Tour de France, stage 21 summary

Stage 21 : Sunday, July 26 2009, Montereau-Fault-Yonne - Paris Champs-Elysees, 164 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC 4.02.18
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
5 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
10 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom


Changes in stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+1 Yukiya Arashiro
+1 William Bonnet
+1 Mickael Delage
+1 Matteo Tosatto
+1 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+1 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
+1 Gregory Rast
+1 Fabian Wegmann

Biggest losers by position :
-2 Albert Timmer
-2 Michael Rogers
-2 Samuel Dumoulin
-1 Arnaud Coyot
-1 Maxime Monfort

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-2:02 Arnaud Coyot
-1:11 Samuel Dumoulin
-1:08 Bernhard Eisel
-0:51 Jussi Veikkanen
-0:49 Albert Timmer
-0:49 Michael Rogers
-0:46 Franco Pellizotti
-0:44 Danny Pate
-0:36 Alexandre Pichot
-0:36 Denis Menchov
-0:36 Fabian Wegmann

Favourites by position :

Favourites by time :
-0:34 Kim Kirchen
-0:36 Denis Menchov
-0:46 Franco Pellizotti

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 85.48.35
2 Andy Schleck 4.11
3 Lance Armstrong 5.24
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5 Frank Schleck 6.04
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9 Roman Kreuziger 14.16
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13 Vladimir Karpets 18.34
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17 Carlos Sastre Candil 26.21
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30 Cadel Evans 45.24
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37 Franco Pellizotti 56.19
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51 Denis Menchov 1.17.04
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57 Kim Kirchen 1.26.52
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80 Marzio Bruseghin 2.08.42

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