Stage 4 : March 23, 2017 Llivia - Igualada 194.3 km
1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3.04.27
2 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ
3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott
4 Alexander Edmonson (Aus) Orica-Scott
5 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
6 Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
8 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
9 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+26 Julien Simon
+25 Nacer Bouhanni
+23 Alexander Edmondson
+22 Eduard Prades
+21 Sergio Pardilla
+21 Jetse Bol
+19 Luis Mas
+18 Dion Smith
+17 Petr Vakoc
+17 Francois Bidard
Biggest losers by position :
-41 Alessandro De Marchi
-39 Robert Gesink
-38 Imanol Erviti
-38 Nelson Oliveira
-37 Sam Bewley
-36 Johan Le Bon
-30 Matteo Bono
-30 Philip Deignan
-27 Jelle Vanendert
-26 Martijn Budding
-23 Rein Taaramae
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Nacer Bouhanni
+0:06 Davide Cimolai
+0:04 Daryl Impey
Biggest losers by time :
-9:43 Stephane Rossetto
-7:45 Ben Hermans
-7:45 Jelle Vanendert
-7:45 Johan Le Bon
-7:45 Martijn Budding
-7:45 Rein Taaramae
-7:45 Robert Gesink
-7:45 Svein Tuft
-7:37 Thomas De Gendt
-7:17 Alessandro De Marchi
-7:10 Angel Vicioso
Favourites by position :
+3 Mikel Landa
+3 Louis Meintjes
+3 Andrew Talansky
+1 Rafal Majka
-39 Robert Gesink
Favourites by time :
-1:42 Andrew Talansky
-7:45 Robert Gesink
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay Van Garderen 13:29:00 (unchanged)
2 Samuel Sanchez 0:41 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:44 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde 0:45 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 0:49 (unchanged)
6 Marc Soler 1:10 (unchanged)
7 Alberto Contador 1:13 (unchanged)
8 Adam Yates 1:18 (unchanged)
9 Bauke Mollema 1:25 (unchanged)
10 Jarlinson Pantano 1:25 (unchanged)
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14 Daniel Martin 2:02 (unchanged)
15 Steven Kruijswijk 2:04 (unchanged)
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17 Romain Bardet 2:13 (unchanged)
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20 Rafal Majka 2:35 (was 21st at 2:35)
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32 Louis Meintjes 4:20 (was 35th at 4:20)
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57 Robert Gesink 9:58 (was 18th at 2:13)
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61 Mikel Landa 12:26 (was 64th at 12:26)
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104 Andrew Talansky 27:03 (was 107th at 25:21)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Diego Rubio Hernandez 7 (was 0 points)
2 Murilo Affonso 5 (unchanged)
3 Pierre Rolland 5 (unchanged)
4 Jose Goncalves 2 (was 0 points)
5 Pieter Serry 2 (unchanged)
6 Antonio Nibali 2 (unchanged)
7 Matteo Bono 1 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Murilo Affonso 48 (unchanged)
2 Antonio Nibali 37 (unchanged)
3 Natnael Berhane 32 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 32 (was 0 points)
5 Pierre Rolland 26 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Martin 24 (unchanged)
7 Diego Rubio Hernandez 24 (was 0 points)
8 Magno Prado Nazaret 23 (unchanged)
9 Adam Yates 20 (unchanged)
10 Pieter Serry 20 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4 <<<
Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 4 <<<
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3
Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 3
Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 3
Flavio Cardoso (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3
Gabriel Machado (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3
Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3
Pedro Nicacio (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3
Raphael Pires (Bra) Soul Brasil Pro Cycling Team 3
Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 3
Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3
Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3
Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 3
Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ 3
Antonio Piedra (Spa) Manzana Postobon 2
Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) Manzana Postobon 2
Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1
Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 1
Total retirements : 20