Tour de France, stage 10 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 10 : Jul 14, Chambery - Gap, 179 km

1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack 5.10.56
2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1.29
4 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
5 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1.33
6 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.20
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 12.58
8 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13.57
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 14.19
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini


Changes in GC, stage 10 compared to stage 9 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+23 Sergio Paulinho
+23 Dries Devenyns
+20 Vasili Kiryienka
+19 Maxime Bouet
+14 Pierre Rolland
+11 Mario Aerts
+4 Nicolas Roche
+3 Lloyd Mondory
+3 Iban Mayoz Echeverria
+3 Grega Bole

Biggest losers by position :
-6 Karsten Kroon
-5 Charles Wegelius
-5 Marcus Burghardt
-4 Alessandro Ballan
-4 Martijn Maaskant
-4 Serge Pauwels
-4 Volodymir Gustov
-3 Anthony Charteau
-3 Chris Anker Sorensen
-3 Dimitri Champion
-3 Fabian Cancellara

Biggest gainers by time :
+14:19 Vasili Kiryienka
+14:19 Sergio Paulinho
+12:50 Pierre Rolland
+12:50 Dries Devenyns
+12:46 Mario Aerts
+10:59 Maxime Bouet
+1:21 Nicolas Roche
+0:22 Remi Pauriol

Biggest losers by time :
-2:34 Fabian Cancellara
-2:34 Karsten Kroon
-2:34 Marcus Burghardt
-2:28 Anthony Roux
-2:08 David Millar
-1:56 Christophe Kern
-1:28 Alessandro Ballan
-1:28 Alexander Kuschynski
-1:28 Anthony Charteau
-1:28 Arkaitz Duran Daroca
-1:28 Benoit Vaugrenard

Favourites by position :
-1 Carlos Sastre
-1 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by time :
-1:28 Lance Armstrong

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Andy Schleck 49:00:56 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:41 (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 3:59 (unchanged)
7 Robert Gesink 4:22 (unchanged)
8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 4:41 (unchanged)
9 Joaquin Rodriguez 5:08 (unchanged)
10 Ivan Basso 5:09 (unchanged)
11 Roman Kreuziger 5:11 (unchanged)
.....
16 Carlos Sastre 7:13 (was 15th at 7:13)
17 Bradley Wiggins 7:18 (was 16th at 7:18)
18 Cadel Evans 7:47 (unchanged)
.....
20 Andreas Kloden 9:05 (unchanged)
.....
31 Lance Armstrong 17:22 (was 31st at 15:54)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 138 (was 1st with 124 points)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 131 (was 2nd with 114 points)
3 Robbie McEwen 116 (was 3rd with 105 points)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 98 (was 4th with 92 points)
5 Mark Cavendish 97 (was 5th with 85 points)
6 Sebastien Turgot 86 (was 7th with 79 points)
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen 82 (was 6th with 82 points)
8 Geraint Thomas 74 (unchanged)
9 Gerald Ciolek 71 (unchanged)
10 Sylvain Chavanel 69 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jerome Pineau 91 (was 2nd with 85 points)
2 Anthony Charteau 90 (was 1st with 85 points)
3 Christophe Moreau 62 (unchanged)
4 Mario Aerts 58 (was 17th with 19 points)
5 Damiano Cunego 56 (was 4th with 56 points)
6 Andy Schleck 50 (was 5th with 50 points)
7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 47 (was 6th with 47 points)
8 Sandy Casar 43 (was 7th with 43 points)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 40 (was 8th with 40 points)
10 Sylvain Chavanel 36 (was 9th with 36 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 16


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