Tour de France, stage 18 summary

Stage 18 : Jul 18, Gap - l'Alpe d'Huez, 172.5 km

1 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.51.32
2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.59
3 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1.27
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 2.12
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 2.15
6 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 3.18
7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 3.22
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.15
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team


Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+25 Moreno Moser
+24 Alessandro De Marchi
+20 Guillaume Levarlet
+13 Lars Boom
+11 Tejay Van Garderen
+11 Bart De Clercq
+10 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+10 Pierrick Fedrigo
+10 Jens Voigt
+9 Thomas Voeckler

Biggest losers by position :
-12 Philippe Gilbert
-11 Cadel Evans
-11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-11 Yury Trofimov
-10 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-9 Daniel Martin
-8 Andreas Kloden
-8 Christophe Le Mevel
-8 Daniele Bennati
-8 Nicholas Roche
-8 Simon Gerrans

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:38 Christophe Riblon
+2:39 Tejay Van Garderen
+2:11 Moreno Moser
+1:26 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+1:23 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
+0:16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte

Biggest losers by time :
-29:40 Tom Veelers
-28:24 Daniele Bennati
-28:24 Davide Cimolai
-28:24 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle
-28:24 Matteo Trentin
-27:13 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-26:48 Roberto Ferrari
-26:38 Jean Marc Marino
-26:25 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-26:25 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-26:25 Alexander Kristoff

Favourites by position :
+11 Tejay Van Garderen
+7 Richie Porte
+7 Damiano Cunego
+5 Robert Gesink
+3 Ryder Hesjedal
+3 Michael Rogers
+1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2 Bauke Mollema
-2 Andy Schleck
-11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-11 Cadel Evans

Favourites by time :
+2:39 Tejay Van Garderen
+0:16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:37 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1:07 Michael Rogers
-2:35 Robert Gesink
-2:35 Bauke Mollema
-5:39 Damiano Cunego
-7:45 Andy Schleck
-9:14 Ryder Hesjedal
-21:32 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-21:32 Cadel Evans

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 71:02:19 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 5:11 (was 2nd at 4:34)
3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 5:32 (was 5th at 6:58)
4 Roman Kreuziger 5:44 (was 3rd at 4:51)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 5:58 (was 6th at 7:21)
6 Bauke Mollema 8:58 (was 4th at 6:23)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 9:33 (was 8th at 8:56)
8 Michael Rogers 14:26 (was 11th at 13:19)
9 Michal Kwiatkowski 14:38 (was 9th at 11:10)
10 Laurens Ten Dam 14:39 (was 7th at 8:23)
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 14:56 (was 12th at 15:12)
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18 Andy Schleck 31:19 (was 16th at 23:34)
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20 Richie Porte 37:42 (was 27th at 37:42)
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25 Robert Gesink 43:48 (was 30th at 41:13)
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29 Cadel Evans 46:16 (was 18th at 24:44)
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32 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 50:56 (was 21st at 29:24)
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39 Tejay Van Garderen 1:07:22 (was 50th at 1:10:01)
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50 Damiano Cunego 1:26:50 (was 57th at 1:21:11)
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62 Ryder Hesjedal 1:41:15 (was 65th at 1:32:01)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 380 (was 1st with 377 points)
2 Mark Cavendish 278 (unchanged)
3 Andre Greipel 227 (was 3rd with 223 points)
4 Marcel Kittel 177 (unchanged)
5 Alexander Kristoff 157 (unchanged)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 145 (unchanged)
7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 110 (was 8th with 110 points)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 110 (was 7th with 110 points)
9 Christopher Froome 92 (was 11th with 83 points)
10 Daryl Impey 91 (was 9th with 91 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 104 (was 1st with 88 points)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 97 (was 2nd with 69 points)
3 Christophe Riblon 77 (was 34th with 3 points)
4 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 63 (was 3rd with 53 points)
5 Tejay van Garderen 62 (was 52nd with 1 points)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 59 (was 5th with 35 points)
7 Moreno Moser 58 (was 0 points)
8 Pierre Rolland 51 (was 4th with 51 points)
9 Richie Porte 48 (was 7th with 28 points)
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 34 (was 10th with 22 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 18
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 18
Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17
Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17
Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 16
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 13
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 9
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9
Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 9
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 9
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 23


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