Vuelta a Espana, stage 14 summary

Stage 14 : Sep 11, Burgos - Pena Cabarga, 178 km

1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 4.26.43
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0.20
3 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.22
4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 0.33
5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.34
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0.35
7 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.39
8 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.43
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0.45
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Transitions 1.29


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 David Millar
+18 Paul Voss
+16 Niki Terpstra
+16 Matthew Wilson
+16 Antonio Piedra
+14 Nick Nuyens
+14 Enrique Mata
+13 Martin Velits
+11 Vincent Jerome
+11 Nicolas Vogondy

Biggest losers by position :
-26 Marzio Bruseghin
-11 Xavier Florencio
-10 Juan Javier Estrada
-9 Javier Ramirez
-8 Grischa Niermann
-8 Philippe Gilbert
-7 Arthur Vichot
-7 Dario Cataldo
-7 Dominik Roels
-7 Gorka Verdugo
-7 Jelle Vanendert

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:13 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:45 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:39 Ezequiel Mosquera
+0:20 David Moncoutie
+0:19 Nicholas Roche
+0:18 Frank Schleck
+0:14 Xavier Tondo
+0:10 David Garcia Dapena
+0:08 Peter Velits

Biggest losers by time :
-21:23 Pablo Urtasun
-21:16 Arthur Vichot
-21:16 Pierre Cazaux
-21:07 Christophe Riblon
-21:07 Dominik Klemme
-21:07 Dominik Roels
-21:07 Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante
-21:07 Sebastien Chavanel
-21:05 Andreas Stauff
-21:05 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
-20:46 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by position :
+10 Christian Vande Velde
+4 Roman Kreuziger
+4 Frank Schleck
+3 Luis-Leon Sanchez
+3 Carlos Sastre
+2 Joaquin Rodriguez
+2 Ezequiel Mosquera
+2 David Zabriskie
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
-1 Xavier Tondo
-1 David Arroyo
-2 Ruben Plaza
-3 Denis Menchov
-4 Allan Davis

Favourites by time :
+1:13 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:45 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:39 Ezequiel Mosquera
+0:18 Frank Schleck
+0:14 Xavier Tondo
-0:49 Carlos Sastre
-1:07 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-1:34 Ruben Plaza
-2:00 Roman Kreuziger
-2:10 David Arroyo
-8:13 Christian Vande Velde
-11:02 Denis Menchov
-20:13 David Zabriskie
-20:30 Allan Davis

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 60:55:39 (was 2nd at 0:45)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:04 (was 4th at 1:17)
3 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:50 (was 5th at 1:29)
4 Xavier Tondo 0:50 (was 3rd at 1:04)
5 Nicholas Roche 2:11 (was 9th at 2:30)
6 Frank Schleck 2:12 (was 10th at 2:30)
7 Peter Velits 2:29 (was 11th at 2:37)
8 Tom Danielson 3:29 (was 12th at 2:53)
9 Ruben Plaza 3:41 (was 7th at 2:07)
10 Carlos Sastre 3:52 (was 13th at 3:03)
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13 Luis-Leon Sanchez 4:47 (was 16th at 3:40)
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22 David Arroyo 8:30 (was 21st at 6:20)
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34 Denis Menchov 20:55 (was 31st at 9:53)
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37 Roman Kreuziger 23:08 (was 41st at 21:08)
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89 Christian Vande Velde 1:23:52 (was 99th at 1:15:39)
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121 Allan Davis 1:56:47 (was 117th at 1:36:17)
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141 David Zabriskie 2:18:11 (was 143rd at 1:57:58)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 111 (unchanged)
2 Tyler Farrar 90 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 74 (was 6th with 54 points)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 73 (was 9th with 48 points)
5 Philippe Gilbert 67 (was 4th with 67 points)
6 David Moncoutie 67 (was 7th with 53 points)
7 Thor Hushovd 57 (was 5th with 57 points)
8 Ezequiel Mosquera 53 (was 13th with 37 points)
9 Daniele Bennati 53 (was 8th with 53 points)
10 Yauheni Hutarovich 47 (was 11th with 47 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 45 (was 1st with 41 points)
2 Serafin Martinez 36 (unchanged)
3 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (unchanged)
4 Ezequiel Mosquera 16 (was 9th with 10 points)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez 15 (was 0 points)
6 Niki Terpstra 14 (was 11th with 7 points)
7 Xavier Tondo 11 (was 5th with 11 points)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 11 (was 34th with 1 points)
9 Christophe Le Mevel 10 (was 6th with 10 points)
10 Oscar Pujol 10 (was 7th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 30


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