Criterium du Dauphine, stage 4 summary
 

Stage 4 : Jun 9, La Motte-Servolex - MA¢con, 173.5 km

1 John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad 4.15.41
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
3 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard
4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana
5 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
7 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
9 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
10 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Frederik Veuchelen
+5 Tyler Farrar
+5 Santo Anza
+5 Juan Jose Haedo
+5 Jesus Herrada Lopez
+5 Jan Tratnik
+5 Ivan Basso
+5 Francisco Perez Sanchez
+5 David Lopez Garcia

Biggest losers by position :
-41 Brice Feillu
-38 Jan Ghyselinck
-30 Johan Van Summeren
-12 Jonathan Hivert
-10 Daniel Lloyd
-10 Tony Martin
-9 Andreas Klier
-8 David Zabriskie
-2 Lucas Sebastian Haedo
-2 Oscar Pujol Munoz

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-5:12 Jan Ghyselinck
-5:12 Johan Van Summeren
-4:43 Brice Feillu
-2:50 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-2:03 Jonathan Hivert
-2:00 Frantisek Rabon
-1:45 Tony Martin
-1:36 Daniel Lloyd
-1:34 David Zabriskie
-1:18 Andreas Klier
-1:18 Lucas Sebastian Haedo

Favourites by position :
+5 Ivan Basso
+3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+3 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+2 Daniel Martin
-8 David Zabriskie
-10 Tony Martin

Favourites by time :
-1:34 David Zabriskie
-1:45 Tony Martin
-2:00 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 12:57:18 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:11 (unchanged)
3 Janez Brajkovic 1:21 (unchanged)
4 Alexander Vinokourov 1:56 (unchanged)
5 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 2:12 (unchanged)
6 Geraint Thomas 2:25 (unchanged)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:28 (unchanged)
8 Christophe Riblon 2:45 (unchanged)
9 Ben Hermans 2:46 (unchanged)
10 Jerome Coppel 2:52 (unchanged)
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17 Rein Taaramae 3:53 (unchanged)
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24 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:15 (unchanged)
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28 Robert Gesink 4:56 (unchanged)
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89 Ivan Basso 10:41 (was 94th at 10:41)
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97 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 11:43 (was 100th at 11:43)
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100 Tony Martin 11:54 (was 90th at 10:09)
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104 David Zabriskie 12:25 (was 96th at 10:51)
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116 Daniel Martin 13:40 (was 118th at 13:40)
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132 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 16:02 (was 135th at 16:02)
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172 Frantisek Rabon 27:32 (was 172nd at 25:32)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 58 (was 4th with 33 points)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen 47 (was 9th with 25 points)
3 Bradley Wiggins 40 (was 1st with 40 points)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 38 (was 2nd with 38 points)
5 Alexandre Vinokourov 37 (was 3rd with 37 points)
6 Samuel Dumoulin 35 (was 11th with 22 points)
7 Rob Ruijgh 31 (was 10th with 23 points)
8 Cadel Evans 29 (was 5th with 29 points)
9 Nicolas Roche 28 (was 6th with 28 points)
10 Thomas Voeckler 27 (was 7th with 27 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Leonardo Fabio Duque 20 (was 2nd with 10 points)
2 Adriano Malori 16 (was 0 points)
3 Brice Feillu 14 (was 4th with 8 points)
4 Jeremy Roy 13 (was 0 points)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 9 (was 3rd with 9 points)
7 Cadel Evans 8 (was 5th with 8 points)
8 Jurgen Van De Walle 7 (was 6th with 7 points)
9 Alexandre Vinokourov 7 (was 7th with 7 points)
10 Mickael Buffaz 7 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 4
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 4
Total retirements : 3


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