Stage 16 : September 05, 2016 Alcaniz - Peniscola 156.4 km
1 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 3.21.18
2 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
3 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
5 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ
6 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
7 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data
8 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
9 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha
Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Laurent Didier
+5 Simon Gerrans
+4 Jelle Wallays
+4 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+3 Tiago Machado
+3 Pello Bilbao
+3 Lorrenzo Manzin
+3 Kristian Sbaragli
+3 Gatis Smukulis
+2 Yukiya Arashiro
Biggest losers by position :
-9 Mattia Cattaneo
-5 Jack Haig
-5 Moreno Moser
-5 Tejay van Garderen
-4 Alexandre Geniez
-4 Dylan Teuns
-4 Ivan Rovny
-4 Odd Christian Eiking
-4 Peter Kennaugh
-3 Jose Herrada Lopez
-3 Perrig Quemeneur
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 Jean-Pierre Drucker
+0:08 Rudiger Selig
+0:06 Nikias Arndt
+0:02 Tosh Van der Sande
+0:02 Matthieu Ladagnous
+0:02 Lorrenzo Manzin
+0:02 Kristian Sbaragli
+0:02 Kiel Reijnen
+0:02 Jonas Van Genechten
+0:02 Jhonatan Restrepo
Biggest losers by time :
-4:43 Ian Boswell
-4:43 Michael Gogl
-4:43 Peter Kennaugh
-4:33 Alexandre Geniez
-4:33 Bryan Nauleau
-4:33 Christophe Riblon
-4:33 David Lopez Garcia
-4:33 Davide Villella
-4:33 Dylan Teuns
-4:33 Hugh Carthy
-4:33 Ilia Koshevoy
Favourites by position :
-5 Tejay van Garderen
Favourites by time :
-0:27 Robert Gesink
-0:30 Pierre Rolland
-3:20 Mathias Frank
-3:36 Leopold Konig
-4:24 Tejay van Garderen
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 64:57:27 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 3:37 (unchanged)
3 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 3:57 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:02 (unchanged)
5 Simon Yates 5:07 (unchanged)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 6:12 (unchanged)
7 Andrew Talansky 6:43 (unchanged)
8 Davide Formolo 7:17 (unchanged)
9 David de la Cruz Melgarejo 7:23 (unchanged)
10 Michele Scarponi 7:39 (unchanged)
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14 Jean-Christophe Peraud 11:06 (unchanged)
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16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 12:48 (unchanged)
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31 Leopold Konig 1:00:11 (was 31st at 56:35)
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40 Pierre Rolland 1:13:09 (was 40th at 1:12:39)
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52 Mathias Frank 1:33:00 (was 52nd at 1:29:40)
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55 Robert Gesink 1:36:45 (was 55th at 1:36:18)
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95 Tejay van Garderen 2:45:49 (was 90th at 2:41:25)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde 93 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Quintana 86 (unchanged)
3 Fabio Felline 76 (unchanged)
4 Luis Leon Sanchez 65 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 62 (unchanged)
6 Simon Yates 54 (unchanged)
7 Gianni Meersman 49 (was 12th with 35 points)
8 Esteban Chaves 47 (was 9th with 45 points)
9 Kenny Elissonde 47 (was 7th with 47 points)
10 Alberto Contador 45 (was 8th with 45 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Kenny Elissonde 56 (unchanged)
2 Omar Fraile 48 (unchanged)
3 Robert Gesink 30 (unchanged)
4 Nairo Quintana 27 (unchanged)
5 Alexandre Geniez 25 (unchanged)
6 Egor Silin 23 (unchanged)
7 Sergey Lagutin 22 (unchanged)
8 Thomas De Gendt 19 (unchanged)
9 Gianluca Brambilla 18 (unchanged)
10 Luis Angel Mate 18 (was 11th with 15 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 15
Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 14
Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team 14
Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 14
Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 14
Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 13
Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 12
Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 12
Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 12
Jose Goncalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 11
Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ 11
Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 11
Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 11
Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 11
Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 10
Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ 10
Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 10
Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 9
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data 9
Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie 9
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 7
Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 7
Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha 7
Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 6
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 6
Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 5
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 5
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 5
Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 4
Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling 4
Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 3
Total retirements : 34