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17.06.2008/Robbie McEwen (Silence – Lotto) won today's fourth stage, his second in a row. He won the mass sprint, as he did the day before, this time ahead of Spanish Rabobank rider Oscar Freire and Gerald Ciolek (High Road). Euskatel - Euskadi's Igor Anton defended his overall lead.

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Robbie McEwen won his second stage in a row. (© Sirotti)

Picture Gallery Tour de Suisse 2008: Stage 4, June 17, 2008 (4 Pages)

After only a few kilometers, Matej Jurco (Milram) escaped from the main field along with Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Teledom) and Jonathan Garcia (BMC). The trio built their lead up to 10:10 minutes ahead of the peloton, before Teams Silence-Lotto and Rabobank picked up the pace. The lead melted quickly, especially in the second half of the stage, which included two Cat. III climbs. The field let the three escapees stay away until six kilometers before the finish line, and then it rolled by them after their 160 kilometres long escape.

The breakaway was worth it for Milram's Matej Jurco: He won the special sprint as well as both intermediate sprints. He was second in both mountain rankings.

There was once again no change in the overall going into the difficult fifth stage, which runs on Wednesday from Domat/Ems over 190 k, to Caslano, and features four ranked climbs. Basque rider Igor Anton (Euskaltel) continues to lead Kim Kirchen of Team High Rod and Lampre's Damiano Cungeo.

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Results Tour de Suisse 2008
 
Stage 4
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              4.04.10 (41.947 km/h)
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                      
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                     
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
6 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                       
7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                         
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   
9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
10 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     
11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         
12 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        
14 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                    
15 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                    
16 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
17 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
18 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
20 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
21 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
22 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   
23 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                          
24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
26 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   
27 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                     
28 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                       
30 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       
31 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
32 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
33 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                        
34 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
35 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
36 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                            
37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                      
38 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                                  
39 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           
40 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
41 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
42 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
43 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                  
44 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     
45 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
46 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                       
47 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                          
48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                      
49 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          
51 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             
53 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
54 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
55 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
56 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                                  
57 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                           
58 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             
60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               
61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                          
62 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
63 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
64 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        
65 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                         
67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
68 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                        
69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
70 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
71 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                                
72 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                      
73 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                           
74 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      
76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       
77 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
78 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
79 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
80 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
81 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
82 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                               
83 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                        
84 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     
85 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                                    
86 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
87 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
88 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
89 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     
90 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
91 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
92 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
93 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
94 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                    
95 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
96 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                                   
97 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                           
98 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
99 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
100 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                        
101 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
102 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                        
103 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
104 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        
105 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                 
106 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                
107 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                                
108 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                    0.22
109 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                    
110 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                            
111 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                             
112 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
114 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                            
116 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
117 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
118 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
119 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                
120 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                           
121 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                                 
122 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
123 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
124 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
125 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                      
126 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                           
127 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                       
128 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                  
129 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                                  
130 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                                  
131 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
132 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                   
133 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                          
134 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                      
136 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                             
137 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
138 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   0.36
139 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  0.43
140 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                             0.48
141 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    
142 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                     0.52
143 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                1.04
144 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            1.11
145 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 
146 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                           
147 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
148 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  
149 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
150 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                          2.08
151 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 4.22
152 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
153 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              18.31
HD Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                 
DNS Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana                                          
DNS Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                     
DNS Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott

General Classification after stage 4
 
1 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  16.36.44
2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                    0.06
3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                         0.12
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        0.16
5 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     0.18
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      0.21
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.22
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                0.25
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         0.40
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                           
11 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                         1.03
12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     
13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             
14 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    1.07
15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               1.09
16 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.21
17 Florian Stalder (Swi) Team Volksbank                               1.34
18 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     1.38
19 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
20 Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale                               1.44
21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            1.48
22 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       
23 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 
24 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                       2.01
25 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                      2.12
26 Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   2.20
27 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           2.26
28 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                2.36
29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.39
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                        2.44
31 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                           2.49
32 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              3.06
33 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  3.16
34 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                        3.20
35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          3.24
36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              3.34
37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                     3.37
38 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            3.44
39 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  3.48
40 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                      4.19
41 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana                                        4.33
42 Eric Berthou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 5.14
43 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        5.18
44 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           5.31
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          5.36
46 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                                     5.40
47 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6.31
48 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                 6.37
49 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                  6.48
50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         7.03
51 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                            7.04
52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               7.11
53 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne                         8.16
54 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Volksbank                             8.18
55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               8.28
56 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    9.33
57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre                                          9.44
58 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    9.49
59 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        9.51
60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                       9.53
61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          10.50
62 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    11.10
63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            11.21
64 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                          11.27
65 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 12.25
66 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            12.44
67 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           12.47
68 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               12.58
69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  13.10
70 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             13.37
71 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                13.51
72 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     14.22
73 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   
74 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         
75 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           15.01
76 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                          
77 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road                               15.23
78 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                        15.28
79 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       15.29
80 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road                         15.35
81 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       16.08
82 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 16.30
84 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                   16.47
85 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                              16.59
86 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                             17.06
87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                             17.12
88 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                               17.34
89 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             18.02
90 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           18.18
91 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
92 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     
93 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
94 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                         
96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                        
97 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team                                     
98 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            18.32
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                        18.40
100 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                      
101 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           18.42
102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                  18.54
103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 19.22
104 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team                              19.28
105 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     19.45
106 Elias Schmaeh (Swi) Team Volksbank                               19.46
107 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               19.51
108 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    20.31
109 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         21.23
110 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       22.21
111 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   22.39
112 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
113 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                   
114 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                   
115 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team                            22.57
116 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   23.01
117 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                       
118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                   23.02
119 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                   23.24
120 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                   
121 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road                            23.36
122 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step                              23.46
123 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             23.50
124 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank                             24.03
125 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    24.15
126 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux                            24.28
127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                             
128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            26.37
129 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              27.19
130 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale                            27.30
131 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               27.39
132 André Korff (Ger) Team Volksbank                                     
133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                     
134 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                      
135 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                                    
136 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                                  
137 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
138 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           27.47
139 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team High Road                         28.01
140 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                      
141 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
142 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                 28.24
143 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                               28.46
144 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                  
145 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  29.51
146 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     29.53
147 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                               29.54
148 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              30.19
149 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                    30.57
150 Hector Gonzalez Baeza (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                31.29
151 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        32.00
152 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                32.03
153 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              39.51

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