Stage 4 : Jun 14, Grindelwald - Huttwil, 198.4 km

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4.46.05
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.02
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
10 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Nick Nuyens
+13 Oscar Freire Gomez
+12 Daniele Calligarin
+11 Matthew Harley Goss
+11 Baden Cooke
+10 Daniele Righi
+10 Alexander Gottfried
+9 Gregory Rast
+8 Tom Boonen
+8 Matteo Carrara

Biggest losers by position :
-30 Mathew Hayman
-26 Cesare Benedetti
-24 Rinaldo Nocentini
-23 Dario David Cioni
-19 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-18 Lloyd Mondory
-18 Olivier Kaisen
-14 Ben Gastauer
-14 Peter Velits
-12 Wout Poels
-10 Daniel Oss

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Thor Hushovd
+0:08 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Marco Marcato

Biggest losers by time :
-15:25 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-8:22 Christopher Froome
-8:22 Dario David Cioni
-8:22 Jack Bobridge
-8:22 Mathew Hayman
-8:22 Olivier Kaisen
-8:18 Cesare Benedetti
-7:21 Mark Cavendish
-7:21 Rinaldo Nocentini
-7:15 Lloyd Mondory
-4:36 Alessandro Bazzana

Favourites by position :
+7 Jens Voigt
+7 Alessandro Ballan
+5 Stuart O'Grady
+1 Andreas Kloden
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-6 Sylvain Chavanel

Favourites by time :
-0:12 Stuart O'Grady
-0:14 Alessandro Ballan
-0:48 Jens Voigt
-1:03 Fabian Cancellara
-1:03 Christian Vande Velde
-1:03 Andreas Kloden
-4:34 Sylvain Chavanel

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Damiano Cunego 12:29:23 (unchanged)
2 Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez 0:54 (unchanged)
3 Bauke Mollema 1:16 (unchanged)
4 Laurens ten Dam 1:19 (unchanged)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 1:21 (unchanged)
6 Frank Schleck 1:25 (unchanged)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 1:32 (unchanged)
8 Danilo Di Luca 1:53 (unchanged)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 2:00 (unchanged)
10 Levi Leipheimer 2:10 (unchanged)
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14 Linus Gerdemann 3:09 (unchanged)
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20 Andy Schleck 6:10 (unchanged)
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26 Ryder Hesjedal 9:58 (unchanged)
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41 Andreas Kloden 19:19 (was 42nd at 18:16)
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52 Christian Vande Velde 21:43 (was 51st at 20:40)
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79 Jens Voigt 30:24 (was 86th at 29:36)
80 Sylvain Chavanel 31:00 (was 74th at 26:26)
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85 Alessandro Ballan 32:06 (was 92nd at 31:52)
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88 Fabian Cancellara 32:34 (was 88th at 31:31)
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103 Stuart O'Grady 36:46 (was 108th at 36:34)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 45 (was 0 points)
2 Damiano Cunego 27 (was 0 points)
3 Thor Hushovd 25 (was 0 points)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 25 (was 0 points)
5 Bauke Mollema 22 (was 0 points)
6 Juan Mauricio Soler 19 (was 0 points)
7 Frank Schleck 16 (was 0 points)
8 Marco Marcato 16 (was 0 points)
9 Fabian Cancellara 15 (was 0 points)
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 13 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Laurens Ten Dam 34 (was 1st with 31 points)
2 Damiano Cunego 24 (unchanged)
3 Matti Breschel 20 (unchanged)
4 Lloyd Mondory 17 (was 12th with 6 points)
5 Ryder Hesjedal 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
6 Mathias Frank 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
7 Wouter Poels 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
8 Cesare Benedetti 10 (was 0 points)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
10 Damiano Caruso 10 (was 8th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 3
Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Total retirements : 6


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