Tour de France, stage 13 summary

Stage 13 : Jul 14, Saint-Paul-Trois-ChA¢teaux - Le Cap da€™Agde, 217 km

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 4.57.59
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
4 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
10 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD


Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+23 Matthieu Sprick
+20 Jurgen Roelandts
+18 Pierrick Fedrigo
+18 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+17 Christian Vande Velde
+16 Vladimir Karpets
+16 Philippe Gilbert
+16 Mickael Cherel
+16 Daryl Impey
+15 Michael Albasini

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Cyril Gautier
-14 Sylvester Szmyd
-12 Daniel Martin
-10 Yury Trofimov
-9 Christophe Kern
-9 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-8 David Zabriskie
-8 Dmitriy Fofonov
-8 Karsten Kroon
-8 Kris Boeckmans
-8 Luca Paolini

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-14:42 Christophe Kern
-14:04 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-14:04 Anders Lund
-14:04 Arthur Vichot
-14:04 Blel Kadri
-14:04 Brice Feillu
-14:04 Cedric Pineau
-14:04 Christophe Riblon
-14:04 Cyril Gautier
-14:04 Daniel Martin
-14:04 David Millar

Favourites by position :
+1 Michele Scarponi
-1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-2 Levi Leipheimer
-4 Ivan Basso

Favourites by time :
-14:04 Levi Leipheimer
-14:04 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-14:04 Ivan Basso

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 59:32:32 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:23 (unchanged)
4 Cadel Evans 3:19 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:48 (unchanged)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 6:15 (unchanged)
7 Tejay Van Garderen 6:57 (unchanged)
8 Janez Brajkovic 7:30 (unchanged)
9 Pierre Rolland 8:31 (unchanged)
10 Thibaut Pinot 8:51 (unchanged)
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12 Frank Schleck 9:45 (unchanged)
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16 Denis Menchov 17:21 (unchanged)
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21 Michele Scarponi 20:32 (was 22nd at 20:32)
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30 Ivan Basso 45:13 (was 26th at 31:09)
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32 Levi Leipheimer 47:17 (was 30th at 33:13)
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34 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 54:40 (was 33rd at 40:36)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 296 (was 1st with 254 points)
2 Andre Greipel 232 (was 3rd with 181 points)
3 Matthew Harley Goss 203 (was 2nd with 198 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 129 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 125 (was 7th with 95 points)
6 Bradley Wiggins 104 (was 6th with 96 points)
7 Cadel Evans 100 (was 5th with 100 points)
8 Christopher Froome 84 (was 8th with 82 points)
9 Daryl Impey 84 (was 15th with 58 points)
10 Vincenzo Nibali 77 (was 11th with 67 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Fredrik Kessiakoff 66 (unchanged)
2 Pierre Rolland 55 (unchanged)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 39 (unchanged)
4 Robert Kiserlovski 37 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 33 (unchanged)
6 Christopher Froome 32 (unchanged)
7 Thibaut Pinot 32 (unchanged)
8 Peter Velits 29 (unchanged)
9 Thomas Voeckler 28 (unchanged)
10 Christophe Kern 20 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 13
David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 12
Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 12
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 11
Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 11
Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 11
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 10
Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 10
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 10
Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 8
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 7
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 7
Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 6
Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 6
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 5
Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3
Total retirements : 35


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