Stage 12 : Thursday, July 16 2009, Tonnerre - Vittel, 211.5 km
1 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.52.24
2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0.48
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
4 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
5 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel
7 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.33
8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC 5.58
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
10 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - NGC
Changes in stage 12 compared to stage 11 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Nicki Sorensen
+11 Marcus Fothen
+9 Laurent Lefevre
+8 Franco Pellizotti
+7 Sylvain Calzati
+7 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+5 Remi Pauriol
+4 Kenny Robert van Hummel
+3 Yauheni Hutarovich
+3 William Bonnet
Biggest losers by position :
-5 Christophe Riblon
-4 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
-3 Jeremy Roy
-3 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante
-3 Laurens ten Dam
-3 Sebastien Minard
-3 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-3 Sylvain Chavanel
-3 Volodymir Gustov
-2 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
-1 Aleksandr Kuschynski
Biggest gainers by time :
+5:58 Nicki Sorensen
+5:10 Sylvain Calzati
+5:10 Marcus Fothen
+5:10 Laurent Lefevre
+5:10 Franco Pellizotti
+5:10 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
+4:25 Remi Pauriol
+0:05 Thomas Voeckler
+0:05 Stef Clement
+0:05 Mikhail Ignatiev
Biggest losers by time :
-3:37 Christophe Riblon
-2:29 Lloyd Mondory
-2:08 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
Favourites by position :
+8 Franco Pellizotti
-1 Denis Menchov
Favourites by time :
+5:10 Franco Pellizotti
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Rinaldo Nocentini 48.27.21
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.06
3 Lance Armstrong 0.08
4 Levi Leipheimer 0.39
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9 Andy Schleck 1.49
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13 Frank Schleck 2.25
14 Roman Kreuziger 2.40
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16 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.52
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18 Cadel Evans 3.07
19 Kim Kirchen 3.16
20 Vladimir Karpets 3.49
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28 Denis Menchov 5.02
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41 Franco Pellizotti 11.34
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57 Jens Voigt 23.02
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110 Marzio Bruseghin 57.57
Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 14