Cardoso Denied Second Stage Victory in Catalunya
Volta a Catalunya
Stage 6: Tarragona to Mollet-del-Valles, 195km/121mi
By Cathy Mehl
Aiming for his second stage win, Team RadioShack rider Manuel Cardoso was denied victory in a questionable sprint by stage winner Jose Joaquin Rojas of Movistar. Although Cardoso raised his hand in protest at the finish line, no live coverage was available to validate the complaint from the Portuguese rider and the results stood. Third place went to yesterday’s winner Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis).
Team riders Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner retained their second and 5th places on the classification behind race leader Alberto Contador of Saxo Bank-Sungard. Team RadioShack still leads in the Teams classification with one stage remaining to ride.
A break of four riders went up the road in today’s stage but were brought back before arrival in Mollet-del-Valles to set up the group sprint.
Sunday brings the final day of racing in Catalunya. The peloton will travel 124.5km/ 77mi from Parets del Valles to Barcelona to bring the 100-th edition of the Volta a Catalunya to a conclusion.
Special Note: American-registered Team Type 1 had all race and tt bikes, wheels, tools and spare parts stolen from locked team vehicles overnight at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali stage race in Italy. This happened to our team in Sacramento a few years ago and it was a terrible feeling, although most items were later recovered, I believe. Please spread the word to keep an eye out for the gear and visit the TT1 facebook page to see pictures of their bikes.
Top Ten Results
1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 4:22:19
2 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
5 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Caja Rural
6 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
7 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
9 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
10 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
Team RadioShack Results
12 Christopher Horner (USA)
23 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
33 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
34 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa)
55 Ivan Rovny (Rus)
99 Philip Deignan (Irl)
164 Jason McCartney (USA)
General Classification after Stage 6
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 26:50:47
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:23
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:35
5 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:38
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
8 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:50
10 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:12
Team RadioShack on General Classification
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa)
17 Jani Brajkovic (Slo) 0:01:20
58 Ivan Rovny (Rus) 0:09:01
65 Philip Deignan (Irl)
147 Jason McCartney (USA) 0:31:53
154 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) 0:33:53GET EMAIL UPDATES
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