Vuelta a Espana, stage 13 summary
 

Stage 13 : September 04, 2015 Catalayud - Tarazona 178 km

1 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 4.14.01
2 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1.00
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
8 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal


Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+16 Alessandro De Marchi
+15 Niki Terpstra
+14 Stephen Cummings
+12 Yoann Bagot
+11 Kevin Reza
+8 Yukiya Arashiro
+6 Rinaldo Nocentini
+6 Mathew Hayman
+6 Markel Irizar Aranburu
+6 Johan Vansummeren

Biggest losers by position :
-11 Omar Fraile Matarranza
-10 Kristian Sbaragli
-7 Moreno Moser
-7 Pello Bilbao
-6 Alex Cano Ardila
-6 Alex Howes
-6 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-6 Pieter Serry
-5 Amael Moinard
-5 Bert-Jan Lindeman
-5 Ian Boswell

Biggest gainers by time :
+4:58 Nelson Oliveira
+3:54 Julien Simon
+3:52 Nicolas Roche
+3:51 Gianluca Brambilla
+3:50 Romain Sicard
+3:49 Ruben Plaza Molina
+3:49 Rinaldo Nocentini
+3:49 Maxime Monfort
+3:49 Cameron Meyer
+3:48 Yoann Bagot

Biggest losers by time :
-20:08 Geoffrey Soupe
-14:38 Boy van Poppel
-6:49 Thomas De Gendt
-5:01 Jasper De Buyst
-4:41 Alex Cano Ardila
-4:41 Alex Howes
-4:41 Arnaud Courteille
-4:41 Ben King
-4:41 Bert-Jan Lindeman
-4:41 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-4:41 Dennis Van Winden

Favourites by position :
-2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-2 Domenico Pozzovivo
-4 Mikel Landa Meana
-4 Andrew Talansky
-5 Pierre Rolland

Favourites by time :
-2:28 Mikel Landa Meana
-3:00 Andrew Talansky
-3:31 Pierre Rolland

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabio Aru 51:33:19 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:27 (unchanged)
3 Tom Dumoulin 0:30 (unchanged)
4 Rafal Majka 1:28 (unchanged)
5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:29 (unchanged)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:52 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:54 (unchanged)
8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 1:58 (unchanged)
9 Gianluca Brambilla 2:51 (was 13th at 6:42)
10 Romain Sicard 2:51 (was 12th at 6:41)
11 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:07 (was 9th at 3:07)
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13 Domenico Pozzovivo 5:19 (was 11th at 5:19)
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20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 11:07 (was 18th at 11:07)
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30 Mikel Landa Meana 26:15 (was 26th at 23:47)
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58 Pierre Rolland 1:05:23 (was 53rd at 1:01:52)
59 Geraint Thomas 1:05:50 (unchanged)
.....
80 Andrew Talansky 1:25:42 (was 76th at 1:22:42)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 79 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 74 (unchanged)
3 Alejandro Valverde 74 (unchanged)
4 Nicolas Roche 72 (was 8th with 56 points)
5 John Degenkolb 68 (was 4th with 68 points)
6 Kristian Sbaragli 65 (was 5th with 65 points)
7 Joaquim Rodriguez 65 (was 6th with 65 points)
8 Fabio Aru 61 (was 7th with 61 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas 54 (was 13th with 42 points)
10 Tosh Van Der Sande 51 (was 9th with 51 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Omar Fraile 55 (unchanged)
2 Ruben Plaza Molina 27 (was 4th with 14 points)
3 Mikel Landa Meana 25 (was 2nd with 25 points)
4 Bertjan Lindeman 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
5 Tom Dumoulin 13 (unchanged)
6 Fabio Aru 12 (unchanged)
7 Kenny Elissonde 11 (was 17th with 5 points)
8 Romain Sicard 11 (was 7th with 11 points)
9 Imanol Erviti 10 (was 8th with 10 points)
10 Nelson Oliveira 9 (was 12th with 7 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 13
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13
Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 13
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 12
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 11
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 11
Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11
Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo 11
Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 11
Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10
Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr 10
Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 9
Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 9
Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling 9
Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 8
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 7
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 6
Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3
Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 2
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 2
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2
Total retirements : 27


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