Tour de France, stage 18 summary

Stage 18 : Jul 20, Blagnac - Brive-la-Gaillarde, 222.5 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 4.54.12
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Sharp
7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
8 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne


Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Koen de Kort
+6 Nicki Sorensen
+6 Danilo Hondo
+5 Samuel Dumoulin
+5 Ruben Perez Moreno
+5 Lars Ytting Bak
+5 Jurgen Roelandts
+5 Anders Lund
+4 Ruben Plaza Molina
+4 Romain Zingle

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Alessandro Vanotti
-10 Michael Albasini
-9 Jerome Pineau
-7 Anthony Roux
-7 David Millar
-7 Federico Canuti
-7 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-6 Christophe Kern
-5 Bert Grabsch
-5 Brice Feillu
-5 Christophe Riblon

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Tyler Farrar
+0:04 Sebastien Hinault
+0:04 Samuel Dumoulin
+0:04 Peter Sagan
+0:04 Nicolas Roche
+0:04 Matthew Harley Goss
+0:04 Mark Cavendish
+0:04 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+0:04 Juan Jose Haedo
+0:04 Edvald Boasson Hagen

Biggest losers by time :
-12:28 Sebastiaan Langeveld
-11:51 Christophe Kern
-11:51 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-8:50 Alessandro Vanotti
-8:50 Anthony Roux
-8:50 Arthur Vichot
-8:50 Bernhard Eisel
-8:50 Blel Kadri
-8:50 Brice Feillu
-8:50 David Millar
-8:50 Jimmy Engoulvent

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

Favourites by time :
-0:12 Michele Scarponi
-0:12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-0:12 Denis Menchov
-7:46 Levi Leipheimer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 83:22:18 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:41 (unchanged)
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:53 (unchanged)
5 Tejay Van Garderen 8:30 (unchanged)
6 Cadel Evans 9:57 (unchanged)
7 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 10:11 (unchanged)
8 Pierre Rolland 10:17 (unchanged)
9 Janez Brajkovic 11:00 (unchanged)
10 Thibaut Pinot 11:46 (unchanged)
.....
15 Denis Menchov 22:54 (was 15th at 22:42)
.....
24 Michele Scarponi 52:48 (was 25th at 52:36)
25 Ivan Basso 54:29 (was 27th at 54:29)
.....
29 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:02:17 (was 31st at 1:02:05)
.....
31 Levi Leipheimer 1:06:48 (was 30th at 59:02)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 386 (was 1st with 356 points)
2 Andre Greipel 264 (was 2nd with 254 points)
3 Matthew Harley Goss 238 (was 3rd with 203 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 175 (was 4th with 130 points)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 146 (was 5th with 127 points)
6 Bradley Wiggins 124 (unchanged)
7 Christopher Froome 108 (unchanged)
8 Cadel Evans 100 (unchanged)
9 Daryl Impey 98 (was 12th with 84 points)
10 Sebastien Hinault 93 (was 14th with 77 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas Voeckler 134 (unchanged)
2 Fredrik Kessiakoff 123 (unchanged)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 77 (unchanged)
4 Pierre Rolland 63 (unchanged)
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 51 (unchanged)
6 Christopher Froome 48 (unchanged)
7 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 43 (unchanged)
8 Thibaut Pinot 40 (unchanged)
9 Brice Feillu 38 (unchanged)
10 Daniel Martin 34 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 16
Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 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 : 45


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