Stage 4 : May 3, Fribourg, 174 km
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 4.14.21
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
3 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
4 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.09
5 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr
6 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale
7 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp
8 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano
9 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Sean De Bie
+14 Roberto Ferrari
+14 Luke Rowe
+13 Michael Hepburn
+12 Thierry Hupond
+12 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
+12 Oscar Gatto
+12 Mikhail Ignatyev
+12 Kenny Dehaes
+12 Jean-Marc Marino
Biggest losers by position :
-16 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-14 Maxim Iglinskiy
-11 Maxime Monfort
-10 Rafael Valls Ferri
-8 Sergei Chernetski
-7 Manuele Mori
-7 Romain Guillemois
-7 Tanel Kangert
-6 Giacomo Nizzolo
-6 Martijn Keizer
-6 Pavel Brutt
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:19 Michael Albasini
+0:15 Thomas Voeckler
+0:13 Jan Bakelants
Biggest losers by time :
-23:38 Christopher Sutton
-23:38 Nathan Earle
-15:53 Tom Stamsnijder
-15:53 Tom Veelers
-9:15 Albert Timmer
-9:15 Damien Gaudin
-9:15 Giovanni Visconti
-9:15 Jens Voigt
-9:15 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-9:15 Kenny Dehaes
-9:15 Mikhail Ignatyev
Favourites by position :
+3 Thomas Voeckler
+3 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+2 Ivan Basso
-11 Maxime Monfort
Favourites by time :
+0:15 Thomas Voeckler
-0:31 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-3:55 Thomas Danielson
-7:55 Maxime Monfort
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Simon Spilak 15:53:55 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 1:02 (unchanged)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 1:06 (unchanged)
5 Mathias Frank 1:10 (unchanged)
6 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:13 (unchanged)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 1:14 (unchanged)
8 Jesus Herrada Lopez 1:40 (unchanged)
9 Jon Izaguirre Insausti 1:48 (unchanged)
10 Andrew Talansky 1:50 (unchanged)
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16 Rigoberto Uran 3:36 (unchanged)
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19 Thomas Voeckler 5:52 (was 22nd at 6:07)
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28 Maxime Monfort 11:35 (was 17th at 3:40)
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35 Jean-Christophe Peraud 12:51 (was 38th at 12:20)
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39 Ivan Basso 15:20 (was 41st at 15:20)
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61 Thomas Danielson 28:07 (was 61st at 24:12)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Martin Kohler 12 (unchanged)
2 Alexis Vuillermoz 10 (was 9th with 3 points)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
4 Jan Bakelants 6 (was 0 points)
5 Cyril Gautier 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
6 Kenny Dehaes 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
7 Pirmin Lang 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
8 Reto Hollenstein 4 (was 7th with 4 points)
9 Mickael Cherel 3 (was 8th with 3 points)
10 Michael Albasini 3 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Johann Tschopp 30
2 Cyril Gautier 28
3 Christopher Froome 12
4 Jean-Marc Marino 12
5 Pirmin Lang 10
6 Simon Spilak 8
7 Alexis Vuillermoz 6
8 Vincenzo Nibali 6
9 Thibaut Pinot 6
10 Rohan Dennis 6
Retirements to date : Stage
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 4 <<<
Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar 4 <<<
Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4 <<<
Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4 <<<
Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin Sharp 4 <<<
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4 <<<
Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar 4 <<<
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4 <<<
Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 4 <<<
Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 4 <<<
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 4 <<<
Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 3
Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 3
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 3
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 2
Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale 2
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 1
Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge 0
Total retirements : 22