Stage 4 : Mar 7, Brive-la-Gaillarde - Rodez, 183 km
1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team 4.21.01
2 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD
3 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM
4 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha Team
5 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur-Sojasun
6 Simon Geschke (Ger) Project 1T4i
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R La Mondiale
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
10 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+46 Samuel Dumoulin
+46 Jens Keukeleire
+45 Alexandre Geniez
+44 Giampaolo Caruso
+41 Paolo Longo Borghini
+37 Igor Anton Hernandez
+37 Eduard Vorganov
+36 Sylvester Szmyd
+36 Simon Geschke
+35 Richie Porte
Biggest losers by position :
-80 Guillaume Levarlet
-64 Sandy Casar
-63 Anthony Ravard
-63 Blel Kadri
-63 Christian Knees
-50 Patrick Gretsch
-47 David Arroyo Duran
-47 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa
-45 Simon Gerrans
-44 Matteo Bono
-43 Marcel Kittel
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Gianni Meersman
+0:06 Grega Bole
+0:04 Lieuwe Westra
Biggest losers by time :
-15:30 Guillaume Levarlet
-15:30 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
-13:21 Adrian Saez
-13:21 Andrey Kashechkin
-13:21 Dennis van Winden
-13:21 Grischa Niermann
-13:21 Jaroslaw Marycz
-13:21 Lars Ytting Bak
-13:21 Maarten Wijnants
-13:21 Marcel Kittel
-13:21 Matteo Bono
Favourites by position :
+27 Rein Taaramae
+18 Janez Brajkovic
+18 Andreas Kloden
+11 Bauke Mollema
+10 Damiano Cunego
+8 Tony Martin
+4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-3 Thomas Voeckler
-3 Ivan Basso
-6 Frank Schleck
-10 Denis Menchov
-47 David Arroyo Duran
Favourites by time :
-0:54 Thomas Voeckler
-0:54 Frank Schleck
-0:54 Denis Menchov
-1:32 Tony Martin
-1:32 Janez Brajkovic
-4:25 Rein Taaramae
-9:56 Ivan Basso
-9:56 David Arroyo Duran
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 13:30:52 (unchanged)
2 Levi Leipheimer 0:06 (unchanged)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 0:11 (unchanged)
4 Sylvain Chavanel 0:14 (unchanged)
5 Maxime Monfort 0:18 (unchanged)
6 Lieuwe Westra 0:18 (was 7th at 0:22)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:20 (was 6th at 0:20)
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:29 (unchanged)
9 Simon Spilak 0:33 (unchanged)
10 Robert Kiserlovski 0:36 (unchanged)
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20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 3:00 (was 24th at 3:00)
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35 Damiano Cunego 3:28 (was 45th at 3:28)
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38 Bauke Mollema 3:37 (was 49th at 3:37)
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44 Denis Menchov 4:07 (was 34th at 3:13)
45 Andreas Kloden 4:11 (was 63rd at 4:11)
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47 Frank Schleck 4:19 (was 41st at 3:25)
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49 Thomas Voeckler 4:23 (was 46th at 3:29)
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58 Tony Martin 6:13 (was 66th at 4:41)
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92 Janez Brajkovic 13:12 (was 110th at 11:40)
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98 David Arroyo Duran 13:37 (was 51st at 3:41)
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124 Rein Taaramae 19:18 (was 151st at 14:53)
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143 Ivan Basso 23:25 (was 140th at 13:29)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde 52 (was 1st with 39 points)
2 Bradley Wiggins 47 (was 2nd with 36 points)
3 Gianni Meersman 45 (was 12th with 20 points)
4 Francesco Gavazzi 40 (was 7th with 28 points)
5 Lieuwe Westra 38 (was 14th with 18 points)
6 Tom Boonen 35 (was 3rd with 35 points)
7 Maxime Monfort 35 (was 4th with 35 points)
8 Tejay Van Garderen 34 (was 5th with 34 points)
9 Xavier Florencio Cabre 34 (was 17th with 16 points)
10 Levi Leipheimer 32 (was 6th with 31 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 18 (was 0 points)
2 Bart De Clercq 14 (was 8th with 2 points)
3 Thomas De Gendt 10 (was 1st with 6 points)
4 Alejandro Valverde 5 (was 2nd with 4 points)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 5 (was 0 points)
6 Andreas Kloden 4 (was 0 points)
7 Olivier Kaisen 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
8 Roy Curvers 4 (was 3rd with 4 points)
9 Pierrick Fedrigo 4 (was 0 points)
10 Leigh Howard 4 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 4 <<<
Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 4 <<<
Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 4 <<<
Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4 <<<
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 <<<
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3
Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team 3
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2
Total retirements : 9