Giro d'Italia, stage 21 summary

Stage 21 : May 27, Milan (ITT), 31.5 km

1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0.33.06
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.39
3 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0.53
4 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda 1.00
5 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.01
6 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Barracuda 1.09
7 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.14
8 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 1.15
9 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1.22
10 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1.23


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Ian Stannard
+3 Giacomo Nizzolo
+2 Sergio Henao Montoya
+2 Paolo Longo Borghini
+2 Nelson Oliveira
+2 Matteo Montaguti
+2 Marco Pinotti
+2 Julien Vermote
+2 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
+2 Alexsandr Dyachenko

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Christian Meier
-3 Dennis Vanendert
-2 Cristiano Salerno
-2 Guillaume Bonnafond
-2 Jose Herrada Lopez
-2 Julien Berard
-2 Mathias Frank
-2 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-2 Pier Paolo De Negri
-1 Alessandro Spezialetti
-1 Alexander Kristoff

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:40 Marco Pinotti
+1:01 Geraint Thomas
+0:47 Jesse Sergent
+0:40 Alex Rasmussen
+0:39 Thomas De Gendt
+0:31 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:26 Gustav Erik Larsson
+0:25 Maciej Bodnar
+0:18 Svein Tuft
+0:17 Julien Vermote

Biggest losers by time :
-7:13 Matteo Bono
-4:50 Cesare Benedetti
-4:37 Luca Mazzanti
-4:35 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-4:02 Alexander Kristoff
-3:57 Dennis Vanendert
-3:46 Angelo Pagani
-3:44 Christian Meier
-3:42 Pierre Cazaux
-3:39 Cristiano Salerno
-3:34 Julien Berard

Favourites by position :
+2 Marco Pinotti
+1 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Michele Scarponi
-1 John Gadret
-1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-2 Mathias Frank

Favourites by time :
+1:40 Marco Pinotti
+0:31 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:04 Christian Vande Velde
-0:14 Michele Scarponi
-0:16 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:26 Ivan Basso
-0:41 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:50 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-0:57 Damiano Cunego
-1:05 Rigoberto Uran
-1:49 Roman Kreuziger
-2:29 John Gadret
-2:55 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Ryder Hesjedal 91:39:02 (was 2nd at 0:31)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:16 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Thomas De Gendt 1:39 (was 4th at 2:18)
4 Michele Scarponi 2:05 (was 3rd at 1:51)
5 Ivan Basso 3:44 (was 5th at 3:18)
6 Damiano Cunego 4:40 (was 6th at 3:43)
7 Rigoberto Uran 5:57 (was 7th at 4:52)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 6:28 (was 8th at 5:47)
9 Sergio Henao Montoya 7:50 (was 11th at 7:20)
10 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 8:08 (was 9th at 5:56)
11 John Gadret 9:12 (was 10th at 6:43)
.....
15 Roman Kreuziger 19:58 (was 15th at 18:09)
.....
22 Christian Vande Velde 38:23 (was 22nd at 38:27)
.....
38 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:26:42 (was 38th at 1:25:52)
.....
41 Marco Pinotti 1:34:37 (was 43rd at 1:36:17)
.....
83 Mathias Frank 3:04:39 (was 81st at 3:01:44)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 139 (unchanged)
2 Mark Cavendish 138 (unchanged)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 113 (was 3rd with 103 points)
4 Michele Scarponi 81 (unchanged)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 80 (unchanged)
6 Thomas De Gendt 76 (was 6th with 64 points)
7 Ivan Basso 58 (unchanged)
8 Alexander Kristoff 58 (unchanged)
9 Geraint Thomas 53 (was 24th with 33 points)
10 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 52 (was 9th with 52 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matteo Rabottini 84 (unchanged)
2 Stefano Pirazzi 44 (unchanged)
3 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 43 (unchanged)
4 Michal Golas 34 (unchanged)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 26 (unchanged)
6 Jan Barta 24 (unchanged)
7 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 24 (unchanged)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 24 (unchanged)
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 23 (unchanged)
10 Thomas De Gendt 21 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andrea Guardini (Ukn) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 20
Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 20
Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 20
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda 20
Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 20
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 19
Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 19
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 19
Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 19
Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 18
Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 18
Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 17
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 17
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 17
Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 17
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 17
Stefano Locatelli (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 16
Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 15
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 15
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 15
Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 15
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 15
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 14
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 14
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 14
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp 13
Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 12
Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 10
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 41


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thanks for posting these Bob!

Kind of a bummer for the Italian. Too bad Rodriguez wasn't Italian, it
would have made Hesjedal's win almost as dramatic as Lemond's 1989 defeat of
Fignon.

--
Dominic Richens |
"If you're not *outraged*, you're not paying attention!"

"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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Stage 21 : May 27, Milan (ITT), 31.5 km

1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
0.33.06
2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling
0.39
3 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan
0.53
4 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda
1.00
5 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
1.01
6 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Barracuda
1.09
7 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
1.14
8 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
1.15
9 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
1.22
10 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
1.23


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Ian Stannard
+3 Giacomo Nizzolo
+2 Sergio Henao Montoya
+2 Paolo Longo Borghini
+2 Nelson Oliveira
+2 Matteo Montaguti
+2 Marco Pinotti
+2 Julien Vermote
+2 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
+2 Alexsandr Dyachenko

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Christian Meier
-3 Dennis Vanendert
-2 Cristiano Salerno
-2 Guillaume Bonnafond
-2 Jose Herrada Lopez
-2 Julien Berard
-2 Mathias Frank
-2 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-2 Pier Paolo De Negri
-1 Alessandro Spezialetti
-1 Alexander Kristoff

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:40 Marco Pinotti
+1:01 Geraint Thomas
+0:47 Jesse Sergent
+0:40 Alex Rasmussen
+0:39 Thomas De Gendt
+0:31 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:26 Gustav Erik Larsson
+0:25 Maciej Bodnar
+0:18 Svein Tuft
+0:17 Julien Vermote

Biggest losers by time :
-7:13 Matteo Bono
-4:50 Cesare Benedetti
-4:37 Luca Mazzanti
-4:35 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-4:02 Alexander Kristoff
-3:57 Dennis Vanendert
-3:46 Angelo Pagani
-3:44 Christian Meier
-3:42 Pierre Cazaux
-3:39 Cristiano Salerno
-3:34 Julien Berard

Favourites by position :
+2 Marco Pinotti
+1 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Michele Scarponi
-1 John Gadret
-1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-2 Mathias Frank

Favourites by time :
+1:40 Marco Pinotti
+0:31 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:04 Christian Vande Velde
-0:14 Michele Scarponi
-0:16 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:26 Ivan Basso
-0:41 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:50 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-0:57 Damiano Cunego
-1:05 Rigoberto Uran
-1:49 Roman Kreuziger
-2:29 John Gadret
-2:55 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Ryder Hesjedal 91:39:02 (was 2nd
at 0:31)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:16 (was 1st
at 0:00)
3 Thomas De Gendt 1:39 (was 4th
at 2:18)
4 Michele Scarponi 2:05 (was 3rd
at 1:51)
5 Ivan Basso 3:44 (was 5th
at 3:18)
6 Damiano Cunego 4:40 (was 6th
at 3:43)
7 Rigoberto Uran 5:57 (was 7th
at 4:52)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 6:28 (was 8th
at 5:47)
9 Sergio Henao Montoya 7:50 (was 11th
at 7:20)
10 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 8:08 (was 9th
at 5:56)
11 John Gadret 9:12 (was 10th
at 6:43)
.....
15 Roman Kreuziger 19:58 (was 15th
at 18:09)
.....
22 Christian Vande Velde 38:23 (was 22nd
at 38:27)
.....
38 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:26:42 (was 38th
at 1:25:52)
.....
41 Marco Pinotti 1:34:37 (was 43rd
at 1:36:17)
.....
83 Mathias Frank 3:04:39 (was 81st
at 3:01:44)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 139
(unchanged)
2 Mark Cavendish 138
(unchanged)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 113 (was 3rd
with 103 points)
4 Michele Scarponi 81
(unchanged)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 80
(unchanged)
6 Thomas De Gendt 76 (was 6th
with 64 points)
7 Ivan Basso 58
(unchanged)
8 Alexander Kristoff 58
(unchanged)
9 Geraint Thomas 53 (was 24th
with 33 points)
10 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 52 (was 9th
with 52 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matteo Rabottini 84
(unchanged)
2 Stefano Pirazzi 44
(unchanged)
3 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 43
(unchanged)
4 Michal Golas 34
(unchanged)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 26
(unchanged)
6 Jan Barta 24
(unchanged)
7 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 24
(unchanged)
8 Ryder Hesjedal 24
(unchanged)
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 23
(unchanged)
10 Thomas De Gendt 21
(unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andrea Guardini (Ukn) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 20
Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 20
Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 20
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda 20
Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 20
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 19
Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 19
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 19
Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 19
Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 18
Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 18
Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 17
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 17
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 17
Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 17
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 17
Stefano Locatelli (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 16
Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 15
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 15
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 15
Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 15
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 15
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 14
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 14
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 14
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp 13
Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 12
Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 10
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 41


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