Vuelta a Espana, stage 18 summary

Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17

Biggest gainers by position :
+16 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta
+14 Greg Van Avermaet
+12 Jelle Vanendert
+11 David Herrero Llorente
+10 Karsten Kroon
+7 Renaud Dion
+7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+7 Enrico Franzoi
+7 Cycril Lemoine
+6 Jose Ruiz Sanchez

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Iban Mayoz
-2 Alexandr Kolobnev
-2 Maarten Tjallingii
-2 Ruben Perez Moreno
-1 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-1 Carlos Panadero Castano
-1 David Arroyo Duran
-1 David Garcia Dapena
-1 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-1 Dominique Cornu
-1 Erik Zabel

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:49 Nicolas Roche
+7:49 Imanol Erviti Ollo
+7:36 David Herrero Llorente
+7:28 Greg Van Avermaet
+7:24 Vasili Kiryienka
+7:19 Karsten Kroon
+7:16 Paolo Bettini
+7:16 Enrico Franzoi
+7:16 Andry Grivko
+7:09 Jose Ruiz Sanchez

Biggest losers by time :
-1:55 Oscar Gatto
-1:33 Dimitri Champion
-1:28 Christophe Kern
-0:38 Wouter Weylandt
-0:33 Evgeny Petrov
-0:33 Francis Mourey
-0:33 Jeremy Hunt
-0:33 Julien Loubet
-0:30 Matti Breschel
-0:15 Alessandro Vanotti
-0:15 Arnaud Labbe

Favourites by position :
+3 Stefan Schumacher
-1 Yaroslav Popovych
-1 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau

Favourites by time :
+0:02 Andreas Kloden
-0:15 Yaroslav Popovych
-0:15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 73.54.38
2 Levi Leipheimer 1.17
3 Carlos Sastre Candil 3.41
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 4.35
5 Robert Gesink 5.49
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 6.00
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12 Marzio Bruseghin 10.56
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22 Andreas Kloden 23.45
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30 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 41.25
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40 Yaroslav Popovych 49.58
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88 Stefan Schumacher 1.34.01

Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15
Jose Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 14
Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7
Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5
Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 17
Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 15
Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 8
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 18
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 17
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 12
Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Mathias Frank (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13
Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 16
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 15
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 12
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 10
Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18
Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 18
Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 18
Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 18
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 13
Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 15
Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9
Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7
Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 14
Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16
Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4
Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 35