Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16

Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Stuart O'Grady
+27 Paolo Tiralongo
+27 David Lopez
+24 Philippe Gilbert
+23 Daniele Righi
+22 Bram Tankink
+21 Anthony Charteau
+18 Eddy Mazzoleni
+16 Stéphane Auge
+16 José Luis Arrieta

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Axel Merckx
-13 Vladimir Karpets
-11 Benoît Salmon
-11 Sylvain Calzati
-10 Christophe Brandt
-10 Christophe Rinero
-10 David Moncoutié
-10 Ivan Ramiro Parra
-10 Ruben Lobato
-9 Gilberto Simoni
-9 Koos Moerenhout

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:38 Floyd Landis
+1:38 Carlos Sastre
+1:18 Christophe Moreau
+0:28 Damiano Cunego

Biggest losers by time :
-45:35 Aitor Hernandez
-45:24 Patrick Calcagni
-45:24 Unai Etxebarria
-45:15 Christophe Mengin
-45:15 Cédric Vasseur
-45:15 Francisco Ventoso
-45:15 Gert Steegmans
-45:14 Manuel Quinziato
-45:05 Arnaud Coyot
-45:05 Bradley Wiggins
-45:05 Christophe Rinero

Favourites by position :
+10 George Hincapie
+8 Floyd Landis
+4 Serguei Gonchar
+2 Michael Boogerd
+2 Damiano Cunego
-1 Stefano Garzelli
-1 Pietro Caucchioli
-1 Andreas Klöden
-3 Michael Rogers
-3 Cyril Dessel
-8 Georg Totschnig
-9 Levi Leipheimer
-9 Gilberto Simoni
-10 David Moncoutié

Favourites by time :
+7:38 Floyd Landis
+1:38 Carlos Sastre
+1:18 Christophe Moreau
+0:28 Damiano Cunego
-0:12 Cadel Evans
-0:16 Denis Menchov
-1:41 Cyril Dessel
-2:19 Pietro Caucchioli
-5:26 Michael Rogers
-14:15 Levi Leipheimer
-14:15 George Hincapie
-23:55 Serguei Gonchar
-29:21 Stefano Garzelli
-44:54 Georg Totschnig
-45:05 Gilberto Simoni
-45:05 David Moncoutié

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Oscar Pereiro 80.08.49
2 Carlos Sastre 0.12
3 Floyd Landis 0.30
4 Andreas Klöden 2.29
5 Cadel Evans 3.08
6 Denis Menchov 4.14
7 Cyril Dessel 4.24
8 Christophe Moreau 5.45
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10 Michael Rogers 12.13
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12 Michael Boogerd 13.52
13 Pietro Caucchioli 15.46
14 Damiano Cunego 17.18
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18 Levi Leipheimer 22.01
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32 George Hincapie 1.07.33
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48 Georg Totschnig 1.37.52
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52 Stefano Garzelli 1.44.09
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57 Serguei Gonchar 1.51.03
58 David Moncoutié 1.52.41
59 Gilberto Simoni 1.56.57

Retirements to date :
Agritubel José Alberto Martinez DNF 12
" Juan Miguel Mercado DNF 17
" Samuel Plouhinec DNF 12
Bouygues Telecom Laurent Brochard DNS 10
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Alejandro Valverde DNF 3
" Isaac Galvez DNF 12
Cofidis Rik Verbrugghe DNF 14
Crédit Agricole Jimmy Engoulvent DNF 10
Davitamon-Lotto Fred Rodriguez DNF 3
Discovery Channel Benjamin Noval DNF 12
" Paolo Savoldelli DNF 12
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Mayo DNF 11
Francaise Des Jeux Sébastien Joly DNF 16
Gerolsteiner Beat Zberg DNF 15
" David Kopp DNF 16
Lampre-Fondital Daniele Bennati DNF 16
Liquigas Danilo Di Luca DNS 2
" Magnus Backstedt DNF 14
Milram Andriy Grivko DNF 15
" Fabio Sacchi DNS 6
" Maxim Iglinskiy DNF 16
" Mirko Celestino DNF 14
Phonak Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero DNF 17
Quick-Step-Innergetic José Rujano DNS 17
" Steven De Jongh DNF 16
" Tom Boonen DNF 15
" Wilfried Cretskens DNF 11
Rabobank Bram De Groot DNF 15
" Erik Dekker DNF 3
Saunier Duval David Canada DNF 14
" José Angel Gomez DNF 17
Team CSC Bobby Julich DNF 7
" Giovanni Lombardi DNF 11
Total retirements : 33