Tour de France, stage 21 summary
 

Stage 21 : July 26, 2015 Sevres - Grand Paris Seine Ouest - Paris Champs-Elysees 109.5 km

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 2.49.41
2 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka
5 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step
7 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
8 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
10 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Yohann Gene
+6 Tyler Farrar
+6 Tom Leezer
+6 Tim Wellens
+6 Svein Tuft
+6 Stijn Devolder
+6 Sebastien Chavanel
+6 Ramunas Navardauskas
+6 Pieter Weening
+6 Michael Matthews

Biggest losers by position :

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Andre Greipel
+0:06 Bryan Coquard
+0:04 Alexander Kristoff

Biggest losers by time :

Favourites by position :
+5 Leopold Konig
+3 Rigoberto Uran
+3 Richie Porte
+3 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 84:46:14 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 1:12 (unchanged)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 5:25 (unchanged)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 8:36 (unchanged)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 9:48 (unchanged)
6 Robert Gesink 10:47 (unchanged)
7 Bauke Mollema 15:14 (unchanged)
8 Mathias Frank 15:39 (unchanged)
9 Romain Bardet 16:00 (unchanged)
10 Pierre Rolland 17:30 (unchanged)
.....
16 Thibaut Pinot 38:52 (unchanged)
.....
28 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:36:07 (was 29th at 1:36:07)
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39 Rigoberto Uran 2:08:20 (was 42nd at 2:08:20)
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45 Richie Porte 2:16:05 (was 48th at 2:16:05)
.....
58 Jean-Christophe Peraud 2:35:10 (was 61st at 2:35:10)
.....
65 Leopold Konig 2:53:09 (was 70th at 2:53:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 432 (was 1st with 420 points)
2 Andre Greipel 366 (was 2nd with 316 points)
3 John Degenkolb 298 (was 3rd with 281 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 206 (was 4th with 192 points)
5 Bryan Coquard 152 (was 6th with 122 points)
6 Christopher Froome 139 (was 5th with 139 points)
7 Thibaut Pinot 113 (unchanged)
8 Alejandro Valverde 103 (unchanged)
9 Thomas De Gendt 90 (unchanged)
10 Alexander Kristoff 90 (was 19th with 70 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 119 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Quintana 108 (unchanged)
3 Romain Bardet 90 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 82 (unchanged)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez 78 (unchanged)
6 Pierre Rolland 74 (unchanged)
7 Alejandro Valverde 72 (unchanged)
8 Jakob Fuglsang 64 (unchanged)
9 Richie Porte 58 (unchanged)
10 Serge Pauwels 55 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 21
Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 21
Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 21
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 21
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 21
Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 21
Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 19
Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 18
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step 18
Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 17
Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 17
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step 17
Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 17
Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 17
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 17
Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 16
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 15
Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 14
Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 14
Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr 14
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 : 44


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