Vuelta a Espana, stage 18 summary

Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17

Biggest gainers by position :
+30 Sebastiaan Langeveld
+26 Geoffroy Lequatre
+25 Markus Fothen
+23 Alexandre Usov
+21 Francisco Jose Martinez
+20 Marco Marzano
+18 Carlos Da Cruz
+16 Santiago Perez
+15 Sébastien Minard
+14 Vincent Jérôme

Biggest losers by position :
-26 Stijn Devolder
-19 Ruben Lobato Elvira
-17 Luis Leon Sanchez
-17 Philip Deignan
-17 Renaud Dion
-16 Jason McCartney
-14 Dionisio Galparsoro
-13 Alessandro Vanotti
-13 Andrea Tonti
-13 Jurgen Van Goolen
-12 Christian Vande Velde

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:41 Luis Perez Rodriguez

Biggest losers by time :
-27:04 Aitor Hernández
-27:04 Alan Perez Lezaun
-27:04 Alberto Ongarato
-27:04 Alessandro Petacchi
-27:04 Alessandro Vanotti
-27:04 Andrea Moletta
-27:04 André Korff
-27:04 Bart Dockx
-27:04 Christophe Brandt
-27:04 Damien Monier
-27:04 Davide Vigano

Favourites by position :
+16 Santiago Perez
+6 José Luis Rubiera
+5 Iñigo Cuesta
+4 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Samuel Sánchez
+1 Carlos Sastre
+1 Cadel Evans
-1 Manuel Beltrán

Favourites by time :
-2:26 Santiago Perez
-2:26 Manuel Beltrán
-2:26 Iñigo Cuesta
-16:50 José Luis Rubiera

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 74.22.13
2 Cadel Evans 2.27
3 Carlos Sastre 3.02
4 Samuel Sánchez 4.01
.....
7 Vladimir Karpets 6.17
8 Manuel Beltrán 7.41
.....
36 Franco Pellizotti 34.49
.....
39 Iñigo Cuesta 39.47
.....
65 Santiago Perez 1.09.52
.....
100 José Luis Rubiera 1.47.56

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
" Laszlo Bodrogi DNS 18
" Pietro Caucchioli DNF 14
" Rémi Pauriol DNF 5
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Allan Davis DNS 18
" 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
" Stefan Schumacher DNS 18
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 Paolo Bettini DNS 18
" 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
" Bert Grabsch DNS 17
" Giuseppe Guerini DNS 17
" Lorenzo Bernucci DNF 4
Team CSC Michael Blaudzun DNS 14
Total retirements : 41