Stage 4 : Apr 4, Trapagaran - Eibar (Arrate), 151 km
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 3.58.52
2 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0.02
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
4 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha
6 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge 0.16
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.23
10 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha 0.24
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Matteo Montaguti
+31 Kevin De Weert
+31 Juan Manuel Garate
+29 Simon Geschke
+29 Rob Ruijgh
+28 Romain Bardet
+27 Marcos Garcia
+27 Christian Meier
+26 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+26 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
Biggest losers by position :
-35 Bram Tankink
-35 Tristan Valentin
-32 Andy Schleck
-30 Dominik Nerz
-28 Jurgen Van De Walle
-21 Thibaut Pinot
-20 Danail Petrov
-19 Gorka Izagirre
-16 Igor Anton Hernandez
-15 Dennis Vanendert
-15 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:02 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
Biggest losers by time :
-20:04 Petr Ignatenko
-18:33 Alexey Lutsenko
-18:33 Amets Txurruka
-18:33 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-18:33 Antonio Piedra Perez
-18:33 Bram Tankink
-18:33 Brian Vandborg
-18:33 David Tanner
-18:33 Dennis Vanendert
-18:33 Jens Voigt
-18:33 Juraj Sagan
Favourites by position :
+21 Juan Jose Cobo
+13 Tony Martin
+10 Thomas Danielson
+10 Peter Velits
+3 Samuel Sanchez
+3 Damiano Cunego
+2 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-2 Tejay Van Garderen
-6 Roman Kreuziger
-10 Ryder Hesjedal
-12 Andreas Kloden
-32 Andy Schleck
Favourites by time :
-0:21 Samuel Sanchez
-0:22 Damiano Cunego
-0:26 Thomas Danielson
-0:55 Tejay Van Garderen
-1:00 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-1:14 Roman Kreuziger
-1:14 Peter Velits
-7:59 Juan Jose Cobo
-8:57 Andreas Kloden
-9:24 Ryder Hesjedal
-12:20 Tony Martin
-18:30 Andy Schleck
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 16:23:20 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:06 (was 2nd at 0:08)
3 Richie Porte 0:10 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:10 (unchanged)
5 Simon Spilak 0:10 (was 6th at 0:10)
6 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 0:21 (was 10th at 0:21)
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:26 (was 14th at 0:26)
8 Pieter Weening 0:35 (was 8th at 0:21)
9 Giampaolo Caruso 0:35 (was 5th at 0:10)
10 Samuel Sanchez 0:47 (was 13th at 0:26)
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12 Damiano Cunego 0:48 (was 15th at 0:26)
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20 Thomas Danielson 1:24 (was 30th at 0:58)
21 Tejay Van Garderen 1:28 (was 19th at 0:33)
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24 Roman Kreuziger 1:45 (was 18th at 0:31)
25 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 1:46 (was 27th at 0:46)
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29 Peter Velits 3:03 (was 39th at 1:49)
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45 Andreas Kloden 10:18 (was 33rd at 1:21)
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47 Ryder Hesjedal 11:09 (was 37th at 1:45)
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89 Andy Schleck 22:58 (was 57th at 4:28)
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94 Juan Jose Cobo 25:11 (was 115th at 17:12)
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100 Tony Martin 29:09 (was 113rd at 16:49)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 55 (was 1st with 35 points)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 49 (was 7th with 24 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 34 (was 10th with 18 points)
4 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 34 (was 8th with 20 points)
5 Francesco Gavazzi 34 (was 2nd with 34 points)
6 Angel Vicioso Arcos 32 (was 3rd with 32 points)
7 Richie Porte 28 (was 9th with 18 points)
8 Peter Velits 26 (was 4th with 26 points)
9 Daryl Impey 25 (was 6th with 25 points)
10 Simon Spilak 22 (was 16th with 10 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Amets Txurruka 61 (unchanged)
2 Laurent Didier 23 (unchanged)
3 Matteo Montaguti 20 (was 0 points)
4 Peter Velits 18 (was 0 points)
5 Daniele Ratto 15 (was 0 points)
6 Eduard Vorganov 13 (was 0 points)
7 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez 11 (was 3rd with 11 points)
8 Simon Spilak 10 (was 0 points)
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 10 (was 5th with 6 points)
10 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 4 <<<
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 4 <<<
Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ 4 <<<
Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4 <<<
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4 <<<
Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ 4 <<<
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 4 <<<
Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4 <<<
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4 <<<
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 3
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Total retirements : 13