Changes in stage 14 compared to stage 13 Biggest gainers by position : +16 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio +15 Andry Grivko +14 Vincent Jerome +14 Matti Breschel +14 Alessandro Vanotti +13 Sebastien Joly +12 Paolo Tiralongo +11 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales +11 Serafin Martinez +11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau Biggest losers by position : -15 Nikita Eskov -13 Dominique Cornu -12 Theo Eltink -11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano -8 Evgeny Petrov -8 Imanol Erviti Ollo -8 Jose Antonio Carrasco Ramirez -8 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta -8 Maarten Tjallingii -8 Patrice Halgand -8 Pieter Jacobs Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -26:48 Assan Bazayev -24:49 Christophe Kern -24:46 Imanol Erviti Ollo -24:46 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta -24:46 Nikita Eskov -24:46 Valerio Agnoli -21:35 Juan Jose Haedo -21:35 Lloyd Mondory -21:35 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano -21:33 Jesus Rosendo Prado -21:33 Pedro Horrillo Munoz Favourites by position : +11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau +4 Yaroslav Popovych +3 Damiano Cunego +2 Robert Gesink +2 Andreas Kloden +1 Marzio Bruseghin -1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -3 Stefan Schumacher -6 Alessandro Ballan Favourites by time : -0:10 Levi Leipheimer -0:16 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez -0:40 Robert Gesink -0:40 Carlos Sastre Candil -1:17 Marzio Bruseghin -1:20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -3:30 Andreas Kloden -5:53 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau -6:21 Damiano Cunego -10:32 Yaroslav Popovych -15:49 Stefan Schumacher -15:49 Alessandro Ballan Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Alberto Contador Velasco 55.56.58 2 Levi Leipheimer 1.17 3 Carlos Sastre Candil 3.41 4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 4.35 5 Robert Gesink 5.49 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 6.00 ..... 12 Marzio Bruseghin 10.56 ..... 21 Andreas Kloden 23.47 ..... 25 Damiano Cunego 28.12 ..... 37 Yaroslav Popovych 49.13 ..... 41 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 51.00 42 Alessandro Ballan 51.02 ..... 100 Stefan Schumacher 1.33.50 Retirements to date : Stage Stephane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 <<< Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 14 <<< Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 <<< Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 14 <<< Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Total retirements : 23