Stage 4 - Cullar Vega-Baza 167.4 km

1 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain - Victorious 3:56:52
2 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:00
3 Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:18
4 Simon Yates (GBr) Team BikeExchange - Jayco 0:18
5 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 0:18
6 Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) TotalEnergies 0:18
7 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain - Victorious 0:18
8 Ivan Ramiro Sosa (Col) Movistar Team 0:18
9 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroen Team 0:18
10 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:18

Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+44 Damiano Caruso
+41 Tsgabu Grmay
+40 Luke Durbridge
+39 Jimmy Janssens
+35 Lluis Mas
+34 Domen Novak
+30 Daniel Navarro
+28 Lennard Kamna
+25 Raul Garcia Pierna
+24 Mikel Landa

Biggest losers by position :
-26 Ibai Azurmendi
-21 Benoit Cosnefroy
-21 Lindsay De Vylder
-21 Sergio Roman Martin
-19 Francisco Galvan
-19 Mark Christian
-17 Biniam Girmay Hailu
-17 Jon Agirre
-17 Luis Angel Mate
-17 Xabier Isasa
-17 Zdenek Stybar

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Wout Poels
+0:16 Alexey Lutsenko

Biggest losers by time :
-17:34 Adria Moreno
-17:34 Alejandro Ropero
-17:34 Alexander Cataford
-17:34 Ander Okamika
-17:34 Andres Camilo Ardila
-17:34 Barnabas Peak
-17:34 Benoit Cosnefroy
-17:34 Biniam Girmay Hailu
-17:34 Cameron Wurf
-17:34 Cedric Beullens
-17:34 Cesare Benedetti

Favourites by position :
+44 Damiano Caruso
+28 Lennard Kamna
+24 Mikel Landa
+11 Alexey Lutsenko
+10 Wout Poels
+5 Simon Yates
+2 Matteo Fabbro
+2 Jack Haig
-6 Emanuel Buchmann
-8 Domenico Pozzovivo

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Wout Poels
+0:16 Alexey Lutsenko
-0:02 Simon Yates
-0:02 Miguel Angel Lopez
-0:02 Jack Haig
-0:02 Damiano Caruso
-6:16 Mikel Landa
-6:44 Emanuel Buchmann
-6:44 Domenico Pozzovivo
-7:11 Lennard Kamna
-17:34 Matteo Fabbro

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Wout Poels 17:06:49 (was 11th at 0:16)
2 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:10 (was 2nd at 0:08)
3 Cristian Rodriguez 0:12 (was 7th at 0:10)
4 Jack Haig 0:12 (was 6th at 0:10)
5 Ivan Ramiro Sosa 0:12 (was 8th at 0:10)
6 Carlos Rodriguez 0:12 (was 10th at 0:10)
7 Simon Yates 0:21 (was 12th at 0:19)
8 Ben O'Connor 0:21 (was 14th at 0:19)
9 Alexey Lutsenko 0:24 (was 20th at 0:40)
10 Mauri Vansevenant 0:27 (was 17th at 0:25)
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13 Damiano Caruso 4:22 (was 57th at 4:20)
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17 Domenico Pozzovivo 6:54 (was 9th at 0:10)
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19 Emanuel Buchmann 7:03 (was 13th at 0:19)
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34 Mikel Landa 10:36 (was 58th at 4:20)
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41 Lennard Kamna 12:57 (was 69th at 5:46)
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103 Matteo Fabbro 36:26 (was 105th at 18:52)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Covi 43 (unchanged)
2 Wout Poels 40 (was 10th with 15 points)
3 Miguel Angel Lopez 33 (was 3rd with 27 points)
4 Mauri Vansevenant 31 (was 11th with 15 points)
5 Simon Clarke 31 (was 2nd with 31 points)
6 Simon Yates 27 (was 16th with 13 points)
7 Magnus Sheffield 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
8 Alexey Lutsenko 25 (was 26th with 5 points)
9 Jack Haig 24 (was 12th with 15 points)
10 Ivan Ramiro Sosa 24 (was 7th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jon Barrenetxea 30 (unchanged)
2 Alexey Lutsenko 24 (was 0 points)
3 Xabier Isasa 21 (was 2nd with 21 points)
4 Ben O'Connor 14 (was 0 points)
5 Miguel Angel Lopez 12 (was 0 points)
6 Alvaro Cuadros 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
7 Ander Okamika 12 (was 4th with 12 points)
8 Gotzon Martin 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
9 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda 6 (was 0 points)
10 Damiano Caruso 6 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Ayco Bastiaens (Alpecin-Fenix) 4 <<<
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Alpecin-Fenix) 4 <<<
Jan Bakelants (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 4 <<<
Julen Amezqueta (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA) 4 <<<
Nick Schultz (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 4 <<<
Nurbergen Nurlykhassym (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 4 <<<
Rune Herregodts (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) 4 <<<
Sander De Pestel (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) 4 <<<
Ward Vanhoof (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) 4 <<<
Alessandro Fedeli (Gazprom - RusVelo) 3
Ben King (Human Powered Health) 3
Chad Haga (Human Powered Health) 3
Gavin Mannion (Human Powered Health) 3
Gleb Brussenskiy (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 3
Jose Manuel Diaz (Gazprom - RusVelo) 3
Juraj Sagan (TotalEnergies) 3
Kobe Goossens (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 3
Matteo Sobrero (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) 3
Nikolay Cherkasov (Gazprom - RusVelo) 3
Sergei Chernetski (Gazprom - RusVelo) 3
Stephen Bassett (Human Powered Health) 3
Felipe Orts (Burgos-BH) 2
Michael Woods (Israel - Premier Tech) 2
Artem Nych (Gazprom - RusVelo) 1
Guy Niv (Israel - Premier Tech) 1
Mikel Bizkarra (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 1
Nathan Brown (Human Powered Health) 1
O'CONNOR Ben Oliver Naesen (AG2R Citroen Team) 1
Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH) 1
Vojtech eepa (Equipo Kern Pharma) 1
Total retirements : 30

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