Stage 12 : Jul 11, Fougeres - Tours, 218 km 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 4.49.49 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 8 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 9 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 : Biggest gainers by position : +4 Edvald Boasson Hagen +3 William Bonnet +3 Rein Taaramae +3 Pierrick Fedrigo +3 Murilo Antonio Fischer +3 Matteo Trentin +3 Maciek Bodnar +3 Luis Angel Mate Mardones +3 Kevin Reza +3 Jurgen Roelandts Biggest losers by position : -9 Moreno Moser -8 David Lopez Garcia -8 Romain Sicard -7 Jerome Pineau -6 Brice Feillu -6 Jonathan Hivert -6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni -6 Ryder Hesjedal -5 Brett Lancaster -5 Gatis Smukulis -5 Lars Petter Nordhaug Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -7:09 Brice Feillu -4:07 Lars Boom -4:01 Alessandro De Marchi -4:01 David Lopez Garcia -4:01 Francesco Gavazzi -4:01 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez -4:01 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni -4:01 Lars Petter Nordhaug -4:01 Manuele Mori -4:01 Moreno Moser -4:01 Peter Kennaugh Favourites by position : -6 Ryder Hesjedal Favourites by time : -3:44 Ryder Hesjedal Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Christopher Froome 47:19:13 (unchanged) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3:25 (unchanged) 3 Bauke Mollema 3:37 (unchanged) 4 Alberto Contador Velasco 3:54 (unchanged) 5 Roman Kreuziger 3:57 (unchanged) 6 Laurens Ten Dam 4:10 (unchanged) 7 Michal Kwiatkowski 4:44 (unchanged) 8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 5:18 (unchanged) 9 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 5:37 (unchanged) 10 Jean Christophe Peraud 5:39 (unchanged) ..... 14 Cadel Evans 6:54 (unchanged) ..... 16 Michael Rogers 8:28 (unchanged) 17 Andy Schleck 8:32 (unchanged) ..... 31 Richie Porte 21:19 (unchanged) 32 Robert Gesink 21:32 (unchanged) ..... 38 Damiano Cunego 26:09 (unchanged) ..... 47 Ryder Hesjedal 36:22 (was 41st at 32:38) ..... 51 Tejay Van Garderen 38:08 (unchanged) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 307 (was 1st with 269 points) 2 Mark Cavendish 211 (was 3rd with 166 points) 3 Andre Greipel 195 (was 2nd with 186 points) 4 Marcel Kittel 177 (was 4th with 132 points) 5 Alexander Kristoff 157 (was 5th with 131 points) 6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 102 (was 9th with 84 points) 7 Michal Kwiatkowski 101 (was 6th with 101 points) 8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 97 (was 10th with 80 points) 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen 88 (was 7th with 88 points) 10 Danny van Poppel 87 (was 8th with 87 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Pierre Rolland 49 (unchanged) 2 Christopher Froome 33 (unchanged) 3 Richie Porte 28 (unchanged) 4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 26 (unchanged) 5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 21 (unchanged) 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 20 (unchanged) 7 Simon Clarke 15 (unchanged) 8 Thomas De Gendt 14 (unchanged) 9 Peter Kennaugh 14 (unchanged) 10 Daniel Martin 13 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 9 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 9 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 9 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6 Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3 Total retirements : 16