Giro d'Italia, stage 13 summary
 

Changes in stage 13 compared to stage 12

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Mark Cavendish
+3 Thomas Fothen
+3 Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca
+3 Alexander Serov
+3 Alberto Ongarato
+2 Yuriy Krivtsov
+2 Tony Martin
+2 Timothy Gudsell
+2 Sven Krauss
+2 Steven Cummings

Biggest losers by position :
-2 Marzio Bruseghin
-2 Riccardo Ricco
-1 Christian Pfannberger
-1 Denis Menchov
-1 Evgeny Petrov
-1 Felix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo
-1 Juan Manuel Garate
-1 Leonardo Piepoli
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Michael Blaudzun

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:33 Mark Cavendish
+0:27 Daniele Bennati
+0:21 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+0:13 Yuriy Krivtsov
+0:13 Vladimir Miholjevic
+0:13 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:13 Tony Martin
+0:13 Thomas Fothen
+0:13 Sven Krauss
+0:13 Robert Forster

Biggest losers by time :
-0:43 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza
-0:39 Markus Eichler
-0:36 Christian Pfannberger
-0:36 Ermanno Capelli
-0:26 Damien Monier
-0:17 Mickael Buffaz

Favourites by position :
+1 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Danilo Di Luca
+1 Daniele Bennati
+1 Andreas Kloden
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Leonardo Piepoli
-1 Denis Menchov
-2 Riccardo Ricco
-2 Marzio Bruseghin

Favourites by time :
+0:27 Daniele Bennati
+0:13 Paolo Savoldelli
+0:13 Gilberto Simoni
+0:13 Franco Pellizotti
+0:13 Danilo Di Luca
+0:13 Andreas Kloden
+0:13 Andrea Noe
+0:06 Tadej Valjavec

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Giovanni Visconti 57.17.06
2 Gabriele Bosisio 5.50
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 6.59
4 Andreas Kloden 7.41
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6 Marzio Bruseghin 7.52
7 Paolo Savoldelli 7.56
8 Danilo Di Luca 8.20
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10 Riccardo Ricco 8.32
11 Gilberto Simoni 8.57
12 Denis Menchov 8.57
13 Franco Pellizotti 9.02
14 Levi Leipheimer 9.10
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21 Leonardo Piepoli 10.16
22 Davide Rebellin 10.36
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24 Tadej Valjavec 11.33
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29 Vladimir Karpets 12.58
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47 Andrea Noe 25.23
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65 Daniele Bennati 37.17
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78 Jens Voigt 46.23

Retirements to date : Stage
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 8
Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 11
Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 7
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 11
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 9
Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 10
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 11
Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 9
Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 13
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux 7
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11
Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 11
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10
Total retirements : 31