Giro d'Italia, stage 14 summary

Stage 14 : May 18, Cervere - Bardonecchia, 168 km

1 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 4.42.55
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.09
4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0.30
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.33
7 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
8 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 0.55
10 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.58


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+27 Sonny Colbrelli
+22 Eros Capecchi
+19 Johan Le Bon
+17 Daniele Pietropolli
+16 Lars Ytting Bak
+15 Dmitry Kozontchuk
+14 Fabio Sabatini
+13 Matteo Trentin
+12 Jesse Sergent
+12 Hayden Roulston

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Andrey Zeits
-11 Gianluca Brambilla
-11 Ramunas Navardauskas
-9 Frederik Veuchelen
-9 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-9 Michal Golas
-8 Anthony Roux
-7 Robert Gesink
-7 Stefano Pirazzi
-7 Vladimir Karpets
-6 Jens Keukeleire

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Mauro Santambrogio

Biggest losers by time :
-25:36 Nathan Haas
-25:29 Mattia Gavazzi
-25:17 Maurits Lammertink
-25:17 Pim Ligthart
-25:15 Andrey Zeits
-24:57 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas
-24:57 Marco Canola
-24:57 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres
-24:25 Giairo Ermeti
-23:57 Ramunas Navardauskas
-23:44 Nicola Boem

Favourites by position :
+9 Christian Vande Velde
+2 Domenico Pozzovivo
+1 Wilco Kelderman
+1 Thomas Danielson
-3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-7 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
-0:38 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:42 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-0:45 Cadel Evans
-0:55 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1:40 Michele Scarponi
-2:44 Thomas Danielson
-4:28 Wilco Kelderman
-4:28 Steven Kruijswijk
-4:28 Robert Gesink
-15:21 Christian Vande Velde
-20:44 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 57:20:52 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:26 (was 2nd at 0:41)
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran 2:46 (was 3rd at 2:04)
4 Mauro Santambrogio 2:47 (was 6th at 2:55)
5 Michele Scarponi 3:53 (was 5th at 2:13)
6 Przemyslaw Niemiec 4:55 (was 7th at 3:35)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 5:12 (was 9th at 4:17)
8 Rafal Majka 5:32 (was 10th at 4:21)
9 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 5:39 (was 13th at 5:26)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 5:51 (was 8th at 4:05)
11 Robert Gesink 6:40 (was 4th at 2:12)
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17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 8:24 (was 17th at 7:46)
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19 Wilco Kelderman 13:23 (was 20th at 8:55)
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26 Steven Kruijswijk 21:49 (was 26th at 17:21)
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36 Thomas Danielson 40:26 (was 37th at 37:42)
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105 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:51:44 (was 102nd at 1:31:00)
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114 Christian Vande Velde 1:57:45 (was 123rd at 1:42:24)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 109 (was 1st with 108 points)
2 Cadel Evans 83 (was 2nd with 73 points)
3 Mauro Santambrogio 77 (was 7th with 52 points)
4 Elia Viviani 72 (was 3rd with 72 points)
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran 65 (was 6th with 53 points)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 65 (was 9th with 45 points)
7 Giacomo Nizzolo 61 (was 4th with 59 points)
8 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 59 (was 10th with 43 points)
9 Maxim Belkov 55 (was 5th with 55 points)
10 Luca Paolini 45 (was 13th with 35 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 47 (unchanged)
2 Jackson Rodriguez 26 (unchanged)
3 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 23 (unchanged)
4 Mauro Santambrogio 18 (was 23rd with 3 points)
5 Maxim Belkov 18 (was 4th with 18 points)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 17 (was 6th with 15 points)
7 Giovanni Visconti 16 (was 5th with 16 points)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 15 (was 14th with 6 points)
9 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 14 (was 12th with 9 points)
10 Emanuele Sella 13 (was 7th with 13 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 14
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14
David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 14
Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 14
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 14
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 14
Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14
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 : 27


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