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Written by Shane Stokes
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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Race leader Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) fortified his grip on the overall leader's
maillot oro when he won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a España
in Puertollano.
The Italian beat yesterday's victor Tom Boonen (Quick Step),
with Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre)
and Erik Zabel (Team Milram) taking places three through to five in the big
sprint.
Bennati's win plus his second place in an earlier intermediate sprint saw him
finish the day 22 seconds ahead of Boonen, with former leader Alejandro Valverde
(Caisse d'Epargne) dropping to third, 48 seconds back.
The peloton was split at the finish due to a crash inside the final three kilometres.
Former Tour of Italy winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre) was delayed as a result
and lost two minutes and 16 seconds.
Earlier, Andalucia Cajasur rider Jose Antonio Lopez went clear inside the first
ten kilometres of racing and built a maximum lead of eight minutes and six seconds.
However he was caught with just over six kilometres to go.
Results
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
3 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
General classification after stage 4
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
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