Tour de France, stage 21 summary

Stage 21 : Jul 21, Versailles - Paris - Champs-Elysees, 133.5 km

1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 3.06.14
2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
7 Kevin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar
8 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
10 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Moreno Moser
+3 Enrico Gasparotto
+2 Yohann Gene
+2 Roberto Ferrari
+2 Peter Sagan
+2 Brett Lancaster
+1 Tom Dumoulin
+1 Rudy Molard
+1 Roy Curvers
+1 Pavel Brutt

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Johannes Frohlinger
-4 Marcus Burghardt
-3 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-3 Jurgen Roelandts
-2 Cameron Meyer
-2 David Veilleux
-2 Geraint Thomas
-2 Ian Stannard
-2 Jean Marc Marino
-2 Jeremy Roy
-2 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:55 Mark Cavendish
+0:55 Marcel Kittel
+0:55 Alexander Kristoff
+0:53 Yohann Gene
+0:53 Ruben Perez Moreno
+0:53 Roberto Ferrari
+0:53 Peter Sagan
+0:53 Murilo Antonio Fischer
+0:53 Matthew Harley Goss
+0:53 Kevin Reza

Biggest losers by time :
-3:31 Marcus Burghardt
-3:16 Dmitriy Muravyev
-3:16 Jean Marc Marino
-3:16 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-3:16 Jonathan Hivert
-3:16 Simon Clarke
-3:14 Svein Tuft
-2:20 David Millar
-1:59 Jurgen Roelandts
-1:35 Johannes Frohlinger
-1:35 Simon Geschke

Favourites by position :
-1 Tejay Van Garderen
-1 Ryder Hesjedal

Favourites by time :
+0:43 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+0:43 Robert Gesink
+0:43 Michael Rogers
+0:43 Cadel Evans
+0:43 Bauke Mollema
+0:43 Andy Schleck
+0:43 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:43 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:25 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:19 Damiano Cunego
-0:25 Tejay Van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 83:56:40 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 4:20 (was 2nd at 5:03)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 5:04 (was 3rd at 5:47)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 6:27 (was 4th at 7:10)
5 Roman Kreuziger 7:27 (was 5th at 8:10)
6 Bauke Mollema 11:42 (was 6th at 12:25)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 12:17 (was 7th at 13:00)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 15:26 (was 8th at 16:09)
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia 15:52 (was 9th at 16:35)
10 Andrew Talansky 17:39 (was 10th at 18:22)
.....
16 Michael Rogers 26:51 (was 16th at 27:34)
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19 Richie Porte 39:41 (unchanged)
20 Andy Schleck 41:46 (was 20th at 42:29)
.....
26 Robert Gesink 54:25 (was 26th at 55:08)
27 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 54:34 (was 27th at 55:17)
.....
39 Cadel Evans 1:30:14 (was 39th at 1:30:57)
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45 Tejay Van Garderen 1:38:57 (was 44th at 1:38:32)
.....
55 Damiano Cunego 1:59:38 (was 55th at 1:59:57)
.....
70 Ryder Hesjedal 2:21:41 (was 69th at 2:22:06)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 409 (was 1st with 383 points)
2 Mark Cavendish 312 (was 2nd with 282 points)
3 Andre Greipel 267 (was 3rd with 232 points)
4 Marcel Kittel 222 (was 4th with 177 points)
5 Alexander Kristoff 177 (was 5th with 157 points)
6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 163 (was 7th with 143 points)
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 156 (was 6th with 156 points)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 110 (unchanged)
9 Christopher Froome 107 (unchanged)
10 Christophe Riblon 104 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 147 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 136 (unchanged)
3 Pierre Rolland 117 (was 3rd with 119 points)
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 99 (unchanged)
5 Christophe Riblon 98 (unchanged)
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 98 (unchanged)
7 Moreno Moser 72 (unchanged)
8 Richie Porte 72 (unchanged)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 64 (unchanged)
10 Tejay van Garderen 63 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 21
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 19
Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 19
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 19
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 19
Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 19
Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 18
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 18
Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17
Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17
Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 16
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 13
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 9
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9
Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 9
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 9
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 29


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