Stage 14 : July 19, 2014, Grenoble - Risoul, 177 km

1 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 5.08.27
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.24
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.26
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0.50
5 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.54
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 1.01
8 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 1.07
9 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 1.20
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1.24


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Simon Yates
+22 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+19 Rein Taaramae
+16 Rafal Majka
+16 Jesus Herrada Lopez
+15 Nicolas Edet
+13 Kevin Reza
+12 Christophe Riblon
+11 Reto Hollenstein
+10 Alexandre Pichot

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Maarten Wynants
-10 Simon Gerrans
-10 Tom Jelte Slagter
-9 Heinrich Haussler
-9 Kristijan Durasek
-9 Sebastien Reichenbach
-8 Cyril Lemoine
-8 Daniele Bennati
-8 Niki Terpstra
-8 Sep Vanmarcke
-7 Christopher Horner

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:24 Rafal Majka

Biggest losers by time :
-27:26 Arnaud Demare
-27:26 Mickael Delage
-27:16 Adrien Petit
-27:16 Alessandro Petacchi
-27:16 Alexander Kristoff
-27:16 Andre Greipel
-27:16 Andreas Schillinger
-27:16 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-27:16 Benoit Jarrier
-27:16 Bernhard Eisel
-27:16 Cyril Lemoine

Favourites by position :
+16 Rafal Majka
+4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+1 Richie Porte
-3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-4 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-5 Simon Spilak
-7 Christopher Horner

Favourites by time :
+0:24 Rafal Majka
-0:30 Tejay van Garderen
-1:00 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2:16 Bauke Mollema
-4:22 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-4:35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-4:52 Richie Porte
-6:28 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-13:15 Christopher Horner
-25:00 Simon Spilak

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 61:52:54 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4:37 (was 2nd at 3:37)
3 Romain Bardet 4:50 (was 3rd at 4:24)
4 Thibaut Pinot 5:06 (was 4th at 4:40)
5 Tejay van Garderen 5:49 (was 5th at 5:19)
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud 6:08 (was 6th at 6:06)
7 Bauke Mollema 8:33 (was 7th at 6:17)
8 Leopold Konig 9:32 (was 10th at 8:36)
9 Laurens ten Dam 10:01 (was 12th at 9:18)
10 Pierre Rolland 10:48 (was 13th at 9:48)
11 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 11:02 (was 8th at 6:27)
.....
13 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 12:57 (was 9th at 8:35)
.....
15 Richie Porte 16:03 (was 16th at 11:11)
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22 Christopher Horner 23:59 (was 15th at 10:44)
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55 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:41:06 (was 59th at 1:34:38)
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58 Rafal Majka 1:48:40 (was 74th at 1:49:04)
.....
85 Simon Spilak 2:17:28 (was 80th at 1:52:28)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez 88 (was 2nd with 53 points)
2 Rafal Majka 88 (was 5th with 40 points)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 86 (was 1st with 70 points)
4 Thibaut Pinot 49 (was 3rd with 41 points)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 40 (was 4th with 40 points)
6 Alessandro De Marchi 38 (was 8th with 28 points)
7 Thomas Voeckler 34 (was 6th with 34 points)
8 Leopold Konig 32 (was 7th with 32 points)
9 Jean-Christophe Peraud 29 (was 13th with 17 points)
10 Tony Martin 26 (was 9th with 26 points)

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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