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won overall, Zabel starts at Scheldeprijs, Tour de Georgia: Stage Win Is Toyota-United's
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Tour of Basque Country: Cobo takes overall!
Juanjo Cobo (Saunier Duval-Prodir) has excellently defended Fridays
win at stage 6 of the 47th Vuelta al País Vasco. On Saturday, he clocked the third best time in the 14km individual time-trial
with the start and the finish line in Oiartzun. Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) crossed the line with the best time and
took the stage, but the "red bird" man from Cantabria knew how to make the best of his battle against the clock: brilliantly
showcasing his legs, Cobo finished only 4 seconds after Sánchez, and gained 37 seconds over Ángel Vicioso (Relax-GAM), atop
whom he sat yesterday but just 1 second. This smart move secured the Basque Tour for Saunier Duval-Prodir, who did excellent
teamwork throughout the week. The yellow festival in the individual classification was highlighted by the team finishing at
the top of the leaderboard in the teams classification, with an advantage of more than 10 minutes over Caisse d´Épargne, in
the runner-up spot.
"Winning this race is awesome!," exclaimed Cobo when the event was
over. "I came here in good shape, thinking I would work for Marchante and Koldo Gil. But I took the lead on day one already
and I felt I could make it. Earlier today, everybody was telling me I should take it easy, that I had already done enough.
Winning the tour of the Basque Country, however, is quite something -it can be a turning point in a cyclist´s career. I believe
I´ve shown I can win any one-week event in the future."
Results stage 5 Tour of Basque Country
1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
4.18.38
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1.03
3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
1.38
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
1.50
5 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
7 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
1.53
9 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM
1.55
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
1.57
11 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel
2.02
13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
4.05
14 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
16 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
4.11
17 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
18 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.58
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française
Des Jeux 5.34
20 Constantino
Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.56
21
Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
23 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
25 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
6.07
Results stage 6 Tour of Basque Country
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21.36.00 (38.89 km/h)
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel
0.02
3 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
0.04
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
0.14
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
0.22
6 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM
0.40
7 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.41
8 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery
Channel
0.47
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
0.55
11 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
0.56
13 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1.01
14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana
1.04
15 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
1.06
16 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
1.07
17 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
1.08
18 Gustav Erik Larsson (Sui) Unibet.com
1.17
19 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
1.18
20 José Lui Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
1.19
21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
1.30
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
23 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM
1.36
24 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
1.39
25 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
1.40
Final General classification Tour of Basque Country 2007
1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
21.56.38
2 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM
0.37
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
1.16
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
2.26
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2.42
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
2.50
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
2.57
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
3.13
9 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3.21
10 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3.41
11 Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana
3.47
12 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.27
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
6.02
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel
6.07
15 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
6.48
16 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas
6.55
17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM
8.28
18 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8.49
19 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9.25
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
10.23
21 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
11.46
22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
11.49
23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
12.10
24 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
12.28
25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
13.37
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| Sanchez, Cobo and Vicioso on the podium (picture: Saunier Duval) |
Circuit de la Sarthe: Klöden won overall
Chris Sutton (Cofidis) won the fourth and final stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe on Friday but Andreas Klöden
(Astana) took his second overall win after winning the Tirreno-Adriatico earlier in the season.
Results stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe
1 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.13.52 (44.6 km/h)
2 Markus
Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
3 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia
4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole
6 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
7 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
8 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
9 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
13 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
14 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux
15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
16 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Auber
17 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle
18 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
19 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
20 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Crédit Agricole
21 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia
22 José Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Agritubel
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
24 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux
25 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
Final General Classification Circuit de la Sarthe 2007
1 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
15.58.47
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
0.04
3 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia
0.10
4 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.13
5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
0.15
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
0.16
7 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
0.20
8 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
0.23
9 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.29
11 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.30
12 Christophe
Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
0.36
13 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Crédit Agricole
0.37
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.38
15 José Alberto Martinez Trinidad (Spa) Agritubel
0.40
16 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia
17 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne-Armor Lux
0.42
18 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance
0.43
19 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano
0.45
20 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
0.48
21 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Auber
0.51
22 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
1.05
23 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
1.06
24 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 1.16
25 Matteo
Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
1.17
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| Andreas Klöden with second overall win this year (Picture: Tim de Waele ) |
Zabel starts at Scheldeprijs
After his crash at the Tour of Flanders Erik Zabel comes back at the 100th birthday of the Scheldeprijs (1. HC) on Wednesday
(18 April). At the race over 197 kilometers through Flanders, the 36 year-old leads a selection of eight riders which is prepared
for a bunch sprint.
Milram for Scheldeprijs:
Erik Zabel, Mirco Lorenzetto, Elia Rigotto, Sebastian Siedler, Alberto Ongarato, Niki Terpstra, Ralf Grabsch, Martin
Mueller
Tour de Georgia: Stage Win Is Toyota-United's Goal
The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team enters the 2007 Tour de Georgia with its eyes on a stage win.
“Our No. 1
goal is to win a stage,” Toyota-United Team Director Harm Jansen said. “I would say that there is also some room
to assist a rider who has a good place on general classification and help keep him up there.”
Toyota-United’s
eight-man squad for this year’s seven-stage, seven-day, 658-mile (1,059 km) UCI 2.HC race consists of Chris Baldwin,
Ivan Dominguez, Justin England, Caleb Manion, Ivan Stevic, Burke Swindlehurst, Henk Vogels and Chris Wherry.
At last
year’s race, Toyota-United was the only domestic squad to capture a stage when sprinter Juan José Haedo won the 118.2-mile
(190.2 km) Stage 6 from Cumming/Forsyth County to Alpharetta.
This year, Toyota-United will look to Dominguez and
Vogels for stage wins. With seven victories to his credit, Dominguez is third in the National Race Calendar points standings
behind Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health Cycling Team) and Rory Sutherland (Health Net presented by Maxxis). Vogels excels
on stages with tough finishing circuits and has one victory this season (Central Valley Classic, Stage 3).
Baldwin
had the best finish by an American racing on a domestic team in last year’s race, placing ninth overall. England is
also projected to do well after finishing 11th overall. He recently finished second on the challenging climb to Oak Glen during
Stage 1 of the Redlands Bicycle Classic.
“Justin is riding well and he loves the humidity,” Jansen said.
“He’s certainly riding better than he did last year and I think he has yet to become aware of his full potential.”
Toyota-United, which finished fifth in the team standings at the 2006 Tour de Georgia, is the No. 1 team in the NRC
standings ahead of Health Net and Priority Health. It was the only domestic team to win a stage of this year’s Amgen
Tour of California when Dominguez took Stage 7’s Long Beach Circuit Race.
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