Giro d'Italia, stage 13 summary

Stage 13 : May 17, Busseto - Cherasco, 254 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 6.09.55
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
3 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
4 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
10 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli


Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Manuel Belletti
+18 Marco Canola
+18 Danny Pate
+17 Mark Cavendish
+16 Robert Hunter
+16 Grega Bole
+16 Frederik Willems
+16 Dmitry Kozontchuk
+15 Vladimir Gusev
+15 Hayden Roulston

Biggest losers by position :
-20 Sacha Modolo
-20 Tobias Ludvigsson
-19 Johan Le Bon
-18 Edoardo Zardini
-17 Eros Capecchi
-17 George Bennett
-16 Danilo Wyss
-16 Mads Christensen
-16 Patrick Gretsch
-15 Cameron Wurf
-15 Christian Meier

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Giacomo Nizzolo
+0:10 Vladimir Karpets
+0:10 Vladimir Gusev
+0:10 Tiago Machado
+0:10 Salvatore Puccio
+0:10 Rob Ruijgh
+0:10 Petr Ignatenko
+0:10 Peter Stetina
+0:10 Paul Martens

Biggest losers by time :
-16:32 Alessandro Vanotti
-16:32 Bert De Backer
-16:32 Danilo Wyss
-16:32 Davide Appollonio
-16:32 Gert Steegmans
-16:32 Giairo Ermeti
-16:32 Guillaume Bonnafond
-16:32 Ioannis Tamouridis
-16:32 Jens Mouris
-16:32 Karsten Kroon
-16:32 Kenny Dehaes

Favourites by position :
+12 Christian Vande Velde
+3 Thomas Danielson
+1 Wilco Kelderman
+1 Steven Kruijswijk
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-15 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Christian Vande Velde
-0:14 Thomas Danielson
-0:14 Steven Kruijswijk
-16:22 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 52:38:09 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:41 (unchanged)
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran 2:04 (unchanged)
4 Robert Gesink 2:12 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 2:13 (unchanged)
6 Mauro Santambrogio 2:55 (unchanged)
7 Przemyslaw Niemiec 3:35 (unchanged)
8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 4:05 (unchanged)
9 Domenico Pozzovivo 4:17 (unchanged)
10 Rafal Majka 4:21 (unchanged)
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17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 7:46 (was 18th at 7:46)
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20 Wilco Kelderman 8:55 (was 21st at 8:55)
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26 Steven Kruijswijk 17:21 (was 27th at 17:07)
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37 Thomas Danielson 37:42 (was 40th at 37:28)
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102 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:31:00 (was 87th at 1:14:38)
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123 Christian Vande Velde 1:42:24 (was 135th at 1:42:34)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 108 (was 1st with 83 points)
2 Cadel Evans 73 (unchanged)
3 Elia Viviani 72 (was 3rd with 60 points)
4 Giacomo Nizzolo 59 (was 12th with 39 points)
5 Maxim Belkov 55 (was 4th with 55 points)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 53 (was 5th with 53 points)
7 Mauro Santambrogio 52 (was 6th with 52 points)
8 Enrico Battaglin 45 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 45 (unchanged)
10 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 43 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 47 (was 1st with 46 points)
2 Jackson Rodriguez 26 (unchanged)
3 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 23 (unchanged)
4 Maxim Belkov 18 (unchanged)
5 Giovanni Visconti 16 (unchanged)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 15 (unchanged)
7 Emanuele Sella 13 (unchanged)
8 Adam Hansen 12 (unchanged)
9 Jarlinson Pantano 12 (unchanged)
10 Ramunas Navardauskas 9 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 13
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 13
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 13
Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia 12
Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 12
Sylvain Georges (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 11
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 10
Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 10
Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10
John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 10
Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 9
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9
Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 8
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7
Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 7
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano 6
Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 4
Total retirements : 20


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