Stage 12 : July 17, 2014, Bourg-en-Bresse - Saint-Etienne, 185.5 km
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 4.32.11
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
3 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
5 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
7 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
8 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Heinrich Haussler
+12 Jerome Pineau
+11 Yukiya Arashiro
+11 Samuel Dumoulin
+10 Fabio Sabatini
+10 Daniele Bennati
+10 Armindo Fonseca
+9 Ramunas Navardauskas
+9 Mickael Delage
+9 Michael Morkov
Biggest losers by position :
-25 Nelson Oliveira
-23 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-22 Gregory Rast
-19 Jens Voigt
-15 Tony Gallopin
-13 Simon Clarke
-12 Arthur Vichot
-12 Luke Durbridge
-9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-8 Christophe Riblon
-7 Alessandro Vanotti
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-12:04 Arthur Vichot
-12:04 Christophe Riblon
-12:04 Ji Cheng
-10:32 Sebastian Langeveld
-10:12 Alessandro Vanotti
-10:12 Alex Howes
-10:12 Alexandre Pichot
-10:12 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-10:12 Danny Pate
-10:12 Davide Cimolai
-10:12 Dmitriy Gruzdev
Favourites by position :
+2 Simon Spilak
+1 Tejay van Garderen
+1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Christopher Horner
+1 Bauke Mollema
-1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
Favourites by time :
-4:01 Simon Spilak
-5:40 Rafal Majka
-5:45 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 51:31:34 (unchanged)
2 Richie Porte 2:23 (unchanged)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:47 (unchanged)
4 Romain Bardet 3:01 (unchanged)
5 Thibaut Pinot 3:47 (was 6th at 3:47)
6 Tejay van Garderen 3:56 (was 7th at 3:56)
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud 3:57 (was 8th at 3:57)
8 Bauke Mollema 4:08 (was 9th at 4:08)
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:18 (was 10th at 4:18)
10 Jakob Fuglsang 4:31 (was 11th at 4:31)
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13 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 5:34 (was 14th at 5:34)
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16 Christopher Horner 7:33 (was 17th at 7:33)
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68 Simon Spilak 1:13:50 (was 70th at 1:09:49)
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70 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:14:15 (was 69th at 1:08:30)
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130 Rafal Majka 1:48:54 (was 130th at 1:43:14)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 341 (was 1st with 301 points)
2 Bryan Coquard 191 (was 2nd with 164 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 172 (was 4th with 127 points)
4 Marcel Kittel 167 (was 3rd with 157 points)
5 Mark Renshaw 118 (was 6th with 110 points)
6 Andre Greipel 117 (was 5th with 111 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 100 (unchanged)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 95 (unchanged)
9 Tony Gallopin 87 (unchanged)
10 Samuel Dumoulin 80 (was 12th with 66 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez 51 (unchanged)
2 Thomas Voeckler 34 (unchanged)
3 Tony Martin 26 (unchanged)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 20 (unchanged)
5 Alessandro De Marchi 18 (unchanged)
6 Blel Kadri 17 (unchanged)
7 Thibaut Pinot 16 (unchanged)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 12 (unchanged)
9 Giovanni Visconti 12 (unchanged)
10 Nicolas Edet 12 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp 12 <<<
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 12 <<<
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 11
Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 10
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 10
Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 8
Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 8
Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 7
Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 7
Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 6
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 6
Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 6
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 6
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 5
Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 4
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 4
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2
Total retirements : 21