Stage 18 : July 24, 2014, Pau - Hautacam, 145.5 km
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4.04.17
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 1.10
3 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 1.12
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.15
5 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
6 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.53
7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 1.57
8 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura
9 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 1.59
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Perrig Quemeneur
+13 Gatis Smukulis
+12 David Lopez Garcia
+11 Matthew Busche
+11 Julien Simon
+11 Bartosz Huzarski
+10 Rudy Molard
+10 Lars Boom
+10 Andreas Schillinger
+9 Yukiya Arashiro
Biggest losers by position :
-9 Jens Keukeleire
-9 Jens Voigt
-8 Alexandre Pichot
-7 Florian Vachon
-6 Matteo Trentin
-6 Michal Kwiatkowski
-5 Anthony Delaplace
-5 Bryan Coquard
-5 Jan Barta
-5 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
-5 Michael Albasini
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-32:14 Davide Cimolai
-32:14 Maciej Bodnar
-32:14 Michal Kwiatkowski
-32:04 Alexander Kristoff
-32:04 Arnaud Demare
-32:04 Ji Cheng
-32:04 Koen de Kort
-32:04 Roger Kluge
-32:04 Tom Veelers
-32:04 Vladimir Isaychev
-32:03 John Degenkolb
Favourites by position :
+7 Rafal Majka
+1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+1 Christopher Horner
-1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-5 Richie Porte
Favourites by time :
-1:12 Rafal Majka
-1:15 Tejay van Garderen
-1:57 Bauke Mollema
-1:59 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-4:40 Christopher Horner
-13:50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-19:01 Richie Porte
-20:38 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 80:45:45 (unchanged)
2 Thibaut Pinot 7:10 (was 3rd at 6:00)
3 Jean-Christophe Peraud 7:23 (was 4th at 6:08)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 7:25 (was 2nd at 5:26)
5 Romain Bardet 9:27 (was 5th at 7:34)
6 Tejay van Garderen 11:34 (was 6th at 10:19)
7 Bauke Mollema 13:56 (was 7th at 11:59)
8 Laurens ten Dam 14:15 (was 8th at 12:16)
9 Leopold Konig 14:37 (was 9th at 12:40)
10 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 16:25 (was 11th at 14:26)
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13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 29:58 (was 12th at 16:08)
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17 Christopher Horner 39:28 (was 18th at 34:48)
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20 Richie Porte 50:01 (was 15th at 31:00)
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45 Rafal Majka 2:07:50 (was 52nd at 2:06:38)
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53 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:30:57 (was 54th at 2:10:19)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 408 (unchanged)
2 Bryan Coquard 253 (was 2nd with 233 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 217 (unchanged)
4 Marcel Kittel 177 (unchanged)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 169 (was 6th with 149 points)
6 Mark Renshaw 153 (was 5th with 153 points)
7 Greg Van Avermaet 147 (unchanged)
8 Andre Greipel 143 (unchanged)
9 Tony Gallopin 105 (unchanged)
10 Samuel Dumoulin 99 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Rafal Majka 181 (was 1st with 149 points)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 168 (was 2nd with 118 points)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez 112 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 89 (was 8th with 49 points)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 85 (was 6th with 57 points)
6 Alessandro De Marchi 78 (was 4th with 66 points)
7 Thomas Voeckler 61 (was 5th with 61 points)
8 Giovanni Visconti 54 (was 7th with 54 points)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 48 (was 9th with 44 points)
10 Tejay Van Garderen 48 (was 16th with 24 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 18 <<<
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 18 <<<
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 : 34