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2012 Tour de Suisse
Stage 4: Aarberg to Trimbach/Olten, 188.7km
Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) stunned his opponents to reach his hattrick of stage wins at the Tour de Suisse. The 22 year-old Slovakian once again proved too strong in the sprint which came at the end of a rain-soaked day. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) was second with Micahel Albasini (Orica-Greenedge) taking third.
Peter Sagan
wins Stage 4 © Tour de Suiisse
Another long breakaway provided the day's main action. Three survivors, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Sky) and Martin Elmiger (Ag2r La Mondiale) battled wet and windy conditions until just 3km from the line. Elmiger made a last ditch attempt at glory, but Nordhaug was quickly in his wheel. Once they were overhauled there were a series of brief attacks, but it was to be Sagan's day who now has his 34th career win.
Rui Costa (Movistar) retained the overall lead and will start stage 5 from Olten to Gansingen (192.7km) with eight seconds over Fränk Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) and 15 seconds over Roman Kreuziger (Astana).
Route Map
© Tour de Suiisse
Results Stage 3 - Top 30
1 21 SAGAN Peter LIQ SVK - Bonus 10"
2 128 ROJAS Jose Joaquin MOV ESP - Bonus 06"
3 61 ALBASINI Michael OGE SUI - Bonus 04"
4 54 HAUSSLER Heinrich GRM AUS
5 44 GAVAZZI Francesco AST ITA
6 13 GUSEV Vladimir KAT RUS
7 157 MONTAGUTI Matteo ALM ITA
8 107 POELS Wouter VCD NED
9 11 FREIRE Oscar KAT ESP
10 81 *FRANK Mathias BMC SUI
11 47 KISERLOVSKI Robert AST CRO
12 186 CUSIN Remi TT1 FRA
13 102 HOOGERLAND Johnny VCD NED
14 96 MONFORT Maxime RNT BEL
15 92 FUGLSANG Jakob RNT DEN
16 65 LANGEVELD Sebastian OGE NED
17 71 CUNEGO Damiano LAM ITA
18 48 KREUZIGER Roman AST CZE
19 84 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC GER
20 188 PREIDLER Georg TT1 AUT
21 5 STYBAR Zdenek OPQ CZE
22 31 BARRY Michael SKY CAN
23 158 ROCHE Nicolas ALM IRL
24 122 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto MOV POR
25 143 DE CLERCQ Bart LTB BEL
26 98 SCHLECK Frank RNT LUX
27 131 GESINK Robert RAB NED
28 26 MOSER Moreno LIQ ITA
29 12 CARUSO Giampaolo KAT ITA
30 133 KRUIJSWIJK Steven RAB NED
General Classification after Stage 4 - Top 50
1 122 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto MOV POR 15h43'52" 00"
2 98 SCHLECK Frank RNT LUX 15h44'00" 08"
3 48 KREUZIGER Roman AST CZE 15h44'07" 15"
4 165 PINOT Thibaut FDJ FRA 15h44'11" 19"
5 158 ROCHE Nicolas ALM IRL 15h44'13" 21"
6 33 LÖVKVIST Thomas SKY SWE
7 121 VALVERDE Alejandro MOV ESP 15h44'15" 23"
8 154 GADRET John ALM FRA 15h44'16" 24"
9 114 NIEVE Mikel EUS ESP 15h44'18" 26"
10 51 DANIELSON Tom GRM USA 15h44'21" 29"
11 47 KISERLOVSKI Robert AST CRO 15h44'24" 32"
12 92 FUGLSANG Jakob RNT DEN 15h44'25" 33"
13 1 LEIPHEIMER Levi OPQ USA 15h44'29" 37"
14 177 SÖRENSEN Chris SAX DEN 15h44'32" 40"
15 12 CARUSO Giampaolo KAT ITA 15h44'33" 41"
16 133 KRUIJSWIJK Steven RAB NED 15h44'39" 47"
17 71 CUNEGO Damiano LAM ITA 15h44'49" 57"
18 13 GUSEV Vladimir KAT RUS 15h44'50" 58"
19 26 MOSER Moreno LIQ ITA 15h44'53" 01'01"
20 131 GESINK Robert RAB NED 15h45'01" 01'09"
21 3 CATALDO Dario OPQ ITA 15h45'07" 01'15"
22 81 *FRANK Mathias BMC SUI 15h45'29" 01'37"
23 113 IZAGIRRE Gorka EUS ESP 15h45'31" 01'39"
24 107 POELS Wouter VCD NED 15h45'35" 01'43"
25 181 *BERTOGLIATI Rubens TT1 SUI 15h45'37" 01'45"
26 43 KANGERT Tanel AST EST 15h45'39" 01'47"
27 112 ASTARLOZA Mikel EUS ESP 15h45'47" 01'55"
28 143 DE CLERCQ Bart LTB BEL 15h45'51" 01'59"
29 136 SLAGTER Tom Jelte RAB NED
30 93 GERDEMANN Linus RNT GER 15h46'05" 02'13"
31 45 MURAVYEV Dmitriy AST KAZ 15h46'07" 02'15"
32 185 EL FARES Julien TT1 FRA 15h46'25" 02'33"
33 188 PREIDLER Georg TT1 AUT 15h46'36" 02'44"
34 96 MONFORT Maxime RNT BEL 15h46'38" 02'46"
35 135 TEN DAM Laurens RAB NED
36 31 BARRY Michael SKY CAN 15h46'54" 03'02"
37 56 PETERSON Thomas GRM USA 15h47'10" 03'18"
38 84 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC GER 15h48'04" 04'12"
39 102 HOOGERLAND Johnny VCD NED 15h48'17" 04'25"
40 128 ROJAS Jose Joaquin MOV ESP 15h48'50" 04'58"
41 44 GAVAZZI Francesco AST ITA 15h48'55" 05'03"
42 61 *ALBASINI Michael OGE SUI 15h49'39" 05'47"
43 95 KLÖDEN Andreas RNT GER 15h49'48" 05'56"
44 85 *KOHLER Martin BMC SUI 15h50'13" 06'21"
45 186 CUSIN Remi TT1 FRA 15h50'18" 06'26"
46 172 GUSTOV Volodymir SAX UKR
47 176 PAULINHO Sergio Miguel MoreSirAaX POR 15h51'06" 07'14"
48 173 JUUL JENSEN Christopher SAX DEN 15h51'27" 07'35"
49 195 EUSER Lucas SPI USA 15h52'18" 08'26"
50 167 ROY Jérémy FDJ FRA 15h52'31" 08'39"
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