Stage 16 : September 07, 2015 Luarca - Ermita del Alba. Quiros 185 km

1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 5.49.56
2 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia 1.10
3 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 1.48
4 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2.42
5 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 2.49
6 Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3.05
7 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 4.26
8 Larry Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 6.02
9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 8.51
10 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 8.53


Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+29 Moreno Moser
+24 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+20 Tsgabu Grmay
+14 Pierre Rolland
+14 Arnaud Courteille
+12 Ian Boswell
+12 Cyril Lemoine
+8 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo
+8 Frank Schleck
+8 Andrey Zeits

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Alessandro De Marchi
-9 Nicolas Roche
-8 John Degenkolb
-8 Maciej Bodnar
-7 Daniele Bennati
-6 Carlos Quintero
-6 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-6 Mickael Cherel
-6 Pavel Brutt
-6 Riccardo Zoidl
-5 Alberto Losada Alguacil

Biggest gainers by time :
+9:02 Frank Schleck
+7:48 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo
+7:10 Moreno Moser
+6:10 George Bennett
+6:04 Pierre Rolland
+5:47 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+4:29 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
+2:50 Lawrence Warbasse
+0:01 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver

Biggest losers by time :
-24:15 Johannes Frohlinger
-24:15 John Degenkolb
-24:13 Valerio Conti
-23:51 Alessandro Vanotti
-23:41 Cameron Meyer
-23:41 Daniele Bennati
-23:41 Luka Mezgec
-23:37 Alessandro De Marchi
-23:37 Maciej Bodnar
-23:37 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-23:37 Pavel Brutt

Favourites by position :
+14 Pierre Rolland
+4 Geraint Thomas
+3 Mikel Landa Meana
+1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-1 Fabio Aru
-1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Andrew Talansky

Favourites by time :
+6:04 Pierre Rolland
+0:01 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:01 Fabio Aru
-0:11 Rafal Majka
-0:11 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-0:14 Mikel Landa Meana
-0:26 Tom Dumoulin
-0:56 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1:33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-14:24 Geraint Thomas
-20:13 Andrew Talansky

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 67:52:44 (was 2nd at 0:01)
2 Fabio Aru 0:01 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Rafal Majka 1:35 (was 3rd at 1:24)
4 Tom Dumoulin 1:51 (was 4th at 1:25)
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 2:32 (was 7th at 2:19)
6 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 2:38 (was 5th at 1:34)
7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:49 (was 6th at 2:08)
8 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 3:11 (was 9th at 3:00)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3:58 (was 8th at 2:25)
10 Louis Meintjes 5:22 (was 10th at 5:07)
11 Domenico Pozzovivo 6:46 (was 11th at 5:50)
.....
20 Mikel Landa Meana 27:04 (was 23rd at 26:50)
.....
40 Pierre Rolland 1:14:32 (was 54th at 1:20:36)
.....
61 Geraint Thomas 1:54:28 (was 65th at 1:40:04)
.....
96 Andrew Talansky 2:27:18 (was 93rd at 2:07:05)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez 106 (was 0 points)
2 Esteban Chaves 96 (was 0 points)
3 Fabio Aru 86 (was 4th with 80 points)
4 Alejandro Valverde 84 (was 0 points)
5 Rafal Majka 81 (was 6th with 76 points)
6 Tom Dumoulin 79 (was 5th with 79 points)
7 Nairo Quintana 72 (was 0 points)
8 Nicolas Roche 72 (was 7th with 72 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas 70 (was 0 points)
10 John Degenkolb 68 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Omar Fraile 82 (was 0 points)
2 Frank Schleck 30 (was 0 points)
3 Ruben Plaza Molina 27 (was 2nd with 27 points)
4 Mikel Landa Meana 25 (was 3rd with 25 points)
5 Rodolfo Torres 22 (was 0 points)
6 Alessandro De Marchi 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
7 Pierre Rolland 20 (was 36th with 3 points)
8 Mikael Cherel 18 (was 5th with 17 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas 17 (was 0 points)
10 Bertjan Lindeman 16 (was 7th with 16 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14
Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 14
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 14
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 14
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 : 31


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