• Volta a Catalunya stage 4 summary

    From Bob Martin@bob.martin@excite.com to rec.bicycles.racing on Thu Mar 23 19:28:07 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.racing


    Stage 4 - Llivia-Sabadell 188.2 km

    1 Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck 4:19:37
    2 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 0:00
    3 Corbin Strong (Nzl) Israel - Premier Tech 0:00
    4 Ide Schelling (Ned) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
    5 Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:00
    6 Frederik Wandahl (Den) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
    7 Jon Aberasturi (Spa) Trek - Segafredo 0:00
    8 Milan Menten (Bel) Lotto Dstny 0:00
    9 Arne Marit (Bel) Intermarche - Circus - Wanty 0:00
    10 Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:00


    Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +5 Vadim Pronskiy
    +5 Rune Herregodts
    +5 Robert Gesink
    +5 Marco Brenner
    +5 Lorenzo Milesi
    +5 Guillaume Boivin
    +5 Fabio Felline
    +5 Arne Marit
    +4 Xabier Mikel Azparren
    +4 Will Barta

    Biggest losers by position :
    -39 Quinn Simmons
    -20 Jimmy Janssens
    -9 Nans Peters
    -8 Egan Bernal
    -5 David De La Cruz
    -3 Xandro Meurisse
    -2 Roger Adria
    -1 Alessandro De Marchi
    -1 Jai Hindley
    -1 Stephen Williams
    -1 Tobias Halland Johannessen

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:10 Kaden Groves
    +0:06 Bryan Coquard
    +0:04 Corbin Strong
    +0:03 Torstein Traen

    Biggest losers by time :
    -18:31 Rudiger Selig
    -11:36 Quinn Simmons
    -8:13 Jimmy Janssens
    -3:47 Alessandro De Marchi
    -3:47 Christopher Juul-Jensen
    -2:43 Tobias Halland Johannessen
    -2:34 Anders Halland Johannessen
    -2:34 Egan Bernal
    -2:34 Oscar Riesebeek
    -2:34 Stephen Williams
    -2:10 Pieter Serry

    Favourites by position :
    +2 Gino Mader
    +2 Geraint Thomas
    +1 Richard Carapaz
    +1 Guillaume Martin
    +1 Adam Yates
    -1 Jai Hindley
    -8 Egan Bernal

    Favourites by time :
    -2:34 Egan Bernal

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Primoz Roglic 17:01:54 (unchanged)
    2 Remco Evenepoel 0:00 (unchanged)
    3 Giulio Ciccone 0:19 (unchanged)
    4 Mikel Landa 0:44 (unchanged)
    5 Joao Almeida 0:44 (unchanged)
    6 Michael Woods 0:48 (was 7th at 0:48)
    7 Jai Hindley 0:48 (was 6th at 0:48)
    8 Esteban Chaves 0:48 (unchanged)
    9 Cian Uijtdebroeks 0:58 (unchanged)
    10 Marc Soler 1:12 (unchanged)
    11 Ben O'Connor 1:41 (unchanged)
    12 Rigoberto Uran 1:50 (unchanged)
    13 Romain Bardet 2:05 (unchanged)
    .....
    18 Jack Haig 3:26 (unchanged)
    .....
    25 Guillaume Martin 5:25 (was 26th at 5:25)
    .....
    33 Adam Yates 12:00 (was 34th at 12:00)
    .....
    39 Richard Carapaz 12:28 (was 40th at 12:28)
    .....
    51 Geraint Thomas 15:50 (was 53rd at 15:50)
    52 Egan Bernal 16:13 (was 44th at 13:39)
    .....
    65 Gino Mader 22:37 (was 67th at 22:37)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Primoz Roglic 22 (unchanged)
    2 Remco Evenepoel 20 (unchanged)
    3 Giulio Ciccone 14 (unchanged)
    4 Kaden Groves 10 (was 0 points)
    5 Simone Petilli 8 (was 4th with 8 points)
    6 Bryan Coquard 6 (was 0 points)
    7 Roger Adria 4 (was 0 points)
    8 Rune Herregodts 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
    9 Guillaume Martin 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
    10 Corbin Strong 4 (was 0 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 UAE Team Emirates 51:09:13 (was 1st at 38:10:22)
    2 EF Education-EasyPost 4:13 (unchanged)
    3 Movistar Team 5:39 (unchanged)
    4 BORA - hansgrohe 5:54 (unchanged)
    5 Bahrain - Victorious 8:47 (unchanged)
    6 AG2R Citroen Team 11:59 (unchanged)
    7 Soudal - Quick Step 16:19 (unchanged)
    8 Jumbo-Visma 16:54 (unchanged)
    9 Cofidis 18:53 (unchanged)
    10 Intermarche - Circus - Wanty 23:06 (unchanged)
    11 Israel - Premier Tech 28:24 (unchanged)
    12 INEOS Grenadiers 28:38 (unchanged)
    13 Trek - Segafredo 33:38 (unchanged)
    14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 35:42 (unchanged)
    15 Team DSM 36:39 (unchanged)
    16 Lotto Dstny 42:21 (unchanged)
    17 Burgos-BH 49:43 (unchanged)
    18 Groupama - FDJ 54:21 (unchanged)
    19 Equipo Kern Pharma 56:56 (unchanged)
    20 Team Jayco AlUla 59:29 (unchanged)
    21 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 1:03:29 (unchanged)
    22 Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:12:29 (unchanged)
    23 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:14:05 (unchanged)
    24 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:26:39 (unchanged)
    25 Team Arkea Samsic 1:30:43 (unchanged)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar Team) 4 <<<
    Louis Meintjes (Intermarche - Circus - Wanty) 4 <<<
    Michael Storer (Groupama - FDJ) 4 <<<
    Alexandre Balmer (Team Jayco AlUla) 3
    Clement Davy (Groupama - FDJ) 3
    Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkea Samsic) 2
    Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2
    Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto Dstny) 2
    Hugo Hofstetter (Team Arkea Samsic) 2
    Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) 2
    Kristian Sbaragli (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 2
    Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH) 2
    Dario Cataldo (Trek - Segafredo) 1
    Luke Plapp (INEOS Grenadiers) 1
    Maxime Bouet (Team Arkea Samsic) 1
    Total retirements : 15


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  • From Bob Martin@bob.martin@excite.com to rec.bicycles.racing on Thu Mar 21 18:11:57 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.racing


    Stage 4 : Sort > Lleida (169.2 km)

    1 Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned) 3:40:19
    2 Arne Marit (Bel) 0:00
    3 Emils Liepins (Lva) 0:00
    4 Bryan Coquard (Fra) 0:00
    5 Axel Laurance (Fra) 0:00
    6 Cyril Barthe (Fra) 0:00
    7 Ethan Hayter (GBr) 0:00
    8 Dorian Godon (Fra) 0:00
    9 Orluis Aular (Ven) 0:00
    10 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) 0:00


    Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +5 Ide Schelling
    +4 Martin Urianstad Bugge
    +4 Kevin Colleoni
    +4 Kenny Elissonde
    +4 Asier Etxeberria
    +3 Xabier Isasa
    +3 Vadim Pronskiy
    +3 Sinuhe Fernandez
    +3 Simone Petilli
    +3 Salvatore Puccio

    Biggest losers by position :
    -6 Jesus Herrada
    -4 Hugh Carthy
    -3 Felix Grosschartner
    -3 Jimmy Janssens
    -2 William Junior Lecerf
    -1 Harrison Wood
    -1 Sepp Kuss

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:10 Marijn Van Den Berg
    +0:06 Thomas De Gendt
    +0:06 Arne Marit
    +0:04 Emils Liepins
    +0:03 Wout Poels
    +0:02 Sepp Kuss
    +0:01 Antonio Tiberi

    Biggest losers by time :
    -2:06 Idar Andersen
    -1:57 Ben Hermans
    -1:57 Domen Novak
    -1:57 Felix Grosschartner
    -1:57 Harrison Wood
    -1:57 Hugh Carthy
    -1:57 Jesus Herrada
    -1:57 Jimmy Janssens
    -1:57 Jokin Murguialday
    -1:55 Urko Berrade
    -1:31 Adne Holter

    Favourites by position :
    +2 Jack Haig
    +1 Simon Yates
    -1 Sepp Kuss

    Favourites by time :
    +0:02 Sepp Kuss

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Tadej Pogacar 17:18:31 (unchanged)
    2 Mikel Landa 2:27 (unchanged)
    3 Aleksandr Vlasov 2:55 (unchanged)
    4 Lenny Martinez 3:21 (unchanged)
    5 Chris Harper 3:22 (unchanged)
    6 Enric Mas 3:27 (unchanged)
    7 Wout Poels 3:31 (was 8th at 3:34)
    8 Sepp Kuss 3:32 (was 7th at 3:34)
    9 Egan Bernal 3:50 (unchanged)
    10 Joao Almeida 3:52 (unchanged)
    .....
    16 Cian Uijtdebroeks 4:33 (unchanged)
    .....
    20 Nairo Quintana 6:17 (unchanged)
    .....
    22 Damiano Caruso 7:38 (unchanged)
    .....
    24 Geraint Thomas 8:10 (unchanged)
    .....
    31 Jan Hirt 9:04 (unchanged)
    32 Sergio Higuita 9:17 (unchanged)
    .....
    45 Louis Meintjes 17:05 (unchanged)
    .....
    68 Simon Yates 29:18 (was 69th at 29:18)
    .....
    76 Jack Haig 32:32 (was 78th at 32:32)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Tadej Pogacar 28 (unchanged)
    2 Mikel Landa 12 (unchanged)
    3 Nick Schultz 10 (unchanged)
    4 Marijn Van Den Berg 10 (was 0 points)
    5 Aleksandr Vlasov 7 (was 4th with 7 points)
    6 Mikel Bizkarra 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
    7 Thomas De Gendt 6 (was 0 points)
    8 Xabier Isasa 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
    9 Arne Marit 6 (was 0 points)
    10 Jimmy Janssens 5 (was 7th with 5 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Tadej Pogacar 55 (unchanged)
    2 Mikel Landa 40 (unchanged)
    3 Harold Tejada 37 (unchanged)
    4 Aleksandr Vlasov 26 (unchanged)
    5 Joao Almeida 24 (unchanged)
    6 Steven Kruijswijk 20 (unchanged)
    7 Antonio Tiberi 16 (unchanged)
    8 Attila Valter 16 (unchanged)
    9 Wout Poels 14 (was 10th with 14 points)
    10 Sepp Kuss 14 (was 9th with 14 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 Movistar Team 52:09:32 (was 1st at 41:08:35)
    2 Bahrain - Victorious 1:14 (unchanged)
    3 INEOS Grenadiers 2:24 (unchanged)
    4 Israel - Premier Tech 7:12 (unchanged)
    5 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 7:28 (unchanged)
    6 Soudal Quick-Step 9:25 (unchanged)
    7 EF Education - EasyPost 11:18 (unchanged)
    8 UAE Team Emirates 13:45 (unchanged)
    9 BORA - hansgrohe 14:15 (unchanged)
    10 Lidl - Trek 14:40 (unchanged)
    11 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 15:50 (unchanged)
    12 Equipo Kern Pharma 24:44 (unchanged)
    13 Arkea - B&B Hotels 25:13 (unchanged)
    14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 26:11 (unchanged)
    15 Burgos - BH 32:19 (unchanged)
    16 Astana Qazaqstan Team 34:57 (unchanged)
    17 Team Jayco AlUla 36:47 (unchanged)
    18 Uno-X Mobility 39:51 (unchanged)
    19 Groupama - FDJ 44:10 (unchanged)
    20 Intermarche - Wanty 51:41 (unchanged)
    21 Cofidis 1:01:15 (unchanged)
    22 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:05:51 (unchanged)
    23 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 1:19:06 (unchanged)
    24 Lotto Dstny 1:33:53 (unchanged)
    25 Alpecin - Deceuninck 1:45:03 (unchanged)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Jose Manuel Diaz (Burgos - BH (PRT)) 4 <<<
    Raul Garcia Pierna (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 4 <<<
    Loe Van Belle (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 3
    Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny (PRT)) 3
    Pavel Bittner (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (WT)) 3
    Samuel Gaze (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 3
    Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates (WT)) 2
    Lars Boven (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 2
    Bart Lemmen (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 1
    Laurens Huys (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 1
    Patrick Bevin (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (WT)) 1
    Total retirements : 11


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  • From Bob Martin@bob.martin@excite.com to rec.bicycles.racing on Thu Mar 27 19:22:18 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.racing


    Stage 4 : Sant Vicenc de Castellet > Montserrat Mil*lenari (188.7 km)

    1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) 4:24:08
    2 Juan Ayuso (Spa) 0:00
    3 Enric Mas (Spa) 0:03
    4 Lenny Martinez (Fra) 0:03
    5 Mikel Landa (Spa) 0:03
    6 Felix Gall (Aut) 0:03
    7 Lennert Van Eetvelt (Bel) 0:03
    8 Matthew Riccitello (USA) 0:06
    9 Juan Pedro Lopez (Spa) 0:21
    10 Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) 0:26


    Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +33 Nicolas Alustiza
    +27 Marijn Van Den Berg
    +26 Ivan Cobo
    +25 Frank Van Den Broek
    +24 Jan Tratnik
    +24 Henok Mulubrhan
    +24 Alexy Faure Prost
    +22 Clement Berthet
    +22 Alexander Hajek
    +20 Sylvain Moniquet

    Biggest losers by position :
    -37 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
    -29 Bruno Armirail
    -25 Urko Berrade
    -23 Matthew Brennan
    -21 Jonathan Lastra
    -20 Mats Wenzel
    -18 Alex Molenaar
    -18 Nick Schultz
    -17 Ide Schelling
    -14 Kevin Colleoni
    -14 Pavel Bittner

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:06 Primoz Roglic

    Biggest losers by time :
    -25:06 Albert Torres
    -25:06 Daniel Babor
    -23:52 Domen Novak
    -23:52 Jon Aberasturi
    -23:52 Matevz Govekar
    -23:52 Nils Eekhoff
    -23:52 Patrick Eddy
    -23:52 Timo Roosen
    -22:58 Louis Rouland
    -22:46 Jonathan Lastra
    -22:30 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier

    Favourites by position :
    +13 Geraint Thomas
    +8 Felix Gall
    +6 Lennard Kamna
    +5 Louis Meintjes
    +4 Nairo Quintana
    +3 Simon Yates
    +2 Sepp Kuss
    +1 Primoz Roglic
    +1 Enric Mas
    -1 Mikel Landa
    -1 Juan Ayuso
    -6 Ben O'Connor
    -10 Adam Yates
    -11 Richard Carapaz

    Favourites by time :
    +0:06 Primoz Roglic
    -0:06 Enric Mas
    -0:10 Mikel Landa
    -0:10 Felix Gall
    -0:41 Simon Yates
    -0:41 Nairo Quintana
    -1:00 Sepp Kuss
    -1:00 Ben O'Connor
    -1:09 Richard Carapaz
    -2:17 Geraint Thomas
    -2:30 Louis Meintjes
    -4:41 Adam Yates
    -9:25 Lennard Kamna

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Primoz Roglic 18:54:50 (was 2nd at 0:06)
    2 Juan Ayuso 0:00 (was 1st at 0:00)
    3 Enric Mas 0:20 (was 4th at 0:14)
    4 Mikel Landa 0:21 (was 3rd at 0:11)
    5 Lenny Martinez 0:27 (was 6th at 0:17)
    6 Lennert Van Eetvelt 0:27 (was 9th at 0:17)
    7 Matthew Riccitello 0:45 (was 21st at 0:32)
    8 Harold Martin Lopez 0:55 (was 11th at 0:17)
    9 Junior Lecerf 0:58 (was 5th at 0:17)
    10 Laurens De Plus 0:58 (was 8th at 0:17)
    .....
    16 Simon Yates 1:13 (was 19th at 0:32)
    .....
    18 Richard Carapaz 1:26 (was 7th at 0:17)
    19 Nairo Quintana 1:28 (was 23rd at 0:47)
    20 Ben O'Connor 1:32 (was 14th at 0:32)
    .....
    24 Felix Gall 3:19 (was 32nd at 3:09)
    .....
    26 Sepp Kuss 3:52 (was 28th at 2:52)
    .....
    28 Adam Yates 5:13 (was 18th at 0:32)
    .....
    40 Louis Meintjes 11:37 (was 45th at 9:07)
    .....
    49 Geraint Thomas 16:40 (was 62nd at 14:23)
    .....
    68 Lennard Kamna 27:16 (was 74th at 17:51)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Primoz Roglic 20 (was 5th with 7 points)
    2 Juan Ayuso 20 (was 2nd with 13 points)
    3 Matthew Brennan 16 (was 1st with 16 points)
    4 Ethan Vernon 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
    5 Diego Uriarte 8 (was 8th with 5 points)
    6 Enric Mas 7 (was 13th with 3 points)
    7 Mats Wenzel 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
    8 Jan Castellon 6 (was 7th with 6 points)
    9 Danny Van Der Tuuk 5 (unchanged)
    10 Calum Johnston 4 (unchanged)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Bruno Armirail 31 (unchanged)
    2 Mats Wenzel 28 (unchanged)
    3 Primoz Roglic 18 (was 10th with 8 points)
    4 Juan Ayuso 18 (was 8th with 10 points)
    5 Alex Molenaar 18 (was 3rd with 18 points)
    6 Danny Van Der Tuuk 16 (was 4th with 16 points)
    7 Lorenzo Germani 16 (was 5th with 16 points)
    8 Pablo Torres 12 (was 6th with 12 points)
    9 Mario Aparicio 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
    10 Pavel Sivakov 10 (was 9th with 10 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 XDS Astana Team 56:48:43 (was 3rd at 1:07)
    2 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:22 (was 2nd at 0:11)
    3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:51 (was 1st at 43:33:33)
    4 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 3:35 (was 7th at 4:53)
    5 Burgos Burpellet BH 4:44 (was 5th at 4:19)
    6 INEOS Grenadiers 5:10 (was 6th at 4:38)
    7 Soudal Quick-Step 7:41 (was 4th at 2:53)
    8 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 9:35 (was 9th at 7:44)
    9 Lidl - Trek 15:20 (was 8th at 7:06)
    10 EF Education - EasyPost 16:35 (was 14th at 13:34)
    11 Arkea - B&B Hotels 18:45 (was 10th at 10:18)
    12 Movistar Team 20:10 (was 12th at 11:20)
    13 Israel - Premier Tech 22:20 (was 11th at 10:40)
    14 Lotto 22:21 (was 13th at 13:23)
    15 Groupama - FDJ 29:20 (was 15th at 15:54)
    16 Equipo Kern Pharma 31:12 (was 16th at 20:54)
    17 Bahrain - Victorious 53:55 (was 18th at 37:05)
    18 Cofidis 58:31 (was 17th at 35:06)
    19 Team Jayco AlUla 58:53 (was 20th at 41:55)
    20 Intermarche - Wanty 1:00:09 (was 21th at 43:19)
    21 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:04:00 (was 19th at 38:48)
    22 Alpecin - Deceuninck 1:26:46 (was 22th at 56:36)
    23 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1:40:47 (was 23th at 1:11:19)
    24 Team Picnic PostNL 2:05:52 (was 24th at 1:26:55)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Bart Lemmen (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 4 <<<
    Dries De Pooter (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 4 <<<
    Finlay Pickering (Bahrain - Victorious (WT)) 4 <<<
    Gal Glivar (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 4 <<<
    Hugh Carthy (EF Education - EasyPost (WT)) 4 <<<
    Kaden Groves (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 4 <<<
    Quinten Hermans (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 4 <<<
    Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Cofidis (WT)) 4 <<<
    Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step (WT)) 4 <<<
    Welay Hagos Berhe (Team Jayco AlUla (WT)) 4 <<<
    Elie Gesbert (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 3
    Haoyu Su (XDS Astana Team (WT)) 3
    Henri Vandenabeele (Lotto (PRT)) 3
    Laurens Huys (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 3
    Rainer Kepplinger (Bahrain - Victorious (WT)) 3
    Stan Van Tricht (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 3
    Nolann Mahoudo (Cofidis (WT)) 2
    Simon Clarke (Israel - Premier Tech (PRT)) 2
    Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 2
    Jon Agirre (Euskaltel - Euskadi (PRT)) 1
    Jose Luis Faura (Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT)) 1
    Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 1
    Total retirements : 22


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