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Philippe Gilbert is opgenomen in de selectie van Omega Pharma-Lotto voor Parijs-Nice. De Belg rijdt in de Koers naar de Zon met Francis de Greef, Mickael Delage, Daniel Moreno, Jean-Christophe Peraud, Jurgen Roelandts, Jurgen van den Broeck en Jurgen van Goolen. Parijs-Nice start zondag.

While the opening race of the Belgian road season is in sight, seven Omega Pharma - Lotto riders started today Ruta del Sol which ends on coming Thursday.

Today's opening stage linked Jaén to Puerto de la Guardia over 159 km including two 3rd category ascents and the quite hard 5 kilometres climb to Puerto de las Allanadas, 1st category, in the finale.

Four riders, Rosendo, Beuret, García and Rosetto broke away after 8 km, they had up to 8'on the peloton which caught them at the foot of the final ascent.

Jurgen Van den Broeck showed an excellent condition ! On Puerto de las Allanadas he came second to Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro - NGC), Damiano Cunego (Lampre) completing the podium.

Following Jürgen Roelandts and Mickael Delage, a third second step of the podium in one week !

Results
1. Sergio Pardilla (Spa) CarmioOro ? NGC
2. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Lotto at 9"
3. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 13"
4. Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia
5. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
...
8. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) at 29"
9. Jelle Vanendert
28. Jan Bakelants at 1'49"
42. Jurgen Van Goolen at 3'41"
48. Christophe Brandt at 4'26"
51. Francis De Greef at 5'03"

Teams
1. Omega Pharma - Lotto

The penultimate stage of Tour of Algarve linked Cacela with Tavira over 169 hilly kilometres including two 3rd category hills. Our riders were advised to take part to any early breakaway, and to stand by Roelandts in case of a final bunch sprint. Mickael Delage followed these instructions, and broke away after 20 kilometres with six other riders: Boom, Van Hecke, Keisse, Ervitti, Vorganov and Ledagnous. Contador's team controlled the gap which was never allowed to increase. Just before regrouping, Vorganov and Ledagnous were dropped from the leading group, their places being taken by Martinez and Rosseler. This suited Astana, and the seven leaders were left to fight for the stage. The decision came on a climb with 20 km to go, when Rosseler (Team RadioShack) attacked alone and made a gap, chased by Delage, Van Hecke, Ervitti and Martinez who never succeeded to catch him. Rosseler won with 20" on his pursuers, superbly outsprinted by Micka, Spaniard Imanol Erviti (Caisse d'Épargne) completing the podium. All our other riders cam in with the peloton 3' later. Alberto Contador keeps the leader's jersey. Results 1. Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 2. Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma - Lotto at 20? 3. Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4. Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 5. Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 24? 6. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick Step at 2'50" 7. André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia at 3' 8. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9. Samuel Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort - Prio 10. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank ... 37. Jürgen Roelandts 44. Jean-Christophe Péraud (Fra) 49. Gerben Löwik (Ned) 55. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) 90. Olivier Kaisen 110. Mario Aerts 121. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe)

De vierde rit in de Volta ao Algarve van Vila Real Santo António naar Tavira (169 km) is gewonnen door de Belg Sebastien Rosseler. De Belg van RadioShack ging in de uitslag de Fransman Mickael Delage (Omega Pharma) en de Spanjaard Imanol Erviti (Euskadi) vooraf. Het was gelijk ook de eerste zege van Team RadioShack. Terwijl Tom Leezer (Rabobank) en Wout Poels (Vacansoleil) vandaag niet meer van start gingen, wilde Lars Boom er een wel een werkdag van maken. Hij ging er vandoor met onder meer Mickael Delage, Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux), Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen), IIjo Keisse (QuickStep) en Eduard Vorganov (Katusha). De ontsnapping werd teniet gedaan, maar Rosseler, Van Hecke, Delage en Keisse gingen door, nu samen met de Spanjaarden Erviti en Martinez. Op 25 kilometer van Tavira demarreerde Rosseker uit deze kopgroep en aan de eindstreep had hij 20 seconden voorsprong op Delage. Alberto Contador (Astana) behoudt ook na de vierde etappe de leiderstrui met 15 seconden voorsprong op Tiago Machado (RadioShack) en 28 seconden op Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack). 1º Sebastien Rosseler (RadioShack), 4u12.46 2º Mickael Delage (Omega Pharma-Lotto), op 0.20 3º Imanol Erviti (Caisse D'Epargne), z.t. 4º Preben van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator), z.t. 5º Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), op 0.24 6º Iljo Keisse (QuickStep), op 2.50 7º André Greipel (HTC-Columbia), op 3.00 8º Wouter Weylandt (QuickStep), z.t. 9º Samuel Caldeira (Palmeiras Resort-Prio-Tavira), z.t. 10º Graeme Brown (Rabobank), z.t. KLASSEMENT 1º Alberto Contador (Astana), 19u36.03 2º Tiago Machado (RadioShack), op 15 3º Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), op 28 4º Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), op 35 5º Tejay van Garderen (Team HTC-Columbia), z.t. 6º Rui Costa (Caisse D'Epargne), op 40 7º Luis León Sánchez (Caisse D'Epargne), op 43 8º Andreas Klöden (RadioShack), z.t. 9º Matthew Lloyd (Omega Pharma-Lotto), z.t. 10º Joaquín Rodríguez (Katusha), z.t.

Tour of Algarve is already half way. Today's stage linked Castro Marim to Alto do Malhão (2nd category) over 173 kilometres hilly kilometres, with three 3rd category hills on the way. Seven riders have animated the race, but they remained under constant control by Contador's Astana team mates. The two times Tour winner  did not miss the opportunity to win at Alto do Malhão. While the escapers had been caught at the foot of the ascent, Contador took off and won with eleven seconds on Portuguese  Tiago Machado (Team RadioShack, Levi Leipheimer completing the podium. Our Jean-Christophe Péraud rode a superb final hill, finishing 6th, Matthew Lloyd following close by to 13th. Jürgen Roelandts climbed very well, but he had problems with his chain in the final kilometre. Jürgen and Gerben Löwik had several problems with their derailleur, while Olivier Kaisen had a flat in a very bad moment. Today's podium is also the general classification's podium. Matthew is now 8th 43" down. Results 1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 2. Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack at 11? 3. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack at 22? 4. Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia at 25? 5. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia 6. Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma - Lotto at 29? 7. Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 31? 8. Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne at 33? 9. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack ? 13. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) 59. Jurgen Roelandts at 1'55" 78. Mickael Delage (Fra) at 2'59" 94. Mario Aerts at 3?59" 117. Gerben Löwik (Ned) at 13?25" 118. Oliver Kaisen 140. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) at 16?40?