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Stage 4 : Etxarri Aranatz > Legutio (157.5 km)

1 Louis Meintjes (RSA) 4:21:15
2 Reuben Thompson (Nzl) 0:00
3 Karel Vacek (Cze) 0:00
4 Mikel Retegi (Spa) 0:00
5 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) 0:00
6 Joseba Lopez (Spa) 0:00
7 Lorenzo Rota (Ita) 0:00
8 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) 0:00
9 Ivan Cobo (Spa) 0:00
10 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) 0:00

Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Sebastian Berwick
+12 Mathieu Burgaudeau
+12 Laurens Huys
+12 Karel Vacek
+12 Ivan Cobo
+12 Enzo Leijnse
+11 Johan Price-Pejtersen
+10 Xabier Mikel Azparren
+10 Tom Paquot
+10 Thomas Champion

Biggest losers by position :

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Yukiya Arashiro
+0:10 Xabier Mikel Azparren
+0:10 Xabier Berasategi
+0:10 William Junior Lecerf
+0:10 Warren Barguil
+0:10 Vito Braet
+0:10 Victor Langellotti
+0:10 Victor De La Parte
+0:10 Valentin Retailleau
+0:10 Unai Iribar

Biggest losers by time :

Favourites by position :
+9 Sepp Kuss
+9 Louis Meintjes
+5 Santiago Buitrago
+5 Mikel Landa
+5 Jai Hindley
+5 Carlos Rodriguez
+4 Ion Izagirre
+3 Pello Bilbao
+3 Brandon Mcnulty
+2 Mattias Skjelmose
+2 Juan Ayuso

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Sepp Kuss
+0:10 Santiago Buitrago
+0:10 Pello Bilbao
+0:10 Mikel Landa
+0:10 Mattias Skjelmose
+0:10 Louis Meintjes
+0:10 Juan Ayuso
+0:10 Jai Hindley
+0:10 Ion Izagirre
+0:10 Carlos Rodriguez
+0:10 Brandon Mcnulty

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mattias Skjelmose 8:36:11 (was 3rd at 0:10)
2 Juan Ayuso 0:04 (was 4th at 0:14)
3 Kevin Vauquelin 0:06 (was 6th at 0:16)
4 Maximilian Schachmann 0:06 (was 7th at 0:16)
5 Brandon Mcnulty 0:13 (was 8th at 0:23)
6 Bruno Armirail 0:14 (was 9th at 0:24)
7 Pello Bilbao 0:15 (was 10th at 0:25)
8 Paul Lapeira 0:16 (was 11th at 0:26)
9 Nelson Oliveira 0:18 (was 12th at 0:28)
10 Romain Gregoire 0:18 (was 13th at 0:28)
.....
19 Ion Izagirre 0:34 (was 23rd at 0:44)
.....
23 Santiago Buitrago 0:37 (was 28th at 0:47)
.....
27 Mikel Landa 0:45 (was 32nd at 0:55)
.....
29 Jai Hindley 0:47 (was 34th at 0:57)
.....
31 Carlos Rodriguez 0:50 (was 36th at 1:00)
.....
96 Louis Meintjes 2:12 (was 105th at 2:22)
.....
104 Sepp Kuss 2:40 (was 113rd at 2:50)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Quinten Hermans 31 (unchanged)
2 Alex Aranburu 28 (was 3rd with 28 points)
3 Paul Lapeira 25 (was 5th with 25 points)
4 Isaac Del Toro 22 (was 6th with 22 points)
5 Samuele Battistella 20 (was 8th with 20 points)
6 Edoardo Zambanini 20 (was 9th with 20 points)
7 Kevin Vauquelin 18 (was 10th with 18 points)
8 Ethan Hayter 17 (was 11th with 17 points)
9 Mattias Skjelmose 16 (was 12th with 16 points)
10 Louis Vervaeke 16 (was 14th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Louis Meintjes 20 (was 1st with 12 points)
2 Alan Jousseaume 11 (unchanged)
3 Eric Antonio Fagundez 11 (unchanged)
4 Reuben Thompson 7 (was 0 points)
5 Jetse Bol 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 William Junior Lecerf 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
7 Davide Formolo 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
8 Tom Paquot 4 (was 7th with 4 points)
9 Isaac Del Toro 3 (unchanged)
10 Mathieu Burgaudeau 3 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 BORA - hansgrohe 25:48:49 (unchanged)
2 UAE Team Emirates 0:23 (unchanged)
3 Bahrain - Victorious 0:50 (unchanged)
4 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:59 (unchanged)
5 Soudal Quick-Step 1:03 (unchanged)
6 Groupama - FDJ 1:06 (unchanged)
7 Lidl - Trek 1:13 (was 16th at 2:52)
8 Movistar Team 1:14 (was 7th at 1:14)
9 INEOS Grenadiers 1:20 (was 13th at 2:30)
10 EF Education - EasyPost 1:53 (was 8th at 1:53)
11 Alpecin - Deceuninck 1:58 (was 9th at 1:58)
12 TotalEnergies 2:01 (was 24th at 8:37)
13 Cofidis 2:13 (was 22th at 4:38)
14 Astana Qazaqstan Team 2:15 (was 10th at 2:15)
15 Arkea - B&B Hotels 2:20 (was 11th at 2:20)
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2:20 (was 12th at 2:20)
17 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 2:31 (was 19th at 3:23)
18 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 2:44 (was 14th at 2:44)
19 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2:49 (was 20th at 3:41)
20 Team Jayco AlUla 2:51 (was 15th at 2:51)
21 Equipo Kern Pharma 3:08 (was 17th at 3:08)
22 Intermarche - Wanty 3:18 (was 18th at 3:18)
23 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 3:28 (was 23th at 5:30)
24 Burgos - BH 4:12 (was 21th at 4:12)

Retirements to date : Stage
Elie Gesbert (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 4 <<<
Ide Schelling (Astana Qazaqstan Team (WT)) 4 <<<
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates (WT)) 4 <<<
Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 4 <<<
Jonathan Lastra (Cofidis (WT)) 4 <<<
Lukasz Owsian (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 4 <<<
Natnael Tesfatsion (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 4 <<<
Omar Fraile (INEOS Grenadiers (WT)) 4 <<<
Pau Miquel (Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT)) 4 <<<
Primoz Roglic (BORA - hansgrohe (WT)) 4 <<<
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step (WT)) 4 <<<
Sean Quinn (EF Education - EasyPost (WT)) 4 <<<
Stefano Oldani (Cofidis (WT)) 4 <<<
Steff Cras (TotalEnergies (PRT)) 4 <<<
Ben Tulett (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 3
David Gaudu (Groupama - FDJ (WT)) 3
Gleb Brussenskiy (Astana Qazaqstan Team (WT)) 2
Thomas Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers (WT)) 1
Total retirements : 18