Added Cadel Evans to favourites, as he's now in top 10.
Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15
Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Ludovic Turpin
+15 FrÚdÚric Bessy
+14 Anthony Geslin
+13 Salvatore Commesso
+13 Johan Vansummeren
+11 Francis Mourey
+10 Philippe Gilbert
+10 Nicki S÷rensen
+10 Juan Antonio Flecha
+10 Dario Cioni
Biggest losers by position :
-12 Walter BÚnÚteau
-11 Juan Manuel Garate
-11 Matthias Kessler
-11 Nicolas Portal
-10 Denis Menchov
-10 Stephan Schreck
-9 Joseba Beloki
-9 JosÚ Luis Arrieta
-9 Massimo Giunti
-9 Thomas L÷vkvist
-8 SÚbastien Joly
Biggest gainers by time :
+3:50 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+3:38 Xabier Zandio
+3:32 Eddy Mazzoleni
+3:28 Cadel Evans
+1:05 Philippe Gilbert
+1:03 Ludovic Turpin
+1:01 Juan Antonio Flecha
+0:59 J÷rg Ludewig
+0:59 CÚdric Vasseur
+0:59 Anthony Geslin
Biggest losers by time :
-18:09 Alessandro Bertolini
-18:09 Alessandro Vanotti
-18:09 Baden Cooke
-18:09 Bernhard Eisel
-18:09 Bradley McGee
-18:09 Daniel Becke
-18:09 Denis Menchov
-18:09 Giovanni Lombardi
-18:09 Jose Vicente GarcÝa Acosta
-18:09 Joseba Beloki
-18:09 Kjell Carlstr÷m
Favourites by position :
+10 Dario Cioni
+4 Cadel Evans
+3 Roberto Heras
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+2 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-1 Michael Rogers
-1 Floyd Landis
-1 Christophe Moreau
-1 Bobby Julich
-1 Andreas Kl÷den
-1 Alexandre Vinokourov
-6 Santiago Botero
-10 Denis Menchov
Favourites by time :
+3:50 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+3:28 Cadel Evans
-6:41 Michael Rogers
-18:09 Santiago Botero
-18:09 Denis Menchov
Favourites standings :
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 66.52.03
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.09
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.58
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.31
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.35
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.29
8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.33
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 9.38
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.47
11 Andreas Kl÷den (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.01
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.40
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19.03
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27.37
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 52.47
35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56.18
38 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.07.37
45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W³rth 1.28.38
46 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29.27
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.32.57
72 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.06.17
83 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.15.02
Retirements to date :
Ag2r-Prevoyance Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) DNF 11
" Sylvain Calzati (Fra) DNF 8
Credit Agricole Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) DNF 9
Davitamon-Lotto Leon van Bon (Ned) DNF 8
Discovery Channel Manuel Beltran (Spa) DNF 12
Domina Vacanze Angelo Furlan (Ita) DNF 12
" Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) DNS 8
Euskaltel-Euskadi David Herrero (Spa) DNF 15
Fassa Bortolo Claudio Corioni (Ita) DNF 6
" Dario Frigo (Ita) DNS 11
" Kim Kirchen (Lux) DNF 11
Franþaise Des Jeux Christophe Mengin (Fra) DNS 8
Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Alejandro Valverde (Spa) DNF 13
" Isaac Gßlvez (Spa) DNF 8
Lampre-Caffita Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) DNF 7
" Evgeni Petrov (Rus) DNS 10
" Gerrit Glomser (Aut) DNF 10
" Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) DNS 16
Liberty Seguros-W³rth Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) DNF 9
Liquigas-Bianchi Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) DNF 9
" Magnus Backstedt (Swe) DNS 16
Phonak Hearing Systems Robert Hunter (RSA) DNF 12
" Steve Zampieri (Swi) DNF 7
Quick.Step Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) HD 11
" Stefano Zanini (Ita) DNF 11
" Tom Boonen (Bel) DNS 12
" Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) DNF 15
Rabobank Gerben L÷wik (Ned) DNF 14
Saunier Duval-Prodir Constantino Zaballa (Spa) DNF 5
" Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) DNF 9
" Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) DNF 12
Team CSC David Zabriskie (USA) DNF 9
" Jens Voigt (Ger) HD 11
Total retirements : 33