Stage 17 : July 23, 2014, Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 124.5 km
1 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 3.35.23
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0.29
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.46
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 0.49
6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0.52
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 1.12
8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 1.25
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1.35
Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+16 Rein Taaramae
+16 Perrig Quemeneur
+15 Matthew Busche
+14 Jesus Herrada Lopez
+13 Nelson Oliveira
+12 David Lopez Garcia
+11 Rafal Majka
+11 Alexandre Pichot
+10 Alex Howes
+9 Alessandro De Marchi
Biggest losers by position :
-11 Michal Kwiatkowski
-9 Adam Hansen
-9 Gatis Smukulis
-8 Heinrich Haussler
-7 Cyril Lemoine
-7 Mickael Cherel
-7 Tony Martin
-6 Geraint Thomas
-6 Lars Ytting Bak
-6 Tom Jelte Slagter
-5 Greg Van Avermaet
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:36 Rafal Majka
+0:17 Giovanni Visconti
Biggest losers by time :
-28:10 Marcel Kittel
-28:09 Tom Veelers
-27:10 Adrien Petit
-27:10 Cyril Lemoine
-27:10 Marcel Sieberg
-27:08 Samuel Dumoulin
-27:00 Adam Hansen
-27:00 Alessandro Petacchi
-27:00 Alexander Kristoff
-27:00 Andre Greipel
-27:00 Armindo Fonseca
Favourites by position :
+11 Rafal Majka
+5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+3 Bauke Mollema
+2 Richie Porte
+2 Christopher Horner
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Favourites by time :
+0:36 Rafal Majka
-0:26 Bauke Mollema
-0:49 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:54 Tejay van Garderen
-2:06 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-4:54 Christopher Horner
-5:08 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-6:52 Richie Porte
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 76:41:28 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 5:26 (was 2nd at 4:37)
3 Thibaut Pinot 6:00 (was 3rd at 5:06)
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud 6:08 (unchanged)
5 Romain Bardet 7:34 (was 5th at 6:40)
6 Tejay van Garderen 10:19 (was 6th at 9:25)
7 Bauke Mollema 11:59 (was 10th at 11:33)
8 Laurens ten Dam 12:16 (was 8th at 11:12)
9 Leopold Konig 12:40 (was 7th at 9:32)
10 Pierre Rolland 13:15 (was 12th at 13:09)
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12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 16:08 (was 13th at 14:02)
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15 Richie Porte 31:00 (was 17th at 24:08)
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18 Christopher Horner 34:48 (was 20th at 29:54)
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52 Rafal Majka 2:06:38 (was 63rd at 2:07:14)
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54 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:10:19 (was 59th at 2:05:11)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 408 (was 1st with 402 points)
2 Bryan Coquard 233 (was 2nd with 226 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 217 (unchanged)
4 Marcel Kittel 177 (unchanged)
5 Mark Renshaw 153 (unchanged)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 149 (was 8th with 134 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 147 (was 6th with 147 points)
8 Andre Greipel 143 (was 7th with 143 points)
9 Tony Gallopin 105 (unchanged)
10 Samuel Dumoulin 99 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Rafal Majka 149 (was 1st with 89 points)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 118 (was 3rd with 86 points)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez 112 (was 2nd with 88 points)
4 Alessandro De Marchi 66 (was 7th with 38 points)
5 Thomas Voeckler 61 (was 4th with 61 points)
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud 57 (was 10th with 29 points)
7 Giovanni Visconti 54 (was 18th with 14 points)
8 Thibaut Pinot 49 (was 5th with 49 points)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 44 (was 6th with 40 points)
10 Jose Serpa 36 (was 8th with 36 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 17 <<<
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 17 <<<
Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 17 <<<
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 16
Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 16
Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida 14
Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 13
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 13
Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 13
Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Garmin Sharp 13
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 : 32