Giro d'Italia, stage 15 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
+27 Jeremy Roy
+20 Hubert Schwab
+20 Damien Monier
+17 Mathieu Perget
+16 Emanuele Sella
+14 Raffaele Illiano
+14 Joaquin Rodriguez
+14 Alessandro Vanotti
+13 Maxim Iglinsky

Biggest losers by position :
-26 Christian Vande Velde
-21 Giovanni Visconti
-17 Gabriele Bosisio
-15 Marco Pinotti
-15 Morris Possoni
-13 Jose Rujano Guillen
-10 Mickael Cherel
-8 Alan Perez Lezaun
-8 David Canada
-7 Andreas Kloden
-6 Jussi Veikkanen

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:52 Emanuele Sella
+0:39 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:29 Riccardo Ricco
+0:12 Danilo Di Luca
+0:05 Gilberto Simoni
+0:05 Alberto Contador Velasco

Biggest losers by time :
-33:10 Markus Eichler
-33:07 Giairo Ermeti
-32:45 Adam Hansen
-32:45 Addy Engels
-32:45 Alan Perez Lezaun
-32:45 Alberto Ongarato
-32:45 Alexander Efimkin
-32:45 Alexandre Usov
-32:45 Anders Lund
-32:45 Andre Greipel
-32:45 Assan Bazayev

Favourites by position :
+12 Jens Voigt
+10 Tadej Valjavec
+8 Andrea Noe
+4 Levi Leipheimer
+2 Riccardo Ricco
+2 Gilberto Simoni
+2 Franco Pellizotti
+2 Denis Menchov
+2 Danilo Di Luca
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Marzio Bruseghin
-1 Daniele Bennati
-3 Vladimir Karpets
-6 Paolo Savoldelli
-7 Andreas Kloden

Favourites by time :
+0:29 Riccardo Ricco
+0:12 Danilo Di Luca
+0:05 Gilberto Simoni
+0:05 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:02 Denis Menchov
-0:50 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:55 Tadej Valjavec
-0:55 Franco Pellizotti
-4:54 Jens Voigt
-5:15 Andreas Kloden
-6:34 Levi Leipheimer
-7:37 Paolo Savoldelli
-7:47 Andrea Noe
-18:40 Vladimir Karpets
-26:40 Daniele Bennati

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 68.06.43
2 Riccardo Ricco 0.33
3 Danilo Di Luca 0.55
4 Marzio Bruseghin 1.18
5 Denis Menchov 1.20
6 Gilberto Simoni 1.26
7 Franco Pellizotti 2.27
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12 Tadej Valjavec 5.58
13 Andreas Kloden 6.26
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17 Paolo Savoldelli 9.17
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19 Levi Leipheimer 12.25
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32 Vladimir Karpets 28.44
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34 Andrea Noe 30.39
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49 Jens Voigt 48.36
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70 Daniele Bennati 1.17.13

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
Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 15 <<<
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
Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 13
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 <<<
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux 7
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14
Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11
Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11
Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 <<<
Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 14
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 11
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 15 <<<
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 14
Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 <<<
Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 14
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 <<<
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 14
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10
Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 14
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
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10
Total retirements : 46