Tour de France, stage 18 summary

Stage 18 : Jul 21, Pinerolo - Galibier Serre-Chevalier, 189 km

1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 6.07.56
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 2.07
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 2.15
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2.18
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 2.21
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 2.27
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 2.33
8 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 3.22
9 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3.25
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3.31


Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Maxim Iglinskiy
+22 Egor Silin
+20 Gianni Meersman
+15 Johnny Hoogerland
+15 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
+13 Thomas De Gendt
+13 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+12 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+12 Robert Gesink
+12 Joost Posthuma

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Sandy Casar
-8 Adriano Malori
-8 Bjorn Leukemans
-8 Cyril Gautier
-8 Jurgen Roelandts
-8 Marco Marcato
-8 Tony Martin
-7 Alan Perez Lezaun
-7 Alessandro Petacchi
-7 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-7 Jakob Fuglsang

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:21 Andy Schleck
+0:14 Frank Schleck
+0:06 Cadel Evans
+0:03 Ivan Basso

Biggest losers by time :
-33:19 Addy Engels
-33:19 Adriano Malori
-33:19 Alan Perez Lezaun
-33:19 Alessandro Petacchi
-33:19 Alessandro Vanotti
-33:19 Andre Greipel
-33:19 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-33:19 Andriy Grivko
-33:19 Anthony Delaplace
-33:19 Anthony Roux
-33:19 Arnaud Coyot

Favourites by position :
+12 Robert Gesink
+10 David Arroyo Duran
+2 Ivan Basso
+2 Andy Schleck
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Jens Voigt
-1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Cadel Evans
-3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-3 Levi Leipheimer
-6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil

Favourites by time :
+2:21 Andy Schleck
+0:14 Frank Schleck
+0:06 Cadel Evans
+0:03 Ivan Basso
-1:29 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-3:14 Robert Gesink
-6:56 David Arroyo Duran
-28:56 Roman Kreuziger
-28:56 Levi Leipheimer
-28:56 Jens Voigt
-33:19 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thomas Voeckler 79:34:06 (unchanged)
2 Andy Schleck 0:15 (was 4th at 2:36)
3 Frank Schleck 1:08 (was 3rd at 1:22)
4 Cadel Evans 1:12 (was 2nd at 1:18)
5 Damiano Cunego 3:46 (was 7th at 3:34)
6 Ivan Basso 3:46 (was 8th at 3:49)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:44 (was 6th at 3:15)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 5:20 (was 5th at 2:59)
9 Thomas Danielson 7:08 (was 9th at 6:04)
10 Jean-Christophe Peraud 9:27 (was 11th at 7:53)
.....
32 Robert Gesink 52:25 (was 44th at 49:11)
.....
34 Levi Leipheimer 58:30 (was 31st at 29:34)
.....
37 David Arroyo Duran 1:00:55 (was 47th at 53:59)
.....
57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:30:31 (was 51st at 57:12)
.....
63 Jens Voigt 1:40:29 (was 62nd at 1:11:33)
.....
112 Roman Kreuziger 2:31:38 (was 113rd at 2:02:42)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 300 (was 1st with 320 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 285 (unchanged)
3 Philippe Gilbert 230 (was 3rd with 250 points)
4 Thor Hushovd 215 (was 4th with 235 points)
5 Cadel Evans 180 (was 7th with 165 points)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 153 (was 5th with 173 points)
7 Andre Greipel 150 (was 6th with 170 points)
8 Tyler Farrar 121 (was 8th with 141 points)
9 Mickael Delage 102 (was 9th with 122 points)
10 Jeremy Roy 87 (was 10th with 107 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jelle Vanendert 74 (unchanged)
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 72 (unchanged)
3 Andy Schleck 70 (was 5th with 28 points)
4 Frank Schleck 56 (was 8th with 24 points)
5 Cadel Evans 50 (was 7th with 26 points)
6 Jeremy Roy 45 (was 3rd with 45 points)
7 Maxim Iglinskiy 40 (was 0 points)
8 Sylvain Chavanel 38 (was 4th with 38 points)
9 Johnny Hoogerland 38 (was 9th with 22 points)
10 Ivan Basso 32 (was 15th with 16 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 18
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 14
Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 13
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 13
Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 13
Vladimir Isiachev (Rus) Katusha Team 13
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 12
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 10
Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 10
Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 9
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9
David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9
Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 9
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 8
Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 8
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 7
Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 30


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Cav really did lose 20 points for the grupetto - unfair to Rojas IMHO