Stage 4 : May 12, 2015 Chiavari - La Spezia 150 km
1 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 3.47.59
2 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0.22
3 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling
4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
5 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge
6 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
10 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+74 Sonny Colbrelli
+68 Chad Haga
+65 Arnaud Courteille
+44 Salvatore Puccio
+42 Ruben Fernandez
+38 Davide Formolo
+37 Thomas Danielson
+36 Mauro Finetto
+35 Matteo Montaguti
+35 Andrey Zeits
Biggest losers by position :
-60 Michael Matthews
-46 Simon Gerrans
-39 Brent Bookwalter
-37 Francis Mourey
-34 Maxime Bouet
-31 Fabio Felline
-30 Luis Leon Sanchez
-28 Philippe Gilbert
-28 Stef Clement
-26 Enrico Battaglin
-25 Kenny Elissonde
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:32 Davide Formolo
+0:06 Simon Clarke
+0:05 Jonathan Monsalve
+0:04 Amael Moinard
+0:02 Giovanni Visconti
Biggest losers by time :
-58:09 Ryder Hesjedal
-23:16 Manabu Ishibashi
-22:39 Aleksejs Saramotins
-22:39 Davide Malacarne
-22:39 Eduard Michael Grosu
-22:39 Kevin Reza
-22:39 Marco Coledan
-22:39 Matteo Pelucchi
-20:53 Alessandro Malaguti
-20:53 Andre Greipel
-20:53 Bartlomiej Matysiak
Favourites by position :
+37 Thomas Danielson
+21 Tanel Kangert
+20 Richie Porte
+16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+14 Leopold Konig
+4 Fabio Aru
+2 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Alberto Contador
+1 Rigoberto Uran
-10 Pieter Weening
-20 Michael Rogers
Favourites by time :
-0:42 Rigoberto Uran
-0:42 Leopold Konig
-0:42 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-4:00 Michael Rogers
-5:03 Tanel Kangert
-8:05 Thomas Danielson
-19:38 Pieter Weening
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Simon Clarke 11:54:48 (was 2nd at 0:06)
2 Esteban Chaves 0:10 (was 4th at 0:10)
3 Roman Kreuziger 0:17 (was 5th at 0:17)
4 Alberto Contador 0:17 (was 6th at 0:17)
5 Fabio Aru 0:23 (was 9th at 0:23)
6 Dario Cataldo 0:23 (was 12th at 0:23)
7 Giovanni Visconti 0:29 (was 19th at 0:31)
8 Amael Moinard 0:31 (was 25th at 0:35)
9 Davide Formolo 0:31 (was 47th at 1:03)
10 Richie Porte 0:37 (was 30th at 0:37)
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14 Rigoberto Uran 1:11 (was 15th at 0:29)
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18 Leopold Konig 1:19 (was 32nd at 0:37)
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20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:21 (was 36th at 0:39)
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27 Michael Rogers 4:17 (was 7th at 0:17)
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32 Tanel Kangert 6:35 (was 53rd at 1:32)
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87 Pieter Weening 27:49 (was 77th at 8:11)
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89 Thomas Danielson 28:13 (was 126th at 20:08)
Top 10 on Points table
1 Elia Viviani 53
2 Marco Frapporti 40
3 Moreno Hofland 35
4 Davide Formolo 26
5 Philippe Gilbert 26
6 Simon Clarke 26
7 Michael Matthews 25
8 Andre Greipel 25
9 Bertjan Lindeman 20
10 Eugert Zhupa 20
Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Pavel Kochetkov 15
2 Davide Formolo 14
3 Edoardo Zardini 14
4 Diego Ulissi 12
5 Esteban Chaves 6
6 Giovanni Visconti 6
7 Jesus Herrada 6
8 Andrey Amador 5
9 Franco Pellizotti 4
10 Bertjan Lindeman 3
Retirements to date : Stage
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 4 <<<
Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 4 <<<
Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 3
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 2
Ramon Carretero (Pan) Southeast Pro Cycling 2
Total retirements : 6