Stage 12 : September 03, 2015 Escaldes-Engordany. Andorra - Lleida 173 km

1 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 4.02.11
2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge
3 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
4 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
6 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
7 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
8 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Davide Villella
+3 Youcef Reguigui
+3 Vasil Kiryienka
+3 Tony Hurel
+3 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+3 Niki Terpstra
+3 Natnael Berhane
+3 Mike Teunissen
+3 Mathew Hayman
+3 Marcel Aregger

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Alessandro De Marchi
-4 Ilia Koshevoy
-4 Mattia Cattaneo
-2 Arnaud Courteille
-2 Bert-Jan Lindeman
-2 Jerome Cousin
-1 Alessandro Vanotti
-1 Alex Howes
-1 Kevin Reza
-1 Moreno Moser
-1 Pello Bilbao

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Danny van Poppel
+0:06 Daryl Impey
+0:04 Tosh Van der Sande
+0:02 Maxime Bouet
+0:01 Jacobus Venter

Biggest losers by time :
-2:30 Alessandro Vanotti
-2:30 Mattia Cattaneo
-2:14 Alex Howes
-2:06 Alessandro De Marchi
-2:02 Maarten Wynants
-1:55 Ilia Koshevoy
-1:49 Amael Moinard
-1:35 Mitchell Docker
-1:23 Arnaud Courteille
-1:23 Ian Boswell
-1:23 Jerome Cousin

Favourites by position :
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Mikel Landa Meana
+1 Geraint Thomas
+1 Andrew Talansky

Favourites by time :
-0:32 Pierre Rolland
-0:36 Andrew Talansky

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabio Aru 47:14:30 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:27 (unchanged)
3 Tom Dumoulin 0:30 (unchanged)
4 Rafal Majka 1:28 (unchanged)
5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:29 (unchanged)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:52 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:54 (unchanged)
8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 1:58 (unchanged)
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:07 (unchanged)
10 Louis Meintjes 4:15 (unchanged)
11 Domenico Pozzovivo 5:19 (unchanged)
.....
18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 11:07 (was 19th at 11:07)
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26 Mikel Landa Meana 23:47 (was 27th at 23:47)
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53 Pierre Rolland 1:01:52 (was 53rd at 1:01:20)
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59 Geraint Thomas 1:05:50 (was 60th at 1:05:50)
.....
76 Andrew Talansky 1:22:42 (was 77th at 1:22:06)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 79 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 74 (unchanged)
3 Alejandro Valverde 74 (unchanged)
4 John Degenkolb 68 (was 8th with 56 points)
5 Kristian Sbaragli 65 (was 6th with 57 points)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez 65 (was 4th with 65 points)
7 Fabio Aru 61 (was 5th with 61 points)
8 Nicolas Roche 56 (was 7th with 56 points)
9 Tosh Van Der Sande 51 (was 13th with 35 points)
10 Rafal Majka 50 (was 9th with 50 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Omar Fraile 55 (unchanged)
2 Mikel Landa Meana 25 (unchanged)
3 Bertjan Lindeman 16 (was 5th with 13 points)
4 Ruben Plaza Molina 14 (was 3rd with 14 points)
5 Tom Dumoulin 13 (was 4th with 13 points)
6 Fabio Aru 12 (unchanged)
7 Romain Sicard 11 (unchanged)
8 Imanol Erviti 10 (unchanged)
9 Ian Boswell 9 (unchanged)
10 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado 8 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 12
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 11
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 11
Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 11
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 11
Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10
Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr 10
Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 9
Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 9
Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling 9
Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 8
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 7
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 6
Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3
Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 2
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 2
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2
Total retirements : 24


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