Tour-de-France stage 15 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+29 Alexandre Moos
+27 Bram Tankink
+25 Riccardo Ricco
+24 Christopher Horner
+22 Samuel Dumoulin
+22 Johan Vansummeren
+22 David De La Fuente
+22 Björn Schröder
+21 Sandy Casar
+21 Juan Manuel Garate

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Matthieu Sprick
-17 Oscar Freire
-16 Carlos Da Cruz
-16 Christophe Le Mevel
-15 Manuel Quinziato
-15 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero
-15 Simon Gerrans
-14 Mario Aerts
-14 Ronny Scholz
-14 Thomas Voeckler
-13 Patrik Sinkewitz

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:59 Frank Schleck
+2:40 Damiano Cunego
+1:37 Stefano Garzelli
+1:29 Ruben Lobato
+1:29 Floyd Landis
+1:29 Andreas Klöden
+1:21 Sylvain Chavanel
+1:11 Eddy Mazzoleni
+1:04 Carlos Sastre
+0:50 Levi Leipheimer

Biggest losers by time :
-33:43 Christophe Le Mevel
-33:43 Oscar Freire
-33:26 Sébastien Hinault
-32:51 Jimmy Casper
-32:44 Stéphane Auge
-32:21 Julian Dean
-32:21 Thor Hushovd
-31:32 Aitor Hernandez
-31:32 Arnaud Coyot
-31:32 David Kopp
-31:32 Gert Steegmans

Favourites by position :
+14 David Moncoutié
+7 Gilberto Simoni
+7 Damiano Cunego
+6 Levi Leipheimer
+3 Stefano Garzelli
+3 Pietro Caucchioli
+1 Floyd Landis
+1 Carlos Sastre
+1 Andreas Klöden
-1 Christophe Moreau
-2 Cadel Evans
-3 Georg Totschnig
-5 Juan Miguel Mercado
-9 Serguei Gonchar

Favourites by time :
+2:40 Damiano Cunego
+1:37 Stefano Garzelli
+1:29 Floyd Landis
+1:29 Andreas Klöden
+1:04 Carlos Sastre
+0:50 Levi Leipheimer
+0:18 Pietro Caucchioli
+0:18 Denis Menchov
-0:10 Michael Rogers
-0:10 Cadel Evans
-0:25 Cyril Dessel
-0:45 Gilberto Simoni
-1:09 Christophe Moreau
-1:50 George Hincapie
-1:52 Michael Boogerd
-2:37 Juan Miguel Mercado
-2:37 Georg Totschnig
-3:51 David Moncoutié
-17:05 Serguei Gonchar

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Floyd Landis 69.00.05
2 Oscar Pereiro 0.10
3 Cyril Dessel 2.02
4 Denis Menchov 2.12
5 Carlos Sastre 2.17
6 Andreas Klöden 2.29
7 Cadel Evans 2.56
8 Michael Rogers 5.01
9 Levi Leipheimer 6.18
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11 Christophe Moreau 6.22
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14 Juan Miguel Mercado 7.39
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16 Michael Boogerd 9.15
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20 Georg Totschnig 10.53
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24 Pietro Caucchioli 12.46
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26 Damiano Cunego 15.21
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38 George Hincapie 26.18
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42 Stefano Garzelli 32.43
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45 Gilberto Simoni 38.43
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58 David Moncoutié 53.50
59 Serguei Gonchar 53.59

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
Cofidis Rik Verbrugghe DNF 14
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
Gerolsteiner Beat Zberg DNF 15 <<
Liquigas Danilo Di Luca DNS 2
" Magnus Backstedt DNF 14
Milram Andriy Grivko DNF 15 <<
" Fabio Sacchi DNS 6
" Mirko Celestino DNF 14
Quick-Step-Innergetic Tom Boonen DNF 15 <<
" Wilfried Cretskens DNF 11
Rabobank Bram De Groot DNF 15 <<
" Erik Dekker DNF 3
Saunier Duval David Canada DNF 14
Team CSC Bobby Julich DNF 7
" Giovanni Lombardi DNF 11
Total retirements : 24