Vuelta a Espana, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : Sep 15, Penafiel, 46 km

1 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0.52.43
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.12
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 0.37
4 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0.50
5 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1.03
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1.07
7 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Transitions 1.10
8 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 1.14
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1.24
10 David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Transitions 1.27


Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Mikhail Ignatiev
+7 Leif Hoste
+7 Fabian Cancellara
+5 Sebastian Langeveld
+5 Enrico Gasparotto
+5 David Zabriskie
+4 Remi Pauriol
+3 Peter Velits
+3 Olivier Kaisen
+3 Mark Cavendish

Biggest losers by position :
-6 Oscar Pujol
-5 Alberto Benitez
-5 Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante
-4 Joaquin Rodriguez
-4 Tyler Farrar
-3 Frederik Willems
-3 Giampaolo Cheula
-3 Nicholas Roche
-3 Pierre Cazaux
-3 Xavier Florencio
-2 Alexandre Pichot

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:27 Peter Velits
+2:15 Denis Menchov
+1:50 Fabian Cancellara
+1:37 Gustav Larsson
+1:24 Luis-Leon Sanchez
+1:20 Leif Hoste
+1:17 David Zabriskie
+1:13 Carlos Barredo
+1:03 Philippe Gilbert
+0:58 Xavier Tondo

Biggest losers by time :
-7:52 Wouter Weylandt
-7:28 Tyler Farrar
-6:54 Niki Terpstra
-6:27 Giampaolo Caruso
-6:12 Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante
-6:08 Johnnie Walker
-6:05 Daniele Pietropolli
-6:05 Oscar Pujol
-5:53 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
-5:51 Michel Kreder
-5:50 Rigoberto Uran

Favourites by position :
+5 David Zabriskie
+2 Xavier Tondo
+2 Luis-Leon Sanchez
+2 Christian Vande Velde
+2 Allan Davis
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Ezequiel Mosquera
+1 Denis Menchov
-1 Ruben Plaza
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-2 David Arroyo
-4 Joaquin Rodriguez

Favourites by time :
+2:15 Denis Menchov
+1:24 Luis-Leon Sanchez
+1:17 David Zabriskie
+0:58 Xavier Tondo
+0:40 Carlos Sastre
+0:33 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:14 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:52 Christian Vande Velde
-1:18 Ruben Plaza
-1:28 Frank Schleck
-1:51 Allan Davis
-2:31 Roman Kreuziger
-3:45 Joaquin Rodriguez
-4:08 David Arroyo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 71:19:49 (was 2nd at 0:33)
2 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:39 (was 3rd at 0:53)
3 Peter Velits 2:00 (was 6th at 4:27)
4 Frank Schleck 3:44 (was 4th at 2:16)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez 3:45 (was 1st at 0:00)
6 Xavier Tondo 3:45 (was 8th at 4:43)
7 Tom Danielson 3:55 (was 7th at 4:29)
8 Nicholas Roche 4:03 (was 5th at 3:01)
9 Carlos Sastre 4:13 (was 9th at 4:53)
10 Luis-Leon Sanchez 5:43 (was 12th at 7:07)
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16 Ruben Plaza 13:55 (was 15th at 12:37)
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21 David Arroyo 21:54 (was 19th at 17:46)
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27 Roman Kreuziger 31:27 (was 26th at 28:56)
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41 Denis Menchov 1:03:07 (was 42nd at 1:05:22)
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65 Christian Vande Velde 1:44:48 (was 67th at 1:43:56)
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88 Allan Davis 2:07:54 (was 90th at 2:06:03)
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135 David Zabriskie 3:12:26 (was 140th at 3:13:43)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 111 (unchanged)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez 93 (unchanged)
3 Tyler Farrar 90 (unchanged)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 89 (was 4th with 88 points)
5 Philippe Gilbert 75 (was 7th with 68 points)
6 David Moncoutie 72 (was 5th with 72 points)
7 Ezequiel Mosquera 72 (was 6th with 72 points)
8 Peter Velits 68 (was 13th with 43 points)
9 Nicolas Roche 53 (unchanged)
10 Daniele Bennati 53 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 48 (unchanged)
2 Serafin Martinez 38 (unchanged)
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez 25 (unchanged)
4 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (unchanged)
5 Mikel Nieve 21 (unchanged)
6 Joaquin Rodriguez 19 (unchanged)
7 Ezequiel Mosquera 16 (unchanged)
8 Carlos Barredo 15 (unchanged)
9 Niki Terpstra 14 (unchanged)
10 Xavier Tondo 11 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Theo Bos (Ned) Cervelo Test Team 17
Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 17
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 16
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 15
Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 15
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale 15
Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 15
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 14
Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team 14
Hayden Roulston (NZL) Team HTC-Columbia 13
Julian Dean (NZL) Garmin-Transitions 13
David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto 12
Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram 12
Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 11
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 11
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 10
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 10
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 10
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9
Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 38


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