Volta a Catalunya, stage 4 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 4 : March 25, Oliana - Asco, 209.7 km

1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4.43.28
2 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
3 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 0.34
4 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions
5 David Loosli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
6 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
7 Josep Jufre (Spa) Astana
8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
9 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo
10 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi


Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+38 Pedro Merino
+34 Gustavo Cesar
+31 Stef Clement
+29 Serafin Martinez
+29 Javier Ramirez
+26 Jorge Montenegro
+25 Sylvester Szmyd
+24 Marcel Wyss
+24 Jose Luis Roldan
+22 Andrey Zeits

Biggest losers by position :
-45 Davide Malacarne
-37 Antonio Piedra
-32 Alberto Losada
-31 David Gutierrez Gutierrez
-28 Philip Deignan
-26 Imanol Erviti
-26 Pavel Brutt
-25 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-24 Matteo Bono
-22 Charles Wegelius
-21 Andres Sergio De Lis

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:34 Rein Taaramae
+0:34 Jens Voigt

Biggest losers by time :
-17:03 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-17:03 Andreas Stauff
-17:03 Andrei Kunitski
-17:03 Andres Sergio De Lis
-17:03 Angelo Furlan
-17:03 Antonio Piedra
-17:03 Arten Ovechkin
-17:03 Artur Gajek
-17:03 Bjorn Selander
-17:03 Charles Wegelius
-17:03 David Gutierrez Gutierrez

Favourites by position :
+18 Jens Voigt
-1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Ivan Basso
-1 Frank Schleck
-1 Andreas Kloden

Favourites by time :
+0:34 Jens Voigt

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Joaquin Rodriguez 13.48.14
2 Xavier Tondo 0.10
3 Rein Taaramae 0.46
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0.48
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8 Roman Kreuziger 1.22
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15 Vladimir Karpets 1.30
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23 Jens Voigt 1.59
24 Levi Leipheimer 2.00
.....
27 Frank Schleck 2.14
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33 Andreas Kloden 2.20
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36 Ivan Basso 2.22

Retirements to date : Stage
Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 <<<
Aleksej Saramontins (Lat) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Danielle Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 3
Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Radioshack 3
Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 3
Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 3
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2
Total retirements : 7