Tour de France, stage 16 summary

Stage 16 : Jul 18, Pau - Bagneres-de-Luchon, 197 km

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 5.35.02
2 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 1.40
3 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.22
4 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
5 Brice Feillu (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3.58
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 4.18
7 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp 6.08
8 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD
9 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6.11


Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Brice Feillu
+25 Christophe Kern
+21 Pablo Urtasun Perez
+19 Daniel Martin
+16 Simone Stortoni
+16 Matthieu Sprick
+15 Jens Voigt
+13 Johnny Hoogerland
+11 Vladimir Karpets
+11 Fredrik Kessiakoff

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Cyril Gautier
-13 Mickael Cherel
-11 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-10 Jurgen Roelandts
-10 Marco Marcato
-9 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-8 Daryl Impey
-8 David Millar
-8 Lars Ytting Bak
-7 Philippe Gilbert
-6 Andre Greipel

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:09 Thomas Voeckler
+5:29 Chris Anker Sorensen
+3:47 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
+3:47 Alexander Vinokourov
+3:11 Brice Feillu
+2:51 Jens Voigt
+1:01 Simone Stortoni
+1:01 Giampaolo Caruso
+1:01 Daniel Martin
+0:58 Laurens ten Dam

Biggest losers by time :
-26:43 Jurgen Roelandts
-26:43 Sebastien Hinault
-25:55 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-25:55 Andre Greipel
-25:55 Arthur Vichot
-25:55 Baden Cooke
-25:55 Bernhard Eisel
-25:55 Bert Grabsch
-25:55 Cyril Lemoine
-25:55 Daryl Impey
-25:55 David Millar

Favourites by position :
+2 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1 Ivan Basso
-3 Cadel Evans
-5 Michele Scarponi

Favourites by time :
-0:58 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:58 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-3:45 Levi Leipheimer
-3:45 Denis Menchov
-4:47 Cadel Evans
-6:58 Ivan Basso
-25:55 Michele Scarponi

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 74:15:32 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:23 (unchanged)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:46 (was 5th at 4:48)
5 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 7:13 (was 6th at 6:15)
6 Tejay Van Garderen 7:55 (was 7th at 6:57)
7 Cadel Evans 8:06 (was 4th at 3:19)
8 Janez Brajkovic 9:09 (was 8th at 7:30)
9 Pierre Rolland 10:10 (was 9th at 8:31)
10 Thibaut Pinot 11:43 (was 10th at 8:51)
.....
16 Denis Menchov 21:06 (was 16th at 17:21)
.....
26 Michele Scarponi 46:27 (was 21st at 20:32)
.....
29 Levi Leipheimer 51:02 (was 31st at 47:17)
30 Ivan Basso 52:11 (was 29th at 45:13)
.....
33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 55:38 (was 34th at 54:40)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 356 (unchanged)
2 Andre Greipel 254 (unchanged)
3 Matthew Harley Goss 203 (unchanged)
4 Mark Cavendish 130 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 127 (unchanged)
6 Bradley Wiggins 109 (was 6th with 105 points)
7 Cadel Evans 100 (unchanged)
8 Christopher Froome 91 (was 8th with 88 points)
9 Thomas Voeckler 88 (was 16th with 68 points)
10 Daryl Impey 84 (was 9th with 84 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas Voeckler 107 (was 4th with 37 points)
2 Fredrik Kessiakoff 103 (was 1st with 69 points)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 77 (was 3rd with 39 points)
4 Pierre Rolland 55 (was 2nd with 55 points)
5 Brice Feillu 38 (was 28th with 8 points)
6 Daniel Martin 34 (was 29th with 8 points)
7 Michele Scarponi 33 (was 5th with 33 points)
8 Christopher Froome 32 (was 6th with 32 points)
9 Thibaut Pinot 32 (was 7th with 32 points)
10 Jens Voigt 31 (was 14th with 18 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 16
Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 16
Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 16
Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 15
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 15
Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 15
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 15
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 15
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 15
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 14
Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 13
David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 12
Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 12
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 11
Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 11
Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 11
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 10
Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 10
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 10
Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 8
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 7
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 7
Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 6
Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 6
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 5
Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3
Total retirements : 46


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On 18/07/2012 21:03, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 16 : Jul 18, Pau - Bagneres-de-Luchon, 197 km

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 5.35.02


****ing awesome ride, what is he on?
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In article ,
atriage wrote:

On 18/07/2012 21:03, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 16 : Jul 18, Pau - Bagneres-de-Luchon, 197 km

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 5.35.02


****ing awesome ride, what is he on?

Mineral water. French mineral water.

--
Michael Press

On 18/07/2012 23:02, Michael Press wrote:
In articleDqWdnfMy9OcUvprNnZ2dnUVZ8tednZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk,
wrote:

On 18/07/2012 21:03, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 16 : Jul 18, Pau - Bagneres-de-Luchon, 197 km

1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 5.35.02


****ing awesome ride, what is he on?

Mineral water. French mineral water.

Right, gotcha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4dVS7f37k
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6 Tejay Van Garderen 7:55 (was 7th
at 6:57)
7 Cadel Evans 8:06 (was 4th at
3:19)

Probably time now for Cadel to switch roles and act as a support rider for
his team mate's quest to win the white jersey.

Michael Press wrote:
Mineral water. French mineral water.

Do you drink it or transfuse it ?

On 19/07/2012 11:54, Simply Fred wrote:
Michael Press wrote:
Mineral water. French mineral water.

Do you drink it or transfuse it ?


It should be mixed 50/50 with EPO and served with ice and a cherry.

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On Jul 19, 12:20*pm, atriage wrote:
On 19/07/2012 11:54, Simply Fred wrote: Michael Press wrote:
Mineral water. French mineral water.

Do you drink it or transfuse it ?

It should be mixed 50/50 with EPO and served with ice and a cherry.

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Cherries are an excellent choice. There is no need to ration them.
Rasberries are also very good but not so much with garden
strawberries. Good strawberries are little wild straw's.
Blueberries are possibly even better than rasberries for lymph drive
but I Iike cherries best. Don't bother with EPO, use unrefined sea
salt.

On Jul 19, 11:54*am, Simply Fred wrote:
Michael Press wrote:
Mineral water. French mineral water.

Do you drink it or transfuse it ?

who cares?

http://youtu.be/JAspnHMBARo

In article ,
Simply Fred wrote:

Michael Press wrote:
Mineral water. French mineral water.

Do you drink it or transfuse it ?

The former with the altar wine.

--
Michael Press