Giro d'Italia, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : May 17, Seravezza - Sestri Levante, 157 km

1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 3.58.55
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0.11
3 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
4 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
5 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
6 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
8 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.43
9 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0.48
10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 3.34


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Ivan Santaromita
+34 Sandy Casar
+17 Martijn Keizer
+17 Cristiano Salerno
+17 Amets Txurruka
+16 Stefano Locatelli
+14 Lars Ytting Bak
+12 Michal Golas
+12 Daniele Pietropolli
+12 Cesare Benedetti

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Martin Velits
-18 Mauro Santambrogio
-13 Adam Hansen
-11 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
-11 Michal Kwiatkowski
-11 Victor Cabedo
-10 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-10 Lucas Sebastian Haedo
-10 Nelson Oliveira
-9 Adriano Malori
-9 Brett Lancaster

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:54 Lars Ytting Bak
+3:35 Sandy Casar
+3:31 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
+3:27 Ivan Santaromita
+3:25 Amets Txurruka
+3:23 Jan Bakelants
+3:23 Jackson Rodriguez
+2:57 Martijn Keizer
+2:46 Michal Golas

Biggest losers by time :
-16:47 Adam Hansen
-16:47 Adrian Saez
-16:47 Alex Rasmussen
-16:47 Alexander Kristoff
-16:47 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-16:47 Alfredo Balloni
-16:47 Andrea Guardini
-16:47 Andreas Schillinger
-16:47 Arnaud Demare
-16:47 Bernhard Eisel
-16:47 Brett Lancaster

Favourites by position :
+10 Mathias Frank
-2 Roman Kreuziger
-2 Rigoberto Uran
-2 Michele Scarponi
-2 Marco Pinotti
-2 Jose Rujano Guillen
-2 John Gadret
-2 Ivan Basso
-2 Frank Schleck
-2 Domenico Pozzovivo
-2 Damiano Cunego
-2 Christian Vande Velde
-2 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Favourites by time :
-0:41 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 51:19:08 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 0:17 (unchanged)
3 Sandy Casar 0:26 (was 37th at 4:01)
4 Paolo Tiralongo 0:32 (was 3rd at 0:32)
5 Ivan Santaromita 0:49 (was 40th at 4:16)
6 Roman Kreuziger 0:52 (was 4th at 0:52)
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:52 (was 5th at 0:52)
8 Ivan Basso 0:57 (was 6th at 0:57)
9 Damiano Caruso 1:02 (was 7th at 1:02)
10 Dario Cataldo 1:03 (was 8th at 1:03)
.....
12 Rigoberto Uran 1:10 (was 10th at 1:10)
13 Michele Scarponi 1:11 (was 11th at 1:11)
14 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:12 (was 12th at 1:12)
.....
16 Damiano Cunego 1:37 (was 14th at 1:37)
.....
24 Marco Pinotti 2:09 (was 22nd at 2:09)
25 Frank Schleck 2:11 (was 23rd at 2:11)
26 Christian Vande Velde 2:11 (was 24th at 2:11)
.....
31 John Gadret 2:55 (was 29th at 2:55)
.....
34 Jose Rujano Guillen 3:05 (was 32nd at 3:05)
.....
85 Mathias Frank 40:26 (was 95th at 39:45)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 12


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