Tour de Suisse stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Tuesday, June 16 2009, Biasca - Stäfa, 195 km

1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5:01:34
2 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
5 Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas
6 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
7 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
9 Robert Kiserlovsky (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 0:00:05
10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 0:01:03


Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+58 Maxim Iglinskiy
+58 Alexander Efimkin
+49 Robert Kiserlovsky
+39 Peter Velits
+38 Olivier Zaugg
+37 Thomas Rohregger
+32 William Frischkorn
+32 Koldo Fernandez
+32 Andy Schleck
+29 Aitor Galdos

Biggest losers by position :
-64 Mathieu Sprick
-45 Francis De Greef
-38 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova
-36 Marcel Wyss
-34 Dmitry Kozontchouk
-30 Roman Kireyev
-29 Steve Chainel
-26 Gregory Rast
-25 Lars Boom
-24 Bjorn Schroder
-24 Chris Sutton

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:57 Matti Breschel
+0:50 Maxim Iglinskiy
+0:50 Andy Schleck
+0:49 Tadej Valjavec
+0:46 Peter Velits
+0:44 Thomas Rohregger
+0:44 Olivier Zaugg
+0:44 Alexander Efimkin
+0:39 Robert Kiserlovsky

Biggest losers by time :
-22:51 Andres Sergio De Lis
-22:51 Hilton Clarke
-22:51 Jose Alberto Benitez
-22:51 Josef Benetseder
-22:51 Lars Boom
-22:51 Martijn Maaskant
-22:51 Massimiliano Mori
-22:51 Mathieu Sprick
-22:51 Ricardo Serrano
-22:51 Sebastian Siedler
-22:51 Steven De Jongh

Favourites by position :
+32 Andy Schleck
+27 Tadej Valjavec
+26 Christian Vandevelde
+7 Enrico Gasparotto
-2 Kim Kirchen
-5 Fabian Cancellara
-6 Vladimir Karpets
-6 Sylvain Chavanel
-6 Roman Kreuziger
-6 Linus Gerdemann
-7 Maxime Monfort
-7 Frank Schleck
-7 Damiano Cunego
-7 Andreas Kloden
-15 Johan Van Summeren

Favourites by time :
+0:50 Andy Schleck
+0:49 Tadej Valjavec
-0:20 Vladimir Karpets
-0:20 Sylvain Chavanel
-0:20 Roman Kreuziger
-0:20 Maxime Monfort
-0:20 Linus Gerdemann
-0:20 Kim Kirchen
-0:20 Frank Schleck
-0:20 Fabian Cancellara
-0:20 Enrico Gasparotto
-0:20 Damiano Cunego
-0:20 Christian Vandevelde
-0:20 Andreas Kloden
-2:46 Johan Van Summeren

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Tadej Valjavec 13.27.57
2 Andy Schleck 0.02
3 Peter Velits 0.11
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6 Fabian Cancellara 0.20
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8 Roman Kreuziger 0.42
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10 Andreas Kloden 0.45
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13 Maxime Monfort 0.55
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19 Vladimir Karpets 1.01
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22 Sylvain Chavanel 1.03
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24 Linus Gerdemann 1.05
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31 Damiano Cunego 1.06
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33 Frank Schleck 1.08
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52 Kim Kirchen 1.24
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70 Enrico Gasparotto 2.01
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84 Johan Van Summeren 4.20
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115 Christian Vandevelde 16.22

Retirements to date : Stage
Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 4
Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Sebastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3
Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1
Total retirements : 4