Vuelta a Espana, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Aug 21, Baracaldo - Estacion de Valdezcaray, 160.6 km

1 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 4.30.26
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0.02
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0.22
4 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural 0.55
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 0.57
7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1.01
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.04
10 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+86 Simon Clarke
+83 Tony Martin
+73 Jesus Rosendo Prado
+61 Assan Bazayev
+55 Paolo Tiralongo
+41 Gregory Rast
+41 Andrey Zeits
+40 Oleksandr Kvachuk
+40 Jan Bakelants
+38 Denys Kostyuk

Biggest losers by position :
-91 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-63 Javier Moreno Bazan
-61 Adam Hansen
-57 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-49 Richie Porte
-47 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-36 Cameron Meyer
-35 Amael Moinard
-35 Kristof Vandewalle
-35 Rafael Valls Ferri
-34 Denis Menchov

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:39 Simon Clarke
+1:29 Tony Martin
+1:09 Assan Bazayev
+0:28 Nicolas Roche
+0:28 Marcos Garcia
+0:26 Linus Gerdemann
+0:26 Laurens ten Dam
+0:22 Andrey Zeits
+0:19 Winner Anacona Gomez
+0:19 Tomasz Marczynski

Biggest losers by time :
-19:04 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
-18:46 Nicki Sorensen
-18:26 Adam Hansen
-18:26 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-18:26 Angel Vicioso Arcos
-18:26 Christophe Riblon
-18:26 Danny Pate
-18:26 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-18:26 Javier Moreno Bazan
-18:26 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-18:26 Juan Lobato Del Valle

Favourites by position :
+83 Tony Martin
+14 Damiano Cunego
+9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+6 Maxime Monfort
+2 Robert Gesink
+2 Rigoberto Uran
+2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+2 Christopher Froome
+2 Bauke Mollema
+2 Alberto Contador Velasco
-17 Thomas De Gendt
-34 Denis Menchov
-36 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
+1:29 Tony Martin
+0:19 Robert Gesink
+0:19 Rigoberto Uran
+0:19 Maxime Monfort
+0:19 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+0:19 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:19 Damiano Cunego
+0:19 Christopher Froome
+0:19 Bauke Mollema
+0:19 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:36 John Gadret
-2:19 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-4:28 Thomas De Gendt
-8:05 Denis Menchov
-13:27 Cameron Meyer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 13:18:45 (was 3rd at 0:19)
2 Christopher Froome 0:01 (was 4th at 0:20)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:05 (was 5th at 0:24)
4 Bauke Mollema 0:09 (was 6th at 0:28)
5 Robert Gesink 0:09 (was 7th at 0:28)
6 Rigoberto Uran 0:11 (was 8th at 0:30)
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:14 (was 9th at 0:33)
8 Nicolas Roche 0:24 (was 11th at 0:52)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:36 (was 1st at 0:00)
10 Laurens ten Dam 0:46 (was 17th at 1:12)
11 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:47 (was 13th at 1:06)
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23 Maxime Monfort 1:38 (was 29th at 1:57)
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28 Damiano Cunego 2:15 (was 42nd at 2:34)
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31 John Gadret 2:40 (was 31st at 2:04)
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51 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 6:06 (was 60th at 3:47)
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61 Thomas De Gendt 7:22 (was 44th at 2:54)
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66 Tony Martin 9:15 (was 149th at 10:44)
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73 Denis Menchov 10:24 (was 39th at 2:19)
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109 Cameron Meyer 18:02 (was 73rd at 4:35)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Simon Clarke 27 (was 0 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 25 (was 1st with 25 points)
3 John Degenkolb 25 (was 2nd with 25 points)
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 20 (was 0 points)
5 Tony Martin 20 (was 0 points)
6 Allan Davis 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
7 Assan Bazayev 18 (was 0 points)
8 Christopher Froome 17 (was 6th with 16 points)
9 Bauke Mollema 17 (was 11th with 10 points)
10 Nicolas Roche 17 (was 23rd with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Simon Clarke 16 (was 0 points)
2 Pim Ligthart 11 (was 1st with 11 points)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 10 (was 2nd with 10 points)
4 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (was 0 points)
5 Tony Martin 8 (was 0 points)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 6 (was 0 points)
7 Philippe Gilbert 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
8 Assan Bazayev 5 (was 0 points)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
10 Jesus Rosendo Prado 4 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 2


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