Vuelta stage 20 summary

Changes in stage 20 compared to stage 19

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Uwe Peschel
+3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz
+3 Marcus Ljungqvist
+3 Koos Moerenhout
+3 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano
+2 Mario Aerts
+2 Magnus Backstedt
+2 Gert Steegmans
+2 David Blanco Rodiguez
+2 David Bernabeu

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Daniel Atienza Urendez
-2 Andreas Matzbacher
-2 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez
-2 Joan Horrach
-2 Juan Miguel Mercado
-2 Unai Osa Eizaguirre
-1 Adolfo Garcia Quesada
-1 AndrÚ Korff
-1 Christophe Le Mevel
-1 Dariusz Baranowski
-1 Gilberto Simoni

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-7:31 Nick Gates
-7:15 Devis Miorin
-7:04 RenÚ Haselbacher
-6:55 Bernhard Kohl
-6:50 Ian McLeod
-6:44 Leonardo Piepoli
-6:23 Nacor Burgos
-6:17 Marco Zanotti
-6:16 Ignacio Gutierrez
-6:15 Jimmy Casper
-6:14 Andreas Matzbacher

Favourites by position :
+2 David Blanco Rodiguez
+1 Tom Danielson
+1 Ruben Plaza Molina
-1 Oscar Sevilla
-1 Leonardo Piepoli
-1 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-1 Gilberto Simoni
-2 Juan Miguel Mercado

Favourites by time :
-0:04 Carlos Sastre
-0:06 Denis Menchov
-0:10 Francisco Mancebo
-0:48 Tom Danielson
-1:32 I±igo Cuesta
-1:44 Carlos Garcia Quesada
-2:02 David Blanco Rodiguez
-2:09 Oscar Sevilla
-2:12 Michele Scarponi
-2:45 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-3:03 Juan Miguel Mercado
-3:49 Daniele Nardello
-5:32 Gilberto Simoni
-6:44 Leonardo Piepoli

Favourites standings :
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez 78.48.10
2 Denis Menchov 4.36
3 Carlos Sastre 4.54
4 Francisco Mancebo 5.58
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada 8.06
6 Ruben Plaza Molina 11.36
7 Oscar Sevilla 13.22
8 Tom Danielson 16.38
10 Juan Miguel Mercado 18.31
12 Michele Scarponi 31.44
13 David Blanco Rodiguez 34.57
30 I±igo Cuesta 1.05.05
36 Leonardo Piepoli 1.19.40
40 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro 1.27.19
45 Daniele Nardello 1.33.00
51 Gilberto Simoni 1.42.11

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
" Marco Velo DNS 20
" 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 Ca±ada DNF 19
" David De La Fuente
T-Mobile Team Francisco JosÚ Lara DNS 16
Team CSC Jakob Piil DNF 12
Total retirements : 70