Tour de France, stage 19 summary

Stage 19 : Friday, July 24 2009, Bourgoin-Jallieu - Aubenas, 178 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC 3.50.35
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
6 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
7 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
10 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream


Changes in stage 19 compared to stage 18 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Mark Cavendish
+13 Gerald Ciolek
+12 William Bonnet
+11 Amael Moinard
+10 Geoffroy Lequatre
+10 Fumiyuki Beppu
+9 Yukiya Arashiro
+9 Said Haddou
+9 Oscar Freire Gomez
+9 Johannes Frohlinger

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Kim Kirchen
-9 Jussi Veikkanen
-8 Grischa Niermann
-8 Marcus Fothen
-8 Sebastien Rosseler
-8 Stef Clement
-7 Alessandro Vanotti
-7 Fabian Wegmann
-7 Igor Anton Hernandez
-7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-7 Leonardo Duque

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Thor Hushovd
+0:04 Oscar Freire Gomez
+0:04 Nicholas Roche
+0:04 Martijn Maaskant
+0:04 Mark Cavendish
+0:04 Lance Armstrong
+0:04 Jerome Pineau
+0:04 Greg Van Avermaet
+0:04 Gerald Ciolek
+0:04 Geoffroy Lequatre

Biggest losers by time :
-18:33 Andreas Klier
-18:33 Benoit Vaugrenard
-18:33 Cycril Lemoine
-18:33 David Arroyo Duran
-18:33 David Millar
-18:33 David Zabriskie
-18:33 Dmitriy Muravyev
-18:33 Fabian Cancellara
-18:33 Fabian Wegmann
-18:33 Gregory Rast
-18:33 Grischa Niermann

Favourites by position :
+4 Marzio Bruseghin
-1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1 Cadel Evans
-4 Denis Menchov
-5 Franco Pellizotti
-16 Kim Kirchen

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Lance Armstrong
-1:57 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:57 Cadel Evans
-5:01 Denis Menchov
-9:27 Marzio Bruseghin
-9:27 Franco Pellizotti
-18:33 Kim Kirchen

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 77.06.18
2 Andy Schleck 4.11
3 Lance Armstrong 5.21
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6 Frank Schleck 5.59
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11 Vladimir Karpets 13.36
12 Roman Kreuziger 14.08
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15 Carlos Sastre Candil 17.23
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30 Cadel Evans 40.17
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43 Franco Pellizotti 55.15
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47 Denis Menchov 57.48
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50 Kim Kirchen 1.01.07
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71 Marzio Bruseghin 1.43.31

Retirements to date : Stage
Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19
Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 17
Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17
Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 16
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 15
Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 15
Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13
Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 13
Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - NGC 12
Jerome Coppel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 12
Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 12
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Saxo Bank 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 9
David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel 8
Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 8
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6
Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3
Total retirements : 24