Tour-de-France stage 12 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 12 compared to stage 11

Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Alessandro Ballan
+13 Jaroslav Popovitsj
+11 Christophe Le Mevel
+10 Oscar Freire
+7 Stuart O'Grady
+7 Robbie McEwen
+6 Wim Vansevenant
+6 Stéphane Auge
+6 Manuel Quinziato
+6 Juan Manuel Garate

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Beat Zberg
-12 Michael Albasini
-12 Sandy Casar
-11 Gilberto Simoni
-10 Eduardo Gonzalo
-9 David Lopez
-9 Riccardo Ricco
-8 Mirko Celestino
-2 Inigo Landaluze
-1 Alexandre Moos
-1 Axel Merckx

Biggest gainers by time :
+4:45 Jaroslav Popovitsj
+4:14 Alessandro Ballan
+4:10 Oscar Freire
+3:52 Christophe Le Mevel
+0:06 Daniele Bennati
+0:02 George Hincapie

Biggest losers by time :
-7:42 Beat Zberg
-7:42 David Lopez
-7:42 Eduardo Gonzalo
-7:42 Gert Steegmans
-7:42 Gilberto Simoni
-7:42 Mirko Celestino
-7:42 Riccardo Ricco
-7:42 Sandy Casar
-7:42 Sébastien Joly
-7:39 Michael Albasini
-2:23 Christopher Horner

Favourites by position :
+1 Stefano Garzelli
+1 Serguei Gonchar
+1 Pietro Caucchioli
+1 George Hincapie
+1 Damiano Cunego
-1 Michael Boogerd
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 David Moncoutié
-11 Gilberto Simoni

Favourites by time :
+0:02 George Hincapie
-0:15 Pietro Caucchioli
-0:15 Damiano Cunego
-0:19 Stefano Garzelli
-0:19 Serguei Gonchar
-0:48 David Moncoutié
-7:42 Gilberto Simoni

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Floyd Landis 53.57.30
2 Cyril Dessel 0.08
3 Denis Menchov 1.01
4 Cadel Evans 1.17
5 Carlos Sastre 1.52
6 Andreas Klöden 2.29
7 Michael Rogers 3.22
8 Juan Miguel Mercado 3.33
9 Christophe Moreau 3.44
.....
14 Levi Leipheimer 5.39
15 Michael Boogerd 5.54
16 Georg Totschnig 6.47
.....
25 Pietro Caucchioli 11.35
.....
32 Damiano Cunego 16.32
33 Gilberto Simoni 16.34
.....
39 George Hincapie 22.59
.....
54 Stefano Garzelli 32.51
55 Serguei Gonchar 33.14
.....
61 David Moncoutié 35.41

Retirements to date :
Agritubel José Alberto Martinez DNF 12 <<
" Samuel Plouhinec DNF 12 <<
Bouygues Telecom Laurent Brochard DNS 10
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Alejandro Valverde DNF 3
" Isaac Galvez DNF 12 <<
Crédit Agricole Jimmy Engoulvent DNF 10
Davitamon-Lotto Fred Rodriguez DNF 3
Discovery Channel Benjamin Noval DNF 12 <<
" Paolo Savoldelli DNF 12 <<
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Mayo DNF 11
Liquigas Danilo Di Luca DNS 2
Milram Fabio Sacchi DNS 6
Quick-Step-Innergetic Wilfried Cretskens DNF 11
Rabobank Erik Dekker DNF 3
Team CSC Bobby Julich DNF 7
" Giovanni Lombardi DNF 11
Total retirements : 16