Stage 17 : September 07, 2016 Castellon - Mas de la Costa 177.5 km
1 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 4.34.38
2 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0.06
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0.11
4 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0.14
5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.16
6 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0.29
7 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.48
8 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0.57
9 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre - Merida 1.02
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 1.04
Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Jose Herrada Lopez
+16 Pello Bilbao
+13 Silvan Dillier
+13 Kristian Sbaragli
+11 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+9 Perrig Quemeneur
+8 Matthieu Ladagnous
+8 Christoph Pfingsten
+7 Scott Thwaites
+7 Magnus Cort
Biggest losers by position :
-14 Vegard Stake Laengen
-10 Alessandro Vanotti
-10 Jelle Wallays
-10 Sander Armee
-9 Laurent Didier
-9 Mattia Cattaneo
-9 Tobias Ludvigsson
-7 Romain Sicard
-6 Cesare Benedetti
-6 Gatis Smukulis
-6 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes
Biggest gainers by time :
+3:40 Mathias Frank
+3:27 Leopold Konig
+3:20 Robert Gesink
+3:13 Pello Bilbao
+3:13 Dario Cataldo
+2:58 Jose Herrada Lopez
+2:39 Axel Domont
+2:30 Bart De Clercq
+2:25 Kristijan Durasek
+2:23 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
Biggest losers by time :
-21:02 Lorrenzo Manzin
-16:57 Jonas Van Genechten
-16:26 Niki Terpstra
-16:13 Jean-Pierre Drucker
-16:05 Nikias Arndt
-15:29 Tyler Farrar
-14:48 Laurent Didier
-14:48 Rudiger Selig
-14:48 Sven Erik Bystrom
-14:48 Tobias Ludvigsson
-14:48 Vegard Stake Laengen
Favourites by position :
+6 Mathias Frank
+3 Robert Gesink
+3 Leopold Konig
+1 Andrew Talansky
-1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-4 Pierre Rolland
Favourites by time :
+3:40 Mathias Frank
+3:27 Leopold Konig
+3:20 Robert Gesink
-0:38 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-0:51 Andrew Talansky
-0:56 Simon Yates
-1:00 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2:00 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-12:08 Pierre Rolland
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 69:35:32 (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 6:03 (was 5th at 5:07)
6 Andrew Talansky 7:34 (was 7th at 6:43)
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 8:12 (was 6th at 6:12)
8 Davide Formolo 8:13 (was 8th at 7:17)
9 Michele Scarponi 8:28 (was 10th at 7:39)
10 David de la Cruz Melgarejo 8:52 (was 9th at 7:23)
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14 Jean-Christophe Peraud 11:44 (was 14th at 11:06)
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16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 13:48 (was 16th at 12:48)
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28 Leopold Konig 56:44 (was 31st at 1:00:11)
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44 Pierre Rolland 1:25:17 (was 40th at 1:13:09)
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46 Mathias Frank 1:29:20 (was 52nd at 1:33:00)
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52 Robert Gesink 1:33:25 (was 55th at 1:36:45)
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 (unchanged)
8 Esteban Chaves 47 (unchanged)
9 Kenny Elissonde 47 (unchanged)
10 Alberto Contador 45 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Kenny Elissonde 56 (unchanged)
2 Omar Fraile 53 (was 2nd with 48 points)
3 Robert Gesink 34 (was 3rd with 30 points)
4 Alexandre Geniez 28 (was 5th with 25 points)
5 Nairo Quintana 27 (was 4th with 27 points)
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 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 17 <<<
Mario Jorge Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 17 <<<
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 17 <<<
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 : 37