Changes in stage 11 compared to stage 10 Biggest gainers by position : +29 Martin Elmiger +28 Alessandro Ballan +24 Fabian Wegmann +24 Benoit Vaugrenard +23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen +19 Marco Velo +17 Alexandre Botcharov +16 Filippo Pozzato +16 Arnaud Gerard +15 Laurent Lefevre Biggest losers by position : -13 Jose Luis Arrieta -12 David Le Lay -12 Gorka Verdugo -11 Chris Froome -11 Geoffroy Lequatre -9 Nicolas Portal -8 Josep Jufre -7 Martin Muller -7 Murilo Fischer -7 Peter Velits -6 Carlos Barredo Biggest gainers by time : +14:51 Martin Elmiger +14:51 Kurt-Asle Arvesen +14:51 Alessandro Ballan +14:49 Koos Moerenhout +14:40 Alexandre Botcharov +14:37 Pierrick Fedrigo +14:37 Marco Velo +14:37 Filippo Pozzato +14:37 Fabian Wegmann +14:37 Dmitriy Fofonov Biggest losers by time : -7:39 Jimmy Casper -7:33 Baden Cooke -7:23 Adam Hansen -7:23 Arnaud Coyot -7:23 Bernhard Eisel -7:23 Brett Lancaster -7:23 Carlos Barredo -7:23 Chris Froome -7:23 Christophe Brandt -7:23 Christophe Riblon -7:23 Danny Pate Favourites by position : -1 Stijn Devolder -3 Jens Voigt Favourites by time : Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Cadel Evans 46.42.13 2 Frank Schleck 0.01 3 Christian Vande Velde 0.38 ..... 5 Denis Menchov 0.57 6 Carlos Sastre 1.28 7 Kim Kirchen 1.56 ..... 9 Riccardo Ricco 2.29 10 Vladimir Efimkin 2.32 ..... 13 Samuel Sanchez 4.26 14 Alejandro Valverde 4.41 ..... 16 Damiano Cunego 5.37 17 Oscar Pereiro 6.01 ..... 22 Andy Schleck 8.34 ..... 29 Stijn Devolder 13.36 ..... 41 Jens Voigt 27.00 ..... 57 George Hincapie 39.51 Retirements to date : Stage Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11 <<< Moises Duenas (Spa) Barloworld 11 <<< Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 11 <<< Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3 Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Garmin Chipotle - H30 7 Total retirements : 14