Stage 17 : September 10, 2014, Ortigueira - A Coruna, 190.7 km 1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4.26.07 2 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 4 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 6 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin Sharp 7 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr 8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 10 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 : Biggest gainers by position : +9 Natnael Berhane +8 Tom Boonen +8 Romain Zingle +8 Roberto Ferrari +8 Pim Ligthart +8 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze +8 Jacopo Guarnieri +7 Patrick Gretsch +7 Luke Rowe +7 Jens Debusschere Biggest losers by position : -13 Alexey Lutsenko -9 Adam Yates -2 Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet -1 Cameron Meyer -1 Chad Haga -1 Francesco Lasca -1 Kristian Sbaragli -1 Laurens ten Dam -1 Louis Meintjes -1 Mitchell Docker -1 Paolo Longo Borghini Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Roberto Ferrari +0:10 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze +0:10 John Degenkolb +0:06 Michael Matthews +0:04 Fabian Cancellara Biggest losers by time : -9:33 Francesco Lasca -9:11 Adam Yates -9:11 Cameron Meyer -9:11 Mitchell Docker -9:00 Alexey Lutsenko -8:41 Tobias Ludvigsson -6:59 Chad Haga -6:59 Gert Joeaar -6:59 Guillaume Boivin -6:59 Jay Robert Thomson -6:59 Johannes Frohlinger Favourites by position : +5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez +4 Cadel Evans +1 Przemyslaw Niemiec +1 Andrew Talansky Favourites by time : -0:22 Przemyslaw Niemiec -0:22 Daniel Moreno Fernandez -0:22 Cadel Evans -2:09 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez -4:16 Andrew Talansky Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Alberto Contador Velasco 67:51:07 (unchanged) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:36 (unchanged) 3 Christopher Froome 1:39 (unchanged) 4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:29 (unchanged) 5 Fabio Aru 3:38 (unchanged) 6 Daniel Martin 6:17 (unchanged) 7 Robert Gesink 6:43 (unchanged) 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 6:55 (unchanged) 9 Warren Barguil 8:37 (unchanged) 10 Damiano Caruso 9:10 (unchanged) ..... 12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 12:14 (was 12th at 11:52) ..... 15 Wilco Kelderman 17:54 (unchanged) ..... 28 Przemyslaw Niemiec 51:10 (was 29th at 50:48) ..... 54 Andrew Talansky 1:41:46 (was 55th at 1:37:30) 55 Cadel Evans 1:42:01 (was 59th at 1:41:39) ..... 168 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 4:13:43 (was 173rd at 4:11:34) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 John Degenkolb 149 (was 1st with 124 points) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 114 (unchanged) 3 Alberto Contador Velasco 108 (unchanged) 4 Christopher Froome 95 (unchanged) 5 Michael Matthews 93 (was 7th with 73 points) 6 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 89 (was 5th with 89 points) 7 Daniel Martin 76 (was 6th with 76 points) 8 Fabio Aru 66 (unchanged) 9 Jasper Stuyven 56 (was 13th with 42 points) 10 Ryder Hesjedal 55 (was 9th with 55 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 53 (unchanged) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 30 (unchanged) 3 Alberto Contador Velasco 23 (unchanged) 4 Przemyslaw Niemiec 20 (unchanged) 5 Luis Mas Bonet 20 (unchanged) 6 Winner Anacona Gomez 18 (unchanged) 7 Alessandro De Marchi 18 (unchanged) 8 Ryder Hesjedal 16 (unchanged) 9 Jerome Cousin 13 (unchanged) 10 Christopher Froome 13 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 17 <<< Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 17 <<< Rigoberto Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 17 <<< Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 17 <<< 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 : 29