Volta ao Algarve, stage 4 summary

Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3

Biggest gainers by position :
+67 Nelson Vitorino
+53 Maarten Wynants
+52 Gilberto Sampaio
+52 Andreas Klöden
+49 Wim Van Huffel
+48 Björn Schröder
+47 Xavier Tondo
+47 Fabio Sacchi
+45 Antonio Colom
+43 Staf Scheirlinckx

Biggest losers by position :
-97 Fabrizio Guidi
-87 Gert Steegmans
-77 Martin Garrido Mayorga
-75 Stefan Van Dijck
-48 Christophe Mengin
-48 Jos Van Emden
-48 Lars Boom
-46 Egoi Martínez
-44 Thomas Berkhout
-38 Javier Benitez
-36 Greg Van Avermaet

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:03 Alessandro Petacchi

Biggest losers by time :
-22:39 Evgeny Popov
-22:39 Martyn Maaskant
-10:12 Giosuè Bonomi
-10:12 Marcus Zberg
-10:12 Tom Steels
-10:10 Fabrizio Guidi
-7:46 Alessandro Cortinovis
-7:46 Bruno Miguel Castanheira Gomes
-7:46 Bruno Sa
-7:46 Celio Cristiano Sousa
-7:46 Christophe Mengin

Favourites by position :
+52 Andreas Klöden
+49 Wim Van Huffel
+43 José Azevedo
+40 Pedro Cardoso
+30 Thomas Fothen
+27 Steffen Wesemann
+25 Davide Rebellin
+22 Sergio Paulinho
+14 Claus Michael Möller
+10 Jeremy Hunt
+5 Yaroslav Popovych
+3 Matthias Kessler
-4 Andreas Klier
-14 Serguei Ivanov
-28 Stefan Schumacher
-33 Sébastien Chavanel
-87 Gert Steegmans

Favourites by time :
-0:01 Davide Rebellin
-0:11 Wim Van Huffel
-0:11 Pedro Cardoso
-0:11 José Azevedo
-0:11 Andreas Klöden
-0:20 Yaroslav Popovych
-1:12 Steffen Wesemann
-1:12 Andreas Klier
-3:13 Thomas Fothen
-3:13 Sébastien Chavanel
-3:13 Stefan Schumacher
-3:13 Sergio Paulinho
-5:59 Matthias Kessler
-7:46 Serguei Ivanov
-7:46 Jeremy Hunt
-7:46 Gert Steegmans
-7:46 Claus Michael Möller

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alessandro Petacchi 18.55.07
2 René Haselbacher 0.10
3 Tomas Vaitkus 0.12
4 Davide Rebellin 0.17
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17 Pedro Cardoso 0.27
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19 José Azevedo 0.27
20 Wim Van Huffel 0.27
21 Andreas Klöden 0.27
22 Yaroslav Popovych 0.36
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34 Andreas Klier 1.28
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48 Steffen Wesemann 1.28
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61 Sébastien Chavanel 3.29
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67 Stefan Schumacher 3.29
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85 Sergio Paulinho 5.10
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89 Matthias Kessler 6.15
90 Gert Steegmans 7.49
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119 Thomas Fothen 16.29
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129 Serguei Ivanov 20.33
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143 Jeremy Hunt 21.02
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146 Claus Michael Möller 21.02

Retirements to date :
Barbot-Halcon Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres
" Jorge Alberto Brito Ferraz
" Ricardo Horta
Barloworld Enrico Degano
" Robert Hunter
Benfica Renato Silva
" Rui Costa
Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen Dimitri De Fauw
" Nico Eeckhout
" Steven Caethoven
Duja-Tavira Daniel Petrov
" Samuel José Caldeira
Liberty Seguros César Antunes Quiterio
Madeinox-Bric-Loulé José Vaz
Milram Alberto Ongarato
Murphy & Gunn-Newlyn-Donnelly-Sean Kell Christophe Beddegenoots
" Glenn Bak
" Mark Cassidy
" Paidi O'Brien
" Simon Kelly
" Tim Meeusen
Paredes Rota dos Móveis Alexis Rodríguez
" Marcio Correia
" Pedro Barnabe
Quickstep-Innergetic Addy Engels
" Davide Viganò
" Juan Manuel Gárate
" Peter Van Petegem
T-Mobile André Korff
" Scott Davis
Unibet.com Niels Scheuneman
Vitória-ASC José Martins
" Micael Isidoro
" Ng Yong Li
Total retirements : 34