Bob Martin
2015-03-12 17:30:42 UTC
Stage 4 : March 12, 2015 Varenne-sur-Allier - Croix de Chaubouret 204 km
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 5.18.39
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step 0.08
4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.17
6 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 0.24
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
8 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida
10 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+72 Nicki Sorensen
+71 David Tanner
+64 Adam Hansen
+63 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas
+62 Simon Clarke
+59 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+55 Angelo Tulik
+54 Yury Trofimov
+54 Cyril Gautier
+53 Romain Bardet
Biggest losers by position :
-119 Dries Devenyns
-92 Alexander Kristoff
-85 Giacomo Nizzolo
-80 Gregory Henderson
-80 Kristof Vandewalle
-79 Arnaud Demare
-79 John Degenkolb
-79 Rohan Dennis
-76 Ben King
-75 Florian Senechal
-74 Bryan Coquard
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:15 Richie Porte
+0:11 Geraint Thomas
+0:01 Michal Kwiatkowski
Biggest losers by time :
-31:36 Jonas Ahlstrand
-28:11 Dries Devenyns
-28:11 Jonas Van Genechten
-24:58 Daniel McLay
-23:27 Cyril Lemoine
-23:20 Alex Howes
-23:20 Alexander Kristoff
-23:20 Andre Greipel
-23:20 Arnaud Demare
-23:20 Ben King
-23:20 Borut Bozic
Favourites by position :
+53 Romain Bardet
+50 Fabio Aru
+39 Nicolas Roche
+39 Jakob Fuglsang
+28 Mathias Frank
+20 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+11 Richie Porte
+8 Tejay van Garderen
+7 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+1 Michal Kwiatkowski
-9 Wilco Kelderman
-10 Bradley Wiggins
Favourites by time :
+0:15 Richie Porte
+0:01 Michal Kwiatkowski
-0:03 Jakob Fuglsang
-0:12 Tejay van Garderen
-0:19 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:19 Fabio Aru
-0:25 Romain Bardet
-1:01 Mathias Frank
-1:01 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-1:19 Wilco Kelderman
-2:07 Nicolas Roche
-2:46 Andrew Talansky
-12:22 Rafal Majka
-23:20 Bradley Wiggins
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 19:44:11 (was 2nd at 0:01)
2 Richie Porte 0:01 (was 13th at 0:16)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:03 (was 9th at 0:14)
4 Tejay van Garderen 0:27 (was 12th at 0:15)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:32 (was 44th at 0:29)
6 Tony Gallopin 0:38 (was 18th at 0:19)
7 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:41 (was 27th at 0:22)
8 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 0:44 (was 33rd at 0:25)
9 Tiago Machado 0:50 (was 22nd at 0:21)
10 Rafael Valls Ferri 0:51 (was 58th at 0:32)
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12 Fabio Aru 0:53 (was 62nd at 0:34)
13 Romain Bardet 1:01 (was 66th at 0:36)
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17 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:23 (was 24th at 0:22)
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21 Mathias Frank 1:31 (was 49th at 0:30)
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23 Wilco Kelderman 1:36 (was 14th at 0:17)
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33 Nicolas Roche 2:45 (was 72nd at 0:38)
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37 Andrew Talansky 3:12 (was 37th at 0:26)
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71 Rafal Majka 12:59 (was 71st at 0:37)
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128 Bradley Wiggins 24:51 (was 118th at 1:31)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 29 (unchanged)
2 Alexander Kristoff 27 (unchanged)
3 Michal Kwiatkowski 24 (was 6th with 15 points)
4 Nacer Bouhanni 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 John Degenkolb 18 (was 4th with 18 points)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
7 Richie Porte 15 (was 0 points)
8 Andre Greipel 15 (was 7th with 15 points)
9 Giacomo Nizzolo 15 (was 8th with 15 points)
10 Geraint Thomas 14 (was 28th with 2 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas De Gendt 36 (was 5th with 2 points)
2 Philippe Gilbert 21 (was 1st with 15 points)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 19 (was 0 points)
4 Richie Porte 10 (was 0 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 8 (was 0 points)
6 Antoine Duchesne 8 (was 0 points)
7 Jonathan Hivert 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 6 (was 0 points)
9 Florian Vachon 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
10 Arnaud Gerard 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 4 <<<
Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1
Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 1
Total retirements : 4
(This report and archives etc can be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)
1 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 5.18.39
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step 0.08
4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.17
6 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 0.24
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
8 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
9 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida
10 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+72 Nicki Sorensen
+71 David Tanner
+64 Adam Hansen
+63 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas
+62 Simon Clarke
+59 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+55 Angelo Tulik
+54 Yury Trofimov
+54 Cyril Gautier
+53 Romain Bardet
Biggest losers by position :
-119 Dries Devenyns
-92 Alexander Kristoff
-85 Giacomo Nizzolo
-80 Gregory Henderson
-80 Kristof Vandewalle
-79 Arnaud Demare
-79 John Degenkolb
-79 Rohan Dennis
-76 Ben King
-75 Florian Senechal
-74 Bryan Coquard
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:15 Richie Porte
+0:11 Geraint Thomas
+0:01 Michal Kwiatkowski
Biggest losers by time :
-31:36 Jonas Ahlstrand
-28:11 Dries Devenyns
-28:11 Jonas Van Genechten
-24:58 Daniel McLay
-23:27 Cyril Lemoine
-23:20 Alex Howes
-23:20 Alexander Kristoff
-23:20 Andre Greipel
-23:20 Arnaud Demare
-23:20 Ben King
-23:20 Borut Bozic
Favourites by position :
+53 Romain Bardet
+50 Fabio Aru
+39 Nicolas Roche
+39 Jakob Fuglsang
+28 Mathias Frank
+20 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+11 Richie Porte
+8 Tejay van Garderen
+7 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+1 Michal Kwiatkowski
-9 Wilco Kelderman
-10 Bradley Wiggins
Favourites by time :
+0:15 Richie Porte
+0:01 Michal Kwiatkowski
-0:03 Jakob Fuglsang
-0:12 Tejay van Garderen
-0:19 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:19 Fabio Aru
-0:25 Romain Bardet
-1:01 Mathias Frank
-1:01 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-1:19 Wilco Kelderman
-2:07 Nicolas Roche
-2:46 Andrew Talansky
-12:22 Rafal Majka
-23:20 Bradley Wiggins
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 19:44:11 (was 2nd at 0:01)
2 Richie Porte 0:01 (was 13th at 0:16)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:03 (was 9th at 0:14)
4 Tejay van Garderen 0:27 (was 12th at 0:15)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:32 (was 44th at 0:29)
6 Tony Gallopin 0:38 (was 18th at 0:19)
7 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:41 (was 27th at 0:22)
8 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 0:44 (was 33rd at 0:25)
9 Tiago Machado 0:50 (was 22nd at 0:21)
10 Rafael Valls Ferri 0:51 (was 58th at 0:32)
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12 Fabio Aru 0:53 (was 62nd at 0:34)
13 Romain Bardet 1:01 (was 66th at 0:36)
.....
17 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:23 (was 24th at 0:22)
.....
21 Mathias Frank 1:31 (was 49th at 0:30)
.....
23 Wilco Kelderman 1:36 (was 14th at 0:17)
.....
33 Nicolas Roche 2:45 (was 72nd at 0:38)
.....
37 Andrew Talansky 3:12 (was 37th at 0:26)
.....
71 Rafal Majka 12:59 (was 71st at 0:37)
.....
128 Bradley Wiggins 24:51 (was 118th at 1:31)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 29 (unchanged)
2 Alexander Kristoff 27 (unchanged)
3 Michal Kwiatkowski 24 (was 6th with 15 points)
4 Nacer Bouhanni 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 John Degenkolb 18 (was 4th with 18 points)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
7 Richie Porte 15 (was 0 points)
8 Andre Greipel 15 (was 7th with 15 points)
9 Giacomo Nizzolo 15 (was 8th with 15 points)
10 Geraint Thomas 14 (was 28th with 2 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas De Gendt 36 (was 5th with 2 points)
2 Philippe Gilbert 21 (was 1st with 15 points)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 19 (was 0 points)
4 Richie Porte 10 (was 0 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 8 (was 0 points)
6 Antoine Duchesne 8 (was 0 points)
7 Jonathan Hivert 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 6 (was 0 points)
9 Florian Vachon 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
10 Arnaud Gerard 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 4 <<<
Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1
Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 1
Total retirements : 4
(This report and archives etc can be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)
