Stage 4 - Tuesday, May 12: Padova - San Martino di Castrozza, 162km
First 10 finishers :
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4.15.04 (38.107km/h)
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+82 Hector Gonzalez
+81 Jelle Vanendert
+80 Johann Tschopp
+77 Marcos Garcia
+75 Charles Wegelius
+73 Alexander Efimkin
+70 Arnold Jeannesson
+69 Volodymir Gustov
+67 Jure Golcer
+67 Francesco Bellotti
Biggest losers by position :
-113 Alessandro Petacchi
-113 Tyler Farrar
-102 Oscar Gatto
-86 Mark Cavendish
-68 Filippo Pozzato
-67 Philip Deignan
-65 Mauro Da Dalto
-64 Manuele Mori
-56 Francesco Gavazzi
-53 Daniele Pietropolli
-53 Enrico Gasparotto
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:38 Danilo Di Luca
+0:30 Stefano Garzelli
+0:26 Franco Pellizotti
+0:18 Yaroslav Popovych
+0:18 Thomas Lovkvist
+0:18 Tadej Valjavec
+0:18 Mauricio Soler
+0:18 Marzio Bruseghin
+0:18 Levi Leipheimer
+0:18 Ivan Basso
Biggest losers by time :
-19:49 Mauro Da Dalto
-19:32 Alberto Fernandez
-19:32 Alessandro Bertolini
-19:32 Alessandro Petacchi
-19:32 Alessandro Vanotti
-19:32 Alexander Serov
-19:32 Allan Davis
-19:32 Anders Lund
-19:32 Anthony Charteau
-19:32 Ben Swift
-19:32 Bjorn Schroder
Favourites by position :
+37 Jens Voigt
+24 Stefano Garzelli
+13 Ivan Basso
+13 Carlos Sastre
+12 Gilberto Simoni
+11 Denis Menchov
+9 Marzio Bruseghin
+8 Franco Pellizotti
+8 Damiano Cunego
+4 Danilo Di Luca
+3 Thomas Lovkvist
+3 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Lance Armstrong
-16 Fabian Cancellara
Favourites by time :
+0:38 Danilo Di Luca
+0:30 Stefano Garzelli
+0:26 Franco Pellizotti
+0:18 Thomas Lovkvist
+0:18 Marzio Bruseghin
+0:18 Levi Leipheimer
+0:18 Ivan Basso
+0:18 Gilberto Simoni
+0:18 Denis Menchov
+0:18 Damiano Cunego
+0:18 Carlos Sastre
+0:12 Michael Rogers
+0:03 Lance Armstrong
-3:28 Jens Voigt
-19:32 Fabian Cancellara
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Thomas Lovkvist 13.05.28
2 Danilo Di Luca 0.02
3 Michael Rogers 0.06
.....
5 Levi Leipheimer 0.26
6 Lance Armstrong 0.28
7 Franco Pellizotti 0.32
8 Damiano Cunego 0.42
9 Marzio Bruseghin 0.42
10 Carlos Sastre 0.49
11 Ivan Basso 0.53
.....
16 Denis Menchov 1.02
17 Gilberto Simoni 1.06
18 Stefano Garzelli 1.09
.....
71 Jens Voigt 7.15
.....
155 Fabian Cancellara 25.27
Retirements to date : Stage
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 <<<
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
Total retirements : 3