Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3
Biggest gainers by position :
+11 Patrice Halgand
+9 Bernhard Kohl
+8 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+8 Thomas Lovkvist
+8 Theo Eltink
+8 Michael Albasini
+8 Matthias Russ
+8 Matej Jurco
+8 Julien El Fares
+8 Juan Manuel Garate
Biggest losers by position :
-60 Joaquim Rodriguez
-24 Christophe Brandt
-24 Dario Cataldo
-18 Daniele Righi
-17 Serguei Yakovlev
-14 Matteo Bono
-14 Paul Martens
-13 Francesco Gavazzi
-10 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-10 Maxim Iglinskiy
-7 Bjorn Schroder
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-7:18 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-7:18 Mickael Buffaz
-7:18 Philip Deignan
-7:18 Serguei Yakovlev
-6:15 Bjorn Schroder
-6:15 Christophe Brandt
-6:15 Daniele Righi
-6:15 Dario Cataldo
-6:15 Matteo Bono
-6:15 Matthias Russ
-6:15 Paul Martens
Favourites by position :
+5 Andy Schleck
+4 Leonardo Piepoli
+3 Vladimir Karpets
+3 Vladimir Efimkin
+3 Stefan Schumacher
+3 Davide Rebellin
+2 Maxime Monfort
+2 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Manuel Beltran
+1 Frank Schleck
+1 Cadel Evans
-5 Thomas Dekker
Favourites by time :
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 16.32.01
2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 0.03
3 David Herrero Llorente 0.08
4 Damiano Cunego 0.08
5 Kim Kirchen 0.08
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7 Cadel Evans 0.08
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10 Maxime Monfort 0.08
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16 Davide Rebellin 0.08
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21 Frank Schleck 0.08
22 Thomas Dekker 0.08
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43 Stefan Schumacher 0.48
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50 Vladimir Karpets 1.07
51 Manuel Beltran 1.07
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58 Vladimir Efimkin 1.19
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71 Leonardo Piepoli 2.22
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77 Marzio Bruseghin 3.44
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93 Andy Schleck 7.15
Retirements to date : Stage
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas 4 <<<
Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 4 <<<
Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 3
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 <<<
Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 4 <<<
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 3
Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 3
Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 4 <<<
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3
Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 <<<
Maxime Mederel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 <<<
Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 4 <<<
Alejandro Paleo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 <<<
Total retirements : 13