Tour de France, stage 14 summary

Stage 14 : Saturday, July 18 2009, Colmar - Besancon, 199 km

1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 4.37.46
2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.16
3 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo TestTeam
4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream
5 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - NGC
7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
8 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 0.22


Changes in stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+26 George Hincapie
+25 Christophe Le Mevel
+12 Albert Timmer
+11 Gerald Ciolek
+9 Daniele Bennati
+8 Martijn Maaskant
+7 Hayden Roulston
+6 Serguei Ivanov
+6 Sebastien Minard
+6 Nicholas Roche

Biggest losers by position :
-5 Dmitriy Muravyev
-4 Cycril Lemoine
-3 Johannes Frohlinger
-2 Alexandre Botcharov
-2 Alexandre Pichot
-2 Andreas Kloden
-2 Andy Schleck
-2 Benoit Vaugrenard
-2 Bradley Wiggins
-2 Brice Feillu
-2 Cadel Evans

Biggest gainers by time :
+5:36 Serguei Ivanov
+5:20 Sebastien Minard
+5:20 Nicholas Roche
+5:20 Martijn Maaskant
+5:20 Hayden Roulston
+5:20 George Hincapie
+5:20 Daniele Righi
+5:20 Daniele Bennati
+5:20 Christophe Le Mevel
+5:14 Gerald Ciolek

Biggest losers by time :
-2:03 Dmitriy Muravyev
-2:03 Johannes Frohlinger
-1:04 Cycril Lemoine
-1:04 Jerome Pineau
-1:04 Jonathan Hivert
-1:04 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde
-0:58 Staf Scheirlinckx
-0:47 Cyril Dessel
-0:47 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
-0:24 Laurens ten Dam

Favourites by position :
-1 Lance Armstrong
-1 Franco Pellizotti
-1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Vladimir Karpets
-2 Roman Kreuziger
-2 Kim Kirchen
-2 Frank Schleck
-2 Denis Menchov
-2 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2 Cadel Evans
-2 Andy Schleck

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Rinaldo Nocentini 58.13.52
2 George Hincapie 0.05
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.06
4 Lance Armstrong 0.08
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10 Andy Schleck 1.49
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14 Frank Schleck 2.25
15 Roman Kreuziger 2.40
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17 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.52
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19 Cadel Evans 3.07
20 Kim Kirchen 3.16
21 Vladimir Karpets 3.49
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29 Denis Menchov 5.02
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42 Franco Pellizotti 12.21
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50 Jens Voigt 23.02
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99 Marzio Bruseghin 58.26

Retirements to date : Stage
Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13
Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 13
Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC 12
Jerome Coppel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 12
Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 12
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 9
David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel 8
Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 8
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6
Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3
Total retirements : 16