Vuelta a Espana, stage 20 summary

Stage 20 : Sep 14, Aviles - Alto de LA´Angliru, 144.1 km

1 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 3.55.36
2 Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 0.26
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.54
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
5 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
6 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team
7 Jose Joao Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 1.15
8 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha 1.45
9 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1.52
10 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 1.59


Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Marcos Garcia
+9 Juan Manuel Garate
+8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+7 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+6 Tom Stamsnijder
+6 Thomas Peterson
+6 Paolo Tiralongo
+6 Paolo Longo Borghini
+6 Grega Bole
+6 Andriy Grivko

Biggest losers by position :
-6 Javier Moreno Bazan
-5 Angel Vicioso Arcos
-5 Christian Meier
-5 Gianni Meersman
-5 Johannes Frohlinger
-4 Bauke Mollema
-4 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-4 Eros Capecchi
-4 Georg Preidler
-4 Giampaolo Caruso
-4 Gregory Rast

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:30 Kenny Elissonde

Biggest losers by time :
-27:06 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-26:57 Massimo Graziato
-26:38 Luca Paolini
-26:38 Vladimir Isaichev
-25:43 Lloyd Mondory
-25:40 Nikias Arndt
-25:32 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-25:13 Adrien Petit
-25:13 Cedric Pineau
-25:13 Daniele Ratto
-25:13 David Tanner

Favourites by position :
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-3 Michele Scarponi
-4 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-4 Bauke Mollema

Favourites by time :
-0:30 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:34 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:25 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-2:06 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-2:06 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-9:51 Michele Scarponi
-18:13 Bauke Mollema
-24:23 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-25:02 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Horner 81:52:01 (unchanged)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 0:37 (was 2nd at 0:03)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:36 (was 3rd at 1:06)
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 3:22 (was 4th at 1:57)
5 Nicolas Roche 7:11 (was 5th at 3:49)
6 Domenico Pozzovivo 8:00 (was 6th at 6:00)
7 Thibaut Pinot 8:41 (was 8th at 7:02)
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 9:51 (was 9th at 7:45)
9 Leopold Konig 10:11 (was 7th at 6:38)
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 13:11 (was 10th at 11:05)
.....
15 Michele Scarponi 22:04 (was 12th at 12:13)
.....
27 Rigoberto Uran Uran 57:52 (was 23rd at 33:29)
.....
51 Bauke Mollema 1:58:20 (was 47th at 1:40:07)
.....
126 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 4:14:27 (was 126th at 3:49:25)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 152 (was 1st with 136 points)
2 Christopher Horner 126 (was 5th with 106 points)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 125 (was 3rd with 117 points)
4 Nicolas Roche 122 (was 2nd with 122 points)
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 119 (was 4th with 116 points)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 111 (was 6th with 97 points)
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen 80 (unchanged)
8 Bauke Mollema 75 (unchanged)
9 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze 72 (unchanged)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 67 (was 11th with 63 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nicolas Edet 46 (was 1st with 38 points)
2 Christopher Horner 32 (was 3rd with 22 points)
3 Daniele Ratto 30 (was 2nd with 30 points)
4 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso 26 (was 5th with 20 points)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 23 (was 7th with 19 points)
6 Amets Txurruka 22 (was 4th with 22 points)
7 Kenny Elissonde 21 (was 0 points)
8 Nicolas Roche 19 (was 6th with 19 points)
9 Vasil Kiryienka 18 (was 12th with 15 points)
10 Michele Scarponi 17 (was 8th with 17 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 20
Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano 20
Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 19
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 19
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack Leopard 18
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ 18
Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 15
Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura 15
Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 15
Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 15
Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling 15
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 15
Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre-Merida 15
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 15
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 15
Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 15
Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14
Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 14
Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack Leopard 14
Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 14
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 14
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol 14
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 14
Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp 14
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin-Sharp 14
Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Argos-Shimano 14
Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14
Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge 14
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 14
Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team NetApp-Endura 13
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 13
Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ 13
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 13
Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 13
Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 13
Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol 13
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ 12
Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 12
Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural 11
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 11
Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha 10
Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 10
Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 10
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 10
Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling 10
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 10
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 8
Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Sharp 2
Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 54


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