Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana stage 4 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 4 : Teulada Moraira > Vall d'Ebo (175.2 km)

1 Brandon Mcnulty (USA) 4:08:21
2 Santiago Buitrago (Col) 0:12
3 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) 0:12
4 Pello Bilbao (Spa) 0:24
5 Jai Hindley (Aus) 0:24
6 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) 0:29
7 Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) 0:44
8 Javier Romo (Spa) 0:47
9 Welay Hagos Berhe (Eth) 0:48
10 Patrick Konrad (Aut) 1:01


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Sinuhe Fernandez
+31 Laurent Gervais
+28 Txomin Juaristi
+25 Samuele Zoccarato
+25 Jose Maria Garcia
+24 Fernando Tercero
+22 Brandon Mcnulty
+21 Jan Christen
+21 Guillermo Thomas Silva
+18 Negasi Haylu Abreha

Biggest losers by position :
-24 Filippo Fiorelli
-24 Matej Mohoric
-17 Simone Consonni
-16 Francisco Munoz
-15 Mulu Kinfe Hailemichael
-14 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
-14 Giovanni Lonardi
-14 Jonathan Milan
-13 Nathan Smith
-13 Nicolo Parisini
-13 Xavier Canellas

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:31 Brandon Mcnulty
+1:15 Santiago Buitrago
+1:13 Aleksandr Vlasov
+0:57 Pello Bilbao
+0:57 Jai Hindley
+0:52 Felix Grosschartner
+0:37 Rainer Kepplinger
+0:34 Javier Romo
+0:33 Welay Hagos Berhe
+0:20 Paul Double

Biggest losers by time :
-13:55 Gonzalo Arino
-13:29 Miguel Angel Fernandez
-12:06 Jan Dunnewind
-11:34 Xavier Canellas
-11:23 Duarte Marivoet
-11:23 Patrick Gamper
-11:09 Unai Esparza
-10:32 Adrien Petit
-9:57 Luca Colnaghi
-9:48 Simone Consonni
-9:41 Jannik Steimle

Favourites by position :
+22 Brandon Mcnulty
+16 Pello Bilbao
+6 Jai Hindley
+3 Sam Oomen
+2 Santiago Buitrago
+2 Aleksandr Vlasov
-4 Felix Grosschartner

Favourites by time :
+1:31 Brandon Mcnulty
+1:15 Santiago Buitrago
+1:13 Aleksandr Vlasov
+0:57 Pello Bilbao
+0:57 Jai Hindley
+0:52 Felix Grosschartner
-1:00 Sam Oomen
-8:08 Lennard Kamna

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Brandon Mcnulty 15:44:08 (was 23rd at 1:31)
2 Santiago Buitrago 0:14 (was 4th at 1:29)
3 Aleksandr Vlasov 0:17 (was 5th at 1:30)
4 Alessandro Tonelli 0:20 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Jai Hindley 0:34 (was 11th at 1:31)
6 Pello Bilbao 0:34 (was 22nd at 1:31)
7 Felix Grosschartner 0:36 (was 3rd at 1:28)
8 Rainer Kepplinger 0:54 (was 13th at 1:31)
9 Javier Romo 0:57 (was 19th at 1:31)
10 Welay Hagos Berhe 0:58 (was 20th at 1:31)
.....
35 Sam Oomen 5:42 (was 38th at 4:42)
.....
89 Lennard Kamna 21:42 (was 89th at 13:34)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jonathan Milan 37 (unchanged)
2 Filippo Fiorelli 36 (unchanged)
3 Giovanni Lonardi 36 (unchanged)
4 Matej Mohoric 34 (unchanged)
5 Simone Consonni 28 (unchanged)
6 Brandon Mcnulty 25 (was 0 points)
7 Alessandro Tonelli 25 (was 6th with 25 points)
8 Santiago Buitrago 24 (was 27th with 4 points)
9 Manuele Tarozzi 20 (was 8th with 20 points)
10 Arne Marit 20 (was 9th with 20 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Mikel Bizkarra 18 (was 0 points)
2 Gorka Sorarrain 15 (was 1st with 15 points)
3 Jokin Murguialday 12 (was 0 points)
4 Brandon Mcnulty 10 (was 0 points)
5 Santiago Buitrago 10 (was 9th with 2 points)
6 Aleksandr Vlasov 7 (was 13th with 1 points)
7 Manuele Tarozzi 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
8 Inigo Elosegui 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
9 Johan Meens 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
10 Alessandro Tonelli 5 (was 5th with 5 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Bahrain - Victorious 47:14:01 (was 2nd at 0:48)
2 UAE Team Emirates 0:34 (was 7th at 1:09)
3 BORA - hansgrohe 0:39 (was 6th at 1:01)
4 Team Jayco AlUla 3:00 (was 5th at 1:01)
5 Team Polti Kometa 3:31 (was 4th at 1:01)
6 VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizane 5:00 (was 1st at 34:46:50)
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5:45 (was 9th at 2:55)
8 Movistar Team 6:08 (was 3rd at 0:51)
9 Equipo Kern Pharma 7:18 (was 10th at 3:43)
10 Burgos - BH 10:32 (was 11th at 4:40)
11 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 13:39 (was 12th at 7:20)
12 Lidl - Trek 13:53 (was 8th at 1:58)
13 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 18:42 (was 13th at 7:42)
14 Intermarche - Wanty 23:05 (was 15th at 15:06)
15 Bingoal WB 26:24 (was 14th at 9:49)
16 Illes Balears Arabay Cycling 32:05 (was 16th at 19:19)
17 Project Echelon Racing 39:30 (was 17th at 27:44)
18 Team Novo Nordisk 54:28 (was 18th at 31:59)

Retirements to date : Stage
Caleb Classen (Project Echelon Racing (CT)) 4 <<<
Ethan Craine (Project Echelon Racing (CT)) 4 <<<
Filippo Ridolfo (Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)) 4 <<<
Gerd De Keijzer (Team Novo Nordisk (PRT)) 4 <<<
Michael Matthews (Team Jayco AlUla (WT)) 4 <<<
Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla (WT)) 3
Jetse Bol (Burgos - BH (PRT)) 3
Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates (WT)) 3
Kamil Gradek (Bahrain - Victorious (WT)) 2
Yukiya Arashiro (Bahrain - Victorious (WT)) 2
Fabio Felline (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 1
Total retirements : 11


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