Vuelta a Espana, stage 11 summary

Stage 11 : Sep 8, Vilanova i la Geltru - Andorra, 208.4 km

1 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.25.44
2 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.03
3 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.10
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d’Epargne 0.15
5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0.23
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne
9 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.32
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team


Changes in GC, stage 11 compared to stage 10 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Christophe Riblon
+20 Gianni Meersman
+20 David Zabriskie
+14 Jelle Vanendert
+13 Hubert Dupont
+13 Gustavo Iglesias
+12 Sergio Carrasco
+11 Vincent Jerome
+11 David Gutierrez Gutierrez
+10 Oliver Zaugg

Biggest losers by position :
-18 Philippe Gilbert
-15 Luis Pasamontes
-13 Javier Moreno
-12 Dario Cataldo
-12 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-11 Grischa Niermann
-10 Andrey Zeits
-10 Tony Gallopin
-9 Blel Kadri
-9 Grega Bole
-9 Sebastien Minard

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:02 Igor Anton

Biggest losers by time :
-21:24 Theo Bos
-21:14 Allan Davis
-21:14 Andreas Stauff
-21:14 Assan Bazayev
-21:14 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-21:14 Grischa Niermann
-21:14 Jose Vicente Toribio
-21:14 Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta
-21:14 Markus Eichler
-21:14 Matthew Wilson
-21:14 Michel Kreder

Favourites by position :
+20 David Zabriskie
+8 Christian Vande Velde
+4 Carlos Sastre
+3 Luis-Leon Sanchez
+3 Frank Schleck
+2 Ezequiel Mosquera
+1 Xavier Tondo
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Ruben Plaza
-3 Joaquin Rodriguez
-3 David Arroyo
-6 Allan Davis
-8 Denis Menchov

Favourites by time :
-0:09 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:20 Xavier Tondo
-0:41 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:41 Frank Schleck
-0:50 Ruben Plaza
-0:50 Carlos Sastre
-1:17 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-1:17 Joaquin Rodriguez
-3:36 David Arroyo
-5:23 Roman Kreuziger
-5:24 Denis Menchov
-7:07 David Zabriskie
-7:07 Christian Vande Velde
-21:14 Allan Davis

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Igor Anton 47:37:15 (was 2nd at 0:02)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 0:45 (was 3rd at 0:04)
3 Xavier Tondo 1:04 (was 4th at 0:44)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 1:17 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Ezequiel Mosquera 1:29 (was 7th at 1:20)
6 Marzio Bruseghin 1:57 (was 9th at 1:24)
7 Ruben Plaza 2:07 (was 6th at 1:17)
8 Rigoberto Uran 2:13 (was 12th at 1:40)
9 Nicholas Roche 2:30 (was 8th at 1:21)
10 Frank Schleck 2:30 (was 13th at 1:49)
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13 Carlos Sastre 3:03 (was 17th at 2:13)
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16 Luis-Leon Sanchez 3:40 (was 19th at 2:23)
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21 David Arroyo 5:53 (was 18th at 2:17)
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28 Denis Menchov 8:55 (was 20th at 3:31)
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40 Roman Kreuziger 20:26 (was 41st at 15:03)
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97 Christian Vande Velde 1:12:14 (was 105th at 1:05:07)
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115 Allan Davis 1:34:00 (was 109th at 1:12:46)
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141 David Zabriskie 1:53:39 (was 161st at 1:46:32)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Igor Anton 75 (was 4th with 50 points)
2 Philippe Gilbert 61 (was 2nd with 57 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 60 (was 1st with 60 points)
4 Tyler Farrar 56 (was 3rd with 55 points)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 54 (was 7th with 44 points)
6 David Moncoutie 53 (was 6th with 45 points)
7 Joaquin Rodriguez 48 (was 5th with 48 points)
8 Ezequiel Mosquera 37 (was 28th with 17 points)
9 Yauheni Hutarovich 33 (was 8th with 33 points)
10 Daniele Bennati 33 (was 9th with 33 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 41 (unchanged)
2 Serafin Martinez 36 (unchanged)
3 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (unchanged)
4 Igor Anton 15 (was 0 points)
5 Xavier Tondo 11 (was 9th with 5 points)
6 Christophe Le Mevel 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
7 Oscar Pujol 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
8 Johann Tschopp 10 (was 7th with 7 points)
9 Ezequiel Mosquera 10 (was 0 points)
10 Dario Cataldo 8 (was 6th with 8 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 11
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 11
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 10
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 10
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 10
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9
Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 22


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