Vuelta a Espana stage 19 summary

Stage 19 : Sep 17, Piedrahita - Toledo, 231.2 km

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5.43.41
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0.01
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
4 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
7 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step
8 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
10 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram


Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+5 Tyler Farrar
+4 Sebastien Hinault
+4 Nikolas Maes
+4 Mark Cavendish
+4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+4 Johnnie Walker
+3 Wouter Weylandt
+3 William Bonnet
+3 Vladimir Isaichev
+3 Valentin Iglinskiy

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Remi Pauriol
-4 Martin Pedersen
-4 Mikhail Ignatiev
-3 Mikael Cherel
-2 Frederik Willems
-2 Giampaolo Cheula
-2 Ivan Santaromita
-2 Juan Javier Estrada
-2 Manuel Ortega
-1 Anders Lund
-1 Daniele Righi

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:21 Philippe Gilbert
+0:13 Tyler Farrar
+0:08 Filippo Pozzato

Biggest losers by time :
-9:41 Remi Pauriol
-9:14 Lars-Ytting Bak
-9:14 Martin Pedersen
-6:49 Mikhail Ignatiev
-5:15 Mikael Cherel
-5:15 Pierre Cazaux
-5:02 Ivan Santaromita
-5:02 Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante
-5:02 Jose Vicente Toribio
-5:02 Olivier Kaisen
-5:02 Oscar Pujol

Favourites by position :
+1 Joaquin Rodriguez
+1 Christian Vande Velde
+1 Allan Davis
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Frank Schleck

Favourites by time :
-0:06 Joaquin Rodriguez
-0:08 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-0:12 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:12 Carlos Sastre
-0:14 Xavier Tondo
-0:14 Ruben Plaza
-0:14 Frank Schleck
-0:14 David Arroyo
-0:28 Denis Menchov
-1:30 Christian Vande Velde
-2:37 Roman Kreuziger

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 80:30:48 (unchanged)
2 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:50 (was 2nd at 0:38)
3 Peter Velits 1:59 (unchanged)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 3:54 (was 5th at 3:48)
5 Frank Schleck 3:57 (was 4th at 3:43)
6 Xavier Tondo 4:02 (was 6th at 3:48)
7 Nicholas Roche 4:10 (was 8th at 4:02)
8 Tom Danielson 4:12 (was 7th at 3:58)
9 Carlos Sastre 4:28 (was 9th at 4:16)
10 Luis-Leon Sanchez 5:50 (was 10th at 5:42)
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16 Ruben Plaza 14:12 (was 16th at 13:58)
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21 David Arroyo 22:11 (was 21st at 21:57)
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29 Roman Kreuziger 34:43 (was 28th at 32:06)
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41 Denis Menchov 1:04:39 (was 41st at 1:04:11)
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64 Christian Vande Velde 1:47:32 (was 65th at 1:46:02)
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87 Allan Davis 2:07:53 (was 88th at 2:07:53)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 136 (unchanged)
2 Tyler Farrar 124 (was 2nd with 104 points)
3 Philippe Gilbert 100 (was 5th with 75 points)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 99 (was 4th with 89 points)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez 94 (was 3rd with 93 points)
6 Peter Velits 80 (was 8th with 68 points)
7 David Moncoutie 72 (was 6th with 72 points)
8 Ezequiel Mosquera 72 (was 7th with 72 points)
9 Daniele Bennati 61 (was 9th with 54 points)
10 Nicolas Roche 53 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 51 (was 1st with 48 points)
2 Serafin Martinez 43 (was 2nd with 38 points)
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez 25 (unchanged)
4 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (unchanged)
5 Mikel Nieve 21 (unchanged)
6 Joaquin Rodriguez 19 (unchanged)
7 Ezequiel Mosquera 16 (unchanged)
8 Carlos Barredo 15 (unchanged)
9 Niki Terpstra 14 (unchanged)
10 Xavier Tondo 11 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 19
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 19
David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Transitions 18
Theo Bos (Ned) Cervelo Test Team 17
Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 17
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 16
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 15
Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 15
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale 15
Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 15
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 14
Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team 14
Hayden Roulston (NZL) Team HTC-Columbia 13
Julian Dean (NZL) Garmin-Transitions 13
David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto 12
Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram 12
Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 11
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 11
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 10
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 10
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 10
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9
Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 41


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