Vuelta a Espana, stage 15 summary

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+19 Sebastien Minard
+19 Nick Nuyens
+18 Olivier Bonnaire
+18 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
+15 Philippe Gilbert
+15 Alessandro Vanotti
+14 Matti Breschel
+14 Heinrich Haussler
+13 Pieter Jacobs

Biggest losers by position :
-7 Jose Antonio Carrasco Ramirez
-6 Alan Perez Lezaun
-6 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil
-6 Marc De Maar
-6 Rinaldo Nocentini
-5 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-5 Dominique Cornu
-4 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-4 Jeremy Hunt
-4 Karsten Kroon
-4 Michael Blaudzun

Biggest gainers by time :
+14:43 David Garcia Dapena
+14:20 Nick Nuyens
+14:14 Juan Manuel Garate
+13:54 Paolo Tiralongo
+13:47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
+13:44 David Arroyo Duran
+12:54 Philippe Gilbert
+12:45 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+12:45 Matti Breschel
+11:47 Sebastien Minard

Biggest losers by time :
-11:54 Assan Bazayev
-11:54 Jeremy Hunt
-8:50 Christian Kux
-8:30 Alan Perez Lezaun
-8:30 Alexandre Usov
-8:30 Arnaud Labbe
-8:30 Christophe Kern
-8:30 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-8:30 Dominique Cornu
-8:30 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-8:30 Jose Antonio Carrasco Ramirez

Favourites by position :
+12 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
+4 Stefan Schumacher
-1 Andreas Kloden
-2 Yaroslav Popovych
-2 Damiano Cunego

Favourites by time :
+13:47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 61.13.48
2 Levi Leipheimer 1.17
3 Carlos Sastre Candil 3.41
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 4.35
5 Robert Gesink 5.49
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 6.00
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12 Marzio Bruseghin 10.56
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22 Andreas Kloden 23.47
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27 Damiano Cunego 28.12
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29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 37.13
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39 Yaroslav Popovych 49.13
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96 Stefan Schumacher 1.33.50

Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15
Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 14
Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7
Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5
Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 15
Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 8
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 12
Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13
Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 15
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 10
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13
Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 15
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9
Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7
Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 14
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 26