Tour-de-France stage 16 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15

Biggest gainers by position :
+26 Sandy Casar
+17 Christophe Le Mevel
+16 Juan Manuel Garate
+15 Christopher Horner
+14 Michael Rasmussen
+14 Matthieu Sprick
+13 Patxi Vila
+13 Paolo Tiralongo
+12 Pietro Caucchioli
+11 Eddy Mazzoleni

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Inigo Landaluze
-21 Sylvain Chavanel
-20 Georg Totschnig
-14 Ivan Ramiro Parra
-14 Juan Miguel Mercado
-13 Jaroslav Popovitsj
-11 Cristian Moreni
-10 Floyd Landis
-10 José Angel Gomez
-9 Patrik Sinkewitz
-9 Stefano Garzelli

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:20 Michael Rasmussen
+0:27 Carlos Sastre
+0:10 Oscar Pereiro

Biggest losers by time :
-44:49 José Rujano
-42:15 Bram Tankink
-42:15 Kjelt Carlström
-42:15 Michael Albasini
-42:15 Robert Hunter
-42:15 Stéphane Auge
-42:05 Aitor Hernandez
-42:05 Alessandro Ballan
-42:05 Alexandre Moos
-42:05 Anthony Charteau
-42:05 Anthony Geslin

Favourites by position :
+12 Pietro Caucchioli
+10 David Moncoutié
+10 Damiano Cunego
+3 Christophe Moreau
+3 Carlos Sastre
+3 Andreas Klöden
+2 Michael Boogerd
+2 Cadel Evans
+1 Michael Rogers
-1 Cyril Dessel
-2 Serguei Gonchar
-2 Denis Menchov
-4 George Hincapie
-5 Gilberto Simoni
-9 Stefano Garzelli
-10 Floyd Landis
-14 Juan Miguel Mercado
-20 Georg Totschnig

Favourites by time :
+0:27 Carlos Sastre
-0:41 Pietro Caucchioli
-0:41 Cyril Dessel
-0:41 Christophe Moreau
-1:28 Levi Leipheimer
-1:46 Michael Rogers
-1:46 Denis Menchov
-2:25 Damiano Cunego
-4:37 Michael Boogerd
-8:08 Floyd Landis
-13:46 David Moncoutié
-27:00 Juan Miguel Mercado
-27:00 George Hincapie
-33:09 Serguei Gonchar
-33:09 Gilberto Simoni
-42:05 Stefano Garzelli
-42:05 Georg Totschnig

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Oscar Pereiro 74.38.05
2 Carlos Sastre 1.50
3 Andreas Klöden 2.29
4 Cyril Dessel 2.43
5 Cadel Evans 2.56
6 Denis Menchov 3.58
7 Michael Rogers 6.47
8 Christophe Moreau 7.03
9 Levi Leipheimer 7.46
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11 Floyd Landis 8.08
12 Pietro Caucchioli 13.27
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14 Michael Boogerd 13.52
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16 Damiano Cunego 17.46
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28 Juan Miguel Mercado 34.39
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40 Georg Totschnig 52.58
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42 George Hincapie 53.18
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48 David Moncoutié 1.07.36
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50 Gilberto Simoni 1.11.52
51 Stefano Garzelli 1.14.48
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61 Serguei Gonchar 1.27.08

Retirements to date :
Agritubel José Alberto Martinez DNF 12
" Samuel Plouhinec DNF 12
Bouygues Telecom Laurent Brochard DNS 10
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Alejandro Valverde DNF 3
" Isaac Galvez DNF 12
Cofidis Rik Verbrugghe DNF 14
Crédit Agricole Jimmy Engoulvent DNF 10
Davitamon-Lotto Fred Rodriguez DNF 3
Discovery Channel Benjamin Noval DNF 12
" Paolo Savoldelli DNF 12
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Mayo DNF 11
Francaise Des Jeux Sébastien Joly DNF 16 <<
Gerolsteiner Beat Zberg DNF 15
" David Kopp DNF 16 <<
Lampre-Fondital Daniele Bennati DNF 16 <<
Liquigas Danilo Di Luca DNS 2
" Magnus Backstedt DNF 14
Milram Andriy Grivko DNF 15
" Fabio Sacchi DNS 6
" Maxim Iglinskiy DNF 16 <<
" Mirko Celestino DNF 14
Quick-Step-Innergetic Steven De Jongh DNF 16 <<
" Tom Boonen DNF 15
" Wilfried Cretskens DNF 11
Rabobank Bram De Groot DNF 15
" Erik Dekker DNF 3
Saunier Duval David Canada DNF 14
Team CSC Bobby Julich DNF 7
" Giovanni Lombardi DNF 11
Total retirements : 29