Giro-d'Italia stage 17 summary

Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Yoann Le Boulanger
+8 Charles Wegelius
+8 Bobby Julich
+8 Axel Maximiliano Richeze
+8 Arnaud Gerard
+8 Anton Luengo Celaya
+7 Sven Krauss
+7 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+7 Jurgen Van De Walle
+7 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Serguei Yakovlev
-7 Manuel Beltran Martinez
-6 Jan Ullrich
-6 Marzio Bruseghin
-6 Matthew White
-6 Stef Clement
-6 Tom Danielson
-5 Hubert Dupont
-5 Matthias Russ
-5 Viatcheslav Ekimov
-4 Addy Engels

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Leonardo Piepoli

Biggest losers by time :
-15:18 Fabrizio Guidi
-15:18 Matthew White
-15:18 Sergio Barbero
-15:18 Serguei Yakovlev
-15:18 Yohann Gene
-11:50 Aaron Olsen
-11:23 Addy Engels
-11:23 Alberto Ongarato
-11:23 Amael Moinard
-11:23 Angel Gomez Gomez
-11:23 Arnaud Labbe

Favourites by position :
+4 Leonardo Piepoli
+4 Carlos Sastre Candil
+2 Andrea Noe'
+1 Luca Mazzanti
+1 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Franco Pellizotti
-1 Wladimir Belli
-1 Paolo Savoldelli
-3 Danilo Di Luca
-6 Tom Danielson

Favourites by time :
+0:08 Leonardo Piepoli
-0:19 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna
-0:31 Franco Pellizotti
-0:53 Damiano Cunego
-1:00 Gilberto Simoni
-1:10 Giampaolo Caruso
-1:41 Paolo Savoldelli
-1:41 Andrea Noe'
-1:47 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:53 Wladimir Belli
-3:09 Danilo Di Luca
-3:51 Luca Mazzanti
-5:28 Tom Danielson

Favourites standings :
1 Ivan Basso 67.56.31
2 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna 5.43
3 Gilberto Simoni 10.34
4 Paolo Savoldelli 10.58
5 Franco Pellizotti 12.30
6 Wladimir Belli 13.00
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8 Damiano Cunego 14.48
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11 Andrea Noe' 17.58
12 Leonardo Piepoli 18.19
13 Danilo Di Luca 18.27
14 Giampaolo Caruso 18.49
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17 Tom Danielson 21.23
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25 Luca Mazzanti 31.48
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38 Carlos Sastre Candil 39.37

Retirements to date :
AG2R Prevoyance Mark Scanlon DNF 12
" Tomas Vaitkus DNF 13
Bouygues Telecom Andy Flickinger
" Giovanni Bernaudeau DNS 14
" Sébastien Chavanel
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Moises Aldape Chavez
Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Cristian Moreni
" Leonardo Bertagnolli DNF 4
" Rik Verbrugghe DNS 16
" Staf Scheirlinckx DNF 14
" Thierry Marichal
Davitamon-Lotto Christophe Brandt DNS 4
" Robbie Mcewen
Euskaltel-Euskadi Andoni Aranaga Azkune DNF 14
" Koldo Fernandez
" Roberto Laiseka Jaio DNF 12
Française des Jeux Bradley Mcgee
" Philippe Gilbert DNS 12
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
" Ronny Scholz DNF 14
Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Dariusz Baranowski DNF 10
" Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez DNS 13
" Michele Scarponi DNS 17
Liquigas Vladimir Miholjevic DNS 14
Phonak Hearing Systems Axel Merckx DNS 15
Quick Step-Innergetic Remmert Wielinga
" Serge Baguet DNF 17
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Marc Wauters DNF 17
" Michael Rasmussen DNS 12
Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Alberto Loddo DNF 16
" Alessandro Bertolini
" José Rujano Guillen DNF 13
T-Mobile Team André Korff
" Michael Rogers DNS 13
" Serguei Gonchar DNS 17
Team Milram Alessandro Petacchi DNS 4
Total retirements : 37