Giro d'Italia stage 4 summary

Stage 4 - Piacenza-Sestola 187 km

1 Joe Dombrowski (USA) UAE-Team Emirates 4:58:38
2 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:13
3 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 0:27
4 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:29
5 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain - Victorious 0:29
6 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama - FDJ 0:44
7 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:49
8 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:57
9 Rein Taaramae (Est) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:33
10 Team BikeExchange JUUL-JENSEN Christopher (Den) 1:36


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+88 Marton Dina
+88 Joe Dombrowski
+85 Filippo Fiorelli
+76 Nicolas Edet
+61 Team BikeExchange JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
+61 Luis Leon Sanchez
+59 Attila Valter
+58 Louis Vervaeke
+56 Lorenzo Fortunato
+56 Jan Tratnik

Biggest losers by position :
-91 Fabio Felline
-90 Filippo Ganna
-84 Valerio Conti
-83 Elia Viviani
-82 Matteo Jorgenson
-82 Peter Sagan
-72 Fernando Gaviria
-66 Cameron Meyer
-66 Nikias Arndt
-64 Remi Cavagna
-62 Clement Champoussin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:50 Joe Dombrowski
+0:33 Alessandro De Marchi
+0:17 Filippo Fiorelli
+0:11 Louis Vervaeke
+0:11 Jan Tratnik

Biggest losers by time :
-30:16 Attilio Viviani
-30:16 Elia Viviani
-30:16 Simone Consonni
-30:08 Caleb Ewan
-30:08 Roger Kluge
-28:20 Matteo Moschetti
-28:20 Thomas De Gendt
-27:30 Dries De Bondt
-27:13 Maximiliano Richeze
-26:13 Manuel Belletti
-26:13 Riccardo Minali

Favourites by position :
+52 Dan Martin
+42 Emanuel Buchmann
+38 Mikel Landa
+22 Jai Hindley
+19 Egan Bernal
+15 Hugh Carthy
+11 Vincenzo Nibali
+11 Simon Yates
+2 Pello Bilbao
-1 Daniel Felipe Martinez
-3 Fausto Masnada
-33 Bauke Mollema
-38 Joao Almeida
-61 Tejay Van Garderen

Favourites by time :
-0:57 Mikel Landa
-0:57 Hugh Carthy
-0:57 Egan Bernal
-0:57 Aleksandr Vlasov
-1:08 Simon Yates
-1:08 Dan Martin
-1:31 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:31 Pello Bilbao
-1:31 Jai Hindley
-1:31 Emanuel Buchmann
-1:31 Daniel Felipe Martinez
-2:11 Fausto Masnada
-5:18 Joao Almeida
-13:15 Bauke Mollema
-19:56 Tejay Van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alessandro De Marchi 13:50:44 (was 12th at 0:33)
2 Joe Dombrowski 0:22 (was 90th at 1:12)
3 Louis Vervaeke 0:42 (was 61st at 0:53)
4 Nelson Oliveira 0:48 (was 11th at 0:32)
5 Attila Valter 1:00 (was 64th at 0:56)
6 Nicolas Edet 1:15 (was 82nd at 1:06)
7 Aleksandr Vlasov 1:24 (was 7th at 0:27)
8 Remco Evenepoel 1:28 (was 3rd at 0:20)
9 Alberto Bettiol 1:37 (was 8th at 0:29)
10 Hugh Carthy 1:38 (was 25th at 0:41)
11 Egan Bernal 1:39 (was 30th at 0:42)
.....
15 Mikel Landa 1:49 (was 53rd at 0:52)
16 Simon Yates 1:49 (was 27th at 0:41)
.....
21 Dan Martin 2:08 (was 73rd at 1:00)
.....
23 Daniel Felipe Martinez 2:10 (was 22nd at 0:39)
24 Pello Bilbao 2:12 (was 26th at 0:41)
25 Vincenzo Nibali 2:15 (was 36th at 0:44)
.....
27 Jai Hindley 2:20 (was 49th at 0:49)
.....
29 Emanuel Buchmann 2:29 (was 71st at 0:58)
.....
32 Fausto Masnada 2:52 (was 29th at 0:41)
.....
42 Joao Almeida 5:38 (was 4th at 0:20)
.....
72 Bauke Mollema 13:59 (was 39th at 0:44)
.....
92 Tejay Van Garderen 20:38 (was 31st at 0:42)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Tim Merlier 50 (unchanged)
2 Elia Viviani 38 (unchanged)
3 Giacomo Nizzolo 35 (unchanged)
4 Peter Sagan 29 (unchanged)
5 Taco Van Der Hoorn 28 (unchanged)
6 Filippo Fiorelli 28 (was 14th with 10 points)
7 Joe Dombrowski 25 (was 0 points)
8 Davide Cimolai 25 (was 6th with 25 points)
9 Filippo Tagliani 24 (was 10th with 12 points)
10 Alessandro De Marchi 23 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joe Dombrowski 18 (was 0 points)
2 Vincenzo Albanese 16 (was 1st with 16 points)
3 Rein Taaramae 13 (was 0 points)
4 Alessandro De Marchi 10 (was 0 points)
5 Francesco Gavazzi 9 (was 0 points)
6 Simon Pellaud 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
7 Team BikeExchange JUUL-JENSEN Christopher 6 (was 0 points)
8 Lars Van Den Berg 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
9 Filippo Fiorelli 6 (was 0 points)
10 Louis Vervaeke 5 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Bahrain - Victorious 41:35:57 (was 8th at 1:01)
2 INEOS Grenadiers 1:07 (was 2nd at 0:09)
3 UAE-Team Emirates 1:16 (was 7th at 0:52)
4 Team BikeExchange 1:53 (was 12th at 1:13)
5 EF Education - Nippo 2:38 (was 9th at 1:02)
6 Trek - Segafredo 3:21 (was 15th at 1:37)
7 Israel Start-Up Nation 4:43 (was 4th at 0:38)
8 Deceuninck - Quick Step 5:55 (was 3rd at 0:13)
9 Team Jumbo-Visma 6:19 (was 1st at 26:35:08)
10 Team DSM 6:28 (was 14th at 1:26)
11 Astana - Premier Tech 7:19 (was 6th at 0:47)
12 Movistar Team 11:41 (was 10th at 1:06)
13 EOLO-Kometa 13:49 (was 19th at 2:27)
14 BORA - hansgrohe 15:06 (was 11th at 1:07)
15 Groupama - FDJ 17:05 (was 13th at 1:23)
16 AG2R Citroen Team 17:20 (was 16th at 1:38)
17 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 17:56 (was 17th at 2:03)
18 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 25:47 (was 5th at 0:41)
19 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 27:03 (was 18th at 2:09)
20 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 31:28 (was 21th at 2:58)
21 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 37:54 (was 20th at 2:37)
22 Alpecin-Fenix 43:41 (was 23th at 11:06)
23 Lotto Soudal 1:12:49 (was 22th at 10:56)

Retirements to date : Stage
Krists Neilands (Israel Start-Up Nation) 2
Christopher Juul-jensen (Team BikeExchange) 1
Felix Grosschartner (BORA - hansgrohe) 1
Total retirements : 3


(This report and archives etc can be seen at http://rvmartin.uk/cycling)