Tour de Pologne, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Wednesday, August 5 2009, Naleczow - Rzeszow, 239.7 km

1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC 5.25.55
2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
4 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
5 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD
6 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
9 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
10 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team


Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+72 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+61 Tomas Vaitkus
+61 Nicolas Rousseau
+56 Anthony Roux
+21 Vasili Kiryienka
+18 Michal Golas
+17 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
+16 Giovanni Bernaudeau
+15 Yohann Gene
+15 Marcus Ljungqvist

Biggest losers by position :
-29 Bart Dockx
-26 Alexandre Blain
-23 Alexander Serov
-23 Mauricio Ardila
-19 Michael Friedman
-16 Gatis Smukulis
-16 Tomasz Smolen
-15 Dmytro Grabovskyy
-15 Jacek Morajko
-14 William Frischkorn
-13 Bartosz Huzarski

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Jurgen Roelandts
+0:04 Edvald Boasson Hagen

Biggest losers by time :
-6:24 Sergii Matveiev
-3:05 Andre Steensen
-3:05 Andrei Kunitski
-3:05 Bart Dockx
-2:04 Steven Cozza
-0:38 Dominique Cornu
-0:28 Francis Mourey
-0:06 Adam Hansen
-0:06 Aitor Galdos
-0:06 Aitor Hernandez
-0:06 Alberto Losada

Favourites by position :
+2 Sylvester Szmyd
+1 Allan Davis
+1 Alessandro Ballan
-1 Maxim Iglinsky
-1 Francesco Gavazzi
-2 Tadej Valjavec
-2 David Loosli
-5 Daniel Martin
-8 David Lopez Garcia
-12 Marzio Bruseghin

Favourites by time :
-0:06 Tadej Valjavec
-0:06 Sylvester Szmyd
-0:06 Maxim Iglinsky
-0:06 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:06 Ivan Basso
-0:06 Francesco Gavazzi
-0:06 David Lopez Garcia
-0:06 David Loosli
-0:06 Daniel Martin
-0:06 Allan Davis
-0:06 Alessandro Ballan

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Jurgen Roelandts 17.58.31
2 Borut Bozic 0.06
3 Jacopo Guarnieri 0.06
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7 David Loosli 0.07
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11 Allan Davis 0.10
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16 Francesco Gavazzi 0.12
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54 Alessandro Ballan 0.16
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61 Tadej Valjavec 0.16
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68 Maxim Iglinsky 0.16
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74 Sylvester Szmyd 0.16
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76 Marzio Bruseghin 0.16
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89 Daniel Martin 0.16
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115 David Lopez Garcia 0.16
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118 Ivan Basso 0.16

Retirements to date : Stage
Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - HTC 2
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1
Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 1
Total retirements : 5