Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +36   José Angel Gomez 
                 +35   Inigo Cuesta 
                 +30   Victor Hugo Peña 
                 +27   José Adrian Bonilla 
                 +25   Dario Andriotto 
                 +23   Marco Marzano 
                 +21   Joan Horrach 
                 +21   Denis Menchov 
                 +21   David Bernabeu 
                 +20   Sylvester Szmyd 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -44   Graeme Brown 
                 -42   Diego Milan 
                 -36   Danilo Napolitano 
                 -34   Juan José Haedo 
                 -33   Joaquin Sobrino 
                 -32   Baden Cooke 
                 -32   Sébastien Portal 
                 -30   Miguel Ochoa 
                 -27   Matti Breschel 
                 -26   José Antonio Baños 
                 -23   Jose Alberto Benitez 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
            
           Biggest losers by time :
               -7:36   Gorka Amuriza 
               -7:05   José Antonio Baños 
               -6:56   Enrique Salgueiro 
               -6:26   Diego Milan 
               -6:22   Vicente Peiro 
               -6:13   Graeme Brown 
               -5:33   Miguel Ochoa 
               -5:32   Matti Breschel 
               -5:30   Jeremy Hunt 
               -5:09   Joaquin Sobrino 
               -5:03   Juan José Haedo 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +35   Inigo Cuesta 
                 +21   Denis Menchov 
                 +19   Koldo Gil 
                 +19   Gilberto Simoni 
                 +19   Damiano Cunego 
                 +12   Stefano Garzelli 
                  +8   Marcos A. Serrano 
                  +6   Paolo Savoldelli 
                  +6   Jens Voigt 
                  +5   Vladimir Karpets 
                  +4   Alejandro Valverde 
                  +1   Isidro Nozal 
                  -4   Oscar Sevilla 
                  -4   Iker Flores 
                  -5   Haimar Zubeldia 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -1:04   Inigo Cuesta 
               -1:07   Koldo Gil 
               -1:10   Jens Voigt 
               -1:17   Stefano Garzelli 
               -1:23   Denis Menchov 
               -1:23   Damiano Cunego 
               -1:29   Gilberto Simoni 
               -1:37   Vladimir Karpets 
               -1:42   Paolo Savoldelli 
               -1:56   Oscar Sevilla 
               -1:59   Andrey Kashechkin 
               -2:22   Haimar Zubeldia 
               -2:46   Isidro Nozal 
               -3:21   Marcos A. Serrano 
               -4:21   Iker Flores 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Alejandro Valverde                          8.16.35
                   2  Angel Vicioso                                  0.35
                   3  Manuel Lloret                                  0.52
                   4  Koldo Gil                                      1.07
                   .....
                   6  Jens Voigt                                     1.10
                   7  Stefano Garzelli                               1.17
                   8  Denis Menchov                                  1.23
                   9  Damiano Cunego                                 1.23
                  10  Vladimir Karpets                               1.37
                   .....
                  14  Oscar Sevilla                                  1.56
                   .....
                  16  Haimar Zubeldia                                2.22
                   .....
                  21  Isidro Nozal                                   2.46
                   .....
                  49  Inigo Cuesta                                   7.23
                   .....
                  51  Iker Flores                                    7.26
                  52  Gilberto Simoni                                7.48
                   .....
                  55  Paolo Savoldelli                               8.01
                   .....
                  57  Andrey Kashechkin                              8.18
                   .....
                  71  Marcos A. Serrano                              9.40
            
           Retirements to date :
               Astana                                  Evgeniy Sladkov 
               Fuerteventura-Canarias                  Javier Cherro 
               Rabobank                                Leon Van Bon 
                  "                                    Max Van Heeswijk 
               Team CSC                                Carlos Sastre 
            Total retirements : 5