Changes in stage 4 compared to stage 3 Biggest gainers by position : +52 Sergio Ghisalberti +48 Dries Devenyns +44 Paolo Tiralongo +44 Jeremy Roy +41 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio +37 I****i Isasi Flores +34 Patrice Halgand +32 Mathieu Perget +31 Adam Hansen +30 Nicolas Crosbie Biggest losers by position : -63 Markus Zberg -54 Mathias Frank -43 Jean Eudes Demaret -43 Mauro Santambrogio -29 Vladimir Gusev -27 Thomas Frei -25 Alexander Efimkin -23 Jorge Azanza Soto -23 Nick Gates -23 Rein Taaramae -22 Daniele Bennati Biggest gainers by time : +0:17 Francesco De Bonis +0:10 John Gadret +0:06 Manuel Beltran Martinez Biggest losers by time : -29:50 Alexandr Pliuschin -29:50 Brent Bookwalter -29:50 Carlo Westphal -29:50 Claudio Corioni -29:50 Daniele Bennati -29:50 Danilo Wyss -29:50 Fabio Baldato -29:50 Frantisek Rabon -29:50 Giovanni Bernaudeau -29:50 Ivan Santaromita -29:50 Jean Eudes Demaret Favourites by position : +17 Chris Anker Sorensen +13 Sylvester Szmyd +8 Sandy Casar +6 Wouter Weylandt +6 Bradley Wiggins +3 Denis Menchov +2 Marco Pinotti +1 Roman Kreuziger -1 Bernhard Kohl -7 Jens Voigt -9 Markus Fothen -22 Daniele Bennati -29 Vladimir Gusev Favourites by time : -0:21 Sylvester Szmyd -1:46 Bernhard Kohl -1:50 Jens Voigt -2:03 Chris Anker Sorensen -5:40 Vladimir Gusev -11:59 Markus Fothen -23:13 Bradley Wiggins -29:50 Wouter Weylandt -29:50 Daniele Bennati Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Andreas Kloden 12.59.41 2 Roman Kreuziger 0.35 3 Marco Pinotti 0.43 4 Denis Menchov 0.45 ..... 6 Sandy Casar 1.05 ..... 11 Sylvester Szmyd 1.58 ..... 19 Jens Voigt 2.45 ..... 22 Bernhard Kohl 3.14 ..... 31 Chris Anker Sorensen 5.17 ..... 33 Vladimir Gusev 6.18 ..... 50 Markus Fothen 14.51 ..... 92 Daniele Bennati 34.12 ..... 115 Bradley Wiggins 46.30 ..... 132 Wouter Weylandt 1.00.40 Retirements to date : Stage Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 <<< Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 4 <<< Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 4 <<< Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 <<< Mickael Cherel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4 <<< Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step 2 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 2 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 <<< Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 4 <<< Total retirements : 16
