Tour de France, stage 20 summary

Stage 20 : Jul 20, Annecy - Annecy-Semnoz, 125 km

1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 3.39.04
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0.18
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.29
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1.42
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 2.17
6 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 2.27
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2.28
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.48
9 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2.55
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff


Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Jonathan Hivert
+12 Sep Vanmarcke
+11 Ruben Perez Moreno
+11 Anthony Delaplace
+10 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+10 Geraint Thomas
+9 Brian Vandborg
+8 Rudy Molard
+8 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+8 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Enrico Gasparotto
-9 Michael Albasini
-7 Marcus Burghardt
-7 Matteo Trentin
-7 Robert Gesink
-7 Ruben Plaza Molina
-6 Alessandro De Marchi
-6 Amael Moinard
-6 Sergey Lagutin
-6 Simon Geschke
-5 Aleksandr Kuschynski

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:29 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+0:11 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver

Biggest losers by time :
-26:41 Assan Bazayev
-26:41 Enrico Gasparotto
-26:30 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle
-26:20 Matteo Trentin
-26:09 Maarten Wynants
-26:09 Roberto Ferrari
-26:08 Elia Favilli
-26:01 Albert Timmer
-26:01 Alexander Kristoff
-26:01 Jerome Pineau
-26:01 Johannes Frohlinger

Favourites by position :
+1 Richie Porte
+1 Damiano Cunego
+1 Andy Schleck
+1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2 Michael Rogers
-2 Alberto Contador Velasco
-3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-3 Cadel Evans
-7 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
-1:13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:48 Richie Porte
-1:59 Alberto Contador Velasco
-3:27 Bauke Mollema
-4:21 Andy Schleck
-8:30 Michael Rogers
-12:31 Tejay Van Garderen
-13:01 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
-17:57 Ryder Hesjedal
-17:57 Robert Gesink
-17:57 Damiano Cunego
-17:57 Cadel Evans

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 80:49:33 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 5:03 (was 3rd at 5:32)
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 5:47 (was 5th at 5:58)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 7:10 (was 2nd at 5:11)
5 Roman Kreuziger 8:10 (was 4th at 5:44)
6 Bauke Mollema 12:25 (was 6th at 8:58)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 13:00 (was 7th at 9:33)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 16:09 (was 9th at 14:56)
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia 16:35 (was 8th at 12:33)
10 Andrew Talansky 18:22 (was 12th at 16:24)
.....
16 Michael Rogers 27:34 (was 14th at 19:04)
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19 Richie Porte 39:41 (was 20th at 37:53)
20 Andy Schleck 42:29 (was 21st at 38:08)
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26 Robert Gesink 55:08 (was 19th at 37:11)
27 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 55:17 (was 24th at 42:16)
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39 Cadel Evans 1:30:57 (was 36th at 1:13:00)
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44 Tejay Van Garderen 1:38:32 (was 44th at 1:26:01)
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55 Damiano Cunego 1:59:57 (was 56th at 1:42:00)
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69 Ryder Hesjedal 2:22:06 (was 69th at 2:04:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 383 (was 1st with 380 points)
2 Mark Cavendish 282 (was 2nd with 278 points)
3 Andre Greipel 232 (was 3rd with 227 points)
4 Marcel Kittel 177 (unchanged)
5 Alexander Kristoff 157 (unchanged)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 156 (was 6th with 155 points)
7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 143 (was 7th with 123 points)
8 Michal Kwiatkowski 110 (unchanged)
9 Christopher Froome 107 (was 9th with 92 points)
10 Christophe Riblon 104 (was 14th with 83 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 147 (was 4th with 97 points)
2 Christopher Froome 136 (was 1st with 104 points)
3 Pierre Rolland 119 (was 2nd with 103 points)
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 99 (was 9th with 59 points)
5 Christophe Riblon 98 (was 5th with 93 points)
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 98 (was 3rd with 98 points)
7 Moreno Moser 72 (was 6th with 72 points)
8 Richie Porte 72 (was 10th with 48 points)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 64 (was 7th with 64 points)
10 Tejay van Garderen 63 (was 8th with 62 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Ramunas Navardauskas (Lit) Garmin-Sharp 20
Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 19
Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp 19
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 19
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 19
Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 19
Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 18
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 18
Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17
Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17
Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 16
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 13
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 9
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9
Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 9
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 9
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 29


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"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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... 0.29
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
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7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
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Does anybody know what's with the additional last names

Didn't it used to be just plain Alberto Contador and
just plain Alejandro Valverde?

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Sir Gregory

On 21/07/2013 12:43 AM, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq· wrote:
"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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... 0.29
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
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7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
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Does anybody know what's with the additional last names

Didn't it used to be just plain Alberto Contador and
just plain Alejandro Valverde?


Spanish custom is to use both your parents surnames. Father's 1st,
Mother's 2nd. Example, Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver. Purito's easier!

--
Chris

'Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it
every six months.'

(Oscar Wilde.)