Stage 15 : Jul 14, Givors - Mont Ventoux, 242.5 km 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 5.48.45 2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0.29 3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.23 4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1.40 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1.43 8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1.46 9 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1.53 10 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.08 Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 : Biggest gainers by position : +25 Bart De Clercq +24 Rudy Molard +22 Adam Hansen +21 Luis Angel Mate Mardones +18 Peter Kennaugh +17 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde +17 Johnny Hoogerland +16 Simon Clarke +15 Thomas Voeckler +15 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez Biggest losers by position : -23 Jonathan Hivert -17 Michael Albasini -16 Julien El Fares -16 Julien Simon -15 Pavel Brutt -14 Jon Izaguirre Insausti -14 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas -13 Tejay Van Garderen -12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni -11 Peter Sagan -11 Przemyslaw Niemiec Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -50:21 Jonathan Hivert -32:50 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle -32:36 Alexander Kristoff -32:36 Alexey Lutsenko -32:36 Assan Bazayev -32:36 Blel Kadri -32:36 Boy Van Poppel -32:36 Brett Lancaster -32:36 Brian Vandborg -32:36 Davide Cimolai -32:36 Elia Favilli Favourites by position : +5 Richie Porte +4 Robert Gesink +2 Michael Rogers +2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -3 Cadel Evans -3 Andy Schleck -7 Damiano Cunego -11 Ryder Hesjedal -11 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa -13 Tejay Van Garderen Favourites by time : -1:40 Alberto Contador Velasco -1:46 Bauke Mollema -2:26 Michael Rogers -2:32 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -2:49 Richie Porte -3:11 Robert Gesink -8:46 Cadel Evans -10:42 Andy Schleck -19:20 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa -27:36 Tejay Van Garderen -27:36 Ryder Hesjedal -27:36 Damiano Cunego Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Christopher Froome 61:11:43 (unchanged) 2 Bauke Mollema 4:14 (was 2nd at 2:28) 3 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:25 (was 3rd at 2:45) 4 Roman Kreuziger 4:28 (was 4th at 2:48) 5 Laurens Ten Dam 4:54 (was 5th at 3:01) 6 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 5:47 (was 8th at 5:18) 7 Jakob Fuglsang 6:22 (was 6th at 4:39) 8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 7:11 (was 10th at 5:48) 9 Jean Christophe Peraud 7:47 (was 9th at 5:39) 10 Michal Kwiatkowski 7:58 (was 7th at 4:44) ..... 12 Michael Rogers 9:54 (was 14th at 7:28) ..... 15 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 14:42 (was 17th at 12:10) 16 Cadel Evans 15:40 (was 13th at 6:54) ..... 18 Andy Schleck 19:14 (was 15th at 8:32) ..... 26 Richie Porte 32:53 (was 31st at 30:04) ..... 28 Robert Gesink 33:28 (was 32nd at 30:17) 29 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 33:42 (was 18th at 14:22) ..... 47 Tejay Van Garderen 1:00:02 (was 34th at 32:26) ..... 53 Damiano Cunego 1:06:12 (was 46th at 38:36) ..... 66 Ryder Hesjedal 1:19:05 (was 55th at 51:29) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 377 (was 1st with 357 points) 2 Mark Cavendish 278 (was 2nd with 273 points) 3 Andre Greipel 223 (was 3rd with 217 points) 4 Marcel Kittel 177 (unchanged) 5 Alexander Kristoff 157 (unchanged) 6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 145 (was 6th with 141 points) 7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 110 (unchanged) 8 Michal Kwiatkowski 101 (unchanged) 9 Daryl Impey 91 (was 10th with 76 points) 10 Danny van Poppel 87 (was 9th with 87 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Christopher Froome 83 (was 2nd with 33 points) 2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 66 (was 4th with 26 points) 3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 53 (was 5th with 21 points) 4 Pierre Rolland 51 (was 1st with 50 points) 5 Roman Kreuziger 28 (was 25th with 4 points) 6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 28 (was 0 points) 7 Richie Porte 28 (was 3rd with 28 points) 8 Jakob Fuglsang 24 (was 17th with 8 points) 9 Bauke Mollema 20 (was 16th with 8 points) 10 Alberto Contador Velasco 20 (was 0 points) Retirements to date : Stage Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 13 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 : 17