Tour de France, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : Jul 17, Embrun - Chorges (ITT), 32 km

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.51.33
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.09
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0.10
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.23
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.30
6 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 1.11
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1.33
8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1.34
9 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1.41
10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.51


Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Stuart O'grady
+7 Ryder Hesjedal
+7 Lieuwe Westra
+6 Romain Sicard
+6 Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel
+5 Thomas De Gendt
+5 Tejay Van Garderen
+5 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+5 Sebastien Minard
+5 Rudy Molard

Biggest losers by position :
-6 William Bonnet
-5 Alexey Lutsenko
-4 Ramunas Navardauskas
-3 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova
-2 Bauke Mollema
-2 Francesco Gavazzi
-2 Jens Voigt
-2 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-2 Michael Albasini
-2 Yukiya Arashiro

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-10:39 William Bonnet
-10:27 Tom Veelers
-9:55 Ramunas Navardauskas
-9:32 Alexey Lutsenko
-9:03 Dmitriy Muravyev
-8:48 Ian Stannard
-8:25 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle
-8:20 David Lopez Garcia
-8:15 Gatis Smukulis
-8:05 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-8:04 Cadel Evans

Favourites by position :
+7 Ryder Hesjedal
+5 Tejay Van Garderen
+3 Andy Schleck
+3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Michael Rogers
+1 Damiano Cunego
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-1 Richie Porte
-1 Cadel Evans
-2 Bauke Mollema

Favourites by time :
-0:09 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:30 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:51 Tejay Van Garderen
-2:09 Bauke Mollema
-2:25 Michael Rogers
-2:27 Andy Schleck
-3:07 Ryder Hesjedal
-4:49 Richie Porte
-5:10 Damiano Cunego
-6:06 Robert Gesink
-6:50 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-8:04 Cadel Evans

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 66:07:09 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:34 (was 3rd at 4:25)
3 Roman Kreuziger 4:51 (was 4th at 4:28)
4 Bauke Mollema 6:23 (was 2nd at 4:14)
5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 6:58 (was 5th at 5:47)
6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 7:21 (was 7th at 7:11)
7 Laurens Ten Dam 8:23 (was 6th at 5:54)
8 Jakob Fuglsang 8:56 (was 8th at 7:22)
9 Michal Kwiatkowski 11:10 (was 11th at 9:37)
10 Daniel Martin 12:50 (was 10th at 9:28)
11 Michael Rogers 13:19 (was 12th at 10:54)
12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 15:12 (was 15th at 14:42)
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16 Andy Schleck 23:34 (was 19th at 21:07)
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18 Cadel Evans 24:44 (was 17th at 16:40)
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21 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 29:24 (was 20th at 22:34)
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27 Richie Porte 37:42 (was 26th at 32:53)
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30 Robert Gesink 41:13 (was 31st at 35:07)
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50 Tejay Van Garderen 1:10:01 (was 55th at 1:08:10)
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57 Damiano Cunego 1:21:11 (was 58th at 1:16:01)
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65 Ryder Hesjedal 1:32:01 (was 72nd at 1:28:54)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 377 (unchanged)
2 Mark Cavendish 278 (unchanged)
3 Andre Greipel 223 (unchanged)
4 Marcel Kittel 177 (unchanged)
5 Alexander Kristoff 157 (unchanged)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 145 (unchanged)
7 Michal Kwiatkowski 110 (was 8th with 101 points)
8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 110 (was 7th with 110 points)
9 Daryl Impey 91 (unchanged)
10 Thomas De Gendt 84 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 88 (was 1st with 83 points)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 69 (was 2nd with 66 points)
3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 53 (unchanged)
4 Pierre Rolland 51 (unchanged)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 35 (was 6th with 28 points)
6 Roman Kreuziger 28 (was 5th with 28 points)
7 Richie Porte 28 (unchanged)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 25 (was 10th with 20 points)
9 Jakob Fuglsang 24 (was 8th with 24 points)
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 22 (was 11th with 20 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 21


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On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 1:18:08 PM UTC-5, Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 17 : Jul 17, Embrun - Chorges (ITT), 32 km



1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.51.33

2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.09

3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha

Thanks again, Robert.