Stage 11 : May 18, Tortoreto - Castelfidardo, 142 km

1 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.33.11
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
4 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
7 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale


Changes in GC, stage 11 compared to stage 10 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+25 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde
+24 Gianluca Brambilla
+21 Ruggero Marzoli
+21 Rinaldo Nocentini
+21 Ignatas Konovalovas
+19 Pavel Brutt
+18 Stef Clement
+18 Simon Spilak
+18 Dmitry Kozontchouk
+16 Jussi Veikkanen

Biggest losers by position :
-21 David Blanco Rodriguez
-21 Robert Kiserlovski
-19 Luca Mazzanti
-19 Martin Kohler
-18 Gerald Ciolek
-18 Jan Bakelants
-18 Maxim Belkov
-17 Sergey Lagutin
-16 Alberto Ongarato
-16 Kristof Vandewalle
-16 Michal Golas

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 John Gadret
+0:12 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver
+0:08 Giovanni Visconti

Biggest losers by time :
-15:30 Francesco Chicchi
-15:30 Manuel Belletti
-15:28 Elia Favilli
-15:28 Russell Downing
-15:23 Leonardo Giordani
-15:10 Alberto Ongarato
-15:10 Alex Rasmussen
-15:10 Alexander Kristoff
-15:10 Bjorn Selander
-15:10 Brett Lancaster
-15:10 Chad Beyer

Favourites by position :
+4 Denis Menchov
+3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+2 Thomas Lovkvist
+2 Carlos Sastre Candil
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
-1 Danilo Di Luca
-5 Richie Porte
-6 Frantisek Rabon
-7 Lars Ytting Bak

Favourites by time :
-0:05 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:13 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:13 Carlos Sastre Candil
-3:34 Danilo Di Luca
-10:47 Richie Porte
-15:10 Lars Ytting Bak
-15:10 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 40:37:51 (unchanged)
2 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:59 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 1:21 (was 4th at 1:21)
4 Christophe Le Mevel 1:28 (was 3rd at 1:19)
5 Michele Scarponi 1:28 (unchanged)
6 David Arroyo Duran 1:37 (unchanged)
7 Roman Kreuziger 1:41 (unchanged)
8 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez 1:47 (unchanged)
9 Dario Cataldo 2:21 (unchanged)
10 Matteo Carrara 2:21 (unchanged)
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13 Stefano Garzelli 2:39 (unchanged)
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16 Denis Menchov 3:18 (was 20th at 3:18)
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19 Thomas Lovkvist 3:40 (was 21st at 3:27)
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24 Carlos Sastre Candil 5:10 (was 26th at 4:57)
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36 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 14:21 (was 39th at 14:16)
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72 Danilo Di Luca 38:39 (was 71st at 35:05)
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105 Richie Porte 59:20 (was 100th at 48:33)
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142 Lars Ytting Bak 1:15:29 (was 135th at 1:00:19)
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167 Frantisek Rabon 1:28:14 (was 161st at 1:13:04)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 12 (unchanged)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 5 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (was 0 points)
4 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
5 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Martin Kohler 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Matteo Tosatto 5 (was 9th with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Filippo Savini 16 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 15 (unchanged)
3 Bart De Clercq 11 (unchanged)
4 Martin Kohler 10 (unchanged)
5 Federico Canuti 9 (unchanged)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 9 (unchanged)
7 Valerio Agnoli 9 (was 23rd with 2 points)
8 Mathias Frank 9 (was 7th with 9 points)
9 Gianluca Brambilla 8 (was 8th with 8 points)
10 Roman Kreuziger 8 (was 9th with 8 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 11
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 21


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