Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia

From the 3rd to the 7th of March Team Radioshack will ride Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia.

The Team Radioshack Line-Up:

Riders: Lance Armstrong, Daryl Impey, Andreas Klöden, Jason McCartney, Gregory Rast, José Luis Rubiera & Haimar Zubeldia
Directors: Johan Bruyneel & Viatcheslav Ekimov

The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (English: Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men’s competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs.

We will list the daily stage results on this page.

Stage 5 Results:
1 Theo Bos (Ned) Cervélo TestTeam 2:43:35
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
3 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp
4 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
5 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team
6 Russell Downing (GBr) Team Sky
7 Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram
8 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp
9 Manuel Anton (Spa) Spanish National Team
10 Ian Wilkilson (GBr) Endura Racing

Final General Classification:
1 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC – Columbia 16:01:24
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:38:00
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 0:53:00
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack 0:57:00
5 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana 1:21:00
6 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 1:23:00
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack
8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1:41:00
9 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram 1:42:00
10 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 1:59:00

Top Ten Results, stage 4
1 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC – Columbia 0:25:10
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:00:33
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:48
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack 0:00:52
5 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC – Columbia 0:01:03
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:01:10
7 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 0:01:17
8 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack 0:01:18
9 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana 0:01:21
10 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Transitions 0:01:23

General Classification After Stage 4:
1 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC – Columbia 13:17:49
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:00:38
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:53
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack 0:00:57
5 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana 0:01:21
6 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 0:01:23
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack
8 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin – Transitions 0:01:41
9 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 0:01:42
10 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 0:01:59

Top Ten Results, stage 3
1 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram    4:16:47
2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
3 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
6 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank
7 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervélo TestTeam
8 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin – Transitions
9 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky
10 José Herrada (Spa) Caja Rural

Team RadioShack on Stage 3
25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
26 Lance Armstrong (USA)
29 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
66 Daryl Impey (RSA)  0:11:37
67 Gregory Rast (Swi)
88 Jason Mccartney (USA) 0:23:53

General Classification after Stage 3
1 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana 12:52:39
2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram
3 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC – Columbia
4 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
5 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
6 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
7 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team    0:00:05

Team RadioShack on General Classification
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
19 Lance Armstrong (USA)
20 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)
21 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
47 Daryl Impey (RSA) 0:11:37
50 Gregory Rast (Swi) 0:11:42
64 Jason Mccartney (USA) 0:23:58

Top Ten Results, Stage 2
1. Robert Hunter (Garmin-Transitions) – 04h20′12″
2. Graeme Brown (Rabobank) – s.t.
3. Vicente Reynes (Team HTC-Columbia) – s.t.
4. Alexander Blain (Endura Racing) – s.t.
5. Daniel Schorn (Team NetApp) – s.t.
6. Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia) – s.t.
7. Michel Kreder (Garmin-Transitions) – s.t.
8. Ian Wilkinson (Endura Racing) – s.t.
9. Josep Jufré (Astana) – s.t.
10. Daryl Impey (Team RadioShack) – s.t.

More later…

Top Ten Results, Stage 1
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Transitions  4:15:40
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team HTC – Columbia
4 Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack
6 Krzystof Jezowsky (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
7 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
8 Russell Downing (GBr) Team Sky
9 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp
10 Ian Wilkilson (GBr) Endura Racing


Team RadioShack on Stage 1
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack
36 Gregory Rast (Swi)
38 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
46 Lance Armstrong (USA)
51 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
53 Jason Mccartney (USA)
54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)

General Classification after Stage 1
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Transitions  4:15:40
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team HTC – Columbia
4 Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack
6 Krzystof Jezowsky (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice
7 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
8 Russell Downing (GBr) Team Sky
9 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp
10 Ian Wilkilson (GBr) Endura Racing

Team RadioShack on General Classification
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack
36 Gregory Rast (Swi)
38 Andreas Klöden (Ger)
46 Lance Armstrong (USA)
51 José Luis Rubiera (Spa)
53 Jason Mccartney (USA)
54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa)