Giro d'Italia, stage 21 summary

Changes in stage 21 compared to stage 20

Biggest gainers by position :
+1 Pavel Padrnos
+1 Nick Gates
+1 Matthew Lloyd
+1 Lilian Jégou
+1 Koldo Fernandez
+1 Josep Jufre Pou
+1 Iban Velasco
+1 Arnaud Gérard
+1 Alexandre Pichot

Biggest losers by position :
-2 Giovanni Visconti
-2 Mickaël Buffaz
-1 Aaron Olson
-1 Carl Naibo
-1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
-1 Mikhail Ignatiev
0 Addy Engels
0 Aitor Perez Arrieta
0 Alberto Losada Alguacil
0 Alessandro Cortinovis

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:12 Maximiliano Richeze
+0:08 Paolo Bettini
+0:04 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
+0:02 Daniele Contrini

Biggest losers by time :
-2:38 Mikhail Ignatiev
-1:14 Giovanni Visconti
-0:59 Mickaël Buffaz
-0:40 Frantisek Rabon
-0:37 Marco Pinotti
-0:37 Michael Rasmussen
-0:32 Aaron Olson
-0:32 Addy Engels
-0:32 Carl Naibo
-0:32 Dario Andriotto
-0:32 Dario David Cioni

Favourites by position :

Favourites by time :
+0:08 Paolo Bettini
-0:32 Dario David Cioni

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 92.59.39
2 Andy Schleck 1.55
3 Eddy Mazzoleni 2.25
4 Gilberto Simoni 3.15
5 Damiano Cunego 3.49
6 Riccardo Ricco 7.00
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8 Marzio Bruseghin 10.14
9 Franco Pellizotti 10.44
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12 Paolo Savoldelli 13.30
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14 Leonardo Piepoli 17.40
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16 Stefano Garzelli 19.39
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27 Pietro Caucchioli 54.06
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33 Dario David Cioni 1.08.15
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35 Andrea Noe' 1.09.22
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38 Iban Mayo Diez 1.12.01
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41 Paolo Bettini 1.16.34

Retirements to date :
AG2r Prévoyance Julien Loubet
Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Alexandr Arekeev
" Gabriele Balducci
" Simone Masciarelli
Astana Serguei Yakovlev
Bouygues Telecom Arnaud Labbe
" Thomas Voeckler
" Yohann Gène
Caisse d'Epargne Alexei Markov
" Joan Horrach Rippoll
" Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
Ceramica Panaria - Navigare Paride Grillo
Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Mathieu Heijboer
" Steve Zampieri
Crédit Agricole Francesco Bellotti
" Patrice Halgand
" Thor Hushovd
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Brian Vandborg
" George Hincapie
" Yaroslav Popovych
Euskaltel - Euskadi Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
" Aketza Pena Iza
" Benat Albizuri Aransolo
" Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
" Joseba Zubeldia Agirre
Française des Jeux Cyrille Monnerais
" Ian McLeod
" Timothy Gudsell
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
" Oliver Zaugg
" Robert Förster
" Tim Klinger
" Volker Ordowski
Lampre - Fondital Danilo Napolitano
Liquigas Charles Wegelius
Predictor - Lotto Robbie McEwen
" Wim Van Huffel
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
" Jurgen Van De Walle
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Leon Van Bon
" Max Van Heeswijk
Saunier Duval - Prodir Manuele Mori
" Rubens Bertogliati
T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen
" Gregory Henderson
" Michael Barry
" Thomas Ziegler
Team CSC Alexandr Kolobnev
" Fabian Cancellara
" Juan José Haedo
" Michael Blaudzun
Team Milram Alberto Ongarato
" Fabio Sabatini
" Sergio Ghisalberti
Tinkoff Credit System Ivan Rovny
Total retirements : 56