Tour de France, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : Jul 13, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davezieux, 226 km

1 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp 5.42.46
2 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
3 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.05
4 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
5 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Astana Pro Team
6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 7.53
7 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
8 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.54
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Cyril Gautier
+14 David Millar
+11 Julien Simon
+9 Sebastien Hinault
+8 Lars Ytting Bak
+7 Koen de Kort
+6 Vincent Jerome
+6 Matthieu Sprick
+6 Luca Paolini
+5 Simone Stortoni

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Christophe Kern
-6 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-6 Jeremy Roy
-6 Vasili Kiryienka
-5 Davide Malacarne
-4 Christian Vande Velde
-4 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
-4 Rein Taaramae
-3 Amael Moinard
-3 Federico Canuti
-3 Ivan Basso

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:54 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+7:54 David Millar
+7:49 Robert Kiserlovski
+7:49 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+7:49 Cyril Gautier
+0:01 Peter Sagan

Biggest losers by time :
-11:21 Christophe Kern
-4:45 Rafael Valls Ferri
-4:35 Kenny Robert van Hummel
-4:05 Albert Timmer
-4:05 Alessandro Vanotti
-4:05 Alexander Vinokourov
-4:05 Anders Lund
-4:05 Andre Greipel
-4:05 Andrey Kashechkin
-4:05 Anthony Roux
-4:05 Arthur Vichot

Favourites by position :
+1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1 Michele Scarponi
-3 Ivan Basso

Favourites by time :
-1:01 Denis Menchov
-1:14 Levi Leipheimer
-4:05 Ivan Basso

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 54:34:33 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:23 (unchanged)
4 Cadel Evans 3:19 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:48 (unchanged)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 6:15 (unchanged)
7 Tejay Van Garderen 6:57 (unchanged)
8 Janez Brajkovic 7:30 (unchanged)
9 Pierre Rolland 8:31 (unchanged)
10 Thibaut Pinot 8:51 (unchanged)
.....
12 Frank Schleck 9:45 (unchanged)
.....
16 Denis Menchov 17:21 (was 16th at 16:20)
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22 Michele Scarponi 20:32 (was 21st at 20:32)
.....
26 Ivan Basso 31:09 (was 23rd at 27:04)
.....
30 Levi Leipheimer 33:13 (was 30th at 31:59)
.....
33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 40:36 (was 34th at 40:36)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 254 (was 1st with 232 points)
2 Matthew Harley Goss 198 (was 2nd with 205 points)
3 Andre Greipel 181 (was 3rd with 172 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 129 (unchanged)
5 Cadel Evans 100 (was 8th with 91 points)
6 Bradley Wiggins 96 (was 7th with 91 points)
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen 95 (was 6th with 95 points)
8 Christopher Froome 82 (was 9th with 80 points)
9 Juan Jose Haedo 68 (was 12th with 68 points)
10 Thibaut Pinot 67 (was 13th with 67 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Fredrik Kessiakoff 66 (unchanged)
2 Pierre Rolland 55 (unchanged)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 39 (unchanged)
4 Robert Kiserlovski 37 (was 13th with 15 points)
5 Michele Scarponi 33 (was 4th with 33 points)
6 Christopher Froome 32 (was 5th with 32 points)
7 Thibaut Pinot 32 (was 6th with 32 points)
8 Peter Velits 29 (was 7th with 29 points)
9 Thomas Voeckler 28 (was 8th with 28 points)
10 Christophe Kern 20 (was 9th with 20 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 34


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On Jul 13, 12:15*pm, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 12 : Jul 13, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davezieux, 226 km

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
* * * * 1 *Peter Sagan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *254 * * * * (was 1st with 232 points)
* * * * 2 *Matthew Harley Goss * * * * * * * * *198 * * * * (was 2nd with 205 points)

Goss - what a ******. For a sprinter that can maneuver his bike to
within millimeters at high speed it was a bush league move. Really
surprising and totally unnecessary.

BTW, it appeared from what Sagan was mouthing at the finish line that
he is fluent in English cursing.
Always nice to know how to reach out to your intended audience.

R

On 13/07/2012 17:35, RicodJour wrote:
On Jul 13, 12:15 pm, Bob wrote:

Stage 12 : Jul 13, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davezieux, 226 km

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 254 (was 1st with 232 points)
2 Matthew Harley Goss 198 (was 2nd with 205 points)

Goss - what a ******. For a sprinter that can maneuver his bike to
within millimeters at high speed it was a bush league move. Really
surprising and totally unnecessary.


Yeah I think it shows that Sagan already has him rattled, not that it was
totally crucial as they were sprinting for sixth and seventh place. As you say
though he threw the points away as he probably would have just beaten Sagan
anyway. He wasn't very gracious in the post race interview either.


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On 13/07/2012 18:55, atriage wrote:
On 13/07/2012 17:35, RicodJour wrote:
On Jul 13, 12:15 pm, Bob wrote:

Stage 12 : Jul 13, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Annonay Davezieux, 226 km

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 254 (was 1st with 232 points)
2 Matthew Harley Goss 198 (was 2nd with 205 points)

Goss - what a ******. For a sprinter that can maneuver his bike to
within millimeters at high speed it was a bush league move. Really
surprising and totally unnecessary.


Yeah I think it shows that Sagan already has him rattled, not that it was
totally crucial as they were sprinting for sixth and seventh place. As you say
though he threw the points away as he probably would have just beaten Sagan
anyway. He wasn't very gracious in the post race interview either.


I've just read that he got a 30 point penalty too, I bet that *really* wound him
up. Big sprint day tomorrow...should be an interesting stage.

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