Tour de France, stage 1 summary

Stage 1 : Jul 1, Liege - Seraing, 198 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4.58.19
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp
9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp
10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep


Changes in GC, stage 1 compared to stage 0 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+130 Mickael Cherel
+116 Samuel Dumoulin
+115 Giampaolo Caruso
+113 Pierre Rolland
+104 Johnny Hoogerland
+103 Cyril Gautier
+102 Robert Kiserlovski
+100 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+99 Rafael Valls Ferri
+98 Roy Curvers

Biggest losers by position :
-161 Marcel Kittel
-141 Steven Cummings
-136 Gregory Henderson
-136 Patrick Gretsch
-133 Christian Knees
-128 David Millar
-127 Jens Voigt
-126 Tyler Farrar
-125 Richie Porte
-119 Andre Greipel
-114 Gustav Erik Larsson

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-8:52 Guillaume Levarlet
-6:44 Francis De Greef
-6:44 Jean-Marc Marino
-6:11 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-6:11 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-5:40 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-5:40 Yuriy Krivtsov
-4:50 Bernhard Eisel
-4:42 Vladimir Karpets
-4:23 Marcel Kittel
-4:13 Julien Simon

Favourites by position :
+97 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+92 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+91 Frank Schleck
+86 Michele Scarponi
+56 Ivan Basso
+46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+36 Robert Gesink
+26 Levi Leipheimer
+16 Bauke Mollema
+5 Vincenzo Nibali
+5 Ryder Hesjedal
+5 Cadel Evans
+2 Denis Menchov
-73 Christopher Froome

Favourites by time :
-0:17 Levi Leipheimer
-0:23 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1:25 Christopher Froome

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabian Cancellara 5:05:32 (unchanged)
2 Bradley Wiggins 0:07 (unchanged)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 0:07 (unchanged)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 0:10 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0:11 (unchanged)
6 Denis Menchov 0:13 (was 8th at 0:13)
7 Philippe Gilbert 0:13 (was 9th at 0:13)
8 Cadel Evans 0:17 (was 13th at 0:17)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 0:18 (was 14th at 0:18)
10 Ryder Hesjedal 0:18 (was 15th at 0:18)
.....
12 Bauke Mollema 0:21 (was 28th at 0:21)
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29 Robert Gesink 0:26 (was 65th at 0:26)
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31 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:28 (was 77th at 0:28)
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34 Ivan Basso 0:29 (was 90th at 0:29)
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43 Michele Scarponi 0:37 (was 129th at 0:37)
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45 Frank Schleck 0:38 (was 136th at 0:38)
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48 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:40 (was 145th at 0:40)
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54 Levi Leipheimer 0:45 (was 80th at 0:28)
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69 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:07 (was 161st at 0:44)
.....
84 Christopher Froome 1:41 (was 11th at 0:16)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Fabian Cancellara 55 (was 1st with 20 points)
2 Peter Sagan 49 (was 0 points)
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen 42 (was 5th with 11 points)
4 Philippe Gilbert 33 (was 9th with 7 points)
5 Sylvain Chavanel 23 (was 3rd with 15 points)
6 Bauke Mollema 22 (was 0 points)
7 Yohann Gene 20 (was 0 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 20 (was 0 points)
9 Robert Gesink 18 (was 0 points)
10 Bradley Wiggins 17 (was 2nd with 17 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Michael Morkov 3
2 Peter Sagan 1
3 Pablo Urtasun Perez 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


(This report can also be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)

On Jul 1, 8:01*pm, Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 1 : Jul 1, Liege - Seraing, 198 km

* 1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *4.58.19
* 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan
* 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
* 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
* 5 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
* 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
* 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
* 8 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp
* 9 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Sharp
*10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep

Changes in GC, stage 1 compared to stage 0 :

Biggest gainers by position :
* * *+130 * Mickael Cherel
* * *+116 * Samuel Dumoulin
* * *+115 * Giampaolo Caruso
* * *+113 * Pierre Rolland
* * *+104 * Johnny Hoogerland
* * *+103 * Cyril Gautier
* * *+102 * Robert Kiserlovski
* * *+100 * Egoi Martinez De Esteban
* * * +99 * Rafael Valls Ferri
* * * +98 * Roy Curvers

Biggest losers by position :
* * *-161 * Marcel Kittel
* * *-141 * Steven Cummings
* * *-136 * Gregory Henderson
* * *-136 * Patrick Gretsch
* * *-133 * Christian Knees
* * *-128 * David Millar
* * *-127 * Jens Voigt
* * *-126 * Tyler Farrar
* * *-125 * Richie Porte
* * *-119 * Andre Greipel
* * *-114 * Gustav Erik Larsson

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
* * -8:52 * Guillaume Levarlet
* * -6:44 * Francis De Greef
* * -6:44 * Jean-Marc Marino
* * -6:11 * Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
* * -6:11 * Pablo Urtasun Perez
* * -5:40 * Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
* * -5:40 * Yuriy Krivtsov
* * -4:50 * Bernhard Eisel
* * -4:42 * Vladimir Karpets
* * -4:23 * Marcel Kittel
* * -4:13 * Julien Simon

Favourites by position :
* * * +97 * Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
* * * +92 * Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
* * * +91 * Frank Schleck
* * * +86 * Michele Scarponi
* * * +56 * Ivan Basso
* * * +46 * Jurgen Van Den Broeck
* * * +36 * Robert Gesink
* * * +26 * Levi Leipheimer
* * * +16 * Bauke Mollema
* * * *+5 * Vincenzo Nibali
* * * *+5 * Ryder Hesjedal
* * * *+5 * Cadel Evans
* * * *+2 * Denis Menchov
* * * -73 * Christopher Froome

Favourites by time :
* * -0:17 * Levi Leipheimer
* * -0:23 * Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
* * -1:25 * Christopher Froome

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
* * * * 1 *Fabian Cancellara * * * * * * * * * * *5:05:32 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 2 *Bradley Wiggins * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:07 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 3 *Sylvain Chavanel * * * * * * * * * * * * *0:07 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 4 *Tejay Van Garderen * * * * * * * * * * * *0:10 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 5 *Edvald Boasson Hagen * * * * * * * * * * *0:11 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * 6 *Denis Menchov * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:13 * * * * (was 8th at 0:13)
* * * * 7 *Philippe Gilbert * * * * * * * * * * * * *0:13 * * * * (was 9th at 0:13)
* * * * 8 *Cadel Evans * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:17 * * * * (was 13th at 0:17)
* * * * 9 *Vincenzo Nibali * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:18 * * * * (was 14th at 0:18)
* * * *10 *Ryder Hesjedal * * * * * * * * * * * * * *0:18 * * * * (was 15th at 0:18)
* * * * .....
* * * *12 *Bauke Mollema * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:21 * * * * (was 28th at 0:21)
* * * * .....
* * * *29 *Robert Gesink * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:26 * * * * (was 65th at 0:26)
* * * * .....
* * * *31 *Jurgen Van Den Broeck * * * * * * * * * * 0:28 * * * * (was 77th at 0:28)
* * * * .....
* * * *34 *Ivan Basso * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *0:29 * * * * (was 90th at 0:29)
* * * * .....
* * * *43 *Michele Scarponi * * * * * * * * * * * * *0:37 * * * * (was 129th at 0:37)
* * * * .....
* * * *45 *Frank Schleck * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:38 * * * * (was 136th at 0:38)
* * * * .....
* * * *48 *Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez * * * * * * * * * 0:40 * * * * (was 145th at 0:40)
* * * * .....
* * * *54 *Levi Leipheimer * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:45 * * * * (was 80th at 0:28)
* * * * .....
* * * *69 *Juan Jose Cobo Acebo * * * * * * * * * * *1:07 * * * * (was 161st at 0:44)
* * * * .....
* * * *84 *Christopher Froome * * * * * * * * * * * *1:41 * * * * (was 11th at 0:16)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
* * * * 1 *Fabian Cancellara * * * * * * * * * * * * * 55 * * * * (was 1st with 20 points)
* * * * 2 *Peter Sagan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 49 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 3 *Edvald Boasson Hagen * * * * * * * * * * * *42 * * * * (was 5th with 11 points)
* * * * 4 *Philippe Gilbert * * * * * * * * * * * * * *33 * * * * (was 9th with 7 points)
* * * * 5 *Sylvain Chavanel * * * * * * * * * * * * * *23 * * * * (was 3rd with 15 points)
* * * * 6 *Bauke Mollema * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 22 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 7 *Yohann Gene * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 20 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 8 *Alejandro Valverde Belmonte * * * * * * * * 20 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * * 9 *Robert Gesink * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 18 * * * * (was 0 points)
* * * *10 *Bradley Wiggins * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 17 * * * * (was 2nd with 17 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table
* * * * 1 *Michael Morkov * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3
* * * * 2 *Peter Sagan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1
* * * * 3 *Pablo Urtasun Perez * * * * * * * * * * * * *1

Retirements to date : * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Stage
*Total retirements : 0

* (This report can also be seen athttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)

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