Giro d'Italia, stage 11 summary

Stage 11 : May 16, Assisi - Montecatini Terme, 243 km

1 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 6.49.05
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling
5 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
7 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp
8 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
9 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat


Changes in GC, stage 11 compared to stage 10 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+11 Sacha Modolo
+11 Giacomo Nizzolo
+11 Christian Meier
+9 Roberto Ferrari
+8 Matteo Montaguti
+8 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
+8 Francesco Failli
+7 Sonny Colbrelli
+7 Ramunas Navardauskas
+7 Martin Velits

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Mauro Santambrogio
-14 Pavel Brutt
-14 Stef Clement
-13 Alessandro Spezialetti
-13 Iban Velasco Murillo
-13 Mads Christensen
-12 Gatis Smukulis
-12 Jesse Sergent
-12 Robert Hunter
-11 Cristiano Salerno
-11 Matteo Carrara

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Roberto Ferrari
+0:12 Francesco Chicchi
+0:08 Tomas Vaitkus

Biggest losers by time :
-12:33 Miguel Minguez Ayala
-12:31 Adrian Saez
-10:02 Alessandro Spezialetti
-10:02 Alex Rasmussen
-10:02 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-10:02 Alfredo Balloni
-10:02 Andreas Schillinger
-10:02 Ben Hermans
-10:02 Cristiano Salerno
-10:02 Gatis Smukulis
-10:02 Gregor Gazvoda

Favourites by position :
+1 Marco Pinotti
+1 Damiano Cunego
-7 Mathias Frank
-10 Frank Schleck

Favourites by time :
-0:46 Frank Schleck
-6:43 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 47:16:39 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 0:17 (unchanged)
3 Paolo Tiralongo 0:32 (unchanged)
4 Roman Kreuziger 0:52 (unchanged)
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:52 (unchanged)
6 Ivan Basso 0:57 (unchanged)
7 Damiano Caruso 1:02 (unchanged)
8 Dario Cataldo 1:03 (unchanged)
9 Eros Capecchi 1:09 (unchanged)
10 Rigoberto Uran 1:10 (unchanged)
11 Michele Scarponi 1:11 (unchanged)
12 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:12 (unchanged)
.....
14 Damiano Cunego 1:37 (was 15th at 1:37)
.....
22 Marco Pinotti 2:09 (was 23rd at 2:09)
23 Frank Schleck 2:11 (was 13th at 1:25)
24 Christian Vande Velde 2:11 (unchanged)
.....
29 John Gadret 2:55 (unchanged)
.....
32 Jose Rujano Guillen 3:05 (unchanged)
.....
95 Mathias Frank 39:45 (was 88th at 33:02)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 9


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