Tour de France, stage 4 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 4 : Jul 7, Cambrai - Reims, 153.5 km

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 3.34.55
2 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions
6 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
10 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 David De La Fuente Rasilla
+6 Mauro Santambrogio
+6 Iban Velasco Murillo
+5 Serguei Ivanov
+5 Paolo Tiralongo
+5 Mark Renshaw
+4 Sebastian Lang
+4 Rein Taaramae
+4 Damiano Cunego
+3 Tyler Farrar

Biggest losers by position :
-43 Robert Gesink
-31 Danilo Hondo
-16 Amets Txurruka
-14 Francis De Greef
-13 Alan Perez Lezaun
-12 Maxime Bouet
-11 Dmitriy Muravyev
-9 Jens Voigt
-9 Marcus Burghardt
-8 Koos Moerenhout
-7 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-4:37 Alan Perez Lezaun
-4:37 Amets Txurruka
-4:37 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-3:08 Dmitriy Muravyev
-2:48 Francis De Greef
-2:08 Anthony Roux
-2:08 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-2:08 David Zabriskie
-2:08 Grega Bole
-2:08 Koos Moerenhout
-2:08 Marcus Burghardt

Favourites by position :
+2 Joaquin Rodriguez
+2 Ivan Basso
+2 Carlos Sastre
-43 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
-2:08 Robert Gesink

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabian Cancellara 18:28:55 (unchanged)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:23 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 0:39 (unchanged)
.....
6 Andy Schleck 1:09 (unchanged)
.....
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:40 (unchanged)
.....
13 Denis Menchov 1:49 (unchanged)
14 Bradley Wiggins 1:49 (unchanged)
.....
16 Roman Kreuziger 2:24 (unchanged)
17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:25 (unchanged)
18 Lance Armstrong 2:30 (unchanged)
.....
24 Levi Leipheimer 2:53 (unchanged)
.....
29 Andreas Kloden 3:01 (unchanged)
.....
46 Carlos Sastre 3:19 (was 48th at 3:19)
47 Ivan Basso 3:20 (was 49th at 3:20)
.....
58 Joaquin Rodriguez 3:33 (was 60th at 3:33)
.....
86 Robert Gesink 5:24 (was 43rd at 3:16)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 80 (was 1st with 63 points)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 70 (was 7th with 35 points)
3 Robbie McEwen 62 (was 4th with 38 points)
4 Geraint Thomas 56 (was 2nd with 49 points)
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 49 (was 9th with 30 points)
6 Sylvain Chavanel 44 (was 3rd with 44 points)
7 Daniel Oss 40 (was 14th with 22 points)
8 Sebastien Turgot 39 (was 20th with 19 points)
9 Cadel Evans 38 (was 11th with 28 points)
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen 38 (was 35th with 12 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jerome Pineau 13 (unchanged)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 8 (unchanged)
3 Rein Taaramae 8 (unchanged)
4 Maxime Monfort 5 (unchanged)
5 Matthew Lloyd 4 (unchanged)
6 Ryder Hesjedal 3 (unchanged)
7 Iban Mayoz Echeverria 3 (was 0 points)
8 Jurgen Roelandts 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
9 Steven Cummings 2 (was 8th with 2 points)
10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales 2 (was 9th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 8


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[Horst Schnellinger]

* Bob Martin <bob.m...@excite.com> [07-07-10 17:46]:

>
> Favourites by time :
> -2:08 Robert Gesink

??
What happened to Gesink today? Didn't saw and hear anything about him on
Eurosport, thought he must be in the main group....

[A. Dumas]

Flatted in the last k. Gap got corrected to no time lost.