Tour de Suisse, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Jun 11, Innertkirchen - Buochs, 161 km

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 4.08.23
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp
4 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
6 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
7 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
8 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Wesley Kreder
+3 Vladimir Karpets
+3 Sam Bewley
+3 Romain Feillu
+3 Luke Rowe
+3 Luca Wackermann
+3 Greg Van Avermaet
+3 Enrique Sanz
+3 Baden Cooke
+3 Arman Kamyshev

Biggest losers by position :
-30 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
-15 Robert Vrecer
-13 Lachlan Morton
-12 Ben Swift
-10 Olivier Kaisen
-9 Fabian Cancellara
-9 Jens Voigt
-8 Cedric Pineau
-7 Kristof Vandewalle
-5 Kenny Dehaes
-5 Stuart O'Grady

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-10:11 Ben Swift
-10:11 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
-6:08 Olivier Kaisen
-1:56 Cedric Pineau
-1:56 Fabian Cancellara
-1:56 Kristof Vandewalle
-1:56 Lachlan Morton
-1:56 Mark Renshaw
-1:48 Stuart O'Grady
-1:46 Jens Voigt
-1:46 Robert Vrecer

Favourites by position :
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Michael Albasini
+1 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mathias Frank 11:48:01 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 0:23 (unchanged)
3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:35 (unchanged)
4 Giovanni Visconti 0:53 (unchanged)
5 Thibaut Pinot 0:57 (unchanged)
6 Bauke Mollema 1:08 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Martin 1:23 (unchanged)
8 Tanel Kangert 1:26 (unchanged)
9 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:28 (unchanged)
10 Tejay van Garderen 1:39 (unchanged)
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12 Simon Spilak 1:50 (unchanged)
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14 Janez Brajkovic 2:24 (unchanged)
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21 Maxime Monfort 3:00 (unchanged)
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23 Wilco Kelderman 4:45 (unchanged)
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32 Michael Albasini 6:32 (was 33rd at 6:32)
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34 Michele Scarponi 7:24 (was 35th at 7:24)
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56 Steven Kruijswijk 14:21 (was 57th at 14:21)
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77 Andy Schleck 21:14 (was 78th at 21:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Arnaud Demare 25 (was 0 points)
2 Peter Sagan 24 (was 5th with 15 points)
3 Bauke Mollema 23 (was 1st with 23 points)
4 Mathias Frank 22 (was 2nd with 22 points)
5 Heinrich Haussler 20 (was 11th with 10 points)
6 Matthew Harley Goss 20 (was 0 points)
7 Roman Kreuziger 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
8 Tyler Farrar 16 (was 0 points)
9 Cameron Meyer 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
10 Thibaut Pinot 15 (was 6th with 15 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Robert Vrecer 19 (was 0 points)
2 Roman Kreuziger 12 (was 1st with 12 points)
3 Jens Voigt 12 (was 0 points)
4 Olivier Kaisen 10 (was 0 points)
5 Mathias Frank 8 (was 2nd with 8 points)
6 Domenico Pozzovivo 8 (was 3rd with 8 points)
7 Thibaut Pinot 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
8 Peter Sagan 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
9 Philippe Gilbert 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
10 Marcel Wyss 5 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 4
Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 3
Total retirements : 4


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