Tour of California, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : May 15, Santa Clarita - Santa Barbara, 134.5 km

1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp 3.14.09
2 Ken Hanson (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
3 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
6 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
10 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Bontrager Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Chun Kai Feng
+8 Kristijan Koren
+7 Marco Pinotti
+7 Daniel Schorn
+6 Thor Hushovd
+6 Thomas Soladay
+6 Thomas De Gendt
+6 Matteo Tosatto
+6 Kevin De Weert
+6 Jason McCartney

Biggest losers by position :
-18 Shawn Milne
-17 David Williams
-17 Frank Kevin Pipp
-16 Jeffry Louder
-15 Jonathan Cantwell
-12 Marsh Cooper
-8 Jesse Anthony
-6 Johan Vansummeren
-5 James Driscoll
-5 Nathan Brown
-3 Chad Beyer

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Tyler Farrar
+0:06 Ken Hanson
+0:04 Gianni Meersman
+0:04 Christopher Baldwin

Biggest losers by time :
-8:51 Bobbie Traksel
-6:44 David Williams
-6:44 James Driscoll
-6:44 Jeffry Louder
-6:44 Jonathan Cantwell
-6:44 Marsh Cooper
-6:00 Carson Miller
-6:00 Johan Vansummeren
-6:00 Shawn Milne
-5:58 Frank Kevin Pipp
-3:31 Nathan Brown

Favourites by position :
+6 Thomas De Gendt
+3 Sylvain Chavanel
+1 Lieuwe Westra
+1 David Zabriskie
+1 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 17:13:59 (unchanged)
2 Tejay van Garderen 0:12 (unchanged)
3 Philip Deignan 0:27 (unchanged)
4 Mathias Frank 0:45 (unchanged)
5 Michael Rogers 0:55 (unchanged)
6 Francisco Mancebo Perez 1:03 (unchanged)
7 Chad Haga 1:13 (unchanged)
8 Matthew Busche 1:15 (unchanged)
9 Lawson Craddock 1:32 (unchanged)
10 Cameron Meyer 1:40 (unchanged)
.....
28 Lieuwe Westra 9:19 (was 29th at 9:19)
29 Andy Schleck 9:21 (was 30th at 9:21)
.....
31 David Zabriskie 10:14 (was 32nd at 10:14)
.....
56 Sylvain Chavanel 21:54 (was 59th at 21:54)
.....
88 Thomas De Gendt 30:45 (was 94th at 30:45)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Carter Jones 25 (unchanged)
2 Marsh Cooper 18 (was 4th with 12 points)
3 James Stemper 17 (was 2nd with 16 points)
4 Chad Beyer 12 (was 5th with 11 points)
5 Christopher Baldwin 12 (was 22nd with 3 points)
6 Lucas Euser 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
7 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 10 (was 6th with 10 points)
8 Ben Jacques-Maynes 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
9 Andy Schleck 10 (was 8th with 10 points)
10 Zakkari Dempster 10 (was 9th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 3
Phil Gaimon (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 3
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3
Tom Zirbel (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 3
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 2
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1
Taylor Sheldon (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1
Total retirements : 13


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