USA Pro Cycling Challenge, stage 4 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 4 : Aug 26, Avon - Steamboat Springs, 138.4 km

1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2.58.14
2 Michael Morkov (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
3 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano
4 Robert Forster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
5 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega (Col) EPM - UNE
7 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Team Type 1 - Sanofi
9 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
10 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Michael Morkov
+4 Javier Megias Leal
+4 Edward King
+4 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+4 Daniel Lloyd
+4 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
+3 Thomas Peterson
+3 Peter Velits
+3 Paul Mach
+3 Oscar Alvarez

Biggest losers by position :
-7 Ivan Basso
-6 Thimothy Roe
-5 George Bennett
-4 Sebastien Salas
-3 Brian Vandborg
-3 David Boily
-3 Scott Zwizanski
-2 Christopher Jones
-2 Cristhian Montoya Giraldo
-2 Francois Parisien
-2 Thierry Hupond

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Elia Viviani
+0:06 Michael Morkov
+0:04 Kenny Robert Van Hummel
+0:03 Stefan Denifl
+0:02 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
+0:01 Rubens Bertogliati

Biggest losers by time :
-2:28 Sam Johnson
-1:31 Sander Oostlander
-1:31 Scott Zwizanski
-1:03 Ben Hermans
-1:03 Brian Vandborg
-1:03 Craig Lewis
-1:03 Cristhian Montoya Giraldo
-1:03 David Boily
-1:03 David Zabriskie
-1:03 Francois Parisien
-1:03 George Bennett

Favourites by position :
+3 Peter Velits
+2 Sylvester Szmyd
+2 Laurens Ten Dam
+1 Jens Voigt
-7 Ivan Basso

Favourites by time :
-1:03 Ivan Basso
-1:03 David Zabriskie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Levi Leipheimer 13:28:43 (unchanged)
2 Christian Vande Velde 0:11 (unchanged)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 0:17 (unchanged)
4 Thomas Danielson 0:21 (unchanged)
5 George Hincapie 0:53 (unchanged)
6 Rafael Infantino Abreu 1:14 (unchanged)
7 Cadel Evans 1:18 (unchanged)
8 Stef Clement 1:42 (unchanged)
9 Bruno Pires 1:49 (unchanged)
10 Rory Sutherland 1:50 (unchanged)
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13 Frank Schleck 2:17 (unchanged)
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17 Robert Gesink 2:46 (unchanged)
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28 Ryder Hesjedal 5:08 (unchanged)
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34 Jens Voigt 6:17 (was 35th at 6:17)
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36 Ivan Basso 6:28 (was 29th at 5:25)
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39 Andy Schleck 6:59 (unchanged)
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42 Pieter Weening 7:36 (unchanged)
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54 Peter Velits 10:07 (was 57th at 10:07)
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70 Sylvester Szmyd 14:22 (was 72nd at 14:22)
71 David Zabriskie 14:56 (was 71st at 13:53)
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78 Laurens Ten Dam 17:09 (was 80th at 17:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Elia Viviani 23 (was 9th with 8 points)
2 Levi Leipheimer 17 (was 1st with 17 points)
3 George Hincapie 17 (was 3rd with 15 points)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 17 (was 2nd with 17 points)
5 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 13 (was 8th with 10 points)
6 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 12 (was 4th with 12 points)
7 Michael Morkov 12 (was 0 points)
8 Robert Forster 12 (was 16th with 5 points)
9 Thomas Danielson 11 (was 5th with 11 points)
10 Cadel Evans 11 (was 6th with 11 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Walter Pedraza 24 (unchanged)
2 Sander Oostlander 15 (unchanged)
3 Rafael Montiel 14 (unchanged)
4 Rafael Infantino Abreu 12 (unchanged)
5 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez 11 (unchanged)
6 Levi Leipheimer 10 (unchanged)
7 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon 10 (unchanged)
8 Andre Steensen 9 (unchanged)
9 Bradley White 9 (unchanged)
10 Christian Vande Velde 8 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bruno Langlois (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 4 <<<
Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 4 <<<
Giovany Manuel Baez Alvarez (Col) EPM - UNE 3
Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 2
Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 2
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 9


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