Giro d'Italia, stage 18 summary

Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Mathieu Perget
+3 Alessandro Cortinovis
+2 Steven Cummings
+2 Pierre Drancourt
+2 Nicolas Crosbie
+2 Lorenzo Bernucci
+2 Laurent Mangel
+2 Koldo Fernandez
+2 Frantisek Rabon
+2 Brett Lancaster

Biggest losers by position :
-2 Dario Andriotto
-1 Addy Engels
-1 Christophe Kern
-1 Giuseppe Palumbo
0 Aitor Perez Arrieta
0 Amaël Moinard
0 Andrey Mizourov
0 Andy Schleck
0 Anton Luengo Celaya
0 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
0 Branislau Samoilau

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:12 Maximiliano Richeze
+0:08 Matti Breschel
+0:02 Franck Renier

Biggest losers by time :
-3:25 Martin Müller
-2:59 Dario Andriotto
-2:57 Giuseppe Palumbo
-2:55 Eric Berthou
-2:39 Addy Engels
-2:35 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
-2:29 Mikhail Ignatiev
-1:40 Christophe Kern
-1:37 Elio Aggiano
-1:26 Maxim Gourov
-1:19 Anton Luengo Celaya

Favourites by position :
+1 Iban Mayo Diez
+1 Dario David Cioni
+1 Andrea Noe'

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 82.08.26
2 Andy Schleck 2.24
3 Gilberto Simoni 2.28
4 Damiano Cunego 3.29
5 Eddy Mazzoleni 3.46
6 Riccardo Ricco 5.19
.....
9 Franco Pellizotti 10.39
10 Marzio Bruseghin 10.55
.....
13 Leonardo Piepoli 13.08
14 Stefano Garzelli 14.36
15 Paolo Savoldelli 15.27
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28 Pietro Caucchioli 50.05
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30 Paolo Bettini 50.56
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40 Andrea Noe' 1.05.39
41 Dario David Cioni 1.05.48
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45 Iban Mayo Diez 1.10.13

Retirements to date :
AG2r Prévoyance Julien Loubet
Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Alexandr Arekeev
" Gabriele Balducci
" Simone Masciarelli
Astana Serguei Yakovlev
Bouygues Telecom Arnaud Labbe
" Thomas Voeckler
" Yohann Gène
Caisse d'Epargne Alexei Markov
" Joan Horrach Rippoll
" Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
Ceramica Panaria - Navigare Paride Grillo
Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Mathieu Heijboer
" Steve Zampieri
Crédit Agricole Francesco Bellotti
" Patrice Halgand
" Thor Hushovd
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Brian Vandborg
" George Hincapie
" Yaroslav Popovych
Euskaltel - Euskadi Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
" Aketza Pena Iza
" Benat Albizuri Aransolo
" Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
" Joseba Zubeldia Agirre
Française des Jeux Cyrille Monnerais
" Ian McLeod
" Timothy Gudsell
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
" Oliver Zaugg
" Robert Förster
" Tim Klinger
" Volker Ordowski
Lampre - Fondital Danilo Napolitano
Liquigas Charles Wegelius
Predictor - Lotto Robbie McEwen
" Wim Van Huffel
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
" Jurgen Van De Walle
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Leon Van Bon
" Max Van Heeswijk
Saunier Duval - Prodir Manuele Mori
" Rubens Bertogliati
T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen
" Gregory Henderson
" Michael Barry
" Thomas Ziegler
Team CSC Alexandr Kolobnev
" Fabian Cancellara
" Juan José Haedo
" Michael Blaudzun
Team Milram Alberto Ongarato
" Fabio Sabatini
" Sergio Ghisalberti
Tinkoff Credit System Ivan Rovny
Total retirements : 56