Stage 4 - Sion-Thyon 161.3 km

1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 4:58:35
2 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 0:17
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:21
4 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:34
5 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:37
6 Richie Porte (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:42
7 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Astana - Premier Tech 0:42
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 0:52
9 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:53
10 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 1:57


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Simon Pellaud
+30 Eddie Dunbar
+25 Rein Taaramae
+24 Simone Petilli
+23 Felix Gall
+19 Mathias Fluckiger
+18 Sebastien Reichenbach
+17 Jack Haig
+16 Matteo Badilatti
+16 Javier Romo

Biggest losers by position :
-42 Marc Hirschi
-34 Sonny Colbrelli
-25 Peter Sagan
-23 Diego Ulissi
-20 Jaakko Hanninen
-17 Filippo Ganna
-15 Manuele Boaro
-15 Matthew Holmes
-12 Clement Champoussin
-12 Stefan Bissegger
-12 Stefan Kung

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:30 Michael Woods
+0:09 Ben O'Connor
+0:03 Geraint Thomas

Biggest losers by time :
-37:33 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
-35:38 Albert Torres
-35:07 Claudio Imhof
-35:07 Matteo Moschetti
-35:04 Manuele Boaro
-34:39 Tom Bohli
-34:30 Maximiliano Richeze
-34:19 Juraj Sagan
-33:55 Jordi Meeus
-33:50 Alex Edmondson
-33:50 Dylan Sunderland

Favourites by position :
+17 Jack Haig
+15 Michael Woods
+13 Lucas Hamilton
+8 Fausto Masnada
+6 Steven Kruijswijk
+4 Rohan Dennis
+4 Ion Izagirre
-1 Miguel Angel Lopez
-2 Richie Porte
-3 Wilco Kelderman
-3 Marc Soler
-4 Tejay Van Garderen

Favourites by time :
+0:30 Michael Woods
+0:03 Geraint Thomas
-0:14 Lucas Hamilton
-0:17 Fausto Masnada
-0:22 Richie Porte
-0:22 Ion Izagirre
-0:33 Marc Soler
-1:37 Wilco Kelderman
-5:33 Steven Kruijswijk
-5:33 Rohan Dennis
-14:14 Jack Haig
-14:49 Miguel Angel Lopez
-18:36 Tejay Van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Woods 17:37:35 (was 16th at 0:30)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:11 (was 2nd at 0:14)
3 Ben O'Connor 0:21 (was 17th at 0:30)
4 Marc Soler 0:33 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Richie Porte 0:36 (was 3rd at 0:14)
6 Fausto Masnada 0:45 (was 14th at 0:28)
7 Ion Izagirre 0:48 (was 11th at 0:26)
8 Lucas Hamilton 0:49 (was 21st at 0:35)
9 Damiano Caruso 1:04 (was 19th at 0:32)
10 Wilco Kelderman 1:58 (was 7th at 0:21)
.....
19 Rohan Dennis 6:37 (was 23rd at 1:04)
20 Steven Kruijswijk 7:01 (was 26th at 1:28)
.....
37 Miguel Angel Lopez 17:41 (was 36th at 2:52)
.....
58 Tejay Van Garderen 26:16 (was 54th at 7:40)
.....
69 Jack Haig 33:17 (was 86th at 19:03)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli 98 (unchanged)
2 Magnus Cort 76 (was 4th with 46 points)
3 Peter Sagan 70 (was 2nd with 70 points)
4 Marc Soler 66 (was 3rd with 57 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 47 (was 11th with 25 points)
6 Richie Porte 37 (was 15th with 22 points)
7 Marc Hirschi 36 (was 5th with 36 points)
8 Michael Woods 32 (was 46th with 2 points)
9 Rohan Dennis 30 (was 6th with 30 points)
10 Manuele Boaro 30 (was 7th with 30 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Kobe Goossens 48 (was 4th with 25 points)
2 Joel Suter 43 (was 1st with 38 points)
3 Geraint Thomas 34 (was 12th with 10 points)
4 Davide Villella 34 (was 2nd with 34 points)
5 Rein Taaramae 26 (was 3rd with 26 points)
6 Simon Pellaud 25 (was 0 points)
7 Antwan Tolhoek 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
8 Manuele Boaro 19 (was 6th with 19 points)
9 Michael Woods 18 (was 24th with 2 points)
10 Robert Power 14 (was 7th with 14 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 53:00:13 (was 2nd at 0:21)
2 Team DSM 10:27 (was 6th at 3:11)
3 Team Jumbo-Visma 12:35 (was 4th at 2:45)
4 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 16:02 (was 14th at 8:10)
5 Bahrain - Victorious 19:11 (was 7th at 3:40)
6 Trek - Segafredo 20:51 (was 5th at 3:05)
7 Deceuninck - Quick Step 24:03 (was 15th at 8:19)
8 Astana - Premier Tech 25:04 (was 8th at 5:21)
9 Groupama - FDJ 27:49 (was 13th at 6:53)
10 Movistar Team 28:26 (was 3rd at 1:57)
11 UAE-Team Emirates 28:53 (was 1st at 37:57:11)
12 AG2R Citroen Team 33:25 (was 12th at 6:48)
13 BORA - hansgrohe 34:39 (was 16th at 8:50)
14 Team BikeExchange 34:51 (was 9th at 5:28)
15 EF Education - Nippo 36:39 (was 11th at 6:08)
16 Lotto Soudal 38:46 (was 17th at 11:41)
17 Israel Start-Up Nation 40:26 (was 10th at 5:37)
18 Swiss Cycling 1:02:16 (was 20th at 26:49)
19 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 1:03:11 (was 18th at 19:33)
20 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:03:47 (was 19th at 21:46)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Dowsett (Israel Start-Up Nation) 4
Alexis Gougeard (AG2R Citroen Team) 4
Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal) 4
Jan Hirt (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 4
Nico Denz (Team DSM) 4
Oliviero Troia (UAE-Team Emirates) 4
Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain - Victorious) 4
Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation) 3
Riccardo Minali (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3
Romain Seigle (Groupama - FDJ) 3
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2
Dries Devenyns (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Erik Baska (BORA - hansgrohe) 2
Sam Bewley (Team BikeExchange) 2
Harry Tanfield (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 1
Total retirements : 16


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