Stage 4 : Jun 12, Aarberg - Trimbach/Olten, 188.8 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4.36.55
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
4 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda
5 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Pro Team Astana
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team
7 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team
10 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+43 Peter Sagan
+43 Peter Sagan
+43 Javier Mejias Leal
+39 Sebastiaan Langeveld
+37 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+35 Morris Possoni
+35 Matteo Montaguti
+35 Martin Elmiger
+35 Heinrich Haussler
+35 Alex Howes

Biggest losers by position :
-54 Marzio Bruseghin
-48 Johan Vansummeren
-48 Vladimir Gusev
-44 Steve Chainel
-39 Vicente Reynes Mimo
-38 Peter Velits
-36 Vladimir Karpets
-35 Brent Bookwalter
-35 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-35 Steven Cummings
-33 Niki Terpstra

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+0:04 Michael Albasini
+0:03 Javier Mejias Leal
+0:02 Martin Kohler
+0:02 Martin Elmiger
+0:01 Greg Van Avermaet

Biggest losers by time :
-15:40 Caleb Fairly
-15:40 Cedric Pineau
-15:40 Danilo Hondo
-15:40 David Boucher
-15:40 Davide Vigano
-15:40 Elia Viviani
-15:40 Frederique Robert
-15:40 Gert Steegmans
-15:40 Guillaume Boivin
-15:40 Ignatas Konovalovas
-15:40 Igor Anton Hernandez

Favourites by position :
+32 Cameron Meyer
+19 Andreas Kloden
+9 Maxime Monfort
-31 Bauke Mollema
-38 Peter Velits

Favourites by time :
-4:53 Cameron Meyer
-10:43 Peter Velits
-10:43 Bauke Mollema

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 15:43:52 (unchanged)
2 Frank Schleck 0:08 (unchanged)
3 Roman Kreuziger 0:15 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:19 (unchanged)
5 Nicolas Roche 0:21 (unchanged)
6 Thomas Lovkvist 0:21 (unchanged)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:23 (unchanged)
8 John Gadret 0:24 (unchanged)
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:26 (unchanged)
10 Thomas Danielson 0:29 (unchanged)
.....
12 Jakob Fuglsang 0:33 (unchanged)
13 Levi Leipheimer 0:37 (unchanged)
.....
16 Steven Kruijswijk 0:47 (unchanged)
17 Damiano Cunego 0:57 (unchanged)
.....
20 Robert Gesink 1:09 (unchanged)
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34 Maxime Monfort 2:46 (was 43rd at 2:46)
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43 Andreas Kloden 5:56 (was 62nd at 5:56)
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70 Peter Velits 12:56 (was 32nd at 2:13)
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82 Bauke Mollema 14:59 (was 51st at 4:16)
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110 Cameron Meyer 24:10 (was 142nd at 19:17)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Frank Schleck 20 (unchanged)
2 Ryan Anderson 20 (unchanged)
3 Brian Vandborg 17 (was 0 points)
4 Michael Morkov 17 (was 3rd with 17 points)
5 Thomas Danielson 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
6 Alessandro Bazzana 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
7 John Gadret 10 (was 6th with 10 points)
8 Lars Petter Nordhaug 8 (was 0 points)
9 Mathew Hayman 8 (was 0 points)
10 Guillaume Bonnafond 6 (was 7th with 6 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 4
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Will Routley (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 4
Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 3
Total retirements : 8


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