Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3
Biggest gainers by position :
+64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+34 Oscar Freire Gomez
+30 Robert Hunter
+16 Sylvain Chavanel
+10 Stuart O'Grady
+10 Alberto Ongarato
+9 Sébastien Hinault
+9 Ruben Lobato Elvira
+9 Mark Cavendish
+9 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
Biggest losers by position :
-123 Matthieu Sprick
-102 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-99 Christian Vande Velde
-58 Daniele Righi
-39 Rémy Di Grégorio
-26 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo
-9 Bram De Groot
-9 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
-3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
-3 Maxim Iglinskiy
-3 Thomas Lövkvist
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Thor Hushovd
+0:18 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+0:12 Sylvain Chavanel
+0:12 Robert Hunter
+0:08 Oscar Freire Gomez
+0:02 Christian Knees
Biggest losers by time :
-7:58 Rémy Di Grégorio
-3:09 Wim Vansevenant
-3:06 Matthieu Sprick
-3:04 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-2:45 David Zabriskie
-2:41 Bram De Groot
-2:41 Christian Vande Velde
-2:41 Daniele Righi
-2:41 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo
-2:41 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
-1:39 Brett Lancaster
Favourites by position :
+16 Sylvain Chavanel
+9 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
+4 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
+3 Michael Boogerd
+3 Manuel Beltran Martinez
+3 Iban Mayo Diez
+2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
+2 Frank Schleck
+2 Dario David Cioni
+2 Carlos Sastre Candil
+1 Tadej Valjavec
-1 Marzio Bruseghin
-1 George Hincapie
-1 Filippo Pozzato
-1 Cadel Evans
-1 Andrey Kashechkin
-1 Andreas Klöden
-1 Alexandre Vinokourov
-1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Vladimir Karpets
-2 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Kim Kirchen
-2 Denis Menchov
-2 Christophe Moreau
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Yaroslav Popovych
Favourites by time :
+0:12 Sylvain Chavanel
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Fabian Cancellara 19.49.55
2 Thor Hushovd 0.29
3 Andreas Klöden 0.33
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5 George Hincapie 0.43
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7 Sylvain Chavanel 0.44
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10 Vladimir Karpets 0.46
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12 Alexandre Vinokourov 0.50
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18 Filippo Pozzato 0.55
19 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.55
20 Andrey Kashechkin 0.55
21 Cadel Evans 0.56
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24 Michael Rogers 0.57
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio 0.57
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29 Paolo Savoldelli 0.58
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34 Levi Leipheimer 1.00
35 Denis Menchov 1.00
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37 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1.03
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53 Yaroslav Popovych 1.08
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55 Kim Kirchen 1.08
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57 Christophe Moreau 1.09
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63 Marzio Bruseghin 1.11
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76 Tadej Valjavec 1.14
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87 Carlos Sastre Candil 1.16
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89 Frank Schleck 1.17
90 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 1.17
91 Dario David Cioni 1.17
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101 Iban Mayo Diez 1.20
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109 Michael Boogerd 1.22
110 Manuel Beltran Martinez 1.22
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126 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin 1.26
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166 Ińigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro 2.12
Retirements to date :
Agritubel Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
Caisse d'Epargne Xabier Zandio Echaide
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Tomas Vaitkus
Total retirements : 3
