Vuelta al País Vasco (Spa) 5-10/4/10
Team Radioshack line-up:
Riders: Matthew Busche, Ben Hermans, Chris Horner, Andreas Klöden, Jason McCartney, Sérgio Paulinho, Ivan Rovny & Haimar Zubeldia
Directors: Viatcheslav Ekimov & José Azevedo
The Tour of the Basque Country (Spanish: Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Basque: Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia) is an annual cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in April.
Because the Basque Country is a mountainous area there are hardly any flat stages, and the event’s winners therefore tend to be good climbers. Most climbs in the Vuelta al País Vasco are not high, but often they are quite steep.
Top Ten Stage 6
1 Chris Horner (RadioShack) 32:33
2 Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargen) + 0:08
3 Maxime Monfort (HTC-Columbia) + 0:13
4 Michale Rogers (HTC-Columbia) + 0:18
5 Beñat Intxausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) + 0:21
6 Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) + 0:23
7 Marco Pinotti (HTC-Columbia) + 0:25
8 Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) + 0:33
9 Jean ChristophePeraud (Omega Pharma-L)
10 Andreas Kloden (RadioShack) + 0:34
Final general classification
1 Christopher Horner (RadioShack) 23:27:30
2 Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) + 0:07
3 Beñat Intxausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) + 0:58
4 Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) + 1:06
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Omega Pharma-L) + 1:10
6 Marco Pinotti (HTC-Columbia) + 1:18
7 Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) + 1:47
8 Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) + 1:58
9 Robert Gesink (Rabobank) + 1:59
10 Dries Devenyns (Quick Step) + 2:27
Top Ten Results, stage 5
1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 4:07:52
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 0:00:14
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:00:20
6 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Transitions
8 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 0:02:35
67 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:09:25
80 Sergio Paulinho (Por)
125 Fuyu Li (Chn) 0:19:55
General Classification after Stage 5
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 22:54:56
2 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack 0:00:01
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:34
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:38
5 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:45
7 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC – Columbia 0:00:54
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
9 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
Team RadioShack on General Classification after Stage 5
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 0:01:21
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 0:06:11
67 Sergio Paulinho (Por) 0:29:00
95 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:45:25
124 Fuyu Li (Chn) 1:16:22
Top Ten Stage 4
1 Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
2 Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) + 0:02
3 Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
4 Chris Horner (Team RadioShack)
5 Beñat Intxausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi) + 0:33
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
7 Damiano Cunego (Lampre) + 0:40
8 Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank)
9 Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux) + 0:49
10 Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha)
General classification after stage 4
1 Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne)
2 Christopher Horner (Team RadioShack) + 0:02
3 Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
4 Jean Christophe Peraud (Omega Pharma-Lotto) + 0:32
5 Beñat Intxausti (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
6 Damiano Cunego (Lampre) + 0:39
7 Andy Schleck (Team Saxon Bank)
8 Marco Pinotti (Team HTC-Columbia) + 0:48
9 Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha)
10 Sandy Casar (Française des Jeux)
Johan Bruyneel via Twitter:
Good performance of Chris Horner in the Basque Tour which puts him in 2nd overall at only 1 second from the lead.
Chris Horner via Twitter:
Going to dinner now after a hard but good day at the office. Thanks all for the tweeter cheers!
Top Ten Results, stage 3
1 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 4:49:52
2 Óscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC – Columbia
4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team
7 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
8 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
10 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
Team RadioShack Results, stage 3
23 Ben Hermans (Bel) 0:00:02
25 Christopher Horner (USA)
26 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
83 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
89 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:00:28
91 Sergio Paulinho (Por) 0:00:42
121 Fuyu Li (Chn) 0:12:10
122 Ivan Rovny (Rus)
General Classification after Stage 3
1 Óscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 14:41:30
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:02
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Transitions 0:00:03
4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Team Radioshack
6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC – Columbia
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
Team RadioShack on General Classification after stage 3
12 Christopher Horner (USA)
15 Ben Hermans (Bel)
57 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 0:02:43
77 Sergio Paulinho (Por) 0:08:40
113 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:18:36
141 Fuyu Li (Chn) 0:33:20
146 Ivan Rovny (Rus)
Top Ten Results, stage 2
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC – Columbia
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
6 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Transitions
7 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
8 Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – Farnese Vini
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
Team RadioShack Results, stage 2
16 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
24 Christopher Horner (USA)
More TRS results when confirmed
Top Ten after stage 2
1 VALVERDE, Alejandro GCE
2 FREIRE, oscar RAB
3 HESJEDAL, Ryder GRM
4 KOLOBNEV, Alexandr KAT
5 URAN, Rigoberto GCE
6 MARTIN, Daniel GRM
7 ZUBELDIA, Haimar RSH
8 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT
9 CUNEGO, Damiano LAM
10 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen OLO
Team Radioshack, after stage 2
18 HORNER, Christopher RSH
22 HERMANS, Ben RSH
55 KLODEN, Andreas RSH
88 PAULINHO, Sergio RSH
Top Ten Results, stage 1
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 3:57:58
2 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin – Transitions
4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne
7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team Radioshack
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin – Transitions
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
Team RadioShack Results on Stage 1
11 Ben Hermans (Bel)
23 Christopher Horner (USA)
68 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 0:02:40
91 Matthew Busche (USA) 0:06:06
96 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) 0:06:56
121 Fuyu Li (Chn) 0:09:08
130 Ivan Rovny (Rus)
Sergio Paulinho and José Azevedo rules
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Great Job CH. Now just don’t fall or get sick
The team will need you for the tour this year.
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Way to go Chris, and The Shack!!!!
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