Stage 4 : Aug 23, Baza - Sierra Nevada, 172 km
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 4.51.53
2 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.03
3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0.11
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
5 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD
6 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+102 Amets Txurruka
+90 Matthew Busche
+63 Oliver Zaugg
+62 Stijn Devolder
+60 Andrew Talansky
+59 David Lelay
+56 Morris Possoni
+54 Marco Marzano
+52 Mathieu Perget
+52 Eduard Vorganov
Biggest losers by position :
-99 Enrico Gasparotto
-95 Johann Tschopp
-77 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-75 Matti Breschel
-74 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-66 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-63 Valerio Agnoli
-52 David Lopez Garcia
-50 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-43 Nicki Sorensen
-42 Rein Taaramae
Biggest gainers by time :
+1:37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+1:26 Chris Anker Sorensen
+1:14 Daniel Martin
+1:06 Wout Poels
+1:06 Vincenzo Nibali
+1:06 Steven Kruijswijk
+1:06 Sergio Pardilla Belllon
+1:06 Sergey Lagutin
+1:06 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+1:06 Oliver Zaugg
Biggest losers by time :
-32:50 Johann Tschopp
-32:50 Mauricio Ardila Cano
-23:08 Adrian Palomares Villaplana
-23:08 Albert Timmer
-23:08 Aleksejs Saramotins
-23:08 Alexandre Geniez
-23:08 Andreas Klier
-23:08 Antonio Cabello Baena
-23:08 Christopher Sutton
-23:08 Dario David Cioni
-23:08 Enrico Gasparotto
Favourites by position :
+37 Denis Menchov
+31 Steven Kruijswijk
+21 Bradley Wiggins
+20 Carlos Sastre Candil
+17 Tony Martin
+16 Michele Scarponi
+16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+15 Bauke Mollema
+14 Janez Brajkovic
+12 Andreas Kloden
+7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+4 David Blanco Rodriguez
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
-42 Rein Taaramae
-66 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
Favourites by time :
+1:06 Vincenzo Nibali
+1:06 Steven Kruijswijk
+1:06 Michele Scarponi
+1:06 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1:06 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1:06 Janez Brajkovic
+1:06 Denis Menchov
+1:06 Carlos Sastre Candil
+1:06 Bradley Wiggins
+1:06 Bauke Mollema
-15:28 Rein Taaramae
-17:10 Tony Martin
-17:10 David Blanco Rodriguez
-17:10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-17:10 Andreas Kloden
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sylvain Chavanel 13:19:09 (was 2nd at 0:20)
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:43 (was 24th at 2:20)
3 Jakob Fuglsang 0:49 (was 5th at 1:55)
4 Maxime Monfort 0:49 (was 6th at 1:55)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 0:53 (was 7th at 1:59)
6 Kanstantsin Sivtsov 0:58 (was 10th at 2:04)
7 Fredrik Kessiakoff 0:59 (was 12th at 2:05)
8 Sergio Pardilla Belllon 1:03 (was 13th at 2:09)
9 Marzio Bruseghin 1:03 (was 14th at 2:09)
10 Kevin Seeldraeyers 1:04 (was 18th at 2:10)
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12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:07 (was 19th at 2:13)
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15 Janez Brajkovic 1:18 (was 29th at 2:24)
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17 Bauke Mollema 1:19 (was 32nd at 2:25)
18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:19 (was 34th at 2:25)
19 Michele Scarponi 1:21 (was 35th at 2:27)
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21 Bradley Wiggins 1:31 (was 42nd at 2:37)
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25 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:52 (was 45th at 2:58)
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32 Steven Kruijswijk 2:42 (was 63rd at 3:48)
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38 Denis Menchov 2:55 (was 75th at 4:01)
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78 Rein Taaramae 17:56 (was 36th at 2:28)
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82 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 19:19 (was 16th at 2:09)
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123 David Blanco Rodriguez 27:02 (was 127th at 9:52)
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154 Andreas Kloden 31:28 (was 166th at 14:18)
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161 Tony Martin 32:55 (was 178th at 15:45)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Pablo Lastras Garcia 28 (unchanged)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 26 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 25 (was 0 points)
4 Christopher Sutton 25 (was 3rd with 25 points)
5 Matti Breschel 22 (was 4th with 22 points)
6 Chris Anker Sorensen 20 (was 0 points)
7 Vicente Reynes Mimo 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
8 Ruslan Pydgornyy 19 (was 0 points)
9 Daniel Martin 16 (was 0 points)
10 Markel Irizar Aranburu 16 (was 7th with 16 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 20 (was 0 points)
2 Chris Anker Sorensen 15 (was 0 points)
3 Koen De Kort 13 (was 0 points)
4 Daniel Martin 10 (was 0 points)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 6 (was 0 points)
6 Thomas Rohregger 6 (was 0 points)
7 Eduard Vorganov 6 (was 0 points)
8 Przemyslaw Niemiec 4 (was 0 points)
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia 3 (was 1st with 3 points)
10 Markel Irizar Aranburu 3 (was 2nd with 3 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4 <<<
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) ProTeam Astana 3
Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 3