Giro d'Italia stage 4 summary

Stage 4 - Catania Villafranco Tirrena

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 3:22:13
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
3 Davide Ballerini (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00
4 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00
5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00
6 Stefano Oldani (Ita) Lotto Soudal 0:00
7 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00
8 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:00
9 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 0:00
10 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bahrain - McLaren 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Edoardo Affini
+19 Michael Hepburn
+19 Albert Torres
+15 Davide Cimolai
+14 Jos van Emden
+14 Jacopo Guarnieri
+11 Filippo Fiorelli
+11 Elia Viviani
+11 Arnaud Demare
+10 Rick Zabel

Biggest losers by position :
-41 Ben Swift
-25 Adam Hansen
-22 Filippo Zana
-21 Nicolas Edet
-17 Alessandro Bisolti
-17 Mathias Le Turnier
-17 Valerio Conti
-16 Fabio Mazzucco
-16 Luca Wackermann
-15 Matteo Spreafico
-14 Jack Haig

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Arnaud Demare
+0:04 Peter Sagan
+0:03 Davide Ballerini

Biggest losers by time :
-11:34 Benjamin Thomas
-11:27 Ben Swift
-11:27 Guy Sagiv
-11:27 Jonathan Dibben
-11:27 Nicolas Edet
-11:27 Rudy Barbier
-8:25 Mathias Le Turnier
-8:20 Adam Hansen
-7:31 Matteo Spreafico
-7:13 Brent Bookwalter
-7:00 Fabio Mazzucco

Favourites by position :
+2 Carl Fredrik Hagen
+1 Simon Yates
-5 Rohan Dennis
-14 Jack Haig

Favourites by time :
-0:02 Wilco Kelderman
-0:02 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:02 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:02 Simon Yates
-0:02 Rafal Majka
-0:02 Patrick Konrad
-0:02 Jakob Fuglsang
-0:02 Fausto Masnada
-0:02 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:02 Carl Fredrik Hagen
-2:39 Rohan Dennis
-3:52 Jack Haig

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joao Almeida 11:06:36 (unchanged)
2 Jonathan Klever Caicedo 0:02 (was 2nd at 0:00)
3 Pello Bilbao 0:39 (was 3rd at 0:37)
4 Wilco Kelderman 0:44 (was 4th at 0:42)
5 Harm Vanhoucke 0:55 (was 5th at 0:53)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 0:57 (was 6th at 0:55)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:01 (was 7th at 0:59)
8 Brandon McNulty 1:13 (was 8th at 1:11)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 1:15 (was 9th at 1:13)
10 Steven Kruijswijk 1:17 (was 10th at 1:15)
11 Rafal Majka 1:28 (was 11th at 1:26)
12 Patrick Konrad 1:28 (was 12th at 1:26)
.....
14 Fausto Masnada 1:34 (was 14th at 1:32)
.....
24 Simon Yates 3:48 (was 25th at 3:46)
.....
43 Carl Fredrik Hagen 8:23 (was 45th at 8:21)
44 Jack Haig 8:31 (was 30th at 4:39)
.....
123 Rohan Dennis 28:44 (was 118th at 26:05)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 57 (was 3rd with 19 points)
2 Arnaud Demare 52 (was 36th with 2 points)
3 Diego Ulissi 27 (was 1st with 25 points)
4 Davide Ballerini 25 (was 0 points)
5 Jonathan Klever Caicedo 23 (was 2nd with 23 points)
6 Michael Matthews 20 (was 13th with 8 points)
7 Andrea Vendrame 18 (was 0 points)
8 Joao Almeida 17 (was 4th with 17 points)
9 Giovanni Visconti 16 (was 5th with 16 points)
10 Filippo Ganna 15 (was 6th with 15 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jonathan Klever Caicedo 40 (unchanged)
2 Giovanni Visconti 18 (unchanged)
3 Harm Vanhoucke 12 (unchanged)
4 Simon Pellaud 9 (was 0 points)
5 Wilco Kelderman 9 (was 4th with 9 points)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
7 Rafal Majka 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
8 Peter Sagan 4 (was 7th with 4 points)
9 Marco Frapporti 4 (was 0 points)
10 Diego Ulissi 3 (was 8th with 3 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Deceuninck - Quick Step 33:22:19 (was 1st at 23:15:40)
2 Team Sunweb 3:02 (was 2nd at 3:02)
3 Trek - Segafredo 5:08 (was 3rd at 4:38)
4 INEOS Grenadiers 5:34 (was 4th at 5:34)
5 Team Jumbo-Visma 5:48 (was 5th at 5:48)
6 NTT Pro Cycling 7:05 (was 6th at 7:05)
7 Mitchelton-Scott 7:43 (was 7th at 7:43)
8 AG2R La Mondiale 9:16 (was 8th at 9:16)
9 BORA - hansgrohe 9:17 (was 9th at 9:17)
10 EF Pro Cycling 9:30 (was 10th at 9:30)
11 Bahrain - McLaren 11:29 (was 11th at 11:29)
12 Movistar Team 12:42 (was 12th at 12:42)
13 UAE-Team Emirates 13:47 (was 13th at 13:47)
14 Lotto Soudal 15:00 (was 14th at 15:00)
15 CCC Team 15:33 (was 15th at 15:33)
16 Astana Pro Team 23:14 (was 16th at 22:44)
17 Vini Zabu - KTM 36:04 (was 17th at 33:18)
18 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 37:23 (was 18th at 37:23)
19 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 43:28 (was 19th at 43:28)
20 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 45:29 (was 20th at 44:59)
21 Israel Start-Up Nation 55:26 (was 21th at 55:26)
22 Groupama - FDJ 1:07:35 (was 22th at 1:07:35)

Retirements to date : Stage
Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) 4
Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana Pro Team) 2
Luca Covili (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 1
Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team) 1
Total retirements : 4


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