Giro d'Italia, stage 16 summary
 

Stage 16 - Monday, May 25: Pergola - Monte Petrano, 237km

First 10 finishers :
1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7.11.54 (32.646km/h)
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.25
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.26
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.29
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.19
6 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.11
9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.35
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 2.51


Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Steve Morabito
+23 Renaud Dion
+22 Riccardo Chiarini
+22 Andrea Masciarelli
+21 Ignatas Konovalovas
+19 Morris Possoni
+19 Anthony Charteau
+19 Angel Gomez
+18 Julien Belgy
+18 Jean-Charles Senac

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-19 Dario David Cioni
-14 Thomas Lovkvist
-13 Giovanni Visconti
-12 Giampaolo Cheula
-12 Vasili Kiryienka
-11 Bradley Wiggins
-11 Dmytro Grabovskyy
-11 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-11 Markus Fothen
-10 Dries Devenyns

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:33 Carlos Sastre

Biggest losers by time :
-48:01 Alberto Fernandez
-48:01 Alessandro Petacchi
-48:01 Alessandro Vanotti
-48:01 Alexander Serov
-48:01 Allan Davis
-48:01 Anders Lund
-48:01 Bart Dockx
-48:01 Bartosz Huzarski
-48:01 Ben Swift
-48:01 Bjorn Schroder
-48:01 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by position :
+7 Jens Voigt
+4 Stefano Garzelli
+2 Carlos Sastre
+1 Lance Armstrong
+1 Ivan Basso
-1 Damiano Cunego
-2 Gilberto Simoni
-3 Marzio Bruseghin
-3 Levi Leipheimer
-14 Thomas Lovkvist

Favourites by time :
+0:33 Carlos Sastre
-0:05 Danilo Di Luca
-0:16 Ivan Basso
-1:06 Stefano Garzelli
-1:08 Franco Pellizotti
-2:38 Levi Leipheimer
-2:38 Lance Armstrong
-2:49 Michael Rogers
-4:01 Marzio Bruseghin
-4:46 Damiano Cunego
-14:42 Jens Voigt
-19:47 Gilberto Simoni
-24:33 Thomas Lovkvist

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 70.06.30
2 Danilo Di Luca 0.39
3 Carlos Sastre 2.19
4 Franco Pellizotti 3.08
5 Ivan Basso 3.19
6 Levi Leipheimer 3.21
7 Michael Rogers 5.54
8 Stefano Garzelli 8.21
.....
11 Marzio Bruseghin 9.27
12 Lance Armstrong 11.06
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16 Damiano Cunego 14.29
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24 Thomas Lovkvist 30.59
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28 Gilberto Simoni 41.07
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48 Jens Voigt 1.15.54

Retirements to date : Stage
Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16
Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 16
David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 15
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 15
Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15
Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 15
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 15
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 14
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 14
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 14
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 14
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 14
Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 12
Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11
Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11
Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 10
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8
Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8
Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 8
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7
David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
Total retirements : 26