Vuelta stage 16 summary

Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Staf Scheirlinckx
+3 David Lopez Garcia
+3 Alberto Ongarato
+2 Xavier Florencio
+2 Volker Ordowski
+2 Uwe Peschel
+2 Thomas Ziegler
+2 RenÚ Haselbacher
+2 Rafael Casero
+2 Pedro Horrillo Munoz

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Rik Verbrugghe
-2 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-1 Fabio Baldato
-1 Thomas Voeckler
0 Alexandr Kolobnev
0 Andrea Peron
0 Angel Vicioso Arcos
0 Benjamin Noval
0 Carlos Garcia Quesada
0 Carlos Sastre
0 Christian Vandevelde

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-3:06 Christophe Le Mevel
-3:03 Fabio Baldato
-3:03 Rik Verbrugghe
-2:32 Leon Van Bon
-2:32 Preben Van Hecke
-2:32 SÚbastien Chavanel
-2:32 Thomas Voeckler
-2:29 Adolfo Garcia Quesada
-2:15 Anthony Charteau
-1:50 Allan Johansen
-1:50 Linus Gerdemann

Favourites by position :
+1 Leonardo Piepoli
+1 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Daniele Nardello
+1 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez
-2 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro

Favourites by time :
-0:09 Ruben Plaza Molina
-0:10 Tom Danielson
-0:10 David Blanco Rodiguez
-0:10 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez
-0:34 Daniele Nardello
-1:03 Leonardo Piepoli
-1:03 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-1:03 I±igo Cuesta
-1:03 Gilberto Simoni

Favourites standings :
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez 65.28.36
2 Denis Menchov 4.30
3 Carlos Sastre 4.50
4 Francisco Mancebo 6.45
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada 8.02
6 Oscar Sevilla 11.16
7 Ruben Plaza Molina 11.39
8 Tom Danielson 12.15
9 Juan Miguel Mercado 13.32
10 Santos Gonzalez 14.20
11 Michele Scarponi 14.53
14 David Blanco Rodiguez 22.31
15 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero 24.14
28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez 46.30
37 I±igo Cuesta 1.01.28
42 Leonardo Piepoli 1.09.14
43 Gilberto Simoni 1.09.49
49 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro 1.14.58
70 Daniele Nardello 1.37.27

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Franck Renier
" Pierrick Fedrigo DNF 10
" Unai Yus Kerejeta DNS 10
Cofidis, le credit par telephone Christophe Edaleine DNF 11
" Leonardo Bertagnolli DNF 15
" Luis Perez DNF 11
Comunidad Valenciana Angel Luis Casero DNF 10
CrÚdit Agricole Beno¯t Poilvet DNS 11
" Eric Leblacher DNF 10
" Francesco Bellotti DNF 13
" Julian Dean DNF 15
" SÚbastien Joly DNF 7
" Thor Hushovd DNF 11
Davitamon - Lotto Tom Steels DNF 13
Discovery Channel Beno¯t Joachim DNS 13
" JosÚ Azevedo DNS 13
" Leif Hoste DNF 10
" Manuel Beltran DNF 13
" Max Van Heeswijk DNF 10
Domina Vacanze Angelo Furlan DNF 3
" Luca Solari DNF 6
" Mirco Lorenzetto DNF 5
" Ruslan Ivanov DNF 10
" Simone Cadamuro DNF 6
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Mayo Diez DNF 5
" Markel Irizar DNF 11
Fassa Bortolo Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni DNF 10
Franþaise des Jeux Bernhard Eisel DNF 6
" Bradley McGee DNF 11
" FrÚdÚric Guesdon DNF 11
" Jussi Veikkanen DNF 3
" Ludovic Auger DNF 6
Gerolsteiner Marcel Strauss DNF 10
" Matthias Russ DNF 15
" Torsten Schmidt DNF 6
Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Aitor Osa Eizaguirre DNF 10
" JosÚ Ivan Gutierrez Palacios DNS 9
Lampre - Caffita Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea DNF 13
" Gerrit Glomser DNS 12
" GiosuÞ Bonomi DNF 6
" Giuliano Figueras DNF 2
Liberty Seguros-W³rth Team Isidro Nozal Vega DNF 10
Liquigas - Bianchi Oscar Mason
Phonak Hearing Systems Floyd Landis DNF 6
" JosÚ Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna DNF 5
" Santiago Botero Echeverry DNF 11
Quick Step - Innergetic JosÚ Antonio Garrido DNF 10
" JosÚ Antonio Pecharroman Fabian
" Tom Boonen
Rabobank Jan Boven DNF 6
" Jukka Vastaranta DNF 15
" Mathew Hayman DNF 11
" Niels Scheuneman DNS 13
Relax Fuenlabrada Freddy Gonzalez DNF 13
Saunier Duval - Prodir David De La Fuente
T-Mobile Team Francisco JosÚ Lara DNS 16
Team CSC Jakob Piil DNF 12
Total retirements : 57