March 11, 2009: Paris-Nice: Vichy - Saint Etienne (174 km): 
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream       04:01:31
2 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                   0.14
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                     
4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                       
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                         
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                             
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                     
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad                           
9 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                      
10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                                      
11 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                                       
12 Alberto  Contador (Spa) Astana                                         
13 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                 
14 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
16 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                            
17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                               
18 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              
19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
20 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                              
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                                    
22 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                          
23 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                                     0.22
24 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.41
25 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                           
26 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                               
27 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                     
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                         
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step                                      
30 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     
31 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                      
32 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
33 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
34 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                        
37 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
38 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                   
39 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     1.18
40 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
41 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                        
43 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                
44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                         
45 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                   
46 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                        
47 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
48 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                            
49 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                                            
50 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                           
51 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                                 
52 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                                 
53 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                                     
54 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                     1.35
55 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    
56 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                       
57 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                       
58 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                       
59 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                              
60 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                                             
61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                                           
62 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
63 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                            
64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                
65 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
66 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                      
67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                        
68 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                        
69 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
70 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                       2.06
71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       2.09
72 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                 2.28
73 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.14
74 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             2.47
75 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                         
76 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                        
77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
78 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                             
79 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          3.31
80 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                           
81 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                     4.08
83 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                4.42
84 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                                     
85 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                     
86 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                
87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                        
88 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                           
89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                                 
90 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                           
91 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                                            
92 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                              
93 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                                      
94 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                           
95 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
96 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                                     
97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           
98 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                                   
99 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC                                        
100 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               5.48
101 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                
102 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                         
103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                  
104 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                               
105 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                   
106 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                   
107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                           
108 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                         
109 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                              
110 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                                  
111 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                               7.01
112 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                        7.43
113 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
114 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                    8.48
115 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step                                       
116 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                     
117 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
118 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                       
119 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                       
120 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                      9.07
122 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                  9.36
123 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                                    9.43
124 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                            
125 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                              10.20
126 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                                   
127 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
128 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                                       
129 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                                       
130 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                      11.09
131 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
132 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                          
133 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        
134 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                         
135 Walle Jurgen Van De (Bel) Quick Step                                  
136 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                           
137 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                       
138 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
139 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
140 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
141 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
142 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                
143 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                  
144 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                                   
145 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          
146 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                               
147 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                  
149 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                                 
150 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
DNS Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel
DNS Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream

 
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Overall rankings after stage 4:
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step       13:31:36
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                                    0.06
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                   0.36
4 Alberto  Contador (Spa) Astana                                          
5 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                   0.37
6 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.45
7 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                               0.50
8 Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha                                     0.55
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha                                  0.57
10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                     1.03
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad                       1.08
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1.09
13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                            1.10
14 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                                  1.12
15 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                                         1.17
16 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                 1.20
17 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                  1.21
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam                            1.23
19 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                           1.33
20 Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1.51
21 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                         1.53
22 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        1.56
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                   2.06
24 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step                                     2.12
25 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   2.17
26 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                     2.20
27 Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     2.29
28 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    2.41
29 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                2.42
30 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 2.48
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      2.51
32 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
33 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel                                   2.58
34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                     3.02
35 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - NGC                                     3.07
36 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              
37 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                                         3.10
38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                      3.15
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                3.25
40 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                     3.29
41 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                  3.35
42 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                       3.40
43 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam                              3.56
44 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                         3.59
45 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             4.03
46 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                       
47 Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel                                         4.07
48 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                                  4.08
49 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         4.10
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                    4.17
51 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana                                           
52 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                                        4.18
53 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                4.20
54 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                             4.21
55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank                                          4.28
56 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                        4.32
57 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                     4.34
58 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                           4.38
59 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                                        
60 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                     4.40
61 Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      4.43
62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                                      5.35
63 Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                     5.47
64 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank                                  5.49
65 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                5.55
66 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                                      
67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            6.05
68 Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne                                6.16
69 Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                          6.28
70 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 6.37
71 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             6.45
72 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                       6.52
73 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                              7.43
74 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        7.51
75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - NGC                                     8.03
76 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                           
77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                 8.45
78 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                9.50
79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha                                  10.03
80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          10.38
81 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               11.08
82 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step                                    11.16
83 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    11.21
84 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                    11.27
85 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step                                    11.31
86 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                        11.42
87 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                             11.53
88 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            11.54
89 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel                                       12.25
90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               12.33
91 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              12.37
92 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                      12.41
93 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC                                  12.57
94 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                        13.02
95 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     13.03
96 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    13.10
97 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            13.48
98 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                       14.04
99 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                      14.05
100 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               14.11
101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               14.22
102 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                      14.34
103 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis                                       14.41
104 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               14.54
105 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana                                       15.56
106 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                              15.58
107 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana                                      16.00
108 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                               
109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                                   16.03
110 Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                               16.05
111 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         16.10
112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   16.13
113 Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                         16.22
114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            16.29
115 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto                                16.32
116 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           16.33
117 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                            
118 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam                              16.38
119 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              17.22
120 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                17.25
121 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       18.06
122 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre - NGC                              18.34
123 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                       19.05
124 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad                        19.12
125 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                                     19.28
126 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                                 19.29
127 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis                                     19.41
128 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                          19.45
129 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                                   19.58
130 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              20.14
131 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                   20.27
132 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                               20.30
133 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               20.55
134 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          21.03
135 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   21.04
136 Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              21.22
137 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                21.25
138 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     21.36
139 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        21.51
140 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha                              22.09
141 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                      22.25
142 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                            22.38
143 Walle Jurgen Van De (Bel) Quick Step                              23.02
144 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                               
145 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam                             23.14
146 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                      23.24
147 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                               30.32
148 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                                   32.03
149 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                              32.43
150 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana                                   37.25