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Theo Bos wins last stage of Tour of Murcia

March 07, 2010 - Filed under: TestTeam

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Theo Bos (NED) won his second race of the season today in the final 121 kilometre stage to Murcia. The Cervélo TestTeam rider was faster than Graeme Brown (AUS - Rabobank) and Daniel Schorn (AUT-Team NetApp) in the sprint. Frantisek Rabon (CZE - HTC-Columbia) finished safely in the peloton on this final flat stage to win the Tour of Murcia.

"The race was a short stage, only 121.1 kilometres with both the start and finish in Murcia," said Marcello Albasini, sports director. "There was just a small climb in the course but it was not too hard. Oscar Pujol (ESP) and Philip Deignan (IRE) were quite active today and involved in several of the stages' breakaways. It seemed that the break in the last three kilometres with Philip Deignan could make it to the finish line. But Rabobank worked very hard to bring that group back. We tried to bring Theo into the best position and the team did it very well. In the final we brought him to the right position in the front."

"There was one second category climb in the stage of today and I had to pass that one," said Theo Bos. "As we expected Rabobank set the tempo in the front but my teammates stayed around me providing perfect support. It was really a fast final and that is really good for me. Brown was in my wheel and I knew that I had to watch him. With 300 meters to go I opened the sprint and saw Brown coming out of my wheel. When he tried to pass me I accelerated and he was not able to pass me and came back in my wheel. The team did a great job for me today. Philip Deignan was in the break away and that was perfect for us because Rabobank had to chase him. Stefan Denifl stayed with me in the final and brought me into a perfect position. Today I had my best legs of the week and I felt a big change today. The first stage I messed up a little bit because I was too far back in the peloton in an important moment in the race so I wanted to make something good today, and I did."

Stage 5 : Murcia - Murcia (121.1 km)
1. Theo Bos (NED) Cervélo TestTeam 2.43:35
2. Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank m.t.
3. Daniel Schorn (AUT) Team NetApp m.t.
4. Valentin Iglinskiy (KAZ) Astana) m.t.
5. Henning Bommel (GER) German National Team