Changes in stage 12 compared to stage 11

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Mark Renshaw
+10 Jimmy Engoulvent
+9 William Frischkorn
+9 Steven De Jongh
+9 Massimiliano Mori
+9 Martyn Maaskant
+9 Mark Cavendish
+9 Manuel Quinziato
+9 Freddy Bichot
+9 Christophe Brandt

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Gorka Verdugo

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-4:06 Gorka Verdugo
-2:40 Arnaud Gerard
-2:40 Samuel Dumoulin
-2:12 Wim Vansevenant
-1:49 Philippe Gilbert
-1:49 Remi Pauriol
-1:49 Yoann Le Boulanger
-1:17 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-1:17 Danny Pate
-1:17 David Lopez Garcia
-1:17 Johan Van Summeren

Favourites by position :
+3 Stijn Devolder
+3 Jens Voigt
+3 George Hincapie
+2 Vladimir Efimkin
+2 Samuel Sanchez
+2 Oscar Pereiro
+2 Damiano Cunego
+2 Andy Schleck
+2 Alejandro Valverde

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Cadel Evans 50.23.05
2 Frank Schleck 0.01
3 Christian Vande Velde 0.38
.....
5 Denis Menchov 0.57
6 Carlos Sastre 1.28
7 Kim Kirchen 1.56
8 Vladimir Efimkin 2.32
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11 Samuel Sanchez 4.26
12 Alejandro Valverde 4.41
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14 Damiano Cunego 5.37
15 Oscar Pereiro 6.01
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20 Andy Schleck 8.34
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26 Stijn Devolder 13.36
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38 Jens Voigt 27.00
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54 George Hincapie 39.51

Retirements to date : Stage
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
Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7
Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10
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 : 22