Vuelta a Espana, stage 16 summary

Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Bert Grabsch
+13 Alexandr Kolobnev
+10 Jose Ruiz Sanchez
+10 Javier Megias Leal
+10 Eduard Vorganov
+8 Leonardo Duque
+8 Koldo Fernandez
+8 David López
+7 Mario Aerts
+6 Sébastien Minard

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Giuseppe Guerini
-4 Tim Klinger
-4 Volodymir Gustov
-3 David García
-3 Iker Camaño
-3 José Ángel Gómez Marchante
-3 Ludovic Turpin
-3 Philip Deignan
-3 Thomas Lövkvist
-3 Ángel Gómez Gómez
-2 Alessandro Vanotti

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:43 Leonardo Duque
+7:43 Joan Horrach
+7:43 Alexandr Kolobnev
+7:37 Yuriy Krivtsov
+7:37 Sébastien Minard
+7:37 Leonardo Bertagnolli
+7:37 Koldo Fernandez
+7:37 Jose Ruiz Sanchez
+7:37 Jean-Marc Marino
+7:37 Javier Megias Leal

Biggest losers by time :
-4:12 Tim Klinger
-0:37 Giuseppe Guerini

Favourites by position :
+1 José Luis Rubiera
-1 Stefan Schumacher
-1 Santiago Perez
-1 Iñigo Cuesta
-1 Franco Pellizotti

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 66.40.49
2 Vladimir Efimkin 2.01
3 Cadel Evans 2.27
4 Carlos Sastre 3.02
5 Samuel Sánchez 4.01
.....
7 Manuel Beltrán 5.15
8 Vladimir Karpets 6.17
.....
40 Franco Pellizotti 34.20
.....
43 Iñigo Cuesta 36.52
44 Stefan Schumacher 37.09
.....
83 Santiago Perez 1.07.26
.....
109 José Luis Rubiera 1.31.06

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Aurélien Clerc DNF 15
" Dimitri Champion DNF 14
" Giovanni Bernaudeau DNF 5
" Mathieu Claude
" Rony Martias DNF 12
" Xavier Florencio DNS 13
Caisse d'Epargne Oscar Pereiro Sio DNF 9
Crédit Agricole Angelo Furlan DNF 14
" Pietro Caucchioli DNF 14
" Rémi Pauriol DNF 5
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Egoi Martinez DNS 12
" Janez Brajkovic DNF 10
" Sergio Paulinho DNS 5
" Tom Danielson DNF 1
Française des Jeux Bradley McGee DNF 9
" Cyrille Monnerais DNF 12
" Ian McLeod DNF 10
" Mickael Delage DNS 15
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin DNS 13
Karpin Galicia Carlos Castaño DNS 14
" Serafín Martínez Acevedo DNF 14
Lampre - Fondital Damiano Cunego DNS 16
" Paolo Tiralongo DNF 10
Liquigas Francesco Chicchi DNF 9
Predictor - Lotto Bert Roesems DNF 7
" Josep Jufré DNF 14
Quickstep - Innergetic Tom Boonen DNS 13
Rabobank Oscar Freire Gomez DNS 10
Relax - Gam Jesús Hernández DNF 14
Saunier Duval - Prodir Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla DNF 7
" Arkaitz Durán DNF 9
" Leonardo Piepoli DNS 12
T-Mobile Team Andreas Klier DNF 15
" Lorenzo Bernucci DNF 4
Team CSC Michael Blaudzun DNS 14
Total retirements : 35