Vuelta a Espana, stage 17 summary

Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16

Biggest gainers by position :
+5 Mauro Santambrogio
+3 Wouter Weylandt
+3 Nick Nuyens
+3 Claudio Corioni
+3 Christian Kux
+2 Stefan Schumacher
+2 Serafin Martinez
+2 Sebastian Schwager
+2 Sebastian Lang
+2 Philippe Gilbert

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Francis Mourey
-4 Pieter Jacobs
-3 Dimitri Champion
-3 Jelle Vanendert
-2 David Herrero Llorente
-2 Dominique Cornu
-2 Evgeny Petrov
-2 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez
-2 Yaroslav Popovych
-1 Amets Txurruka
-1 Jose Ruiz Sanchez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Wouter Weylandt
+0:12 Matti Breschel
+0:08 Alexandre Usov
+0:04 Greg Van Avermaet

Biggest losers by time :
-6:16 Christophe Kern
-6:16 Emanuele Bindi
-6:16 Francis Mourey
-6:16 Pieter Jacobs
-5:51 Jelle Vanendert
-5:51 Renaud Dion
-3:40 Dimitri Champion
-2:38 Mikhail Ignatiev
-2:21 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez
-2:21 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-2:21 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz

Favourites by position :
+2 Stefan Schumacher
-2 Yaroslav Popovych

Favourites by time :
-0:20 Yaroslav Popovych

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 69.53.52
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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29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 41.10
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39 Yaroslav Popovych 49.43
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91 Stefan Schumacher 1.34.01

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
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 17
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
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 17
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 12
Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13
Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 16
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
Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 30