Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia, stage 4 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 4 : Mar 6, Alhama de Murcia - Alhama de Murcia (ITT), 22 km

1 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC - Columbia 0.25.10
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.33
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 0.48
4 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Radioshack 0.52
5 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 1.03
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 1.11
7 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 1.18
8 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack
9 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana 1.21
10 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions 1.23


Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Stef Clement
+12 Lance Armstrong
+11 Denis Menchov
+10 Andreas Kloden
+8 Bradley Wiggins
+7 Lukasz Bodnart
+6 David Zabriskie
+5 Robert Bartko
+5 Patrick Gretsch
+5 Lieuwe Westra

Biggest losers by position :
-17 Thomas Rohregger
-16 Matteo Carrara
-13 Rob Ruijgh
-11 Wouter Poels
-7 Luke Roberts
-5 Graeme Brown
-5 Sergey Lagutin
-4 Josep Jufre
-4 Tomasz Marczynski
-4 Vitor Rodrigues
-3 Michal Golas

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-7:04 Alexander Sokolov
-6:58 Maxim Kozyrev
-6:05 Erik Mohs
-5:33 Ross Creber
-5:26 Valentin Iglinskiy
-5:20 Manuel Anton
-5:18 Marcel Barth
-5:16 James Moss
-5:16 Stefan Schafer
-5:10 Vitor Rodrigues
-5:09 Salvador Guardiola

Favourites by position :
+12 Stef Clement
+12 Lance Armstrong
+11 Denis Menchov
+10 Andreas Kloden
+8 Bradley Wiggins
+6 David Zabriskie
-1 Gregory Rast
-16 Matteo Carrara

Favourites by time :
-0:33 Denis Menchov
-0:48 Bradley Wiggins
-0:52 Andreas Kloden
-1:18 Stef Clement
-1:18 Lance Armstrong
-1:23 David Zabriskie
-2:44 Philip Deignan
-4:18 Gregory Rast
-4:42 Matteo Carrara

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Frantisek Rabon 13.17.49
2 Denis Menchov 0.38
3 Bradley Wiggins 0.53
4 Andreas Kloden 0.57
.....
6 Stef Clement 1.23
7 Lance Armstrong 1.23
.....
24 Matteo Carrara 4.42
.....
27 Philip Deignan 5.37
.....
37 David Zabriskie 9.35
.....
51 Gregory Rast 16.00

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexander Rybakov (Rus) Russian National Team 4 <<<
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 3
John Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team 2
Tomasz Repinski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 2
Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Netapp 1
Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling T 1
Total retirements : 8