Tour de France, stage 19 summary

Changes in stage 19 compared to stage 18

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Robbie McEwen
+8 Jeremy Roy
+7 William Frischkorn
+7 Steven De Jongh
+7 Sebastian Langeveld
+7 Ralf Grabsch
+7 Matthieu Sprick
+7 Martyn Maaskant
+7 Leif Hoste
+7 Heinrich Haussler

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Dario Cioni
-10 Freddy Bichot
-10 Niki Terpstra
-9 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-7 Remy Di Gregorio
-6 Nicolas Vogondy
-4 Marco Marzano

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:13 Sylvain Chavanel
+1:13 Jeremy Roy
+0:24 Laurent Lefevre

Biggest losers by time :
-13:32 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-13:32 Bernhard Eisel
-13:32 Dario Cioni
-13:32 Freddy Bichot
-13:32 Marco Marzano
-13:32 Nicolas Vogondy
-13:32 Niki Terpstra
-13:32 Remy Di Gregorio
-13:32 Sven Krauss
-2:22 Fabian Cancellara
-2:22 Martin Muller

Favourites by position :
+1 Jens Voigt
+1 George Hincapie

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Carlos Sastre 82.54.36
2 Frank Schleck 1.24
3 Bernhard Kohl 1.33
4 Cadel Evans 1.34
5 Denis Menchov 2.39
6 Christian Vande Velde 4.41
7 Alejandro Valverde 5.35
8 Samuel Sanchez 5.52
.....
10 Vladimir Efimkin 8.24
11 Kim Kirchen 8.35
12 Andy Schleck 10.04
.....
36 George Hincapie 1.08.28
.....
38 Jens Voigt 1.11.31

Retirements to date : Stage
Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19
Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia 15
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5
Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11
Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 12
Moises Duenas (Spa) Barloworld 11
Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 11
Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 8
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 16
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 19
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 15
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 15
Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7
Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 17
Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 19
Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 14
Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 19
Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16
Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3
Josep Jufre (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Garmin Chipotle - H30 7
Total retirements : 35