Stage 17 : Jul 20, Gap - Pinerolo, 179 km 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 4.18.00 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.40 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0.50 4 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1.10 7 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 9 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 1.15 10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2.20 Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 : Biggest gainers by position : +19 Dmitriy Muravyev +16 Dmitriy Fofonov +15 Borut Bozic +14 Maarten Tjallingii +13 Bauke Mollema +12 Jonathan Hivert +12 Edvald Boasson Hagen +11 Bjorn Leukemans +10 Ivan Santaromita +8 Sylvain Chavanel Biggest losers by position : -6 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa -5 Christian Knees -5 David Millar -5 Grischa Niermann -5 Levi Leipheimer -4 Carlos Barredo Llamazales -4 Christophe Riblon -4 Cyril Gautier -4 David Moncoutie -4 Peter Velits -4 Tristan Valentin Biggest gainers by time : +4:53 Edvald Boasson Hagen +4:13 Bauke Mollema +4:03 Sylvain Chavanel +4:03 Sandy Casar +4:03 Julien El Fares +3:43 Maciej Paterski +3:43 Dmitriy Muravyev +3:43 Dmitriy Fofonov +3:38 Jonathan Hivert +2:33 Borut Bozic Biggest losers by time : -15:45 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa -9:42 Mikhail Ignatiev -9:32 Andriy Grivko -9:22 Addy Engels -9:22 Adriano Malori -9:22 Alan Perez Lezaun -9:22 Alessandro Vanotti -9:22 Andre Greipel -9:22 Anthony Charteau -9:22 Arnaud Coyot -9:22 Arthur Vichot Favourites by position : +3 Jens Voigt -1 Roman Kreuziger -1 Ivan Basso -2 Robert Gesink -2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -2 David Arroyo Duran -5 Levi Leipheimer Favourites by time : +0:27 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez +0:27 Frank Schleck +0:27 Cadel Evans +0:27 Andy Schleck +0:27 Alberto Contador Velasco -3:58 Jens Voigt -7:43 Roman Kreuziger -9:22 Robert Gesink -9:22 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -9:22 Levi Leipheimer -9:22 David Arroyo Duran Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Thomas Voeckler 73:23:49 (unchanged) 2 Cadel Evans 1:18 (was 2nd at 1:45) 3 Frank Schleck 1:22 (was 3rd at 1:49) 4 Andy Schleck 2:36 (was 4th at 3:03) 5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:59 (was 5th at 3:26) 6 Alberto Contador Velasco 3:15 (was 6th at 3:42) 7 Damiano Cunego 3:34 (was 8th at 4:01) 8 Ivan Basso 3:49 (was 7th at 3:49) 9 Thomas Danielson 6:04 (unchanged) 10 Rigoberto Uran 7:36 (was 10th at 7:55) ..... 31 Levi Leipheimer 29:34 (was 26th at 20:12) ..... 44 Robert Gesink 49:11 (was 42nd at 39:49) ..... 47 David Arroyo Duran 53:59 (was 45th at 44:37) ..... 51 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 57:12 (was 49th at 47:50) ..... 62 Jens Voigt 1:11:33 (was 65th at 1:07:35) ..... 113 Roman Kreuziger 2:02:42 (was 112nd at 1:54:59) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Mark Cavendish 320 (was 1st with 319 points) 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 285 (unchanged) 3 Philippe Gilbert 250 (unchanged) 4 Thor Hushovd 235 (unchanged) 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 173 (was 8th with 136 points) 6 Andre Greipel 170 (was 5th with 170 points) 7 Cadel Evans 165 (was 6th with 165 points) 8 Tyler Farrar 141 (was 7th with 141 points) 9 Mickael Delage 122 (unchanged) 10 Jeremy Roy 107 (unchanged) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Jelle Vanendert 74 (unchanged) 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 72 (unchanged) 3 Jeremy Roy 45 (unchanged) 4 Sylvain Chavanel 38 (was 8th with 20 points) 5 Andy Schleck 28 (was 4th with 28 points) 6 Ruben Perez Moreno 26 (was 15th with 16 points) 7 Cadel Evans 26 (was 5th with 26 points) 8 Frank Schleck 24 (was 6th with 24 points) 9 Johnny Hoogerland 22 (was 7th with 22 points) 10 Sandy Casar 19 (was 9th with 19 points) Retirements to date : Stage Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17 <<< William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 14 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 13 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 13 Vladimir Isiachev (Rus) Katusha Team 13 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 12 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 10 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 9 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9 Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 9 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 8 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 7 Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7 Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6 Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4 Total retirements : 29