Dauphine Libere - Stage 4

Starting to get out of the funk only to have ctv issues along with at home headaches. The stage was great to watch on demand though. The leaders pretty much kept together and Stage 5 and Stage 6 should be very exciting to watch!

VN: Evans takes inspiration from Indurain
CW: Mountains loom for Dauphine Libere contenders
PdC_cyclingchallenge: Preview Dauphine Stage 4 - Le Saleve The Final Climb

Live Chatter: CN - DP - PdC

Stage 4 - June 12: Vienne - Annemasse, 193km
Results
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.37.16 (41.765 km/h)
5 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 2.07
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 2.09
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 2.11
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
46 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.10
63 Michael Barry (Can) High Road
64 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road
65 George Hincapie (USA) High Road
80 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 9.54
86 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
106 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 13.38
124 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 16.48
DNS Adam Hansen (Aus) High Road
General classification after stage 4
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.49.46
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.23
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.37
11 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 2.43
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) High Road 3.29
23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.13
44 George Hincapie (USA) High Road 5.59
53 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 6.47
60 Craig Lewis (USA) High Road 7.36
67 Michael Barry (Can) High Road 9.24
80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.09
85 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 14.14
103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 18.43
107 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 19.32

TeamCSC: Lars Bak Fifth in Mountain Stage
Astana_CMehl: French Riders Go 1 - 2 - 3
CW: Daring descent nets Dessel Dauphine stage win
PdC_cyclingchallenge: Dauphine Stage 4 Photos - Trip Report

GrahamWatsonPhotos: Stage 4
Astana Photos: Stage 4

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