Vuelta a Espana, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : Sep 5, Maella - Tarragona, 157 km

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4.03.44
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
3 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida
4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
5 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6 Francesco Lasca (Ita) Caja Rural
7 Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Argos-Shimano
9 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
10 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team NetApp-Endura


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Luca Paolini
+7 Nico Sijmens
+7 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente
+7 Francesco Lasca
+6 Vladimir Isaichev
+6 Steve Chainel
+6 Ramon Sinkeldam
+6 Gregory Rast
+6 Daniel Schorn
+5 Tosh Van Der Sande

Biggest losers by position :
-20 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
-16 Ivan Santaromita
-14 Grega Bole
-12 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-12 Marcos Garcia
-12 Thierry Hupond
-10 Javier Moreno Bazan
-9 Jelle Vanendert
-9 Maxim Iglinskiy
-9 Romain Zingle
-7 Nicki Sorensen

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Philippe Gilbert
+0:06 Edvald Boasson Hagen
+0:04 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
+0:03 Ivan Basso
+0:02 Nicolas Roche

Biggest losers by time :
-26:34 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
-9:00 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-9:00 Caleb Fairly
-9:00 Cyril Bessy
-9:00 Grega Bole
-9:00 Ivan Santaromita
-9:00 Javier Moreno Bazan
-9:00 Jelle Vanendert
-9:00 Marcos Garcia
-9:00 Maxim Iglinskiy
-9:00 Sebastian Lander

Favourites by position :
+3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Lieuwe Westra
-4 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
+0:03 Ivan Basso
-0:10 Michele Scarponi
-2:11 Lieuwe Westra
-2:11 Bauke Mollema
-2:47 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-3:56 Roman Kreuziger

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 45:26:06 (unchanged)
2 Nicolas Roche 0:31 (was 2nd at 0:33)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:46 (unchanged)
4 Christopher Horner 0:46 (unchanged)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:33 (unchanged)
6 Domenico Pozzovivo 2:44 (unchanged)
7 Ivan Basso 2:52 (was 7th at 2:55)
8 Thibaut Pinot 3:35 (unchanged)
9 Rafal Majka 3:46 (unchanged)
10 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 3:56 (unchanged)
.....
13 Rigoberto Uran Uran 5:46 (unchanged)
14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 6:38 (was 15th at 6:38)
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24 Michele Scarponi 10:28 (was 25th at 10:18)
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36 Bauke Mollema 30:22 (was 36th at 28:11)
.....
65 Roman Kreuziger 52:25 (was 61st at 48:29)
.....
161 Lieuwe Westra 1:52:36 (was 162nd at 1:50:25)
.....
176 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 2:05:57 (was 179th at 2:03:10)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 97 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 90 (unchanged)
3 Nicolas Roche 89 (was 3rd with 87 points)
4 Fabian Cancellara 61 (unchanged)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 61 (unchanged)
6 Philippe Gilbert 60 (was 15th with 35 points)
7 Christopher Horner 58 (was 6th with 58 points)
8 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze 56 (was 12th with 40 points)
9 Michael Matthews 53 (was 7th with 53 points)
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen 52 (was 17th with 32 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christopher Horner 18 (unchanged)
2 Nicolas Roche 15 (unchanged)
3 Leopold Konig 12 (unchanged)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 12 (unchanged)
5 Nicolas Edet 11 (unchanged)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 11 (unchanged)
7 Diego Ulissi 10 (unchanged)
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 9 (unchanged)
9 Domenico Pozzovivo 7 (unchanged)
10 Tomasz Marczynski 6 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ 12
Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 12
Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Caja Rural 11
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 11
Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha 10
Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 10
Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 10
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 10
Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling 10
Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 10
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 8
Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Sharp 2
Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 15


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