Stage 4 : Jun 10, Saint-Paul-Trois-ChA¢teaux - Risoul, 210 km

1 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6.03.25
2 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12
3 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack 0.15
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
5 Reine Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0.18
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
9 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 0.23
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+67 Guillaume Levarlet
+59 Jaroslaw Marycz
+57 Ivan Velasco
+56 Roy Sentjens
+56 Lars Ytting Bak
+55 Mario Aerts
+50 Oscar Pujol Munoz
+49 Ben Hermans
+46 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman
+45 Francesco Bellotti

Biggest losers by position :
-55 Christophe Moreau
-54 Grega Bole
-49 Adriano Malori
-49 Brian Vandborg
-48 Patrick Gretsch
-45 Maarten Tjallingii
-43 Aleksejs Saramotins
-37 Anthony Delaplace
-36 Danny Pate
-35 Davide Vigano
-34 Stephane Auge

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:15 Nicolas Vogondy
+0:03 Romain Sicard

Biggest losers by time :
-17:23 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-17:23 Tomas Vaitkus
-16:53 Anders Lund
-16:53 Andre Steensen
-16:53 Andreas Stauff
-16:53 Baden Cooke
-16:53 Brian Vandborg
-16:53 Daniele Bennati
-16:53 David Gutierrez Palacios
-16:53 Davide Vigano
-16:53 Dmitry Kozontchouk

Favourites by position :
+56 Lars Ytting Bak
+43 Cyril Dessel
+16 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+11 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+7 Remi Pauriol
+6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Johan Van Summeren
+2 Denis Menchov
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 David Millar
-30 Ruben Plaza Molina

Favourites by time :
-0:03 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:08 Remi Pauriol
-0:08 Denis Menchov
-0:50 Cyril Dessel
-1:15 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-1:20 David Millar
-1:38 Johan Van Summeren
-3:40 Lars Ytting Bak
-5:37 Ruben Plaza Molina
-12:40 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janez Brajkovic 16:25:44 (unchanged)
2 Tejay Van Garderen 1:15 (was 3rd at 0:50)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:41 (was 4th at 1:41)
4 David Millar 1:56 (was 2nd at 0:36)
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6 Denis Menchov 2:55 (was 8th at 2:47)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:06 (was 13th at 3:03)
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12 Remi Pauriol 3:43 (was 19th at 3:35)
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36 Johan Van Summeren 6:39 (was 38th at 5:01)
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44 Daniel Navarro Garcia 7:27 (was 60th at 6:12)
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54 Cyril Dessel 9:12 (was 97th at 8:22)
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59 Ruben Plaza Molina 9:57 (was 29th at 4:20)
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101 Lars Ytting Bak 19:41 (was 157th at 16:01)
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138 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 26:43 (was 149th at 14:03)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Janez Brajkovic 65 (was 3rd with 45 points)
2 Geraint Thomas 64 (was 1st with 64 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 58 (was 4th with 40 points)
4 Grega Bole 52 (was 2nd with 52 points)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 46 (was 5th with 40 points)
6 Christian Knees 38 (unchanged)
7 David Millar 33 (unchanged)
8 Nicolas Vogondy 30 (was 46th with 5 points)
9 Christophe Riblon 30 (was 8th with 30 points)
10 Denis Menchov 27 (was 16th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bram Tankink 23 (unchanged)
2 Guillaume Bonnafond 22 (unchanged)
3 Cyril Gautier 20 (unchanged)
4 Inaki Isasi Flores 18 (unchanged)
5 Nicolas Vogondy 15 (was 0 points)
6 Janez Brajkovic 15 (was 8th with 4 points)
7 Anthony Delaplace 14 (was 5th with 14 points)
8 Romain Sicard 13 (was 0 points)
9 Stephane Auge 13 (was 6th with 13 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 12 (was 10th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 4
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4
Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 4
Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 3
Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions 3
Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 3
Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack 2
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 13


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