Tour de France, stage 13 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 13 : Jul 17, Rodez - Revel, 196 km

1 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 4.26.26
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 0.13
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
7 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
9 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Grega Bole
+9 Ruben Perez Moreno
+9 Lloyd Mondory
+9 Julian Dean
+8 Martin Elmiger
+8 Francesco Gavazzi
+7 Thor Hushovd
+7 Martijn Maaskant
+7 Jurgen Roelandts
+7 Gerald Ciolek

Biggest losers by position :
-18 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-17 Christophe Kern
-15 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-11 Tony Martin
-9 Maxim Iglinskiy
-9 Paolo Tiralongo
-8 Maxime Bouet
-7 Brent Bookwalter
-7 Kanstantsin Siutsou
-6 Amael Moinard
-6 Mauro Santambrogio

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:13 Alexander Vinokourov

Biggest losers by time :
-12:05 Christophe Kern
-12:05 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-12:05 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-12:05 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-9:30 David Millar
-9:30 Marcus Burghardt
-9:30 Tony Martin
-7:10 Alan Perez Lezaun
-7:10 Amael Moinard
-7:10 Dmitriy Muravyev
-7:10 Iban Mayoz Echeverria

Favourites by position :
-4 Lance Armstrong

Favourites by time :
-4:22 Lance Armstrong

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Andy Schleck 63:08:40 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:31 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:45 (unchanged)
4 Denis Menchov 2:58 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:31 (unchanged)
6 Levi Leipheimer 4:06 (unchanged)
7 Robert Gesink 4:27 (unchanged)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez 4:58 (unchanged)
9 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 5:02 (unchanged)
10 Roman Kreuziger 5:16 (unchanged)
11 Ivan Basso 5:30 (unchanged)
.....
15 Carlos Sastre 7:34 (unchanged)
16 Bradley Wiggins 7:39 (unchanged)
.....
18 Cadel Evans 8:08 (unchanged)
.....
20 Andreas Kloden 9:05 (unchanged)
.....
36 Lance Armstrong 25:38 (was 32nd at 21:16)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Petacchi 187 (was 2nd with 161 points)
2 Thor Hushovd 185 (was 1st with 167 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 162 (was 4th with 132 points)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 144 (was 5th with 122 points)
5 Robbie McEwen 138 (was 3rd with 138 points)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 120 (was 7th with 96 points)
7 Gerald Ciolek 102 (was 8th with 87 points)
8 Sebastien Turgot 101 (was 6th with 101 points)
9 Jurgen Roelandts 81 (was 14th with 68 points)
10 Alberto Contador Velasco 80 (was 9th with 79 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 107 (unchanged)
2 Jerome Pineau 92 (unchanged)
3 Mario Aerts 65 (was 5th with 58 points)
4 Andy Schleck 64 (was 3rd with 64 points)
5 Christophe Moreau 62 (was 4th with 62 points)
6 Sandy Casar 56 (unchanged)
7 Damiano Cunego 56 (unchanged)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 52 (unchanged)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 50 (unchanged)
10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 48 (was 10th with 47 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13 <<<
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 12
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 11
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 11
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 9
Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 9
Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 9
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 9
Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 9
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 22


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