Giro d'Italia, stage 14 summary

Changes in stage 14 compared to stage 13

Biggest gainers by position :
+23 Fortunato Baliani
+21 Giovanni Visconti
+20 Paolo Bettini
+16 Hubert Dupont
+13 Massimo Codol
+13 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
+13 Axel Merckx
+13 Andrei Kunitski
+12 Rinaldo Nocentini
+12 Assan Bazayev

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Serguei Yakovlev
-14 Andrea Noe'
-14 Wim Van Huffel
-13 David Zabriskie
-13 William Walker
-11 Hubert Schwab
-9 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-8 Dario David Cioni
-8 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez
-8 Yoann Le Boulanger
-7 Amaël Moinard

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:58 Stefano Garzelli
+0:50 Gilberto Simoni
+0:48 Paolo Bettini
+0:42 Fortunato Baliani
+0:38 Eddy Mazzoleni
+0:35 Paolo Savoldelli
+0:35 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto

Biggest losers by time :
-20:04 Benoît Joachim
-19:54 Aaron Olson
-19:54 Addy Engels
-19:54 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-19:54 Aketza Pena Iza
-19:54 Alessandro Cortinovis
-19:54 Alessandro Petacchi
-19:54 Alexandre Pichot
-19:54 Alexandre Usov
-19:54 Andrea Pagoto
-19:54 Angelo Furlan

Favourites by position :
+20 Paolo Bettini
+5 Leonardo Piepoli
+3 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Paolo Savoldelli
-1 Pietro Caucchioli
-6 Iban Mayo Diez
-8 Dario David Cioni
-14 Andrea Noe'

Favourites by time :
+0:58 Stefano Garzelli
+0:50 Gilberto Simoni
+0:48 Paolo Bettini
+0:35 Paolo Savoldelli
-1:07 Franco Pellizotti
-1:56 Leonardo Piepoli
-14:08 Pietro Caucchioli
-16:28 Iban Mayo Diez
-16:28 Dario David Cioni
-16:28 Andrea Noe'

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 62.10.40
2 Marzio Bruseghin 0.55
3 Andy Schleck 1.57
4 Damiano Cunego 2.40
5 Gilberto Simoni 2.42
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11 Franco Pellizotti 5.24
12 Stefano Garzelli 5.26
13 Riccardo Ricco 6.54
14 Paolo Savoldelli 8.54
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19 Leonardo Piepoli 17.00
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25 Paolo Bettini 22.16
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28 Andrea Noe' 24.48
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35 Dario David Cioni 32.14
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39 Pietro Caucchioli 35.44
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46 Iban Mayo Diez 38.48

Retirements to date :
AG2r Prévoyance Julien Loubet
Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Alexandr Arekeev
" Gabriele Balducci
" Simone Masciarelli
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
" 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
Predictor - Lotto Robbie McEwen
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
" Jurgen Van De Walle
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Leon Van Bon
" Max Van Heeswijk
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 : 50

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+0:58 Stefano Garzelli
+0:50 Gilberto Simoni
+0:48 Paolo Bettini
+0:35 Paolo Savoldelli


Could have been worse. I think Danilo did a great job of limiting the
damage.


-Bob