Vuelta-a-Espana stage 17 summary

Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16

Biggest gainers by position :
+18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
+17 José Antonio Garrido
+16 José Antonio Redondo
+14 Kevin De Weert
+12 Addy Engels
+11 Scott Davis
+10 Stephan Schreck
+10 Leonardo Duque
+10 Florian Stalder
+9 Stéphane Goubert

Biggest losers by position :
-11 David Cañada
-10 Danilo Di Luca
-10 Janez Brajkovic
-10 Ángel Vallejo
-9 David De La Fuente
-9 Mauricio Ardila
-9 Pieter Weening
-8 Benoît Joachim
-8 Grischa Niermann
-8 Michael Barry
-8 Raúl García De Mateo

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:58 Thomas Danielson
+1:42 Alexandre Vinokourov
+0:28 Samuel Sánchez

Biggest losers by time :
-22:47 Olivier Kaisen
-22:47 William Walker
-22:37 Aaron Kemps
-22:37 Alberto Benítez
-22:37 Alberto Ongarato
-22:37 Alessandro Spezialetti
-22:37 Alexandre Usov
-22:37 Aurélien Clerc
-22:37 Bastiaan Giling
-22:37 Benoît Joachim
-22:37 Benoît Poilvet

Favourites by position :
+6 Haimar Zubeldia
+4 Leonardo Piepoli
+4 Daniele Nardello
+3 Iban Mayo
+1 Vladimir Gusev
+1 Samuel Sánchez
+1 Alexandre Vinokourov
-1 Vladimir Karpets
-1 Manuel Beltran
-1 Alejandro Valverde
-2 Pietro Caucchioli
-2 Oscar Pereiro
-3 Iñigo Cuesta
-7 Dario David Cioni
-10 Danilo Di Luca

Favourites by time :
+1:42 Alexandre Vinokourov
+0:28 Samuel Sánchez
-0:09 Leonardo Piepoli
-0:09 José Ange Gomez Marchante
-0:09 Carlos Sastre
-0:09 Andrey Kashechkin
-0:09 Alejandro Valverde
-0:59 Manuel Beltran
-1:20 Vladimir Karpets
-3:13 Haimar Zubeldia
-7:00 Vladimir Gusev
-9:12 Iban Mayo
-10:59 Pietro Caucchioli
-10:59 Iñigo Cuesta
-10:59 Danilo Di Luca
-11:19 Daniele Nardello
-19:42 Oscar Pereiro
-22:37 Dario David Cioni

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alexandre Vinokourov 67.29.41
2 Alejandro Valverde 0.09
3 Carlos Sastre 1.51
4 Andrey Kashechkin 2.14
5 José Ange Gomez Marchante 4.32
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7 Manuel Beltran 6.33
8 Samuel Sánchez 7.25
9 Vladimir Karpets 7.49
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13 Leonardo Piepoli 13.24
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17 Danilo Di Luca 16.55
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24 Vladimir Gusev 32.19
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31 Iñigo Cuesta 41.44
32 Pietro Caucchioli 44.10
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34 Iban Mayo 46.38
35 Haimar Zubeldia 46.45
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41 Dario David Cioni 58.04
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48 Oscar Pereiro 1.13.31
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50 Daniele Nardello 1.14.38

Retirements to date :
AG2R Prevoyance Cyril Dessel DNS 16
Astana Team Luis León Sánchez DNF 11
Bouygues Telecom Anthony Geslin DNF 16
" Christophe Kern DNF 11
" Jérôme Pineau DNF 11
" Mathieu Claude DNF 9
" Rony Martias DNF 10
" Xavier Florencio DNS 16
Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Hervé Duclos-Lassalle DNF 11
Credit Agricole Anthony Charteau DNF 10
" Mark Renshaw DNF 16
Davitamon-Lotto Bart Dockx DNF 17
" Josep Jufre DNF 8
" Robbie Mcewen
" Wim De Vocht DNF 9
Euskaltel-Euskadi Inaki Isasi DNF 9
Française des Jeux Bernhard Eisel DNS 16
" Christophe Detilloux
" Freddy Bichot
" Frédéric Finot
Gerolsteiner Andrea Moletta DNF 12
" Davide Rebellin DNS 15
" Marcel Strauss DNS 10
" Markus Fothen DNF 12
" René Haselbacher DNS 16
" Sven Montgomery DNF 12
Lampre-Fondital Danilo Napolitano DNF 16
" Marco Marzano DNF 8
" Ruggero Marzoli DNS 15
Liquigas Charles Wegelius DNF 5
" Luca Paolini DNS 16
Phonak Hearing Systems Miguel A. Martín Perdiguero DNF 5
" Nicolas Jalabert DNF 9
" Ryder Hesjedal DNF 17
" Steve Zampieri DNF 7
Quick Step-Innergetic Matteo Tosatto DNF 17
Rabobank Denis Menchov DNS 11
" Michael Boogerd DNS 16
" Michael Rasmussen DNF 17
Relax-Gam Jesús Hernández DNF 16
" Nacor Burgos DNF 16
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 CSC Fabian Cancellara DNS 16
Team Milram Alessandro Petacchi DNS 16
" Volodymyr Dyudya
Total retirements : 51