Vuelta a España 2008/4. stage

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Result of the 4th stage
Stage winner ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati LIQ 4:27:54 h
Second BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen QST equal time
Third SpainSpain Koldo Fernández EUS equal time
Fourth ItalyItaly Danilo Napolitano LAM equal time
fifth GermanyGermany Erik Zabel MRM equal time
Sixth BelgiumBelgium Greg van Avermaet SIL equal time
seventh BelgiumBelgium Wouter Weylandt QST equal time
Eighth ItalyItaly Davide Viganò QST equal time
Ninth IrelandIreland Nicolas Roche CA + 0:03 min
Tenth FranceFrance Sylvain Chavanel COF equal time
Intermediate results after the 4th stage
Golden jersey Overall rating ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati LIQ 13:23:57 h
Second BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen QST + 0:22 min
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE + 0:48 min
Blue jersey Scoring ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati LIQ 51 P.
Second BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen QST 45 p.
Third GermanyGermany Erik Zabel MRM 37 P.
Mountain jersey Mountain scoring SpainSpain Jesús Rosendo ACA 16 p.
Second SpainSpain Manuel Ortega ACA 7 p.
Third SpainSpain José Antonio López ACA 6 p.
White jersey Combination scoring ItalyItaly Paolo Bettini QST 34 P.
Second SpainSpain Egoi Martínez EUS 45 p.
Third SpainSpain Manuel Ortega ACA 100 p.
Team evaluation SpainSpain Quick Step QST 26:33:46 h
Second SpainSpain Euskaltel-Euskadi EUS + 0:12 min
Third BelgiumBelgium ag2r La Mondiale ALM + 0:30 min

The 4th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 2nd led over 170.3 kilometers from Córdoba to Puertollano . Two sprint classifications and two mountain classifications in the 3rd category had to be completed.

In terms of characteristics, this stage was divided into two parts: At the beginning, the two mountain ratings and then a flat ride to the destination. So a fight for the mountain points began. This was secured by the wearer of the orange jersey Jesús Rosendo and thus extended his lead. In the descent came the attack of his teammate José Antonio López , who was able to pull away successfully. He had a maximum lead of almost eight minutes in his escape. On this he won both intermediate sprints and the second mountain classification of the day. In the first intermediate sprint, Daniele Bennati was able to secure another four bonus seconds and extend his lead in the overall standings. The peloton was the outlier with seven kilometers to go. The co-favorite for overall victory Damiano Cunego fell and was 2:16 minutes behind the other favorites at the finish. In the mass sprint, Daniele Bennati finally won ahead of Tom Boonen and secured another 20 bonus seconds and 25 points in the fight for the red jersey, which he also took over.

Ricardo Serrano , who had fallen the day before, had not started the 4th stage after a broken collarbone.

tasks

Sprint ratings

  • 1st intermediate sprint in Pozoblanco (71.4 km) (640 m above sea level)
First SpainSpain José Antonio López ACA 4 p.
Second ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati LIQ 2 p.
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE 1 P.
  • 2nd intermediate sprint in Almodóvar del Campo (kilometer 159.2) (660 m above sea level)
First SpainSpain José Antonio López ACA 4 p.
Second ItalyItaly Marco Marzano LAM 2 p.
Third SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST 1 P.
  • Arrival in Córdoba (130 m above sea level)
First ItalyItaly Daniele Bennati LIQ 25 p.
Second BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen QST 20 p.
Third SpainSpain Koldo Fernández EUS 16 p.
Fourth ItalyItaly Danilo Napolitano LAM 14 p.
fifth GermanyGermany Erik Zabel MRM 12 p.
Sixth BelgiumBelgium Greg van Avermaet SIL 10 p.
seventh BelgiumBelgium Wouter Weylandt QST 9 p.
Eighth ItalyItaly Davide Vigano QST 8 p.
Ninth IrelandIreland Nicolas Roche CA 7 p.
Tenth FranceFrance Sylvain Chavanel COF 6 p.
11. DenmarkDenmark Matti Breschel CSC 5 p.
12. Belarus 1995Belarus Alexandre Usov ALM 4 p.
13. BelgiumBelgium Gianni Meersman FDJ 3 p.
14th SpainSpain David García XAG 2 p.
15th ItalyItaly Alessandro Ballan LAM 1 P.

Mountain ratings

  • Alto de los Villares, 3rd category (km 6.8) (580 m above sea level)
First SpainSpain Jesus Rosendo ACA 6 p.
Second SpainSpain Francisco Perez ACA 4 p.
Third SpainSpain Serafín Martínez XAG 2 p.
Fourth ColombiaColombia Walter Pedraza TCS 1 P.
  • Puerto de la Chimorra, 3rd category (kilometer 46.8) (730 m above sea level)
First SpainSpain José Antonio López ACA 6 p.
Second ColombiaColombia Walter Pedraza TCS 4 p.
Third SpainSpain Jesus Rosendo ACA 2 p.
Fourth SpainSpain Manuel Ortega ACA 1 P.