Volta a Catalunya

Eldrack said:

Nothing really happened in this race so far but tomorrows stage will be very interesting. Big climb up to Vallnord Arcalis

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Which should shake up the GC a fair bit. Mancebo, Menchov, Botero, Evans, Sanchez are all in the race so it should be good.

Today's stage was won by Hushovd who also took over the lead in the general classification from Cancellara. Mancebo was in a breakaway but had problems on a hill....

Great to see a relatively unknow rider get his moment in the spotlight.

Winner of stage 4 Carlos Castaño and he's got over a minute advantage over Christophe Moreau and Santiago Botero too.

He should be able to hold his lead all the way to the end now, it is big enough. Wouldn't be suprised to see him on a ProTour team next year after that performance.

Stage 5:

1. Adolfo García Quesada
2. David Arroyo
3. Eladio Jiménez

General classification after stage 5:

Pto Dor Nombre Nac Equipo hh:mm:ss
~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
1º 224 CASTANO, Carlos ESP KAIKU 18:26:31
2º 93 CANADA, David ESP SAUNIER DUVAL-PRODIR a 01:16
3º 11 BOTERO, Santiago COL PHONAK HEARING SYSTE a 01:18
4º 66 MOREAU, Christophe FRA AG2R PREVOYANCE a 01:24
5º 14 HESJEDAL, Ryder CAN PHONAK HEARING SYSTE a 01:51
6º 2 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO DISCOVERY CHANEL a 02:04
7º 44 GERDEMANN, Linus GER T-MOBILE TEAM a 02:13
8º 61 MANCEBO, Francisco ESP AG2R PREVOYANCE a 02:27
9º 24 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BA a 02:40
10º 38 MENCHOV, Denis RUS RABOBANK a 02:43
11º 23 ARROYO, David ESP C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BA a 02:51
12º 206 PECHARROMAN, José A. ESP COMUNITAT VALENCIANA a 02:54
13º 233 GARCIA, Adolfo ESP ANDALUCIA-PAUL VERSA a 03:04
14º 202 JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP COMUNITAT VALENCIANA a 03:08
15º 71 SANCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 03:22
16º 223 GARCIA, Rodrigo ESP KAIKU a 03:26
17º 21 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin ESP C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BA a 03:34
18º 212 ELIAS, Jose Miguel ESP RELAX-GAM a 03:39
19º 55 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA TEAM CSC a 03:40
20º 177 MARZANO, Marco ITA LAMPRE-FONDITAL a 03:45
21º 91 COBO, Juan Jose ESP SAUNIER DUVAL-PRODIR a 03:48
22º 107 ROUS, Didier FRA BOUYGUES TELECOM a 03:52
23º 238 ROVIRA, Jaume ESP ANDALUCIA-PAUL VERSA a 04:15
24º 186 MUGERLI, Matej SLO LIQUIGAS a 04:41
25º 144 CHARTEAU, Anthony FRA CREDIT AGRICOLE a 04:42

It`s nice to see Botero in good shape again.

limerickman said:

Great to see a relatively unknow rider get his moment in the spotlight.

Winner of stage 4 Carlos Castaño and he's got over a minute advantage over Christophe Moreau and Santiago Botero too.

Wow, I've never heard of the guy, but that was some win. 52 seconds...

tcklyde said:

Wow, I've never heard of the guy, but that was some win. 52 seconds...

He's a newbie accroding to Cyclingnews.
if he wins this, the protour teams will be waving the checkbooks in front of him.

limerickman said:

He's a newbie accroding to Cyclingnews.
if he wins this, the protour teams will be waving the checkbooks in front of him.

But... he probebly won't...

today's results of stge 6:

1º 186 MUGERLI, Matej SLO LIQUIGAS 4:02:01 10"
2º 141 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR CREDIT AGRICOLE a 01 6"
3º 187 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA LIQUIGAS a 01 4"
4º 125 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ TEAM MILRAM a 01
5º 106 PINEAU, Jérôme FRA BOUYGUES TELECOM a 01
6º 178 RIGHI, Daniele ITA LAMPRE-FONDITAL a 01
7º 57 LJUNGQVIST, Marcus SWE TEAM CSC a 01
8º 85 MERTENS, Pieter BEL DAVITAMON-LOTTO a 01
9º 193 TANKINK, Bram NED QUICK STEP-INNERGETI a 01
10º 16 JALABERT, Nicolas FRA PHONAK HEARING SYSTE a 01
11º 177 MARZANO, Marco ITA LAMPRE-FONDITAL a 01
12º 44 GERDEMANN, Linus GER T-MOBILE TEAM a 01
13º 244 FERRIO, Jorge ESP 3 MOLINOS-RESORT a 01
14º 211 TONDO, Xavier ESP RELAX-GAM a 01
15º 132 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ LIBERTY SEGUROS-WURT a 01
16º 66 MOREAU, Christophe FRA AG2R PREVOYANCE a 01
17º 11 BOTERO, Santiago COL PHONAK HEARING SYSTE a 01
18º 2 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO DISCOVERY CHANEL a 01
19º 115 LANG, Sebastian GER GEROLSTEINER a 01
20º 165 MOUREY, Francis FRA FRANCAISE DES JEUX a 01
21º 14 HESJEDAL, Ryder CAN PHONAK HEARING SYSTE a 01
22º 71 SANCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 01
23º 55 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA TEAM CSC a 01
24º 61 MANCEBO, Francisco ESP AG2R PREVOYANCE a 01
25º 181 CAPECCHI, Eros ITA LIQUIGAS a 01

Overall after stage 6:

Pto Dor Nombre Nac Equipo hh:mm:ss
~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
1º 93 CANADA, David ESP SAUNIER DUVAL-PRODIR 22:29:49
2º 11 BOTERO, Santiago COL PHONAK HEARING SYSTE a 02
3º 66 MOREAU, Christophe FRA AG2R PREVOYANCE a 08
4º 14 HESJEDAL, Ryder CAN PHONAK HEARING SYSTE a 35
5º 2 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO DISCOVERY CHANEL a 48
6º 44 GERDEMANN, Linus GER T-MOBILE TEAM a 57
7º 61 MANCEBO, Francisco ESP AG2R PREVOYANCE a 01:11
8º 24 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BA a 01:24
9º 38 MENCHOV, Denis RUS RABOBANK a 01:27
10º 23 ARROYO, David ESP C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BA a 01:35
11º 206 PECHARROMAN, José A. ESP COMUNITAT VALENCIANA a 01:36
12º 202 JIMENEZ, Eladio ESP COMUNITAT VALENCIANA a 01:50
13º 71 SANCHEZ, Samuel ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 02:06
14º 21 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin ESP C.D'EPARGNE-ILLES BA a 02:18
15º 55 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA TEAM CSC a 02:24
16º 177 MARZANO, Marco ITA LAMPRE-FONDITAL a 02:29
17º 107 ROUS, Didier FRA BOUYGUES TELECOM a 02:36
18º 186 MUGERLI, Matej SLO LIQUIGAS a 03:14
19º 102 FEDRIGO, Pierrick FRA BOUYGUES TELECOM a 03:27
20º 116 LEIPHEIMER, Levi USA GEROLSTEINER a 03:29
21º 1 LOWE, Trent AUS DISCOVERY CHANEL a 03:33
22º 77 VERDUGO, Gorka ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI a 03:37
23º 224 CASTANO, Carlos ESP KAIKU a 03:44
24º 164 LÖVKVIST, Thomas SWE FRANCAISE DES JEUX a 04:14
25º 64 DESSEL, Cyril FRA AG2R PREVOYANCE a 04:37

Gerdemann is now on 6, not bad for the 23 year old. Castano now on 23th place. Nice to see Moreau on place 3, he was involved in 2 breakaways during the Volta Catalunya...

Virenque said:

It`s nice to see Botero in good shape again.

Yes, it would be nice to have him become a major contender in the Pro Tour again.

cyclingheroes said:

today's results of stge 6:
1º 186 MUGERLI, Matej SLO LIQUIGAS 4:02:01 10"

Mugerli has won it! That`s great. 🙂 We did a few trainings together in the winter..he`s a great guy.

The last stage went to Bennati, the overall to Canada

What a difference 2 seconds make...