Tour de Suisse, stage 4 summary

Stage 4 : Jun 14, Grindelwald - Huttwil, 198.4 km

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4.46.05
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.02
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
10 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Nick Nuyens
+13 Oscar Freire Gomez
+12 Daniele Calligarin
+11 Matthew Harley Goss
+11 Baden Cooke
+10 Daniele Righi
+10 Alexander Gottfried
+9 Gregory Rast
+8 Tom Boonen
+8 Matteo Carrara

Biggest losers by position :
-30 Mathew Hayman
-26 Cesare Benedetti
-24 Rinaldo Nocentini
-23 Dario David Cioni
-19 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-18 Lloyd Mondory
-18 Olivier Kaisen
-14 Ben Gastauer
-14 Peter Velits
-12 Wout Poels
-10 Daniel Oss

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Thor Hushovd
+0:08 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Marco Marcato

Biggest losers by time :
-15:25 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-8:22 Christopher Froome
-8:22 Dario David Cioni
-8:22 Jack Bobridge
-8:22 Mathew Hayman
-8:22 Olivier Kaisen
-8:18 Cesare Benedetti
-7:21 Mark Cavendish
-7:21 Rinaldo Nocentini
-7:15 Lloyd Mondory
-4:36 Alessandro Bazzana

Favourites by position :
+7 Jens Voigt
+7 Alessandro Ballan
+5 Stuart O'Grady
+1 Andreas Kloden
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-6 Sylvain Chavanel

Favourites by time :
-0:12 Stuart O'Grady
-0:14 Alessandro Ballan
-0:48 Jens Voigt
-1:03 Fabian Cancellara
-1:03 Christian Vande Velde
-1:03 Andreas Kloden
-4:34 Sylvain Chavanel

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Damiano Cunego 12:29:23 (unchanged)
2 Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez 0:54 (unchanged)
3 Bauke Mollema 1:16 (unchanged)
4 Laurens ten Dam 1:19 (unchanged)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 1:21 (unchanged)
6 Frank Schleck 1:25 (unchanged)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 1:32 (unchanged)
8 Danilo Di Luca 1:53 (unchanged)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 2:00 (unchanged)
10 Levi Leipheimer 2:10 (unchanged)
.....
14 Linus Gerdemann 3:09 (unchanged)
.....
20 Andy Schleck 6:10 (unchanged)
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26 Ryder Hesjedal 9:58 (unchanged)
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41 Andreas Kloden 19:19 (was 42nd at 18:16)
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52 Christian Vande Velde 21:43 (was 51st at 20:40)
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79 Jens Voigt 30:24 (was 86th at 29:36)
80 Sylvain Chavanel 31:00 (was 74th at 26:26)
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85 Alessandro Ballan 32:06 (was 92nd at 31:52)
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88 Fabian Cancellara 32:34 (was 88th at 31:31)
.....
103 Stuart O'Grady 36:46 (was 108th at 36:34)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 45 (was 0 points)
2 Damiano Cunego 27 (was 0 points)
3 Thor Hushovd 25 (was 0 points)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 25 (was 0 points)
5 Bauke Mollema 22 (was 0 points)
6 Juan Mauricio Soler 19 (was 0 points)
7 Frank Schleck 16 (was 0 points)
8 Marco Marcato 16 (was 0 points)
9 Fabian Cancellara 15 (was 0 points)
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 13 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Laurens Ten Dam 34 (was 1st with 31 points)
2 Damiano Cunego 24 (unchanged)
3 Matti Breschel 20 (unchanged)
4 Lloyd Mondory 17 (was 12th with 6 points)
5 Ryder Hesjedal 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
6 Mathias Frank 12 (was 5th with 12 points)
7 Wouter Poels 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
8 Cesare Benedetti 10 (was 0 points)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
10 Damiano Caruso 10 (was 8th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 3
Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Total retirements : 6


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On Jun 14, 1:23*pm, Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 4 : Jun 14, Grindelwald - Huttwil, 198.4 km * * * * * * * *

* 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4.46.05
* 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *0.02
* 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 8 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quickstep Cycling Team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*10 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Netapp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
* * * +19 * Nick Nuyens
* * * +13 * Oscar Freire Gomez
* * * +12 * Daniele Calligarin
* * * +11 * Matthew Harley Goss
* * * +11 * Baden Cooke
* * * +10 * Daniele Righi
* * * +10 * Alexander Gottfried
* * * *+9 * Gregory Rast
* * * *+8 * Tom Boonen
* * * *+8 * Matteo Carrara

Biggest losers by position :
* * * -30 * Mathew Hayman
* * * -26 * Cesare Benedetti
* * * -24 * Rinaldo Nocentini
* * * -23 * Dario David Cioni
* * * -19 * Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
* * * -18 * Lloyd Mondory
* * * -18 * Olivier Kaisen
* * * -14 * Ben Gastauer
* * * -14 * Peter Velits
* * * -12 * Wout Poels
* * * -10 * Daniel Oss

Biggest gainers by time :
* * +0:12 * Thor Hushovd
* * +0:08 * Peter Sagan
* * +0:04 * Marco Marcato

Biggest losers by time :
* *-15:25 * Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
* * -8:22 * Christopher Froome
* * -8:22 * Dario David Cioni
* * -8:22 * Jack Bobridge
* * -8:22 * Mathew Hayman
* * -8:22 * Olivier Kaisen
* * -8:18 * Cesare Benedetti
* * -7:21 * Mark Cavendish
* * -7:21 * Rinaldo Nocentini
* * -7:15 * Lloyd Mondory
* * -4:36 * Alessandro Bazzana

Favourites by position :
* * * *+7 * Jens Voigt
* * * *+7 * Alessandro Ballan
* * * *+5 * Stuart O'Grady
* * * *+1 * Andreas Kloden
* * * *-1 * Christian Vande Velde
* * * *-6 * Sylvain Chavanel

Favourites by time :
* * -0:12 * Stuart O'Grady
* * -0:14 * Alessandro Ballan
* * -0:48 * Jens Voigt
* * -1:03 * Fabian Cancellara
* * -1:03 * Christian Vande Velde
* * -1:03 * Andreas Kloden
* * -4:34 * Sylvain Chavanel

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
* * * * 1 *Damiano Cunego * * * * * * * * * * * *12:29:23 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 2 *Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez * * * * * * 0:54 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 3 *Bauke Mollema * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1:16 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 4 *Laurens ten Dam * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1:19 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 5 *Tejay Van Garderen * * * * * * * * * * * *1:21 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 6 *Frank Schleck * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1:25 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 7 *Jakob Fuglsang * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1:32 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 8 *Danilo Di Luca * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1:53 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 9 *Steven Kruijswijk * * * * * * * * * * * * 2:00 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * *10 *Levi Leipheimer * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2:10 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * .....
* * * *14 *Linus Gerdemann * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3:09 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * .....
* * * *20 *Andy Schleck * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *6:10 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * .....
* * * *26 *Ryder Hesjedal * * * * * * * * * * * * * *9:58 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * .....
* * * *41 *Andreas Kloden * * * * * * * * * * * * * 19:19 * * * * (was 42nd at 18:16)
* * * * .....
* * * *52 *Christian Vande Velde * * * * * * * * * *21:43 * * * * (was 51st at 20:40)
* * * * .....
* * * *79 *Jens Voigt * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 30:24 * * * * (was 86th at 29:36)
* * * *80 *Sylvain Chavanel * * * * * * * * * * * * 31:00 * * * * (was 74th at 26:26)
* * * * .....
* * * *85 *Alessandro Ballan * * * * * * * * * * * *32:06 * * * * (was 92nd at 31:52)
* * * * .....
* * * *88 *Fabian Cancellara * * * * * * * * * * * *32:34 * * * * (was 88th at 31:31)
* * * * .....
* * * 103 *Stuart O'Grady * * * * * * * * * * * * * 36:46 * * * * (was 108th at 36:34)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
* * * * 1 *Peter Sagan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 45 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 2 *Damiano Cunego * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *27 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 3 *Thor Hushovd * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *25 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 4 *Tejay Van Garderen * * * * * * * * * * * * *25 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 5 *Bauke Mollema * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 22 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 6 *Juan Mauricio Soler * * * * * * * * * * * * 19 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 7 *Frank Schleck * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 16 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 8 *Marco Marcato * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 16 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 9 *Fabian Cancellara * * * * * * * * * * * * * 15 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * *10 *Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil * * * * * * * * * * *13 * * * * (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
* * * * 1 *Laurens Ten Dam * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 34 * * * * (was 1st with 31 points)
* * * * 2 *Damiano Cunego * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *24 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 3 *Matti Breschel * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *20 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 4 *Lloyd Mondory * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 17 * * * * (was 12th with 6 points)
* * * * 5 *Ryder Hesjedal * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *15 * * * * (was 4th with 15 points)
* * * * 6 *Mathias Frank * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 12 * * * * (was 5th with 12 points)
* * * * 7 *Wouter Poels * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *12 * * * * (was 6th with 12 points)
* * * * 8 *Cesare Benedetti * * * * * * * * * * * * * *10 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 9 *Jakob Fuglsang * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *10 * * * * (was 7th with 10 points)
* * * *10 *Damiano Caruso * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *10 * * * * (was 8th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Stage
* *Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD * * * * * * * * * * * * * *3
* *Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3
* *Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo * * * * * * * * * * 3
* *Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale * * * * * * * * * 3
* *Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo * * * * * * * * * * * 3
* *Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto * * * * * * * * * * *3
*Total retirements : 6

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Hey Bob. Thanks once again. Question on Jens' results - you show
that he moved up 7 places in 'Favourites by position', and then show
he moved up from 42nd to 41st in the overall list. Was the Favourites
number a very small value of 7?

R