Changes in stage 19 compared to stage 18
Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Valerio Agnoli
+19 Remy Di Gregorio
+19 Nick Nuyens
+19 Dimitri Champion
+18 Jeremy Hunt
+18 Bart Dockx
+17 Jelle Vanendert
+17 Fabio Sabatini
+16 Sebastien Minard
+16 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
Biggest losers by position :
-14 Dominique Cornu
-14 Matti Breschel
-12 Yaroslav Popovych
-11 Maarten Tjallingii
-10 Eduard Vorganov
-8 Jose Antonio Carrasco Ramirez
-8 Sebastien Hinault
-7 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-7 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz
-7 Olivier Bonnaire
-6 Gustavo Cesar Veloso
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:37 David Arroyo Duran
+0:22 Vasili Kiryienka
+0:08 Nick Nuyens
+0:06 Joaquin Rodriguez
Biggest losers by time :
-20:54 Claudio Corioni
-20:54 Eduard Vorganov
-20:04 Dominique Cornu
-19:54 Alan Perez Lezaun
-19:54 Alessandro Vanotti
-19:54 Alexandre Usov
-19:54 Arnaud Labbe
-19:54 Assan Bazayev
-19:54 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-19:54 Christophe Kern
-19:54 Cycril Lemoine
Favourites by position :
+2 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
+1 Andreas Kloden
-12 Yaroslav Popovych
Favourites by time :
-0:02 Andreas Kloden
-1:47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-19:54 Yaroslav Popovych
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 77.21.52
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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21 Andreas Kloden 23.47
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28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 43.12
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52 Yaroslav Popovych 1.09.52
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
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 17
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
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 18
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 17
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 12
Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13
Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 <<<
Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 <<<
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 16
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 15
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 10
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 19 <<<
Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18
Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 19 <<<
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 18
Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 18
Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 18
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13
Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 15
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9
Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7
Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 14
Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 19 <<<
Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 40