Vuelta a Espana, stage 21 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 21 : Sep 19, San Sebastian de los Reyes - Madrid, 85 km

1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions 2.02.24
2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana
4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia
6 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
7 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne
9 Juan-Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
10 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+2 Nikolas Maes
+2 Luis Pasamontes
+2 Christophe Riblon
+1 Xavier Florencio
+1 Tyler Farrar
+1 Thomas Peterson
+1 Sebastien Hinault
+1 Samuel Dumoulin
+1 Mauro Finetto
+1 Matteo Tosatto

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Johann Tschopp
-3 Vladimir Isaichev
-2 Martin Velits
-2 Matthew Wilson
-2 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Anders Lund
-1 Andreas Stauff
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-1 David Gutierrez Gutierrez
-1 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-1 Dominik Klemme

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:22 Tyler Farrar
+0:14 Mark Cavendish
+0:10 Allan Davis
+0:02 Yauheni Hutarovich
+0:02 Wouter Weylandt
+0:02 William Bonnet
+0:02 Valentin Iglinskiy
+0:02 Sebastien Hinault
+0:02 Samuel Dumoulin
+0:02 Matthew Goss

Biggest losers by time :
-2:17 Roman Kreuziger
-2:12 Dominik Klemme
-2:12 Matthew Wilson
-2:12 Sergio Carrasco
-2:12 Tony Gallopin
-2:12 Vladimir Isaichev
-2:09 Johann Tschopp
-2:09 Lars-Ytting Bak
-2:09 Martin Velits
-2:09 Olivier Kaisen
-2:09 Oscar Pujol

Favourites by position :
+1 Allan Davis
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-2 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Allan Davis
-0:02 Xavier Tondo
-0:02 Ruben Plaza
-0:02 Joaquin Rodriguez
-0:02 Frank Schleck
-0:02 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:02 David Arroyo
-0:02 Carlos Sastre
-0:09 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-0:54 Christian Vande Velde
-1:02 Denis Menchov
-2:17 Roman Kreuziger

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 87:18:31 (unchanged)
2 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:43 (was 2nd at 0:41)
3 Peter Velits 3:04 (was 3rd at 3:02)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 4:22 (was 4th at 4:20)
5 Frank Schleck 4:45 (was 5th at 4:43)
6 Xavier Tondo 4:54 (was 6th at 4:52)
7 Nicholas Roche 5:05 (was 7th at 5:03)
8 Carlos Sastre 6:08 (was 8th at 6:06)
9 Tom Danielson 6:18 (was 9th at 6:09)
10 Luis-Leon Sanchez 7:44 (was 10th at 7:35)
.....
16 Ruben Plaza 16:42 (was 16th at 16:40)
.....
25 David Arroyo 35:29 (was 25th at 35:27)
.....
28 Roman Kreuziger 38:45 (was 26th at 36:28)
.....
41 Denis Menchov 1:13:44 (was 41st at 1:12:42)
.....
59 Christian Vande Velde 1:52:49 (was 58th at 1:51:55)
.....
76 Allan Davis 2:13:16 (was 77th at 2:13:26)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 156 (was 1st with 136 points)
2 Tyler Farrar 149 (was 2nd with 124 points)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 120 (was 3rd with 119 points)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 110 (unchanged)
5 Philippe Gilbert 104 (unchanged)
6 Ezequiel Mosquera 97 (unchanged)
7 Peter Velits 88 (unchanged)
8 David Moncoutie 72 (unchanged)
9 Nicolas Roche 63 (unchanged)
10 Frank Schleck 62 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 51 (unchanged)
2 Serafin Martinez 43 (unchanged)
3 Ezequiel Mosquera 36 (unchanged)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 29 (unchanged)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 26 (unchanged)
6 Luis-Leon Sanchez 25 (unchanged)
7 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (unchanged)
8 Mikel Nieve 21 (unchanged)
9 Johann Tschopp 18 (unchanged)
10 Frank Schleck 17 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 20
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 19
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 19
David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Transitions 18
Theo Bos (Ned) Cervelo Test Team 17
Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 17
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 16
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 15
Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 15
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale 15
Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 15
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 14
Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team 14
Hayden Roulston (NZL) Team HTC-Columbia 13
Julian Dean (NZL) Garmin-Transitions 13
David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto 12
Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram 12
Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 11
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 11
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 10
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 10
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 10
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9
Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 42


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[Ryan Cousineau]

On Sep 19, 11:07 am, Bob Martin <bob.mar...@excite.com> wrote:
> Stage 21 : Sep 19, San Sebastian de los Reyes - Madrid, 85 km            

Does this GC result seem like a pile of odd names to anyone else? It's
weird to see guys like Menchov and Schleck down the listings. I know
this wasn't their goal race, but who here had the Nibali-Mosquera-
Velits podium? This race seems, er, undercontested.

I'd also say that seeing the entire GC podium in the top 7 on points
suggests how shallow this contest was. Cav and Farrar showed up to
beat on each other, and that was it. In fairness, it's not like the
Vuelta points were ever something anyone took seriously, but this is a
GT!