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Stage 4 : Strzelin > Opole (199.1 km)

1 Olav Kooij (Ned) 4:23:15
2 Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned) 0:00
3 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) 0:00
4 Max Walscheid (Ger) 0:00
5 Sam Bennett (Irl) 0:00
6 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) 0:00
7 Tim Merlier (Bel) 0:00
8 Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) 0:00
9 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) 0:00
10 Matyas Kopecky (Cze) 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Umberto Poli
+6 Matteo Moschetti
+5 Juri Hollmann
+5 Hugo Page
+5 Gijs Van Hoecke
+5 Fran Miholjevic
+5 Daniel Mclay
+5 Arvid De Kleijn
+4 Olav Kooij
+4 Max Walscheid

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Harrison Wood
-11 Salvatore Puccio
-9 Jan Hirt
-9 Yevgeniy Gidich
-7 Josef Cerny
-7 Patryk Stosz
-5 Norbert Banaszek
-5 Sergio Samitier
-3 Antonio Nibali
-3 Geraint Thomas
-3 Rune Herregodts

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Olav Kooij
+0:06 Sebastian Schonberger
+0:06 Marijn Van Den Berg
+0:04 Matteo Moschetti

Biggest losers by time :
-3:33 Jan Hirt
-2:43 Alexander Kamp
-2:43 Joel Suter
-2:30 Barnabas Peak
-1:11 Antonio Nibali
-1:11 Davide Formolo
-1:11 Geraint Thomas
-1:11 Harrison Wood
-1:11 Josef Cerny
-1:11 Kamil Gradek
-1:11 Laurens De Plus

Favourites by position :
+3 Thymen Arensman
+3 Eddie Dunbar
+2 Ruben Guerreiro
+1 Lennard Kamna
+1 Joao Almeida
-1 Ilan Van Wilder
-1 Damiano Caruso
-2 Laurens De Plus
-3 Geraint Thomas
-9 Jan Hirt

Favourites by time :
-1:11 Laurens De Plus
-1:11 Geraint Thomas
-3:33 Jan Hirt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Matej Mohoric 17:38:11 (unchanged)
2 Joao Almeida 0:10 (was 3rd at 0:10)
3 Rafal Majka 0:10 (was 2nd at 0:10)
4 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:12 (unchanged)
5 Eddie Dunbar 0:20 (was 8th at 0:20)
6 Ilan Van Wilder 0:20 (was 5th at 0:20)
7 Oscar Onley 0:20 (unchanged)
8 Samuele Battistella 0:20 (was 6th at 0:20)
9 Lenny Martinez 0:20 (unchanged)
10 Sylvain Moniquet 0:20 (unchanged)
.....
14 Brandon Mcnulty 0:34 (unchanged)
.....
17 Sergio Higuita 0:57 (unchanged)
18 Ruben Guerreiro 0:57 (was 20th at 0:57)
.....
25 Pavel Sivakov 1:16 (unchanged)
.....
28 Max Poole 1:21 (unchanged)
.....
31 Damiano Caruso 1:33 (was 30th at 1:33)
.....
43 Tobias Foss 2:57 (unchanged)
.....
46 Thymen Arensman 5:01 (was 49th at 5:01)
.....
51 Geraint Thomas 6:12 (was 48th at 5:01)
52 Laurens De Plus 6:22 (was 50th at 5:11)
.....
58 Lennard Kamna 10:57 (was 59th at 10:57)
.....
66 Jan Hirt 12:57 (was 57th at 9:24)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Matej Mohoric 39 (unchanged)
2 Olav Kooij 39 (was 12th with 19 points)
3 Michal Kwiatkowski 36 (was 2nd with 36 points)
4 Marijn Van Den Berg 35 (was 19th with 16 points)
5 Tim Merlier 34 (was 10th with 20 points)
6 Ilan Van Wilder 33 (was 3rd with 33 points)
7 Oscar Onley 33 (was 4th with 33 points)
8 Sam Bennett 33 (was 18th with 17 points)
9 Max Walscheid 33 (was 20th with 16 points)
10 Rafal Majka 31 (was 5th with 31 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jacopo Mosca 18 (was 1st with 15 points)
2 Damiano Caruso 5 (unchanged)
3 Lucas Hamilton 5 (unchanged)
4 Mick Van Dijke 4 (unchanged)
5 Bastien Tronchon 4 (unchanged)
6 Andreas Kron 4 (unchanged)
7 Norbert Banaszek 3 (unchanged)
8 Eddie Dunbar 3 (unchanged)
9 Mattia Cattaneo 3 (unchanged)
10 Lorenzo Milesi 3 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jos Van Emden (Jumbo-Visma (WT)) 4 <<<
Wesley Kreder (Cofidis (WT)) 4 <<<
Bartlomiej Proc (Poland (NAT)) 3
Jon Aberasturi (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 3
Kevin Ledanois (Team Arkea Samsic (WT)) 3
Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT)) 3
Patrick Bevin (Team dsm - firmenich (WT)) 2
Julius Johansen (Intermarche - Circus - Wanty (WT)) 1
Total retirements : 8


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