Giro d'Italia, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : May 16, Longarone - Treviso, 134 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3.01.47
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ
3 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
5 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
7 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
8 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
9 Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Taylor Phinney
+6 Ramunas Navardauskas
+6 Pavel Brutt
+6 Manuele Boaro
+6 Lars Ytting Bak
+6 Ioannis Tamouridis
+6 Alessandro Vanotti
+6 Adam Blythe
+5 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
+5 Robert Hunter

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Bradley Wiggins
-6 Andrey Zeits
-5 Christian Meier
-5 Edoardo Zardini
-5 Paul Martens
-5 Ricardo Mestre
-4 Daniel Oss
-4 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas
-4 Johan Le Bon
-4 Karsten Kroon
-4 Xabier Zandio Echaide

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Maxim Belkov
+0:20 Mark Cavendish
+0:18 Maurits Lammertink
+0:14 Bert De Backer
+0:12 Nacer Bouhanni
+0:12 Marco Marcato
+0:10 Fabio Felline
+0:08 Luka Mezgec

Biggest losers by time :
-14:21 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas
-12:18 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres
-4:27 Jack Bobridge
-4:27 Jarlinson Pantano
-4:27 Miguel Minguez Ayala
-4:27 Nathan Haas
-4:27 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez
-4:27 Stefano Locatelli
-4:27 Stefano Pirazzi
-4:24 Andrey Zeits
-4:24 Edoardo Zardini

Favourites by position :
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-9 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by time :
-1:07 Steven Kruijswijk
-1:07 Christian Vande Velde
-1:16 Ryder Hesjedal
-2:48 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-3:17 Thomas Danielson
-3:17 Bradley Wiggins

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 46:28:14 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:41 (unchanged)
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran 2:04 (unchanged)
4 Robert Gesink 2:12 (was 5th at 2:12)
5 Michele Scarponi 2:13 (was 6th at 2:13)
6 Mauro Santambrogio 2:55 (was 7th at 2:55)
7 Przemyslaw Niemiec 3:35 (was 8th at 3:35)
8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 4:05 (was 9th at 4:05)
9 Domenico Pozzovivo 4:17 (was 10th at 4:17)
10 Rafal Majka 4:21 (was 11th at 4:21)
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13 Bradley Wiggins 5:22 (was 4th at 2:05)
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18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 7:46 (unchanged)
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21 Wilco Kelderman 8:55 (unchanged)
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27 Steven Kruijswijk 17:07 (was 27th at 16:00)
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38 Ryder Hesjedal 32:55 (was 37th at 31:39)
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40 Thomas Danielson 37:28 (was 40th at 34:11)
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87 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:14:38 (was 85th at 1:11:50)
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135 Christian Vande Velde 1:42:34 (was 134th at 1:41:27)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 83 (was 3rd with 58 points)
2 Cadel Evans 73 (was 1st with 73 points)
3 Elia Viviani 60 (was 2nd with 60 points)
4 Maxim Belkov 55 (was 9th with 41 points)
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran 53 (was 4th with 53 points)
6 Mauro Santambrogio 52 (was 5th with 52 points)
7 Nacer Bouhanni 51 (was 16th with 31 points)
8 Enrico Battaglin 45 (was 6th with 45 points)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 45 (was 7th with 45 points)
10 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 43 (was 8th with 43 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 46 (unchanged)
2 Jackson Rodriguez 26 (unchanged)
3 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 23 (unchanged)
4 Maxim Belkov 18 (was 7th with 13 points)
5 Giovanni Visconti 16 (was 4th with 16 points)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
7 Emanuele Sella 13 (was 6th with 13 points)
8 Adam Hansen 12 (unchanged)
9 Jarlinson Pantano 12 (unchanged)
10 Ramunas Navardauskas 9 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia 12
Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 12
Sylvain Georges (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 11
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 10
Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 10
Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10
John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 10
Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 9
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9
Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 8
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7
Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 7
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano 6
Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 4
Total retirements : 17


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