Giro d'Italia, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : May 22, Caravaggio - Vicenza, 214 km

1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5.15.34
2 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 0.19
3 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
6 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
7 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
8 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
9 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Thomas Dekker
+6 Marco Canola
+6 Lars Ytting Bak
+6 Johan Le Bon
+6 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas
+5 Paul Martens
+5 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+5 Oscar Gatto
+5 Grega Bole
+5 Giairo Ermeti

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Andrey Zeits
-7 Thomas Danielson
-6 Dominique Rollin
-6 Eros Capecchi
-6 Guillaume Bonnafond
-6 Stefano Locatelli
-5 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
-5 Dirk Bellemakers
-5 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
-5 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-5 Rory Sutherland

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:39 Giovanni Visconti
+0:23 Robert Gesink
+0:12 Ramunas Navardauskas
+0:08 Luka Mezgec
+0:04 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez

Biggest losers by time :
-10:34 Maxim Belkov
-9:29 Iljo Keisse
-9:14 Adam Blythe
-9:14 Albert Timmer
-9:14 Alex Dowsett
-9:14 Bert De Backer
-9:14 Cameron Wurf
-9:14 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
-9:14 Christian Vande Velde
-9:14 Cristiano Salerno
-9:14 Daniel Oss

Favourites by position :
+2 Robert Gesink
-1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-2 Christian Vande Velde
-5 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-7 Thomas Danielson

Favourites by time :
+0:23 Robert Gesink
-7:50 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-9:14 Thomas Danielson
-9:14 Christian Vande Velde

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 73:11:29 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:26 (unchanged)
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran 2:46 (unchanged)
4 Michele Scarponi 3:53 (unchanged)
5 Przemyslaw Niemiec 4:13 (unchanged)
6 Mauro Santambrogio 4:57 (unchanged)
7 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 5:15 (unchanged)
8 Rafal Majka 5:20 (unchanged)
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 5:47 (unchanged)
10 Robert Gesink 7:24 (was 12th at 7:47)
11 Domenico Pozzovivo 7:34 (was 10th at 7:34)
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15 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 8:36 (unchanged)
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18 Wilco Kelderman 15:04 (unchanged)
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25 Steven Kruijswijk 28:23 (unchanged)
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60 Thomas Danielson 1:33:43 (was 53rd at 1:24:29)
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108 Christian Vande Velde 2:32:52 (was 106th at 2:23:38)
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113 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 2:37:13 (was 108th at 2:29:23)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 113 (was 1st with 109 points)
2 Cadel Evans 109 (was 2nd with 103 points)
3 Mauro Santambrogio 89 (was 4th with 84 points)
4 Giovanni Visconti 86 (was 8th with 61 points)
5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 85 (was 3rd with 85 points)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 78 (was 5th with 78 points)
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran 76 (was 6th with 76 points)
8 Elia Viviani 72 (was 7th with 72 points)
9 Maxim Belkov 71 (was 10th with 55 points)
10 Ramunas Navardauskas 65 (was 14th with 45 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 79 (unchanged)
2 Giovanni Visconti 45 (was 2nd with 42 points)
3 Jackson Rodriguez 41 (unchanged)
4 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 32 (unchanged)
5 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 31 (unchanged)
6 Mauro Santambrogio 18 (unchanged)
7 Maxim Belkov 18 (unchanged)
8 Rigoberto Uran Uran 17 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 15 (unchanged)
10 Emanuele Sella 13 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 17
Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 16
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 16
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 16
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 16
Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 16
Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 16
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 16
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 : 35


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