Tour de France, stage 19 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 19 compared to stage 18

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Robbie McEwen
+8 Jeremy Roy
+7 William Frischkorn
+7 Steven De Jongh
+7 Sebastian Langeveld
+7 Ralf Grabsch
+7 Matthieu Sprick
+7 Martyn Maaskant
+7 Leif Hoste
+7 Heinrich Haussler

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Dario Cioni
-10 Freddy Bichot
-10 Niki Terpstra
-9 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-7 Remy Di Gregorio
-6 Nicolas Vogondy
-4 Marco Marzano

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:13 Sylvain Chavanel
+1:13 Jeremy Roy
+0:24 Laurent Lefevre

Biggest losers by time :
-13:32 Aleksandr Kuschynski
-13:32 Bernhard Eisel
-13:32 Dario Cioni
-13:32 Freddy Bichot
-13:32 Marco Marzano
-13:32 Nicolas Vogondy
-13:32 Niki Terpstra
-13:32 Remy Di Gregorio
-13:32 Sven Krauss
-2:22 Fabian Cancellara
-2:22 Martin Muller

Favourites by position :
+1 Jens Voigt
+1 George Hincapie

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Carlos Sastre 82.54.36
2 Frank Schleck 1.24
3 Bernhard Kohl 1.33
4 Cadel Evans 1.34
5 Denis Menchov 2.39
6 Christian Vande Velde 4.41
7 Alejandro Valverde 5.35
8 Samuel Sanchez 5.52
.....
10 Vladimir Efimkin 8.24
11 Kim Kirchen 8.35
12 Andy Schleck 10.04
.....
36 George Hincapie 1.08.28
.....
38 Jens Voigt 1.11.31

Retirements to date : Stage
Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19 <<<
Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia 15
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5
Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11
Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 12
Moises Duenas (Spa) Barloworld 11
Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 11
Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 8
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 16
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 19 <<<
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 15
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 15
Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 <<<
Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7
Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 17
Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 19 <<<
Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 14
Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 19 <<<
Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16
Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3
Josep Jufre (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Garmin Chipotle - H30 7
Total retirements : 35