Giro d'Italia, stage 12 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 12 compared to stage 11

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Laurent Mangel
+3 Giairo Ermeti
+3 Blaise Sonnery
+3 Anders Lund
+2 Serguei Klimov
+2 Nikolay Trusov
+2 Mauro Facci
+2 Lilian Jegou
+2 Kevin Seeldraeyers
+2 Guillaume Levarlet

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Mirco Lorenzetto
-12 Matteo Priamo
-6 Fabio Sabatini
-5 Tony Martin
-4 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
-4 Joaquin Rodriguez
-3 Dries Devenyns
-3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
-2 Charles Wegelius
-2 Christian Pfannberger
-2 Damien Monier

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:24 Daniele Bennati
+0:12 Mark Cavendish
+0:08 Robbie McEwen

Biggest losers by time :
-11:38 Matteo Priamo
-11:38 Mirco Lorenzetto
-4:19 Tony Martin
-3:54 Fabio Sabatini
-3:05 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
-2:06 Ermanno Capelli
-2:06 Eros Capecchi
-2:06 Joaquin Rodriguez
-1:39 Charles Wegelius
-1:39 Christian Pfannberger
-1:39 Damien Monier

Favourites by position :

Favourites by time :
+0:24 Daniele Bennati

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Giovanni Visconti 53.05.46
2 Gabriele Bosisio 5.50
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 6.59
4 Marzio Bruseghin 7.52
5 Andreas Kloden 7.54
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7 Paolo Savoldelli 8.09
8 Riccardo Ricco 8.32
9 Danilo Di Luca 8.33
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11 Denis Menchov 8.57
12 Gilberto Simoni 9.10
13 Levi Leipheimer 9.10
14 Franco Pellizotti 9.15
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20 Leonardo Piepoli 10.16
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22 Davide Rebellin 10.36
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24 Tadej Valjavec 11.39
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29 Vladimir Karpets 12.58
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47 Andrea Noe 25.36
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66 Daniele Bennati 37.44
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78 Jens Voigt 46.23

Retirements to date : Stage
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 8
Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 11
Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 7
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 11
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 9
Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 10
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 11
Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 9
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux 7
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11
Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 11
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10
Total retirements : 29