Cycling & bikes - Tour de France, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : July 19, 2017 Le Murre - Serre Chavalier 183 km

1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 5.07.41
2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 1.13
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
4 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb
6 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 1.16
7 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 1.43
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 1.44
9 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
10 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team

Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Darwin Atapuma
+23 Ondrej Cink
+19 Pieter Vanspeybrouck
+17 Thomas Voeckler
+10 Andrey Zeits
+9 Romain Sicard
+9 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
+9 Amael Moinard
+7 Primoz Roglic
+7 Marco Minnaard

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre
-9 Oliver Naesen
-9 Pierre Latour
-8 Greg Van Avermaet
-8 Janez Brajkovic
-7 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-7 Nicolas Roche
-7 Pierre Rolland
-6 Gianluca Brambilla
-6 Jarlinson Pantano
-6 Jens Keukeleire

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:19 Primoz Roglic
+0:02 Rigoberto Uran

Biggest losers by time :
-32:32 Adam Hansen
-32:32 Adrien Petit
-32:32 Albert Timmer
-32:32 Alessandro De Marchi
-32:32 Alexander Kristoff
-32:32 Alexey Lutsenko
-32:32 Andre Greipel
-32:32 Andrea Pasqualon
-32:32 Andriy Grivko
-32:32 Angelo Tulik
-32:32 Axel Domont

Favourites by position :
+2 Bauke Mollema
+2 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Daniel Martin
+1 Andrew Talansky
-1 Simon Yates
-2 Nairo Quintana
-2 Fabio Aru
-7 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio

Favourites by time :
-0:04 Romain Bardet
-0:34 Daniel Martin
-0:35 Fabio Aru
-0:35 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:05 Simon Yates
-6:38 Nairo Quintana
-7:49 Bauke Mollema
-22:39 Andrew Talansky
-32:32 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 73:27:26 (unchanged)
2 Rigoberto Uran 0:27 (was 4th at 0:29)
3 Romain Bardet 0:27 (was 3rd at 0:23)
4 Fabio Aru 0:53 (was 2nd at 0:18)
5 Mikel Landa Meana 1:24 (was 5th at 1:17)
6 Daniel Martin 2:37 (was 7th at 2:03)
7 Simon Yates 4:07 (was 6th at 2:02)
8 Louis Meintjes 6:35 (was 8th at 6:00)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 7:45 (was 11th at 7:10)
10 Warren Barguil 8:52 (was 12th at 8:48)
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12 Nairo Quintana 12:54 (was 10th at 6:16)
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21 Bauke Mollema 44:22 (was 23rd at 36:33)
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55 Andrew Talansky 1:58:32 (was 56th at 1:35:53)
.....
57 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 2:01:30 (was 50th at 1:28:58)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 364 (was 2nd with 344 points)
2 Andre Greipel 204 (was 3rd with 204 points)
3 Alexander Kristoff 158 (was 4th with 158 points)
4 Sonny Colbrelli 143 (was 5th with 143 points)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 140 (was 6th with 140 points)
6 Christopher Froome 105 (was 8th with 90 points)
7 Daniel Martin 98 (was 9th with 89 points)
8 Dylan Groenewegen 94 (was 7th with 94 points)
9 Thomas De Gendt 93 (was 13th with 76 points)
10 Rigoberto Uran 87 (was 14th with 70 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Warren Barguil 129 (was 1st with 117 points)
2 Primoz Roglic 80 (was 2nd with 38 points)
3 Thomas De Gendt 61 (was 3rd with 38 points)
4 Bauke Mollema 37 (was 11th with 19 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 36 (was 9th with 22 points)
6 Mikel Landa Meana 33 (was 4th with 33 points)
7 Serge Pauwels 32 (was 13th with 18 points)
8 Christopher Froome 31 (was 6th with 25 points)
9 Alexis Vuillermoz 28 (was 5th with 28 points)
10 Daniel Martin 25 (was 7th with 23 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniel McLay (GBr) Fortuneo - Oscaro 17
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 17
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 17
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 17
George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 16
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 16
Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 15
Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 14
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 13
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 13
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 11
Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 10
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 9
Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 9
Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 9
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ 9
Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 9
Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 9
Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 9
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 9
Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 9
Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9
Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 9
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 5
Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 5
Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 2
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1
Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 1
Total retirements : 29

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