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Tour of Belgium - Stage 4
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Posted on 14-10-2009 20:45
Yes, I'm aware of the fact that I said that the time trial would be the decider - but the thing is that, after the time trial, there's plenty of good riders capable of winning this race - with Kessler and Vandenbroeck, both 18 seconds after Hoste, being the biggest favourites. They will both fancy their chances on this hilly stage.

It took a while for the peloton to decide on which riders to let go. Eventually, a large group of 11 got away: Cioni, Cleaver, Wallays, Creed, Thuax, Terpstra, Cioban, Van Mingeroet, Locatelli, Fleeman and Echarri. With about 100 km to go, they had a gap of 8 minutes to the peloton.
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In the peloton, NVidia proved that they believe that Hoste has what it takes to keep the jersey by upping the pace. Meanwhile, other riders had other plans. Shpilevski, Tonti and Diggle attacked and were later followed by Bosisio, Muravjev and Munoz Giraldo. Diggle couldn't keep up while the others seemed to manage to collaborate. At this point, with 60 km to go, the front group has reached the first hill of the day, which is actually Mur de Huy, with a gap of c. 4 minutes to the peloton.
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More importantly, there was a mountain sprint at the top of Mur de Huy, bringing in 16 points. And as this is the first mountain sprint of the race, Terpstra, who won the sprint, takes the virtual mountain jersey.
Behind him, no major events happened during the climb. Tonti had to let go of the four breakaway riders behind the main break and was eventually caught by the peloton.

So, the situation with 40 km to go: An almost intact peloton chasing - 1 minute to the four-man-group and 3 minutes to the 11-man-group. There are still two hills to go.
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After a great chase by Molteni, the four riders were caught shortly before the 2nd last hill, leaving 11 riders in front. Terpstra once again attacked for mountain points and got them. The attacks continued after the sprint, though. Scheirlinckx (1'02 after), Hermans (34 after), Ratti, Leukemans, Wegmann, Quinziato, Kessler, Vandenbroeck, Kessler, Gardeyn all attacked, but the first attack was (partly) unsuccesful.
Instead, Hoste wanted to set everything straight and attacked!
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Both Kessler and Wegmann had a small advantage, though. from the previous attack - and they attacked again. They joined and 'left' the riders from the early breakaway while Hoste had to give up on his attack and return to the peloton. At the foot of the last hill - 10 km to go - the two riders in front had a gap of 47 seconds.
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As expected, a rain of attacks happened on the last hill. Led by Van Garderen, Vandenbroeck, Hermans and a struggling Meersman - followed by Scheirlinckx, the Vespa duo Bettini and Quinziato - but no Hoste. He wasted his energy earlier.
The outcome of the climb: Vandenbroeck, Hermans and Van Garderen managed to catch Kessler and Wegmann - and every surprisingly, a super-attack from Paolini, who was followed by Zirbel, Bagdonas, Meersman ... and Hoste (!) - increased the number of riders in the front group.
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Shortly after, the sprint started: It's Vandenbroeck in front of Kessler and Van Garderen. In the other train, Hermans is leading out for Paolini, Zirbel and Bagdonas. Hoste is last in the group.
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With 1 km to go, Paolini has taken over. Hermans is desperately trying to hang on while it's still Vandenbroeck leading out in the other sprint train. Hoste also seems tired, but he knows that if he can hang on, he's very likely to win this tour.
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It's a victory for Paolini! Hermans did manage to come closer, but it wasn't enough.
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Stage Result
1Luca PaoliniKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy4h47'11
2Ben HermansWiggle Pro Cycling Teams.t.
3Matthias KesslerNespresso - SportZones.t.
4Tejay Van GarderenWal-Mart Pro Cycling Teams.t.
5Tom ZirbelBMC Racing Teams.t.
6Jurgen VandenbroeckMoltenis.t.
7Gediminas BagdonasEON Ruhrgass.t.
8Fabian WegmannBMC Racing Teams.t.
9Gianni MeersmanIrnBru - RBSs.t.
10Leif HosteNvidia Intels.t.
11Manuel QuinziatoVespa-Caffrey's+ 41
12Staf ScheirlinckxSony Ericssons.t.
13Danilo NapolitanoVespa-Caffrey'ss.t.
14Francisco VentosoSantanders.t.
15Jimmy CasperKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergys.t.
16Frederik WillemsMoltenis.t.
17Will FrischkornErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC Newss.t.
18Kevin IstaWiggle Pro Cycling Teams.t.
19Bradley Wiggins100% MEs.t.
20Stefan SchreckEON Ruhrgass.t.
21Klaas VantornoutTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonnes.t.
22Adam Blythe100% MEs.t.
23Dominique RollinErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC Newss.t.
24Juan José HaedoBMC Racing Teams.t.
25Aleksandr KuchinskiEON Ruhrgass.t.
26Ronan Van ZandbeekTeam Ultimates.t.
27Dan CravenIrnBru - RBSs.t.
28Jérome GiauxWal-Mart Pro Cycling Teams.t.
29Björn LeukemansKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergys.t.
30Jarno Van MingeroetKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergys.t.
31Gerald CiolekTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonnes.t.
32Ivan SeledkovIrnBru - RBSs.t.
33Jakob FuglsangTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonnes.t.
34Justo TenorioSantanders.t.
35Martin MortensenSony Ericssons.t.
36Gerben LöwikKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergys.t.
37Bert De WaeleMoltenis.t.
38Niki TerpstraIrnBru - RBSs.t.
39Scott NydamBMC Racing Teams.t.
40Paolo BettiniVespa-Caffrey'ss.t.
41Rory SutherlandNvidia Intels.t.
42Geert SteursNespresso - SportZones.t.
43Boris ShpilevskiEON Ruhrgass.t.
44Vasili KiryenkaNespresso - SportZones.t.
45Didac OrtegaSantanders.t.
46Gabriele BosisioVespa-Caffrey'ss.t.
47Alex DinizNvidia Intels.t.
48Fredrik JohanssonSony Ericssons.t.
49Francisco Javier EcharriSantanders.t.
50Sergiu CiobanTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonnes.t.
51Dmitri MuravjevSony Ericssons.t.
52Eddy RattiAcqua & Sapones.t.
53Dennis HaueisenTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonnes.t.
54Jan GhyselinckNokia-Nikes.t.
55Phillip ThuauxTeam Ultimates.t.
56Pedro Merino CriadoSantanders.t.
57Christian PfannbergerNvidia Intels.t.
58Fabio MontenegroWal-Mart Pro Cycling Teams.t.
59Salvatore MancusoTeam Ultimates.t.
60James Lewis PerryErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC Newss.t.
61Andy CappelleVespa-Caffrey'ss.t.
62Jelle WallaysWal-Mart Pro Cycling Teams.t.
63Andrea TontiVespa-Caffrey'ss.t.
64Julian David Muñoz GiraldoEON Ruhrgass.t.
65Nicolas PortalNespresso - SportZones.t.
66Luca MazzantiMoltenis.t.
67Paolo LocatelliWiggle Pro Cycling Team+ 2'19
68Daniel Lloyd100% MEs.t.
69Arnold JeannessonTeam Ultimates.t.
70Michael CreedErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC Newss.t.
71Peter WilliamsTHE CONTROL TEAMs.t.
72Thomas Murray100% ME+ 3'02
73Benoît SinnerBMC Racing Teams.t.
74Joseph CooperWiggle Pro Cycling Teams.t.
75Piotr MazurNespresso - SportZones.t.
76Richard Cleaver100% MEs.t.
77Ethan WeissBMC Racing Teams.t.
78Gorik GardeynNokia-Nikes.t.
79Alex CouttsErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC Newss.t.
80Adonis Cardoso EspañolaWal-Mart Pro Cycling Teams.t.
81Tyler FarrarAcqua & Sapones.t.
82Yannick StoltzTeam Ultimates.t.
83Franck RénierKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergys.t.
84José Joaquin Rojas GilSony Ericssons.t.
85Dario David CioniAcqua & Sapones.t.
86Hayden RoulstonIrnBru - RBSs.t.
87Alex HowesBMC Racing Teams.t.
88Kurt-Asle ArvesenNvidia Intels.t.
89Gian Marco FanfaniNokia-Nikes.t.
90Fons de RomijnNokia-Nikes.t.
91Cyril LemoineAcqua & Sapones.t.
92Juan Abenhamar Gallego MartinSantanders.t.
93Nikolai TrusovWiggle Pro Cycling Teams.t.
94Sebastian SiedlerNespresso - SportZones.t.
95Michael VingerlingNvidia Intels.t.
96Tom DiggleWiggle Pro Cycling Teams.t.
97Andreas AndereggErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC Newss.t.
98Aitor GaldosMoltenis.t.
99Ruben BongiornoMoltenis.t.
100Artjom TimofeevEON Ruhrgass.t.
101Miguel ChaconIrnBru - RBSs.t.
102Alexandre PichotWal-Mart Pro Cycling Teams.t.
103Wilson RincónTeam Ultimates.t.
104Ruslan SambrisAcqua & Sapones.t.
105Kevin BarclayNokia-Nikes.t.
106Daniel FleemanNokia-Nikes.t.
107Eric BaumannTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonnes.t.
108Jonathan Tiernan-LockeTHE CONTROL TEAMs.t.
109Kristian HouseTHE CONTROL TEAMs.t.
110Jure ZrimsekWal-Mart Pro Cycling Team+ 4'12
111Tigran KorkotyanNespresso - SportZone+ 5'04
112Óscar GueraoSantanders.t.
113Andrew Fenn100% MEs.t.
114Simon ClarkeIrnBru - RBSs.t.
115Cameron MeyerSony Ericssons.t.
116Rahsaan BahatiErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC Newss.t.
117Sascha DamrowNvidia Intels.t.
118Crescenzo D'AmoreSony Ericssons.t.
119Ananias AnaniasTHE CONTROL TEAMs.t.
120Philipp WalslebenTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonnes.t.
121Mattia GavazziVespa-Caffrey'ss.t.
122Richard TanguyWiggle Pro Cycling Teams.t.
123Aleksandr UsovKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergys.t.
124Matt Booth100% MEs.t.
125Bobby LeaAcqua & Sapones.t.
126Kim Marius NielsenEON Ruhrgass.t.
127Jeremy HuntMoltenis.t.
128Jaime Alberto CastañedaNokia-Nike+ 7'47
129Gert RajalaTeam Ultimate+ 21'39


Overall Classification
1Leif HosteNvidia Intel13h59'25
2Matthias KesslerNespresso - SportZone+ 10
3Gianni MeersmanIrnBru - RBSs.t.
4Jurgen VandenbroeckMolteni+ 11
5Tom ZirbelBMC Racing Team+ 18
6Ben HermansWiggle Pro Cycling Team+ 22
7Tejay Van GarderenWal-Mart Pro Cycling Team+ 48
8Luca PaoliniKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy+ 55
9Manuel QuinziatoVespa-Caffrey's+ 1'11
10Adam Blythe100% ME+ 1'15
11Martin MortensenSony Ericssons.t.
12Fredrik JohanssonSony Ericsson+ 1'18
13Jérome GiauxWal-Mart Pro Cycling Team+ 1'21
14Kevin IstaWiggle Pro Cycling Team+ 1'27
15Andy CappelleVespa-Caffrey's+ 1'30
16Gediminas BagdonasEON Ruhrgas+ 1'31
17Aleksandr KuchinskiEON Ruhrgas+ 1'32
18Nicolas PortalNespresso - SportZone+ 1'39
19Geert SteursNespresso - SportZone+ 1'42
20Staf ScheirlinckxSony Ericsson+ 1'43
21Stefan SchreckEON Ruhrgass.t.
22Gerald CiolekTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonne+ 1'44
23Will FrischkornErnst and Young / Apple Computer and NBC News+ 1'45
24Bradley Wiggins100% ME+ 1'46
25Paolo BettiniVespa-Caffrey's+ 1'48
26Vasili KiryenkaNespresso - SportZone+ 1'56
27Frederik WillemsMolteni+ 1'59
28Fabian WegmannBMC Racing Team+ 2'00
29Juan José HaedoBMC Racing Team+ 2'01
30Björn LeukemansKenda Pro Cycling P/B Spinergy+ 2'03


Points Classification
1Gianni MeersmanIrnBru - RBS32
2Ben HermansWiggle Pro Cycling Team28
3Gerald CiolekTeam LEGO - Capri-Sonne25
4Bradley Wiggins100% ME25
5Leif HosteNvidia Intel25


Mountain Classification
1Niki TerpstraIrnBru - RBS26
2Fabian WegmannBMC Racing Team16
3Richard Cleaver100% ME14
4Matthias KesslerNespresso - SportZone12
5Daniel FleemanNokia-Nike12


Young Rider Classification
1Gianni MeersmanIrnBru - RBSs.t.13h59'35 (1)
2Ben HermansWiggle Pro Cycling Team+ 4h47'11+ 12 (2)
3Tejay Van GarderenWal-Mart Pro Cycling Teams.t.+ 38 (3)
Edited by Roman on 18-10-2016 03:56
 
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