March 15, 2007 – Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel took today’s Stage 4, Maurs-Mende, 169.5 km, Vatan-Limoges, 177 km over Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner in second who is now leading overall.

Results

1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.07.26 (41.101 km/h)
2. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.02
3. David López García (Spa) Caissed’Epargne 0.12
4. Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.13
5. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.17
6. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.28
7. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française DesJeux 0.33
8. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel
9. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française DesJeux
10. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.4
11. Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.43
13. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
14. David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.45
15. Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.51
16. Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 0.53
17. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.54
18. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.56
19. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française DesJeux
20. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
21. Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
22. Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
23. Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
24. Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caissed’Epargne
25. Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
26. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27. Alberto Fernández De La Puebla(Spa)SaunierDuval-Prodir
28. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel)Predictor-Lotto 1.14
29. Jesús Del Nero (Spa) SaunierDuval-Prodir
30. Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto
31. Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile
32. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
33. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.18
34. José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 1.19
35. Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
36. Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
37. Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
38. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) BouyguesTelecom 1.26
39. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.33
40. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
41. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.39
42. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
43. Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
44. Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 1.46
45. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
46. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.55
47. Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
48. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
49. Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.03
50. Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caissed’Epargne 2.12
51. Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel)Quickstep-Innergetic
52. Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.17
53. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.24
54. Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
55. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
56. Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 2.47
57. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 2.56
58. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.02
59. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.04
60. Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
61. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2rPrévoyance 3.17
62. Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.2
63. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.23
64. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
65. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.32
66. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.14
67. Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
68. Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 4.16
69. Christian Vande Velde (USA) TeamCSC 4.26
70. Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
71. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.07
72. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
73. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
74. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
75. Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
76. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
77. Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile
78. Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana
79. Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80. Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
81. Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile
82. Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
83. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
84. Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel
85. Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC
86. Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
87. Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile
88. Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
89. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
90. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 5.22
91. Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.36
92. Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) SaunierDuval-Prodir
93. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française DesJeux
94. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 8.19
95. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 8.36
96. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.38
97. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
98. Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9
99. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.12
100. Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
101. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram
102. Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
103. Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
104. Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
105. Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
106. Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française DesJeux
107. Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
108. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
109. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana
110. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
111. Martin Müller (Swi) Milram
112. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
113. Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
114. Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
115. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana
116. Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile
117. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana
118. Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic
120. Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
121. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
122. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram
123. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
124. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic
125. Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
127. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
128. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
129. Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel
130. Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131. William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
132. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française DesJeux
133. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
134. Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile
135. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
136. Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis
137. Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
138. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
139. David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
140. Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.34
141. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 9.35
142. Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.03
143. José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caissed’Epargne 10.28
144. Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 10.31
145. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.52
146. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11.01
147. Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
148. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
149. Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
150. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.44
151. Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel
152. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.06
153. Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 12.18
DNS Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française DesJeux
DNF Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole
DNF Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française DesJeux
DNF Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas

GC after Stage 4

1. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17.40.34
2. Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.06
3. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.23
4. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.31
5. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française DesJeux 0.32
6. Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 0.35
7. David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.42
8. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
9. David López García (Spa) Caissed’Epargne 0.43
10. Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.46
11. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.48
12. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.49
13. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel 0.5
14. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française DesJeux 0.51
15. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.54
16. Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caissed’Epargne 0.55
17. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.58
18. Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1.03
19. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.05
20. Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 1.06
21. Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 1.13
22. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française DesJeux 1.15
23. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.16
24. Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.17
25. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel)Predictor-Lotto 1.2
26. Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.26
27. Alberto Fernández De La Puebla(Spa)SaunierDuval-Prodir 1.28
28. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1.38
29. Jesús Del Nero (Spa) SaunierDuval-Prodir
30. Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39
31. Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor-Lotto 1.45
32. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.48
33. Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.5
34. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.53
35. Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile 1.55
36. Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.59
37. José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 2.01
38. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) BouyguesTelecom 2.02
39. Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
40. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03
41. Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r Prévoyance 2.04
42. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 2.06
43. Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
44. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.11
45. Chris Horner (USA) Predictor-Lotto 2.12
46. Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caissed’Epargne 2.19
47. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2.21
48. Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.27
49. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.36
50. Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.42
51. Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel)Quickstep-Innergetic 2.43
52. Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 2.44
53. Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49
54. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.03
55. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.2
56. Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 3.24
57. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.3
58. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.31
59. Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.32
60. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3.38
61. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.47
62. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.49
63. Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.52
64. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.54
65. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2rPrévoyance 4.02
66. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.07
67. Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 4.3
68. Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.42
69. Christian Vande Velde (USA) TeamCSC 4.57
70. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 5.16
71. Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5.17
72. Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 5.19
73. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 5.29
74. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5.3
75. Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 5.31
76. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5.32
77. Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.35
78. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.41
79. Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.45
80. Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 5.46
81. Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 5.47
82. Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.49
83. Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 5.52
84. Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC 5.54
85. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 6
86. Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 6.22
87. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 6.23
88. Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 6.36
89. Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) SaunierDuval-Prodir 6.37
90. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française DesJeux 6.54
91. Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir
92. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 7.04
93. Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.12
94. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
95. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram 9.12
96. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.15
97. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.17
98. Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis 9.23
99. William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.25
100. Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.36
101. David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9.37
102. Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
103. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 9.38
104. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
105. Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
106. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 9.4
107. Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
108. Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 9.41
109. Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française DesJeux
110. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9.44
111. Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.45
112. Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9.47
113. Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.52
114. Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 9.54
115. Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.57
116. Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 10.03
117. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 10.04
118. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.06
119. Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.1
120. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 10.12
121. Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 10.14
122. Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 10.15
123. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 10.2
124. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 10.31
125. Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 10.35
126. Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.39
127. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 10.4
128. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 10.51
129. Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 11.04
130. Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 11.1
131. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 11.14
132. Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.15
133. Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 11.19
134. Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 11.3
135. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.31
136. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.33
137. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 11.37
138. Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.43
139. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 12.14
140. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 12.18
141. José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caissed’Epargne 12.27
142. Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 12.3
143. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
144. Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 12.53
145. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.05
146. Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13.39
147. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.48
148. Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 16.4
149. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 21.57
150. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 22.46
151. Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 22.55
152. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française DesJeux 23.25
153. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 24.3