Giro d'Italia, stage 20 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 20 : May 28, Verbania - Sestriere, 242 km

1 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6.17.03
2 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 4.43
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 4.50
4 Carlos Alberto Betancourt Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone 5.31
5 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.54
6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5.58
7 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 6.16


Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Leonardo Giordani
+20 Gianluca Brambilla
+19 Betancur Gomez Carlos Alberto
+17 Simone Stortoni
+17 Miguel Minguez Ayala
+16 Thomas Peterson
+15 Josep Jufre Pou
+14 Sylvester Szmyd
+14 David Blanco Rodriguez
+12 Rinaldo Nocentini

Biggest losers by position :
-14 Dario David Cioni
-11 Ivan Rovny
-10 Eros Capecchi
-10 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-9 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
-9 Giovanni Visconti
-9 Matteo Montaguti
-8 Federico Canuti
-8 Gorazd Stangelj
-8 Peter Kennaugh
-8 Valerio Agnoli

Biggest gainers by time :
+6:18 Vasili Kiryienka
+1:27 Jose Rujano Guillen
+1:16 JoaquA­m RodrA­guez Oliver
+0:27 Betancur Gomez Carlos Alberto
+0:04 John Gadret

Biggest losers by time :
-41:37 Jos van Emden
-40:22 Elia Favilli
-37:00 Sergey Lagutin
-36:40 Addy Engels
-36:40 Alan Marangoni
-36:40 Alberto Ongarato
-36:40 Alessandro De Marchi
-36:40 Alex Rasmussen
-36:40 Alexander Kristoff
-36:40 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-36:40 Aliaksandr Kuchynski

Favourites by position :
+4 Richie Porte
+3 Carlos Sastre Candil
+2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+1 Denis Menchov
-1 Thomas Lovkvist
-2 David Arroyo Duran
-3 Lars Ytting Bak
-5 Danilo Di Luca
-6 Stefano Garzelli

Favourites by time :
-0:18 Roman Kreuziger
-0:22 Vincenzo Nibali
-2:49 Carlos Sastre Candil
-3:32 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-7:59 Thomas Lovkvist
-10:32 David Arroyo Duran
-20:53 Richie Porte
-26:52 Stefano Garzelli
-26:52 Danilo Di Luca
-36:40 Lars Ytting Bak

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 83:34:25 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 5:18 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 6:14 (was 3rd at 5:52)
4 John Gadret 7:49 (was 4th at 7:53)
5 JoaquA­m RodrA­guez Oliver 9:27 (was 8th at 10:43)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 10:23 (was 10th at 11:50)
7 Roman Kreuziger 10:38 (was 7th at 10:20)
8 Denis Menchov 10:51 (was 9th at 10:51)
9 Steven Kruijswijk 12:56 (was 11th at 12:56)
10 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 12:57 (was 6th at 10:08)
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14 David Arroyo Duran 23:56 (was 12th at 13:24)
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21 Thomas Lovkvist 41:42 (was 20th at 33:43)
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27 Stefano Garzelli 1:02:00 (was 21st at 35:08)
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29 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:04:11 (was 31st at 1:00:39)
30 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:05:26 (was 33rd at 1:02:37)
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68 Danilo Di Luca 2:27:23 (was 63rd at 2:00:31)
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83 Richie Porte 2:46:50 (was 87th at 2:25:57)
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127 Lars Ytting Bak 3:46:43 (was 124th at 3:10:03)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 26 (was 0 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 13 (unchanged)
3 Sebastian Lang 10 (was 9th with 5 points)
4 Stefano Garzelli 8 (was 3rd with 8 points)
5 Bram Tankink 8 (was 4th with 8 points)
6 Lars Ytting Bak 8 (was 5th with 8 points)
7 Frederik Veuchelen 6 (was 42nd with 2 points)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
9 Giovanni Visconti 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
10 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 8th with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 67 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 58 (was 2nd with 56 points)
3 Jose Rujano Guillen 43 (was 4th with 29 points)
4 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (was 3rd with 39 points)
5 Gianluca Brambilla 29 (unchanged)
6 Vasili Kiryienka 24 (was 0 points)
7 Emanuele Sella 23 (was 6th with 23 points)
8 Michele Scarponi 23 (was 7th with 23 points)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 22 (was 8th with 22 points)
10 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (was 9th with 21 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad 19
Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 19
Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 19
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 15
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 15
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 15
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 15
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 15
Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 15
Andrea Noe' (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 14
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 14
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 13
Davide Appollonio (Ukn) Sky Procycling 13
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 13
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 13
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 13
Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 13
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13
Sacha Modolo (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 11
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 48


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