Giro d'Italia, stage 15 summary

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+30 Michael Rasmussen
+26 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
+23 Salvatore Commesso
+21 Josep Jufre Pou
+21 Dmitry Kozontchouk
+18 Frantisek Rabon
+16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+16 Eric Berthou
+16 Daniele Contrini
+16 Aitor Perez Arrieta

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Matthias Russ
-14 Yoann Le Boulanger
-13 Luca Mazzanti
-12 Andrea Noe'
-12 Dario David Cioni
-9 Christophe Riblon
-9 Laszlo Bodrogi
-9 Nicolas Crosbie
-8 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea
-8 Hubert Schwab
-8 Markel Irizar Aranburu

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:15 Riccardo Ricco
+3:09 Leonardo Piepoli
+2:51 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto
+2:27 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
+1:24 Eddy Mazzoleni

Biggest losers by time :
-37:27 Franck Renier
-37:18 Pierre Drancourt
-36:57 Nikolai Trusov
-36:55 Alexandre Usov
-36:51 Christophe Kern
-36:51 Elio Aggiano
-36:51 Thomas Fothen
-36:46 Tristan Valentin
-36:45 Anton Luengo Celaya
-36:41 Assan Bazayev
-36:36 Mickaël Buffaz

Favourites by position :
+9 Pietro Caucchioli
+7 Riccardo Ricco
+7 Eddy Mazzoleni
+4 Leonardo Piepoli
+1 Paolo Savoldelli
+1 Iban Mayo Diez
+1 Gilberto Simoni
-1 Damiano Cunego
-4 Paolo Bettini
-5 Stefano Garzelli
-8 Marzio Bruseghin
-12 Dario David Cioni
-12 Andrea Noe'

Favourites by time :
+3:15 Riccardo Ricco
+3:09 Leonardo Piepoli
+1:24 Eddy Mazzoleni
-0:37 Gilberto Simoni
-0:43 Damiano Cunego
-0:59 Andy Schleck
-3:14 Paolo Savoldelli
-4:06 Franco Pellizotti
-8:34 Marzio Bruseghin
-13:34 Pietro Caucchioli
-14:36 Stefano Garzelli
-22:21 Iban Mayo Diez
-26:34 Paolo Bettini
-31:10 Dario David Cioni
-32:55 Andrea Noe'

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 68.00.55
2 Eddy Mazzoleni 1.51
3 Andy Schleck 2.56
4 Gilberto Simoni 3.19
5 Damiano Cunego 3.23
6 Riccardo Ricco 3.39
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10 Marzio Bruseghin 9.29
11 Franco Pellizotti 9.30
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13 Paolo Savoldelli 12.08
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15 Leonardo Piepoli 13.51
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17 Stefano Garzelli 20.02
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29 Paolo Bettini 48.50
30 Pietro Caucchioli 49.18
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40 Andrea Noe' 57.43
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45 Iban Mayo Diez 1.01.09
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47 Dario David Cioni 1.03.24

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
" 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
" 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 : 54