Tour de France, stage 15 summary

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+46 Johann Tschopp
+37 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+27 Freddy Bichot
+22 Serguei Ivanov
+22 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
+20 Rik Verbrugghe
+17 Michael Albasini
+17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
+16 Nicolas Portal
+16 Laurent Lefevre

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Linus Gerdemann
-9 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-9 Jens Voigt
-9 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
-8 Fabian Wegmann
-8 Markus Fothen
-7 Cristian Moreni
-7 Dario David Cioni
-7 Johan Van Summeren
-7 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-7 Thomas Voeckler

Biggest gainers by time :
+5:51 Alexandre Vinokourov
+4:52 Kim Kirchen
+4:48 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
+4:33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+3:17 Juan Manuel Garate
+2:08 David Arroyo Duran
+1:08 Bernhard Kohl
+1:06 Christian Vande Velde
+0:15 Ludovic Turpin

Biggest losers by time :
-30:14 Anthony Geslin
-30:14 Benoît Salmon
-30:14 Bernhard Eisel
-30:14 Bert Grabsch
-30:14 Bradley Wiggins
-30:14 Bram De Groot
-30:14 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-30:14 Claudio Corioni
-30:14 Cristian Moreni
-30:14 Dario David Cioni
-30:14 David Canada Gracia

Favourites by position :
+8 Marzio Bruseghin
+7 Paolo Savoldelli
+7 Alexandre Vinokourov
+6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
+6 George Hincapie
+6 Christophe Moreau
+5 Michael Boogerd
+5 Kim Kirchen
+3 Frank Schleck
+2 Manuel Beltran Martinez
-1 Vladimir Karpets
-1 Andrey Kashechkin
-2 Yaroslav Popovych
-2 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-2 Iban Mayo Diez
-2 Fabian Cancellara
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Tadej Valjavec
-3 Denis Menchov
-4 Sylvain Chavanel
-6 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
-7 Dario David Cioni

Favourites by time :
+5:51 Alexandre Vinokourov
+4:52 Kim Kirchen
+4:48 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-0:16 George Hincapie
-0:56 Michael Boogerd
-0:56 Levi Leipheimer
-0:56 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:56 Cadel Evans
-0:56 Andrey Kashechkin
-0:56 Andreas Klöden
-0:56 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:34 Yaroslav Popovych
-1:50 Frank Schleck
-2:08 Christophe Moreau
-3:29 Vladimir Karpets
-3:29 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-3:29 Manuel Beltran Martinez
-3:29 Iban Mayo Diez
-6:36 Tadej Valjavec
-7:28 Denis Menchov
-7:50 Sylvain Chavanel
-9:17 Paolo Savoldelli
-9:17 Marzio Bruseghin
-22:54 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
-26:20 Fabian Cancellara
-30:14 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
-30:14 Dario David Cioni

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Michael Rasmussen 69.52.14
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 2.23
3 Cadel Evans 4.00
4 Levi Leipheimer 5.25
5 Andreas Klöden 5.34
6 Carlos Sastre Candil 6.46
7 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 7.27
8 Andrey Kashechkin 7.54
9 Kim Kirchen 8.24
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11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 10.41
12 Yaroslav Popovych 12.29
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio 14.30
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16 Vladimir Karpets 18.27
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18 Iban Mayo Diez 19.00
19 Michael Boogerd 25.08
20 Manuel Beltran Martinez 26.02
21 Denis Menchov 26.25
22 Frank Schleck 26.46
23 Alexandre Vinokourov 28.21
24 Tadej Valjavec 28.56
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31 George Hincapie 40.17
32 Sylvain Chavanel 40.35
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36 Christophe Moreau 50.21
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50 Paolo Savoldelli 1.18.59
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54 Marzio Bruseghin 1.26.31
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56 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro 1.31.19
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62 Dario David Cioni 1.37.12
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82 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin 1.58.47
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117 Fabian Cancellara 2.33.23

Retirements to date :
AG2r Prévoyance Cyril Dessel
" Sylvain Calzati
Agritubel Cédric Hervé
" Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
" Romain Feillu
Barloworld Enrico Degano
Bouygues Telecom Stef Clement
Caisse d'Epargne Xabier Zandio Echaide
Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Geoffroy Lequatre
" Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto
Crédit Agricole Christophe Le Mével
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Tomas Vaitkus
Euskaltel - Euskadi Igor Anton Hernandez
Française des Jeux Philippe Gilbert
" Rémy Di Grégorio
Lampre - Fondital Danilo Napolitano
Liquigas Filippo Pozzato
Predictor - Lotto Fred Rodriguez
" Robbie McEwen
Rabobank Oscar Freire Gomez
Saunier Duval - Prodir Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi
" Ruben Lobato Elvira
T-Mobile Team Mark Cavendish
" Michael Rogers
" Patrik Sinkewitz
Team CSC David Zabriskie
" Stuart O'Grady
Team Milram Alberto Ongarato
" Brett Lancaster
Total retirements : 29