Tour de France, stage 15 summary

Stage 15 : Jul 17, Limoux - Montpellier, 187 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4.20.24
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
4 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
9 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Mark Renshaw
+3 Simon Gerrans
+3 Jurgen Roelandts
+3 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+3 Borut Bozic
+2 Tyler Farrar
+2 Tomas Vaitkus
+2 Stuart O'Grady
+2 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+2 Sebastien Minard

Biggest losers by position :
-7 Dmitriy Muravyev
-7 Ivan Santaromita
-6 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-6 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-5 Alessandro Vanotti
-5 Jakob Fuglsang
-5 Lars Ytting Bak
-5 Roman Kreuziger
-4 Lieuwe Westra
-4 Manuel Quinziato
-4 Marcus Burghardt

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:10 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-6:10 Samuel Dumoulin
-5:25 Tejay Van Garderen
-5:22 Marcus Burghardt
-5:16 Alessandro Vanotti
-5:00 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-5:00 Danny Pate
-5:00 Dmitriy Muravyev
-5:00 Ivan Santaromita
-5:00 Jakob Fuglsang
-5:00 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez

Favourites by position :
+2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 David Arroyo Duran
-2 Jens Voigt
-5 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
-2:19 Jens Voigt
-5:00 Roman Kreuziger

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thomas Voeckler 65:24:34 (unchanged)
2 Frank Schleck 1:49 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 2:06 (unchanged)
4 Andy Schleck 2:15 (unchanged)
5 Ivan Basso 3:16 (unchanged)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:44 (unchanged)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:00 (unchanged)
8 Damiano Cunego 4:01 (unchanged)
9 Thomas Danielson 5:46 (unchanged)
10 Kevin De Weert 6:18 (unchanged)
.....
25 Levi Leipheimer 16:48 (unchanged)
.....
41 Robert Gesink 35:21 (was 42nd at 35:21)
.....
43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 37:26 (was 45th at 37:26)
.....
50 David Arroyo Duran 43:03 (was 51st at 43:03)
.....
67 Jens Voigt 1:04:11 (was 65th at 1:01:52)
.....
111 Roman Kreuziger 1:44:37 (was 106th at 1:39:37)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 319 (was 1st with 264 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 282 (was 2nd with 251 points)
3 Philippe Gilbert 248 (was 3rd with 240 points)
4 Thor Hushovd 192 (unchanged)
5 Andre Greipel 170 (was 5th with 164 points)
6 Cadel Evans 159 (unchanged)
7 Tyler Farrar 141 (was 7th with 106 points)
8 Mickael Delage 122 (was 9th with 102 points)
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 105 (was 8th with 105 points)
10 Alessandro Petacchi 96 (was 17th with 66 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jelle Vanendert 74 (unchanged)
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 72 (unchanged)
3 Jeremy Roy 45 (unchanged)
4 Andy Schleck 28 (unchanged)
5 Cadel Evans 26 (unchanged)
6 Frank Schleck 24 (unchanged)
7 Johnny Hoogerland 22 (unchanged)
8 Sylvain Chavanel 20 (unchanged)
9 Sandy Casar 19 (unchanged)
10 Geraint Thomas 18 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 28


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On 7/17/2011 11:37 AM, Bob Martin wrote:

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thomas Voeckler 65:24:34 (unchanged)
2 Frank Schleck 1:49 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 2:06 (unchanged)
4 Andy Schleck 2:15 (unchanged)
5 Ivan Basso 3:16 (unchanged)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:44 (unchanged)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:00 (unchanged)
8 Damiano Cunego 4:01 (unchanged)
9 Thomas Danielson 5:46 (unchanged)

The time difference between A. Schleck and Contador is about the same as
the difference between Contador and Danielson.

Who predicted that back in June?