Giro-d'Italia stage 16 summary

Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15

Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Anton Luengo Celaya
+12 Yannick Talabardon
+12 Cyrille Monnerais
+12 Amael Moinard
+11 Olivier Bonnaire
+10 John Gadret
+10 Charles Wegelius
+10 Benoit Joachim
+9 Stef Clement
+9 Scott Davis

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Ruben Lobato Elvira
-13 Serguei Gonchar
-13 Sven Krauss
-12 Addy Engels
-12 Jurgen Van De Walle
-12 Nicki Sorensen
-11 Alessandro Spezialetti
-10 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-10 Raffaele Illiano
-9 Christian Knees
-9 Josep Jufre Pou

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-24:10 Nicki Sorensen
-23:11 Aaron Olsen
-23:11 Addy Engels
-23:11 Alberto Ongarato
-23:11 Alessandro Cortinovis
-23:11 Alessandro Spezialetti
-23:11 Angel Gomez Gomez
-23:11 Arnaud Gerard
-23:11 Axel Maximiliano Richeze
-23:11 Benat Albizuri Aransolo
-23:11 Bert Roesems

Favourites by position :
+7 Leonardo Piepoli
+4 Giampaolo Caruso
+1 Luca Mazzanti
+1 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Damiano Cunego
-1 Wladimir Belli
-3 Tom Danielson
-4 Carlos Sastre Candil
-13 Serguei Gonchar

Favourites by time :
-1:34 Gilberto Simoni
-1:49 Leonardo Piepoli
-1:57 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna
-3:32 Wladimir Belli
-3:45 Franco Pellizotti
-3:47 Paolo Savoldelli
-3:47 Giampaolo Caruso
-3:53 Andrea Noe'
-4:42 Danilo Di Luca
-4:57 Damiano Cunego
-7:20 Tom Danielson
-8:01 Luca Mazzanti
-9:46 Carlos Sastre Candil
-23:11 Serguei Gonchar

Favourites standings :
1 Ivan Basso 64.35.17
2 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna 5.24
3 Paolo Savoldelli 9.17
4 Gilberto Simoni 9.34
5 Wladimir Belli 11.07
6 Franco Pellizotti 11.59
.....
8 Damiano Cunego 13.55
.....
10 Danilo Di Luca 15.18
11 Tom Danielson 15.55
.....
13 Andrea Noe' 16.17
14 Giampaolo Caruso 17.39
.....
16 Leonardo Piepoli 18.27
.....
26 Luca Mazzanti 27.57
.....
42 Carlos Sastre Candil 37.50
.....
59 Serguei Gonchar 54.55

Retirements to date :
AG2R Prevoyance Mark Scanlon DNF 12
" Tomas Vaitkus DNF 13
Bouygues Telecom Andy Flickinger
" Giovanni Bernaudeau DNS 14
" Sébastien Chavanel
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Moises Aldape Chavez
Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Cristian Moreni
" Leonardo Bertagnolli DNF 4
" Rik Verbrugghe DNS 16
" Staf Scheirlinckx DNF 14
" Thierry Marichal
Davitamon-Lotto Christophe Brandt DNS 4
" Robbie Mcewen
Euskaltel-Euskadi Andoni Aranaga Azkune DNF 14
" Koldo Fernandez
" Roberto Laiseka Jaio DNF 12
Française des Jeux Bradley Mcgee
" Philippe Gilbert DNS 12
Gerolsteiner Davide Rebellin
" Ronny Scholz DNF 14
Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Dariusz Baranowski DNF 10
" Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez DNS 13
Liquigas Vladimir Miholjevic DNS 14
Phonak Hearing Systems Axel Merckx DNS 15
Quick Step-Innergetic Remmert Wielinga
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Michael Rasmussen DNS 12
Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Alberto Loddo DNF 16
" Alessandro Bertolini
" José Rujano Guillen DNF 13
T-Mobile Team André Korff
" Michael Rogers DNS 13
Team Milram Alessandro Petacchi DNS 4
Total retirements : 33

Bob Martin wrote:

Retirements to date :
Team Milram Alessandro Petacchi DNS 4
Total retirements : 33

Considering what the team is built for I find that pretty
impressive considering 11 other teams have had more than one
rider disappear.