Vuelta a Espana, stage 15 summary

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Laszlo Bodrogi
+23 Jorge Garcia Marin
+23 Jean-Marc Marino
+22 Damiano Cunego
+17 Torsten Hiekmann
+15 Raúl García De Mateos
+12 Jose Ruiz Sanchez
+12 Haimar Zubeldia
+11 Ángel Vallejo
+11 Morris Possoni

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Thomas Lövkvist
-16 Addy Engels
-14 Giuseppe Guerini
-14 Inaki Isasi Flores
-14 Philippe Gilbert
-13 Bingen Fernandez
-13 Dionisio Galparsoro
-13 Jason McCartney
-12 Joost Posthuma
-12 Mauricio Alberto Ardila
-10 Adam Hansen

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:41 Samuel Sánchez
+0:41 Manuel Beltrán
+0:17 Igor Antón
+0:17 Carlos Barredo

Biggest losers by time :
-23:11 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
-23:01 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-23:01 Matej Jurco
-21:44 Christophe Kern
-21:44 Davide Vigano
-21:44 Elia Rigotto
-21:44 Inigo Landaluze
-21:44 Koldo Fernandez
-21:44 Stéphane Augé
-21:34 Adam Hansen
-21:34 Addy Engels

Favourites by position :
+22 Damiano Cunego
+4 Franco Pellizotti
+2 Stefan Schumacher
+2 Iñigo Cuesta
+1 Samuel Sánchez
+1 Manuel Beltrán
-1 Vladimir Karpets
-3 Santiago Perez
-8 José Luis Rubiera

Favourites by time :
+0:41 Samuel Sánchez
+0:41 Manuel Beltrán
-0:28 Vladimir Karpets
-1:51 Franco Pellizotti
-3:51 Stefan Schumacher
-3:51 Iñigo Cuesta
-14:00 Santiago Perez
-21:34 José Luis Rubiera

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 62.32.27
2 Vladimir Efimkin 2.01
3 Cadel Evans 2.27
4 Carlos Sastre 3.02
5 Samuel Sánchez 4.01
.....
7 Manuel Beltrán 5.15
8 Vladimir Karpets 6.17
.....
39 Franco Pellizotti 34.20
.....
42 Iñigo Cuesta 36.52
43 Stefan Schumacher 37.09
.....
58 Damiano Cunego 53.51
.....
82 Santiago Perez 1.07.26
.....
110 José Luis Rubiera 1.31.06

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Aurélien Clerc DNF 15
" Dimitri Champion DNF 14
" Giovanni Bernaudeau DNF 5
" Mathieu Claude
" Rony Martias DNF 12
" Xavier Florencio DNS 13
Caisse d'Epargne Oscar Pereiro Sio DNF 9
Crédit Agricole Angelo Furlan DNF 14
" Pietro Caucchioli DNF 14
" Rémi Pauriol DNF 5
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Egoi Martinez DNS 12
" Janez Brajkovic DNF 10
" Janez Brajkovic DNF 10
" Tom Danielson DNF 1
Française des Jeux Bradley McGee DNF 9
" Cyrille Monnerais DNF 12
" Ian McLeod DNF 10
" Mickael Delage DNS 15
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin DNS 13
Karpin Galicia Carlos Castaño DNS 14
" Serafín Martínez Acevedo DNF 14
Lampre - Fondital Paolo Tiralongo DNF 10
Liquigas Francesco Chicchi DNF 9
Predictor - Lotto Bert Roesems DNF 7
" Josep Jufré DNF 14
Quickstep - Innergetic Tom Boonen DNS 13
Rabobank Oscar Freire Gomez DNS 10
Relax - Gam Jesús Hernández DNF 14
Saunier Duval - Prodir Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla DNF 7
" Arkaitz Durán DNF 9
" Leonardo Piepoli DNS 12
T-Mobile Team Andreas Klier DNF 15
" Lorenzo Bernucci DNF 4
Team CSC Michael Blaudzun DNS 14
Total retirements : 34