Stage 12 : July 16, 2015 Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille 195 km 1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 5.40.14 2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1.12 3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.49 4 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 4.34 5 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 4.38 6 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 5.47 7 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar 6.03 8 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.28 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 6.46 10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 6.47 Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 : Biggest gainers by position : +49 Louis Meintjes +35 Peter Kennaugh +31 Bob Jungels +29 Daniel Teklehaimanot +28 Laurens ten Dam +25 Jeremy Roy +25 Daniel Navarro Garcia +24 Stephen Cummings +23 Ryder Hesjedal +23 Michal Kwiatkowski Biggest losers by position : -21 Geoffrey Soupe -20 Edvald Boasson Hagen -20 Simon Yates -18 Rigoberto Uran -17 Bartosz Huzarski -17 Julien Simon -17 Kristijan Koren -17 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg -17 Zdenek Stybar -16 Jacques Janse van Rensburg -16 Koen de Kort Biggest gainers by time : +6:57 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +5:41 Jakob Fuglsang +5:02 Romain Bardet +2:13 Gorka Izagirre Insausti +2:09 Louis Meintjes +1:00 Jan Barta +0:44 Romain Sicard +0:19 Mickael Cherel +0:01 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Biggest losers by time : -30:46 Davide Cimolai -30:17 Michael Valgren Andersen -30:07 Alexander Kristoff -30:07 Arnaud Demare -30:07 Bryan Nauleau -30:07 Christophe Laporte -30:07 Christophe Riblon -30:07 Damien Gaudin -30:07 Dylan Van Baarle -30:07 Edvald Boasson Hagen -30:07 Filippo Pozzato Favourites by position : +11 Thibaut Pinot +11 Richie Porte +4 Leopold Konig +4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +3 Romain Bardet +2 Vincenzo Nibali -5 Jean-Christophe Peraud -18 Rigoberto Uran Favourites by time : +6:57 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +5:02 Romain Bardet +0:01 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -2:59 Mathias Frank -5:51 Richie Porte -16:29 Jean-Christophe Peraud -17:41 Leopold Konig -30:07 Rigoberto Uran Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Christopher Froome 46:50:32 (unchanged) 2 Tejay van Garderen 2:52 (unchanged) 3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:09 (unchanged) 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3:58 (was 4th at 3:59) 5 Geraint Thomas 4:03 (unchanged) 6 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:04 (unchanged) 7 Robert Gesink 5:32 (was 8th at 4:35) 8 Tony Gallopin 7:32 (was 7th at 4:33) 9 Vincenzo Nibali 7:47 (was 11th at 7:47) 10 Bauke Mollema 8:02 (was 10th at 7:05) ..... 12 Mathias Frank 12:25 (was 12th at 9:26) ..... 15 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 13:45 (was 19th at 20:42) ..... 17 Romain Bardet 17:05 (was 20th at 22:07) ..... 24 Thibaut Pinot 34:41 (was 35th at 34:41) ..... 30 Jean-Christophe Peraud 42:10 (was 25th at 25:41) ..... 35 Rigoberto Uran 48:02 (was 17th at 17:55) ..... 40 Richie Porte 54:51 (was 51st at 49:00) ..... 81 Leopold Konig 1:25:00 (was 85th at 1:07:19) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 254 (was 1st with 239 points) 2 Andre Greipel 252 (was 2nd with 232 points) 3 John Degenkolb 201 (was 3rd with 184 points) 4 Mark Cavendish 185 (was 4th with 172 points) 5 Bryan Coquard 117 (was 5th with 108 points) 6 Christopher Froome 94 (was 6th with 88 points) 7 Greg Van Avermaet 81 (unchanged) 8 Zdenek Stybar 76 (unchanged) 9 Tony Gallopin 70 (unchanged) 10 Alejandro Valverde 68 (was 10th with 61 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Christopher Froome 61 (was 1st with 57 points) 2 Joaquim Rodriguez 52 (was 20th with 2 points) 3 Jakob Fuglsang 41 (was 0 points) 4 Richie Porte 40 (was 2nd with 40 points) 5 Romain Bardet 35 (was 0 points) 6 Rafal Majka 32 (was 3rd with 32 points) 7 Nairo Quintana 32 (was 4th with 32 points) 8 Alejandro Valverde 32 (was 8th with 24 points) 9 Robert Gesink 28 (was 5th with 28 points) 10 Gorka Izagirre 28 (was 0 points) Retirements to date : Stage Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 12 <<< Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 12 <<< Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 11 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 11 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 10 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 8 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 7 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 7 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 6 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 5 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 4 Dmitrii Kozonchok (Rus) Team Katusha 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 3 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 3 Total retirements : 23