Tour de France, stage 19 summary
 

Stage 19 : July 24, 2015 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles 138 km

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4.22.53
2 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0.44
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 1.14
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 2.26
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin
+14 Wout Poels
+13 Nicolas Edet
+11 Michele Scarponi
+11 Jose Herrada Lopez
+8 Pierrick Fedrigo
+8 Daniel Teklehaimanot
+7 Thomas De Gendt
+7 Stephen Cummings
+6 Ruben Plaza Molina

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Geraint Thomas
-6 Bram Tankink
-6 Marcel Wyss
-6 Winner Anacona Gomez
-5 Adam Yates
-5 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-5 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-5 Kristijan Koren
-5 Nicolas Roche
-5 Simon Geschke
-4 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:20 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:32 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas

Biggest losers by time :
-29:20 Jacopo Guarnieri
-28:02 Alexander Kristoff
-28:02 Andre Greipel
-28:02 Armindo Fonseca
-28:02 Arnaud Demare
-28:02 Arnaud Gerard
-28:02 Bartosz Huzarski
-28:02 Bram Tankink
-28:02 Christophe Laporte
-28:02 Christophe Riblon
-28:02 Damien Gaudin

Favourites by position :
+3 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Romain Bardet
+1 Mathias Frank
+1 Leopold Konig
-1 Rigoberto Uran
-3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-4 Richie Porte
-5 Jean-Christophe Peraud

Favourites by time :
+1:20 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:32 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-1:16 Thibaut Pinot
-1:16 Romain Bardet
-1:16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:16 Alberto Contador Velasco
-3:52 Mathias Frank
-20:50 Rigoberto Uran
-20:50 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-24:20 Leopold Konig
-27:26 Richie Porte
-27:26 Jean-Christophe Peraud

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 78:37:34 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 2:38 (was 2nd at 3:10)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 5:25 (was 3rd at 4:09)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 6:44 (was 7th at 8:04)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 7:56 (was 5th at 6:40)
6 Robert Gesink 8:55 (was 6th at 7:39)
7 Mathias Frank 12:39 (was 8th at 8:47)
8 Bauke Mollema 13:22 (was 9th at 12:06)
9 Romain Bardet 14:08 (was 10th at 12:52)
10 Pierre Rolland 17:27 (was 13th at 16:02)
.....
16 Thibaut Pinot 40:40 (was 16th at 39:24)
.....
32 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:34:33 (was 29th at 1:13:43)
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38 Rigoberto Uran 1:50:32 (was 37th at 1:29:42)
.....
54 Richie Porte 2:15:32 (was 50th at 1:48:06)
.....
60 Jean-Christophe Peraud 2:22:31 (was 55th at 1:55:05)
.....
68 Leopold Konig 2:35:21 (was 69th at 2:11:01)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 420 (unchanged)
2 Andre Greipel 316 (unchanged)
3 John Degenkolb 281 (unchanged)
4 Mark Cavendish 192 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 128 (was 6th with 113 points)
6 Bryan Coquard 122 (was 5th with 122 points)
7 Alejandro Valverde 90 (was 8th with 80 points)
8 Thomas De Gendt 85 (was 7th with 85 points)
9 Tony Gallopin 85 (was 10th with 76 points)
10 Thibaut Pinot 83 (was 13th with 70 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Romain Bardet 90 (was 2nd with 68 points)
2 Christopher Froome 87 (was 4th with 61 points)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez 78 (was 1st with 68 points)
4 Jakob Fuglsang 64 (was 3rd with 64 points)
5 Nairo Quintana 56 (was 8th with 32 points)
6 Serge Pauwels 55 (was 5th with 55 points)
7 Pierre Rolland 54 (was 13th with 24 points)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 47 (was 0 points)
9 Rafal Majka 40 (was 7th with 34 points)
10 Richie Porte 40 (was 6th with 40 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 38


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