Stage 15 : July 22, 2018 Millau - Carcassonne 181.5 km 1 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 4.25.52 2 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0.02 4 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0.29 5 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0.34 6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 7 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0.37 9 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 2.31 10 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 : Biggest gainers by position : +26 Pawel Poljanski +26 Daniele Bennati +25 Niki Terpstra +24 Damien Howson +22 Fabien Grellier +18 Toms Skujins +18 Marc Soler +17 Florian Vachon +14 Imanol Erviti Ollo +13 Romain Sicard Biggest losers by position : -15 Julien Simon -12 Marcus Burghardt -12 Tom Jelte Slagter -11 Jerome Cousin -10 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg -9 Edvald Boasson Hagen -9 Julian Alaphilippe -9 Julien Vermote -9 Michael Gogl -9 Yves Lampaert -8 Alexander Kristoff Biggest gainers by time : +13:21 Magnus Cort +13:17 Jon Izagirre Insausti +13:13 Bauke Mollema +12:42 Michael Valgren Andersen +12:37 Toms Skujins +12:37 Lilian Calmejane +12:37 Domenico Pozzovivo +12:34 Rafal Majka +10:40 Serge Pauwels +10:40 Romain Sicard Biggest losers by time : -10:25 Alexander Kristoff -10:25 Amund Grondahl Jansen -10:25 Anthony Turgis -10:25 Arnaud Demare -10:25 Christophe Laporte -10:25 Damien Gaudin -10:25 Daniel Oss -10:25 Dimitri Claeys -10:25 Edvald Boasson Hagen -10:25 Gregor Muhlberger -10:25 Heinrich Haussler Favourites by position : +5 Jon Izagirre Insausti +4 Domenico Pozzovivo +2 Daniel Martinez -1 Damiano Caruso Favourites by time : +13:17 Jon Izagirre Insausti +12:37 Domenico Pozzovivo +10:40 Daniel Martinez -0:10 Damiano Caruso Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Geraint Thomas 62:49:47 (unchanged) 2 Christopher Froome 1:39 (unchanged) 3 Tom Dumoulin 1:50 (unchanged) 4 Primoz Roglic 2:38 (unchanged) 5 Romain Bardet 3:21 (unchanged) 6 Mikel Landa Meana 3:42 (unchanged) 7 Steven Kruijswijk 3:57 (unchanged) 8 Nairo Quintana 4:23 (unchanged) 9 Jakob Fuglsang 6:14 (unchanged) 10 Daniel Martin 6:54 (unchanged) ..... 13 Ilnur Zakarin 10:01 (unchanged) ..... 18 Damiano Caruso 21:36 (was 17th at 21:26) ..... 25 Domenico Pozzovivo 29:03 (was 29th at 41:40) 26 Jon Izagirre Insausti 29:44 (was 31st at 43:01) ..... 32 Daniel Martinez 44:13 (was 34th at 54:53) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 452 (was 1st with 437 points) 2 Alexander Kristoff 170 (unchanged) 3 Arnaud Demare 133 (unchanged) 4 John Degenkolb 128 (unchanged) 5 Greg Van Avermaet 115 (was 6th with 96 points) 6 Andrea Pasqualon 100 (was 5th with 100 points) 7 Julian Alaphilippe 89 (unchanged) 8 Philippe Gilbert 84 (unchanged) 9 Sonny Colbrelli 76 (was 9th with 72 points) 10 Thomas De Gendt 71 (unchanged) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Julian Alaphilippe 92 (was 1st with 90 points) 2 Warren Barguil 70 (unchanged) 3 Serge Pauwels 66 (was 3rd with 63 points) 4 Geraint Thomas 30 (unchanged) 5 Rafal Majka 28 (was 11th with 18 points) 6 David Gaudu 25 (was 5th with 25 points) 7 Pierre Rolland 23 (was 6th with 23 points) 8 Tom Dumoulin 23 (was 7th with 23 points) 9 Rudy Molard 22 (was 8th with 22 points) 10 Steven Kruijswijk 20 (was 9th with 20 points) Retirements to date : Stage Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 15 <<< Patrick Bevin (Nzl) BMC Racing Team 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 13 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 12 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 12 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 12 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 12 Rein Taaramae (Est) Direct Energie 12 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 12 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 12 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 11 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 11 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 9 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 5 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 5 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 5 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 2 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo 2 Total retirements : 26