Stage 16 : September 08, 2014, San Martin del Rey Aurelio - La Farrapona. Lago de Somiedo, 160.5 km
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 4.53.35
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0.15
3 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 0.50
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.55
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 0.59
6 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1.06
7 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 1.12
8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1.22
9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 1.43
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 1.48
Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+25 Alessandro De Marchi
+21 Damiano Cunego
+20 Yannick Martinez
+17 Johan Le Bon
+17 Adam Yates
+15 Luke Rowe
+15 Louis Meintjes
+14 Johan Vansummeren
+14 Adriano Malori
+13 Peter Kennaugh
Biggest losers by position :
-13 Jens Debusschere
-12 Valerio Conti
-10 Jerome Cousin
-10 Rigoberto Uran
-9 Cedric Pineau
-9 Filippo Pozzato
-9 Nikolas Maes
-9 Romain Zingle
-9 Tom Boonen
-8 Chad Haga
-8 George Bennett
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-35:04 Andrea Guardini
-35:04 Damien Gaudin
-35:04 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-35:04 Gregory Henderson
-35:04 Jerome Cousin
-35:04 Karol Domagalski
-35:04 Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet
-35:04 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-35:04 Roberto Ferrari
-34:54 Cameron Meyer
-34:54 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
Favourites by position :
+11 Andrew Talansky
+3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+1 Daniel Martin
-3 Cadel Evans
-8 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-10 Rigoberto Uran
Favourites by time :
-0:19 Christopher Froome
-1:05 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:09 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-1:16 Fabio Aru
-1:22 Daniel Martin
-3:37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-8:46 Wilco Kelderman
-9:26 Andrew Talansky
-15:56 Rigoberto Uran
-24:05 Cadel Evans
-34:54 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-34:54 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 63:25:00 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:36 (was 2nd at 0:31)
3 Christopher Froome 1:39 (was 3rd at 1:20)
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:29 (was 4th at 1:20)
5 Fabio Aru 3:38 (was 5th at 2:22)
6 Daniel Martin 6:17 (was 7th at 4:55)
7 Robert Gesink 6:43 (was 9th at 5:11)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 6:55 (was 8th at 5:02)
9 Warren Barguil 8:37 (was 10th at 6:36)
10 Damiano Caruso 9:10 (was 11th at 6:49)
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12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 11:52 (was 14th at 8:15)
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15 Wilco Kelderman 17:54 (was 15th at 9:08)
16 Rigoberto Uran 18:53 (was 6th at 2:57)
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29 Przemyslaw Niemiec 50:48 (was 21st at 15:54)
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55 Andrew Talansky 1:37:30 (was 66th at 1:28:04)
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59 Cadel Evans 1:41:39 (was 56th at 1:17:34)
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173 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 4:11:34 (was 176th at 3:36:40)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 124 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 114 (was 2nd with 100 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 108 (was 3rd with 83 points)
4 Christopher Froome 95 (was 5th with 75 points)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 89 (was 0 points)
6 Daniel Martin 76 (was 7th with 67 points)
7 Michael Matthews 73 (was 6th with 73 points)
8 Fabio Aru 66 (was 8th with 56 points)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 55 (was 9th with 49 points)
10 Rigoberto Uran Uran 46 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 53 (was 2nd with 26 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 30 (was 1st with 28 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 23 (was 8th with 13 points)
4 Przemyslaw Niemiec 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
5 Luis Mas Bonet 20 (was 0 points)
6 Winner Anacona Gomez 18 (was 5th with 18 points)
7 Alessandro De Marchi 18 (was 0 points)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 16 (was 6th with 16 points)
9 Jerome Cousin 13 (was 7th with 13 points)
10 Christopher Froome 13 (was 15th with 7 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 16 <<<
Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 16 <<<
Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 16 <<<
Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 15
Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 15
Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 15
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 15
Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 14
Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling 14
Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 14
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 14
Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 14
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 13
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 13
Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 13
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 13
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 11
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 11
Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 10
Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 9
Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 7
Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 7
Total retirements : 25