Stage 4 : Apr 10, Vitoria - Arrate (Eibar), 151 km
1 Wout Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 3.39.29
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.01
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
4 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp 0.03
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
6 Iurii Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
8 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
+35 Hubert Dupont
+32 Dominik Nerz
+31 Amets Txurruka
+30 Amael Moinard
+28 Davide Malacarne
+26 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+26 Matthew Busche
+24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+23 Sander Armee
Biggest losers by position :
-37 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-33 Pavel Brutt
-24 Koldo Fernandez
-22 Jose Herrada Lopez
-22 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-21 Rory Sutherland
-20 Michael Albasini
-20 Rafael Valls Ferri
-20 Simon Geschke
-17 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-16 Fabian Wegmann
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:03 Wouter Poels
+0:02 Samuel Sanchez
+0:02 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Biggest losers by time :
-22:15 Alberto Bettiol
-22:15 Alessandro Vanotti
-22:15 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-22:15 Bruno Pires
-22:15 Christophe Riblon
-22:15 Cristiano Salerno
-22:15 David Tanner
-22:15 Davide Villella
-22:15 Dennis Vanendert
-22:15 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-22:15 Enrico Gasparotto
Favourites by position :
+24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+14 Tony Martin
+14 Maxime Monfort
+4 Pieter Weening
+4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Robert Kiserlovski
+1 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-3 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-4 Michal Kwiatkowski
-7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
-22 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-37 Lars Petter Nordhaug
Favourites by time :
+0:02 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:07 Michal Kwiatkowski
-0:23 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
-0:39 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:48 Robert Kiserlovski
-1:04 Maxime Monfort
-4:43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-5:41 Tony Martin
-8:33 Pieter Weening
-12:14 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-17:58 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-22:15 Lars Petter Nordhaug
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 16:33:35 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:12 (was 2nd at 0:14)
3 Damiano Cunego 0:36 (was 4th at 0:36)
4 Cadel Evans 0:36 (was 5th at 0:36)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:36 (was 6th at 0:36)
6 Yury Trofimov 0:36 (was 7th at 0:36)
7 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:41 (was 3rd at 0:34)
8 Mikel Landa Meana 0:54 (was 10th at 0:54)
9 Wouter Poels 0:55 (was 14th at 0:58)
10 Samuel Sanchez 0:56 (was 15th at 0:58)
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15 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:59 (was 8th at 0:36)
16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:37 (was 20th at 0:58)
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20 Robert Kiserlovski 1:46 (was 22nd at 0:58)
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36 Maxime Monfort 9:07 (was 50th at 8:03)
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47 Pieter Weening 17:27 (was 51st at 8:54)
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51 Tony Martin 19:19 (was 65th at 13:38)
52 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 20:28 (was 76th at 15:45)
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57 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 21:42 (was 54th at 9:28)
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59 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 22:13 (was 37th at 4:15)
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64 Lars Petter Nordhaug 23:49 (was 27th at 1:34)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 50 (was 4th with 30 points)
2 Michal Kwiatkowski 49 (was 1st with 48 points)
3 Ben Swift 34 (was 2nd with 34 points)
4 Damiano Cunego 33 (was 5th with 26 points)
5 Michael Matthews 32 (was 3rd with 32 points)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 31 (was 6th with 25 points)
7 Wout Poels 30 (was 24th with 5 points)
8 Tony Martin 25 (was 7th with 25 points)
9 Iurii Trofimov 24 (was 12th with 14 points)
10 Paul Martens 24 (was 8th with 24 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Davide Villella 37 (unchanged)
2 Jan Bakelants 28 (unchanged)
3 Romain Sicard 24 (was 5th with 10 points)
4 Matteo Montaguti 22 (was 3rd with 22 points)
5 Ben Gastauer 14 (was 0 points)
6 Kristijan Durasek 13 (was 0 points)
7 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti 13 (was 4th with 13 points)
8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 11 (was 9th with 7 points)
9 Wout Poels 10 (was 0 points)
10 Tom Dumoulin 10 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 4 <<<
Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing Trek Factory Racing 4 <<<
Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale Cannondale 4 <<<
Christian Meier (Can) Orica Greenedge Orica Greenedge 4 <<<
Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team BMC Racing Team 4 <<<
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team Movistar Team 4 <<<
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky Team Sky 4 <<<
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 4 <<<
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica Greenedge Orica Greenedge 4 <<<
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky Team Sky 4 <<<
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr FDJ.fr 3
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Lotto Belisol 3
Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing Trek Factory Racing 3
Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 3
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 2
Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano Team Giant-Shimano 2
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 2
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp Garmin Sharp 2
Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Ph 1
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 1
Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Caja Rural - Seguros RG 1
Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick 1
Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quic 1
Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - 1
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick-S 1
Wouter Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Total retirements : 28