Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17
Biggest gainers by position :
+16 Carlos Da Cruz
+14 Matthias Kessler
+13 Thomas Voeckler
+13 Luke Roberts
+6 Franco Pellizotti
+5 Yuriy Krivtsov
+5 Egoi Martinez
+5 CÚdric Vasseur
+4 Xabier Zandio
+4 Nicolas Jalabert
Biggest losers by position :
-6 Lorenzo Bernucci
-5 Santiago Botero
-4 Fred Rodriguez
-4 Iban Mayo
-4 Michael Rogers
-4 Thomas L÷vkvist
-3 Dario Cioni
-3 Joseba Beloki
-3 Karsten Kroon
-3 Mario Aerts
-3 Pierrick FÚdrigo
Biggest gainers by time :
+11:38 Marcos Serrano
+11:03 CÚdric Vasseur
+10:59 Axel Merckx
+10:14 Xabier Zandio
+10:10 Franco Pellizotti
+9:52 Thomas Voeckler
+9:50 Luke Roberts
+9:34 Matthias Kessler
+9:15 Egoi Martinez
+8:46 Carlos Da Cruz
Biggest losers by time :
-11:03 Robert F÷rster
-10:49 Bradley McGee
-10:49 Denis Menchov
-10:49 Erik Dekker
-10:49 Fred Rodriguez
-10:49 Janek Tombak
-10:49 Karsten Kroon
-10:17 SÚbastien Hinault
-10:05 Iker Flores
-10:05 Inigo Landaluze
-10:03 Wim Vansevenant
Favourites by position :
+1 Stefano Garzelli
+1 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+1 Cadel Evans
-1 Paolo Savoldelli
-1 Carlos Sastre
-1 Alexandre Vinokourov
-2 Vladimir Karpets
-2 Denis Menchov
-3 Dario Cioni
-4 Michael Rogers
-5 Santiago Botero
Favourites by time :
-0:33 Alexandre Vinokourov
-0:37 Michael Rasmussen
-0:37 Levi Leipheimer
-0:37 Francisco Mancebo
-0:49 Floyd Landis
-1:08 Christophe Moreau
-1:10 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-1:40 Bobby Julich
-1:43 Roberto Heras
-2:45 Stefano Garzelli
-3:17 Carlos Sastre
-5:51 Vladimir Karpets
-7:43 Paolo Savoldelli
-9:45 Santiago Botero
-9:45 Michael Rogers
-9:45 Dario Cioni
-10:49 Denis Menchov
Favourites standings :
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 77.44.44
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.46
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.58
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.08
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8.12
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10.11
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.42
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.15
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.10
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22.35
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31.14
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 37.42
32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59.23
42 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.19.14
45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W³rth 1.31.22
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.40.40
51 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41.04
56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.56.48
86 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.28.07
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
T-Mobile Team Andreas Kl÷den (Ger) DNF 17
Team CSC David Zabriskie (USA) DNF 9
" Jens Voigt (Ger) HD 11
Total retirements : 34