Stage 4 - Málaga - Valdepeñas de Jaén, 183.8 km
Speaking in sportingly terms the stage will compete for 183 km and it will be again impossible that nobody gets bored. This day is very important for the favourite ones, since they have to climb to the Altos de Zafarraya (2nd category), Montefrío (3rd category), and most important, Valdepeñas de Jaén, which is a 2nd category mountain pass located just 8 km before the finish line.
By the way, there is also a very severe last kilometer, with some sections of over 15%. So it will be a guaranteed spectacle in a city that never had hosted a Vuelta finish.
Stage Map
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Stage Profile
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The last KM's
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Mountain Passes
Alto de Zafarraya: 45.3km, 11.2km long @ 5.89% 2nd cat
Alto de Montefrío: 114.0km, 8.0km long @ 5.44% 3rd cat
Alto de Valdepeñas de Jaén: 167.0km, 7.8km long @ 4.83% 2nd cat
General classification before stage 4
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8:55:56
2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:14
3 Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:22
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:26
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:28
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:35
8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:36
10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:41
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 0:00:42
12 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:43
13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo
14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:46
15 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:47
17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne
18 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
19 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese Vini
Speaking in sportingly terms the stage will compete for 183 km and it will be again impossible that nobody gets bored. This day is very important for the favourite ones, since they have to climb to the Altos de Zafarraya (2nd category), Montefrío (3rd category), and most important, Valdepeñas de Jaén, which is a 2nd category mountain pass located just 8 km before the finish line.
By the way, there is also a very severe last kilometer, with some sections of over 15%. So it will be a guaranteed spectacle in a city that never had hosted a Vuelta finish.
Stage Map
View attachment 12841
Stage Profile
View attachment 12842
The last KM's
View attachment 12843
Mountain Passes
Alto de Zafarraya: 45.3km, 11.2km long @ 5.89% 2nd cat
Alto de Montefrío: 114.0km, 8.0km long @ 5.44% 3rd cat
Alto de Valdepeñas de Jaén: 167.0km, 7.8km long @ 4.83% 2nd cat
General classification before stage 4
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8:55:56
2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:14
3 Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:22
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:26
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:28
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:35
8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:36
10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:41
11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 0:00:42
12 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:43
13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo
14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:46
15 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
16 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:47
17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne
18 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
19 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre-Farnese Vini
