Stage 4 : March 26,2015 Tona - La Molina 188.4 km

1 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.00.36
2 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0.03
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.08
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
6 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team 0.11
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.15
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0.19
9 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0.21
10 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+64 Tejay van Garderen
+63 Peter Stetina
+60 Andre Fernando S Martins Cardoso
+57 Hubert Dupont
+55 Jose Herrada Lopez
+50 Tsgabu Grmay
+43 David Lopez Garcia
+43 Dario Cataldo
+39 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
+36 Carlos Verona Quintanilla

Biggest losers by position :
-58 Maciej Paterski
-53 Jonathan Hivert
-50 Romain Bardet
-39 Christopher Froome
-37 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-36 Enrico Gasparotto
-35 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-35 Petr Vakoc
-34 Julian Alaphilippe
-30 Eduard Vorganov
-30 Julien Simon

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:13 Tejay van Garderen
+2:06 Richie Porte
+1:59 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1:55 Wilco Kelderman
+1:55 Daniel Martin
+1:52 Darwin Atapuma
+1:48 Domenico Pozzovivo
+1:44 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1:42 Vasil Kiryienka
+1:42 Rafael Valls Ferri

Biggest losers by time :
-26:33 Danilo Napolitano
-26:18 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-26:18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-25:46 Adrian Honkisz
-25:46 Alex Howes
-25:46 Alexandre Geniez
-25:46 Amets Txurruka
-25:46 Anton Vorobyev
-25:46 Armindo Fonseca
-25:46 Benoit Jarrier
-25:46 Boris Vallee

Favourites by position :
+64 Tejay van Garderen
+25 Rafal Majka
+6 Wilco Kelderman
+6 Richie Porte
+2 Fabio Aru
+2 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+2 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Rigoberto Uran
-5 Andrew Talansky
-21 Pierre Rolland
-28 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-39 Christopher Froome
-50 Romain Bardet

Favourites by time :
+2:13 Tejay van Garderen
+2:06 Richie Porte
+1:59 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1:55 Wilco Kelderman
+1:48 Domenico Pozzovivo
+1:44 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1:39 Fabio Aru
+1:36 Rigoberto Uran
+1:06 Andrew Talansky
-0:33 Rafal Majka
-3:10 Pierre Rolland
-25:46 Romain Bardet
-25:46 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-25:46 Christopher Froome
-25:46 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bart De Clercq 18:32:02 (was 3rd at 1:16)
2 Richie Porte 0:21 (was 8th at 2:27)
3 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:26 (was 4th at 2:14)
4 Daniel Martin 0:27 (was 6th at 2:22)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:28 (was 7th at 2:27)
6 Rigoberto Uran 0:45 (was 5th at 2:21)
7 Fabio Aru 0:48 (was 9th at 2:27)
8 Wilco Kelderman 0:51 (was 14th at 2:46)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:52 (was 11th at 2:36)
10 Darwin Atapuma 0:54 (was 26th at 2:46)
.....
15 Andrew Talansky 1:21 (was 10th at 2:27)
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22 Pierre Rolland 3:10 (was 1st at 0:00)
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34 Rafal Majka 8:56 (was 59th at 8:23)
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40 Tejay van Garderen 15:59 (was 104th at 18:12)
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65 Romain Bardet 28:32 (was 15th at 2:46)
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67 Christopher Froome 28:32 (was 28th at 2:46)
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78 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 30:32 (was 50th at 4:46)
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130 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 55:06 (was 132nd at 29:20)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas Danielson 64 (was 9th with 12 points)
2 Jose Herrada 53 (was 0 points)
3 Riccardo Zoidl 39 (was 0 points)
4 Alberto Contador 33 (was 7th with 15 points)
5 Maciej Paterski 32 (was 1st with 32 points)
6 Richie Porte 32 (was 8th with 13 points)
7 Leonardo Duque 30 (was 2nd with 26 points)
8 Jerome Coppel 28 (was 0 points)
9 Bart De Clercq 23 (was 3rd with 23 points)
10 Rudy Molard 22 (was 4th with 22 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 4
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 4
Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 4
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 4
Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 4
Simon Pellaud (Swi) IAM Cycling 4
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 4
Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 3
Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3
Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3
Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 3
Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3
Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 2
Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2
Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia 2
Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1
Jonathan Paredes (Col) Colombia 1
Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 1
Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
Total retirements : 22


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