Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15
Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Wouter Weylandt
+6 Lloyd Mondory
+5 Oscar Gatto
+5 Maarten Tjallingii
+5 Evgeny Petrov
+4 Vincent Jerome
+4 Valerio Agnoli
+4 Tomas Vaitkus
+4 Stephane Poulhies
+4 Serafin Martinez
Biggest losers by position :
-2 Amets Txurruka
-2 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-1 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-1 Alessandro Vanotti
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Tom Boonen
+0:12 Filippo Pozzato
+0:08 Heinrich Haussler
+0:02 Greg Van Avermaet
Biggest losers by time :
-2:41 Christian Kux
-2:25 Kevin Van Impe
-2:01 Alessandro Vanotti
-2:01 Amets Txurruka
-2:01 Christophe Kern
-2:01 Dmitriy Muravyev
-2:01 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-2:01 Mikhail Ignatiev
-1:53 Andrea Tonti
-1:51 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-1:48 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez
Favourites by position :
+3 Stefan Schumacher
+2 Yaroslav Popovych
Favourites by time :
-0:10 Yaroslav Popovych
-0:11 Stefan Schumacher
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 66.35.04
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
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12 Marzio Bruseghin 10.56
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22 Andreas Kloden 23.47
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37 Yaroslav Popovych 49.23
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93 Stefan Schumacher 1.34.01
Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15
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
Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 15
Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 8
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13
Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 <<<
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 12
Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13
Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 16 <<<
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 15
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 10
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13
Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 15
Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16 <<<
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9
Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7
Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 14
Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 <<<
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 30