Tour de France, stage 12 summary
 

Stage 12 : July 16, 2015 Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille 195 km

1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 5.40.14
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1.12
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.49
4 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 4.34
5 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 4.38
6 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 5.47
7 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar 6.03
8 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.28
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 6.46
10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 6.47


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+49 Louis Meintjes
+35 Peter Kennaugh
+31 Bob Jungels
+29 Daniel Teklehaimanot
+28 Laurens ten Dam
+25 Jeremy Roy
+25 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+24 Stephen Cummings
+23 Ryder Hesjedal
+23 Michal Kwiatkowski

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Geoffrey Soupe
-20 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-20 Simon Yates
-18 Rigoberto Uran
-17 Bartosz Huzarski
-17 Julien Simon
-17 Kristijan Koren
-17 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
-17 Zdenek Stybar
-16 Jacques Janse van Rensburg
-16 Koen de Kort

Biggest gainers by time :
+6:57 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+5:41 Jakob Fuglsang
+5:02 Romain Bardet
+2:13 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
+2:09 Louis Meintjes
+1:00 Jan Barta
+0:44 Romain Sicard
+0:19 Mickael Cherel
+0:01 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte

Biggest losers by time :
-30:46 Davide Cimolai
-30:17 Michael Valgren Andersen
-30:07 Alexander Kristoff
-30:07 Arnaud Demare
-30:07 Bryan Nauleau
-30:07 Christophe Laporte
-30:07 Christophe Riblon
-30:07 Damien Gaudin
-30:07 Dylan Van Baarle
-30:07 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-30:07 Filippo Pozzato

Favourites by position :
+11 Thibaut Pinot
+11 Richie Porte
+4 Leopold Konig
+4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+3 Romain Bardet
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
-5 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-18 Rigoberto Uran

Favourites by time :
+6:57 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+5:02 Romain Bardet
+0:01 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2:59 Mathias Frank
-5:51 Richie Porte
-16:29 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-17:41 Leopold Konig
-30:07 Rigoberto Uran

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 46:50:32 (unchanged)
2 Tejay van Garderen 2:52 (unchanged)
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:09 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3:58 (was 4th at 3:59)
5 Geraint Thomas 4:03 (unchanged)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:04 (unchanged)
7 Robert Gesink 5:32 (was 8th at 4:35)
8 Tony Gallopin 7:32 (was 7th at 4:33)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 7:47 (was 11th at 7:47)
10 Bauke Mollema 8:02 (was 10th at 7:05)
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12 Mathias Frank 12:25 (was 12th at 9:26)
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15 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 13:45 (was 19th at 20:42)
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17 Romain Bardet 17:05 (was 20th at 22:07)
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24 Thibaut Pinot 34:41 (was 35th at 34:41)
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30 Jean-Christophe Peraud 42:10 (was 25th at 25:41)
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35 Rigoberto Uran 48:02 (was 17th at 17:55)
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40 Richie Porte 54:51 (was 51st at 49:00)
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81 Leopold Konig 1:25:00 (was 85th at 1:07:19)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 254 (was 1st with 239 points)
2 Andre Greipel 252 (was 2nd with 232 points)
3 John Degenkolb 201 (was 3rd with 184 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 185 (was 4th with 172 points)
5 Bryan Coquard 117 (was 5th with 108 points)
6 Christopher Froome 94 (was 6th with 88 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 81 (unchanged)
8 Zdenek Stybar 76 (unchanged)
9 Tony Gallopin 70 (unchanged)
10 Alejandro Valverde 68 (was 10th with 61 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 61 (was 1st with 57 points)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez 52 (was 20th with 2 points)
3 Jakob Fuglsang 41 (was 0 points)
4 Richie Porte 40 (was 2nd with 40 points)
5 Romain Bardet 35 (was 0 points)
6 Rafal Majka 32 (was 3rd with 32 points)
7 Nairo Quintana 32 (was 4th with 32 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde 32 (was 8th with 24 points)
9 Robert Gesink 28 (was 5th with 28 points)
10 Gorka Izagirre 28 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 12
Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 12
Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 11
Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 11
Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 11
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 11
Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 10
Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 10
Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 8
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 7
Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 7
Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 6
Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 5
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5
Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4
Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 4
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 4
Dmitrii Kozonchok (Rus) Team Katusha 3
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 3
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 3
Total retirements : 23


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