Stage 4 : Mar 15, Indicatore (Arezzo) - Cittareale (Selva Rotonda), 244 km
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 6.39.56
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0.01
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 0.05
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.08
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.10
8 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing 0.11
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida
10 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 0.17
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+111 Bart De Clercq
+106 Wout Poels
+105 Stijn Devolder
+102 Davide Malacarne
+92 Johan Vansummeren
+86 Tobias Ludvigsson
+86 Enrico Battaglin
+81 Simon Geschke
+79 Pierre Rolland
+72 Igor Anton Hernandez
Biggest losers by position :
-105 Mark Cavendish
-99 Andre Greipel
-99 Daniele Bennati
-98 Cameron Meyer
-81 Arnaud Demare
-78 Kristijan Koren
-77 Yoann Offredo
-62 Svein Tuft
-61 Daryl Impey
-61 Tony Martin
-59 Sacha Modolo
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:15 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+0:09 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:05 Roman Kreuziger
+0:05 Richie Porte
+0:02 Michele Scarponi
Biggest losers by time :
-37:47 Dmitriy Gruzdev
-34:20 Nicola Ruffoni
-34:04 Matteo Pelucchi
-33:20 Filippo Fortin
-32:16 Andreas Stauff
-31:56 Alessandro Petacchi
-31:56 Jens Mouris
-31:56 Mark Cavendish
-31:56 Matteo Trentin
-31:53 Paul Voss
-31:53 Sam Bennett
Favourites by position :
+58 Daniel Martin
+53 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+51 Andrew Talansky
+49 Michele Scarponi
+25 Bradley Wiggins
+16 Bauke Mollema
+14 Damiano Cunego
+12 Roman Kreuziger
+12 Richie Porte
+9 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Ivan Basso
-3 Rigoberto Uran
-9 Cadel Evans
Favourites by time :
+0:20 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:09 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:05 Roman Kreuziger
+0:05 Richie Porte
+0:02 Michele Scarponi
-0:15 Andrew Talansky
-0:24 Bauke Mollema
-0:28 Rigoberto Uran
-0:58 Ivan Basso
-1:31 Damiano Cunego
-8:04 Daniel Martin
-8:29 Cadel Evans
-8:29 Bradley Wiggins
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 16:06:42 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:16 (was 11th at 0:36)
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:23 (was 12th at 0:38)
4 Richie Porte 0:34 (was 16th at 0:39)
5 Rigoberto Uran 0:38 (was 2nd at 0:10)
6 Roman Kreuziger 0:39 (was 18th at 0:44)
7 Robert Kiserlovski 0:49 (was 27th at 0:48)
8 Moreno Moser 1:01 (was 23rd at 0:46)
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 1:02 (was 25th at 0:47)
10 Julian Arredondo 1:03 (was 26th at 0:48)
.....
12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:09 (was 65th at 1:18)
13 Michele Scarponi 1:12 (was 62nd at 1:14)
14 Bauke Mollema 1:13 (was 30th at 0:49)
.....
23 Andrew Talansky 1:39 (was 74th at 1:24)
24 Ivan Basso 1:44 (was 22nd at 0:46)
.....
29 Damiano Cunego 2:36 (was 43rd at 1:05)
.....
45 Cadel Evans 9:28 (was 36th at 0:59)
46 Bradley Wiggins 9:51 (was 71st at 1:22)
.....
48 Daniel Martin 10:03 (was 106th at 1:59)
Retirements to date : Stage
Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 4 <<<
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 4 <<<
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 3
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka 3
Total retirements : 6