Vuelta a Espana, stage 21 summary

Stage 21 : Sunday, September 20 2009, Rivas - Madrid, 110 km

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC 3.11.55
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
5 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC
7 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC
8 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo TestTeam
9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
10 Paul Voss (Ger) Milram


Changes in stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+1 Serafin Martinez
+1 Sebastien Hinault
+1 Olivier Kaisen
+1 Martin Velits
+1 Leonardo Duque
+1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
+1 Julien El Fares
+1 Jose Vicente Garcia
+1 Javier Benitez
+1 Gustavo Dominguez

Biggest losers by position :
-2 Vicente Reynes
-1 Aitor Hernandez
-1 Antonio Piedra
-1 Arkaitz Duran
-1 Igor Anton
-1 Jens Mouris
-1 Karsten Kroon
-1 Lieuwe Westra
-1 Manuel Quinziato
-1 Matthew Lloyd
-1 Oliver Zaugg

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:34 Andre Greipel
+0:22 Daniele Bennati
+0:18 Borut Bozic
+0:14 David Garcia
+0:10 Tom Leezer
+0:10 Sebastien Hinault
+0:10 Roger Hammond
+0:10 Philippe Gilbert
+0:10 Paul Voss
+0:10 Matti Breschel

Biggest losers by time :
-1:12 Damien Gaudin
-1:12 Karsten Kroon
-1:12 Lieuwe Westra
-1:12 Manuel Quinziato
-1:05 Jens Mouris
-1:01 Matteo Carrara
-1:01 Sergey Lagutin
-0:58 Maciej Bodnar
-0:46 David Moncoutie
-0:46 Emanuele Bindi
-0:46 Matthe Pronk

Favourites by position :

Favourites by time :
-0:06 Haimar Zubeldia
-0:30 Roman Kreuziger

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 87.22.37
2 Samuel Sanchez 0.55
3 Cadel Evans 1.32
4 Ivan Basso 2.12
5 Ezequiel Mosquera 4.27
6 Robert Gesink 6.40
.....
14 Haimar Zubeldia 17.15
.....
61 Roman Kreuziger 1.34.53

Retirements to date : Stage
Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 19
Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 19
Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-HTC 18
Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 18
Christian Meier (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 18
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 18
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18
Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 18
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 18
Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 18
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 17
Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 17
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 17
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 17
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 17
Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 15
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 14
Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo TestTeam 14
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC 14
Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 14
Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 14
Bjorn Schroder (Ger) Milram 13
Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 13
Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo TestTeam 13
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 13
Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 13
Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 13
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 13
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam 13
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 13
Alberto Fernandez Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12
Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 12
Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre-NGC 12
Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 12
Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 12
Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil 12
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 12
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 12
Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-NGC 12
Frank Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 11
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-HTC 11
Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 10
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 10
Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9
Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9
Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9
Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 8
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Columbia-HTC 6
Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6
Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 5
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 59