|
|
|
Last Updated: Jul 29th, 2008 - 21:21:26 |
Nicolas Roche remains sixth overall after the fourth stage of the Tour de Wallonie, the young Irish rider ending the day nineteen seconds behind the race leader Greg Van Avermaet (Silence – Lotto).
The 201.9 kilometre stage to Seraing was marked by a large breakaway. Gianni Meersman (Française des Jeux) finished eight seconds ahead of Geert Verheyen (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) and a further six ahead of Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team).
Roche came in as part of a 23 man group sprinting for ninth place, four minutes and seven seconds back. He was twentieth past the line, with Avermaet also in the same group.
The latter leads the points classification, with Roche eleventh. The Irish Crédit Agricole competitor is eighth in the intermediate sprints ranking.
The 2.HC event concludes tomorrow with a 175.3 kilometre race from Welkenraedt to Aubel.
----------
Tour de Wallonie (2.HC), Belgium, July 26-30:
Stage 4 - July 29: Gouvy – Seraing:
1, Gianni Meersman (Française des Jeux) 201.9 kilometres in 5 hours 2 mins 43 secs (40.018 km/h)
2, Geert Verheyen (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) at 8 secs
3, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) at 14 secs
4, Lloyd Mondory (AG2R La Mondiale) at 16 secs
5, Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) at 19 secs
6, Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom) at 23 secs
Other:
20, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) at 4 mins 7 secs
General classification after stage 4:
1, Greg Van Avermaet (Silence – Lotto) 18 hours 30 mins 3 secs
2, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) at 6 secs
3, Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux) at 16 secs
4, Marco Marcato (Cycle Collstrop) at 18 secs
5, Alexandr Kolobnev (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) same time
6, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) at 19 secs
Points classification:
1, Greg Van Avermaet (Silence – Lotto) 69 pts
2, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) 45
3, Marco Marcato (Cycle Collstrop) 33
4, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) 28
5, Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux) 26
6, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) 25
Irish:
11, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) 18
Mountains classification:
1, Steve Bovay (BMC Racing Team) 32 pts
2, Serge Pauwels (Topsport Vlaanderen) 26
3, Alexandre Moos (BMC Racing Team) 22
4, Scott Nydam (BMC Racing Team) 22
5, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) 22
6, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) 18
Sprints classification:
1, Iljo Keisse (Topsport Vlaanderen) 26 pts
2, Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) 16
3, Steve Bovay (BMC Racing Team) 9
Irish:
8, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) 4
Teams classification:
1, AG2R La Mondiale, 55 hours 28 mins 45 secs
2, Team CSC, at 2 mins 30 secs
3, Landbouwkrediet – Tonissteiner, same time
4, Credit Agricole, at 3 mins 6 secs
5, Astana, at 3 mins 26 secs
6, Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone, at 4 mins 30 secs
IrishCycling.com Information
|
IMPORTANT: All articles,
quotes, results and photographs which appear on this website are strictly © Copyright
2008 Shane Stokes,
IrishCycling.com. Unauthorised
use of quotes or any other copy will not be tolerated, and further action
will be taken.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
