Vuelta a Espana, stage 14 summary
 

Stage 14 : Sep 3, Astorga - La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo, 173.2 km

1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 4.39.01
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC 0.25
3 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC 0.29
4 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.40
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.45
6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1.00


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+28 Rein Taaramae
+17 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
+16 Francesco Bellotti
+15 Matteo Montaguti
+15 Inaki Isasi Flores
+15 Daniele Righi
+13 Lloyd Mondory
+13 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman
+11 David De La Fuente Rasilla

Biggest losers by position :
-20 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-11 Marco Marzano
-11 Tiago Machado
-10 Mathias Frank
-10 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-9 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-9 David Moncoutie
-9 Janez Brajkovic
-9 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-8 Igor Anton Hernandez

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:09 Rein Taaramae
+0:32 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+0:30 David De La Fuente Rasilla
+0:05 Wout Poels

Biggest losers by time :
-29:35 Adam Hansen
-29:35 Alan Marangoni
-29:35 Albert Timmer
-29:35 Aleksejs Saramotins
-29:35 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-29:35 Andreas Klier
-29:35 Bert Grabsch
-29:35 Christopher Sutton
-29:35 Geoffroy Lequatre
-29:35 Ian Stannard

Favourites by position :
+28 Rein Taaramae
+6 Denis Menchov
+4 David Blanco Rodriguez
+3 Tony Martin
+3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+3 Carlos Sastre Candil
+3 Bauke Mollema
-4 Steven Kruijswijk
-5 Vincenzo Nibali
-9 Janez Brajkovic

Favourites by time :
+1:09 Rein Taaramae
-0:15 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1:19 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:21 Vincenzo Nibali
-3:19 Janez Brajkovic
-7:59 David Blanco Rodriguez
-17:58 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-18:00 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-20:15 Steven Kruijswijk
-23:49 Tony Martin

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 55:54:45 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:07 (was 3rd at 0:07)
3 Bauke Mollema 0:36 (was 6th at 0:36)
4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:55 (was 8th at 1:27)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:58 (was 5th at 0:19)
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff 1:23 (was 4th at 0:09)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 1:25 (was 2nd at 0:04)
8 Maxime Monfort 1:37 (was 7th at 1:04)
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2:16 (was 12th at 2:01)
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:24 (was 9th at 1:52)
11 Denis Menchov 2:56 (was 17th at 2:56)
.....
20 Janez Brajkovic 5:19 (was 11th at 2:00)
.....
22 Carlos Sastre Candil 6:50 (was 25th at 5:31)
.....
40 Steven Kruijswijk 43:10 (was 36th at 22:55)
41 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 45:56 (was 41st at 27:58)
.....
48 David Blanco Rodriguez 57:26 (was 52nd at 49:27)
.....
92 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:53:50 (was 92nd at 1:35:50)
.....
96 Rein Taaramae 1:59:34 (was 124th at 2:00:43)
.....
123 Tony Martin 2:25:08 (was 126th at 2:01:19)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 81 (unchanged)
2 Bauke Mollema 78 (was 3rd with 69 points)
3 Peter Sagan 75 (was 2nd with 75 points)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 65 (was 4th with 62 points)
5 Wout Poels 51 (was 14th with 37 points)
6 Daniel Martin 48 (was 5th with 48 points)
7 Pablo Lastras Garcia 48 (was 6th with 48 points)
8 Bradley Wiggins 48 (was 15th with 36 points)
9 Christopher Froome 46 (was 16th with 36 points)
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 44 (was 12th with 38 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 50 (unchanged)
2 Matteo Montaguti 38 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 32 (unchanged)
4 Rein Taaramae 30 (was 20th with 5 points)
5 Daniel Martin 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
6 David De La Fuente Rasilla 24 (was 12th with 7 points)
7 Chris Anker Sorensen 19 (was 5th with 19 points)
8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 16 (was 15th with 6 points)
9 Koen De Kort 14 (was 6th with 14 points)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 13 (was 7th with 13 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 14
Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 14
Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 13
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano 13
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 13
Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada 11
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 11
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 8
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8
Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6
Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 5
Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 5
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4
Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 20


(This report can also be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)

Vuelta a Espana, stage 14 summary
 

On 9/3/2011 1:30 PM, Bob Martin wrote:
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 55:54:45 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:07 (was 3rd at 0:07)
3 Bauke Mollema 0:36 (was 6th at 0:36)
4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:55 (was 8th at 1:27)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:58 (was 5th at 0:19)
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff 1:23 (was 4th at 0:09)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 1:25 (was 2nd at 0:04)

Velo News says Nibali lost "more than two minutes." Did they simply make
a mistake or am I missing something obvious because I'm a dumbass?

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/...ds-lead_190886

Vuelta a Espana, stage 14 summary
 

On Sep 3, 4:46*pm, Jimmy July wrote:
On 9/3/2011 1:30 PM, Bob Martin wrote:

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
* * * * *1 *Bradley Wiggins * * * * * * * * * * * 55:54:45 * * * * (unchanged)
* * * * *2 *Christopher Froome * * * * * * * * * * * *0:07 * * * * (was 3rd at 0:07)
* * * * *3 *Bauke Mollema * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0:36 * * * * (was 6th at 0:36)
* * * * *4 *Juan Jose Cobo Acebo * * * * * * * * * * *0:55 * * * * (was 8th at 1:27)
* * * * *5 *Jakob Fuglsang * * * * * * * * * * * * * *0:58 * * * * (was 5th at 0:19)
* * * * *6 *Fredrik Kessiakoff * * * * * * * * * * * *1:23 * * * * (was 4th at 0:09)
* * * * *7 *Vincenzo Nibali * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1:25 * * * * (was 2nd at 0:04)

Velo News says Nibali lost "more than two minutes." Did they simply make
a mistake or am I missing something obvious because I'm a dumbass?

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/...ae-takes-stage...

Stage results:
1 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
,,,
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:45
6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
....
26 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:02:06
27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale

Nibalii lost 2:06 to the stage winner, but 1:21 to Wiggins.

DR