Stage 14 : Jul 18, Revel - Ax-3 Domaines, 184.5 km

1 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.52.42
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.54
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1.08
5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 1.49
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Christophe Kern
+34 Kevin Seeldrayers
+22 Pavel Brutt
+22 Kristjan Koren
+21 David De La Fuente Rasilla
+19 Matthew Lloyd
+19 Jurgen Van De Walle
+17 Remy Di Gregorio
+17 Matthieu Ladagnous
+16 Stephane Auge

Biggest losers by position :
-25 Steve Morabito
-20 Damien Monier
-19 Bram Tankink
-17 Eros Capecchi
-17 Thomas Voeckler
-16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-16 Yaroslav Popovych
-14 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-14 Fabian Wegmann
-14 Jens Voigt
-13 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:08 Christophe Riblon
+0:14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+0:14 Denis Menchov

Biggest losers by time :
-36:01 Jeremy Roy
-35:48 Adriano Malori
-35:48 Alan Perez Lezaun
-35:48 Alessandro Petacchi
-35:48 Alexandr Pliuschin
-35:48 Andreas Klier
-35:48 Andriy Grivko
-35:48 Anthony Roux
-35:48 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-35:48 Bernhard Eisel
-35:48 Bert Grabsch

Favourites by position :
+3 Andreas Kloden
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Ivan Basso
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Cadel Evans
-2 Roman Kreuziger
-2 Lance Armstrong
-2 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by time :
+0:14 Denis Menchov
-0:41 Carlos Sastre
-0:45 Levi Leipheimer
-0:54 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1:22 Ivan Basso
-1:22 Andreas Kloden
-1:55 Roman Kreuziger
-3:51 Bradley Wiggins
-4:31 Cadel Evans
-14:06 Lance Armstrong

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Andy Schleck 68:02:30 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:31 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:31 (was 3rd at 2:45)
4 Denis Menchov 2:44 (was 4th at 2:58)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:31 (unchanged)
6 Robert Gesink 4:27 (was 7th at 4:27)
7 Levi Leipheimer 4:51 (was 6th at 4:06)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez 4:58 (unchanged)
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 5:56 (was 9th at 5:02)
10 Ivan Basso 6:52 (was 11th at 5:30)
.....
12 Roman Kreuziger 7:11 (was 10th at 5:16)
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15 Carlos Sastre 8:15 (was 15th at 7:34)
.....
17 Andreas Kloden 10:27 (was 20th at 9:05)
18 Bradley Wiggins 11:30 (was 16th at 7:39)
19 Cadel Evans 12:39 (was 18th at 8:08)
.....
38 Lance Armstrong 39:44 (was 36th at 25:38)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Petacchi 187 (unchanged)
2 Thor Hushovd 185 (unchanged)
3 Mark Cavendish 162 (unchanged)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 144 (unchanged)
5 Robbie McEwen 138 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 120 (unchanged)
7 Gerald Ciolek 102 (unchanged)
8 Sebastien Turgot 101 (unchanged)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 92 (was 11th with 77 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 89 (was 10th with 80 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 115 (was 1st with 107 points)
2 Jerome Pineau 92 (unchanged)
3 Andy Schleck 76 (was 4th with 64 points)
4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 72 (was 9th with 50 points)
5 Christophe Moreau 68 (was 5th with 62 points)
6 Mario Aerts 65 (was 3rd with 65 points)
7 Damiano Cunego 63 (was 7th with 56 points)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 62 (was 8th with 52 points)
9 Christophe Riblon 60 (was 37th with 10 points)
10 Sandy Casar 56 (was 6th with 56 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 12
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 11
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 11
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 9
Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 9
Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 9
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 9
Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 9
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 22


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