Giro d'Italia, stage 17 summary

Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Yuriy Krivtsov
+9 Addy Engels
+8 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+7 Mauro Facci
+7 Markel Irizar Aranburu
+7 Dario David Cioni
+7 Alessandro Petacchi
+6 Michael Rasmussen
+6 Laszlo Bodrogi
+6 Giovanni Visconti

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Eric Berthou
-7 Frantisek Rabon
-6 David Zabriskie
-6 Dmitriy Muravyev
-6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-5 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-5 Matthias Russ
-5 Olivier Bonnaire
-5 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
-4 Charles Wegelius
-4 Christophe Riblon

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:51 Gilberto Simoni
+0:43 Leonardo Piepoli
+0:32 Andy Schleck

Biggest losers by time :
-19:53 Eric Berthou
-18:27 Nikolai Trusov
-18:24 Mikhail Ignatiev
-18:20 David Zabriskie
-18:08 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
-18:02 Alessandro Vanotti
-18:02 Nick Gates
-17:57 Steven Cummings
-17:48 Sven Krauss
-17:41 Benoît Joachim
-17:35 Pedro Horrillo Munoz

Favourites by position :
+7 Dario David Cioni
+3 Leonardo Piepoli
+2 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Paolo Bettini
+1 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Damiano Cunego
+1 Andy Schleck
-1 Stefano Garzelli
-1 Paolo Savoldelli
-1 Andrea Noe'
-3 Eddy Mazzoleni

Favourites by time :
+0:51 Gilberto Simoni
+0:43 Leonardo Piepoli
+0:32 Andy Schleck
-0:06 Damiano Cunego
-1:09 Franco Pellizotti
-1:26 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:40 Riccardo Ricco
-1:55 Eddy Mazzoleni
-2:06 Paolo Bettini
-2:24 Dario David Cioni
-3:04 Stefano Garzelli
-3:19 Paolo Savoldelli
-7:56 Pietro Caucchioli
-7:56 Andrea Noe'
-9:04 Iban Mayo Diez

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 77.35.35
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
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9 Franco Pellizotti 10.39
10 Marzio Bruseghin 10.55
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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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41 Andrea Noe' 1.05.39
42 Dario David Cioni 1.05.48
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46 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
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 : 55