Giro d'Italia, stage 16 summary

Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Laurent Mangel
+7 Yoann Le Boulanger
+6 Matteo Tosatto
+5 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
+5 Lorenzo Bernucci
+5 Eric Berthou
+4 Stefano Garzelli
+4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil
+4 Giovanni Visconti
+4 Benoît Joachim

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Enrico Gasparotto
-2 Addy Engels
-2 Alessandro Petacchi
-2 Alexandre Usov
-2 Andrei Kunitski
-2 Angel Gomez
-2 Daniele Contrini
-2 Dario David Cioni
-2 Dmitry Kozontchouk
-2 Francis Mourey
-2 Gorazd Stangelj

Biggest gainers by time :
+8:30 Stefano Garzelli
+7:27 Laurent Mangel
+7:17 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
+7:09 Pietro Caucchioli
+7:09 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+7:09 José Luis Rubiera Vigil
+5:43 Benoît Joachim
+5:41 Salvatore Commesso
+5:41 Lorenzo Bernucci
+5:41 Giovanni Visconti

Biggest losers by time :

Favourites by position :
+4 Stefano Garzelli
+2 Pietro Caucchioli
-1 Paolo Savoldelli
-1 Leonardo Piepoli
-1 Iban Mayo Diez
-2 Paolo Bettini
-2 Dario David Cioni

Favourites by time :
+8:30 Stefano Garzelli
+7:09 Pietro Caucchioli

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 73.43.12
2 Eddy Mazzoleni 1.51
3 Andy Schleck 2.56
4 Gilberto Simoni 3.19
5 Damiano Cunego 3.23
6 Riccardo Ricco 3.39
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10 Marzio Bruseghin 9.29
11 Franco Pellizotti 9.30
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13 Stefano Garzelli 11.32
14 Paolo Savoldelli 12.08
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16 Leonardo Piepoli 13.51
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28 Pietro Caucchioli 42.09
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31 Paolo Bettini 48.50
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40 Andrea Noe' 57.43
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46 Iban Mayo Diez 1.01.09
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49 Dario David Cioni 1.03.24

Retirements to date :
AG2r Prévoyance Julien Loubet
Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Alexandr Arekeev
" Gabriele Balducci
" Simone Masciarelli
Astana Serguei Yakovlev
Bouygues Telecom Arnaud Labbe
" Thomas Voeckler
" Yohann Gène
Caisse d'Epargne Alexei Markov
" Joan Horrach Rippoll
" Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
Ceramica Panaria - Navigare Paride Grillo
Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Mathieu Heijboer
" Steve Zampieri
Crédit Agricole Francesco Bellotti
" Patrice Halgand
" Thor Hushovd
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Brian Vandborg
" George Hincapie
" Yaroslav Popovych
Euskaltel - Euskadi Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
" Benat Albizuri Aransolo
" Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
" Joseba Zubeldia Agirre
Française des Jeux Cyrille Monnerais
" Ian McLeod
" Timothy Gudsell
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
" Oliver Zaugg
" Robert Förster
" Tim Klinger
" Volker Ordowski
Lampre - Fondital Danilo Napolitano
Predictor - Lotto Robbie McEwen
" Wim Van Huffel
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
" Jurgen Van De Walle
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Leon Van Bon
" Max Van Heeswijk
Saunier Duval - Prodir Manuele Mori
" Rubens Bertogliati
T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen
" Gregory Henderson
" Michael Barry
" Thomas Ziegler
Team CSC Alexandr Kolobnev
" Fabian Cancellara
" Juan José Haedo
" Michael Blaudzun
Team Milram Alberto Ongarato
" Fabio Sabatini
" Sergio Ghisalberti
Tinkoff Credit System Ivan Rovny
Total retirements : 54