Stage 12 : September 03, 2015 Escaldes-Engordany. Andorra - Lleida 173 km 1 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 4.02.11 2 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 3 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 7 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 8 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 10 Leonardo Duque (Col) Colombia Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 : Biggest gainers by position : +4 Davide Villella +3 Youcef Reguigui +3 Vasil Kiryienka +3 Tony Hurel +3 Omar Fraile Matarranza +3 Niki Terpstra +3 Natnael Berhane +3 Mike Teunissen +3 Mathew Hayman +3 Marcel Aregger Biggest losers by position : -8 Alessandro De Marchi -4 Ilia Koshevoy -4 Mattia Cattaneo -2 Arnaud Courteille -2 Bert-Jan Lindeman -2 Jerome Cousin -1 Alessandro Vanotti -1 Alex Howes -1 Kevin Reza -1 Moreno Moser -1 Pello Bilbao Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Danny van Poppel +0:06 Daryl Impey +0:04 Tosh Van der Sande +0:02 Maxime Bouet +0:01 Jacobus Venter Biggest losers by time : -2:30 Alessandro Vanotti -2:30 Mattia Cattaneo -2:14 Alex Howes -2:06 Alessandro De Marchi -2:02 Maarten Wynants -1:55 Ilia Koshevoy -1:49 Amael Moinard -1:35 Mitchell Docker -1:23 Arnaud Courteille -1:23 Ian Boswell -1:23 Jerome Cousin Favourites by position : +1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez +1 Mikel Landa Meana +1 Geraint Thomas +1 Andrew Talansky Favourites by time : -0:32 Pierre Rolland -0:36 Andrew Talansky Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Fabio Aru 47:14:30 (unchanged) 2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:27 (unchanged) 3 Tom Dumoulin 0:30 (unchanged) 4 Rafal Majka 1:28 (unchanged) 5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:29 (unchanged) 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:52 (unchanged) 7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:54 (unchanged) 8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 1:58 (unchanged) 9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:07 (unchanged) 10 Louis Meintjes 4:15 (unchanged) 11 Domenico Pozzovivo 5:19 (unchanged) ..... 18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 11:07 (was 19th at 11:07) ..... 26 Mikel Landa Meana 23:47 (was 27th at 23:47) ..... 53 Pierre Rolland 1:01:52 (was 53rd at 1:01:20) ..... 59 Geraint Thomas 1:05:50 (was 60th at 1:05:50) ..... 76 Andrew Talansky 1:22:42 (was 77th at 1:22:06) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Esteban Chaves 79 (unchanged) 2 Tom Dumoulin 74 (unchanged) 3 Alejandro Valverde 74 (unchanged) 4 John Degenkolb 68 (was 8th with 56 points) 5 Kristian Sbaragli 65 (was 6th with 57 points) 6 Joaquim Rodriguez 65 (was 4th with 65 points) 7 Fabio Aru 61 (was 5th with 61 points) 8 Nicolas Roche 56 (was 7th with 56 points) 9 Tosh Van Der Sande 51 (was 13th with 35 points) 10 Rafal Majka 50 (was 9th with 50 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Omar Fraile 55 (unchanged) 2 Mikel Landa Meana 25 (unchanged) 3 Bertjan Lindeman 16 (was 5th with 13 points) 4 Ruben Plaza Molina 14 (was 3rd with 14 points) 5 Tom Dumoulin 13 (was 4th with 13 points) 6 Fabio Aru 12 (unchanged) 7 Romain Sicard 11 (unchanged) 8 Imanol Erviti 10 (unchanged) 9 Ian Boswell 9 (unchanged) 10 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado 8 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 12 <<< Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 11 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 11 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 11 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr 10 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 9 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 9 Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling 9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 8 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 7 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 2 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2 Total retirements : 24