Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3
Biggest gainers by position :
+72 Alberto Contador
+68 Pierrick Fédrigo
+64 José Antonio Redondo
+52 Maxim Iglinsky
+52 Iñigo Cuesta
+49 Thomas Dekker
+49 Mirko Celestino
+48 Michael Boogerd
+46 Tadej Valjavec
+45 Didier Rous
Biggest losers by position :
-112 David De La Fuente
-102 Borut Bozic
-90 Joseba Zubeldia
-88 Daniele Bennati
-67 Javier Benitez
-66 Francesco Tomei
-62 Erik Zabel
-62 Oscar Sevilla
-58 Diego Milan Jimenez
-55 David Muñoz
-49 Christian Knees
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:41 Alberto Contador
+0:24 Alejandro Valverde
+0:22 Tadej Valjavec
+0:18 Fränk Schleck
+0:16 Janez Brajkovic
+0:14 José Miguel Elías
+0:11 Luis León Sánchez
+0:10 Patxi Vila
+0:07 Ángel Vicioso
+0:07 Thomas Voeckler
Biggest losers by time :
-17:04 Gustavo César Veloso
-17:04 Lars Michaelsen
-15:50 Egoitz Murgoitio
-7:40 David De La Fuente
-7:40 Pablo Lastras
-6:56 José Antonio López
-6:22 Rick Flens
-6:02 Borut Bozic
-6:01 Gorka Verdugo
-5:59 David Muñoz
-5:50 Claudio Corioni
Favourites by position :
+72 Alberto Contador
+52 Iñigo Cuesta
+48 Michael Boogerd
+46 Tadej Valjavec
+45 Didier Rous
+44 Rui Lavarinhas
+42 Alejandro Valverde
+33 David Millar
+33 Alexander Vinokourov
+29 Pavel Padrnos
+28 José Luis Rubiera
+27 Daniele Nardello
+26 Samuel Sánchez
+19 Iván Gutiérrez
+17 Damiano Cunego
+14 Mikel Astarloza
+3 Florent Brard
-2 Thomas Voeckler
-5 Laurent Brochard
-34 Mikel Pradera
-62 Oscar Sevilla
Favourites by time :
+0:41 Alberto Contador
+0:24 Alejandro Valverde
+0:22 Tadej Valjavec
+0:07 Thomas Voeckler
+0:07 Samuel Sánchez
+0:07 Mikel Astarloza
-0:03 Damiano Cunego
-0:13 Laurent Brochard
-0:13 Iván Gutiérrez
-0:34 Iñigo Cuesta
-0:55 Alexander Vinokourov
-1:01 Rui Lavarinhas
-1:01 Didier Rous
-1:06 Michael Boogerd
-1:11 Mikel Pradera
-1:34 Pavel Padrnos
-1:34 José Luis Rubiera
-1:34 David Millar
-1:47 Daniele Nardello
-2:47 Oscar Sevilla
-4:43 Florent Brard
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 14.51.16
2 Tadej Valjavec 0.02
3 Fränk Schleck 0.06
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6 Thomas Voeckler 0.11
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10 Mikel Astarloza 0.17
11 Samuel Sánchez 0.17
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17 Laurent Brochard 0.37
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19 Iván Gutiérrez 0.37
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36 Iñigo Cuesta 0.58
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41 Alberto Contador 1.14
42 Alexander Vinokourov 1.19
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46 Rui Lavarinhas 1.25
47 Didier Rous 1.25
48 Michael Boogerd 1.30
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52 Mikel Pradera 1.35
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64 Daniele Nardello 2.11
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71 David Millar 2.36
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83 Oscar Sevilla 3.11
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87 José Luis Rubiera 3.29
88 Pavel Padrnos 3.31
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110 Damiano Cunego 6.21
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126 Florent Brard 11.02
Retirements to date :
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Daniele Colli
" Ruben Bongiorno
Discovery Channel Jurgen Van Goolen
Grupo Nicolás Mateos José Antonio Banos Ballester
Milram Brett Lancaster
Team LPR Ignacio Gutierrez
Total retirements : 6