Giro d'Italia, stage 15 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 15 : May 22, Conegliano - Gardeccia-Val di Fassa, 229 km

1 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.27.14
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 1.41
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 1.51
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1.57
5 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.28
6 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 2.35
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3.34
8 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 4.01
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4.13


Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+28 Patrick Gretsch
+27 Dmitry Kozontchouk
+19 Leonardo Giordani
+18 Philip Deignan
+17 Yaroslav Popovych
+17 Bjorn Selander
+16 Simone Stortoni
+16 Johnny Hoogerland
+16 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
+16 Cyril Dessel

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Dario David Cioni
-17 Mathias Frank
-14 Volodymir Gustov
-11 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
-11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano
-10 Francesco Masciarelli
-10 Jerome Pineau
-10 Michael Barry
-9 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-9 Fabio Sabatini
-9 Matteo Carrara

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:05 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+0:20 Stefano Garzelli

Biggest losers by time :
-43:12 Matthew Wilson
-42:40 Michael Christiansen Morkov
-42:03 Mathias Frank
-41:26 Alexander Kristoff
-41:21 Dennis van Winden
-40:57 Alex Rasmussen
-40:57 Jussi Veikkanen
-40:57 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
-40:57 Simon Spilak
-40:44 Gianluca Brambilla
-40:22 Rick Flens

Favourites by position :
+15 Lars Ytting Bak
+12 Stefano Garzelli
+8 Danilo Di Luca
+2 Michele Scarponi
+1 Thomas Lovkvist
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Vincenzo Nibali
-3 Carlos Sastre Candil
-7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-9 Richie Porte

Favourites by time :
+0:20 Stefano Garzelli
-0:14 Michele Scarponi
-1:51 Vincenzo Nibali
-2:18 Roman Kreuziger
-2:40 Denis Menchov
-2:47 David Arroyo Duran
-14:04 Thomas Lovkvist
-15:13 Danilo Di Luca
-19:19 Carlos Sastre Candil
-22:21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-25:34 Lars Ytting Bak
-38:16 Richie Porte

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 62:14:42 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 4:20 (was 4th at 4:06)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 5:11 (was 2nd at 3:20)
4 John Gadret 6:08 (was 5th at 5:23)
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 7:03 (was 17th at 9:08)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 8:39 (was 12th at 7:47)
7 Denis Menchov 8:46 (was 7th at 6:06)
8 Roman Kreuziger 8:58 (was 9th at 6:40)
9 JoaquA­m RodrA­guez Oliver 9:20 (was 11th at 7:29)
10 David Arroyo Duran 9:30 (was 10th at 6:43)
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17 Stefano Garzelli 23:11 (was 29th at 23:31)
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20 Thomas Lovkvist 27:28 (was 21st at 13:24)
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30 Carlos Sastre Candil 41:00 (was 27th at 21:41)
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35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 45:18 (was 28th at 22:57)
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60 Danilo Di Luca 1:19:46 (was 68th at 1:04:33)
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114 Richie Porte 2:11:54 (was 105th at 1:33:38)
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124 Lars Ytting Bak 2:20:05 (was 139th at 1:54:31)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 16 (was 1st with 12 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 10 (unchanged)
3 Stefano Garzelli 5 (was 0 points)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
5 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Sebastian Lang 5 (unchanged)
7 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
8 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Matteo Tosatto 5 (was 9th with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 62 (was 16th with 8 points)
2 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (was 0 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 38 (was 1st with 33 points)
4 Gianluca Brambilla 27 (was 2nd with 27 points)
5 Jose Rujano Guillen 26 (was 3rd with 24 points)
6 Emanuele Sella 23 (was 0 points)
7 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (was 0 points)
8 Branislau Samoilau 19 (was 4th with 19 points)
9 Filippo Savini 18 (was 5th with 18 points)
10 Michele Scarponi 18 (was 7th with 15 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 41


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