Tirreno Adriatico, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Mar 10, Amelia - Chieti, 252 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 7.24.50
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
5 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan
6 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.08
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.10
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.12
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+121 Danilo Napolitano
+83 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
+79 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+77 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+73 Vincenzo Nibali
+73 Domenico Pozzovivo
+73 Cadel Evans
+68 Oscar Gatto
+68 Jose Herrada Lopez
+68 Gianluca Brambilla

Biggest losers by position :
-132 Daniele Bennati
-132 Tyler Farrar
-131 Mark Cavendish
-120 Andre Greipel
-117 Robert Hunter
-114 Matthew Harley Goss
-106 Stuart O'Grady
-104 Tony Gallopin
-101 Manuele Boaro
-98 Bruno Pires
-94 Giacomo Nizzolo

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:10 Danilo Napolitano
+0:30 Peter Sagan
+0:26 Roman Kreuziger
+0:24 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:20 Christopher Horner
+0:12 Johnny Hoogerland
+0:10 Rinaldo Nocentini
+0:08 Wout Poels
+0:08 Michele Scarponi
+0:08 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver

Biggest losers by time :
-17:33 Andre Greipel
-17:33 Daniele Bennati
-17:33 Danilo Napolitano
-17:33 Giacomo Nizzolo
-17:33 Jens Debusschere
-17:33 Marcel Sieberg
-17:33 Simone Ponzi
-17:31 Kevin Hulsmans
-17:15 Alessandro Petacchi
-17:15 Alessandro Spezialetti
-17:15 Alex Rasmussen

Favourites by position :
+79 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+73 Vincenzo Nibali
+73 Domenico Pozzovivo
+73 Cadel Evans
+53 Steven Kruijswijk
+48 Peter Velits
+48 Michele Scarponi
+48 Marco Pinotti
+36 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+20 Stefano Garzelli
+19 George Hincapie
+14 Roman Kreuziger
+7 Christopher Horner

Favourites by time :
+0:26 Roman Kreuziger
+0:24 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:20 Christopher Horner
+0:08 Michele Scarponi
+0:08 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:08 Cadel Evans
+0:01 Stefano Garzelli
+0:01 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:03 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-0:10 Peter Velits
-0:10 Cameron Meyer
-0:17 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:39 Marco Pinotti
-2:20 George Hincapie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Horner 19:01:54 (was 8th at 0:20)
2 Roman Kreuziger 0:07 (was 16th at 0:33)
3 Cameron Meyer 0:13 (was 3rd at 0:03)
4 Peter Sagan 0:21 (was 69th at 0:51)
5 Danilo Di Luca 0:22 (was 126th at 1:32)
6 Fabian Cancellara 0:30 (was 10th at 0:20)
7 Paolo Tiralongo 0:32 (was 21st at 0:33)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 0:34 (was 81st at 0:58)
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:35 (was 45th at 0:43)
10 Rinaldo Nocentini 0:36 (was 49th at 0:46)
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12 Michele Scarponi 0:41 (was 60th at 0:49)
13 Stefano Garzelli 0:41 (was 33rd at 0:42)
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20 Cadel Evans 0:53 (was 93rd at 1:01)
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26 Peter Velits 1:04 (was 74th at 0:54)
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30 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:11 (was 103rd at 1:12)
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33 Steven Kruijswijk 1:17 (was 86th at 1:00)
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37 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:24 (was 116th at 1:21)
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46 Marco Pinotti 1:40 (was 94th at 1:01)
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73 George Hincapie 3:21 (was 92nd at 1:01)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 27 (was 3rd with 15 points)
2 Mark Cavendish 15 (was 1st with 15 points)
3 Tyler Farrar 15 (was 2nd with 15 points)
4 Diego Caccia 13 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 12 (unchanged)
6 Filippo Savini 10 (unchanged)
7 Roman Kreuziger 10 (was 0 points)
8 Oscar Freire Gomez 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
9 Andre Greipel 10 (was 8th with 10 points)
10 Kenny Robert Van Hummel 9 (was 9th with 9 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 23 (was 1st with 13 points)
2 Diego Caccia 6 (unchanged)
3 Jarlinson Pantano 6 (unchanged)
4 Peter Sagan 5 (was 0 points)
5 Filippo Savini 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Lloyd Mondory 5 (was 0 points)
7 Manuele Boaro 5 (was 0 points)
8 Danilo Di Luca 3 (was 0 points)
9 Christopher Horner 2 (was 0 points)
10 Svein Tuft 2 (was 5th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 4
Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 4
Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 3
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda 3
Total retirements : 4


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