DOWN UNDER. Freire firma la prima vittoria con la Katusha

| 20/01/2012 | 08:44
Oscar Freire c’è e ha battuto un colpo fragoroso: lo spagnolo ha conquistato infatti la vittoria nella quarta tappa del Tour Down Under, regalando il primo successo stagionale alla Katusha. Freire, che non vinceva da quasi un anno, ha regolato alo sprint un gruppo di una cinquantina di corridori la cui fuga ha caratterizzato la tappa odierna. Alle sue spalle Ciolek e Bennati. Lo svizzero Martin Kohler (BMC) ha riconquistato la maglia di leader della classifica generale.

Ordine d’arrivo
1 Oscar FREIRE GOMEZ KAT 3:08:34
2 Gerald CIOLEK OPQ 0
3 Daniele BENNATI RSH 0
4 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN SKY 0
5 Michael MATTHEWS RAB 0
6 Jose Joaquin ROJAS GIL MOV 0
7 Luke ROBERTS SAX 0
8 Kristijan KOREN LIQ 0
9 Sergey LAGUTIN VCD 0
10 Heinrich HAUSSLER GRM 0
11 Jérémy ROY FDJ 0
12 Javier MORENO BAZAN MOV 0
13 Serge PAUWELS OPQ 0
14 Vicente REYNES MIMO LTB 0
15 José Ivan GUTIERREZ PALACIOS MOV 0
16 Maxim BELKOV KAT 0
17 Simon GERRANS GEC 0
18 Bernard SULZBERGER AUS 0
19 Geraint THOMAS SKY 0
20 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC 0
21 Wilco KELDERMAN RAB 0
22 Xavier FLORENCIO CABRE KAT 0
23 Angel MADRAZO RUIZ MOV 0
24 Jan BAKELANTS RSH 0
25 Romain LEMARCHAND ALM 0
26 Eduard VORGANOV KAT 0
27 Adam HANSEN LTB 0
28 Giampaolo CARUSO KAT 0
29 Federico CANUTI LIQ 0
30 Sandy CASAR FDJ 0
31 Biel KADRI ALM 0
32 Martin KOHLER BMC 0
33 Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE MOV 0
34 Rohan DENNIS AUS 0
35 Ryder HESJEDAL GRM 0
36 Michael ROGERS SKY 0
37 Gorka IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI EUS 0
38 Cameron MEYER GEC 0
39 Tiago MACHADO RSH 0
40 Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL RAB 0
41 Jens VOIGT RSH 0
42 Sergio Miguel Moreira PAULINHO SAX 0
43 Linus GERDEMANN RSH 0
44 Matthew LLOYD LAM 0
45 Julien VERMOTE OPQ 0
46 Jack BAUER GRM 0
47 Alessandro BALLAN BMC 0
48 Hayden ROULSTON RSH 0
49 Mathias FRANK BMC 38
50 Marcus BURGHARDT BMC +7:45
51 Gatis SMUKULIS KAT +7:45
52 Yauheni HUTAROVICH FDJ +7:45
53 Greg HENDERSON LTB +7:45
54 Stuart O'GRADY GEC +7:45
55 André GREIPEL LTB +7:45
56 Kristof GODDAERT ALM +7:45
57 Marcel SIEBERG LTB +7:45
58 Danilo HONDO LAM +7:45
59 Thomas DE GENDT VCD +7:45
60 Fabio SABATINI LIQ +7:45
61 Marcello PAVARIN VCD +7:45
62 Romain FEILLU VCD +7:45
63 Alessandro PETACCHI LAM +7:45
64 Imanol ERVITI MOV +7:45
65 Daniele RATTO LIQ +7:45
66 David LOPEZ GARCIA MOV +7:45
67 Stefano AGOSTINI LIQ +7:45
68 Wouter MOL VCD +7:45
69 Valentin IGLINSKIY AST +7:45
70 Alan MARANGONI LIQ +7:45
71 Mauro DA DALTO LIQ +7:45
72 Thomas PALMER AUS +7:45
73 Mirko SELVAGGI VCD +7:45
74 Jesse SERGENT RSH +7:45
75 Steele VON HOFF AUS +7:45
76 Martin ELMIGER ALM +7:45
77 William BONNET FDJ +7:45
78 Matteo MONTAGUTI ALM +7:45
79 Lachlan NORRIS AUS +7:45
80 Manuel BELLETTI ALM +7:45
81 Jay MCCARTHY AUS +7:45
82 Davide CIMOLAI LAM +7:45
83 Matteo TRENTIN OPQ +7:45
84 Mathew HAYMAN SKY +7:45
85 Jussi VEIKKANEN FDJ +7:45
86 Olivier KAISEN LTB +7:45
87 Ricardo GARCIA AMBROA EUS +7:45
88 Martijn MAASKANT GRM +7:45
89 Davide VIGANO LAM +7:45
90 Grega BOLE LAM +7:45
91 Jonathan CANTWELL SAX +7:45
92 Christopher SUTTON SKY +7:45
93 Jaroslaw MARYCZ SAX +7:45
94 Mark RENSHAW RAB +7:45
95 Graeme BROWN RAB +7:45
96 Dmitriy GRUZDEV AST +7:45
97 Romain SICARD EUS +7:45
98 Jacopo GUARNIERI AST +7:45
99 Danny PATE SKY +7:45
100 Manuel QUINZIATO BMC +7:45
101 Francesco MASCIARELLI AST +7:45
102 Dmitriy MURAVYEV AST +7:45
103 Luca PAOLINI KAT +7:45
104 Gert STEEGMANS OPQ +7:45
105 Andrew FENN OPQ +7:45
106 Thomas LEEZER RAB +7:45
107 Jos VAN EMDEN RAB +7:45
108 Adrian SAEZ EUS +9:59
109 Matt BRAMMEIER OPQ +9:59
110 Ruben PEREZ MORENO EUS +9:59
111 Matthew Harley GOSS GEC +14:16
112 Andreas KLIER GRM +14:16
113 William CLARKE AUS +14:16
114 Borut BOZIC AST +14:16
c Massimo GRAZIATO LAM +14:16
116 Victor CABEDO EUS +14:16
117 Pablo URTASUN PEREZ EUS +14:16
118 Arnaud COURTEILLE FDJ +14:16
119 Boris SHPILEVSKY ALM +14:16
120 Assan BAZAYEV AST +14:16
121 Kenny Robert VAN HUMMEL VCD +14:16
122 Leigh HOWARD GEC +14:16
123 Robbie MCEWEN GEC +14:16
124 Adam BLYTHE BMC +14:16
125 Alex DOWSETT SKY +14:16
126 Luke DURBRIDGE GEC +14:16
127 Jonas Aaen JÖRGENSEN SAX +14:16
128 Robert HUNTER GRM +14:16
129 Anders LUND SAX +14:16
130 Nathan HAAS GRM +14:16
131 Takashi MIYAZAWA SAX +14:16

Classifica generale
1 Martin KOHLER BMC 15:03:34
2 Michael MATTHEWS RAB 2
3 Oscar FREIRE GOMEZ KAT 2
4 Gerald CIOLEK OPQ 6
5 Simon GERRANS GEC 8
6 Daniele BENNATI RSH 8
7 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN SKY 8
8 Jan BAKELANTS RSH 8
9 Eduard VORGANOV KAT 8
10 Rohan DENNIS AUS 9
11 Biel KADRI ALM 10
12 Jose Joaquin ROJAS GIL MOV 11
13 Xavier FLORENCIO CABRE KAT 12
14 Luke ROBERTS SAX 12
15 Sergey LAGUTIN VCD 12
16 Kristijan KOREN LIQ 12
17 Michael ROGERS SKY 12
18 Serge PAUWELS OPQ 12
19 Romain LEMARCHAND ALM 12
20 Giampaolo CARUSO KAT 12
21 Adam HANSEN LTB 12
22 Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE MOV 12
23 Bernard SULZBERGER AUS 12
24 Heinrich HAUSSLER GRM 12
25 Linus GERDEMANN RSH 12
26 Alessandro BALLAN BMC 12
27 José Ivan GUTIERREZ PALACIOS MOV 12
28 Ryder HESJEDAL GRM 12
29 Vicente REYNES MIMO LTB 12
30 Julien VERMOTE OPQ 12
31 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC 12
32 Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL RAB 12
33 Jack BAUER GRM 12
34 Tiago MACHADO RSH 12
35 Sandy CASAR FDJ 12
36 Gorka IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI EUS 12
37 Federico CANUTI LIQ 12
38 Angel MADRAZO RUIZ MOV 12
39 Cameron MEYER GEC 12
40 Sergio Miguel Moreira PAULINHO SAX 12
41 Javier MORENO BAZAN MOV 12
42 Jens VOIGT RSH 12
43 Jérémy ROY FDJ 12
44 Matthew LLOYD LAM 12
45 Wilco KELDERMAN RAB 12
46 Maxim BELKOV KAT 45
47 Mathias FRANK BMC +1:40
48 Geraint THOMAS SKY +5:52
49 André GREIPEL LTB +7:34
50 Thomas DE GENDT VCD +7:51
51 Jay MCCARTHY AUS +7:56
52 Jonathan CANTWELL SAX +7:57
53 Romain FEILLU VCD +7:57
54 Fabio SABATINI LIQ +7:57
55 William BONNET FDJ +7:57
56 Danilo HONDO LAM +7:57
57 Christopher SUTTON SKY +7:57
58 Mathew HAYMAN SKY +7:57
59 Mirko SELVAGGI VCD +7:57
60 Romain SICARD EUS +7:57
61 Jussi VEIKKANEN FDJ +7:57
62 Martin ELMIGER ALM +7:57
63 Steele VON HOFF AUS +7:57
64 Grega BOLE LAM +7:57
65 Luca PAOLINI KAT +7:57
66 Daniele RATTO LIQ +8:15
67 Francesco MASCIARELLI AST +8:23
68 Gatis SMUKULIS KAT +8:30
69 Wouter MOL VCD +8:34
70 Gert STEEGMANS OPQ +8:53
71 Marcel SIEBERG LTB +9:01
72 Matteo TRENTIN OPQ +9:28
73 Davide VIGANO LAM +9:39
74 Ruben PEREZ MORENO EUS +10:08
75 Marcello PAVARIN VCD +10:49
76 Alan MARANGONI LIQ +10:50
77 Jacopo GUARNIERI AST +10:50
78 Stefano AGOSTINI LIQ +10:50
79 Davide CIMOLAI LAM +10:53
80 Matt BRAMMEIER OPQ +11:18
81 Dmitriy GRUZDEV AST +11:24
82 Hayden ROULSTON RSH +12:37
83 Mark RENSHAW RAB +13:23
84 Thomas LEEZER RAB +13:23
85 Adrian SAEZ EUS +13:52
86 Robert HUNTER GRM +14:28
87 Andrew FENN OPQ +14:45
88 William CLARKE AUS +14:52
89 David LOPEZ GARCIA MOV +15:04
90 Jonas Aaen JÖRGENSEN SAX +17:21
91 Nathan HAAS GRM +17:22
92 Olivier KAISEN LTB +18:00
93 Matthew Harley GOSS GEC +20:08
94 Yauheni HUTAROVICH FDJ +20:12
95 Alessandro PETACCHI LAM +20:16
96 Manuel BELLETTI ALM +20:22
97 Thomas PALMER AUS +20:22
98 Kristof GODDAERT ALM +20:22
99 Mauro DA DALTO LIQ +20:22
100 Jesse SERGENT RSH +20:22
101 Imanol ERVITI MOV +20:22
102 Ricardo GARCIA AMBROA EUS +20:22
103 Marcus BURGHARDT BMC +20:22
104 Graeme BROWN RAB +20:22
105 Jaroslaw MARYCZ SAX +20:22
106 Lachlan NORRIS AUS +20:22
107 Danny PATE SKY +20:22
108 Matteo MONTAGUTI ALM +20:22
109 Massimo GRAZIATO LAM +20:39
110 Manuel QUINZIATO BMC +20:59
111 Dmitriy MURAVYEV AST +20:59
112 Martijn MAASKANT GRM +22:42
113 Greg HENDERSON LTB +23:12
114 Valentin IGLINSKIY AST +23:12
115 Stuart O'GRADY GEC +23:22
116 Robbie MCEWEN GEC +26:53
117 Leigh HOWARD GEC +26:53
118 Anders LUND SAX +26:53
119 Arnaud COURTEILLE FDJ +26:53
120 Borut BOZIC AST +26:53
121 Takashi MIYAZAWA SAX +26:53
122 Adam BLYTHE BMC +26:53
123 Jos VAN EMDEN RAB +28:30
124 Andreas KLIER GRM +29:43
125 Alex DOWSETT SKY +29:43
126 Pablo URTASUN PEREZ EUS +29:43
127 Kenny Robert VAN HUMMEL VCD +29:43
128 Luke DURBRIDGE GEC +29:53
129 Assan BAZAYEV AST +30:37
130 Victor CABEDO EUS +30:45
131 Boris SHPILEVSKY ALM +37:16