Giro d'Italia, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : May 23, Falzes/Pfalzen - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 187 km

1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 5.24.42
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Barracuda
4 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0.02
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 1.22
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
9 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
10 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+23 Francesco Failli
+18 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
+16 Ben Hermans
+14 Martijn Keizer
+12 Fabio Felline
+12 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
+11 Sebastien Rosseler
+11 Marzio Bruseghin
+10 Alexsandr Dyachenko
+9 Enrico Gasparotto

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Jose Rujano Guillen
-15 Marco Pinotti
-15 Roman Kreuziger
-10 Michal Golas
-9 Carlos Jose Ochoa
-9 Enrico Battaglin
-9 Matthias Brandle
-9 Sandy Casar
-9 Sylvester Szmyd
-7 Andreas Dietziker
-7 Geoffrey Soupe

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-41:15 Andrea Guardini
-41:15 Francesco Chicchi
-41:15 Michal Kwiatkowski
-39:27 Jack Bobridge
-39:27 Mirko Selvaggi
-38:46 Taylor Phinney
-38:26 Adrian Saez
-38:26 Alex Rasmussen
-38:26 Alexander Kristoff
-38:26 Alfredo Balloni
-38:26 Andreas Dietziker

Favourites by position :
+6 Rigoberto Uran
+6 Domenico Pozzovivo
+3 John Gadret
+2 Michele Scarponi
+2 Damiano Cunego
+1 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-5 Mathias Frank
-15 Roman Kreuziger
-15 Marco Pinotti
-15 Jose Rujano Guillen

Favourites by time :
-0:02 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1:22 John Gadret
-1:22 Damiano Cunego
-1:22 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-11:26 Roman Kreuziger
-14:12 Christian Vande Velde
-34:05 Mathias Frank
-34:05 Marco Pinotti
-34:05 Jose Rujano Guillen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 74:46:46 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 0:30 (unchanged)
3 Ivan Basso 1:22 (unchanged)
4 Michele Scarponi 1:36 (was 6th at 1:36)
5 Rigoberto Uran 2:56 (was 11th at 2:56)
6 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 3:04 (was 7th at 1:42)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 3:19 (was 13th at 3:17)
8 Paolo Tiralongo 4:13 (was 4th at 1:26)
9 Thomas De Gendt 4:38 (was 12th at 3:16)
10 Sergio Henao Montoya 4:42 (was 8th at 1:55)
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12 John Gadret 4:46 (was 15th at 3:24)
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15 Damiano Cunego 5:07 (was 17th at 3:45)
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20 Roman Kreuziger 12:53 (was 5th at 1:27)
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28 Christian Vande Velde 24:37 (was 27th at 10:25)
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37 Jose Rujano Guillen 41:55 (was 22nd at 7:50)
38 Marco Pinotti 42:20 (was 23rd at 8:15)
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90 Mathias Frank 2:04:00 (was 85th at 1:29:55)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 110 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 109 (was 2nd with 84 points)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 72 (was 3rd with 56 points)
4 Domenico Pozzovivo 63 (was 4th with 53 points)
5 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 52 (unchanged)
6 Michele Scarponi 52 (was 10th with 40 points)
7 Alexander Kristoff 49 (was 6th with 49 points)
8 Martijn Keizer 48 (was 7th with 48 points)
9 Paolo Tiralongo 43 (was 8th with 43 points)
10 Alessandro De Marchi 43 (was 9th with 43 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matteo Rabottini 65 (was 1st with 41 points)
2 Michal Golas 34 (unchanged)
3 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 28 (unchanged)
4 Domenico Pozzovivo 24 (was 10th with 9 points)
5 Jan Barta 24 (was 4th with 24 points)
6 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 24 (was 5th with 24 points)
7 Alessandro De Marchi 15 (was 6th with 15 points)
8 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 13 (was 9th with 10 points)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 13 (was 23rd with 4 points)
10 Francesco Failli 12 (was 28th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 17
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 17
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 17
Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 17
Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 17
Stefano Locatelli (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 16
Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 15
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 15
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 15
Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 15
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 15
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 14
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 14
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 14
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp 13
Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 12
Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 10
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 29


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