Stage 19 : Sep 7, Penafiel - La Lastrilla, 178.4 km
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4.56.25
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
5 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0.03
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
7 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling
Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Klaas Lodewyck
+7 Denys Kostyuk
+7 Danny Pate
+7 Ben Swift
+5 Philippe Gilbert
+5 Koen de Kort
+5 Ian Stannard
+5 Gianni Meersman
+5 Gatis Smukulis
+5 Davide Vigano
Biggest losers by position :
-10 Arnaud Courteille
-7 Benoit Vaugrenard
-6 Javier Moreno Bazan
-5 David Moncoutie
-5 Florent Barle
-5 Kristof Vandewalle
-5 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-5 Niki Terpstra
-5 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
-4 Adrian Palomares Villaplana
-4 Alexandre Geniez
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:15 Philippe Gilbert
+0:07 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:07 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:02 Robert Gesink
Biggest losers by time :
-7:41 Alexandre Geniez
-7:41 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-7:41 Arnaud Courteille
-7:41 Arnold Jeannesson
-7:41 Benoit Vaugrenard
-7:41 Blel Kadri
-7:41 Cheng Ji
-7:41 Christophe Riblon
-7:41 Dario Cataldo
-7:41 David Moncoutie
-7:41 Denis Menchov
Favourites by position :
+2 Damiano Cunego
+1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1 Thomas De Gendt
-1 Maxime Monfort
-4 Tony Martin
-4 Denis Menchov
Favourites by time :
+0:07 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+0:02 Robert Gesink
-0:08 Christopher Froome
-0:24 Damiano Cunego
-1:03 Maxime Monfort
-1:27 Rigoberto Uran
-4:02 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-5:36 Thomas De Gendt
-7:41 Tony Martin
-7:41 Denis Menchov
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 77:21:49 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:35 (was 2nd at 1:52)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:21 (was 3rd at 2:28)
4 Christopher Froome 9:48 (was 4th at 9:40)
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 11:29 (was 5th at 11:36)
6 Robert Gesink 12:00 (was 6th at 12:02)
7 Laurens ten Dam 12:58 (was 7th at 12:55)
8 Andrew Talansky 13:09 (was 8th at 13:06)
9 Igor Anton Hernandez 13:52 (was 9th at 13:49)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 15:13 (was 10th at 14:10)
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16 Maxime Monfort 19:15 (was 15th at 18:12)
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23 Bauke Mollema 36:59 (unchanged)
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30 Rigoberto Uran 51:49 (was 30th at 50:22)
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33 Damiano Cunego 1:02:47 (was 35th at 1:02:23)
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58 Thomas De Gendt 1:41:41 (was 57th at 1:36:05)
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63 Denis Menchov 1:50:49 (was 59th at 1:43:08)
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72 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:58:22 (was 73rd at 1:54:20)
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125 Tony Martin 2:44:58 (was 121st at 2:37:17)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 186 (was 1st with 170 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 183 (was 2nd with 159 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 158 (was 3rd with 152 points)
4 John Degenkolb 124 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 93 (unchanged)
6 Daniele Bennati 91 (unchanged)
7 Lloyd Mondory 74 (unchanged)
8 Allan Davis 70 (unchanged)
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 69 (was 12th with 53 points)
10 Gianni Meersman 67 (was 11th with 55 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Simon Clarke 38 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 36 (unchanged)
3 Thomas De Gendt 33 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 31 (unchanged)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 28 (unchanged)
6 Dario Cataldo 27 (unchanged)
7 David Moncoutie 18 (unchanged)
8 Antonio Piedra Perez 17 (unchanged)
9 David De La Fuente Rasilla 17 (unchanged)
10 Serge Pauwels 13 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia 19 <<<
Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 18
Joost van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 17
Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 17
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 16
Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Arg) Andalucia 16
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 14
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 14
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 14
Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14
Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 13
Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 13
Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 12
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 12
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano 8
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 21