Tour de Romandie, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Apr 27, Marly - Les Diablerets, 188.5 km

1 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha 5.10.00
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1.03
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
6 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale
7 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling
8 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
9 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+60 Travis Meyer
+55 Andrey Zeits
+48 Egor Silin
+45 Gustav Larsson
+42 Paolo Longo Borghini
+41 Peter Velits
+41 Jeremy Roy
+40 Simon Spilak
+39 Mikel Landa Meana
+39 Andriy Grivko

Biggest losers by position :
-49 Tom Dumoulin
-46 Stef Clement
-41 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-41 Moreno Moser
-29 Robert Gesink
-26 Ruben Plaza Molina
-24 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira
-13 Andrew Talansky
-13 Gianluca Brambilla
-11 Ivan Basso
-11 Jose Rujano Guillen

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Simon Spilak

Biggest losers by time :
-29:16 Adrian Saez
-29:16 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-29:16 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-29:16 Bert Grabsch
-29:16 Christian Vande Velde
-29:16 Cyril Gautier
-29:16 Gianluca Brambilla
-29:16 Johnny Hoogerland
-29:16 Julien Vermote
-29:16 Laurent Mangel
-29:16 Luke Durbridge

Favourites by position :
+41 Peter Velits
+17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+12 Roman Kreuziger
+11 Michael Albasini
+9 Damiano Cunego
+3 Thomas Danielson
+3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
-9 Tony Martin
-9 Janez Brajkovic
-11 Ivan Basso
-29 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
-1:05 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-1:09 Thomas Danielson
-1:09 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2:28 Steven Kruijswijk
-2:28 Damiano Cunego
-2:46 Tony Martin
-2:46 Roman Kreuziger
-2:46 Michael Albasini
-2:46 Janez Brajkovic
-3:59 Peter Velits
-13:54 Robert Gesink
-19:31 Ivan Basso

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 19:03:10 (unchanged)
2 Simon Spilak 0:47 (was 42nd at 0:51)
3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 1:21 (was 6th at 0:16)
4 Robert Kiserlovski 1:22 (was 4th at 0:13)
5 Thibaut Pinot 1:26 (was 7th at 0:17)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:26 (was 9th at 0:17)
7 Thomas Danielson 1:26 (was 10th at 0:17)
8 Wilco Kelderman 1:27 (was 11th at 0:18)
9 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 1:28 (was 13th at 0:19)
10 Marcel Wyss 1:43 (was 24th at 0:34)
.....
12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1:49 (was 29th at 0:40)
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17 Steven Kruijswijk 2:59 (was 18th at 0:31)
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24 Damiano Cunego 3:15 (was 33rd at 0:47)
25 Tony Martin 3:15 (was 16th at 0:29)
26 Janez Brajkovic 3:16 (was 17th at 0:30)
.....
30 Michael Albasini 3:36 (was 41st at 0:50)
31 Roman Kreuziger 3:37 (was 43rd at 0:51)
.....
47 Peter Velits 8:55 (was 88th at 4:56)
.....
55 Robert Gesink 14:29 (was 26th at 0:35)
.....
62 Ivan Basso 20:33 (was 51st at 1:02)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Marcus Burghardt 46 (was 1st with 22 points)
2 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide 29 (was 2nd with 21 points)
3 Arthur Vichot 26 (was 0 points)
4 Pierre Rolland 19 (was 4th with 11 points)
5 Julien Berard 18 (was 3rd with 18 points)
6 Matthias Brandle 18 (was 8th with 6 points)
7 Christopher Froome 13 (was 9th with 5 points)
8 Simon Spilak 12 (was 0 points)
9 Tom Dumoulin 10 (was 0 points)
10 Peio Bilbao 10 (was 5th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar 4
Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 4
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 4
Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 4
Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling 4
Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4
Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 4
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Sky Procycling 4
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 4
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 4
John Gadret (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 4
Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Sky Procycling 4
Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4
Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4
Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 4
Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 4
Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano 4
Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4
Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 4
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 4
Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 4
Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar 4
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 4
Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin-Sharp 4
Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 4
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano 4
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 4
Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4
Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Movistar Team 4
Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha 4
Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 3
Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 3
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard 3
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 3
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 3
Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar 3
Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale 2
Yann Huguet (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 2
Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 50


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