Stage 16 : Jul 20, Bagneres-de-Luchon - Pau, 199.5 km
1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 5.31.43
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
3 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
5 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack
7 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 0.28
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 6.45
Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+34 Thor Hushovd
+31 David Zabriskie
+30 Gerald Ciolek
+29 Alan Perez Lezaun
+28 Ignatas Konovalovas
+27 Benoit Vaugrenard
+23 Alexander Kuschynski
+18 Martin Elmiger
+17 Jurgen Van De Walle
+15 Dmitriy Muravyev
Biggest losers by position :
-20 Pierre Rolland
-19 Damien Monier
-17 Thomas Voeckler
-16 Iban Velasco Murillo
-16 Vasili Kiryienka
-13 Ivan Basso
-12 Sylvester Szmyd
-9 Christophe Le Mevel
-7 Amael Moinard
-7 Arkaitz Duran Daroca
-7 Danilo Hondo
Biggest gainers by time :
+6:45 Sandy Casar
+6:45 Ruben Plaza Molina
+6:45 Pierrick Fedrigo
+6:45 Lance Armstrong
+6:45 Jurgen Van De Walle
+6:45 Damiano Cunego
+6:45 Christopher Horner
+6:45 Christophe Moreau
+6:17 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
Biggest losers by time :
-28:03 Adriano Malori
-28:03 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-28:03 Alessandro Ballan
-28:03 Alessandro Petacchi
-28:03 Alexandr Pliuschin
-28:03 Amael Moinard
-28:03 Andreas Klier
-28:03 Andriy Grivko
-28:03 Anthony Geslin
-28:03 Anthony Roux
-28:03 Arkaitz Duran Daroca
Favourites by position :
+6 Lance Armstrong
+2 Bradley Wiggins
-1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1 Andreas Kloden
-2 Carlos Sastre
-2 Cadel Evans
-13 Ivan Basso
Favourites by time :
+6:45 Lance Armstrong
-16:57 Cadel Evans
-28:03 Ivan Basso
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 78:29:10 (unchanged)
2 Andy Schleck 0:08 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:00 (unchanged)
4 Denis Menchov 2:13 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:39 (unchanged)
6 Robert Gesink 5:01 (unchanged)
7 Levi Leipheimer 5:25 (unchanged)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez 5:45 (unchanged)
9 Alexander Vinokourov 7:12 (unchanged)
10 Ryder Hesjedal 7:51 (unchanged)
11 Roman Kreuziger 7:58 (unchanged)
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13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 8:19 (was 12th at 8:19)
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15 Carlos Sastre 9:02 (was 13th at 9:02)
16 Andreas Kloden 11:14 (was 15th at 11:14)
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21 Bradley Wiggins 17:44 (was 23rd at 17:44)
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24 Cadel Evans 33:13 (was 22nd at 16:16)
25 Lance Armstrong 33:46 (was 31st at 40:31)
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27 Ivan Basso 37:18 (was 14th at 9:15)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 191 (was 2nd with 185 points)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 187 (was 1st with 187 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 162 (unchanged)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 149 (was 4th with 144 points)
5 Robbie McEwen 138 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 120 (unchanged)
7 Sebastien Turgot 107 (unchanged)
8 Gerald Ciolek 104 (was 8th with 102 points)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 100 (unchanged)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 98 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 143 (was 1st with 115 points)
2 Christophe Moreau 128 (was 7th with 68 points)
3 Damiano Cunego 99 (was 9th with 63 points)
4 Sandy Casar 93 (was 11th with 56 points)
5 Jerome Pineau 92 (was 2nd with 92 points)
6 Thomas Voeckler 82 (was 3rd with 82 points)
7 Andy Schleck 76 (was 4th with 76 points)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 76 (was 5th with 76 points)
9 Pierrick Fedrigo 72 (was 36th with 18 points)
10 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 72 (was 6th with 72 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 16 <<<
Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto 16 <<<
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 : 25