Stage 17 : Jul 19, Bagneres-de-Luchon - Peyragudes, 143.5 km 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 4.12.11 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.19 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0.22 5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0.26 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.37 8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.54 9 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan 1.02 10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Sharp 1.11 Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 : Biggest gainers by position : +25 Maxim Iglinskiy +17 Blel Kadri +16 Julien Simon +15 Yury Trofimov +15 Francis De Greef +15 Christophe Kern +14 Christophe Riblon +13 Ruben Plaza Molina +10 Pieter Weening +10 Daniel Martin Biggest losers by position : -12 Christian Vande Velde -12 Jens Voigt -11 Kevin De Weert -10 Marco Marcato -9 Arthur Vichot -9 Martin Velits -9 Michael Morkov -8 Marco Marzano -8 Simon Gerrans -8 Vasili Kiryienka -7 Andrey Kashechkin Biggest gainers by time : +0:19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Biggest losers by time : -31:13 Alessandro Vanotti -31:13 Bernhard Eisel -31:13 Mark Cavendish -30:38 Albert Timmer -30:38 Aliaksandr Kuchynski -30:38 Anders Lund -30:38 Andre Greipel -30:38 Andrey Kashechkin -30:38 Anthony Roux -30:38 Arthur Vichot -30:38 Baden Cooke Favourites by position : +3 Ivan Basso +2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +1 Michele Scarponi +1 Denis Menchov +1 Cadel Evans -1 Levi Leipheimer Favourites by time : -0:07 Jurgen Van Den Broeck -0:18 Vincenzo Nibali -1:36 Denis Menchov -1:51 Cadel Evans -2:18 Ivan Basso -6:09 Michele Scarponi -6:27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo -8:00 Levi Leipheimer Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Bradley Wiggins 78:28:02 (unchanged) 2 Christopher Froome 2:05 (unchanged) 3 Vincenzo Nibali 2:41 (was 3rd at 2:23) 4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:53 (was 4th at 5:46) 5 Tejay Van Garderen 8:30 (was 6th at 7:55) 6 Cadel Evans 9:57 (was 7th at 8:06) 7 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 10:11 (was 5th at 7:13) 8 Pierre Rolland 10:17 (was 9th at 10:10) 9 Janez Brajkovic 11:00 (was 8th at 9:09) 10 Thibaut Pinot 11:46 (was 10th at 11:43) ..... 15 Denis Menchov 22:42 (was 16th at 21:06) ..... 25 Michele Scarponi 52:36 (was 26th at 46:27) ..... 27 Ivan Basso 54:29 (was 30th at 52:11) ..... 30 Levi Leipheimer 59:02 (was 29th at 51:02) 31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:02:05 (was 33rd at 55:38) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 356 (unchanged) 2 Andre Greipel 254 (unchanged) 3 Matthew Harley Goss 203 (unchanged) 4 Mark Cavendish 130 (unchanged) 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 127 (unchanged) 6 Bradley Wiggins 124 (was 6th with 109 points) 7 Christopher Froome 108 (was 8th with 91 points) 8 Cadel Evans 100 (was 7th with 100 points) 9 Thomas Voeckler 91 (was 9th with 88 points) 10 Vincenzo Nibali 91 (was 11th with 82 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Thomas Voeckler 134 (was 1st with 107 points) 2 Fredrik Kessiakoff 123 (was 2nd with 103 points) 3 Chris Anker Sorensen 77 (unchanged) 4 Pierre Rolland 63 (was 4th with 55 points) 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 51 (was 47th with 2 points) 6 Christopher Froome 48 (was 8th with 32 points) 7 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 43 (was 13th with 22 points) 8 Thibaut Pinot 40 (was 9th with 32 points) 9 Brice Feillu 38 (was 5th with 38 points) 10 Daniel Martin 34 (was 6th with 34 points) Retirements to date : Stage Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 16 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 16 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 16 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 15 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 15 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 15 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 15 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 15 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 14 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan 13 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano 12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 11 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 11 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 11 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 11 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 10 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 10 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 10 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 7 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 7 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 7 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 6 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 6 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 3 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3 Total retirements : 45