Stage 4 : March 07, 2018 La Fouillouse - Saint-Etienne 18.5 km
1 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0.25.33
2 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0.11
3 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0.16
4 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0.20
5 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0.27
6 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
7 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0.28
8 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0.29
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 0.33
10 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-Scott
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+23 David de la Cruz
+19 Jakob Fuglsang
+17 Ilnur Zakarin
+16 Simon Yates
+16 Jarlinson Pantano
+15 Wout Poels
+15 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+15 Jesus Herrada Lopez
+15 Jerome Cousin
+15 Alessandro De Marchi
Biggest losers by position :
-26 Thomas Boudat
-25 Timo Roosen
-23 Arnaud Demare
-21 Heinrich Haussler
-21 Mike Teunissen
-19 Mickael Cherel
-14 Cyril Gautier
-14 Matti Breschel
-14 Natnael Berhane
-13 Magnus Cort
-13 Nacer Bouhanni
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:28 Wout Poels
+0:17 Marc Soler
+0:12 Julian Alaphilippe
+0:08 Felix GroAŸschartner
+0:01 Jon Izagirre Insausti
+0:01 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
Biggest losers by time :
-5:06 Nacer Bouhanni
-4:58 Ivan Garcia Cortina
-4:40 Lars Boom
-4:18 Dylan Groenewegen
-4:14 Elia Viviani
-4:14 Tom Leezer
-4:09 Christophe Laporte
-4:08 Mickael Delage
-4:04 Magnus Cort
-4:02 Daniel McLay
-4:00 Andre Greipel
Favourites by position :
+23 David de la Cruz
+19 Jakob Fuglsang
+17 Ilnur Zakarin
+16 Simon Yates
+15 Wout Poels
+15 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
+11 Marc Soler
+5 Bauke Mollema
+3 Jon Izagirre Insausti
+2 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
+1 Julian Alaphilippe
+1 Daniel Martin
-2 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
Favourites by time :
+0:28 Wout Poels
+0:17 Marc Soler
+0:12 Julian Alaphilippe
+0:01 Jon Izagirre Insausti
+0:01 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-0:05 Simon Yates
-0:05 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-0:05 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-0:06 David de la Cruz
-0:28 Jakob Fuglsang
-0:41 Ilnur Zakarin
-0:53 Daniel Martin
-1:07 Bauke Mollema
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Luis Leon Sanchez 13:47:57 (unchanged)
2 Wout Poels 0:15 (was 17th at 0:43)
3 Julian Alaphilippe 0:26 (was 4th at 0:38)
4 Marc Soler 0:26 (was 15th at 0:43)
5 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 0:34 (was 3rd at 0:35)
6 Felix GroAŸschartner 0:35 (was 9th at 0:43)
7 Jon Izagirre Insausti 0:42 (was 10th at 0:43)
8 Tim Wellens 0:42 (was 6th at 0:41)
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 0:48 (was 24th at 0:43)
10 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 0:48 (was 12th at 0:43)
11 Simon Yates 0:48 (was 27th at 0:43)
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15 David de la Cruz 1:15 (was 38th at 1:09)
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22 Daniel Martin 1:36 (was 23rd at 0:43)
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24 Bauke Mollema 1:50 (was 29th at 0:43)
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35 Ilnur Zakarin 2:41 (was 52nd at 2:00)
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37 Jakob Fuglsang 2:44 (was 56th at 2:16)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Arnaud Demare 31 (unchanged)
2 Julian Alaphilippe 19 (was 9th with 10 points)
3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 17 (was 7th with 12 points)
4 Mike Teunissen 17 (was 2nd with 17 points)
5 Jonathan Hivert 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
6 Luis Leon Sanchez 16 (was 6th with 12 points)
7 Wout Poels 15 (was 0 points)
8 Dylan Groenewegen 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
9 Andre Greipel 14 (was 5th with 14 points)
10 Marc Soler 12 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Pierre-Luc Perichon 8 (unchanged)
2 Fabien Grellier 8 (unchanged)
3 Julian Alaphilippe 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
4 Arnaud Demare 4 (was 3rd with 4 points)
5 Pierre Rolland 4 (unchanged)
6 Jay Robert Thomson 3 (unchanged)
7 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz 3 (unchanged)
8 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 2 (unchanged)
9 Tim Wellens 2 (unchanged)
10 Jurgen Roelandts 2 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 3
Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 3
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 2
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 4