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Rock Racing's David Vitoria wins Mexico's stage 4 as Simoni retains the overall lead
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Rock Racing's David Vitoria won the Vuelta Mexico Telmex's fourth stage in a solo breakaway, while Italian Gilberto Simoni retains the overall lead in the race.
Vitoria, a fourth-year Swiss pro, escaped from three others — Arquimedes Lam (Tecos), Francesco Rivera (Amica Chips-Knauf) and Andrew Pinfold (OUCH-Maxxis) — on a steep climb in the closing miles to beat Lam by 20 seconds. Pinfold was third, 1:53 behind.
Stage 4: Tlaxcala to Cuernavaca, 200km (124 miles)
Winner's average speed: 44.34 kmh. (27.55 mph)
Overall leader: Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti PVC Disquigiovanni)
Sprint leader: Francesco Rivera (Amica Chips)
Mountains leader: John Parra (Tecos)
Best Young rider (Under 23): Peter Stetina (USA U25)
Team GC leader: Mexican National
Peloton: 134 riders finished stage 4
Up Next: Stage 5 is 215km (133.6 miles) from Cuernavaca to Toluca. The route contains eight categorized climbs.
Complete results (.pdf)
Simoni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) finished in the peloton, 2:49 behind Vitoria. Rock Racing’s Enrique Gutierrez placed seventh on the day and is fifth in the overall standings, 10 seconds behind. Rock Racing’s Glen Chadwick, the race’s defending champion, is seventh overall, 13 seconds back.
At 133 miles (215 km), Thursday’s fifth stage is the longest of the eight-day race and features eight King of the Mountain hot spots before ending in Toluca.
Thanks to Team Rock Racing and Luis Barbosa
Stage 4:
1 VITORIA, David (ROCK RACING ) in 04:30:37
2 LAM,Arquimedes (TECOS) at 20s
3 PINFOLD,Andrew (OUCH-Maxxis) at 1:53
4 GUAMA,Byron (BURGOS MONUMENTAL) at 2:42
5 ALCOLEA,Arnold (SELECCIÓN CUBA) at 2:44
6 RODRIGUEZ,Jackson (SERRAMENTI) at 2:44
7 GUTIERREZ,Enrique (ROCK RACING) at 2:46
8 SARABIA,Ignacio (SELECCIÓN MEXICO) at 2:46
9 MILNE,Shawn (TEAM TYPE 1) at 2:46
10 MARTINEZ,Yasmani (SELECCIÓN CUBA) at 2:49
...
16 CARLSEN,Kirk (SELECCIÓN USA) at 2:49
17 KOBZARENKO,Valery (TEAM TYPE 1) at 2:49
18 STETINA ,Peter (SELECCIÓN USA ) at 2:49
19 SIMONI,Gilberto (SERRAMENTI) at 2:49
GC after stage 4:
1. SIMONI in 16:21:22
2. LOPEZ, Carlos (Canel's Turbo) at 5s
3. RODRIGUEZ, Jackson (SERRAMENTI ) at 7s
4. SARABIA, Ignacio (SELECCIÓN MEXICO) at 7s
5. GUTIERREZ,Enrique (ROCK RACING) at 10s
6. LADINO,Gregorio (TECOS) at 13s
7. CHADWICK,Glen Alan (ROCK RACING) at 13s
8. GUAMA,Byron (BURGOS) at 15s
9. OCHOA,Carlos José (SERRAMENTI) at 16s
10.KOBZARENKO,Valery (TEAM TYPE 1) at 22s
...
12. STETINA ,Peter at 22s
18. VITORIA,David at 49s
21. LANDIS,Floyd (OUCH) at 1:10
26. CARLSEN,Kirk (SELECCIÓN USA) at 2:18
33. BALDWIN,Christopher (ROCK RACING) at 3:31
35. WILSON,Matthew (TEAM TYPE 1) at 3:54
37. KILUN,Roman (OUCH) at 4:18
38. SHELDEN,Taylor (SELECCIÓN USA) at 4:43
41. WHITE,Bradley (OUCH) at 5:13
46. HAMILTON,Tyler (ROCK RACING) at 9:50
50. BAUMAN,Ryan (TREK LIVESTRONG) at 10:58
53. JONES,Chris (TEAM TYPE 1) at 13:08
54. MILNE,Shawn (TEAM TYPE 1) at 13:13
55. McCARTY,Patrick (OUCH) at 13:16
60. MENZIES,Karl (OUCH) at 15:38
64. HERNANDEZ,Sergio (ROCK RACING) at 20:22
65. CALABRIA,Fabio (TEAM TYPE 1) at 20:55
67. LILL,Darren (TEAM TYPE 1) at 21:11
72. PINFOLD, ANDREW (OUCH) at 24:00
81. EVANS,Cameron (OUCH) at 25:45
82. MACGREGOR,Ian (TEAM TYPE 1) at 25:45
89. TANNER,David (ROCK RACING) at 27:58
90. PHINNEY,Taylor (TREK LIVESTRONG) at 29:21
93. SELANDER,Bjorn (TREK LIVESTRONG) at 30:16
102.KING,Benjamin (TREK LIVESTRONG) at 36:14
110. PEARCE,Colby (SELECCIÓN USA) at 37:24
114. BARTON,Christopher (SELECCIÓN USA) at 44:34
115. EAST,Guy (TREK LIVESTRONG) at 45:15
119. HOLLOWAY,Daniel (SELECCIÓN USA) at 55:57
123. CAMPBELL,Cody (TREK LIVESTRONG) at 1:06:33
124. CARROLL,Austin (SELECCIÓN USA) at 1:11:41
125. HOUSE,Cole (SELECCIÓN USA) at 1:13:41
