• Vuelta a Espana, stage 4 summary

    From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 27 19:16:07 2019
    Stage 4 : August 27, 2019 Cullera - El Puig 175.5 km

    1 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4.04.16
    2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
    3 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates
    4 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
    5 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
    6 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team
    7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
    8 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
    9 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
    10 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep


    Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +25 Ian Stannard
    +25 Francisco Ventoso
    +23 Yukiya Arashiro
    +20 Enrico Battaglin
    +19 Sebastian Henao Gomez
    +19 Domingos Goncalves
    +18 Silvan Dillier
    +18 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
    +17 John Degenkolb
    +16 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov

    Biggest losers by position :
    -37 Harm Vanhoucke
    -37 Jelle Wallays
    -37 Jesus Herrada Lopez
    -37 Patrick Bevin
    -33 Darwin Atapuma
    -33 Jose Herrada
    -33 Stephane Rossetto
    -32 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel
    -31 Tim Declercq
    -26 Damien Touze
    -26 Lawson Craddock

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:10 Fabio Jakobsen
    +0:06 Sam Bennett
    +0:04 Fernando Gaviria
    +0:01 Pierre Latour

    Biggest losers by time :
    -16:52 Robert Power
    -8:16 Jorge Cubero Galvez
    -5:12 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
    -5:12 Antonio Pedrero
    -5:12 Darwin Atapuma
    -5:12 Diego Rubio Hernandez
    -5:12 Harm Vanhoucke
    -5:12 Jesper Hansen
    -5:12 Jetse Bol
    -5:12 Jorge Arcas
    -5:12 Jose Herrada

    Favourites by position :
    +15 Marc Soler
    +3 Dylan Teuns
    +2 Tejay van Garderen
    +2 Ion Izagirre Insausti
    +1 Jakob Fuglsang
    -16 Wout Poels

    Favourites by time :
    -4:04 Wout Poels

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Nicolas Roche 13:55:30 (unchanged)
    2 Nairo Quintana 0:02 (unchanged)
    3 Rigoberto Uran 0:08 (unchanged)
    4 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:22 (unchanged)
    5 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:33 (unchanged)
    6 Primoz Roglic 0:35 (unchanged)
    .....
    8 Wilco Kelderman 0:38 (unchanged)
    9 Davide Formolo 0:46 (unchanged)
    10 Rafal Majka 0:46 (unchanged)
    .....
    12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:49 (unchanged)
    .....
    17 George Bennett 1:13 (unchanged)
    .....
    19 Ion Izagirre Insausti 1:39 (was 21st at 1:39)
    .....
    21 Jakob Fuglsang 1:39 (was 22nd at 1:39)
    .....
    26 Tejay van Garderen 1:46 (was 28th at 1:46)
    .....
    34 Dylan Teuns 2:05 (was 37th at 2:05)
    .....
    81 Marc Soler 10:03 (was 96th at 10:03)
    .....
    119 Wout Poels 14:16 (was 103rd at 10:12)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Sam Bennett 45 (was 2nd with 25 points)
    2 Fabio Jakobsen 34 (was 14th with 9 points)
    3 Nairo Quintana 25 (was 1st with 25 points)
    4 Luka Mezgec 25 (was 11th with 11 points)
    5 Edward Theuns 22 (was 4th with 20 points)
    6 Jon Aberasturi Izaga 22 (was 7th with 14 points)
    7 Nicolas Roche 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
    8 Primoz Roglic 18 (was 5th with 18 points)
    9 Szymon Sajnok 17 (was 18th with 7 points)
    10 Marc Sarreau 17 (was 22nd with 5 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Angel Madrazo Ruiz 15 (was 1st with 14 points)
    2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 5 (unchanged)
    3 Sander Armee 4 (unchanged)
    4 Jelle Wallays 3 (was 0 points)
    5 Pierre Latour 3 (was 4th with 3 points)
    6 Jonathan Lastra Martinez 3 (was 5th with 3 points)
    7 Ruben Guerreiro 2 (was 6th with 2 points)
    8 Hector Saez Benito 2 (was 7th with 2 points)
    9 Jorge Cubero Galvez 2 (was 0 points)
    10 George Bennett 1 (was 8th with 1 points)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 4 <<<
    Total retirements : 2


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