Tour de France stage 21 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 21 : Chatou - Paris Champs-Elysees 108.4 km

1 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 2:39:37
2 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:00
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00
4 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team BikeExchange 0:00
5 Andre Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00
6 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 0:00
7 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:00
8 Alex Aranburu (Spa) Astana - Premier Tech 0:00
9 Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:00
10 Max Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka NextHash 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Ruben Fernandez
+3 Kasper Asgreen
+3 Imanol Erviti
+3 Cyril Gautier
+3 Bruno Armirail
+3 Boy Van Poppel
+2 Victor De La Parte
+2 Vegard Stake Laengen
+2 Toms Skujins
+2 Sonny Colbrelli

Biggest losers by position :
-5 Anthony Turgis
-2 Harry Sweeny
-2 Jesus Herrada
-2 Kenny Elissonde
-2 Michael Valgren
-2 Sergio Higuita
-1 Benoit Cosnefroy
-1 Carlos Verona
-1 Casper Pedersen
-1 Christopher Juul-Jensen
-1 Emanuel Buchmann

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Wout Van Aert
+0:06 Jasper Philipsen
+0:04 Mark Cavendish

Biggest losers by time :
-12:33 Anthony Turgis
-5:58 Kenny Elissonde
-4:24 Hugo Houle
-4:24 Tim Declercq
-3:49 Michael Valgren
-3:49 Sergio Higuita
-3:29 Julian Alaphilippe
-3:29 Petr Vakoc
-3:01 Ide Schelling
-2:48 Mark Donovan
-2:37 Brent Van Moer

Favourites by position :
+1 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+1 Richie Porte
+1 Geraint Thomas
+1 Alejandro Valverde

Favourites by time :
-0:36 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-1:26 Richie Porte
-1:26 Geraint Thomas

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tadej Pogacar 82:56:36 (unchanged)
2 Jonas Vingegaard 5:20 (unchanged)
3 Richard Carapaz 7:03 (unchanged)
4 Ben O'Connor 10:02 (unchanged)
5 Wilco Kelderman 10:13 (unchanged)
6 Enric Mas 11:43 (unchanged)
7 Alexey Lutsenko 12:23 (unchanged)
8 Guillaume Martin 15:33 (unchanged)
9 Pello Bilbao 16:04 (unchanged)
10 Rigoberto Uran 18:34 (unchanged)
.....
24 Alejandro Valverde 1:07:50 (was 25th at 1:07:50)
.....
28 Nairo Quintana 1:33:11 (unchanged)
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38 Richie Porte 2:06:39 (was 39th at 2:05:13)
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41 Geraint Thomas 2:11:37 (was 42nd at 2:10:11)
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60 Tao Geoghegan Hart 2:37:02 (was 61st at 2:36:26)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 337 (was 1st with 304 points)
2 Michael Matthews 291 (was 2nd with 269 points)
3 Sonny Colbrelli 227 (was 3rd with 216 points)
4 Jasper Philipsen 216 (was 4th with 186 points)
5 Wout Van Aert 171 (was 8th with 121 points)
6 Matej Mohoric 163 (was 5th with 163 points)
7 Julian Alaphilippe 163 (was 6th with 155 points)
8 Tadej Pogacar 154 (was 7th with 154 points)
9 Michael Morkov 124 (was 9th with 113 points)
10 Jonas Vingegaard 103 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Tadej Pogacar 107 (unchanged)
2 Wout Poels 88 (unchanged)
3 Jonas Vingegaard 82 (unchanged)
4 Wout Van Aert 68 (unchanged)
5 Nairo Quintana 66 (unchanged)
6 Richard Carapaz 56 (unchanged)
7 Ben O'Connor 44 (unchanged)
8 Bauke Mollema 41 (unchanged)
9 David Gaudu 41 (unchanged)
10 Anthony Perez 37 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Bahrain - Victorious 249:16:47 (was 1st at 41:17:56)
2 EF Education - Nippo 19:12 (unchanged)
3 Team Jumbo-Visma 1:11:35 (unchanged)
4 INEOS Grenadiers 1:27:10 (unchanged)
5 AG2R Citroen Team 1:31:54 (unchanged)
6 BORA - hansgrohe 1:36:44 (unchanged)
7 Trek - Segafredo 1:47:04 (unchanged)
8 Astana - Premier Tech 2:01:45 (unchanged)
9 Movistar Team 2:04:28 (unchanged)
10 UAE-Team Emirates 2:38:08 (unchanged)
11 Deceuninck - Quick Step 3:36:47 (unchanged)
12 B&B Hotels p/b KTM 3:43:10 (unchanged)
13 Groupama - FDJ 3:46:26 (unchanged)
14 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:50:22 (unchanged)
15 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 4:15:34 (unchanged)
16 Team BikeExchange 4:31:31 (unchanged)
17 Team TotalEnergies 5:02:02 (unchanged)
18 Team Arkea Samsic 5:50:38 (unchanged)
19 Israel Start-Up Nation 5:52:16 (unchanged)
20 Alpecin-Fenix 6:07:29 (unchanged)
21 Team Qhubeka NextHash 6:55:52 (unchanged)
22 Team DSM 7:33:29 (was 22th at 7:32:50)
23 Lotto Soudal 7:45:44 (was 23th at 7:42:30)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jakob Fuglsang (Astana - Premier Tech) 21 <<<
Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) 19
Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar Team) 19
Steven Kruijswijk (Team Jumbo-Visma) 17
Amund Grondahl Jansen (Team BikeExchange) 16
Vincenzo Nibali (Trek - Segafredo) 16
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team TotalEnergies) 15
Nacer Bouhanni (Team Arkea Samsic) 15
Soren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM) 14
Warren Barguil (Team Arkea Samsic) 14
Lucas Hamilton (Team BikeExchange) 13
Michael Gogl (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 13
Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal) 13
Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) 13
Peter Sagan (BORA - hansgrohe) 12
Clement Russo (Team Arkea Samsic) 11
Daniel McLay (Team Arkea Samsic) 11
Luke Rowe (INEOS Grenadiers) 11
Miles Scotson (Groupama - FDJ) 11
Tiesj Benoot (Team DSM) 11
Tony Martin (Team Jumbo-Visma) 11
Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Soudal) 11
Victor Campenaerts (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 11
Jonas Koch (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 10
Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkea Samsic) 9
Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) 9
Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) 9
Jacopo Guarnieri (Groupama - FDJ) 9
Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) 9
Loic Vliegen (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 9
Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) 9
Nans Peters (AG2R Citroen Team) 9
Nic Dlamini (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 9
Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) 9
Stefan De Bod (Astana - Premier Tech) 9
Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) 9
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) 4
Jack Haig (Bahrain - Victorious) 3
Robert Gesink (Team Jumbo-Visma) 3
Marc Soler (Movistar Team) 2
Cyril Lemoine (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) 1
Ignatas Konovalovas (Groupama - FDJ) 1
Jasha Sutterlin (Team DSM) 1
Total retirements : 43


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