Stage 17 : Jul 17, Embrun - Chorges (ITT), 32 km 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.51.33 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.09 3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 0.10 4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.23 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.30 6 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 1.11 7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1.33 8 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1.34 9 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Sharp 1.41 10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.51 Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 : Biggest gainers by position : +7 Stuart O'grady +7 Ryder Hesjedal +7 Lieuwe Westra +6 Romain Sicard +6 Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel +5 Thomas De Gendt +5 Tejay Van Garderen +5 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho +5 Sebastien Minard +5 Rudy Molard Biggest losers by position : -6 William Bonnet -5 Alexey Lutsenko -4 Ramunas Navardauskas -3 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova -2 Bauke Mollema -2 Francesco Gavazzi -2 Jens Voigt -2 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas -2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil -2 Michael Albasini -2 Yukiya Arashiro Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -10:39 William Bonnet -10:27 Tom Veelers -9:55 Ramunas Navardauskas -9:32 Alexey Lutsenko -9:03 Dmitriy Muravyev -8:48 Ian Stannard -8:25 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle -8:20 David Lopez Garcia -8:15 Gatis Smukulis -8:05 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas -8:04 Cadel Evans Favourites by position : +7 Ryder Hesjedal +5 Tejay Van Garderen +3 Andy Schleck +3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte +1 Robert Gesink +1 Michael Rogers +1 Damiano Cunego +1 Alberto Contador Velasco -1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa -1 Richie Porte -1 Cadel Evans -2 Bauke Mollema Favourites by time : -0:09 Alberto Contador Velasco -0:30 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -1:51 Tejay Van Garderen -2:09 Bauke Mollema -2:25 Michael Rogers -2:27 Andy Schleck -3:07 Ryder Hesjedal -4:49 Richie Porte -5:10 Damiano Cunego -6:06 Robert Gesink -6:50 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa -8:04 Cadel Evans Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Christopher Froome 66:07:09 (unchanged) 2 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:34 (was 3rd at 4:25) 3 Roman Kreuziger 4:51 (was 4th at 4:28) 4 Bauke Mollema 6:23 (was 2nd at 4:14) 5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 6:58 (was 5th at 5:47) 6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 7:21 (was 7th at 7:11) 7 Laurens Ten Dam 8:23 (was 6th at 5:54) 8 Jakob Fuglsang 8:56 (was 8th at 7:22) 9 Michal Kwiatkowski 11:10 (was 11th at 9:37) 10 Daniel Martin 12:50 (was 10th at 9:28) 11 Michael Rogers 13:19 (was 12th at 10:54) 12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 15:12 (was 15th at 14:42) ..... 16 Andy Schleck 23:34 (was 19th at 21:07) ..... 18 Cadel Evans 24:44 (was 17th at 16:40) ..... 21 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 29:24 (was 20th at 22:34) ..... 27 Richie Porte 37:42 (was 26th at 32:53) ..... 30 Robert Gesink 41:13 (was 31st at 35:07) ..... 50 Tejay Van Garderen 1:10:01 (was 55th at 1:08:10) ..... 57 Damiano Cunego 1:21:11 (was 58th at 1:16:01) ..... 65 Ryder Hesjedal 1:32:01 (was 72nd at 1:28:54) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 377 (unchanged) 2 Mark Cavendish 278 (unchanged) 3 Andre Greipel 223 (unchanged) 4 Marcel Kittel 177 (unchanged) 5 Alexander Kristoff 157 (unchanged) 6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 145 (unchanged) 7 Michal Kwiatkowski 110 (was 8th with 101 points) 8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 110 (was 7th with 110 points) 9 Daryl Impey 91 (unchanged) 10 Thomas De Gendt 84 (unchanged) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Christopher Froome 88 (was 1st with 83 points) 2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 69 (was 2nd with 66 points) 3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 53 (unchanged) 4 Pierre Rolland 51 (unchanged) 5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 35 (was 6th with 28 points) 6 Roman Kreuziger 28 (was 5th with 28 points) 7 Richie Porte 28 (unchanged) 8 Alberto Contador Velasco 25 (was 10th with 20 points) 9 Jakob Fuglsang 24 (was 8th with 24 points) 10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 22 (was 11th with 20 points) Retirements to date : Stage Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel Euskadi 17 <<< Jean Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17 <<< Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 16 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 : 21