Team GC Win in Catalunya
Volta a Catalunya
Stage 7: Parets del Valles to Barcelona, 124.5km/77m
By Cathy Mehl
A recurring illness took Team rider Levi Leipheimer to the hospital for an overnight stay and observation, removing him from the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya and his strong second-place showing. Although able to leave the hospital Sunday morning, there would be no racing for Leipheimer. The Shack riders stepped up to fill the void and continued to race hard in the final day of the 100th edition of the race, earning the Teams overall classification as well as Chris Horner just missing the podium in fourth place. Race winner Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) maintained his overall lead with Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) moving into Levi’s second place and Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) on the third step.
It was a second stage win for Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis), followed by Rigoberto Uran (Sky) and Kenny De Haes (Omega Pharma-Lotto). Team riders Manuel Cardoso and Ivan Rovny were both in the mix for the final group gallop, taking 5th and ninth, respectively.
“The Team GC win has become a very important issue for everyone this year because of the points system in place. We’re happy to win this classification again. It shows how strong our team is. Looking forward, we can’t wait for the Vuelta Pais Vasco.” Chris Horner is the defending champion of that race which will run April 4-9.
Top Ten Results
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2:33:55
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
3 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack
6 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural
7 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack
10 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
Team RadioShack Results
22 Christopher Horner (USA)
29 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
63 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa)
82 Philip Deignan (Irl)
141 Jason McCartney (USA) 0:02:57
DNS Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Final General Classification
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 29:24:42
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:23
3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:35
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:38
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:50
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:01:12
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
Team RadioShack on Final General Classification
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa)
16 Jani Brajkovic (Slo)
49 Ivan Rovny (Rus) 0:09:01
55 Philip Deignan (Irl)
134 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) 0:33:53
140 Jason McCartney (USA) 0:35:12GET EMAIL UPDATES
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