Giro d'Italia, stage 16 summary

Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Markus Eichler
+5 Bram De Groot
+4 Juan Manuel Garate
+4 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza
+4 Francesco Gavazzi
+4 Danny Pate
+4 Charles Wegelius
+4 Adam Hansen
+3 Tony Martin
+3 Timothy Gudsell

Biggest losers by position :
-4 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez
-3 Alberto Benitez Roman
-3 Danilo Di Luca
-3 Joan Horrach Rippoll
-3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano
-3 Maxim Iglinsky
-2 Anders Lund
-2 Blaise Sonnery
-2 Daniele Pietropolli
-2 Denis Menchov
-2 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:22 Franco Pellizotti
+0:16 Emanuele Sella
+0:05 Gilberto Simoni

Biggest losers by time :
-9:57 Julian Dean
-9:31 Matej Jurco
-9:28 Yann Huguet
-9:10 Markus Eichler
-8:55 Timothy Gudsell
-8:54 Mickael Cherel
-8:50 Alberto Ongarato
-8:50 Carlo Scognamiglio
-8:48 Nick Gates
-8:38 Alessandro Bertolini
-8:28 Sven Krauss

Favourites by position :
+3 Gilberto Simoni
+2 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Andrea Noe
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Daniele Bennati
-2 Denis Menchov
-3 Danilo Di Luca

Favourites by time :
+0:22 Franco Pellizotti
+0:05 Gilberto Simoni
-0:08 Riccardo Ricco
-0:42 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:23 Danilo Di Luca
-1:27 Denis Menchov
-1:33 Jens Voigt
-1:56 Andrea Noe
-2:18 Andreas Kloden
-2:46 Tadej Valjavec
-3:49 Vladimir Karpets
-4:16 Levi Leipheimer
-5:11 Paolo Savoldelli
-6:25 Daniele Bennati

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 68.47.31
2 Riccardo Ricco 0.41
3 Gilberto Simoni 1.21
4 Marzio Bruseghin 2.00
5 Franco Pellizotti 2.05
6 Danilo Di Luca 2.18
7 Denis Menchov 2.47
.....
12 Tadej Valjavec 8.44
13 Andreas Kloden 8.44
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17 Paolo Savoldelli 14.28
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20 Levi Leipheimer 16.41
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32 Vladimir Karpets 32.33
33 Andrea Noe 32.35
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49 Jens Voigt 50.09
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71 Daniele Bennati 1.23.38

Retirements to date : Stage
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 8
Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 11
Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 7
Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Barloworld 15
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 11
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 9
Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 10
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 11
Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 9
Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 13
Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux 7
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14
Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11
Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11
Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15
Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 16
Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 14
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 11
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 15
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 14
Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 16
Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 16
Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15
Luciano Andre Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 14
Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 14
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 10
Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 14
Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 16
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10
Total retirements : 52