Tour de France, stage 14 summary

Stage 14 : Jul 15, Limoux - Foix, 191 km

1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 4.50.29
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.47
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 2.51
7 Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 3.49
9 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 4.51
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4.53


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+27 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
+26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+25 Martin Velits
+23 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+23 Sebastien Minard
+22 Philippe Gilbert
+17 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+15 Cyril Gautier
+15 Brice Feillu
+13 Matthieu Ladagnous

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Christian Vande Velde
-15 Dominique Nerz
-15 Sylvain Chavanel
-11 Fabrice Jeandesboz
-11 Kevin De Weert
-9 Christophe Kern
-9 Simon Gerrans
-9 Yury Trofimov
-8 Christophe Riblon
-8 Dries Devenyns
-8 Pierrick Fedrigo

Biggest gainers by time :
+18:15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+17:28 Sandy Casar
+17:28 Philippe Gilbert
+17:28 Peter Sagan
+17:28 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
+15:24 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+15:24 Sebastien Minard
+14:26 Martin Velits
+13:24 Eduard Vorganov
+13:22 Steven Kruijswijk

Biggest losers by time :
-13:38 Christophe Kern
-10:15 Kris Boeckmans
-10:15 Vincent Jerome
-10:15 Yohann Gene
-10:13 Borut Bozic
-10:13 Tyler Farrar
-10:03 Albert Timmer
-10:03 Alessandro Vanotti
-10:03 Alexander Vinokourov
-10:03 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-10:03 Anders Lund

Favourites by position :
+2 Levi Leipheimer
+2 Ivan Basso
+1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 64:41:16 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:23 (unchanged)
4 Cadel Evans 3:19 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:48 (unchanged)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 6:15 (unchanged)
7 Tejay Van Garderen 6:57 (unchanged)
8 Janez Brajkovic 7:30 (unchanged)
9 Pierre Rolland 8:31 (unchanged)
10 Thibaut Pinot 8:51 (unchanged)
.....
12 Frank Schleck 9:45 (unchanged)
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16 Denis Menchov 17:21 (unchanged)
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21 Michele Scarponi 20:32 (unchanged)
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28 Ivan Basso 45:13 (was 30th at 45:13)
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30 Levi Leipheimer 47:17 (was 32nd at 47:17)
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33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 54:40 (was 34th at 54:40)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 333 (was 1st with 296 points)
2 Andre Greipel 236 (was 2nd with 232 points)
3 Matthew Harley Goss 203 (unchanged)
4 Mark Cavendish 129 (unchanged)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 125 (unchanged)
6 Bradley Wiggins 105 (was 6th with 104 points)
7 Cadel Evans 100 (unchanged)
8 Christopher Froome 84 (unchanged)
9 Daryl Impey 84 (unchanged)
10 Vincenzo Nibali 77 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Fredrik Kessiakoff 69 (was 1st with 66 points)
2 Pierre Rolland 55 (unchanged)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 39 (unchanged)
4 Thomas Voeckler 33 (was 9th with 28 points)
5 Michele Scarponi 33 (unchanged)
6 Christopher Froome 32 (unchanged)
7 Thibaut Pinot 32 (unchanged)
8 Peter Velits 29 (unchanged)
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 21 (was 14th with 18 points)
10 Sandy Casar 20 (was 24th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 36


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