Tour de France, stage 13 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 13 : Jul 15, Pau - Lourdes, 156 km

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3.47.36
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.10
3 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0.26
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad 5.00
5 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 5.02
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 5.03
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 5.08
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5.16
9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6.48


Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Maarten Tjallingii
+22 Jeremy Roy
+21 Mickael Buffaz
+20 Lars Ytting Bak
+19 Paolo Longo Borghini
+19 Brent Bookwalter
+18 Maxim Iglinskiy
+18 Joost Posthuma
+18 Grega Bole
+18 Denys Kostyuk

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Romain Zingle
-15 Marcel Sieberg
-14 Alan Perez Lezaun
-14 Fabian Cancellara
-14 Geraint Thomas
-14 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
-14 Marco Marcato
-14 Ruben Perez Moreno
-13 Alessandro Vanotti
-13 Arthur Vichot
-13 Gorka Izagirre Insausti

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:37 Thor Hushovd
+7:27 David Moncoutie
+7:11 Jeremy Roy
+2:37 Lars Ytting Bak
+2:35 Jerome Pineau
+2:34 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+2:29 Vladimir Goussev
+2:21 Maarten Tjallingii
+2:21 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:49 Philippe Gilbert

Biggest losers by time :
-20:04 Romain Zingle
-14:31 Alan Perez Lezaun
-14:31 Alessandro Vanotti
-14:31 Andre Greipel
-14:31 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-14:31 Andriy Grivko
-14:31 Anthony Delaplace
-14:31 Arthur Vichot
-14:31 Bernhard Eisel
-14:31 Bjorn Leukemans
-14:31 Blel Kadri

Favourites by position :
+4 Jens Voigt
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1 David Arroyo Duran
-12 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
-0:15 Robert Gesink
-0:15 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:15 David Arroyo Duran
-14:31 Roman Kreuziger

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thomas Voeckler 55:49:57 (unchanged)
2 Frank Schleck 1:49 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 2:06 (unchanged)
4 Andy Schleck 2:17 (unchanged)
5 Ivan Basso 3:16 (unchanged)
6 Damiano Cunego 3:22 (unchanged)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:00 (unchanged)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:11 (unchanged)
9 Philippe Gilbert 4:35 (was 12th at 5:24)
10 Thomas Danielson 4:35 (was 9th at 4:35)
.....
17 Levi Leipheimer 7:51 (unchanged)
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36 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 18:42 (was 37th at 18:27)
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38 Robert Gesink 21:10 (was 39th at 20:55)
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56 David Arroyo Duran 37:04 (was 57th at 36:49)
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66 Jens Voigt 45:37 (was 70th at 45:37)
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119 Roman Kreuziger 1:23:22 (was 107th at 1:08:51)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 264 (was 1st with 260 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 251 (was 2nd with 242 points)
3 Philippe Gilbert 240 (was 3rd with 234 points)
4 Thor Hushovd 192 (was 5th with 163 points)
5 Andre Greipel 164 (was 4th with 164 points)
6 Cadel Evans 146 (unchanged)
7 Tyler Farrar 106 (was 8th with 106 points)
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen 105 (was 12th with 75 points)
9 Mickael Delage 82 (was 11th with 80 points)
10 Sebastien Hinault 82 (was 9th with 82 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jeremy Roy 45 (was 3rd with 24 points)
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 40 (was 1st with 40 points)
3 Jelle Vanendert 34 (was 2nd with 32 points)
4 Frank Schleck 24 (unchanged)
5 Johnny Hoogerland 22 (unchanged)
6 Geraint Thomas 18 (unchanged)
7 Blel Kadri 18 (unchanged)
8 Thomas Voeckler 17 (unchanged)
9 Ivan Basso 16 (unchanged)
10 David Moncoutie 16 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 13 <<<
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 13 <<<
Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 13 <<<
Vladimir Isiachev (Rus) Katusha Team 13 <<<
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 12
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team 10
Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack 10
Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 9
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9
David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9
Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 9
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 8
Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 8
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 7
Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 27


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