Stage 17 : July 22, 2015 Digne-les-Bains - Pra-Loup 161 km
1 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 4.12.17
2 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0.32
3 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step 1.01
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 1.36
5 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 1.40
6 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2.27
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 3.02
8 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 3.04
9 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN - Qhubeka 3.05
10 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 3.21
Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+28 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin
+23 Rafael Valls Ferri
+21 Perrig Quemeneur
+18 Brice Feillu
+17 Adam Hansen
+15 Ryder Hesjedal
+15 Nicolas Edet
+14 Wout Poels
+14 Adriano Malori
+13 Rafal Majka
Biggest losers by position :
-19 Louis Meintjes
-15 Sylvain Chavanel
-15 Zdenek Stybar
-12 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-11 Pierre-Luc Perichon
-10 Bartosz Huzarski
-10 Sep Vanmarcke
-10 Wilco Kelderman
-9 Julien Simon
-9 Laurens ten Dam
-9 Paul Voss
Biggest gainers by time :
+7:26 Simon Geschke
+6:50 Andrew Talansky
+6:19 Rigoberto Uran
+5:40 Thibaut Pinot
+5:36 Mathias Frank
+4:49 Steven Kruijswijk
+4:14 Nicolas Roche
+4:12 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
+4:11 Serge Pauwels
+3:55 Adam Yates
Biggest losers by time :
-29:53 Louis Meintjes
-22:38 Alexander Kristoff
-22:38 Alexandre Geniez
-22:38 Andre Greipel
-22:38 Arnaud Demare
-22:38 Arnaud Gerard
-22:38 Bartosz Huzarski
-22:38 Bryan Coquard
-22:38 Christophe Laporte
-22:38 Davide Cimolai
-22:38 Edvald Boasson Hagen
Favourites by position :
+11 Richie Porte
+7 Rigoberto Uran
+5 Mathias Frank
+2 Leopold Konig
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Thibaut Pinot
+1 Romain Bardet
+1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-7 Jean-Christophe Peraud
Favourites by time :
+6:19 Rigoberto Uran
+5:40 Thibaut Pinot
+5:36 Mathias Frank
-0:07 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:15 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:56 Richie Porte
-2:17 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:54 Romain Bardet
-13:49 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-14:16 Leopold Konig
-14:57 Jean-Christophe Peraud
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 69:06:49 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:10 (unchanged)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4:09 (was 4th at 4:02)
4 Geraint Thomas 6:34 (was 6th at 5:32)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 6:40 (was 5th at 4:23)
6 Robert Gesink 7:39 (was 7th at 6:23)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 8:04 (was 8th at 7:49)
8 Mathias Frank 8:47 (was 13th at 14:23)
9 Bauke Mollema 11:47 (was 9th at 8:53)
10 Warren Barguil 13:08 (was 10th at 11:03)
11 Romain Bardet 16:04 (was 12th at 13:10)
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18 Thibaut Pinot 26:14 (was 19th at 31:54)
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27 Rigoberto Uran 56:53 (was 34th at 1:03:12)
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30 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:02:19 (was 27th at 48:30)
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49 Richie Porte 1:32:24 (was 60th at 1:30:28)
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57 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:39:23 (was 50th at 1:24:26)
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89 Leopold Konig 2:07:07 (was 91st at 1:52:51)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 420 (was 1st with 405 points)
2 Andre Greipel 316 (unchanged)
3 John Degenkolb 281 (was 3rd with 264 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 192 (unchanged)
5 Bryan Coquard 122 (unchanged)
6 Christopher Froome 109 (unchanged)
7 Zdenek Stybar 78 (unchanged)
8 Alejandro Valverde 77 (unchanged)
9 Tony Gallopin 76 (unchanged)
10 Alexander Kristoff 70 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Froome 61 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez 52 (unchanged)
3 Jakob Fuglsang 41 (unchanged)
4 Serge Pauwels 40 (was 6th with 33 points)
5 Richie Porte 40 (was 4th with 40 points)
6 Romain Bardet 38 (was 5th with 38 points)
7 Rafal Majka 34 (was 7th with 32 points)
8 Nairo Quintana 32 (unchanged)
9 Alejandro Valverde 32 (unchanged)
10 Robert Gesink 28 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 17 <<<
Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 17 <<<
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step 17 <<<
Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 17 <<<
Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 17 <<<
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 17 <<<
Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 16
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 15
Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Seche Environnement 14
Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 14
Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr 14
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 : 35