Tour de France, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : Wednesday, July 22 2009, Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Le Grand-Bornand, 169.5 km

1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4.53.54
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2.18
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
6 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana 2.27
7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 3.07
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 4.09
9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
10 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 6.10


Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Maxime Monfort
+17 Christophe Moreau
+15 Sylvain Calzati
+15 Leonardo Duque
+15 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
+13 Stijn Vandenbergh
+13 Sebastien Rosseler
+13 Hubert Dupont
+12 Stijn Devolder
+12 Jussi Veikkanen

Biggest losers by position :
-24 Kim Kirchen
-16 Tony Martin
-15 Cadel Evans
-15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-15 Peter Velits
-14 Yury Trofimov
-12 Amael Moinard
-12 Volodymir Gustov
-10 Gustav Erik Larsson
-10 Jeremy Roy
-10 Nicolas Vogondy

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-35:59 Fabian Cancellara
-35:59 Fabian Wegmann
-35:58 Andreas Klier
-35:47 Albert Timmer
-35:47 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-35:47 Alessandro Vanotti
-35:47 Amael Moinard
-35:47 Amets Txurruka
-35:47 Anthony Geslin
-35:47 Arnaud Coyot
-35:47 Benoit Vaugrenard

Favourites by position :
+9 Marzio Bruseghin
+5 Frank Schleck
+3 Andy Schleck
+2 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-2 Lance Armstrong
-2 Denis Menchov
-4 Carlos Sastre Candil
-15 Cadel Evans
-24 Kim Kirchen

Favourites by time :
-2:18 Lance Armstrong
-6:12 Vladimir Karpets
-6:12 Roman Kreuziger
-7:47 Carlos Sastre Candil
-11:50 Marzio Bruseghin
-17:33 Franco Pellizotti
-21:31 Denis Menchov
-29:43 Cadel Evans
-35:47 Kim Kirchen

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 72.27.09
2 Andy Schleck 2.26
3 Frank Schleck 3.25
4 Lance Armstrong 3.55
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11 Roman Kreuziger 10.52
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13 Carlos Sastre Candil 11.39
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15 Vladimir Karpets 12.08
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32 Cadel Evans 37.06
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37 Kim Kirchen 40.52
38 Franco Pellizotti 41.11
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44 Denis Menchov 48.35
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77 Marzio Bruseghin 1.32.04

Retirements to date : Stage
Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 17
Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17
Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 16
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 15
Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 15
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 : 22