Tour de France, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : Jul 11, Fougeres - Tours, 218 km

1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 4.49.49
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha
5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
9 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+3 William Bonnet
+3 Rein Taaramae
+3 Pierrick Fedrigo
+3 Murilo Antonio Fischer
+3 Matteo Trentin
+3 Maciek Bodnar
+3 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+3 Kevin Reza
+3 Jurgen Roelandts

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Moreno Moser
-8 David Lopez Garcia
-8 Romain Sicard
-7 Jerome Pineau
-6 Brice Feillu
-6 Jonathan Hivert
-6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-6 Ryder Hesjedal
-5 Brett Lancaster
-5 Gatis Smukulis
-5 Lars Petter Nordhaug

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-7:09 Brice Feillu
-4:07 Lars Boom
-4:01 Alessandro De Marchi
-4:01 David Lopez Garcia
-4:01 Francesco Gavazzi
-4:01 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-4:01 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-4:01 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-4:01 Manuele Mori
-4:01 Moreno Moser
-4:01 Peter Kennaugh

Favourites by position :
-6 Ryder Hesjedal

Favourites by time :
-3:44 Ryder Hesjedal

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 47:19:13 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3:25 (unchanged)
3 Bauke Mollema 3:37 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 3:54 (unchanged)
5 Roman Kreuziger 3:57 (unchanged)
6 Laurens Ten Dam 4:10 (unchanged)
7 Michal Kwiatkowski 4:44 (unchanged)
8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 5:18 (unchanged)
9 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 5:37 (unchanged)
10 Jean Christophe Peraud 5:39 (unchanged)
.....
14 Cadel Evans 6:54 (unchanged)
.....
16 Michael Rogers 8:28 (unchanged)
17 Andy Schleck 8:32 (unchanged)
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31 Richie Porte 21:19 (unchanged)
32 Robert Gesink 21:32 (unchanged)
.....
38 Damiano Cunego 26:09 (unchanged)
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47 Ryder Hesjedal 36:22 (was 41st at 32:38)
.....
51 Tejay Van Garderen 38:08 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 307 (was 1st with 269 points)
2 Mark Cavendish 211 (was 3rd with 166 points)
3 Andre Greipel 195 (was 2nd with 186 points)
4 Marcel Kittel 177 (was 4th with 132 points)
5 Alexander Kristoff 157 (was 5th with 131 points)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 102 (was 9th with 84 points)
7 Michal Kwiatkowski 101 (was 6th with 101 points)
8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 97 (was 10th with 80 points)
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 88 (was 7th with 88 points)
10 Danny van Poppel 87 (was 8th with 87 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Pierre Rolland 49 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 33 (unchanged)
3 Richie Porte 28 (unchanged)
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 26 (unchanged)
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 21 (unchanged)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 20 (unchanged)
7 Simon Clarke 15 (unchanged)
8 Thomas De Gendt 14 (unchanged)
9 Peter Kennaugh 14 (unchanged)
10 Daniel Martin 13 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 9
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9
Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 9
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 9
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 16


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