Tour de Romandie, stage 4 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 4 : Apr 30, Aubonne - Signal-de-Bougy (ITT), 20.1 km

1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 27.57.00
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.02
3 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.14
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.18
5 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0.27
6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.42
7 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.43
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.45
9 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48
10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0.54


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+22 David Zabriskie
+19 Tony Martin
+17 Andrew Talansky
+15 Lieuwe Westra
+14 Linus Gerdemann
+13 Steven Kruijswijk
+12 David Millar
+11 Marco Pinotti
+10 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+10 Janez Brajkovic

Biggest losers by position :
-26 Mikael Cherel
-15 Oliver Zaugg
-14 Rafal Majka
-14 Thomas Rohregger
-13 Damiano Cunego
-13 Giampaolo Cheula
-13 Morris Possoni
-12 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-9 Peter Stetina
-9 Simon Spilak
-8 Marcel Wyss

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:27 David Zabriskie
+1:25 Richie Porte
+1:13 Lieuwe Westra
+1:09 Bradley Wiggins
+1:00 Tony Martin
+0:45 Andrew Talansky
+0:44 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:42 Cadel Evans
+0:39 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
+0:33 Linus Gerdemann

Biggest losers by time :
-4:01 Mark Renshaw
-3:27 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
-3:23 Noe Gianetti
-3:19 Koldo Fernandez
-2:56 Marco Corti
-2:53 Mikael Cherel
-2:51 Francesco Chicchi
-2:43 Gerald Ciolek
-2:43 Joost Van Leijen
-2:36 Alessandro Vanotti
-2:33 Christopher Sutton

Favourites by position :
+22 David Zabriskie
+19 Tony Martin
+14 Linus Gerdemann
+10 Janez Brajkovic
+10 Bradley Wiggins
+9 Vladimir Karpets
+5 Richie Porte
+5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+5 Denis Menchov
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+3 Cadel Evans
+1 Ivan Basso
-2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre

Favourites by time :
+1:27 David Zabriskie
+1:25 Richie Porte
+1:09 Bradley Wiggins
+1:00 Tony Martin
+0:42 Cadel Evans
+0:33 Linus Gerdemann
+0:25 Vladimir Karpets
+0:24 Roman Kreuziger
+0:06 Janez Brajkovic
-0:13 Denis Menchov
-0:26 Ivan Basso
-0:26 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cadel Evans 13:00:58 (was 4th at 0:42)
2 Tony Martin 0:18 (was 21st at 1:18)
3 Alexandre Vinokourov 0:19 (was 2nd at 0:32)
4 Marco Pinotti 0:31 (was 15th at 0:55)
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:41 (was 7th at 0:51)
6 Pieter Weening 0:51 (was 9th at 0:51)
7 Janez Brajkovic 0:52 (was 17th at 0:58)
8 Pavel Brutt 0:58 (was 1st at 0:00)
9 Andrew Talansky 0:59 (was 26th at 1:44)
10 David Millar 1:00 (was 22nd at 1:20)
11 Linus Gerdemann 1:06 (was 25th at 1:39)
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14 Denis Menchov 1:16 (was 19th at 1:03)
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31 Ivan Basso 2:50 (was 32nd at 2:24)
32 David Zabriskie 2:53 (was 54th at 4:20)
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41 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 3:35 (was 39th at 3:09)
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46 Vladimir Karpets 4:01 (was 55th at 4:26)
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60 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 6:18 (was 65th at 6:18)
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62 Bradley Wiggins 6:41 (was 72nd at 7:50)
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66 Roman Kreuziger 6:56 (was 70th at 7:20)
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118 Richie Porte 28:19 (was 123rd at 29:44)

Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4 <<<
Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 4 <<<
Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 4 <<<
Marc De Maar (AHo) Quickstep Cycling Team 4 <<<
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 4 <<<
Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3
Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack 2
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Team RadioShack 2
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2
Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 2
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 1
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1
Nicki Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 14


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