Stage 4 : Aug 22, Steamboat Springs - Beaver Creek, 165.6 km

1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman 4.09.08
2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
3 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.13
4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0.22
5 Gregory Brenes Obando (CRc) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 1.07
6 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1.28
7 Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Sky Procycling
8 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
9 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
+31 Joshua Edmondson
+30 Christopher Juul Jensen
+25 Jarlinson Pantano
+24 Tobias Ludvigsson
+21 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+20 Davide Villella
+19 Jesper Hansen
+16 Robinson Chalapud
+15 Michael Rogers

Biggest losers by position :
-40 Peter Sagan
-33 Michael Friedman
-27 Greg Van Avermaet
-21 Ryota Nishizono
-19 Tony Gallopin
-18 Tanner Putt
-14 Christopher Froome
-14 Gang Xu
-13 Ben Jacques-Maynes
-13 Matt Cooke
-12 Julio Camacho Bernal

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:11 Tejay van Garderen
+0:11 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle

Biggest losers by time :
-26:57 Michael Friedman
-24:30 Kevin De Mesmaeker
-24:30 Thomas Soladay
-21:30 Gang Xu
-20:36 Ryota Nishizono
-19:04 Julien Taramarcaz
-18:44 Christopher Froome
-18:44 David Millar
-18:06 Fabio Calabria
-17:46 Ben Jacques-Maynes
-17:46 Carson Miller

Favourites by position :
+15 Michael Rogers
+10 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
+7 Richie Porte
+6 Tiago Machado
+6 Rohan Dennis
+5 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
+3 Tejay van Garderen
+2 Thomas Danielson
-2 Andrew Talansky
-3 David Zabriskie
-6 Christian Vande Velde
-10 Lawson Craddock
-14 Christopher Froome

Favourites by time :
+0:11 Tejay van Garderen
+0:11 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-0:02 Mathias Frank
-0:11 Thomas Danielson
-1:56 Lawson Craddock
-1:58 Michael Rogers
-3:08 Tiago Machado
-4:42 Christian Vande Velde
-9:02 Andy Schleck
-9:40 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-10:57 Andrew Talansky
-14:27 Rohan Dennis
-14:27 Richie Porte
-14:27 David Zabriskie
-18:44 Christopher Froome

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay van Garderen 15:44:59 (was 4th at 0:11)
2 Mathias Frank 0:04 (was 2nd at 0:02)
3 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 0:30 (was 13th at 0:41)
4 Thomas Danielson 0:40 (was 6th at 0:29)
5 Lachlan Morton 1:17 (was 1st at 0:00)
6 Gregory Obando Brenes 1:37 (was 12th at 0:41)
7 Darwin Atapuma 1:52 (was 7th at 0:35)
8 Damiano Caruso 1:58 (was 8th at 0:41)
9 Rory Sutherland 1:58 (was 11th at 0:41)
10 Lucas Euser 1:58 (was 15th at 0:41)
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15 Lawson Craddock 2:14 (was 5th at 0:18)
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21 Tiago Machado 4:30 (was 27th at 1:22)
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23 Christian Vande Velde 5:28 (was 17th at 0:46)
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27 Michael Rogers 8:02 (was 42nd at 6:04)
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32 Andy Schleck 10:31 (was 32nd at 1:29)
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48 Andrew Talansky 17:25 (was 46th at 6:28)
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59 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 24:39 (was 64th at 14:59)
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63 David Zabriskie 25:41 (was 60th at 11:14)
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87 Christopher Froome 34:52 (was 73rd at 16:08)
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93 Rohan Dennis 35:58 (was 99th at 21:31)
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104 Richie Porte 40:21 (was 111st at 25:54)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 40 (unchanged)
2 Greg Van Avermaet 24 (unchanged)
3 Mathias Frank 15 (unchanged)
4 Tejay van Garderen 13 (unchanged)
5 Lachlan David Morton 12 (unchanged)
6 Luka Mezgec 12 (unchanged)
7 Tony Gallopin 10 (unchanged)
8 Ryan Anderson 10 (was 9th with 10 points)
9 Damiano Caruso 9 (was 10th with 9 points)
10 Serghei Tvetcov 8 (was 11th with 8 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Candelario (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 4
Christopher Baldwin (USA) Bissell Cycling 4
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 4
Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 4
Michael Torckler (NZl) Bissell Cycling 4
Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Sky Procycling 3
Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 2
Fu Shiu Cheung (Hkg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 2
Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 2
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 2
Marco Corti (Ita) Colombia 1
Total retirements : 15


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