Vuelta a Espana, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Tuesday, September 1 2009, Venlo - Lieja, 224 km

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC 5.43.05
2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
3 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-HTC
4 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Columbia-HTC
5 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step
6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
7 Adam Hansen (Aus) Columbia-HTC
8 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram
10 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram


Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+47 Andre Greipel
+44 Wouter Weylandt
+43 Maarten Wynants
+40 Pierrick Fedrigo
+33 Dominik Roels
+31 Julian Sanchez
+29 Oliver Zaugg
+27 Manuel Calvente
+26 Wesley Sulzberger
+26 Sylvester Szmyd

Biggest losers by position :
-164 Gerald Ciolek
-163 Jens Mouris
-161 Lars Boom
-148 Gregory Henderson
-135 Paul Voss
-130 Fabio Sabatini
-122 Karsten Kroon
-113 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres
-111 Stijn Devolder
-103 Ruben Perez
-103 Sebastien Chavanel

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Andre Greipel
+0:12 Wouter Weylandt
+0:12 Dominik Roels
+0:08 Bert Grabsch
+0:02 Lieuwe Westra

Biggest losers by time :
-8:18 Xabier Zandio
-8:12 Alberto Fernandez Sainz
-8:12 Emanuele Bindi
-8:12 Gerald Ciolek
-8:12 Ignas Konovalovas
-8:12 Paul Voss
-8:09 Damien Gaudin
-8:09 Frantisek Rabon
-8:09 Giovanni Bernaudeau
-8:09 Jose Ruiz
-8:09 Matthias Russ

Favourites by position :
+23 Andy Schleck
+18 Frank Schleck
+18 Damiano Cunego
+12 Xavier Tondo
+12 Samuel Sanchez
+12 Linus Gerdemann
+10 Ezequiel Mosquera
+5 Haimar Zubeldia
+3 Robert Gesink
+3 Kim Kirchen
+3 Cadel Evans
+2 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Ivan Basso
+2 Alejandro Valverde

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Fabian Cancellara 15.12.38
2 Tom Boonen 0.09
3 Bert Grabsch 0.11
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7 Roman Kreuziger 0.17
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9 Ivan Basso 0.18
10 Alejandro Valverde 0.18
11 Cadel Evans 0.19
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21 Robert Gesink 0.24
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30 Kim Kirchen 0.27
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34 Haimar Zubeldia 0.28
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52 Ezequiel Mosquera 0.33
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62 Linus Gerdemann 0.37
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73 Samuel Sanchez 0.42
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75 Xavier Tondo 0.42
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94 Frank Schleck 0.53
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118 Damiano Cunego 1.02
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126 Andy Schleck 1.08

Retirements to date : Stage
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 1