Stage 15 : Jul 19, Pamiers - Bagneres-de-Luchon, 187.5 km
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.44.51
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 1.20
3 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto
4 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.50
5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram
6 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
10 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo
Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+34 Brian Vandborg
+30 Serguei Ivanov
+30 Lloyd Mondory
+25 Luke Roberts
+23 Francesco Reda
+22 Sebastien Turgot
+18 Thomas Voeckler
+17 Inaki Isasi Flores
+16 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+16 Grega Bole
Biggest losers by position :
-14 Geraint Thomas
-14 Mathieu Perget
-13 Amael Moinard
-10 Christophe Kern
-10 Christophe Riblon
-10 Jens Voigt
-9 Bram Tankink
-9 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-9 Maxim Iglinskiy
-9 Ruben Perez Moreno
-8 Andriy Grivko
Biggest gainers by time :
+3:21 Thomas Voeckler
+2:01 Alessandro Ballan
+2:01 Aitor Perez Arrieta
+0:31 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+0:31 Luke Roberts
+0:31 Lloyd Mondory
+0:31 Johan Van Summeren
+0:31 Francesco Reda
+0:31 Denis Menchov
+0:31 Brian Vandborg
Biggest losers by time :
-27:16 Iban Mayoz Echeverria
-26:36 Christophe Kern
-25:28 Adriano Malori
-25:28 Alan Perez Lezaun
-25:28 Alessandro Petacchi
-25:28 Alexander Kuschynski
-25:28 Amael Moinard
-25:28 Andreas Klier
-25:28 Andriy Grivko
-25:28 Anthony Geslin
-25:28 Benoit Vaugrenard
Favourites by position :
+7 Lance Armstrong
+2 Carlos Sastre
+2 Andreas Kloden
+1 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Andy Schleck
-3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-3 Cadel Evans
-4 Ivan Basso
-5 Bradley Wiggins
Favourites by time :
+0:31 Denis Menchov
+0:31 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:08 Andy Schleck
-0:34 Robert Gesink
-0:34 Levi Leipheimer
-0:47 Roman Kreuziger
-0:47 Lance Armstrong
-0:47 Joaquin Rodriguez
-0:47 Carlos Sastre
-0:47 Andreas Kloden
-2:23 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2:23 Ivan Basso
-3:37 Cadel Evans
-6:14 Bradley Wiggins
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 72:50:42 (was 2nd at 0:31)
2 Andy Schleck 0:08 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:00 (was 3rd at 2:31)
4 Denis Menchov 2:13 (was 4th at 2:44)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:39 (was 5th at 3:31)
6 Robert Gesink 5:01 (was 6th at 4:27)
7 Levi Leipheimer 5:25 (was 7th at 4:51)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez 5:45 (was 8th at 4:58)
9 Alexander Vinokourov 7:12 (was 11th at 7:04)
10 Ryder Hesjedal 7:51 (was 13th at 7:17)
11 Roman Kreuziger 7:58 (was 12th at 7:11)
12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 8:19 (was 9th at 5:56)
13 Carlos Sastre 9:02 (was 15th at 8:15)
14 Ivan Basso 9:15 (was 10th at 6:52)
15 Andreas Kloden 11:14 (was 17th at 10:27)
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22 Cadel Evans 16:16 (was 19th at 12:39)
23 Bradley Wiggins 17:44 (was 18th at 11:30)
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31 Lance Armstrong 40:31 (was 38th at 39:44)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Petacchi 187 (unchanged)
2 Thor Hushovd 185 (unchanged)
3 Mark Cavendish 162 (unchanged)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 144 (unchanged)
5 Robbie McEwen 138 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 120 (unchanged)
7 Sebastien Turgot 107 (was 8th with 101 points)
8 Gerald Ciolek 102 (was 7th with 102 points)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 100 (was 9th with 92 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 98 (was 10th with 89 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 115 (unchanged)
2 Jerome Pineau 92 (unchanged)
3 Thomas Voeckler 82 (was 26th with 22 points)
4 Andy Schleck 76 (was 3rd with 76 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 76 (was 8th with 62 points)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 72 (was 4th with 72 points)
7 Christophe Moreau 68 (was 5th with 68 points)
8 Mario Aerts 65 (was 6th with 65 points)
9 Damiano Cunego 63 (was 7th with 63 points)
10 Christophe Riblon 60 (was 9th with 60 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 15 <<<
Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 12
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 11
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 11
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 9
Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 9
Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 9
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 9
Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 9
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 23