Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16 Biggest gainers by position : +9 Wim Vansevenant +8 Thor Hushovd +8 Sébastien Hinault +8 Sébastien Chavanel +8 Sven Krauss +8 Robert Förster +8 Peter Wrolich +8 Heinrich Haussler +8 Gert Steegmans +8 Geraint Thomas Biggest losers by position : -4 Julian Dean Biggest gainers by time : +3:10 Yaroslav Popovych +3:10 Xavier Florencio Cabre +3:10 Wim Vansevenant +3:10 William Bonnet +3:10 Vladimir Karpets +3:10 Vladimir Gusev +3:10 Tom Boonen +3:10 Thor Hushovd +3:10 Thomas Voeckler +3:10 Thomas Lövkvist Biggest losers by time : Favourites by position : +6 Fabian Cancellara +4 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin +4 Dario David Cioni +3 Marzio Bruseghin +3 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro +3 George Hincapie +3 Christophe Moreau +1 Yaroslav Popovych +1 Vladimir Karpets +1 Tadej Valjavec +1 Oscar Pereiro Sio +1 Michael Boogerd +1 Manuel Beltran Martinez +1 Levi Leipheimer +1 Kim Kirchen +1 Iban Mayo Diez +1 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre +1 Frank Schleck +1 Carlos Sastre Candil +1 Cadel Evans +1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte +1 Alberto Contador Velasco Favourites by time : +3:10 Yaroslav Popovych +3:10 Vladimir Karpets +3:10 Tadej Valjavec +3:10 Oscar Pereiro Sio +3:10 Michael Boogerd +3:10 Marzio Bruseghin +3:10 Manuel Beltran Martinez +3:10 Levi Leipheimer +3:10 Kim Kirchen +3:10 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin +3:10 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro +3:10 Iban Mayo Diez +3:10 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre +3:10 George Hincapie +3:10 Frank Schleck +3:10 Fabian Cancellara +3:10 Dario David Cioni +3:10 Christophe Moreau +3:10 Carlos Sastre Candil +3:10 Cadel Evans +3:10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte +3:10 Alberto Contador Velasco Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Alberto Contador Velasco 76.18.25 2 Cadel Evans 1.53 3 Levi Leipheimer 2.49 4 Carlos Sastre Candil 6.02 5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 6.29 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 10.18 7 Kim Kirchen 11.36 8 Yaroslav Popovych 12.50 ..... 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio 14.07 ..... 13 Iban Mayo Diez 22.14 ..... 15 Vladimir Karpets 24.27 16 Michael Boogerd 27.50 17 Frank Schleck 28.38 18 Manuel Beltran Martinez 29.48 19 Tadej Valjavec 33.21 ..... 26 George Hincapie 54.35 ..... 37 Christophe Moreau 1.29.20 ..... 42 Marzio Bruseghin 1.33.52 ..... 50 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro 1.51.58 ..... 56 Dario David Cioni 2.03.42 ..... 78 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin 2.37.46 ..... 104 Fabian Cancellara 3.12.22 Retirements to date : AG2r Prévoyance Cyril Dessel " Sylvain Calzati Agritubel Cédric Hervé " Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez " Romain Feillu Astana Alexandre Vinokourov " Andreas Klöden " Andrey Kashechkin " Antonio Colom Mas " Daniel Navarro Garcia " Grégory Rast " Maxim Iglinskiy " Paolo Savoldelli " Serguei Ivanov Barloworld Enrico Degano Bouygues Telecom Matthieu Sprick " Stef Clement Caisse d'Epargne Xabier Zandio Echaide Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Bradley Wiggins " Cristian Moreni " Geoffroy Lequatre " Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto " Nick Nuyens " Rik Verbrugghe " Staf Scheirlinckx " Stéphane Augé " Sylvain Chavanel Crédit Agricole Christophe Le Mével Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Tomas Vaitkus Euskaltel - Euskadi Igor Anton Hernandez Française des Jeux Philippe Gilbert " Rémy Di Grégorio Lampre - Fondital Danilo Napolitano Liquigas Filippo Pozzato Predictor - Lotto Fred Rodriguez " Robbie McEwen Rabobank Denis Menchov " Michael Rasmussen " Oscar Freire Gomez Saunier Duval - Prodir Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi " Ruben Lobato Elvira T-Mobile Team Mark Cavendish " Michael Rogers " Patrik Sinkewitz Team CSC David Zabriskie " Stuart O'Grady Team Milram Alberto Ongarato " Brett Lancaster Total retirements : 48