Tour de Suisse, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : June 17, 2014, Heiden - Ossingen, 160 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 3.35.03
2 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
4 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
6 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
7 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol
8 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Mark Renshaw
+10 Jonas Van Genechten
+8 Sebastien Turgot
+8 Sam Bewley
+8 Ruslan Tleubayev
+8 Bryan Coquard
+7 Laurent Mangel
+7 Kenny Dehaes
+6 Vladimir Isaychev
+6 Roger Kluge

Biggest losers by position :
-47 Jaroslaw Marycz
-43 Bradley Wiggins
-8 Manuele Boaro
-8 Martin Velits
-7 Francesco Gavazzi
-6 Daniel Teklehaimanot
-6 Michel Kreder
-5 Cameron Meyer
-5 Matteo Trentin
-5 Vegard Breen
-4 Andrea Palini

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Silvan Dillier
+0:04 Sacha Modolo
+0:04 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Michael Morkov
+0:04 Matti Breschel
+0:04 Matthew Harley Goss
+0:04 Mark Renshaw
+0:04 Mark Cavendish
+0:04 Juan Jose Lobato
+0:04 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil

Biggest losers by time :
-14:56 Jaroslaw Marycz
-11:51 Bradley Wiggins
-4:13 Daniel Teklehaimanot
-4:13 Michel Kreder
-3:07 Cameron Meyer
-3:07 Philip Deignan
-2:20 Andrea Palini
-2:20 Manuele Boaro
-2:20 Martin Velits
-2:13 Francesco Gavazzi
-2:07 Christophe Kern

Favourites by position :
-5 Cameron Meyer
-43 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-3:07 Cameron Meyer
-11:51 Bradley Wiggins

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Martin 14:19:41 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 0:06 (unchanged)
3 Peter Sagan 0:10 (was 3rd at 0:14)
4 Bauke Mollema 0:17 (unchanged)
5 Tom Jelte Slagter 0:23 (unchanged)
6 Davide Formolo 0:27 (unchanged)
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti 0:27 (unchanged)
8 Roman Kreuziger 0:28 (unchanged)
9 Mathias Frank 0:29 (unchanged)
10 Mattia Cattaneo 0:29 (unchanged)
.....
13 Thibaut Pinot 0:35 (unchanged)
.....
15 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 0:36 (unchanged)
16 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:37 (unchanged)
17 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 0:38 (unchanged)
.....
19 Christophe Riblon 0:39 (unchanged)
.....
23 Laurens ten Dam 0:44 (unchanged)
.....
25 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:47 (was 25th at 0:51)
26 Cadel Evans 0:51 (unchanged)
.....
99 Bradley Wiggins 14:43 (was 56th at 2:52)
.....
102 Cameron Meyer 16:28 (was 97th at 13:21)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 57 (was 1st with 41 points)
2 Mark Cavendish 25 (was 0 points)
3 Michael Albasini 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 Juan Jose Lobato 20 (was 0 points)
5 Bauke Mollema 19 (was 3rd with 19 points)
6 Tony Martin 17 (was 4th with 17 points)
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 17 (was 10th with 10 points)
8 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 16 (was 5th with 16 points)
9 Cameron Meyer 15 (was 6th with 15 points)
10 Tom Dumoulin 13 (was 7th with 13 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bjorn Thurau 61 (was 1st with 60 points)
2 Reto Hollenstein 37 (unchanged)
3 Lawrence Warbasse 28 (unchanged)
4 Philip Deignan 24 (unchanged)
5 Nino Schurter 12 (unchanged)
6 Cameron Meyer 11 (unchanged)
7 Martin Kohler 8 (unchanged)
8 Laurent Didier 8 (unchanged)
9 Danilo Wyss 8 (unchanged)
10 Steven Kruijswijk 6 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4
Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 4
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4
Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 3
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 2
Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 2
Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 2
Total retirements : 10


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