On Jul 22, 1:24*pm, Bob Martin wrote:
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

All the Frenchmen doing well today...I don't know. Did I miss the
date change on Bastille Day?

R