Tour de France, stage 20 summary
Bob Martin
Stage 20 : Jul 23, Grenoble (ITT), 41 km
1 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0.55.33
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.07
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1.06
4 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.29
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 1.30
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.33
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37
8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 1.42
9 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 2.03
10 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Lieuwe Westra
+7 Fabian Cancellara
+6 Grega Bole
+6 Dmitriy Muravyev
+6 Christophe Riblon
+5 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+4 Ramunas Navardauskas
+4 Mikhail Ignatiev
+4 Kristijan Koren
+4 Anthony Delaplace
Biggest losers by position :
-10 Niki Terpstra
-5 Borut Bozic
-5 Laurens ten Dam
-4 Arthur Vichot
-4 Denys Kostyuk
-4 Jens Voigt
-4 Jeremie Galland
-4 Leonardo Duque
-4 Mickael Buffaz
-3 Alessandro Vanotti
-3 Imanol Erviti Ollo
Biggest gainers by time :
+1:04 Tony Martin
+0:57 Cadel Evans
Biggest losers by time :
-10:15 Jeremie Galland
-9:34 Niki Terpstra
-8:44 Leonardo Duque
-8:41 Borut Bozic
-8:40 Maxim Iglinskiy
-8:23 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-8:13 Mickael Buffaz
-7:59 Denys Kostyuk
-7:42 Dmitriy Fofonov
-7:40 Alessandro Vanotti
-7:33 Jens Voigt
Favourites by position :
+2 Cadel Evans
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1 Frank Schleck
-1 David Arroyo Duran
-1 Andy Schleck
-4 Jens Voigt
Favourites by time :
+0:57 Cadel Evans
-0:02 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:33 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-1:34 Andy Schleck
-1:37 Frank Schleck
-2:43 Ivan Basso
-2:57 Robert Gesink
-4:12 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-4:34 Levi Leipheimer
-5:06 Roman Kreuziger
-5:10 David Arroyo Duran
-7:33 Jens Voigt
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cadel Evans 83:45:20 (was 3rd at 0:57)
2 Andy Schleck 1:34 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Frank Schleck 2:30 (was 2nd at 0:53)
4 Thomas Voeckler 3:20 (was 4th at 2:10)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 3:57 (was 6th at 3:55)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:55 (was 7th at 4:22)
7 Damiano Cunego 6:05 (was 5th at 3:31)
8 Ivan Basso 7:23 (was 8th at 4:40)
9 Thomas Danielson 8:15 (was 9th at 7:11)
10 Jean-Christophe Peraud 10:11 (was 11th at 9:42)
.....
32 Levi Leipheimer 1:03:58 (was 32nd at 59:24)
33 Robert Gesink 1:05:09 (was 33rd at 1:02:12)
.....
36 David Arroyo Duran 1:14:40 (was 35th at 1:09:30)
.....
57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:46:09 (was 56th at 1:41:57)
.....
67 Jens Voigt 1:59:56 (was 63rd at 1:52:23)
.....
113 Roman Kreuziger 3:00:59 (was 112nd at 2:55:53)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 280 (unchanged)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 265 (unchanged)
3 Philippe Gilbert 230 (unchanged)
4 Cadel Evans 208 (was 5th with 191 points)
5 Thor Hushovd 195 (was 4th with 195 points)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 157 (was 6th with 153 points)
7 Andre Greipel 130 (unchanged)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 105 (was 9th with 96 points)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 105 (was 11th with 90 points)
10 Tyler Farrar 101 (was 8th with 101 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 108 (unchanged)
2 Andy Schleck 98 (unchanged)
3 Jelle Vanendert 74 (unchanged)
4 Cadel Evans 58 (unchanged)
5 Frank Schleck 56 (unchanged)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 51 (unchanged)
7 Jeremy Roy 45 (unchanged)
8 Pierre Rolland 44 (unchanged)
9 Maxim Iglinskiy 40 (unchanged)
10 Johnny Hoogerland 40 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 19
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 18
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 14
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 : 31
(This report can also be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)
atriage
>
> Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
> 1 Cadel Evans 83:45:20 (was 3rd at 0:57)
> 2 Andy Schleck 1:34 (was 1st at 0:00)
> 3 Frank Schleck 2:30 (was 2nd at 0:53)
> 4 Thomas Voeckler 3:20 (was 4th at 2:10)
> 5 Alberto Contador Velasco 3:57 (was 6th at 3:55)
> 6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:55 (was 7th at 4:22)
> 7 Damiano Cunego 6:05 (was 5th at 3:31)
> 8 Ivan Basso 7:23 (was 8th at 4:40)
> 9 Thomas Danielson 8:15 (was 9th at 7:11)
> 10 Jean-Christophe Peraud 10:11 (was 11th at 9:42)
> .....
> 32 Levi Leipheimer 1:03:58 (was 32nd at 59:24)
> 33 Robert Gesink 1:05:09 (was 33rd at 1:02:12)
> .....
> 36 David Arroyo Duran 1:14:40 (was 35th at 1:09:30)
> .....
> 57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:46:09 (was 56th at 1:41:57)
> .....
> 67 Jens Voigt 1:59:56 (was 63rd at 1:52:23)
> .....
> 113 Roman Kreuziger 3:00:59 (was 112nd at 2:55:53)
>
It's kind of hard to see how Roman's gonna make up 3 hours on the Champs tomorrow.
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Simply Fred
> Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
Best young Amerikan prospect.
Scott
He'll have to be super motivated.
Scott
TD isn't young. There are quite a few young Americans who have far
more potential than TD at his advancing age. Tejay is one that comes
to mind.
Simply Fred
>>> Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
>>> 9 Thomas Danielson 8:15 (was 9th at 7:11)
Simply Fred wrote:
>> Best young Amerikan prospect.
Scott wrote:
> TD isn't young. There are quite a few young Americans who have far
> more potential than TD at his advancing age. Tejay is one that comes
> to mind.
Irony loves company
<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.racing/msg/0757b81008f70ace?dmode=source>.
Anyway he (Van Garderen) is another one who could do with getting out of
HTC so he can save his efforts for the GC instead of leading out Cavendish.
atriage
No news of any new title sponsor yet, maybe they'll all be getting out anyway.
Apart from that here's a good reason to stay?
http://www.highroadsports.com/team/38-Emilia-Fahlin
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Simply Fred
> No news of any new title sponsor yet, maybe they'll all be getting out
> anyway.
HTC's problem is they're a one trick pony and, if rumours are to be
believed their pony may be contemplating flying the coop before they can
close the stable door (I love putting metaphors in a food blender).
Although I do wonder if Cavendish will get the same dedicated leadout
train at Sky that he got at HTC, since Sky may have other priorities.
atriage
HTC's...fucking stupendous again today.
--
Frederick the Great
Simply Fred <no...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> atriage wrote:
> > No news of any new title sponsor yet, maybe they'll all be getting out
> > anyway.
>
> HTC's problem is they're a one trick pony
Not exactly. HTC wins all over the circuit,
and wisely do not make any effort to compete
for TdF GC.
> and, if rumours are to be
> believed their pony may be contemplating flying the coop before they can
> close the stable door (I love putting metaphors in a food blender).
>
> Although I do wonder if Cavendish will get the same dedicated leadout
> train at Sky that he got at HTC, since Sky may have other priorities.
Cavendish will have to reinvent his scheme at Sky.
I expect a war of words.
--
Old Fritz