Vuelta-a-Espana stage 15 summary

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+5 Francisco José Ventoso
+5 Enrico Franzoi
+4 Stuart O'Grady
+4 José Luis Arrieta
+4 Fabio Sacchi
+4 Bingen Fernández
+4 Alberto Ongarato
+3 Walter Beneteau
+3 Torsten Hiekmann
+3 Rubén Pérez

Biggest losers by position :
-3 José Antonio Garrido
-2 Kevin De Weert
-2 Xavier Florencio
-1 Dario Andriotto
-1 Jesús Hernández
-1 Kevin Hulsmans
-1 Sylvester Szmyd
-1 Sébastien Joly
0 Addy Engels
0 Alejandro Valverde
0 Alessandro Spezialetti

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Robert Förster
+0:12 Stuart O'Grady
+0:08 Danilo Napolitano

Biggest losers by time :
-4:48 Cyril Lemoine
-2:32 Addy Engels
-2:32 Kevin De Weert
-2:25 José Antonio Garrido
-1:45 Sébastien Joly
-1:41 José Antonio Redondo
-1:41 Mads Kaggestad
-1:41 Xavier Florencio
-1:29 Jorge García
-1:25 Kevin Hulsmans
-1:25 Kevin Van Impe

Favourites by position :
+3 Michael Rasmussen
+2 Vladimir Gusev
+2 Samuel Sánchez
+2 Oscar Pereiro
+2 Fabian Cancellara
+2 Daniele Nardello
+1 Pietro Caucchioli
+1 Michael Boogerd
+1 Leonardo Piepoli
+1 Iñigo Cuesta
+1 Iban Mayo
+1 Haimar Zubeldia
+1 Dario David Cioni

Favourites by time :
-0:17 José Ange Gomez Marchante
-0:17 Dario David Cioni
-0:17 Danilo Di Luca
-0:25 Leonardo Piepoli
-0:29 Vladimir Karpets
-0:33 Michael Rasmussen
-0:33 Michael Boogerd
-0:33 Iñigo Cuesta
-0:33 Iban Mayo
-0:33 Haimar Zubeldia
-0:33 Daniele Nardello
-0:53 Pietro Caucchioli

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 58.48.23
2 Andrey Kashechkin 0.48
3 Carlos Sastre 1.25
4 Alexandre Vinokourov 1.38
5 José Ange Gomez Marchante 2.23
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7 Vladimir Karpets 4.29
8 Danilo Di Luca 4.48
9 Manuel Beltran 5.03
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11 Samuel Sánchez 7.41
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19 Leonardo Piepoli 11.15
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23 Vladimir Gusev 13.50
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27 Iban Mayo 18.31
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32 Michael Boogerd 25.14
33 Iñigo Cuesta 26.26
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37 Dario David Cioni 29.42
38 Pietro Caucchioli 31.11
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44 Haimar Zubeldia 37.47
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54 Michael Rasmussen 46.28
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59 Daniele Nardello 48.25
60 Oscar Pereiro 49.34
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138 Fabian Cancellara 1.39.05

Retirements to date :
Astana Team Luis León Sánchez DNF 11
Bouygues Telecom Christophe Kern DNF 11
" Jérôme Pineau DNF 11
" Mathieu Claude DNF 9
" Rony Martias DNF 10
Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Hervé Duclos-Lassalle DNF 11
Credit Agricole Anthony Charteau DNF 10
Davitamon-Lotto Josep Jufre DNF 8
" Robbie Mcewen
" Wim De Vocht DNF 9
Euskaltel-Euskadi Inaki Isasi DNF 9
Française des Jeux Christophe Detilloux
" Freddy Bichot
Gerolsteiner Andrea Moletta DNF 12
" Davide Rebellin DNS 15
" Marcel Strauss DNS 10
" Markus Fothen DNF 12
" Sven Montgomery DNF 12
Lampre-Fondital Marco Marzano DNF 8
" Ruggero Marzoli DNS 15
Liquigas Charles Wegelius DNF 5
Phonak Hearing Systems Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero DNF 5
" Nicolas Jalabert DNF 9
" Steve Zampieri DNF 7
Rabobank Denis Menchov DNS 11
Saunier Duval-Prodir Juan José Cobo DNF 9
" Ángel Gómez Gómez DNF 12
T-Mobile Team André Greipel DNF 9
" André Korff DNS 5
" Bernhard Kohl DNF 9
" Lorenzo Bernucci DNS 13
" Thomas Ziegler DNF 9
Team Milram Volodymyr Dyudya
Total retirements : 33