burning up the road, both he and Vinokourov were putting
in good times but nothing like the top six leaders. Not that it mattered to
either of them, all that mattered now was his time and finishing position in
relation to Tony Martin to secure the yellow jersey by the end of the day.
Evans finished in 28:42 losing only 18 seconds... good enough to take the
race lead in his home province. Vino finished in 29:11 losing time to Martin and
Evans and bumping him back to third on the G.C.
Damiano Cunego (not a time trial specialist) - 30:06 lost over a minute
dropping to 16th; though Cunego can be happy with his stage win and a race that
shows he is on from on time for the Giro.
Pavel Brutt clearly suffered on the day delivered a 30:12 - 2:25 off
Zabriskie's pace for 84th. That aside, the aggressive rider had a great race
with an impressive solo victory and three days in the yellow jersey. Well done
Pavel.
Photos to come... by carrier pidgeon. The alps are tall and the pidgeons are
tired.
Tour of Romandie
Stage 4 Results
Aubonne - Signal-de-Bougy ITT
20.1 km - 27:57 - 43.134
1 David Zabriskie USA Garmin-Cervélo 27:57
2 Richie Porte Aus Saxo Bank Sungard - 0:02
3 Lieuwe Westra Ned Vacansoleil-DCM Pro - 0:14
4 Bradley Wiggins GBr Team Sky - 0:18
5 Tony Martin Ger HTC-Highroad - 0:27
6 Andrew Talansky USA Garmin-Cervélo - 0:42
7 Steven Kruijswijk Ned Rabobank - 0:43
8 Cadel Evans Aus BMC Racing Team - 0:45
9 Jonathan Castroviejo Spa Euskaltel-Euskadi - 0:48
10 Linus Gerdemann Ger Leopard Trek - 0:54
11 David Lelay Fra AG2R La Mondiale - 0:57
12 Stef Clement Ned Rabobank - 1:00
13 Vladimir Karpets Rus Katusha Team - 1:02
14 Marco Pinotti Ita HTC-Highroad - 1:03
15 Christophe Kern Fra EuropCar - 1:03
16 Roman Kreuziger Cze Astana - 1:03
17 Jean-Christophe Peraud Fra Ag2r La Mondiale - 1:06
18 David Millar GBr Team Garmin-Cervelo - 1:07
19 Cameron Meyer Aus Garmin-Cervelo - 1:07
20 Alexandr Pliuschin Mda Katusha - 1:09
21 Bart De Clercq Bel Omega Pharma-Lotto - 1:13
22 Alexandre Vinokourov Kaz Astana - 1:14
23 Artem Ovechkin Rus Katusha - 1:15
24 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga Spa Movistar - 1:17
25 Jurgen Van De Walle Bel Omega Pharma-Lotto - 1:19
26 Dmitriy Muravyev Kaz RadioShack - 1:19
27 Jesus Herrada Lopez Spa Movistar - 1:20
28 Janez Brajkovic Slo RadioShack - 1:21
29 Kevin De Weert Bel Quickstep - 1:23
30 Kanstantsin Sivtsov Blr HTC-Highroad - 1:23
84 Pavel Brutt Russia Katusha
0:02:25 Maillot Jaune
Complete Stage 4 Results
Best Young Rider
529,9 km - 13:01:57 - 40,66
1 Talansky Andrew USA 1988 Garmin-Cervélo 13:01:57
2 Stetina Peter USA 19870 Garmin-Cervélo 1:15
3 Gautier Cyril FRA 1987 EuropCar 2:18
4 Kruijswijk Steven NED 1987 Rabobank 2:31
5 Brandle Matthias AUT 19891 Geox - TMC 2:57
6 Majka Rafal POL 1989 Saxo Bank-SunGard 3:14
7 Izagirre Ion ESP Euskaltel-Euskaltel 4:57
8 Herrada Jesus ESP 19900726 Movistar 5:00
9 Van Winden Denis NED 1987 Rabobank 6:47
10 Swift Ben GBR 1987 Team SKY 7:41
11 Pliuschin Alexandr MDA 1987 Katusha 7:47
12 Keizer Martijn NED 1988 Vacansoleil-DCM 8:28
13 Meyer Cameron AUS 1988 Garmin-Cervélo 13:29
14 Gretsch Patrick GER 1987 HTC-Highroad 16:59
15 Cousin Jérôme FRA 1989 EuropCar 17:29
16 Castroviejo Jonathan ESP 1987 Euskaltel-Euskaltel 21:24
17 Jack Bobridge AUS 1989 Garmin-Cervélo 26:55
18 Ignatenko Petr RUS 1987 Katusha 35:14
19 Sanz Unzue Enrique ESP 1989 Movistar 37:54
20 Gianetti Noé SUI 1989 Geox-TMC 40:15
21 Phinney Taylor USA 1990 BMC Racing Team 43:17
22 Tratnik Jan SLO 1990 Quick Step 43:55
Sprint - Points Classement Général (Unchanged)
1 73 Cioni Dario David Team SKY Ita 7 - 1
2 136 Brutt Pavel Katusha Rus 6
3 114 Soerensen Chris Saxo Bank-SunGard Den 6 - 6
4 181 *Cousin Jerome EuropCar Fra 6 - 6
5 183 Kern Christophe EuropCar Fra 6
6 42 *Bobridge Jack Garmin-Cervélo Aus 6
7 97 Konovalovas Ignatas Movistar Ltu 6 - 6
KOM - Montagne Classification After Stage 3
(Unchanged)
1 6 Kvachuk Oleksandr Lampre-ISD Ukr 28
2 136 Brutt Pavel Katusha Rus 22
3 94 Samoilau Branislau Movistar Blr 22
4 114 Soerensen Chris Saxo Bank-SunGard Den 20 - 20
5 97 Konovalovas Ignatas Movistar Ltu 14 - 14
6 171 Kreuziger Roman Astana Cze 12
General Classification After Stage 4
529,9 km - 13:00:58 - 40,711 km/h
1 61 Evans Cadel BMC Racing Team Aus
13:00:58
2 27 Martin Tony HTC-Highroad Ger 13:01:16 - 18 19
3 177 Vinokourov Alexandre Astana Kaz 13:01:17 - 19 1
4 21 Pinotti Marco HTC-Highroad Ita 13:01:29 -
31
5 91 Intxausti Elorria. Movistar Esp 13:01:39 - 41
6 37 Weening Pieter Rabobank Ned 13:01:49 - 51 3
7 11 Brajkovic Janez RadioShack Slo 13:01:50 - 52 10
8 136 Brutt Pavel Katusha Rus 13:01:56 - 58 7
9 44 W* Talansky Andrew Garmin-Cervélo Usa 13:01:57 - 59 17
10 41 Millar David Garmin-Cervélo Gbr 13:01:58 - 1:00 12
11 52 Gerdemann Linus Leopard-Trek Ger 13:02:04 - 1:06 14
12 95 Lopez Garcia David Movistar Esp 13:02:07 - 1:09 1
13 63 Morabito Steve BMC Racing Team Sui 13:02:09 - 1:11 7
14 191 Menchov Denis Geox-TMC Rus 13:02:14 - 1:16 5
15 74 Froome Christopher Team SKY Gbr 13:02:16 - 1:18 1
16 2 Cunego Damiano Lampre-ISD Ita 13:02:18 - 1:20 13
17 146 Verdugo Marcotegui Euskaltel-Euskadi Esp " " 12
18 93 Faria Da Costa Movistar Por 13:02:20 - 1:22 5
19 192 Wyss Marcel Geox-TMC Sui 13:02:22 - 1:24 8
20 47 Danielson Thomas Garmin-Cervélo Usa " " 6
21 1 Spilak Simon Lampre-ISD Slo 13:02:28 - 1:30 9
22 161 Westra Lieuwe Vacansoleil-DCM Ned 13:02:40 - 1:42 15
23 54 Zaugg Oliver Leopard-Trek Sui 13:02:48 - 1:50 15
24 53 Rohregger Thomas Leopard-Trek Aut 13:02:53 - 1:55 14
25 154 Gadret John Ag2r La Mondiale Fra 13:02:56 - 1:58 5
26 73 G Cioni Dario David Team SKY Ita 13:03:05 - 2:07 2
27 45 * Stetina Peter Garmin-Cervélo Usa 13:03:12 - 2:14 9
28 106 De Weert Kevin Quick Step Bel 13:03:18 - 2:20 3
29 125 Szmyd Sylvester Liquigas-Cannondale Pol 13:03:25 - 2:27 1
30 84 De Clercq Bart Omega Pharma-Lotto Bel 13:03:37 - 2:39 6
31 121 Basso Ivan Liquigas-Cannondale Ita 13:03:48 - 2:50 1
32 43 Zabriskie David Garmin-Cervélo Usa 13:03:51 - 2:53 22
33 14 Muravyev Dmitriy RadioShack Kaz 13:04:08 - 3:10 10
34 163 Ruijgh Rob Vacansoleil-DCM Ned 13:04:10 - 3:12 1
35 6 P Kvachuk Oleksandr Lampre-ISD Ukr - 3:14
KOM
Complete General Classification After Stage 4
Team Classification After Stage 4
1 Team Garmin-Cervélo Grm 39:02:08 0 1
2 Movistar Team Mov 39:04:23 - 2:15 1
3 Leopard Trek Leo 39:05:40 - 3:32 1
4 Sky Procycling Sky 39:06:50 - 4:42 1
5 Ag2r La Mondiale Alm 39:07:13 - 5:05 3
6 Lampre - Isd Lam 39:07:38 - 5:30 3
7 Bmc Racing Team Bmc 39:07:47 - 5:39
8 Geox-Tmc Geo 39:08:23 - 6:15 2
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi Eus 39:09:23 - 7:15
10 Katusha Team Kat 39:09:50 - 7:42 1
11 Rabobank Cycling Team Rab 39:10:01 - 7:53 1
12 Team Radioshack Rsh 39:10:17 - 8:09 2
13 Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Team Vcd 39:11:23 - 9:15
14 Saxo Bank Sungard Sbs 39:11:24 - 9:16
15 Htc-Highroad Thr 39:13:07 - 10:59
16 Pro Team Astana Ast 39:16:25 - 14:17
17 Team Europcar Eur 39:19:37 - 17:29 1
18 Quickstep Cycling Team Qst 39:21:13 - 19:05 1
19 Omega Pharma-Lotto Olo 39:22:27 - 20:19
20 Liquigas-Cannondale Liq 39:24:33 - 22:25
65th Tour de Romandie
Stages (6) April 26 - May 1 2011
Prologue - Martigny 3 km
Stage 1: Martigny - Leysin 169.3 km
Stage 2: Romont - Romont 171.8 km
Stage 3: Thierrens - Ville de Neuchâtel 165.7 km
Stage 4: Aubonne - Signal-de-Bougy ITT 20.1 km
Stage 5: Champagne - Geneve 164.6 km
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Tour de Romandie
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