Giro-d'Italia stage 18 summary
 

Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17

Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Elia Rigotto
+9 Paolo Fornaciari
+8 William Bonnet
+8 Olivier Bonnaire
+8 Michael Blaudzun
+8 Bobby Julich
+8 Alberto Ongarato
+7 Preben Van Hecke
+7 Matthew White
+7 Marzio Bruseghin

Biggest losers by position :
-7 Emanuele Sella
-6 Jurgen Van De Walle
-5 Dario David Cioni
-4 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
-4 Leonardo Piepoli
-4 Manuele Mori
-4 Steve Zampieri
-3 Anton Luengo Celaya
-3 Grégory Rast
-3 Jose Serpa
-3 Sven Krauss

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:03 Stefan Schumacher
+2:55 Marzio Bruseghin
+2:51 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
+2:41 David Lopez Garcia
+2:36 Charles Wegelius
+0:06 Paolo Bettini

Biggest losers by time :
-8:56 Ivan Mayoz
-8:56 Jason Mccartney
-8:25 Arnaud Gerard
-8:21 Mickael Delage
-8:15 Anton Luengo Celaya
-8:15 Bert Roesems
-8:15 Carl Naibo
-8:15 Cyrille Monnerais
-8:15 Dario Andriotto
-8:15 Davide Bramati
-8:15 Giovanni Lombardi

Favourites by position :
+2 Carlos Sastre Candil
+1 Giampaolo Caruso
+1 Danilo Di Luca
-1 Tom Danielson
-2 Luca Mazzanti
-4 Leonardo Piepoli

Favourites by time :
-0:14 Luca Mazzanti
-1:17 Leonardo Piepoli

Favourites standings :
1 Ivan Basso 73.30.47
2 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna 5.43
3 Gilberto Simoni 10.34
4 Paolo Savoldelli 10.58
5 Franco Pellizotti 12.30
6 Wladimir Belli 13.00
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8 Damiano Cunego 14.48
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11 Andrea Noe' 17.58
12 Danilo Di Luca 18.27
13 Giampaolo Caruso 18.49
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16 Leonardo Piepoli 19.36
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18 Tom Danielson 21.23
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27 Luca Mazzanti 32.02
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36 Carlos Sastre Candil 39.37

Retirements to date :
AG2R Prevoyance John Gadret DNF 18
" Mark Scanlon DNF 12
" Tomas Vaitkus DNF 13
Bouygues Telecom Andy Flickinger
" Giovanni Bernaudeau DNS 14
" Sébastien Chavanel
Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Marco Fertonani DNF 18
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Moises Aldape Chavez
Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Cristian Moreni
" Leonardo Bertagnolli DNF 4
" Rik Verbrugghe DNS 16
" Staf Scheirlinckx DNF 14
" Thierry Marichal
Davitamon-Lotto Christophe Brandt DNS 4
" Robbie Mcewen
Euskaltel-Euskadi Andoni Aranaga Azkune DNF 14
" Koldo Fernandez
" Roberto Laiseka Jaio DNF 12
Française des Jeux Bradley Mcgee
" Philippe Gilbert DNS 12
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
" Ronny Scholz DNF 14
Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Dariusz Baranowski DNF 10
" Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez DNS 13
" Michele Scarponi DNS 17
" Serguei Yakovlev DNF 18
Liquigas Vladimir Miholjevic DNS 14
Phonak Hearing Systems Axel Merckx DNS 15
" Fabrizio Guidi DNF 18
Quick Step-Innergetic Remmert Wielinga
" Serge Baguet DNF 17
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Marc Wauters DNF 17
" Michael Rasmussen DNS 12
Saunier Duval-Prodir Peter Mazur DNF 18
Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Alberto Loddo DNF 16
" Alessandro Bertolini
" José Rujano Guillen DNF 13
" Sergio Barbero DNF 18
T-Mobile Team André Korff
" Michael Rogers DNS 13
" Serguei Gonchar DNS 17
Team Milram Alessandro Petacchi DNS 4
Total retirements : 43