Vuelta a Espana, stage 20 summary

Stage 20 : Sep 10, Bilbao - Vitoria, 187 km

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 4.39.20
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
3 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo
5 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano
6 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
7 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
8 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale


Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+11 Stuart O'Grady
+10 Kevin De Weert
+8 Yoann Bagot
+8 Ruslan Pydgornyy
+8 Manuele Mori
+8 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+8 Greg Van Avermaet
+8 Daniele Bennati
+7 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+6 Sep Vanmarcke

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Dario Cataldo
-7 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-7 Andrew Talansky
-6 Francesco Gavazzi
-6 Morris Possoni
-6 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-6 Tom Jelte Slagter
-6 Valerio Agnoli
-6 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-5 Dimitri Champion

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Daniele Bennati
+0:12 Enrico Gasparotto
+0:08 Damiano Caruso
+0:06 Nicolas Roche
+0:04 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+0:04 Carlos Sastre Candil
+0:02 Bradley Wiggins
+0:02 Amets Txurruka

Biggest losers by time :
-24:50 Dario Cataldo
-24:50 Juan Jose Haedo
-15:48 Adrian Palomares Villaplana
-15:48 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-15:48 Alan Marangoni
-15:48 Albert Timmer
-15:48 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-15:48 Aleksejs Saramotins
-15:48 Alexandre Geniez
-15:48 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-15:48 Aliaksandr Kuchynski

Favourites by position :
+3 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1 David Blanco Rodriguez
-5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Carlos Sastre Candil
+0:02 Bradley Wiggins
-10:23 David Blanco Rodriguez
-15:48 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 82:38:32 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:13 (unchanged)
3 Bradley Wiggins 1:39 (was 3rd at 1:41)
4 Bauke Mollema 2:03 (unchanged)
5 Denis Menchov 3:48 (unchanged)
6 Maxime Monfort 4:13 (unchanged)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 4:31 (unchanged)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:45 (unchanged)
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5:20 (unchanged)
10 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 5:33 (unchanged)
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20 Carlos Sastre Candil 19:47 (was 20th at 19:51)
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23 Janez Brajkovic 21:06 (unchanged)
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41 Steven Kruijswijk 1:15:23 (unchanged)
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47 David Blanco Rodriguez 1:41:37 (was 46th at 1:31:14)
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53 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:49:50 (was 56th at 1:49:50)
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87 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 2:46:09 (was 82nd at 2:30:21)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 115 (was 1st with 110 points)
2 Bauke Mollema 115 (was 2nd with 108 points)
3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 92 (unchanged)
4 Christopher Froome 88 (unchanged)
5 Daniele Bennati 81 (was 11th with 56 points)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 78 (was 6th with 74 points)
7 Peter Sagan 75 (was 5th with 75 points)
8 Wout Poels 71 (was 7th with 71 points)
9 Daniel Martin 70 (was 8th with 70 points)
10 Bradley Wiggins 65 (was 9th with 64 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 63 (unchanged)
2 Matteo Montaguti 56 (unchanged)
3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 42 (unchanged)
4 Daniel Martin 33 (unchanged)
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 32 (unchanged)
6 David De La Fuente Rasilla 24 (unchanged)
7 Nico Sijmens 22 (unchanged)
8 Christopher Froome 21 (unchanged)
9 Chris Anker Sorensen 20 (unchanged)
10 Koen De Kort 19 (was 11th with 14 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 19
Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team 18
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 18
David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 17
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek 17
Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team 17
Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 17
Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 17
Sergio Pardilla Belllon (Spa) Movistar Team 17
Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD 16
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 16
Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 14
Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 14
Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 13
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano 13
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 13
Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada 11
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 11
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 8
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8
Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6
Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 5
Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 5
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4
Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 31


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