Stage 4 : Mar 27, Alp - Vallter 2000-Setcases, 166.4 km 1 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 4.49.30 2 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.03 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 0.04 5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0.05 6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp 0.08 7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 8 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 0.15 9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.16 10 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Trek Factory Racing 0.21 Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 : Biggest gainers by position : +66 Mikel Landa Meana +62 Javier Moreno Bazan +48 Perrig Quemeneur +39 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas +36 Rory Sutherland +36 Nico Sijmens +33 Phillip Gaimon +33 Branislau Samoilau +30 Jens Voigt +29 Christophe Le Mevel Biggest losers by position : -80 Przemyslaw Niemiec -57 Angel Madrazo Ruiz -57 Marcos Garcia -36 Georg Preidler -28 Kenny Elissonde -27 Stig Broeckx -26 Lieuwe Westra -25 Laurens ten Dam -24 Davide Rebellin -24 Marcus Burghardt -23 Kevin Reza Biggest gainers by time : +0:04 Tejay van Garderen +0:04 Romain Bardet +0:01 Alberto Contador Velasco Biggest losers by time : -30:19 Giacomo Nizzolo -29:14 Ji Cheng -27:51 Jerome Baugnies -26:56 Luka Mezgec -26:56 Roberto Ferrari -26:22 Sam Bewley -26:08 Stephane Poulhies -26:08 Thomas Peterson -26:05 Julian Alaphilippe -26:03 Jean-Marc Marino -26:01 Anthony Roux Favourites by position : +19 Thomas De Gendt +12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez +11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +3 Ivan Basso +1 Tejay van Garderen +1 Andrew Talansky -1 Christopher Froome -2 Daniel Martin -6 Ryder Hesjedal -18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez -18 Rigoberto Uran Favourites by time : +0:04 Tejay van Garderen +0:01 Alberto Contador Velasco -0:04 Christopher Froome -0:04 Andrew Talansky -0:45 Daniel Moreno Fernandez -1:03 Ryder Hesjedal -1:18 Daniel Martin -2:19 Ivan Basso -3:47 Rigoberto Uran -6:31 Jurgen Van Den Broeck -14:31 Thomas De Gendt -15:56 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 17:47:34 (unchanged) 2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:04 (was 2nd at 0:05) 3 Tejay van Garderen 0:07 (was 4th at 0:11) 4 Romain Bardet 0:10 (was 7th at 0:14) 5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:10 (was 3rd at 0:09) 6 Christopher Froome 0:17 (was 5th at 0:13) 7 Andrew Talansky 0:18 (was 8th at 0:14) 8 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:26 (was 9th at 0:14) 9 Warren Barguil 0:42 (was 21st at 0:31) 10 David Arroyo Duran 0:45 (was 13th at 0:23) ..... 15 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:16 (was 27th at 0:31) ..... 17 Ryder Hesjedal 1:26 (was 11th at 0:23) ..... 20 Daniel Martin 1:49 (was 18th at 0:31) ..... 25 Ivan Basso 2:50 (was 28th at 0:31) ..... 30 Rigoberto Uran 4:10 (was 12th at 0:23) ..... 39 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 7:39 (was 50th at 1:08) ..... 63 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 16:53 (was 45th at 0:57) ..... 77 Thomas De Gendt 21:40 (was 96th at 7:09) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Stef Clement 58 (was 0 points) 2 Jack Bobridge 54 (was 1st with 46 points) 3 Tejay van Garderen 38 (was 0 points) 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 35 (was 7th with 16 points) 5 Alberto Contador Velasco 35 (was 10th with 12 points) 6 Ruben Plaza Molina 35 (was 0 points) 7 Maxime Mederel 35 (was 0 points) 8 Thomas De Gendt 35 (was 0 points) 9 Branislau Samoilau 34 (was 3rd with 30 points) 10 Andrey Zeits 33 (was 2nd with 33 points) Retirements to date : Stage Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 4 <<< Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 4 <<< Christopher Horner (USA) Lampre-Merida 4 <<< Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 4 <<< Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp 4 <<< Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 3 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 3 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 3 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 2 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 2 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 2 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 2 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 2 Total retirements : 17