Vuelta a Espana, stage 13 summary

Changes in stage 13 compared to stage 12

Biggest gainers by position :
+18 Jose Ruiz Sanchez
+11 Remy Di Gregorio
+11 Matej Jurco
+11 Juan Javier Estrada Ruiz
+10 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
+10 Gorazd Stangelj
+9 Julien Loubet
+8 Sebastien Joly
+8 Patrice Halgand
+8 Jesus Rosendo Prado

Biggest losers by position :
-20 Nikita Eskov
-12 Ivan Rovny
-10 Andry Grivko
-7 David Arroyo Duran
-7 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
-7 Sebastien Minard
-5 Alessandro Ballan
-5 Alessandro Vanotti
-5 Andreas Kloden
-5 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
-5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:29 Alberto Contador Velasco

Biggest losers by time :
-25:08 Assan Bazayev
-25:04 Ivan Rovny
-24:58 Dmitriy Muravyev
-24:46 Artur Gajek
-24:46 Christian Kux
-24:42 Nikita Eskov
-23:33 Mikhail Ignatiev
-23:33 Sebastian Schwager
-22:59 Jeremy Hunt
-22:59 Stephane Poulhies
-22:32 Alexandre Usov

Favourites by position :
+6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+5 Stefan Schumacher
+4 Damiano Cunego
+2 Yaroslav Popovych
+2 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
+1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1 Davide Rebellin
-4 Marzio Bruseghin
-5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-5 Andreas Kloden
-5 Alessandro Ballan

Favourites by time :
+0:29 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:21 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:56 Levi Leipheimer
-1:23 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:47 Robert Gesink
-2:09 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez
-2:34 Damiano Cunego
-3:59 Davide Rebellin
-5:30 Marzio Bruseghin
-10:00 Andreas Kloden
-10:50 Yaroslav Popovych
-15:39 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
-17:23 Stefan Schumacher
-17:44 Alessandro Ballan

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 51.41.17
2 Levi Leipheimer 1.07
3 Carlos Sastre Candil 3.01
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 4.19
5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4.40
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7 Robert Gesink 5.09
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9 Davide Rebellin 7.39
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13 Marzio Bruseghin 9.39
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23 Andreas Kloden 20.17
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28 Damiano Cunego 21.51
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36 Alessandro Ballan 35.13
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41 Yaroslav Popovych 38.41
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52 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 45.07
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97 Stefan Schumacher 1.18.01

Retirements to date : Stage
Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7
Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5
Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 8
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 12
Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13
Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 10
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9
Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 19