Stage 4 : Mar 11, Maurs - Mende, 208 km
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4.26.47
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.10
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0.18
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0.20
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 0.21
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas - Doimo
8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0.29
9 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
10 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0.31
Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Brice Feillu
+40 Damiano Cunego
+39 Remy Di Gregorio
+39 Benat Intxausti
+37 Tiago Machado
+37 David Le Lay
+33 Tom Danielson
+32 Thomas Peterson
+32 Tadej Valjavec
+31 David Lopez Garcia
Biggest losers by position :
-90 Lars Boom
-50 Mirco Lorenzetto
-39 Andriy Grivko
-37 Laurent Mangel
-37 Serguei Ivanov
-36 Alexandr Kolobnev
-35 Tony Martin
-33 Jeremy Galland
-33 Philippe Gilbert
-31 Andre Greipel
-31 Gustav Larsson
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Alberto Contador
+0:06 Alejandro Valverde
+0:04 Samuel Sanchez
Biggest losers by time :
-12:49 Jimmy Casper
-12:24 Arnaud Gerard
-12:24 Stephane Auge
-11:21 Adam Hansen
-11:21 Andre Greipel
-11:21 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-11:21 Bjorn Leukemans
-11:21 Borut Bozic
-11:21 Brian Vandborg
-11:21 Craig Lewis
-11:21 Francesco Chicchi
Favourites by position :
+40 Damiano Cunego
+19 Christian Vandevelde
+10 Frank Schleck
+7 Samuel Sanchez
+2 Roman Kreuziger
-2 Xavier Tondo
-5 Jens Voigt
-5 David Millar
-8 Levi Leipheimer
-8 Janez Brajkovic
-35 Tony Martin
Favourites by time :
+0:04 Samuel Sanchez
-0:11 Roman Kreuziger
-0:11 Damiano Cunego
-0:34 Jens Voigt
-0:46 Xavier Tondo
-0:51 David Millar
-0:59 Levi Leipheimer
-0:59 Janez Brajkovic
-0:59 Frank Schleck
-3:37 Tony Martin
-4:39 Christian Vandevelde
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador 17.07.23
2 Alejandro Valverde 0.24
3 Roman Kreuziger 0.25
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5 Samuel Sanchez 0.29
6 Jens Voigt 0.34
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9 David Millar 1.03
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12 Xavier Tondo 1.14
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16 Levi Leipheimer 1.23
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21 Janez Brajkovic 1.33
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28 Frank Schleck 2.05
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51 Tony Martin 4.15
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81 Damiano Cunego 9.05
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127 Christian Vandevelde 16.12
Retirements to date : Stage
Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Testteam 4 <<<
Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team 4 <<<
Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - Farnese 3
Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Testteam 3
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 2
Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese 2
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions 1
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack 1
Total retirements : 10