Tour de France, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : Jul 22, Pau - Col du Tourmalet, 174 km

1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 5.03.29
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 1.18
4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions 1.27
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.32
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.40
7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
8 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack 1.45
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1.48
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo 2.14


Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+18 Ruben Perez Moreno
+17 Kristjan Koren
+14 Sebastien Minard
+14 David Zabriskie
+13 Steve Morabito
+12 Pierre Rolland
+12 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+12 Grega Bole
+12 Fabian Cancellara
+11 Marcus Burghardt

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Maxime Monfort
-9 Grischa Niermann
-9 Inaki Isasi Flores
-9 Jerome Pineau
-9 Jurgen Van De Walle
-9 Rafael Valls Ferri
-8 Christophe Le Mevel
-8 Geraint Thomas
-8 Janez Brajkovic
-8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-8 Michael Rogers

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-33:14 Andreas Klier
-32:47 David Millar
-32:32 Alessandro Petacchi
-32:29 Danilo Hondo
-31:46 Alexandr Pliuschin
-31:46 Bernhard Eisel
-31:46 Bert Grabsch
-31:46 Francesco Reda
-31:46 Mark Cavendish
-31:46 Tony Martin
-31:39 Robbie McEwen

Favourites by position :
+2 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+2 Lance Armstrong
+2 Andreas Kloden
+1 Joaquin Rodriguez
-2 Cadel Evans
-3 Ivan Basso
-3 Bradley Wiggins
-6 Levi Leipheimer
-6 Carlos Sastre

Favourites by time :
-1:18 Joaquin Rodriguez
-1:40 Robert Gesink
-1:40 Denis Menchov
-2:14 Roman Kreuziger
-3:30 Andreas Kloden
-4:12 Lance Armstrong
-4:27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-8:59 Levi Leipheimer
-12:00 Cadel Evans
-16:28 Ivan Basso
-16:48 Carlos Sastre
-23:19 Bradley Wiggins

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 83:32:39 (unchanged)
2 Andy Schleck 0:08 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:32 (was 3rd at 2:00)
4 Denis Menchov 3:53 (was 4th at 2:13)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:27 (was 5th at 3:39)
6 Robert Gesink 6:41 (was 6th at 5:01)
7 Joaquin Rodriguez 7:03 (was 8th at 5:45)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 9:18 (was 10th at 7:51)
9 Roman Kreuziger 10:12 (was 11th at 7:58)
10 Christopher Horner 10:37 (was 14th at 8:52)
11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 12:46 (was 13th at 8:19)
.....
13 Levi Leipheimer 14:24 (was 7th at 5:25)
14 Andreas Kloden 14:44 (was 16th at 11:14)
.....
21 Carlos Sastre 25:50 (was 15th at 9:02)
.....
23 Lance Armstrong 37:58 (was 25th at 33:46)
24 Bradley Wiggins 41:03 (was 21st at 17:44)
.....
26 Cadel Evans 45:13 (was 24th at 33:13)
.....
30 Ivan Basso 53:46 (was 27th at 37:18)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 191 (unchanged)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 187 (unchanged)
3 Mark Cavendish 162 (unchanged)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 149 (unchanged)
5 Robbie McEwen 138 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 132 (was 6th with 120 points)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 115 (was 10th with 98 points)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 112 (was 9th with 100 points)
9 Andy Schleck 107 (was 12th with 87 points)
10 Sebastien Turgot 107 (was 7th with 107 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 143 (unchanged)
2 Christophe Moreau 128 (unchanged)
3 Andy Schleck 116 (was 7th with 76 points)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 112 (was 8th with 76 points)
5 Damiano Cunego 99 (was 3rd with 99 points)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 96 (was 10th with 72 points)
7 Sandy Casar 93 (was 4th with 93 points)
8 Jerome Pineau 92 (was 5th with 92 points)
9 Thomas Voeckler 82 (was 6th with 82 points)
10 Pierrick Fedrigo 72 (was 9th with 72 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 17
Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 16
Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto 16
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 15
Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 12
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 11
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 11
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 9
Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 9
Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 9
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 9
Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 9
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 26


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

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 83:32:39
(unchanged)
2 Andy Schleck 0:08
(unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:32 (was 3rd
at 2:00)
4 Denis Menchov 3:53 (was 4th
at 2:13)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:27 (was 5th
at 3:39)
6 Robert Gesink 6:41 (was 6th
at 5:01)
7 Joaquin Rodriguez 7:03 (was 8th
at 5:45)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 9:18 (was 10th
at 7:51)
9 Roman Kreuziger 10:12 (was 11th
at 7:58)
10 Christopher Horner 10:37 (was 14th
at 8:52)
11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 12:46 (was 13th
at 8:19)

Nice to see that Chris Horner finally made your list. :-)

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA