Giro d'Italia, stage 16 summary

Stage 16 : May 21, Valloire - Ivrea, 238 km

1 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 5.52.48
2 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
3 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida
4 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp 0.14
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
8 Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
9 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Kenny Dehaes
+10 Johan Le Bon
+9 Ramunas Navardauskas
+9 Koen De Kort
+9 Danny Pate
+8 Robert Hunter
+8 Manuel Belletti
+8 Bert De Backer
+8 Alan Marangoni
+7 Thomas Damuseau

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Eros Capecchi
-8 Hayden Roulston
-8 Leonardo Fabio Duque
-8 Matteo Rabottini
-7 Danilo Di Luca
-7 Maarten Tjallingii
-7 Pieter Weening
-6 Damiano Caruso
-6 Mads Christensen
-6 Paul Martens
-6 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:34 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+0:26 Tanel Kangert
+0:22 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+0:02 Stefano Pirazzi

Biggest losers by time :
-17:03 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
-17:03 Christian Meier
-17:03 Damiano Caruso
-17:03 Edoardo Zardini
-17:03 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas
-17:03 Eros Capecchi
-17:03 Iljo Keisse
-17:03 Mads Christensen
-17:03 Maxim Belkov
-17:03 Pieter Weening
-17:03 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez

Favourites by position :
+4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+2 Steven Kruijswijk
+2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Wilco Kelderman
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Michele Scarponi
+1 Christian Vande Velde
-1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-6 Thomas Danielson

Favourites by time :
-0:09 Robert Gesink
-1:35 Wilco Kelderman
-1:37 Domenico Pozzovivo
-3:47 Steven Kruijswijk
-10:39 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-10:39 Christian Vande Velde
-17:03 Thomas Danielson

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 67:55:36 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:26 (unchanged)
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran 2:46 (unchanged)
4 Michele Scarponi 3:53 (was 5th at 3:53)
5 Przemyslaw Niemiec 4:13 (was 6th at 4:35)
6 Mauro Santambrogio 4:57 (was 4th at 2:47)
7 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 5:15 (unchanged)
8 Rafal Majka 5:20 (unchanged)
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 5:47 (was 10th at 6:21)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 7:34 (was 9th at 5:57)
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12 Robert Gesink 7:47 (was 13th at 7:38)
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15 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 8:36 (was 17th at 8:36)
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18 Wilco Kelderman 15:04 (was 19th at 13:29)
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25 Steven Kruijswijk 28:23 (was 27th at 24:36)
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53 Thomas Danielson 1:24:29 (was 47th at 1:07:26)
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106 Christian Vande Velde 2:23:38 (was 107th at 2:12:59)
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108 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 2:29:23 (was 112nd at 2:18:44)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 109 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 103 (was 2nd with 91 points)
3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 85 (was 4th with 79 points)
4 Mauro Santambrogio 84 (was 3rd with 84 points)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 78 (was 5th with 74 points)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 76 (was 7th with 71 points)
7 Elia Viviani 72 (was 6th with 72 points)
8 Giovanni Visconti 61 (unchanged)
9 Giacomo Nizzolo 61 (unchanged)
10 Maxim Belkov 55 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 79 (was 1st with 65 points)
2 Giovanni Visconti 42 (unchanged)
3 Jackson Rodriguez 41 (was 4th with 26 points)
4 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 32 (was 5th with 23 points)
5 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 31 (was 3rd with 28 points)
6 Mauro Santambrogio 18 (unchanged)
7 Maxim Belkov 18 (unchanged)
8 Rigoberto Uran Uran 17 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 15 (unchanged)
10 Emanuele Sella 13 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 16
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 16
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 16
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 16
Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 16
Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 16
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 16
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 14
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14
David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 14
Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 14
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 14
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 14
Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 13
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 13
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 13
Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia 12
Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 12
Sylvain Georges (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 11
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 10
Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 10
Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10
John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 10
Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 9
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9
Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 8
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7
Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 7
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano 6
Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 4
Total retirements : 34


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