Giro d'Italia, stage 12 summary

Changes in stage 12 compared to stage 11

Biggest gainers by position :
+37 Michael Rasmussen
+30 Jurgen Van De Walle
+25 Christophe Riblon
+23 Josep Jufre Pou
+23 Addy Engels
+21 Yoann Le Boulanger
+21 Branislau Samoilau
+20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
+19 Nicholas Roche
+19 Massimo Codol

Biggest losers by position :
-45 José Luis Rubiera Vigil
-32 Rinaldo Nocentini
-20 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
-20 Jussi Veikkanen
-18 Iban Mayo Diez
-18 Leonardo Piepoli
-14 Aketza Pena Iza
-14 Oliver Zaugg
-13 Andrea Noe'
-13 Christian Knees
-13 Frantisek Rabon

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:58 Danilo Di Luca
+2:50 Gilberto Simoni
+2:39 Andy Schleck
+2:23 Eddy Mazzoleni
+2:19 Damiano Cunego
+0:21 Stefano Garzelli
+0:11 Yoann Le Boulanger
+0:05 Marzio Bruseghin

Biggest losers by time :
-31:01 Mathieu Heijboer
-30:51 Tristan Valentin
-30:45 Koldo Fernandez
-30:36 Angelo Furlan
-30:36 Christian Knees
-30:28 Nikolai Trusov
-30:26 Matti Breschel
-30:16 Aaron Olson
-30:16 Alessandro Cortinovis
-30:16 Alessandro Petacchi
-30:16 Arnaud Gérard

Favourites by position :
+10 Stefano Garzelli
+10 Gilberto Simoni
+8 Andy Schleck
+7 Danilo Di Luca
+7 Damiano Cunego
+5 Paolo Bettini
+4 Riccardo Ricco
+3 Pietro Caucchioli
-4 Dario David Cioni
-13 Andrea Noe'
-18 Leonardo Piepoli
-18 Iban Mayo Diez

Favourites by time :
+2:58 Danilo Di Luca
+2:50 Gilberto Simoni
+2:39 Andy Schleck
+2:19 Damiano Cunego
+0:21 Stefano Garzelli
-0:05 Riccardo Ricco
-3:11 Paolo Savoldelli
-4:07 Yaroslav Popovych
-6:18 Dario David Cioni
-7:07 Paolo Bettini
-7:07 Andrea Noe'
-7:09 Pietro Caucchioli
-10:39 Leonardo Piepoli
-12:48 Iban Mayo Diez

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 56.42.25
2 Marzio Bruseghin 1.03
3 David Arroyo Duran 1.16
4 Andy Schleck 1.25
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6 Damiano Cunego 2.10
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8 Gilberto Simoni 2.34
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11 Franco Pellizotti 4.03
12 Riccardo Ricco 5.11
13 Stefano Garzelli 6.03
14 Andrea Noe' 7.07
15 Paolo Savoldelli 7.51
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19 Yaroslav Popovych 9.34
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24 Dario David Cioni 12.02
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32 Leonardo Piepoli 15.11
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40 Pietro Caucchioli 19.20
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42 Iban Mayo Diez 19.40
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46 Paolo Bettini 20.42

Retirements to date :
AG2r Prévoyance Julien Loubet
Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Gabriele Balducci
" Simone Masciarelli
Bouygues Telecom Arnaud Labbe
" Thomas Voeckler
" Yohann Gène
Caisse d'Epargne Alexei Markov
" Joan Horrach Rippoll
" Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
Ceramica Panaria - Navigare Paride Grillo
Crédit Agricole Patrice Halgand
" Thor Hushovd
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team George Hincapie
Euskaltel - Euskadi Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
" Benat Albizuri Aransolo
" Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
Française des Jeux Cyrille Monnerais
" Ian McLeod
" Timothy Gudsell
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
" Robert Förster
" Tim Klinger
" Volker Ordowski
Lampre - Fondital Danilo Napolitano
Predictor - Lotto Robbie McEwen
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Leon Van Bon
T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen
" Gregory Henderson
" Michael Barry
" Thomas Ziegler
Team CSC Alexandr Kolobnev
" Fabian Cancellara
" Juan José Haedo
" Michael Blaudzun
Team Milram Alberto Ongarato
" Sergio Ghisalberti
Total retirements : 38

It was nice to see Garzelli doing well today. I was a bit surprised to
see that Di Lucca allowed such a big time gap open up. I get the
impression that the favorites were letting riders take the lead. It's
not too surprising considering the difficulty and how early the
mountain stages are.