Changes in stage 20 compared to stage 19
Biggest gainers by position :
+2 Tomas Vaitkus
+2 Marzio Bruseghin
+2 Julien Loubet
+2 Jelle Vanendert
+2 Gustavo Cesar Veloso
+2 Dominique Cornu
+2 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
+1 Wouter Weylandt
+1 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
+1 Vasili Kiryienka
Biggest losers by position :
-3 Manuel Ortega Ocana
-2 Javier Moreno Bazan
-2 Jeremy Hunt
-2 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta
-2 Robert Gesink
-2 Xavier Florencio Cabre
-2 Yannick Talabardon
-1 Bart Dockx
-1 Claudio Corioni
-1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1 David Herrero Llorente
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:31 Levi Leipheimer
Biggest losers by time :
-7:18 Emanuele Bindi
-7:03 Vincent Jerome
-6:58 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-6:46 Manuel Ortega Ocana
-6:38 Renaud Dion
-6:24 Jeremy Hunt
-6:19 Imanol Erviti Ollo
-6:19 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta
-6:12 Davide Vigano
-6:02 Massimiliano Mori
-6:00 Wouter Weylandt
Favourites by position :
+2 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Andreas Kloden
+1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2 Robert Gesink
Favourites by time :
+0:31 Levi Leipheimer
-0:31 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:44 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
-1:00 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:06 Robert Gesink
-1:26 Andreas Kloden
-2:02 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-3:14 Yaroslav Popovych
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 77.55.29
2 Levi Leipheimer 0.46
3 Carlos Sastre Candil 4.12
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 5.19
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 6.00
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7 Robert Gesink 6.55
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10 Marzio Bruseghin 11.56
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20 Andreas Kloden 25.13
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28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 45.14
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52 Yaroslav Popovych 1.13.06
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