Giro d'Italia, stage 14 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 14 : May 21, Lienz - Monte Zoncolan, 210 km

1 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.04.26
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.33
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.40
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1.11
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC 1.21
6 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.38
7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52
8 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.55
9 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 2.05
10 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 2.11


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Rinaldo Nocentini
+17 Maxim Belkov
+16 Matteo Rabottini
+13 Danilo Di Luca
+11 Matteo Montaguti
+11 Jerome Pineau
+11 Gianluca Brambilla
+10 Jorge Azanza Soto
+10 Gorazd Stangelj
+9 Marcel Wyss

Biggest losers by position :
-12 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-12 Pieter Weening
-11 Francesco Masciarelli
-11 Kevin Seeldrayers
-10 Stefano Garzelli
-8 Fabio Taborre
-7 Marco Marzano
-7 Sergey Lagutin
-6 David Arroyo Duran
-6 Julien Berard
-6 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:41 Igor Anton Hernandez

Biggest losers by time :
-26:33 Kevin Seeldrayers
-22:02 Alexander Kristoff
-21:28 Cameron Meyer
-21:28 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
-21:28 Laurent Didier
-21:28 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
-21:28 Matteo Tosatto
-21:28 Michael Christiansen Morkov
-21:28 Miguel Minguez Ayala
-20:49 Alex Rasmussen
-20:49 Frantisek Rabon

Favourites by position :
+13 Danilo Di Luca
+8 Richie Porte
+4 Denis Menchov
+3 Lars Ytting Bak
+2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+1 Thomas Lovkvist
+1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1 Michele Scarponi
-4 Roman Kreuziger
-6 David Arroyo Duran
-10 Stefano Garzelli

Favourites by time :
-0:11 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:50 Michele Scarponi
-1:00 Denis Menchov
-3:11 Roman Kreuziger
-3:18 David Arroyo Duran
-5:11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-5:43 Thomas Lovkvist
-7:05 Danilo Di Luca
-8:53 Carlos Sastre Candil
-15:52 Richie Porte
-16:51 Stefano Garzelli
-18:07 Lars Ytting Bak
-20:49 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 54:45:45 (unchanged)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 3:20 (was 2nd at 3:09)
3 Igor Anton Hernandez 3:21 (was 7th at 4:02)
4 Michele Scarponi 4:06 (was 3rd at 3:16)
5 John Gadret 5:23 (was 8th at 4:06)
6 Kanstantsin Siutsou 5:37 (was 6th at 3:53)
7 Denis Menchov 6:06 (was 11th at 5:06)
8 Hubert Dupont 6:12 (was 10th at 4:38)
9 Roman Kreuziger 6:40 (was 5th at 3:29)
10 David Arroyo Duran 6:43 (was 4th at 3:25)
.....
21 Thomas Lovkvist 13:24 (was 22nd at 7:41)
.....
27 Carlos Sastre Candil 21:41 (was 28th at 12:48)
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 22:57 (was 30th at 17:46)
29 Stefano Garzelli 23:31 (was 19th at 6:40)
.....
68 Danilo Di Luca 1:04:33 (was 81st at 57:28)
.....
105 Richie Porte 1:33:38 (was 113rd at 1:17:46)
.....
139 Lars Ytting Bak 1:54:31 (was 142nd at 1:36:24)
.....
163 Frantisek Rabon 2:16:14 (was 163rd at 1:55:25)

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

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 33 (was 1st with 24 points)
2 Gianluca Brambilla 27 (was 12th with 8 points)
3 Jose Rujano Guillen 24 (was 2nd with 24 points)
4 Branislau Samoilau 19 (was 3rd with 19 points)
5 Filippo Savini 18 (was 4th with 16 points)
6 Igor Anton Hernandez 15 (was 0 points)
7 Michele Scarponi 15 (was 6th with 12 points)
8 Robert Kiserlovski 14 (was 5th with 12 points)
9 Bart De Clercq 11 (was 7th with 11 points)
10 Vincenzo Nibali 11 (was 17th with 6 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 34


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[Steve Freides]

Bob, thank you for posting these time and time again. Your dilgence is
much appreciated.

-S-