Stage 12 : July 18, 2019 Toulouse - Bagneres-De-Bigorre 209.5 km

1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 4.57.53
2 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
3 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
4 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1.28
5 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott
7 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
9 Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First
10 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Magnus Cort
+30 Anthony Perez
+22 Stephane Rossetto
+22 Serge Pauwels
+19 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+16 Mike Teunissen
+15 Hugo Houle
+15 Dries Devenyns
+14 Stephen Cummings
+14 Pello Bilbao

Biggest losers by position :
-22 Jens Keukeleire
-22 Wout Van Aert
-21 Jasper De Buyst
-19 Lennard Kamna
-18 Peter Sagan
-14 Daryl Impey
-13 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-13 Natnael Berhane
-13 Vincenzo Nibali
-12 Mads Wurtz Schmidt
-11 Matej Mohoric

Biggest gainers by time :
+9:53 Simon Yates
+9:44 Gregor Muhlberger
+9:43 Pello Bilbao
+8:07 Tony Gallopin
+8:07 Tiesj Benoot
+8:07 Simon Clarke
+8:07 Serge Pauwels
+8:07 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+8:07 Oliver Naesen
+8:07 Nicolas Roche

Biggest losers by time :
-16:59 Aime De Gendt
-16:59 Amund Grondahl Jansen
-16:59 Andre Greipel
-16:59 Caleb Ewan
-16:59 Elia Viviani
-16:59 Jasper De Buyst
-16:59 Jens Debusschere
-16:59 Jens Keukeleire
-16:59 Kasper Asgreen
-16:59 Lars Ytting Bak
-16:59 Maxime Monfort

Favourites by position :
+13 Simon Yates
-4 Wilco Kelderman
-13 Vincenzo Nibali

Favourites by time :
+9:53 Simon Yates
-9:23 Vincenzo Nibali

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Julian Alaphilippe 52:26:09 (unchanged)
2 Geraint Thomas 1:12 (unchanged)
3 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez 1:16 (unchanged)
4 Steven Kruijswijk 1:27 (unchanged)
5 Emanuel Buchmann 1:45 (unchanged)
6 Enric Mas 1:46 (unchanged)
7 Adam Yates 1:47 (unchanged)
8 Nairo Quintana 2:04 (unchanged)
9 Daniel Martin 2:09 (unchanged)
10 Thibaut Pinot 2:33 (unchanged)
11 Patrick Konrad 2:46 (unchanged)
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14 Romain Bardet 3:20 (unchanged)
15 Jakob Fuglsang 3:22 (unchanged)
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20 Mikel Landa Meana 4:15 (unchanged)
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44 Vincenzo Nibali 26:03 (was 31st at 16:40)
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50 Wilco Kelderman 30:06 (was 46th at 30:06)
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63 Ilnur Zakarin 40:37 (unchanged)
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84 Simon Yates 58:26 (was 97th at 1:08:19)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 277 (was 1st with 257 points)
2 Sonny Colbrelli 191 (was 3rd with 174 points)
3 Elia Viviani 184 (was 2nd with 184 points)
4 Michael Matthews 167 (unchanged)
5 Caleb Ewan 148 (unchanged)
6 Jasper Stuyven 132 (was 6th with 112 points)
7 Matteo Trentin 118 (was 7th with 101 points)
8 Greg Van Avermaet 101 (was 9th with 95 points)
9 Dylan Groenewegen 96 (was 8th with 96 points)
10 Julian Alaphilippe 75 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Tim Wellens 54 (was 1st with 43 points)
2 Thomas De Gendt 37 (unchanged)
3 Giulio Ciccone 30 (unchanged)
4 Xandro Meurisse 27 (unchanged)
5 Natnael Berhane 20 (unchanged)
6 Tiesj Benoot 16 (was 8th with 12 points)
7 Dylan Teuns 13 (was 6th with 13 points)
8 Serge Pauwels 13 (was 31st with 1 points)
9 Benjamin King 13 (was 7th with 13 points)
10 Simon Yates 10 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 12
Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 12
Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 12
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Direct Energie 11
Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 11
Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 9
Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8
Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 8
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 6
Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team 6
Total retirements : 10


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