Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Remi Pauriol
+18 Nicolas Portal
+16 Samuel Dumoulin
+16 Giampaolo Cheula
+15 Thomas Voeckler
+13 Sylvain Chavanel
+13 Ryder Hesjedal
+13 Murilo Fischer
+12 Nicolas Vogondy
+12 John-Lee Augustyn

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Dario Cioni
-14 David Millar
-14 Joost Posthuma
-11 Alessandro Ballan
-11 Matteo Tosatto
-10 Simon Gerrans
-9 Oscar Freire
-8 Fabian Cancellara
-8 Thor Hushovd
-7 Thomas Lovkvist
-7 Trent Lowe

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:28 Sandy Casar
+1:28 David Arroyo
+1:28 Cyril Dessel
+1:25 Yaroslav Popovych
+1:04 Tadej Valjavec
+1:04 Nicolas Portal
+1:04 George Hincapie
+0:25 Stefan Schumacher

Biggest losers by time :
-30:38 Joost Posthuma
-30:38 Julian Dean
-30:38 Manuel Quinziato
-30:38 Niki Terpstra
-30:38 Stephane Auge
-30:28 Adam Hansen
-30:28 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-30:28 Alessandro Ballan
-30:28 Arnaud Coyot
-30:28 Arnaud Gerard
-30:28 Bernhard Eisel

Favourites by position :
+8 George Hincapie
+4 Jens Voigt
+3 Damiano Cunego
+3 Andy Schleck
+2 Carlos Sastre
+1 Samuel Sanchez
+1 Alejandro Valverde
-1 Denis Menchov
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-3 Vladimir Efimkin

Favourites by time :
+1:04 George Hincapie
-0:04 Samuel Sanchez
-0:35 Kim Kirchen
-0:35 Denis Menchov
-1:53 Jens Voigt
-2:36 Christian Vande Velde
-3:22 Vladimir Efimkin

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Frank Schleck 68.30.16
2 Bernhard Kohl 0.07
3 Cadel Evans 0.08
4 Carlos Sastre 0.49
5 Denis Menchov 1.13
6 Christian Vande Velde 3.15
7 Kim Kirchen 3.23
8 Alejandro Valverde 4.11
9 Samuel Sanchez 4.38
.....
11 Vladimir Efimkin 6.58
12 Damiano Cunego 7.43
.....
14 Andy Schleck 9.01
.....
37 Jens Voigt 44.18
38 George Hincapie 44.59

Retirements to date : Stage
Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia 15
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5
Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11
Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 12
Moises Duenas (Spa) Barloworld 11
Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 11
Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 8
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 16
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 15
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 15
Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7
Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 14
Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16
Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3
Josep Jufre (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Garmin Chipotle - H30 7
Total retirements : 29