Stage 15 : July 20, 2014, Tallard - Nimes, 222 km

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4.56.43
2 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
4 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
7 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp
8 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
9 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
10 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp


Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Andriy Grivko
+6 Samuel Dumoulin
+6 Maarten Wynants
+6 Heinrich Haussler
+6 Cyril Lemoine
+5 Sebastien Minard
+5 Lars Boom
+5 Bryan Coquard
+4 Roy Curvers
+4 Reto Hollenstein

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Julien Simon
-20 Rein Taaramae
-19 Perrig Quemeneur
-15 Sebastien Reichenbach
-11 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-11 Simon Spilak
-10 Vladimir Isaychev
-9 Sebastian Langeveld
-8 David Lopez Garcia
-8 Michal Golas
-7 Nicolas Edet

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-12:20 Alessandro De Marchi
-12:20 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-12:20 David Lopez Garcia
-12:20 Davide Cimolai
-12:20 Ji Cheng
-12:20 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-12:20 Julien Simon
-12:20 Michal Golas
-12:20 Nicolas Edet
-12:20 Perrig Quemeneur
-12:20 Rein Taaramae

Favourites by position :
-6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-11 Simon Spilak

Favourites by time :
-0:16 Richie Porte
-2:19 Christopher Horner
-2:33 Rafal Majka
-12:20 Simon Spilak
-12:20 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 66:49:37 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4:37 (unchanged)
3 Romain Bardet 4:50 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 5:06 (unchanged)
5 Tejay van Garderen 5:49 (unchanged)
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud 6:08 (unchanged)
7 Bauke Mollema 8:33 (unchanged)
8 Leopold Konig 9:32 (unchanged)
9 Laurens ten Dam 10:01 (unchanged)
10 Pierre Rolland 10:48 (unchanged)
11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 11:02 (unchanged)
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13 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 12:57 (unchanged)
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15 Richie Porte 16:19 (was 15th at 16:03)
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22 Christopher Horner 26:18 (was 22nd at 23:59)
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58 Rafal Majka 1:51:13 (was 58th at 1:48:40)
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61 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:53:26 (was 55th at 1:41:06)
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96 Simon Spilak 2:29:48 (was 85th at 2:17:28)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez 88 (unchanged)
2 Rafal Majka 88 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 86 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 49 (unchanged)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 40 (unchanged)
6 Alessandro De Marchi 38 (unchanged)
7 Thomas Voeckler 34 (unchanged)
8 Leopold Konig 32 (unchanged)
9 Jean-Christophe Peraud 29 (unchanged)
10 Tony Martin 26 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida 14
Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 13
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 13
Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 13
Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp 13
Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp 12
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 12
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 11
Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 10
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 10
Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 8
Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 8
Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 7
Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 7
Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 6
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 6
Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 6
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 6
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 5
Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 4
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 4
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2
Total retirements : 27


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