Volta a Catalunya, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 - May 21: La Pobla de lillet - Vallnord Sector Pal (Andorra), 175.7km

First 10 finishers :
1 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 4.46.29 (34.808 km/h)
2 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 0.06
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.08
4 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 0.12
5 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.21
6 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
7 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 0.25
8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0.31
9 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.37
10 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.06


Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+45 Marco Velo
+37 Dominik Roels
+30 Marcus Ljungqvist
+25 Julian Sanchez
+25 Aitor Perez
+24 Sergey Renev
+23 Vincent Jerome
+21 Yukiya Arashiro
+21 Hayden Roulston
+21 Fabrice Piemontesi

Biggest losers by position :
-37 Massimiliano Mori
-26 Manuel Vazquez
-26 Nikolay Trusov
-25 Inigo Landaluze
-25 Jurgen Van De Walle
-24 Greg Henderson
-24 Paul Martens
-23 Alexei Markov
-23 Marcel Wyss
-19 Benjamin Noval
-18 Jerome Coppel

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:14 Julian Sanchez
+0:04 Daniel Martin

Biggest losers by time :
-25:54 Angelo Furlan
-25:34 Massimiliano Mori
-24:42 Greg Henderson
-24:09 Alexei Markov
-24:09 Markus Eichler
-22:52 Denis Galimzyanov
-22:48 Mike Friedman
-22:32 Benat Intxausti
-22:32 Nikolay Trusov
-21:15 Frantisek Rabon
-21:03 Arnaud Labbe

Favourites by position :
+19 Remi Pauriol
+12 Thomas Dekker
+7 Rigoberto Uran
+7 Igor Anton
+1 Vladimir Efimkin
-1 Haimar Zubeldia
-3 Vladimir Karpets
-4 Sylvain Chavanel
-6 Samuel Sanchez
-8 Stuart O'Grady
-12 Kim Kirchen

Favourites by time :
-0:08 Haimar Zubeldia
-0:17 Mikel Astarloza
-0:33 Xavier Tondo
-1:11 Rigoberto Uran
-1:27 Samuel Sanchez
-2:50 Vladimir Karpets
-3:10 Vladimir Efimkin
-3:51 Igor Anton
-4:58 Kim Kirchen
-6:07 Remi Pauriol
-7:11 Thomas Dekker
-10:08 Sylvain Chavanel
-18:50 Stuart O'Grady

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 13.49.38
2 Daniel Martin 0.15
3 Haimar Zubeldia 0.22
4 Mikel Astarloza 0.34
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8 Xavier Tondo 0.56
9 Samuel Sanchez 1.42
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13 Rigoberto Uran 2.43
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19 Vladimir Karpets 4.16
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23 Vladimir Efimkin 4.48
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29 Kim Kirchen 6.28
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32 Igor Anton 7.24
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46 Sylvain Chavanel 14.37
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57 Thomas Dekker 18.54
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69 Remi Pauriol 23.56
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91 Stuart O'Grady 35.04

Retirements to date : Stage
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 4
Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 3
Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 4
Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Jose Herrada (Spa) Contentpolis-AMPO 2
Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 3
Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 4
Total retirements : 10