Stage 4 - Sion-Thyon 161.3 km

1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation 4:58:35
2 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 0:17
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:21
4 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:34
5 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:37
6 Richie Porte (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:42
7 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Astana - Premier Tech 0:42
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 0:52
9 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:53
10 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 1:57


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Simon Pellaud
+30 Eddie Dunbar
+25 Rein Taaramae
+24 Simone Petilli
+23 Felix Gall
+19 Mathias Fluckiger
+18 Sebastien Reichenbach
+17 Jack Haig
+16 Matteo Badilatti
+16 Javier Romo

Biggest losers by position :
-42 Marc Hirschi
-34 Sonny Colbrelli
-25 Peter Sagan
-23 Diego Ulissi
-20 Jaakko Hanninen
-17 Filippo Ganna
-15 Manuele Boaro
-15 Matthew Holmes
-12 Clement Champoussin
-12 Stefan Bissegger
-12 Stefan Kung

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:30 Michael Woods
+0:09 Ben O'Connor
+0:03 Geraint Thomas

Biggest losers by time :
-37:33 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
-35:38 Albert Torres
-35:07 Claudio Imhof
-35:07 Matteo Moschetti
-35:04 Manuele Boaro
-34:39 Tom Bohli
-34:30 Maximiliano Richeze
-34:19 Juraj Sagan
-33:55 Jordi Meeus
-33:50 Alex Edmondson
-33:50 Dylan Sunderland

Favourites by position :
+17 Jack Haig
+15 Michael Woods
+13 Lucas Hamilton
+8 Fausto Masnada
+6 Steven Kruijswijk
+4 Rohan Dennis
+4 Ion Izagirre
-1 Miguel Angel Lopez
-2 Richie Porte
-3 Wilco Kelderman
-3 Marc Soler
-4 Tejay Van Garderen

Favourites by time :
+0:30 Michael Woods
+0:03 Geraint Thomas
-0:14 Lucas Hamilton
-0:17 Fausto Masnada
-0:22 Richie Porte
-0:22 Ion Izagirre
-0:33 Marc Soler
-1:37 Wilco Kelderman
-5:33 Steven Kruijswijk
-5:33 Rohan Dennis
-14:14 Jack Haig
-14:49 Miguel Angel Lopez
-18:36 Tejay Van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Woods 17:37:35 (was 16th at 0:30)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:11 (was 2nd at 0:14)
3 Ben O'Connor 0:21 (was 17th at 0:30)
4 Marc Soler 0:33 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Richie Porte 0:36 (was 3rd at 0:14)
6 Fausto Masnada 0:45 (was 14th at 0:28)
7 Ion Izagirre 0:48 (was 11th at 0:26)
8 Lucas Hamilton 0:49 (was 21st at 0:35)
9 Damiano Caruso 1:04 (was 19th at 0:32)
10 Wilco Kelderman 1:58 (was 7th at 0:21)
.....
19 Rohan Dennis 6:37 (was 23rd at 1:04)
20 Steven Kruijswijk 7:01 (was 26th at 1:28)
.....
37 Miguel Angel Lopez 17:41 (was 36th at 2:52)
.....
58 Tejay Van Garderen 26:16 (was 54th at 7:40)
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69 Jack Haig 33:17 (was 86th at 19:03)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli 98 (unchanged)
2 Magnus Cort 76 (was 4th with 46 points)
3 Peter Sagan 70 (was 2nd with 70 points)
4 Marc Soler 66 (was 3rd with 57 points)
5 Geraint Thomas 47 (was 11th with 25 points)
6 Richie Porte 37 (was 15th with 22 points)
7 Marc Hirschi 36 (was 5th with 36 points)
8 Michael Woods 32 (was 46th with 2 points)
9 Rohan Dennis 30 (was 6th with 30 points)
10 Manuele Boaro 30 (was 7th with 30 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Kobe Goossens 48 (was 4th with 25 points)
2 Joel Suter 43 (was 1st with 38 points)
3 Geraint Thomas 34 (was 12th with 10 points)
4 Davide Villella 34 (was 2nd with 34 points)
5 Rein Taaramae 26 (was 3rd with 26 points)
6 Simon Pellaud 25 (was 0 points)
7 Antwan Tolhoek 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
8 Manuele Boaro 19 (was 6th with 19 points)
9 Michael Woods 18 (was 24th with 2 points)
10 Robert Power 14 (was 7th with 14 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 53:00:13 (was 2nd at 0:21)
2 Team DSM 10:27 (was 6th at 3:11)
3 Team Jumbo-Visma 12:35 (was 4th at 2:45)
4 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 16:02 (was 14th at 8:10)
5 Bahrain - Victorious 19:11 (was 7th at 3:40)
6 Trek - Segafredo 20:51 (was 5th at 3:05)
7 Deceuninck - Quick Step 24:03 (was 15th at 8:19)
8 Astana - Premier Tech 25:04 (was 8th at 5:21)
9 Groupama - FDJ 27:49 (was 13th at 6:53)
10 Movistar Team 28:26 (was 3rd at 1:57)
11 UAE-Team Emirates 28:53 (was 1st at 37:57:11)
12 AG2R Citroen Team 33:25 (was 12th at 6:48)
13 BORA - hansgrohe 34:39 (was 16th at 8:50)
14 Team BikeExchange 34:51 (was 9th at 5:28)
15 EF Education - Nippo 36:39 (was 11th at 6:08)
16 Lotto Soudal 38:46 (was 17th at 11:41)
17 Israel Start-Up Nation 40:26 (was 10th at 5:37)
18 Swiss Cycling 1:02:16 (was 20th at 26:49)
19 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 1:03:11 (was 18th at 19:33)
20 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:03:47 (was 19th at 21:46)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Dowsett (Israel Start-Up Nation) 4 <<<
Alexis Gougeard (AG2R Citroen Team) 4 <<<
Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal) 4 <<<
Jan Hirt (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 4 <<<
Nico Denz (Team DSM) 4 <<<
Oliviero Troia (UAE-Team Emirates) 4 <<<
Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain - Victorious) 4 <<<
Patrick Bevin (Israel Start-Up Nation) 3
Riccardo Minali (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3
Romain Seigle (Groupama - FDJ) 3
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2
Dries Devenyns (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Erik Baska (BORA - hansgrohe) 2
Sam Bewley (Team BikeExchange) 2
Harry Tanfield (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 1
Total retirements : 16


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Stage 4 - Aigle-Zinal (Val d'Anniviers) 180.1 km

1 Sergio Higuita (Col) BORA - hansgrohe 4:58:52
2 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
3 Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:00
4 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 0:00
5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:00
6 Michael Woods (Can) Israel - Premier Tech 0:00
7 Gino Mader (Swi) Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
8 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama - FDJ 0:00
9 Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 0:00
10 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+37 Laurens De Plus
+32 Ion Izagirre
+30 Andrey Zeits
+26 Sergio Higuita
+25 Chris Froome
+25 Carlos Verona
+24 Michael Woods
+23 Thibaut Pinot
+23 Steven Kruijswijk
+22 Diego Lopez

Biggest losers by position :
-48 Filippo Colombo
-41 Quinten Hermans
-38 Patrick Bevin
-36 Gregor Muhlberger
-35 Mikkel Frolich Honore
-28 Ruben Fernandez
-27 Felix Grosschartner
-26 Dylan Teuns
-26 Jan Polanc
-25 Dion Smith
-22 Nikias Arndt

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:13 Sergio Higuita
+0:09 Aleksandr Vlasov
+0:07 Juan Ayuso
+0:03 Thibaut Pinot
+0:03 Simon Geschke
+0:03 Sebastien Reichenbach
+0:03 Michael Woods
+0:03 Gino Mader
+0:03 Carlos Verona
+0:03 Ben O'Connor

Biggest losers by time :
-38:38 Valere Thiebaud
-30:09 Jon Aberasturi
-30:06 Alexandr Riabushenko
-30:06 Casper Pedersen
-30:06 Dario Lillo
-30:06 Johan Price-Pejtersen
-30:06 Julius Johansen
-30:06 Theo Delacroix
-30:06 Tom Bohli
-27:33 Stephen Williams
-25:42 Marco Brenner

Favourites by position :
+32 Ion Izagirre
+26 Sergio Higuita
+24 Michael Woods
+23 Thibaut Pinot
+21 Maximilian Schachmann
+20 Sepp Kuss
+15 Gino Mader
+9 Patrick Konrad
+6 Aleksandr Vlasov
+2 Jakob Fuglsang
+1 Geraint Thomas
-1 Damiano Caruso
-27 Felix Grosschartner

Favourites by time :
+0:13 Sergio Higuita
+0:09 Aleksandr Vlasov
+0:03 Thibaut Pinot
+0:03 Michael Woods
+0:03 Gino Mader
-0:35 Damiano Caruso
-0:37 Sepp Kuss
-1:17 Jakob Fuglsang
-1:17 Geraint Thomas
-3:26 Felix Grosschartner
-4:38 Ion Izagirre
-6:18 Maximilian Schachmann
-13:20 Patrick Konrad

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rohan Dennis 17:27:01 (unchanged)
2 Juan Ayuso 0:15 (was 6th at 0:22)
3 Aleksandr Vlasov 0:18 (was 9th at 0:27)
4 Ben O'Connor 0:25 (was 13th at 0:28)
5 Luke Plapp 0:30 (was 18th at 0:30)
6 Gino Mader 0:32 (was 21st at 0:35)
7 Sebastien Reichenbach 0:37 (was 26th at 0:40)
8 Neilson Powless 0:41 (was 12th at 0:28)
9 Simon Geschke 0:42 (was 30th at 0:45)
10 Steff Cras 0:45 (was 28th at 0:42)
11 Michael Woods 0:47 (was 35th at 0:50)
.....
18 Damiano Caruso 1:05 (was 17th at 0:30)
.....
20 Sepp Kuss 1:32 (was 40th at 0:55)
.....
22 Sergio Higuita 1:54 (was 48th at 2:07)
23 Geraint Thomas 1:55 (was 24th at 0:38)
.....
25 Jakob Fuglsang 1:57 (was 27th at 0:40)
26 Thibaut Pinot 2:05 (was 49th at 2:08)
.....
30 Felix Grosschartner 3:44 (was 3rd at 0:18)
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56 Maximilian Schachmann 18:02 (was 77th at 11:44)
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72 Ion Izagirre 24:52 (was 104th at 20:14)
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74 Patrick Konrad 26:07 (was 83rd at 12:47)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Ethan Hayter 110 (unchanged)
2 Rohan Dennis 81 (was 2nd with 75 points)
3 Aleksandr Vlasov 66 (was 6th with 41 points)
4 Quinten Hermans 61 (was 5th with 46 points)
5 Patrick Bevin 55 (was 3rd with 55 points)
6 Dylan Teuns 50 (was 4th with 50 points)
7 Toms Skujins 50 (was 9th with 30 points)
8 Ben O'Connor 43 (was 13th with 24 points)
9 Felix Grosschartner 40 (was 7th with 40 points)
10 Juan Ayuso 39 (was 21st with 17 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Toms Skujins 49 (was 14th with 3 points)
2 James Knox 34 (was 0 points)
3 Krists Neilands 20 (was 1st with 20 points)
4 Nils Brun 17 (was 9th with 5 points)
5 Oscar Rodriguez 16 (was 0 points)
6 Thomas Champion 15 (was 2nd with 15 points)
7 Ion Izagirre 15 (was 0 points)
8 Einer Augusto Rubio 12 (was 0 points)
9 Antoine Debons 11 (was 3rd with 11 points)
10 Andrey Amador 10 (was 4th with 10 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Groupama - FDJ 52:23:09 (was 9th at 0:34)
2 Jumbo-Visma 0:23 (was 8th at 0:32)
3 Movistar Team 0:43 (was 2nd at 0:15)
4 UAE Team Emirates 0:57 (was 1st at 37:25:35)
5 Bahrain - Victorious 3:25 (was 5th at 0:16)
6 BORA - hansgrohe 3:46 (was 10th at 1:15)
7 INEOS Grenadiers 4:10 (was 4th at 0:16)
8 Trek - Segafredo 4:22 (was 3rd at 0:15)
9 Israel - Premier Tech 7:07 (was 7th at 0:24)
10 Cofidis 7:30 (was 6th at 0:18)
11 EF Education-EasyPost 10:21 (was 13th at 3:35)
12 AG2R Citroen Team 15:45 (was 14th at 5:11)
13 Astana Qazaqstan Team 18:09 (was 17th at 6:32)
14 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 22:09 (was 11th at 3:04)
15 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 28:33 (was 12th at 3:27)
16 Equipo Kern Pharma 35:59 (was 18th at 10:20)
17 Switzerland 44:38 (was 16th at 5:56)
18 Team DSM 47:12 (was 15th at 5:33)
19 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 58:16 (was 19th at 14:27)
20 Lotto Soudal 1:01:09 (was 20th at 23:18)

Retirements to date : Stage
Brandon Mcnulty (UAE Team Emirates) 4 <<<
Brandon Smith Rivera (INEOS Grenadiers) 4 <<<
Corbin Strong (Israel - Premier Tech) 4 <<<
Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 4 <<<
Ethan Vernon (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 4 <<<
Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) 4 <<<
Francisco Galvan (Equipo Kern Pharma) 4 <<<
Johan Jacobs (Movistar Team) 4 <<<
Josef Cerny (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 4 <<<
Lawrence Naesen (AG2R Citroen Team) 4 <<<
Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM) 4 <<<
Romain Combaud (Team DSM) 4 <<<
Tim Naberman (Team DSM) 4 <<<
Baptiste Planckaert (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3
Kevin Colleoni (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 2
Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal) 2
Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost) 2
Lluis Mas (Movistar Team) 1
Michael Storer (Groupama - FDJ) 1
Total retirements : 19


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Stage 4 : Sion - Thyon 2000 (161.6km)

1 Adam Yates (GBr) 4:40:41
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) 0:07
3 Damiano Caruso (Ita) 0:19
4 Max Poole (GBr) 0:21
5 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) 0:21
6 Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) 0:23
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) 0:45
8 Egan Bernal (Col) 0:54
9 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) 0:54
10 Thomas Gloag (GBr) 0:54


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+41 Gijs Leemreize
+36 Luc Wirtgen
+34 Johannes Adamietz
+33 Brandon Smith Rivera
+30 Steven Kruijswijk
+30 Antonio Nibali
+29 Jonathan Klever Caicedo
+25 Thomas Gloag
+24 Jan Christen
+22 Cian Uijtdebroeks

Biggest losers by position :
-43 Magnus Cort
-35 Matteo Sobrero
-35 Remi Cavagna
-33 Alexander Kamp
-33 Joel Suter
-27 Finn Fisher-Black
-23 Nelson Oliveira
-22 Lilian Calmejane
-21 Dorian Godon
-21 Ewen Costiou
-21 Harry Sweeny

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:30 Adam Yates
+0:19 Thibaut Pinot
+0:05 Damiano Caruso

Biggest losers by time :
-38:01 Ivo Oliveira
-37:31 Dusan Rajovic
-35:50 Lionel Taminiaux
-33:40 Antoine Aebi
-33:40 Cesare Benedetti
-33:40 Chris Froome
-33:40 Dario Lillo
-33:40 Dion Smith
-33:40 Elia Viviani
-33:40 Fabio Van Den Bossche
-33:40 Fernando Gaviria

Favourites by position :
+21 Egan Bernal
+19 Louis Meintjes
+11 Romain Bardet
+8 Cristian Rodriguez
+4 Adam Yates
+3 Damiano Caruso
-4 Gino Mader
-16 Juan Ayuso

Favourites by time :
+0:30 Adam Yates
+0:05 Damiano Caruso
-0:25 Romain Bardet
-0:34 Egan Bernal
-1:35 Louis Meintjes
-2:07 Gino Mader
-3:08 Juan Ayuso
-7:01 Cristian Rodriguez
-32:11 Simon Geschke

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adam Yates 13:14:41 (was 5th at 0:30)
2 Matteo Jorgenson 0:19 (was 2nd at 0:18)
3 Damiano Caruso 0:27 (was 6th at 0:32)
4 Max Poole 0:38 (was 9th at 0:37)
5 Thibaut Pinot 0:41 (was 16th at 1:00)
6 Cian Uijtdebroeks 1:21 (was 28th at 1:18)
7 Romain Bardet 1:28 (was 18th at 1:03)
8 Egan Bernal 1:53 (was 29th at 1:19)
9 Eddie Dunbar 1:53 (was 30th at 1:19)
10 Rafal Majka 2:07 (was 26th at 1:13)
.....
16 Gino Mader 2:48 (was 12th at 0:41)
17 Juan Ayuso 3:08 (was 1st at 0:00)
.....
20 Louis Meintjes 3:27 (was 39th at 1:52)
.....
44 Cristian Rodriguez 9:26 (was 52nd at 2:25)
.....
100 Simon Geschke 47:10 (was 100th at 14:59)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Ethan Hayter 65 (unchanged)
2 Juan Ayuso 64 (unchanged)
3 Ethan Vernon 57 (was 4th with 57 points)
4 Adam Yates 52 (was 12th with 22 points)
5 Romain Bardet 51 (was 5th with 38 points)
6 Matteo Jorgenson 48 (was 6th with 31 points)
7 Damiano Caruso 40 (was 17th with 18 points)
8 Josef Cerny 30 (was 7th with 30 points)
9 Thibau Nys 30 (was 8th with 30 points)
10 Matteo Sobrero 29 (was 9th with 29 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Julien Bernard 64 (was 1st with 42 points)
2 Christopher Juul-Jensen 21 (was 0 points)
3 Thomas De Gendt 18 (was 0 points)
4 Adam Yates 17 (was 8th with 5 points)
5 Gleb Brussenskiy 15 (was 2nd with 15 points)
6 Ben Zwiehoff 13 (was 0 points)
7 Dario Lillo 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
8 Tom Bohli 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
9 Thibaut Pinot 8 (was 0 points)
10 Matteo Jorgenson 6 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 UAE Team Emirates 39:48:18 (was 1st at 25:41:53)
2 Team DSM 1:01 (was 4th at 1:22)
3 Bahrain - Victorious 1:22 (was 3rd at 1:13)
4 Movistar Team 3:38 (was 2nd at 0:14)
5 INEOS Grenadiers 3:55 (was 5th at 1:48)
6 Team Jayco AlUla 7:37 (was 7th at 2:35)
7 EF Education-EasyPost 8:00 (was 8th at 3:16)
8 Jumbo-Visma 12:47 (was 11th at 3:48)
9 AG2R Citroen Team 13:29 (was 13th at 4:16)
10 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 16:52 (was 6th at 2:32)
11 Lotto Dstny 18:00 (was 9th at 3:18)
12 Groupama - FDJ 21:51 (was 10th at 3:25)
13 Trek - Segafredo 24:48 (was 15th at 5:58)
14 BORA - hansgrohe 27:28 (was 16th at 7:19)
15 Intermarche - Circus - Wanty 38:38 (was 12th at 3:51)
16 Team Arkea Samsic 42:59 (was 14th at 4:53)
17 Astana Qazaqstan Team 51:20 (was 21th at 15:41)
18 Cofidis 1:01:51 (was 17th at 8:34)
19 Soudal - Quick Step 1:04:05 (was 20th at 15:12)
20 Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:10:08 (was 19th at 13:17)
21 Israel - Premier Tech 1:24:35 (was 18th at 10:14)
22 Switzerland 1:34:41 (was 22th at 21:57)

Retirements to date : Stage
Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel - Premier Tech) 4 <<<
Kobe Goossens (Intermarche - Circus - Wanty) 4 <<<
Mark Padun (EF Education-EasyPost) 4 <<<
Mason Hollyman (Israel - Premier Tech) 4 <<<
Michael Woods (Israel - Premier Tech) 4 <<<
Pierre-Luc Perichon (Cofidis) 4 <<<
Robert Gesink (Jumbo-Visma) 4 <<<
Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 4 <<<
Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) 4 <<<
Alberto Dainese (Team DSM) 3
Anthony Perez (Cofidis) 3
Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) 3
Niklas Markl (Team DSM) 3
Sergio Higuita (BORA - hansgrohe) 3
James Knox (Soudal - Quick Step) 2
Kevin Vauquelin (Team Arkea Samsic) 2
Lennard Hofstede (Jumbo-Visma) 2
Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost) 2
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 1
Andrii Ponomar (Team Arkea Samsic) 1
Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 1
Rick Zabel (Israel - Premier Tech) 1
Rui Costa (Intermarche - Circus - Wanty) 1
Simon Yates (Team Jayco AlUla) 1
Total retirements : 24


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