Vuelta a Espana, stage 4 summary

Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3

Biggest gainers by position :
+83 Maryan Hary
+68 Giuseppe Guerini
+66 Theo Eltink
+64 Chris Anker Sørensen
+63 Geert Verheyen
+62 Joan Horrach
+61 Christophe Kern
+60 Raúl García De Mateos
+60 Leonardo Piepoli
+59 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest losers by position :
-99 Oscar Freire Gomez
-98 Erik Zabel
-93 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla
-89 David García
-86 Alan Perez Lezaun
-84 Renaud Dion
-76 Allan Davis
-68 Inaki Isasi Flores
-65 Daniele Bennati
-61 David De La Fuente
-55 Arkaitz Durán

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-36:24 Giovanni Bernaudeau
-34:13 Alexandre Usov
-30:05 Aurélien Clerc
-28:04 Mark Renshaw
-26:44 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-25:55 Sergio Paulinho
-24:56 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla
-23:34 Bradley McGee
-22:00 Erki Pütsep
-21:35 José Vicente Garcia
-18:03 Addy Engels

Favourites by position :
+60 Leonardo Piepoli
+37 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+37 Franco Pellizotti
+31 Samuel Sánchez
+25 Iñigo Cuesta
+14 Stefan Schumacher
+13 Denis Menchov
+13 Carlos Sastre
+12 Santiago Perez
+11 Vladimir Karpets
+1 José Luis Rubiera
-1 Cadel Evans
-5 Manuel Beltrán
-17 Pietro Caucchioli
-22 Damiano Cunego
-45 Davide Rebellin
-48 Andreas Klier

Favourites by time :
-1:06 Leonardo Piepoli
-1:06 Denis Menchov
-1:06 Carlos Sastre
-1:28 Cadel Evans
-1:57 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-1:57 Manuel Beltrán
-2:18 Franco Pellizotti
-2:29 Samuel Sánchez
-2:57 Vladimir Karpets
-4:58 Stefan Schumacher
-7:52 Iñigo Cuesta
-9:22 Davide Rebellin
-9:23 Santiago Perez
-9:23 José Luis Rubiera
-18:03 Pietro Caucchioli
-18:03 Damiano Cunego
-18:03 Andreas Klier

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Vladimir Efimkin 16.02.50
2 Denis Menchov 1.06
3 Carlos Sastre 1.06
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6 Leonardo Piepoli 1.06
7 Cadel Evans 1.28
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12 Manuel Beltrán 1.57
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio 1.57
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15 Franco Pellizotti 2.18
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17 Samuel Sánchez 2.29
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21 Vladimir Karpets 2.57
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33 Stefan Schumacher 4.58
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60 Iñigo Cuesta 8.20
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64 Davide Rebellin 9.22
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66 José Luis Rubiera 9.23
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70 Santiago Perez 9.51
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109 Andreas Klier 18.03
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123 Damiano Cunego 18.37
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130 Pietro Caucchioli 19.07

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Mathieu Claude
Discovery Channel Tom Danielson DNF 1
T-Mobile Team Lorenzo Bernucci DNF 4
Total retirements : 3

I guess Sylvain Chanvenel isn't a favorite. But he's certainly looking
good.