Tour de France, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : Jul 19, Bagneres-de-Luchon - Peyragudes, 143.5 km

1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 4.12.11
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.19
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0.22
5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0.26
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.37
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.54
9 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 1.02
10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp 1.11


Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+25 Maxim Iglinskiy
+17 Blel Kadri
+16 Julien Simon
+15 Yury Trofimov
+15 Francis De Greef
+15 Christophe Kern
+14 Christophe Riblon
+13 Ruben Plaza Molina
+10 Pieter Weening
+10 Daniel Martin

Biggest losers by position :
-12 Christian Vande Velde
-12 Jens Voigt
-11 Kevin De Weert
-10 Marco Marcato
-9 Arthur Vichot
-9 Martin Velits
-9 Michael Morkov
-8 Marco Marzano
-8 Simon Gerrans
-8 Vasili Kiryienka
-7 Andrey Kashechkin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte

Biggest losers by time :
-31:13 Alessandro Vanotti
-31:13 Bernhard Eisel
-31:13 Mark Cavendish
-30:38 Albert Timmer
-30:38 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-30:38 Anders Lund
-30:38 Andre Greipel
-30:38 Andrey Kashechkin
-30:38 Anthony Roux
-30:38 Arthur Vichot
-30:38 Baden Cooke

Favourites by position :
+3 Ivan Basso
+2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Denis Menchov
+1 Cadel Evans
-1 Levi Leipheimer

Favourites by time :
-0:07 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:18 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:36 Denis Menchov
-1:51 Cadel Evans
-2:18 Ivan Basso
-6:09 Michele Scarponi
-6:27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-8:00 Levi Leipheimer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 78:28:02 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:41 (was 3rd at 2:23)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:53 (was 4th at 5:46)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 8:30 (was 6th at 7:55)
6 Cadel Evans 9:57 (was 7th at 8:06)
7 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 10:11 (was 5th at 7:13)
8 Pierre Rolland 10:17 (was 9th at 10:10)
9 Janez Brajkovic 11:00 (was 8th at 9:09)
10 Thibaut Pinot 11:46 (was 10th at 11:43)
.....
15 Denis Menchov 22:42 (was 16th at 21:06)
.....
25 Michele Scarponi 52:36 (was 26th at 46:27)
.....
27 Ivan Basso 54:29 (was 30th at 52:11)
.....
30 Levi Leipheimer 59:02 (was 29th at 51:02)
31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:02:05 (was 33rd at 55:38)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 356 (unchanged)
2 Andre Greipel 254 (unchanged)
3 Matthew Harley Goss 203 (unchanged)
4 Mark Cavendish 130 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 127 (unchanged)
6 Bradley Wiggins 124 (was 6th with 109 points)
7 Christopher Froome 108 (was 8th with 91 points)
8 Cadel Evans 100 (was 7th with 100 points)
9 Thomas Voeckler 91 (was 9th with 88 points)
10 Vincenzo Nibali 91 (was 11th with 82 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas Voeckler 134 (was 1st with 107 points)
2 Fredrik Kessiakoff 123 (was 2nd with 103 points)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 77 (unchanged)
4 Pierre Rolland 63 (was 4th with 55 points)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 51 (was 47th with 2 points)
6 Christopher Froome 48 (was 8th with 32 points)
7 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 43 (was 13th with 22 points)
8 Thibaut Pinot 40 (was 9th with 32 points)
9 Brice Feillu 38 (was 5th with 38 points)
10 Daniel Martin 34 (was 6th with 34 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 16
Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 16
Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 15
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 15
Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 15
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 15
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 15
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 15
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 14
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 : 45


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On 19/07/2012 17:42, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 17 : Jul 19, Bagneres-de-Luchon - Peyragudes, 143.5 km

1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 4.12.11
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.19
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0.22
5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0.26
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.37
8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.54
9 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 1.02

Old men of the world unite, great show from Chris, he hung on nearly to the end
despite the leg frying pace.

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On Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:48:38 PM UTC-7, atriage wrote:
On 19/07/2012 17:42, Bob Martin wrote:
>
> Stage 17 : Jul 19, Bagneres-de-Luchon - Peyragudes, 143.5 km
>
> 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 4.12.11
> 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.19
> 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
> 4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0.22
> 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0.26
> 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
> 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.37
> 8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.54
> 9 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 1.02

Old men of the world unite, great show from Chris, he hung on nearly to the end
despite the leg frying pace.

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Not bad but he admitted to dogging it. Horner better watch out for Travis.