Tour de Romandie, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Apr 28, Bulle - Sion, 184 km

1 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 4.56.13
2 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
3 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team
4 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
5 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar
7 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
10 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Saur - Sojasun


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+41 Davide Malacarne
+28 Daniele Righi
+27 Oliver Zaugg
+27 Brent Bookwalter
+26 John Gadret
+26 Jeremy Roy
+24 Yannick Talabardon
+24 Rinaldo Nocentini
+24 George Bennett
+23 Andrey Kashechkin

Biggest losers by position :
-45 Ryder Hesjedal
-41 Christian Vande Velde
-41 Vasili Kiryienka
-34 Ruben Plaza Molina
-31 David Zabriskie
-31 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-31 Peter Stetina
-30 Tom Slagter
-24 Daniele Pietropolli
-20 Manuele Boaro
-18 Kevin Reza

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:01 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil

Biggest losers by time :
-21:02 Alex Rasmussen
-21:02 Anders Lund
-21:02 Christian Meier
-21:02 Davide Cimolai
-21:02 Gert Dockx
-21:02 Julien Vermote
-21:02 Kevin Reza
-21:02 Leigh Howard
-21:02 Maarten Neyens
-21:02 Maarten Wijnants
-21:02 Manuele Boaro

Favourites by position :
+26 John Gadret
+18 Ivan Basso
+16 Christopher Froome
+8 Cadel Evans
+7 Roman Kreuziger
+7 Janez Brajkovic
+5 Andreas Kloden
+3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1 Bradley Wiggins
-45 Ryder Hesjedal

Favourites by time :
+0:01 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:09 Roman Kreuziger
-0:09 Michael Rogers
-0:09 Janez Brajkovic
-0:09 Ivan Basso
-0:09 Cadel Evans
-0:09 Bradley Wiggins
-0:09 Bauke Mollema
-0:09 Andreas Kloden
-0:17 John Gadret
-6:40 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-14:55 Ryder Hesjedal
-14:55 Christopher Froome

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 17:36:35 (was 2nd at 0:01)
2 Bradley Wiggins 0:09 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Michael Rogers 0:16 (was 3rd at 0:07)
4 Bauke Mollema 0:18 (was 4th at 0:09)
5 Stef Clement 0:18 (was 5th at 0:09)
6 Andrew Talansky 0:20 (was 6th at 0:11)
7 Wilco Kelderman 0:20 (was 7th at 0:11)
8 Simon Spilak 0:21 (was 9th at 0:12)
9 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:22 (was 11th at 0:13)
10 Tiago Machado 0:22 (was 12th at 0:13)
.....
17 Andreas Kloden 0:27 (was 22nd at 0:18)
.....
20 Roman Kreuziger 0:28 (was 27th at 0:19)
21 Janez Brajkovic 0:28 (was 28th at 0:19)
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23 Cadel Evans 0:30 (was 31st at 0:21)
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30 Ivan Basso 0:35 (was 48th at 0:26)
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48 John Gadret 3:19 (was 74th at 3:02)
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62 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 8:13 (was 65th at 1:33)
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69 Ryder Hesjedal 15:13 (was 24th at 0:18)
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131 Christopher Froome 39:34 (was 147th at 24:39)

Retirements to date : Stage
Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 4
Daryl Impey (RSA) GreenEdge Cycling Team 4
David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 4
Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 4
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team 4
Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 4
Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 4
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 4
Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 4
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 4
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank 4
Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 4
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan 3
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Travis Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 2
Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 1
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 21


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