Vuelta a Espana, stage 10 summary

Stage 10 : Aug 28, Ponteareas - Sanxenxo, 190 km

1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano 4.47.24
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
5 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural
6 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
8 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD
9 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
10 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale


Changes in GC, stage 10 compared to stage 9 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Leonardo Duque
+8 Rudy Molard
+8 Nacer Bouhanni
+8 Gabriel Rasch
+7 Thomas Peterson
+7 Daniele Bennati
+7 Antonio Piedra Perez
+6 Raymond Kreder
+6 Philippe Gilbert
+6 Niki Terpstra

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Cameron Meyer
-11 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio
-11 David Moncoutie
-11 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez
-10 Denis Menchov
-10 Javier Ramirez Abeja
-10 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-10 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea
-10 Rafael Valls Ferri
-9 Sergio Henao Montoya
-8 Gatis Smukulis

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 John Degenkolb
+0:12 Nacer Bouhanni
+0:08 Daniele Bennati
+0:04 Ruben Perez Moreno
+0:04 Raymond Kreder
+0:04 Pim Ligthart
+0:04 Philippe Gilbert
+0:04 Martijn Maaskant
+0:04 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
+0:04 Lloyd Mondory

Biggest losers by time :
-14:23 Daniele Ratto
-6:50 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez
-6:09 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio
-6:09 Cameron Meyer
-5:10 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-4:01 Jens Debusschere
-3:45 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-3:45 Blel Kadri
-3:45 Bruno Pires
-3:45 Cheng Ji
-3:45 Christophe Riblon

Favourites by position :
+2 Damiano Cunego
+1 Maxime Monfort
-1 Tony Martin
-1 Rigoberto Uran
-4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-5 Thomas De Gendt
-6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-10 Denis Menchov
-16 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
-1:38 Rigoberto Uran
-2:36 Tony Martin
-2:36 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-3:45 Thomas De Gendt
-3:45 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-3:45 Denis Menchov
-6:09 Cameron Meyer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 39:32:23 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:53 (unchanged)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:00 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:07 (unchanged)
5 Robert Gesink 2:01 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:08 (unchanged)
7 Nicolas Roche 2:34 (unchanged)
8 Igor Anton Hernandez 3:07 (unchanged)
9 Laurens ten Dam 3:18 (unchanged)
10 Bauke Mollema 3:27 (unchanged)
.....
18 Maxime Monfort 4:32 (was 19th at 4:32)
.....
31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 9:56 (was 27th at 7:20)
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42 Rigoberto Uran 18:05 (was 41st at 16:27)
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48 Damiano Cunego 24:59 (was 50th at 24:59)
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66 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 36:56 (was 60th at 33:11)
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74 Denis Menchov 38:29 (was 64th at 34:44)
75 Thomas De Gendt 39:42 (was 70th at 35:57)
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93 Tony Martin 48:13 (was 92nd at 45:37)
.....
122 Cameron Meyer 57:05 (was 106th at 50:56)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 103 (was 2nd with 76 points)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 85 (was 1st with 85 points)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 76 (unchanged)
4 Daniele Bennati 66 (was 5th with 50 points)
5 Nacer Bouhanni 57 (was 10th with 37 points)
6 Gianni Meersman 55 (was 9th with 41 points)
7 Elia Viviani 53 (was 6th with 47 points)
8 Christopher Froome 51 (was 4th with 51 points)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 46 (was 7th with 46 points)
10 Allan Davis 46 (was 8th with 45 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 21 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 17 (unchanged)
3 Simon Clarke 16 (unchanged)
4 Pim Ligthart 11 (unchanged)
5 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (unchanged)
6 Philippe Gilbert 9 (unchanged)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 8 (unchanged)
8 Tony Martin 8 (unchanged)
9 Christopher Froome 6 (unchanged)
10 Javier Ramirez Abeja 5 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano 8
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 5


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