Tour de France, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : Jul 16, Bourg-de-Peage - Mende, 210.5 km

1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 4.58.26
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
3 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0.04
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.10
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Radioshack
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.15
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Kevin Seeldrayers
+12 Dries Devenyns
+11 Remy Di Gregorio
+10 Serge Pauwels
+9 Aitor Perez Arrieta
+8 David De La Fuente Rasilla
+8 Alexandr Pliuschin
+8 Alan Perez Lezaun
+7 Pavel Brutt
+7 Paolo Tiralongo

Biggest losers by position :
-31 Lars Boom
-31 Robbie McEwen
-21 Alexander Kuschynski
-19 Christophe Kern
-18 Fabian Cancellara
-16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-15 Jeremy Roy
-10 Amael Moinard
-10 Francesco Bellotti
-10 Martijn Maaskant
-8 Linus Gerdemann

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:10 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:06 Alexander Vinokourov

Biggest losers by time :
-26:37 Bert Grabsch
-26:37 Robbie McEwen
-26:08 Lars Boom
-19:27 Alexander Kuschynski
-15:11 Christophe Kern
-13:58 Anthony Roux
-13:33 Fabian Cancellara
-13:06 Marcus Burghardt
-12:50 Adriano Malori
-12:50 Mirco Lorenzetto
-12:49 Jeremy Roy

Favourites by position :
+1 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Joaquin Rodriguez
+1 Carlos Sastre
+1 Bradley Wiggins
-1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1 Ivan Basso

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:10 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:05 Roman Kreuziger
-0:05 Robert Gesink
-0:07 Levi Leipheimer
-0:21 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:21 Ivan Basso
-0:21 Carlos Sastre
-0:21 Cadel Evans
-0:21 Bradley Wiggins
-3:25 Lance Armstrong

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Andy Schleck 58:42:01 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:31 (was 2nd at 0:41)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:45 (unchanged)
4 Denis Menchov 2:58 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:31 (unchanged)
6 Levi Leipheimer 4:06 (was 6th at 3:59)
7 Robert Gesink 4:27 (was 7th at 4:22)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez 4:58 (was 9th at 5:08)
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 5:02 (was 8th at 4:41)
10 Roman Kreuziger 5:16 (was 11th at 5:11)
11 Ivan Basso 5:30 (was 10th at 5:09)
.....
15 Carlos Sastre 7:34 (was 16th at 7:13)
16 Bradley Wiggins 7:39 (was 17th at 7:18)
.....
18 Cadel Evans 8:08 (was 18th at 7:47)
.....
20 Andreas Kloden 9:05 (unchanged)
.....
32 Lance Armstrong 21:16 (was 32nd at 17:51)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 167 (was 2nd with 157 points)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 161 (was 1st with 161 points)
3 Robbie McEwen 138 (unchanged)
4 Mark Cavendish 132 (unchanged)
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 122 (unchanged)
6 Sebastien Turgot 101 (unchanged)
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen 96 (unchanged)
8 Gerald Ciolek 87 (unchanged)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 79 (was 16th with 57 points)
10 Geraint Thomas 74 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 107 (was 2nd with 90 points)
2 Jerome Pineau 92 (was 1st with 92 points)
3 Andy Schleck 64 (was 6th with 50 points)
4 Christophe Moreau 62 (was 3rd with 62 points)
5 Mario Aerts 58 (was 4th with 58 points)
6 Sandy Casar 56 (was 8th with 43 points)
7 Damiano Cunego 56 (was 5th with 56 points)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 52 (was 11th with 32 points)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 50 (was 9th with 40 points)
10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 47 (was 7th with 47 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 21


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"Bob Martin" wrote in message
news:A000o.26776$Sl7.4583@hurricane...

:
: Favourites by time :
: +0:10 Joaquin Rodriguez
: +0:10 Alberto Contador Velasco
: -0:05 Roman Kreuziger
: -0:05 Robert Gesink
: -0:07 Levi Leipheimer
: -0:21 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
: -0:21 Ivan Basso
: -0:21 Carlos Sastre
: -0:21 Cadel Evans
: -0:21 Bradley Wiggins
: -3:25 Lance Armstrong



Maybe Schleck should be in the favorites' list.

On Jul 17, 12:01*am, "Kurgan Gringioni"
wrote:
"Bob Martin" wrote in message

news:A000o.26776$Sl7.4583@hurricane...

:
: Favourites by time :
: * *+0:10 * Joaquin Rodriguez
: * *+0:10 * Alberto Contador Velasco
: * *-0:05 * Roman Kreuziger
: * *-0:05 * Robert Gesink
: * *-0:07 * Levi Leipheimer
: * *-0:21 * Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
: * *-0:21 * Ivan Basso
: * *-0:21 * Carlos Sastre
: * *-0:21 * Cadel Evans
: * *-0:21 * Bradley Wiggins
: * *-3:25 * Lance Armstrong

Maybe Schleck should be in the favorites' list.

Shhhhhhhh!

R

in 322659 20100717 050158 "Kurgan Gringioni" wrote:
"Bob Martin" wrote in message
news:A000o.26776$Sl7.4583@hurricane...

:
: Favourites by time :
: +0:10 Joaquin Rodriguez
: +0:10 Alberto Contador Velasco
: -0:05 Roman Kreuziger
: -0:05 Robert Gesink
: -0:07 Levi Leipheimer
: -0:21 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
: -0:21 Ivan Basso
: -0:21 Carlos Sastre
: -0:21 Cadel Evans
: -0:21 Bradley Wiggins
: -3:25 Lance Armstrong



Maybe Schleck should be in the favorites' list.

He is, but his GC time didn't change, did it?

On Jul 17, 1:06*am, Bob Martin wrote:
in 322659 20100717 050158 "Kurgan Gringioni" wrote:

He is, but his GC time didn't change, did it?

Isn't that cool!? The GC leader can lose 10 secs to second place yet
still be at 0 seconds relative to the GC leader.

DR