Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, stage 4 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 4 : Apr 7, Amurrio - Eibar (Arrate), 179 km

1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.42.34
2 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
10 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Tony Martin
+31 Grischa Niermann
+24 Thimothy Roe
+21 Amets Txurruka
+21 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+19 Dominique Nerz
+19 Denys Kostyuk
+18 Levi Leipheimer
+18 Kristof Vandewalle
+17 John Gadret

Biggest losers by position :
-42 Rigoberto Uran
-30 Marco Pinotti
-30 Rinaldo Nocentini
-29 Vladimir Karpets
-28 Kevin Seeldrayers
-26 Francesco Gavazzi
-25 Francesco Reda
-24 Jelle Vanendert
-24 Pim Ligthart
-22 Thomas Lovkvist
-21 Dimitri Champion

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-23:43 Caleb Fairly
-21:51 Pim Ligthart
-21:31 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-21:31 Andrew Talansky
-21:31 Danny Pate
-21:31 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-21:31 Dimitri Champion
-21:31 Johann Tschopp
-21:31 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde
-21:31 Jussi Veikkanen
-21:31 Mauro Santambrogio

Favourites by position :
+18 Levi Leipheimer
+17 Christian Vande Velde
+7 Jens Voigt
+6 David Arroyo Duran
+3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+2 Robert Gesink
+2 Andy Schleck
-1 Frank Schleck
-12 Michael Rogers

Favourites by time :
-0:47 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:51 David Arroyo Duran
-1:16 Frank Schleck
-3:02 Christian Vande Velde
-4:27 Levi Leipheimer
-7:59 Jens Voigt
-21:31 Michael Rogers

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquin Rodriguez 17:12:43 (unchanged)
2 Andreas Kloden 0:00 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:00 (unchanged)
4 Christopher Horner 0:01 (unchanged)
5 Ryder Hesjedal 0:06 (unchanged)
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini 0:06 (unchanged)
7 Robert Gesink 0:06 (was 9th at 0:06)
8 David Lopez Garcia 0:06 (unchanged)
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:09 (was 10th at 0:09)
10 Alexander Vinokourov 0:10 (was 11th at 0:10)
11 Andy Schleck 0:18 (was 13th at 0:18)
.....
15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:29 (was 18th at 0:42)
16 Frank Schleck 1:34 (was 15th at 0:18)
.....
20 David Arroyo Duran 2:17 (was 26th at 1:26)
.....
51 Christian Vande Velde 15:23 (was 68th at 12:21)
.....
77 Jens Voigt 26:06 (was 84th at 18:07)
.....
79 Levi Leipheimer 27:51 (was 97th at 23:24)
.....
107 Michael Rogers 44:04 (was 95th at 22:33)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Bram Tankink 13 (unchanged)
2 Maxim Belkov 9 (was 0 points)
3 Amael Moinard 9 (was 2nd with 9 points)
4 Ivan Rovny 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
5 Mathieu Perget 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 5 (was 0 points)
7 Michael Albasini 4 (was 0 points)
8 Kevin Seeldraeyers 3 (was 5th with 3 points)
9 Jerome Pineau 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
10 Francesco Bellotti 3 (was 7th with 3 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Albasini 34 (was 0 points)
2 Amael Moinard 26 (was 1st with 24 points)
3 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 24 (was 0 points)
4 Maxim Iglinskiy 21 (was 2nd with 21 points)
5 Juan Manuel Garate 17 (was 4th with 13 points)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 16 (was 7th with 10 points)
7 Christopher Horner 14 (was 8th with 10 points)
8 Maxim Belkov 14 (was 0 points)
9 Mathieu Perget 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
10 Vasili Kiryienka 11 (was 6th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC 4 <<<
Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Caja Rural 4 <<<
Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 4 <<<
Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 4 <<<
Noe Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC 4 <<<
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 4 <<<
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad 3
Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 3
Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Andre Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 2
Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team 1
Total retirements : 15


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