Vuelta a Espana, stage 20 summary

Stage 20 : September 13, 2014, Santo Estevo de Riba de Sil - Puerto de Ancares, 185.7 km

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 5.11.43
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0.16
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.57
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 1.18
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1.21
6 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 2.51
7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 2.55
8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 2.58
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3.15
10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 3.20


Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Antonio Piedra Perez
+11 Marcel Aregger
+11 Damiano Cunego
+10 Paolo Longo Borghini
+10 Jerome Cousin
+8 Yury Trofimov
+7 Louis Meintjes
+7 Laurent Mangel
+7 Johan Vansummeren
+7 Bart De Clercq

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-5 Chad Haga
-5 Peio Bilbao
-5 Philippe Gilbert
-4 Winner Anacona Gomez
-3 Adam Hansen
-3 Cadel Evans
-3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-3 Jasper Stuyven
-3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2 Alessandro De Marchi

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-35:09 Jimmy Engoulvent
-33:52 Andrea Guardini
-33:24 David Millar
-33:14 Roberto Ferrari
-32:13 Jasper Stuyven
-31:49 Maciej Bodnar
-31:46 Francesco Lasca
-31:46 Gregory Henderson
-31:46 Jacopo Guarnieri
-31:46 Johannes Frohlinger
-31:46 John Degenkolb

Favourites by position :
+5 Andrew Talansky
+4 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-1 Wilco Kelderman
-1 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-1 Daniel Martin
-3 Cadel Evans

Favourites by time :
-0:18 Christopher Froome
-1:03 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:28 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-1:31 Fabio Aru
-3:32 Daniel Martin
-3:36 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-5:31 Wilco Kelderman
-9:30 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-11:06 Andrew Talansky
-28:27 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-29:04 Cadel Evans

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 81:12:13 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 1:37 (was 2nd at 1:19)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:35 (was 3rd at 1:32)
4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 3:57 (was 4th at 2:29)
5 Fabio Aru 4:46 (was 5th at 3:15)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 10:07 (was 7th at 6:59)
7 Daniel Martin 10:24 (was 6th at 6:52)
8 Warren Barguil 12:13 (was 8th at 9:12)
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia 13:09 (was 9th at 9:44)
10 Damiano Caruso 13:15 (was 10th at 9:45)
11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 16:25 (was 11th at 12:49)
.....
15 Wilco Kelderman 25:36 (was 14th at 20:05)
.....
28 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:11:31 (was 27th at 1:02:01)
.....
51 Andrew Talansky 2:13:28 (was 56th at 2:02:22)
52 Cadel Evans 2:15:09 (was 49th at 1:46:05)
.....
158 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 5:14:11 (was 162nd at 4:45:44)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 169 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 146 (was 2nd with 130 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 145 (was 3rd with 120 points)
4 Christopher Froome 139 (was 4th with 117 points)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 117 (was 0 points)
6 Michael Matthews 105 (was 5th with 105 points)
7 Fabio Aru 103 (was 7th with 91 points)
8 Daniel Martin 85 (was 8th with 80 points)
9 Jasper Stuyven 64 (unchanged)
10 Damiano Caruso 61 (was 11th with 55 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 58 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 45 (was 3rd with 24 points)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 40 (was 2nd with 30 points)
4 Przemyslaw Niemiec 33 (was 4th with 20 points)
5 Christopher Froome 33 (was 8th with 18 points)
6 Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet 20 (was 0 points)
7 Fabio Aru 19 (was 10th with 15 points)
8 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 19 (was 0 points)
9 Winner Anacona Gomez 18 (was 6th with 18 points)
10 Alessandro De Marchi 18 (was 7th with 18 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 20
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 20
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 20
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 20
Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 19
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 18
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 18
Koen de Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 18
Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 18
Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 18
Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 17
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 17
Rigoberto Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 17
Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 17
Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 16
Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 16
Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 16
Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 15
Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 15
Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 15
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 15
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 15
Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 14
Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling 14
Lawson Craddock (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 14
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 14
Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 14
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 13
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 13
Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 13
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 13
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 11
Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 11
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 11
Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 10
Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 9
Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 7
Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 7
Total retirements : 39


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