Stage 4 : August 28, 2018 Velez-Malaga - Alfacar. Sierra de la Alfaguara 161.4 km
1 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 4.33.12
2 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0.02
3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0.13
4 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1.08
5 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 1.39
6 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1.57
7 Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos BH 2.24
8 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 2.48
9 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 2.50
10 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 3.07
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+74 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+71 Oscar Cabedo Carda
+71 Jelle Wallays
+65 Nikita Stalnov
+62 Pierre Rolland
+56 Ben Gastauer
+53 Ben King
+51 Aritz Bages
+49 Mikel Iturria Segurola
+47 Sepp Kuss
Biggest losers by position :
-61 Dries Devenyns
-61 Fabio Felline
-40 Ian Boswell
-40 Jay McCarthy
-39 Bauke Mollema
-37 Simon Geschke
-34 Jetse Bol
-34 Tom Van Asbroeck
-32 Pello Bilbao
-32 Vegard Stake Laengen
-30 Benjamin Thomas
Biggest gainers by time :
+3:28 Ben King
+3:19 Nikita Stalnov
+3:07 Pierre Rolland
+2:07 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+1:36 Ben Gastauer
+1:20 Jelle Wallays
+0:51 Oscar Cabedo Carda
+0:27 Simon Yates
+0:25 Emanuel Buchmann
+0:08 Miguel Angel Lopez
Biggest losers by time :
-19:14 Marcus Burghardt
-19:14 Max Walscheid
-17:16 Alex Aranburu
-17:16 Alex Edmondson
-17:16 Antonio Molina
-17:16 Benjamin Thomas
-17:16 Dylan Teuns
-17:16 Dylan van Baarle
-17:16 Elia Viviani
-17:16 Giacomo Nizzolo
-17:16 Hector Saez Benito
Favourites by position :
+13 Vincenzo Nibali
+11 Miguel Angel Lopez
+9 Simon Yates
+6 Daniel Martin
+4 Thibaut Pinot
+4 George Bennett
+3 Rigoberto Uran
+2 Steven Kruijswijk
+2 Ilnur Zakarin
+1 Nairo Quintana
-1 Jon Izagirre Insausti
-1 Adam Yates
-2 Wilco Kelderman
-2 Richie Porte
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Favourites by time :
+0:27 Simon Yates
+0:08 Miguel Angel Lopez
+0:02 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-4:56 Ilnur Zakarin
-7:49 Vincenzo Nibali
-10:48 Daniel Martin
-15:20 Adam Yates
-17:16 Richie Porte
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 13:47:19 (unchanged)
2 Emanuel Buchmann 0:07 (was 7th at 0:32)
3 Simon Yates 0:10 (was 12th at 0:37)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:12 (was 2nd at 0:14)
5 Wilco Kelderman 0:25 (was 3rd at 0:25)
6 Jon Izagirre Insausti 0:30 (was 5th at 0:30)
7 Tony Gallopin 0:33 (was 8th at 0:33)
8 Nairo Quintana 0:33 (was 9th at 0:33)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 0:37 (was 11th at 0:37)
10 Enric Mas 0:42 (was 13th at 0:42)
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12 Thibaut Pinot 0:43 (was 16th at 0:43)
13 George Bennett 0:45 (was 17th at 0:45)
14 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:46 (was 25th at 0:54)
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16 Rigoberto Uran 0:48 (was 19th at 0:48)
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34 Ilnur Zakarin 6:27 (was 36th at 1:31)
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64 Vincenzo Nibali 12:33 (was 77th at 4:44)
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79 Daniel Martin 16:50 (was 85th at 6:02)
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155 Adam Yates 33:40 (was 154th at 18:20)
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169 Richie Porte 40:33 (was 167th at 23:17)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 46 (was 1st with 43 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 33 (was 2nd with 29 points)
3 Ben King 29 (was 0 points)
4 Elia Viviani 25 (was 3rd with 25 points)
5 Rohan Dennis 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
6 Giacomo Nizzolo 20 (unchanged)
7 Wilco Kelderman 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
8 Nikita Stalnov 20 (was 0 points)
9 Pierre Rolland 19 (was 41st with 2 points)
10 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 17 (was 37th with 3 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 36 (was 1st with 24 points)
2 Pierre Rolland 20 (was 2nd with 12 points)
3 Ben King 12 (was 0 points)
4 Ben Gastauer 7 (was 0 points)
5 Nikita Stalnov 6 (was 0 points)
6 Thomas De Gendt 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
7 Nans Peters 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3 (was 5th with 3 points)
9 Jordi Simon Casulleras 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
10 Michal Kwiatkowski 2 (was 7th with 2 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0