Tour de France, stage 18 summary

Stage 18 : Jul 23, Salies-de-Bearn - Bordeaux, 198 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 4.37.09
2 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
10 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi


Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Daniel Lloyd
+2 Serguei Ivanov
+2 Serge Pauwels
+2 Nicki Sorensen
+2 Lars Boom
+2 Kevin Seeldrayers
+1 Vasili Kiryienka
+1 Thomas Rohregger
+1 Stuart O'Grady
+1 Steven Cummings

Biggest losers by position :
-7 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-3 Brian Vandborg
-3 David Zabriskie
-3 Francesco Gavazzi
-2 Wesley Sulzberger
-1 Anthony Charteau
-1 Benoit Vaugrenard
-1 Daniel Oss
-1 Ivan Basso
-1 Jurgen Van De Walle
-1 Paolo Tiralongo

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:31 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-2:16 Marcus Burghardt
-1:41 Adriano Malori
-1:41 Anthony Charteau
-1:41 Benoit Vaugrenard
-1:41 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-1:41 David Zabriskie
-1:41 Dimitri Champion
-1:41 Dries Devenyns
-1:41 Jerome Pineau
-1:41 Jurgen Van De Walle

Favourites by position :
-1 Ivan Basso

Favourites by time :
-0:31 Bradley Wiggins
-1:39 Ivan Basso

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 88:09:48 (unchanged)
2 Andy Schleck 0:08 (unchanged)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:32 (unchanged)
4 Denis Menchov 3:53 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:27 (unchanged)
6 Robert Gesink 6:41 (unchanged)
7 Joaquin Rodriguez 7:03 (unchanged)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 9:18 (unchanged)
9 Roman Kreuziger 10:12 (unchanged)
10 Christopher Horner 10:37 (unchanged)
11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 12:46 (unchanged)
.....
13 Levi Leipheimer 14:24 (unchanged)
14 Andreas Kloden 14:44 (unchanged)
.....
21 Carlos Sastre 25:50 (unchanged)
.....
23 Lance Armstrong 37:58 (unchanged)
24 Bradley Wiggins 41:34 (was 24th at 41:03)
.....
26 Cadel Evans 45:13 (unchanged)
.....
31 Ivan Basso 55:25 (was 30th at 53:46)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Petacchi 213 (was 2nd with 187 points)
2 Thor Hushovd 203 (was 1st with 191 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 197 (was 3rd with 162 points)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 167 (was 4th with 149 points)
5 Robbie McEwen 162 (was 5th with 138 points)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 152 (was 6th with 132 points)
7 Sebastien Turgot 122 (was 10th with 107 points)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 115 (was 7th with 115 points)
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 112 (was 8th with 112 points)
10 Andy Schleck 107 (was 9th with 107 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 143 (unchanged)
2 Christophe Moreau 128 (unchanged)
3 Andy Schleck 116 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 112 (unchanged)
5 Damiano Cunego 99 (unchanged)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 96 (unchanged)
7 Sandy Casar 93 (unchanged)
8 Jerome Pineau 92 (unchanged)
9 Thomas Voeckler 82 (unchanged)
10 Pierrick Fedrigo 72 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 18
Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 17
Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 16
Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto 16
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 15
Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 12
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 : 27


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On Jul 23, 12:46*pm, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 18 : Jul 23, Salies-de-Bearn - Bordeaux, 198 km * * * * * * * *

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
* * * * 1 *Alessandro Petacchi * * * * * * * * * * * *213 * * * * (was 2nd with 187 points)
* * * * 2 *Thor Hushovd * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 203 * * * * (was 1st with 191 points)
* * * * 3 *Mark Cavendish * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 197 * * * * (was 3rd with 162 points)

So we finally have a race. What are the odds of a pile-up in the
sprint on the Champs? Scott...?

R

On 7/23/2010 11:58 AM, RicodJour wrote:
On Jul 23, 12:46 pm, Bob wrote:

Stage 18 : Jul 23, Salies-de-Bearn - Bordeaux, 198 km

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Petacchi 213 (was 2nd with 187 points)
2 Thor Hushovd 203 (was 1st with 191 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 197 (was 3rd with 162 points)

So we finally have a race. What are the odds of a pile-up in the
sprint on the Champs? Scott...?

R

Interesting as well is when Anthony Charteau gets busted for
dope. He'll wind up at Rock Racing unless Jeff Novitsky gets
there first. Here are all KOM winners since 1988:

Steven Rooks
Gert-Jan Theunisse
Thiery Claveyrolat
Claudio Chiappucci
Tony Rominger
Richard Virenque
Christophe Rinero
Santiago Botero
Laurent Jalabert
Michael Rasmussen
Mauricio Soler
Bernhard Kohl
Franco Pellizotti