Tour de France, stage 19 summary

Stage 19 : Jul 21, Bonneval - Chartres (ITT), 53.5 km

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 1.04.13
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 1.16
3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.50
4 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 2.02
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 2.25
6 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos - Shimano 2.28
7 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 2.34
8 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 2.46
9 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2.50
10 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 3.05


Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Ruben Plaza Molina
+7 Daniel Oss
+6 David Zabriskie
+6 Anthony Roux
+5 Manuel Quinziato
+5 Bert Grabsch
+4 Vasili Kiryienka
+4 Patrick Gretsch
+4 Matthieu Sprick
+3 Yann Huguet

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Federico Canuti
-6 Samuel Dumoulin
-5 Jerome Pineau
-5 Karsten Kroon
-4 Alessandro Vanotti
-4 Daryl Impey
-4 Jurgen Roelandts
-4 Philippe Gilbert
-3 Arthur Vichot
-3 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-3 Jean-Marc Marino

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-11:10 Karsten Kroon
-11:04 Arthur Vichot
-10:56 Tyler Farrar
-10:32 Marco Marzano
-10:27 Sebastien Minard
-10:19 Jean-Marc Marino
-10:18 Alessandro Vanotti
-10:14 Samuel Dumoulin
-10:00 Guillaume Levarlet
-9:59 Sebastiaan Langeveld
-9:55 Baden Cooke

Favourites by position :
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1 Cadel Evans

Favourites by time :
-1:16 Christopher Froome
-3:38 Vincenzo Nibali
-4:22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-4:28 Denis Menchov
-5:15 Ivan Basso
-5:49 Michele Scarponi
-5:54 Cadel Evans
-7:02 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-9:41 Levi Leipheimer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 84:26:31 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 3:21 (was 2nd at 2:05)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 6:19 (was 3rd at 2:41)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 10:15 (was 4th at 5:53)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 11:04 (was 5th at 8:30)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 15:43 (was 7th at 10:11)
7 Cadel Evans 15:51 (was 6th at 9:57)
8 Pierre Rolland 16:31 (was 8th at 10:17)
9 Janez Brajkovic 16:38 (was 9th at 11:00)
10 Thibaut Pinot 17:17 (was 10th at 11:46)
.....
15 Denis Menchov 27:22 (was 15th at 22:54)
.....
24 Michele Scarponi 58:37 (was 24th at 52:48)
25 Ivan Basso 59:44 (was 25th at 54:29)
.....
30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:09:19 (was 29th at 1:02:17)
.....
32 Levi Leipheimer 1:16:29 (was 31st at 1:06:48)

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

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 21/07/2012 21:03, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 19 : Jul 21, Bonneval - Chartres (ITT), 53.5 km

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 84:26:31 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 3:21 (was 2nd at 2:05)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 6:19 (was 3rd at 2:41)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 10:15 (was 4th at 5:53)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 11:04 (was 5th at 8:30)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 15:43 (was 7th at 10:11)
7 Cadel Evans 15:51 (was 6th at 9:57)
8 Pierre Rolland 16:31 (was 8th at 10:17)
9 Janez Brajkovic 16:38 (was 9th at 11:00)
10 Thibaut Pinot 17:17 (was 10th at 11:46)
.....
15 Denis Menchov 27:22 (was 15th at 22:54)
.....
24 Michele Scarponi 58:37 (was 24th at 52:48)
25 Ivan Basso 59:44 (was 25th at 54:29)

Basso has never been the same since he came back from his ban for "thinking
about doping". I wonder why?
--

On Saturday, July 21, 2012 1:07:43 PM UTC-7, atriage wrote:
On 21/07/2012 21:03, Bob Martin wrote:
>
> Stage 19 : Jul 21, Bonneval - Chartres (ITT), 53.5 km
>
> Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
> 1 Bradley Wiggins 84:26:31 (unchanged)
> 2 Christopher Froome 3:21 (was 2nd at 2:05)
> 3 Vincenzo Nibali 6:19 (was 3rd at 2:41)
> 4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 10:15 (was 4th at 5:53)
> 5 Tejay Van Garderen 11:04 (was 5th at 8:30)
> 6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 15:43 (was 7th at 10:11)
> 7 Cadel Evans 15:51 (was 6th at 9:57)
> 8 Pierre Rolland 16:31 (was 8th at 10:17)
> 9 Janez Brajkovic 16:38 (was 9th at 11:00)
> 10 Thibaut Pinot 17:17 (was 10th at 11:46)
> .....
> 15 Denis Menchov 27:22 (was 15th at 22:54)
> .....
> 24 Michele Scarponi 58:37 (was 24th at 52:48)
> 25 Ivan Basso 59:44 (was 25th at 54:29)

Basso has never been the same since he came back from his ban for "thinking
about doping". I wonder why?
--

The real question is why "cycling" Operacion-Puerto'd the 2006 Tour in June instead of August. I'll never forgive them for that. (Ref: Basso -9'18" GC 1st, Giro d'Italia 2006)

On 22/07/2012 12:14, wrote:

The real question is why "cycling" Operacion-Puerto'd the 2006 Tour in June instead of August. I'll never forgive them for that. (Ref: Basso -9'18" GC 1st, Giro d'Italia 2006)

There's more politics in pro-cycling than in the White house.
--

On 7/21/2012 3:07 PM, atriage wrote:
Basso has never been the same since he came back from his ban for
"thinking about doping". I wonder why?

Dumbass,

He's older. He's 34 now.

F

I guess this means the rest of the peloton will be using O.symetric
chainrings next year.

On 23/07/2012 15:12, DC wrote:
I guess this means the rest of the peloton will be using O.symetric chainrings
next year.


Technically they may work (I dunno) but they look horrible in motion with the
chain whipping up and down.

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On Monday, July 23, 2012 8:45:53 AM UTC-7, atriage wrote:
On 23/07/2012 15:12, DC wrote:
> I guess this means the rest of the peloton will be using O.symetric chainrings
> next year.
>
>
Technically they may work (I dunno) but they look horrible in motion with the
chain whipping up and down.

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No kidding, the opportunity for the chain to come off must increase by a significant factor. As for whether it works, you can't use the fact that the 1st and 2nd place finishers used them. They would probably have been 1st and second with round chain rings on a Huffy.
Does the adjusted speed of the lower limbs increase the efficiency of the pedal stroke with a potential of providing more power to the back wheel? One would think they've tested this again with a positive result but I'm speculating.
Phil H

On 23/07/2012 22:13, wrote:
On Monday, July 23, 2012 8:45:53 AM UTC-7, atriage wrote:
On 23/07/2012 15:12, DC wrote:
> I guess this means the rest of the peloton will be using O.symetric chainrings
> next year.
>
>
Technically they may work (I dunno) but they look horrible in motion with the
chain whipping up and down.

--

No kidding, the opportunity for the chain to come off must increase by a significant factor. As for whether it works, you can't use the fact that the 1st and 2nd place finishers used them. They would probably have been 1st and second with round chain rings on a Huffy.
Does the adjusted speed of the lower limbs increase the efficiency of the pedal stroke with a potential of providing more power to the back wheel? One would think they've tested this again with a positive result but I'm speculating.
Phil H

Apparently (after some Googling) they can give a 12 watt power boost, however
they can really ****-up front ring shifting too (which seems obvious). I don't
think I'm gonna be getting out my credit card any time in the near future, I can
get 12 watts more using the Jens Voigt 'shut up legs' technique.
--

atriage wrote:
Apparently (after some Googling) they can give a 12 watt power boost,
however they can really ****-up front ring shifting too

Who did the tests, the manufacturer or an independent body ?