Stage 15 : July 19, 2015 Mende - Valence 183 km

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 3.56.35
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka
6 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
7 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
8 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement


Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Reto Hollenstein
+11 Ruben Plaza Molina
+11 Michele Scarponi
+11 Luke Rowe
+10 Matteo Tosatto
+10 Lieuwe Westra
+10 Jacopo Guarnieri
+9 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
+9 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes
+9 Bartosz Huzarski

Biggest losers by position :
-25 Jeremy Roy
-25 Michal Golas
-21 Sep Vanmarcke
-21 Simon Yates
-20 Geoffrey Soupe
-20 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-19 Jerome Coppel
-18 Mark Cavendish
-17 Anthony Delaplace
-17 Arnaud Demare
-16 Armindo Fonseca

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Andre Greipel
+0:06 John Degenkolb
+0:04 Alexander Kristoff

Biggest losers by time :
-15:41 Anthony Delaplace
-15:41 Armindo Fonseca
-15:41 Arnaud Demare
-15:41 Daniel Teklehaimanot
-15:41 Florian Senechal
-15:41 Frederic Brun
-15:41 Geoffrey Soupe
-15:41 Imanol Erviti Ollo
-15:41 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-15:41 Jeremy Roy
-15:41 Jerome Coppel

Favourites by position :
-1 Rigoberto Uran
-2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-12 Jean-Christophe Peraud

Favourites by time :
-4:21 Rigoberto Uran
-4:21 Richie Porte
-4:21 Leopold Konig
-4:21 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-15:41 Jean-Christophe Peraud

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 59:58:54 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:10 (unchanged)
3 Tejay van Garderen 3:32 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4:02 (unchanged)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:23 (unchanged)
6 Geraint Thomas 4:54 (unchanged)
7 Robert Gesink 6:23 (unchanged)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 8:17 (unchanged)
9 Tony Gallopin 8:23 (unchanged)
10 Bauke Mollema 8:53 (unchanged)
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12 Romain Bardet 13:10 (unchanged)
13 Mathias Frank 13:26 (unchanged)
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17 Thibaut Pinot 30:57 (unchanged)
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21 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 36:06 (was 19th at 31:45)
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29 Rigoberto Uran 50:48 (was 28th at 46:27)
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46 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:12:02 (was 34th at 56:21)
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54 Richie Porte 1:23:42 (was 54th at 1:19:21)
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89 Leopold Konig 1:46:05 (was 89th at 1:41:44)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 360 (was 1st with 322 points)
2 Andre Greipel 316 (was 2nd with 261 points)
3 John Degenkolb 264 (was 3rd with 228 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 192 (unchanged)
5 Bryan Coquard 122 (was 5th with 120 points)
6 Greg Van Avermaet 112 (unchanged)
7 Christopher Froome 109 (unchanged)
8 Zdenek Stybar 78 (unchanged)
9 Alejandro Valverde 77 (unchanged)
10 Tony Gallopin 76 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 61 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez 52 (unchanged)
3 Jakob Fuglsang 41 (unchanged)
4 Richie Porte 40 (unchanged)
5 Romain Bardet 38 (unchanged)
6 Rafal Majka 32 (unchanged)
7 Nairo Quintana 32 (unchanged)
8 Alejandro Valverde 32 (unchanged)
9 Serge Pauwels 28 (was 13th with 26 points)
10 Robert Gesink 28 (was 9th with 28 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 27


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