Criterium du Dauphine, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 - (ITT) : Jun 7, Villie-Morgon - Bourg-en-Bresse, 53 km

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 1.03.12
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0.34
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 1.11
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.26
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1.33
6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1.38
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1.43
9 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Barracuda 1.51
10 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.54


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+39 Lieuwe Westra
+38 Maxim Belkov
+36 George Hincapie
+36 Dries Devenyns
+35 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+34 Anthony Roux
+33 Daniel Teklehaymanot
+30 Michael Schar
+27 Yaroslav Popovych

Biggest losers by position :
-53 Guillaume Levarlet
-49 Julien Simon
-39 Xavier Florencio Cabre
-33 Marco Marzano
-33 Petr Ignatenko
-33 Yoann Bagot
-32 Nicolas Edet
-31 Mikel Landa Meana
-30 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
-27 Thomas Voeckler
-26 Arnold Jeannesson

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-15:19 Sep Vanmarcke
-13:35 Nacer Bouhanni
-12:21 Arnold Jeannesson
-11:49 Arnaud Gerard
-11:08 Michel Kreder
-11:00 Frederik Willems
-10:49 Kenny Dehaes
-10:47 Andy Schleck
-10:46 Leonardo Duque
-10:27 Alan Perez Lezaun
-10:27 Luis Angel Mate Mardones

Favourites by position :
+27 Denis Menchov
+22 Alexander Vinokourov
+16 Christopher Froome
+13 Michael Rogers
+9 Janez Brajkovic
+6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+3 Tony Martin
+2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-3 David Arroyo Duran
-3 Cadel Evans
-9 Vincenzo Nibali
-17 Andy Schleck
-27 Thomas Voeckler

Favourites by time :
-0:34 Tony Martin
-1:11 Michael Rogers
-1:33 Christopher Froome
-1:43 Cadel Evans
-2:12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2:33 Janez Brajkovic
-3:12 Denis Menchov
-3:30 Vincenzo Nibali
-4:27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-4:48 Alexander Vinokourov
-6:04 Thomas Voeckler
-7:26 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-8:30 David Arroyo Duran
-10:47 Andy Schleck

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 14:11:07 (unchanged)
2 Tony Martin 0:38 (was 5th at 0:04)
3 Michael Rogers 1:20 (was 16th at 0:09)
4 Sylvain Chavanel 1:38 (was 7th at 0:05)
5 Cadel Evans 1:44 (was 2nd at 0:01)
6 Wilco Kelderman 1:45 (was 29th at 0:20)
7 Christopher Froome 1:48 (was 23rd at 0:15)
8 David Millar 2:00 (was 12th at 0:09)
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 2:02 (was 13th at 0:09)
10 Andriy Grivko 2:18 (was 3rd at 0:02)
11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:22 (was 17th at 0:10)
12 Janez Brajkovic 2:47 (was 21st at 0:14)
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24 Vincenzo Nibali 3:39 (was 15th at 0:09)
25 Denis Menchov 3:52 (was 52nd at 0:40)
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37 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 4:53 (was 36th at 0:26)
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51 Thomas Voeckler 6:20 (was 24th at 0:16)
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106 Alexander Vinokourov 11:15 (was 128th at 6:27)
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129 David Arroyo Duran 14:29 (was 126th at 5:59)
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135 Andy Schleck 16:08 (was 118th at 5:21)
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165 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 33:50 (was 167th at 26:24)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Tony Gallopin 51 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 44 (was 2nd with 41 points)
3 Bradley Wiggins 39 (was 9th with 24 points)
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen 36 (was 3rd with 36 points)
5 Gerald Ciolek 36 (was 4th with 36 points)
6 Julien Simon 35 (was 5th with 35 points)
7 Borut Bozic 35 (was 6th with 35 points)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 33 (was 7th with 33 points)
9 Tony Martin 28 (was 19th with 16 points)
10 Nacer Bouhanni 28 (was 8th with 28 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Giovanni Bernaudeau 38 (unchanged)
2 Blel Kadri 36 (unchanged)
3 Christophe Kern 31 (unchanged)
4 Nicolas Edet 29 (unchanged)
5 David Moncoutie 29 (unchanged)
6 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa 23 (unchanged)
7 Yukihiro Doi 12 (unchanged)
8 Sep Vanmarcke 12 (unchanged)
9 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (unchanged)
10 Markel Irizar 10 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 2
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 2
Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Total retirements : 4


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