Tour de France, stage 11 summary

Stage 11 : Jul 12, Albertville - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles, 148 km

1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 4.43.54
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0.55
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0.57
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1.08
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 1.58
9 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 2.13
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 2.23


Changes in GC, stage 11 compared to stage 10 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Vasili Kiryienka
+38 Blel Kadri
+30 Dominique Nerz
+26 Fredrik Kessiakoff
+25 Yury Trofimov
+25 Mickael Cherel
+25 Brice Feillu
+24 Kevin De Weert
+23 Pieter Weening
+23 Daniel Martin

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-19 Dries Devenyns
-19 Tony Gallopin
-18 Andriy Grivko
-18 Marcus Burghardt
-18 Philippe Gilbert
-18 Simon Gerrans
-17 Peter Sagan
-17 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-16 Rein Taaramae
-15 Andrey Kashechkin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:57 Pierre Rolland
+0:02 Thibaut Pinot
+0:02 Christopher Froome

Biggest losers by time :
-35:38 Kenny Robert van Hummel
-33:58 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-33:54 Juan Jose Haedo
-33:29 Tyler Farrar
-33:18 Alessandro Vanotti
-33:18 Yauheni Hutarovich
-33:14 Yukiya Arashiro
-33:11 Bert Grabsch
-32:47 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
-32:38 Bernhard Eisel
-32:38 Bram Tankink

Favourites by position :
+17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+4 Frank Schleck
+3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Christopher Froome
-2 Ivan Basso
-2 Cadel Evans
-6 Michele Scarponi
-11 Robert Gesink
-11 Levi Leipheimer
-11 Denis Menchov

Favourites by time :
+0:02 Christopher Froome
-1:26 Frank Schleck
-1:26 Cadel Evans
-2:56 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-13:18 Michele Scarponi
-13:18 Denis Menchov
-17:34 Ivan Basso
-23:01 Levi Leipheimer
-28:35 Robert Gesink

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 48:43:53 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (was 3rd at 2:07)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:23 (was 4th at 2:23)
4 Cadel Evans 3:19 (was 2nd at 1:53)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:48 (was 8th at 4:48)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 6:15 (was 6th at 3:19)
7 Tejay Van Garderen 6:57 (was 10th at 5:31)
8 Janez Brajkovic 7:30 (was 13th at 6:29)
9 Pierre Rolland 8:31 (was 20th at 9:28)
10 Thibaut Pinot 8:51 (was 18th at 8:53)
.....
12 Frank Schleck 9:45 (was 16th at 8:19)
.....
16 Denis Menchov 16:20 (was 5th at 3:02)
.....
21 Michele Scarponi 20:32 (was 15th at 7:14)
.....
23 Ivan Basso 27:04 (was 21st at 9:30)
.....
30 Levi Leipheimer 31:59 (was 19th at 8:58)
.....
34 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 40:36 (was 51st at 37:40)
.....
67 Robert Gesink 1:08:50 (was 56th at 40:15)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 232 (unchanged)
2 Matthew Harley Goss 205 (unchanged)
3 Andre Greipel 172 (unchanged)
4 Mark Cavendish 129 (unchanged)
5 Alessandro Petacchi 109 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 95 (unchanged)
7 Bradley Wiggins 91 (was 9th with 81 points)
8 Cadel Evans 91 (was 8th with 86 points)
9 Christopher Froome 80 (was 13th with 65 points)
10 Tom Veelers 76 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Fredrik Kessiakoff 66 (was 2nd with 21 points)
2 Pierre Rolland 55 (was 0 points)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 39 (was 15th with 8 points)
4 Michele Scarponi 33 (was 3rd with 21 points)
5 Christopher Froome 32 (was 4th with 20 points)
6 Thibaut Pinot 32 (was 8th with 16 points)
7 Peter Velits 29 (was 0 points)
8 Thomas Voeckler 28 (was 1st with 28 points)
9 Christophe Kern 20 (was 29th with 2 points)
10 Jens Voigt 18 (was 5th with 18 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 31


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On 12/07/2012 20:13, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 11 : Jul 12, Albertville - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles, 148 km

1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 4.43.54


Another ballsy win by a French Europcarian particularly after he stacked it on
one of the bends on the final descent.
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On Jul 12, 5:18*pm, atriage wrote:
On 12/07/2012 20:13, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 11 : Jul 12, Albertville - La Toussuire - Les Sybelles, 148 km

* *1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4.43.54

Another ballsy win by a French Europcarian particularly after he stacked it on
one of the bends on the final descent.
--

Please read my lengthy post on performance enhancing self-administered
sudden-onset-pavement doping adrenaline. It goes into great detail
and is irrefutable.

The French must be totally pumped. I can hardly wait until 14 years
from now when all these wins will be stripped from them.

R