Stage 4 : August 26, 2014, Mairena del Alcor - Cordoba, 164.7 km
1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4.02.55
2 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale
5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp
6 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
10 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+88 Rohan Dennis
+87 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+78 Javier Moreno Bazan
+77 Lawrence Warbasse
+75 Nikias Arndt
+70 Francesco Lasca
+65 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
+64 Maxime Mederel
+62 Valerio Conti
+61 Simon Clarke
Biggest losers by position :
-96 Gianluca Brambilla
-89 Julian Arredondo
-81 Alessandro De Marchi
-76 Peter Kennaugh
-74 Anthony Roux
-74 Yauheni Hutarovich
-68 Philippe Gilbert
-65 Jasper Stuyven
-62 Sebastien Turgot
-61 Nacer Bouhanni
-60 Oscar Gatto
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 John Degenkolb
+0:02 Vicente Reynes Mimo
Biggest losers by time :
-17:41 Anthony Roux
-16:59 Adriano Malori
-16:59 Aleksejs Saramotins
-16:59 Brett Lancaster
-16:59 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-16:59 Dan Craven
-16:59 Daniil Fominykh
-16:59 Dario Cataldo
-16:59 Dominic Klemme
-16:59 Fabio Felline
-16:59 Gerald Ciolek
Favourites by position :
+7 Andrew Talansky
+6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+5 Fabio Aru
+4 Daniel Martin
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+2 Christopher Froome
+2 Cadel Evans
+1 Wilco Kelderman
-1 Thibaut Pinot
-2 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
Favourites by time :
-0:04 Wilco Kelderman
-0:04 Rigoberto Uran
-0:04 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-0:04 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-0:04 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:04 Fabio Aru
-0:04 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:04 Daniel Martin
-0:04 Christopher Froome
-0:04 Cadel Evans
-0:04 Andrew Talansky
-0:04 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:04 Alberto Contador Velasco
-16:59 Thibaut Pinot
-16:59 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Matthews 13:30:44 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:08 (was 2nd at 0:04)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:15 (was 3rd at 0:11)
4 Rigoberto Uran 0:19 (was 4th at 0:15)
5 Damiano Caruso 0:21 (was 5th at 0:17)
6 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 0:21 (was 6th at 0:17)
7 George Bennett 0:24 (was 7th at 0:20)
8 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 0:24 (was 9th at 0:20)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:27 (was 12th at 0:23)
10 Wilco Kelderman 0:27 (was 11th at 0:23)
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13 Cadel Evans 0:29 (was 15th at 0:25)
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15 Christopher Froome 0:35 (was 17th at 0:31)
16 Przemyslaw Niemiec 0:40 (was 18th at 0:36)
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18 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:42 (was 20th at 0:38)
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20 Daniel Martin 0:43 (was 24th at 0:39)
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22 Fabio Aru 0:45 (was 27th at 0:41)
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26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:46 (was 32nd at 0:42)
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30 Andrew Talansky 0:56 (was 37th at 0:52)
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177 Thibaut Pinot 24:15 (was 176th at 7:16)
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196 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 39:10 (was 194th at 22:11)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 45 (was 2nd with 29 points)
2 John Degenkolb 45 (was 4th with 20 points)
3 Nacer Bouhanni 33 (was 1st with 33 points)
4 Daniel Martin 32 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Lloyd Mondory 21 (was 9th with 12 points)
6 Vicente Reynes Mimo 20 (was 0 points)
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 16 (was 5th with 16 points)
8 Roberto Ferrari 16 (was 6th with 16 points)
9 Valerio Conti 14 (was 20th with 6 points)
10 Damiano Caruso 14 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Luis Mas Bonet 9 (unchanged)
2 Jerome Cousin 9 (unchanged)
3 Danilo Wyss 6 (unchanged)
4 Winner Anacona Gomez 5 (was 0 points)
5 Amets Txurruka 3 (was 0 points)
6 Nathan Haas 3 (was 4th with 3 points)
7 Adam Yates 3 (was 0 points)
8 Kristian Sbaragli 2 (was 5th with 2 points)
9 Jimmy Engoulvent 2 (was 0 points)
10 Valerio Conti 1 (was 6th with 1 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0