Tour de France, stage 11 summary

Stage 11 : Jul 15, Sisteron - Bourg-les-Valence, 184.5 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 4.42.29
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
6 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
8 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram


Changes in GC, stage 11 compared to stage 10 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Tyler Farrar
+8 Thor Hushovd
+8 Gregory Rast
+8 Gerald Ciolek
+8 Bernhard Eisel
+8 Anthony Geslin
+7 Stuart O'Grady
+7 Sebastien Turgot
+7 Robbie McEwen
+7 Mirco Lorenzetto

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Kristjan Koren
-14 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-14 Remy Di Gregorio
-12 Matthieu Ladagnous
-12 Matti Breschel
-11 Brian Vandborg
-11 Francesco Gavazzi
-10 Mauro Santambrogio
-10 Pierrick Fedrigo
-9 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-9 Eros Capecchi

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-7:41 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-7:41 Alexander Kuschynski
-7:41 Amael Moinard
-7:41 Anthony Charteau
-7:41 Brian Vandborg
-7:41 Christophe Kern
-7:41 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-7:41 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-7:41 David Zabriskie
-7:41 Dimitri Champion
-7:41 Dries Devenyns

Favourites by position :
-1 Lance Armstrong

Favourites by time :
-0:29 Lance Armstrong

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Andy Schleck 53:43:25 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:41 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:45 (unchanged)
4 Denis Menchov 2:58 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:31 (unchanged)
6 Levi Leipheimer 3:59 (unchanged)
7 Robert Gesink 4:22 (unchanged)
8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 4:41 (unchanged)
9 Joaquin Rodriguez 5:08 (unchanged)
10 Ivan Basso 5:09 (unchanged)
11 Roman Kreuziger 5:11 (unchanged)
.....
16 Carlos Sastre 7:13 (unchanged)
17 Bradley Wiggins 7:18 (unchanged)
18 Cadel Evans 7:47 (unchanged)
.....
20 Andreas Kloden 9:05 (unchanged)
.....
32 Lance Armstrong 17:51 (was 31st at 17:22)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Petacchi 161 (was 2nd with 131 points)
2 Thor Hushovd 157 (was 1st with 138 points)
3 Robbie McEwen 138 (was 3rd with 116 points)
4 Mark Cavendish 132 (was 5th with 97 points)
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 122 (was 4th with 98 points)
6 Sebastien Turgot 101 (was 6th with 86 points)
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen 96 (was 7th with 82 points)
8 Gerald Ciolek 87 (was 9th with 71 points)
9 Tyler Farrar 79 (was 15th with 53 points)
10 Geraint Thomas 74 (was 8th with 74 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jerome Pineau 92 (was 1st with 91 points)
2 Anthony Charteau 90 (unchanged)
3 Christophe Moreau 62 (unchanged)
4 Mario Aerts 58 (unchanged)
5 Damiano Cunego 56 (unchanged)
6 Andy Schleck 50 (unchanged)
7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 47 (unchanged)
8 Sandy Casar 43 (unchanged)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 40 (unchanged)
10 Sylvain Chavanel 36 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 11
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 11
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 9
Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 9
Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 9
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 9
Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 9
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 19


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