Tour de France, stage 18 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17

Biggest gainers by position :
+11 Marcus Burghardt
+6 Carlos Barredo
+3 Romain Feillu
+3 Mikel Astarloza
+2 Ryder Hesjedal
+2 Nicki Sorensen
+2 Arnaud Coyot
+1 Yoann Le Boulanger
+1 William Frischkorn
+1 William Bonnet

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Massimiliano Mori
-13 Daniele Righi
-12 Marco Marzano
-11 Paolo Tiralongo
-6 Damiano Cunego
-3 Robbie McEwen
-2 Gert Steegmans
-2 Niki Terpstra
-2 Thomas Voeckler
-1 Alessandro Ballan
-1 Bernhard Eisel

Biggest gainers by time :
+6:50 Marcus Burghardt
+6:50 Carlos Barredo
+3:17 Romain Feillu
+3:17 Christophe Le Mevel
+3:15 Mikel Astarloza
+0:11 Samuel Dumoulin
+0:11 Roman Kreuziger
+0:11 Leif Hoste
+0:11 Cyril Dessel
+0:11 Andy Schleck

Biggest losers by time :
-13:22 Damiano Cunego
-13:22 Daniele Righi
-13:22 Marco Marzano
-13:22 Massimiliano Mori
-13:22 Paolo Tiralongo
-1:47 Benoit Vaugrenard
-1:47 Danny Pate
-1:47 Freddy Bichot
-1:47 Robbie McEwen
-1:40 Martyn Maaskant
-1:40 Niki Terpstra

Favourites by position :
-6 Damiano Cunego

Favourites by time :
+0:11 Andy Schleck
-13:22 Damiano Cunego

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Carlos Sastre 79.16.14
2 Frank Schleck 1.24
3 Bernhard Kohl 1.33
4 Cadel Evans 1.34
5 Denis Menchov 2.39
6 Christian Vande Velde 4.41
7 Alejandro Valverde 5.35
8 Samuel Sanchez 5.52
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10 Vladimir Efimkin 8.24
11 Kim Kirchen 8.35
12 Andy Schleck 10.04
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20 Damiano Cunego 25.48
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37 George Hincapie 1.08.28
.....
39 Jens Voigt 1.11.31

Retirements to date : Stage
Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia 15
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5
Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11
Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 12
Moises Duenas (Spa) Barloworld 11
Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 11
Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 8
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 16
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 15
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 15
Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7
Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel 17
Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 14
Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 10
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 16
Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3
Josep Jufre (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Scott 12
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Garmin Chipotle - H30 7
Total retirements : 30