Giro d'Italia, stage 11 summary

Stage 11 - Wednesday, May 20: Torino - Arenzano (Genova), 214km

First 10 finishers :
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.51.17 (44.08 km/h)
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad
8 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha
9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD
10 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram


Changes in stage 11 compared to stage 10 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Mark Cavendish
+18 Guillaume Le Floch
+17 Michael Barry
+16 Alessandro Donati
+15 Tyler Farrar
+15 Robert Forster
+15 Mark Renshaw
+15 Juan Jose Haedo
+15 Davide Vigano
+13 Sebastien Hinault

Biggest losers by position :
-27 Evgeny Sokolov
-19 Cameron Meyer
-17 David Zabriskie
-14 Riccardo Chiarini
-13 Ricardo Serrano
-12 Anders Lund
-12 Danny Pate
-12 Jelle Vanendert
-11 Dario Cataldo
-11 Hector Gonzalez
-10 Davide Malacarne

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Tyler Farrar
+0:08 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:02 Edvald Boasson Hagen

Biggest losers by time :
-21:08 Evgeny Sokolov
-14:31 Alberto Fernandez
-14:31 Cameron Meyer
-14:31 Hector Gonzalez
-14:31 Ricardo Serrano
-11:31 Anders Lund
-11:31 Danny Pate
-11:31 Dario Cataldo
-11:31 David Zabriskie
-11:31 Davide Malacarne
-11:31 Eros Capecchi

Favourites by position :
+6 Jens Voigt
+6 Fabian Cancellara
+2 Stefano Garzelli
+2 Marzio Bruseghin
+2 Lance Armstrong
+2 Damiano Cunego

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 48.51.28
2 Denis Menchov 1.20
3 Michael Rogers 1.33
4 Levi Leipheimer 1.40
5 Franco Pellizotti 1.53
6 Carlos Sastre 1.54
7 Ivan Basso 2.03
8 Thomas Lovkvist 2.12
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10 Gilberto Simoni 2.58
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12 Marzio Bruseghin 4.29
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16 Lance Armstrong 5.28
17 Damiano Cunego 5.31
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27 Stefano Garzelli 7.32
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52 Jens Voigt 32.14
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137 Fabian Cancellara 1.40.56

Retirements to date : Stage
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8
Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 8
Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 10
David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Total retirements : 11