Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3
Biggest gainers by position :
+85 Addy Engels
+84 Dmitriy Fofonov
+79 Riccardo Ricco
+75 Sebastien Joly
+75 Morris Possoni
+69 Benoit Salmon
+68 Cedric Vasseur
+66 Maxim Iglinskiy
+60 Marco Marzano
+60 Christophe Rinero
Biggest losers by position :
-86 Bert Grabsch
-82 Marco Pinotti
-75 Florent Brard
-63 Benoit Vaugrenard
-59 Jan Kuyckx
-59 Nicolas Jalabert
-59 Peter Mazur
-56 Thor Hushovd
-55 Lars Bak
-54 Stuart O'grady
-53 Eddy Mazzoleni
Biggest gainers by time :
+4:35 Denis Menchov
+4:35 Christophe Moreau
+4:20 Levi Leipheimer
+4:06 Jose Azevedo
+3:41 Sylvain Chavanel
+3:41 Bernhard Kohl
+3:31 Francisco Mancebo
+3:16 Pietro Caucchioli
+3:05 Maxim Iglinskiy
+3:00 Sergio Paulinho
Biggest losers by time :
-20:41 Danilo Napolitano
-18:20 Preben Van Hecke
-18:15 Francis Mourey
-18:09 Benoit Vaugrenard
-18:09 Marco Milesi
-18:06 Cedric Coutouly
-18:06 Frank Hoj
-17:56 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom
-17:56 Angel Gomez
-17:56 Bastiaan Giling
-17:56 Benoit Sinner
Favourites by position :
+42 David Moncoutie
+39 Pietro Caucchioli
+35 Leonardo Piepoli
+32 Andrey Kashechkin
+27 Christophe Moreau
+16 Jose Azevedo
+10 Francisco Mancebo
+9 Denis Menchov
+3 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Alejandro Valverde
-4 George Hincapie
-11 Yaroslav Popovych
-17 Filippo Pozzato
-24 David Zabriskie
-29 Floyd Landis
-43 Daniele Nardello
-50 Alexandre Vinokourov
Favourites by time :
+4:35 Denis Menchov
+4:35 Christophe Moreau
+4:20 Levi Leipheimer
+4:06 Jose Azevedo
+3:31 Francisco Mancebo
+3:16 Pietro Caucchioli
+2:04 Leonardo Piepoli
+1:22 George Hincapie
+1:22 Alejandro Valverde
+0:57 Andrey Kashechkin
-0:27 Yaroslav Popovych
-3:35 David Zabriskie
-4:55 Floyd Landis
-8:35 Alexandre Vinokourov
-10:11 David Moncoutie
-13:36 Filippo Pozzato
-17:56 Daniele Nardello
Favourites standings :
1 Levi Leipheimer 15.47.53
2 Denis Menchov 0.28
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4 Jose Azevedo 1.47
5 Christophe Moreau 1.48
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7 Francisco Mancebo 2.10
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9 George Hincapie 3.02
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11 Alejandro Valverde 3.36
12 Pietro Caucchioli 4.07
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18 Leonardo Piepoli 5.20
19 Yaroslav Popovych 5.24
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26 David Zabriskie 6.22
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28 Andrey Kashechkin 6.38
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32 Floyd Landis 8.43
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66 Alexandre Vinokourov 14.13
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91 Filippo Pozzato 21.54
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94 David Moncoutie 22.48
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114 Daniele Nardello 26.10
Retirements to date :
Agritubel Hans Dekkers DNF 4 <<
Davitamon-Lotto Nick Gates DNF 2
" Nick Ingels DNF 4 <<
Française des Jeux Eric Leblacher DNS 2
Team Milram Mirco Lorenzetto DNF 2
Würth Daniel Navarro DNS 3
Total retirements : 6