Stage 16 : July 23, 2019 Nimes - Nimes 177 km 1 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 3.57.08 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 5 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Direct Energie 6 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 7 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 8 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 9 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 10 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 : Biggest gainers by position : +11 Dylan Groenewegen +10 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze +10 Andre Greipel +9 Michael Morkov +8 Simon Clarke +7 Roger Kluge +7 Niccolo Bonifazio +6 Peter Sagan +6 Marco Haller +6 Lilian Calmejane Biggest losers by position : -12 Maxime Monfort -11 Kevin Van Melsen -11 Thomas Scully -10 Cees Bol -9 Hugo Houle -9 Magnus Cort -8 Michael Valgren Andersen -5 Luis Leon Sanchez -5 Marc Soler -4 Kasper Asgreen -3 Alexey Lutsenko Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Caleb Ewan +0:06 Elia Viviani +0:04 Dylan Groenewegen Biggest losers by time : -12:34 Michael Valgren Andersen -12:31 Tony Martin -10:34 Alexey Lutsenko -10:34 Hugo Houle -10:34 Luis Leon Sanchez -10:34 Magnus Cort -10:34 Maxime Monfort -8:55 Cees Bol -8:44 Enric Mas -8:44 Kevin Van Melsen -8:44 Marc Soler Favourites by position : +3 Ilnur Zakarin +1 Romain Bardet +1 Patrick Konrad +1 Nairo Quintana +1 Adam Yates -1 Enric Mas -3 Simon Yates Favourites by time : -0:21 Romain Bardet -1:02 Nairo Quintana -2:00 Vincenzo Nibali -2:00 Ilnur Zakarin -2:00 Adam Yates -3:49 Simon Yates -3:49 Patrick Konrad -8:44 Enric Mas Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Julian Alaphilippe 64:57:30 (unchanged) 2 Geraint Thomas 1:35 (unchanged) 3 Steven Kruijswijk 1:47 (unchanged) 4 Thibaut Pinot 1:50 (unchanged) 5 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez 2:02 (unchanged) 6 Emanuel Buchmann 2:14 (unchanged) 7 Mikel Landa Meana 4:54 (unchanged) 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 5:00 (unchanged) 9 Rigoberto Uran 5:33 (was 10th at 5:33) 10 Richie Porte 6:30 (was 11th at 6:30) ..... 12 Nairo Quintana 9:30 (was 13th at 8:28) ..... 18 Romain Bardet 27:33 (was 19th at 27:12) ..... 23 Adam Yates 35:18 (was 24th at 33:18) ..... 27 Enric Mas 44:02 (was 26th at 35:18) 28 Patrick Konrad 46:01 (was 29th at 42:12) ..... 53 Vincenzo Nibali 1:19:50 (was 53rd at 1:17:50) ..... 55 Simon Yates 1:21:37 (was 52nd at 1:17:48) ..... 63 Ilnur Zakarin 1:27:18 (was 66th at 1:25:18) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 309 (was 1st with 284 points) 2 Elia Viviani 224 (was 4th with 184 points) 3 Sonny Colbrelli 203 (was 2nd with 191 points) 4 Michael Matthews 201 (was 3rd with 187 points) 5 Caleb Ewan 198 (was 5th with 148 points) 6 Jasper Stuyven 142 (was 6th with 132 points) 7 Matteo Trentin 130 (was 7th with 118 points) 8 Julian Alaphilippe 117 (unchanged) 9 Dylan Groenewegen 116 (was 10th with 96 points) 10 Greg Van Avermaet 101 (was 9th with 101 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Tim Wellens 64 (unchanged) 2 Thibaut Pinot 50 (unchanged) 3 Thomas De Gendt 37 (unchanged) 4 Julian Alaphilippe 33 (unchanged) 5 Giulio Ciccone 30 (unchanged) 6 Simon Yates 29 (unchanged) 7 Xandro Meurisse 27 (unchanged) 8 Steven Kruijswijk 24 (unchanged) 9 Emanuel Buchmann 24 (unchanged) 10 Natnael Berhane 20 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 16 <<< Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 16 <<< Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 14 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 13 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 12 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 12 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 12 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Direct Energie 11 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 11 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 9 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 8 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 6 Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team 6 Total retirements : 15