Vuelta stage 18 summary

Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 JosÚ Vicente Garcia Acosta
+14 David Lopez Garcia
+14 Angel Gomez
+13 Moises Due±as
+13 Daniele Nardello
+12 Thorwald Veneberg
+12 Nicki S°rensen
+12 Javier Pascual Rodriguez
+11 Magnus Backstedt
+11 Giampaolo Caruso

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Gilberto Simoni
-7 David Bernabeu
-7 Francisco PÚrez
-3 Michael Barry
-2 Benjamin Noval
-2 Juan Manuel Fuentes
-1 Egoi Martinez
-1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
-1 Sylvester Szmyd
0 Carlos Garcia Quesada
0 Carlos Sastre

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:58 Nicki S°rensen
+3:58 Javier Pascual Rodriguez
+3:36 JosÚ Vicente Garcia Acosta
+2:52 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+2:52 Daniele Nardello
+2:48 Pablo Lastras
+2:48 Mario Aerts
+2:33 Gorka Gonzalez
+1:26 Moises Due±as
+0:03 Francisco Mancebo

Biggest losers by time :
-19:52 Jimmy Casper
-19:25 Marco Zanotti
-19:25 Nick Gates
-19:25 RenÚ Haselbacher
-19:13 Allan Johansen
-19:05 Aketza Pe±a
-19:05 Arnaud Coyot
-19:05 Bernhard Kohl
-19:05 Devis Miorin
-19:05 Francisco JosÚ Ventoso
-19:05 Gilberto Simoni

Favourites by position :
+13 Daniele Nardello
+9 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
+5 Leonardo Piepoli
+4 I±igo Cuesta
+2 Michele Scarponi
+1 Tom Danielson
+1 Juan Miguel Mercado
-9 Gilberto Simoni

Favourites by time :
+2:52 Daniele Nardello
+0:03 Francisco Mancebo
-0:09 Juan Miguel Mercado
-0:11 Tom Danielson
-0:11 Michele Scarponi
-0:18 Leonardo Piepoli
-0:18 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-0:18 I±igo Cuesta
-1:01 David Blanco Rodiguez
-19:05 Gilberto Simoni

Favourites standings :
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez 74.30.48
2 Denis Menchov 4.30
3 Carlos Sastre 4.50
4 Francisco Mancebo 5.48
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada 6.22
6 Oscar Sevilla 11.13
7 Ruben Plaza Molina 11.36
8 Juan Miguel Mercado 15.28
9 Tom Danielson 15.50
12 Michele Scarponi 29.32
15 David Blanco Rodiguez 32.55
30 I±igo Cuesta 1.03.33
33 Leonardo Piepoli 1.12.56
38 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro 1.24.34
49 Gilberto Simoni 1.36.39
54 Daniele Nardello 1.42.20

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Anthony Geslin DNS 18
" Christophe Kern DNF 18
" Franck Renier
" Pierrick Fedrigo DNF 10
" SÚbastien Chavanel DNF 17
" Unai Yus Kerejeta DNS 10
Cofidis, le credit par telephone Christophe Edaleine DNF 11
" Leonardo Bertagnolli DNF 15
" Luis Perez DNF 11
Comunidad Valenciana Angel Luis Casero DNF 10
CrÚdit Agricole Beno¯t Poilvet DNS 11
" Eric Leblacher DNF 10
" Francesco Bellotti DNF 13
" Julian Dean DNF 15
" SÚbastien Joly DNF 7
" Thor Hushovd DNF 11
Davitamon - Lotto Tom Steels DNF 13
Discovery Channel Beno¯t Joachim DNS 13
" JosÚ Azevedo DNS 13
" Leif Hoste DNF 10
" Manuel Beltran DNF 13
" Max Van Heeswijk DNF 10
Domina Vacanze Angelo Furlan DNF 3
" Luca Solari DNF 6
" Matej Jurco DNF 18
" Mirco Lorenzetto DNF 5
" Ruslan Ivanov DNF 10
" Simone Cadamuro DNF 6
Euskaltel-Euskadi Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez DNF 18
" Iban Mayo Diez DNF 5
" Markel Irizar DNF 11
Fassa Bortolo Fabio Sacchi DNS 17
" Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni DNF 10
" Matteo Tosatto DNS 18
Franþaise des Jeux Bernhard Eisel DNF 6
" Bradley McGee DNF 11
" FrÚdÚric Guesdon DNF 11
" Jussi Veikkanen DNF 3
" Ludovic Auger DNF 6
Gerolsteiner Marcel Strauss DNF 10
" Matthias Russ DNF 15
" Torsten Schmidt DNF 6
Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Aitor Osa Eizaguirre DNF 10
" JosÚ Ivan Gutierrez Palacios DNS 9
Lampre - Caffita Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea DNF 13
" Gerrit Glomser DNS 12
" GiosuÞ Bonomi DNF 6
" Giuliano Figueras DNF 2
Liberty Seguros-W³rth Team Isidro Nozal Vega DNF 10
Liquigas - Bianchi Oscar Mason
Phonak Hearing Systems Floyd Landis DNF 6
" JosÚ Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna DNF 5
" Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero DNF 18
" Santiago Botero Echeverry DNF 11
" Santos Gonzalez DNS 18
Quick Step - Innergetic Guido Trenti DNS 18
" JosÚ Antonio Garrido DNF 10
" JosÚ Antonio Pecharroman Fabian
" Paolo Bettini DNS 18
" Tom Boonen
Rabobank Jan Boven DNF 6
" Jukka Vastaranta DNF 15
" Mathew Hayman DNF 11
" Niels Scheuneman DNS 13
Relax Fuenlabrada Freddy Gonzalez DNF 13
Saunier Duval - Prodir David De La Fuente
T-Mobile Team Francisco JosÚ Lara DNS 16
Team CSC Jakob Piil DNF 12
Total retirements : 68