Stage 4 : Mar 7, Brioude - Saint-Vallier, 199.5 km
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 4.55.41
2 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
5 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
9 Andreas Kloden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
10 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Team Katusha
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+60 Amael Moinard
+57 Thierry Hupond
+55 Mathias Frank
+53 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+53 Christophe Le Mevel
+50 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
+49 Yury Trofimov
+45 Michael Matthews
+42 Stijn Vandenbergh
+42 Martin Elmiger
Biggest losers by position :
-61 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-55 Leigh Howard
-48 Andrey Zeits
-43 Elia Viviani
-42 Geoffrey Soupe
-41 Cyril Lemoine
-40 Kris Boeckmans
-37 Mark Renshaw
-36 Jens Debusschere
-36 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-36 Simon Gerrans
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Michael Albasini
+0:06 Maxim Iglinskiy
+0:04 Peter Velits
Biggest losers by time :
-15:09 Andrea Palini
-12:36 Alex Howes
-12:36 Alexander Kristoff
-12:36 Anders Lund
-12:36 Andrey Zeits
-12:36 Bert De Backer
-12:36 Cyril Lemoine
-12:36 Damien Gaudin
-12:36 Danny Pate
-12:36 David Millar
-12:36 Edward King
Favourites by position :
+24 Ivan Basso
+22 Maxime Monfort
+21 Thomas De Gendt
+10 Denis Menchov
+9 Michael Albasini
+6 Steven Kruijswijk
+6 Robert Gesink
+5 Peter Velits
+4 Michele Scarponi
+3 Tejay van Garderen
+3 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+3 Andreas Kloden
+2 Thomas Voeckler
Favourites by time :
+0:10 Michael Albasini
+0:04 Peter Velits
-1:54 Thomas Voeckler
-2:00 Ivan Basso
-8:26 Thomas De Gendt
-8:26 Steven Kruijswijk
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Andrew Talansky 19:35:17 (unchanged)
2 Andriy Grivko 0:03 (unchanged)
3 Peter Velits 0:04 (was 8th at 0:08)
4 Sylvain Chavanel 0:04 (unchanged)
5 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 0:05 (unchanged)
6 Lieuwe Westra 0:06 (unchanged)
7 Richie Porte 0:07 (unchanged)
8 Maxim Iglinskiy 0:13 (was 26th at 0:19)
9 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:13 (was 12th at 0:13)
10 Bart De Clercq 0:15 (was 13th at 0:15)
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12 Tejay van Garderen 0:16 (was 15th at 0:16)
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16 Andreas Kloden 0:17 (was 19th at 0:17)
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20 Michele Scarponi 0:18 (was 24th at 0:18)
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24 Michael Albasini 1:01 (was 33rd at 1:11)
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26 Robert Gesink 1:09 (was 32nd at 1:09)
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30 Denis Menchov 1:18 (was 40th at 1:18)
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33 Maxime Monfort 1:45 (was 55th at 1:45)
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47 Thomas Voeckler 3:26 (was 49th at 1:32)
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54 Ivan Basso 5:10 (was 78th at 3:10)
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99 Thomas De Gendt 14:00 (was 120th at 5:34)
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129 Steven Kruijswijk 18:38 (was 135th at 10:12)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Elia Viviani 55 (unchanged)
2 Borut Bozic 43 (unchanged)
3 Andrew Talansky 41 (was 9th with 26 points)
4 Sylvain Chavanel 41 (was 3rd with 38 points)
5 Peter Velits 36 (was 24th with 16 points)
6 Leigh Howard 33 (was 4th with 33 points)
7 Alessandro Petacchi 31 (was 5th with 31 points)
8 Jens Debusschere 31 (was 6th with 31 points)
9 Andriy Grivko 30 (was 14th with 25 points)
10 Lieuwe Westra 30 (was 7th with 30 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Johann Tschopp 29 (was 0 points)
2 Thomas Voeckler 17 (was 0 points)
3 Gianni Meersman 11 (was 0 points)
4 Andriy Grivko 9 (was 2nd with 7 points)
5 Martijn Keizer 8 (was 1st with 8 points)
6 Hubert Dupont 8 (was 0 points)
7 Michele Scarponi 7 (was 0 points)
8 Richie Porte 7 (was 7th with 2 points)
9 David Lopez Garcia 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
10 Bertjan Lindeman 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 4 <<<
Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin Sharp 4 <<<
Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 4 <<<
Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4 <<<
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 4 <<<
Stef Clement (Ned) Team Blanco 4 <<<
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 2
Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin Sharp 2
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 2
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 2
Jure Kocjan (Slo) Euskaltel Euskadi 1
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ 1
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1
Total retirements : 14