Tour de France, stage 10 summary
 

Stage 10 : July 14, 2014, Mulhouse - La Planche des Belles Filles, 161.5 km

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4.27.26
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0.15
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.20
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.22
6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
7 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0.25
8 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 0.50
9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0.52
10 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky 0.54


Changes in GC, stage 10 compared to stage 9 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+52 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+50 Simon Spilak
+47 Nicolas Edet
+43 Mickael Cherel
+35 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+35 Christophe Riblon
+29 Thomas Voeckler
+27 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+24 Alexandre Pichot
+22 Peter Stetina

Biggest losers by position :
-44 Tiago Machado
-29 Sebastian Langeveld
-28 Jerome Pineau
-27 Maciej Bodnar
-25 Cyril Lemoine
-25 Heinrich Haussler
-25 Jurgen Roelandts
-25 Niki Terpstra
-24 Fabio Sabatini
-24 Simon Yates
-23 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:34 Vincenzo Nibali
+1:19 Thibaut Pinot
+1:14 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+1:14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1:12 Tejay van Garderen
+1:12 Romain Bardet
+1:09 Richie Porte
+0:44 Leopold Konig
+0:42 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:40 Mikel Nieve Ituralde

Biggest losers by time :
-41:32 Andreas Schillinger
-41:32 Tiago Machado
-31:13 Adrien Petit
-31:05 Sebastian Langeveld
-31:05 Simon Yates
-30:55 Alessandro Petacchi
-30:55 Alexander Kristoff
-30:55 Arnaud Demare
-30:55 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-30:55 Benoit Jarrier
-30:55 Bernhard Eisel

Favourites by position :
+52 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+50 Simon Spilak
+9 Tejay van Garderen
+7 Christopher Horner
+5 Rafal Majka
+4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+3 Richie Porte
+2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+2 Bauke Mollema
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
-7 Andrew Talansky

Favourites by time :
+1:34 Vincenzo Nibali
+1:14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1:12 Tejay van Garderen
+1:09 Richie Porte
+0:42 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:28 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+0:28 Bauke Mollema
+0:18 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+0:13 Christopher Horner
+0:08 Simon Spilak
-8:48 Andrew Talansky
-27:00 Rafal Majka

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 42:33:38 (was 2nd at 1:34)
2 Richie Porte 2:23 (was 5th at 3:32)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:47 (was 7th at 4:01)
4 Romain Bardet 3:01 (was 10th at 4:13)
5 Tony Gallopin 3:12 (was 1st at 0:00)
6 Thibaut Pinot 3:47 (was 15th at 5:06)
7 Tejay van Garderen 3:56 (was 16th at 5:08)
8 Jean-Christophe Peraud 3:57 (was 17th at 5:11)
9 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 3:58 (was 11th at 4:26)
10 Bauke Mollema 4:08 (was 12th at 4:36)
11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:18 (was 13th at 4:36)
.....
17 Christopher Horner 7:33 (was 24th at 7:46)
.....
26 Andrew Talansky 14:44 (was 19th at 5:56)
.....
62 Simon Spilak 55:22 (was 112nd at 55:30)
.....
68 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 57:34 (was 120th at 58:16)
.....
151 Rafal Majka 1:43:14 (was 156th at 1:16:14)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Peter Sagan 287
2 Bryan Coquard 156
3 Marcel Kittel 146
4 Alexander Kristoff 117
5 Mark Renshaw 101
6 Andre Greipel 98
7 Vincenzo Nibali 95
8 Greg Van Avermaet 87
9 Tony Martin 76
10 Blel Kadri 63

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez 51 (was 5th with 11 points)
2 Thomas Voeckler 34 (was 6th with 8 points)
3 Tony Martin 26 (was 1st with 18 points)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 20 (was 0 points)
5 Blel Kadri 17 (was 2nd with 17 points)
6 Alessandro De Marchi 17 (was 3rd with 17 points)
7 Thibaut Pinot 16 (was 0 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 12 (was 0 points)
9 Giovanni Visconti 12 (was 0 points)
10 Nicolas Edet 12 (was 4th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 10
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 10
Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 8
Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 8
Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 7
Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 7
Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 6
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 6
Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 6
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 6
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 5
Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 4
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 4
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2
Total retirements : 18


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