Tour de Suisse, stage 4 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Andre Korff
+8 Olaf Pollack
+8 Gert Steegmans
+7 Mark Renshaw
+7 Marcus Burghardt
+7 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+7 Danilo Napolitano
+6 Sebastian Langeveld
+6 Herve Duclos-Lassalle
+6 Gregory Rast

Biggest losers by position :
-41 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-17 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
-13 Wim Vansevenant
-12 Jeffry Louder
-11 Matteo Bono
-7 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
-6 Sylvain Calzati
-2 Giovanni Visconti
-2 Vicente Reynes Mimo
-1 Alessandro Vanotti
-1 Christian Knees

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Robbie McEwen
+0:06 Oscar Freire Gomez
+0:04 Gerald Ciolek

Biggest losers by time :
-18:31 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
-4:22 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
-4:22 Wim Vansevenant
-2:08 Matteo Bono
-1:11 Jeffry Louder
-1:11 Lloyd Mondory
-1:11 Raul Alarcon Garcia
-1:11 Sylvain Calzati
-1:11 Theo Eltink
-1:11 Thomas Dekker
-1:04 Giovanni Visconti

Favourites by position :
+6 Alessandro Ballan
+4 Thomas Dekker
+2 Stuart O'Grady
+2 Fabian Cancellara
+2 Bobby Julich
+1 Sylvain Chavanel
+1 Erik Zabel

Favourites by time :
-0:22 Sylvain Chavanel
-0:22 Alessandro Ballan
-1:11 Thomas Dekker

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Igor Anton Hernandez 16.36.44
2 Kim Kirchen 0.06
3 Damiano Cunego 0.12
4 Frank Schleck 0.16
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7 Stijn Devolder 0.22
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9 Andy Schleck 0.40
10 Andreas Kloden 0.40
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29 Stefan Schumacher 2.39
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45 Jens Voigt 5.36
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60 Erik Zabel 9.53
61 Sylvain Chavanel 10.50
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69 Fabian Cancellara 13.10
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81 Bobby Julich 16.08
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108 Stuart O'Grady 20.31
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117 Alessandro Ballan 23.01
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146 Thomas Dekker 29.53

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 4 <<<
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4 <<<
David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 <<<
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4 <<<
Total retirements : 7