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)
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16 Gino Mader 2:48 (was 12th at 0:41)
17 Juan Ayuso 3:08 (was 1st at 0:00)
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20 Louis Meintjes 3:27 (was 39th at 1:52)
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44 Cristian Rodriguez 9:26 (was 52nd at 2:25)
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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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