Giro d'Italia, stage 13 summary

Stage 13 : May 18, Savona - Cervere, 121 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 3.02.07
2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
5 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
6 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
7 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
8 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
10 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+5 Dennis Vanendert
+4 Ian Stannard
+4 Cristiano Salerno
+4 Christian Meier
+4 Brett Lancaster
+3 Sebastien Rosseler
+3 Sacha Modolo
+3 Robert Hunter
+3 Matthias Brandle
+3 Matteo Bono

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Adam Hansen
-8 Cesare Benedetti
-8 Gaetan Bille
-7 Andreas Dietziker
-7 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
-7 Victor Cabedo
-5 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-5 Dominique Rollin
-4 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-4 Iban Velasco Murillo
-3 Martijn Keizer

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:22 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Alexander Kristoff
+0:08 Mark Renshaw

Biggest losers by time :
-5:50 Cesare Benedetti
-5:50 Dominique Rollin
-5:50 Mikhail Ignatyev
-5:50 Victor Cabedo
-5:01 Adam Hansen
-5:01 Adrian Saez
-5:01 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-5:01 Andreas Dietziker
-5:01 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-5:01 Gaetan Bille
-5:01 Iban Velasco Murillo

Favourites by position :
+3 Mathias Frank

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 54:21:15 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 0:17 (unchanged)
3 Sandy Casar 0:26 (unchanged)
4 Paolo Tiralongo 0:32 (unchanged)
5 Ivan Santaromita 0:49 (unchanged)
6 Roman Kreuziger 0:52 (unchanged)
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:52 (unchanged)
8 Ivan Basso 0:57 (unchanged)
9 Damiano Caruso 1:02 (unchanged)
10 Dario Cataldo 1:03 (unchanged)
.....
12 Rigoberto Uran 1:10 (unchanged)
13 Michele Scarponi 1:11 (unchanged)
14 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:12 (unchanged)
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16 Damiano Cunego 1:37 (unchanged)
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24 Marco Pinotti 2:09 (unchanged)
25 Frank Schleck 2:11 (unchanged)
26 Christian Vande Velde 2:11 (unchanged)
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31 John Gadret 2:55 (unchanged)
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34 Jose Rujano Guillen 3:05 (unchanged)
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82 Mathias Frank 40:26 (was 85th at 40:26)

Retirements to date : Stage
Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp 13
Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 12
Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 10
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 13


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