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Stage 4 results: Liquigas wins the Team Time Trial and move to 1-2-3 on GC



21 Big Photos from Stage 4 — sirotti/rcs
Stage 4 TTT results
1  Liquigas-Doimo     32.5 km in 36:37 (58.0 km/h)
2  Sky                          + 0:13
3  HTC-Columbia                 + 0:21
4  Katusha                      + 0:27
5  Astana                       + 0:38
6  Cervélo Test Team            + 0:38
7  Omega Pharma-Lotto           + 0:46
8  Garmin-Transitions           + 0:49
9  Saxo Bank                    + 0:50
10 Milram                       + 0:57
11 Rabobank                     + 1:04
12 BMC Racing Team              + 1:21
13 Lampre-Farnese Vini          + 1:43
14 Footon-Servetto              + 2:03
15 Colnago-CSF Inox             + 2:08
16 Quick Step                   + 2:14
17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom        + 2:19
18 Caisse d'Epargne             + 2:21
19 Androni Giocattoli           + 2:24
20 Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne  + 2:29
21 Acqua & Sapone               + 2:39
22 Ag2R-La Mondiale             + 2:50

General Classification after Stage 4
1 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo 
2 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo           + 0:13
3 Valerio Agnoli (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo       + 0:20
4 André Greipel (GER) HTC - Columbia        + 0:26
5 Matthew Harley Goss (AUS) HTC - Columbia  + 0:26
6 Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) Astana         + 0:33
7 Vladimir Karpets (RUS)  Katusha           + 0:35
Full General Classification after Stage 4 — gazzetta.it
Liquigas wins stage 4 team time trial; Nibali takes overall lead — velonews
Liquigas-Doimo fly to team time trial victory — cyclingnews
Verrassend Liquigas hijst Nibali in de roze trui — sporza.be
 Nibali quarto a sorpresa "Ma perché non sognare?" (english-version) — gazzetta.it
Vinokourov takes pink jersey loss in stride — cyclingnews
Millar falls just short of Giro's pink jersey — cyclingweekly.co.uk
  Highlights of the winning ride (04:11 italian) — raisport.rai.it
  Winner's Interview (08:28 italian) — raisport.rai.it
  PROCESSO 4ª TAPPA: Post-Game Show (54:21 italian) — raisport
  Highlights of the final teams (10:48) — raisport
  Stage 4 Highlights/Verslag (01:16 flemish) —sporza.be
Graham Watson stage 4 photos — grahamwatson
  Stage 4 Highlights of Liquigas (01:34 restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
  Stage 4 Highlights of Team Sky (01:46 restricted to U.S.) — universalsports
21 Big Photos from Stage 4 — sirotti/rcs
Sastre satisfied after Savigliano TT — cyclingnews
Evans waiting for mountains to judge time loss — cyclingnews
  Highlights of HTC-Columbia (02:31) — teamhighroadsports
  Stage 4 Highlights (05:38) — sbs

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This is the fourth year in a row that the Giro will feature a team time trial, but there are some differences that set this year's version apart. Unlike the previous three years, this is not a technical course on a satellite island to kickoff the event. Instead, the course is almost a dead straight line from Savigliano to Cuneo in northern Italy with a very slight, uphill grade the entire way. The 224m gain over 32.5km isn't very much so it shouldn't be a factor.

The winners and distances of the past three editions were Liquigas (26.5 km), Garmin (28 km) and HTC-Columbia (20.5 km) (photos). So you can see that this year's TTT is the longest of the last four and some GC favorites like Domenico Pozzovivo of Colnago - CSF Inox could lose over three minutes on this day.

May 11 Update: Pozzovivo is one of the many riders/Italians who's GC hopes were dashed after some difficult days in the Netherlands and before racing starts on Italian/home soil. He's down 9+ minutes to the race leaders even before the TTT starts. — Steve


TTT Start Order and Times (CEST):

14:50 Cofidis
14:55 Colnago-CSF Inox (Pozzovivo)
15:00 Footon-Servetto-Fuji
15:05 BMC Racing Team (Evans)
15:10 Quick Step
15:15 Caisse d'Epargne (Bruseghin, Arroyo)
15:20 Acqua e Sapone (Garzelli)
15:25 Bouygues Telecom
15:30 AG2R La Mondiale
15:35 Androni Giocattoli (Scarponi)
15:40 Lampre-Farnese Vini (Cunego)
 15:45 Team Katusha (Karpets)
15:50 Team Sky (Wiggins)
15:55 Omega Pharma-Lotto
16:00 Cervélo Test Team (Sastre)
16:05 Garmin-Transitions (Millar)
16:10 Rabobank
16:15 Team Milram (Gerdemann)
16:20 Liquigas (Basso, Nibali)
16:25 Team HTC-Columbia
16:30 Team Saxo Bank (Porte)
16:35 Astana (Vinokourov)

Giro d'Italia contenders set sights on team time trial — cyclingnews
  Ivan Basso previews the TTT (on paper) — video.gazzetta.it