Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16
Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Vincent Jérôme
+3 Philippe Gilbert
+3 Manuel Vazquez Huesco
+3 Magnus Backstedt
+3 José Luis Rubiera
+3 Gustavo Domínguez
+3 Erki Pütsep
+3 André Korff
+3 André Greipel
+3 Andrea Moletta
Biggest losers by position :
-1 Iñigo Cuesta
-1 Tim Klinger
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-2:09 Tim Klinger
-0:57 Niki Terpstra
-0:39 Jussi Veikkanen
-0:29 Aitor Hernández
-0:29 Andrea Moletta
-0:29 Chris Horner
-0:29 Damien Monier
-0:29 Elia Rigotto
-0:29 Fabio Sabatini
-0:29 Franco Pellizotti
-0:29 Inigo Landaluze
Favourites by position :
+3 José Luis Rubiera
+2 Santiago Perez
+1 Stefan Schumacher
-1 Iñigo Cuesta
Favourites by time :
-0:29 Iñigo Cuesta
-0:29 Franco Pellizotti
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 70.37.47
2 Vladimir Efimkin 2.01
3 Cadel Evans 2.27
4 Carlos Sastre 3.02
5 Samuel Sánchez 4.01
.....
7 Manuel Beltrán 5.15
8 Vladimir Karpets 6.17
.....
40 Franco Pellizotti 34.49
.....
43 Stefan Schumacher 37.09
44 Iñigo Cuesta 37.21
.....
81 Santiago Perez 1.07.26
.....
106 José Luis Rubiera 1.31.06
Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Aurélien Clerc DNF 15
" Dimitri Champion DNF 14
" Giovanni Bernaudeau DNF 5
" Mathieu Claude
" Rony Martias DNF 12
" Xavier Florencio DNS 13
Caisse d'Epargne Oscar Pereiro Sio DNF 9
Crédit Agricole Angelo Furlan DNF 14
" Pietro Caucchioli DNF 14
" Rémi Pauriol DNF 5
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Egoi Martinez DNS 12
" Janez Brajkovic DNF 10
" Sergio Paulinho DNS 5
" Tom Danielson DNF 1
Française des Jeux Bradley McGee DNF 9
" Cyrille Monnerais DNF 12
" Ian McLeod DNF 10
" Mickael Delage DNS 15
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin DNS 13
Karpin Galicia Carlos Castaño DNS 14
" Serafín Martínez Acevedo DNF 14
Lampre - Fondital Damiano Cunego DNS 16
" Paolo Tiralongo DNF 10
Liquigas Francesco Chicchi DNF 9
Predictor - Lotto Bert Roesems DNF 7
" Josep Jufré DNF 14
Quickstep - Innergetic Tom Boonen DNS 13
Rabobank Oscar Freire Gomez DNS 10
Relax - Gam Jesús Hernández DNF 14
Saunier Duval - Prodir Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla DNF 7
" Arkaitz Durán DNF 9
" Leonardo Piepoli DNS 12
T-Mobile Team Andreas Klier DNF 15
" Bert Grabsch DNS 17 <<
" Giuseppe Guerini DNS 17 <<
" Lorenzo Bernucci DNF 4
Team CSC Michael Blaudzun DNS 14
Total retirements : 37