Giro d'Italia, stage 16 summary

Stage 16 : May 24, Belluno - Nevegal, 12.7 km

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 0.28.55
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.34
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.38
4 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0.39
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0.46
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0.49
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC 0.52
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 0.58
9 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0.59
10 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone 1.04


Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Stef Clement
+4 Alessandro De Marchi
+3 Yuriy Krivtsov
+3 Sylvester Szmyd
+3 Simon Spilak
+3 Pavel Brutt
+3 Maxim Belkov
+3 Marco Pinotti
+3 Julien Berard
+3 Alan Marangoni

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Gert Dockx
-3 Mickael Cherel
-2 Fumiyuki Beppu
-2 Giampaolo Cheula
-2 Ignatas Konovalovas
-2 Kjell Carlstrom
-2 Klaas Lodewyck
-2 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-2 Simon Zahner
-1 Bart De Clercq
-1 Carlos Oyarzun

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:58 Kjell Carlstrom
-6:00 Mickael Cherel
-5:43 Bram Tankink
-5:42 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-5:40 Alberto Ongarato
-5:37 Matthew Wilson
-5:36 Gert Dockx
-5:27 Maxim Gourov
-5:26 Klaas Lodewyck
-5:15 Thomas Peterson
-5:12 Chad Beyer

Favourites by position :
+1 Richie Porte
+1 Lars Ytting Bak
+1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1 Thomas Lovkvist
-1 David Arroyo Duran

Favourites by time :
-0:34 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:38 Michele Scarponi
-0:46 Stefano Garzelli
-0:49 Roman Kreuziger
-0:52 Denis Menchov
-1:56 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2:07 David Arroyo Duran
-2:12 Thomas Lovkvist
-3:14 Danilo Di Luca
-3:41 Richie Porte
-3:57 Lars Ytting Bak
-4:47 Daniel Moreno Fernandez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 62:43:37 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 4:58 (was 2nd at 4:20)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 5:45 (was 3rd at 5:11)
4 John Gadret 7:35 (was 4th at 6:08)
5 Jose Rujano Guillen 9:18 (was 6th at 8:39)
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 9:22 (was 5th at 7:03)
7 Denis Menchov 9:38 (was 7th at 8:46)
8 Roman Kreuziger 9:47 (was 8th at 8:58)
9 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver 10:25 (was 9th at 9:20)
10 Igor Anton Hernandez 10:58 (was 11th at 9:37)
11 David Arroyo Duran 11:37 (was 10th at 9:30)
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17 Stefano Garzelli 23:57 (was 17th at 23:11)
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21 Thomas Lovkvist 29:40 (was 20th at 27:28)
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29 Carlos Sastre Candil 42:56 (was 30th at 41:00)
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35 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 50:05 (was 35th at 45:18)
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60 Danilo Di Luca 1:23:00 (was 60th at 1:19:46)
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113 Richie Porte 2:15:35 (was 114th at 2:11:54)
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123 Lars Ytting Bak 2:24:02 (was 124th at 2:20:05)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 16 (unchanged)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 10 (unchanged)
3 Stefano Garzelli 5 (unchanged)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (unchanged)
5 Matteo Montaguti 5 (unchanged)
6 Sebastian Lang 5 (unchanged)
7 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (unchanged)
8 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (unchanged)
9 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (unchanged)
10 Matteo Tosatto 5 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 64 (was 1st with 62 points)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 53 (was 3rd with 38 points)
3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (was 2nd with 39 points)
4 Jose Rujano Guillen 29 (was 5th with 26 points)
5 Gianluca Brambilla 27 (was 4th with 27 points)
6 Emanuele Sella 23 (unchanged)
7 Michele Scarponi 23 (was 10th with 18 points)
8 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (was 7th with 21 points)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 20 (was 15th with 11 points)
10 Branislau Samoilau 19 (was 8th with 19 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 15
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 15
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 15
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 15
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 15
Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 15
Andrea Noe' (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 14
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 14
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 13
Davide Appollonio (Ukn) Sky Procycling 13
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 13
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 13
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 13
Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 13
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13
Sacha Modolo (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 11
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 42


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