Giro d'Italia, stage 19 summary

Stage 19 : May 30, Bassano del Grappa - Cima Grappa (ITT), 26.8 km

1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 1.05.37
2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.17
3 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 1.26
4 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 1.57
5 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2.24
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 3.22
7 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 3.28
8 Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky 3.48
9 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4.00
10 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 4.10


Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+5 Tom Stamsnijder
+5 Marco Bandiera
+4 Tim Wellens
+3 Sebastian Henao Gomez
+3 Riccardo Zoidl
+3 Nicola Boem
+3 Nathan Haas
+3 Dario Cataldo
+3 Ben Swift
+3 Adriano Malori

Biggest losers by position :
-7 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor
-5 Gert Dockx
-4 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-4 Julian Arredondo
-4 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-4 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-3 Bert De Backer
-3 Julien Berard
-3 Pieter Serry
-3 Steve Morabito
-2 David Tanner

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-21:23 Kenny Dehaes
-18:00 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor
-15:33 Tyler Farrar
-15:31 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-15:30 Tom Veelers
-15:28 Bert De Backer
-15:22 Sebastien Chavanel
-15:17 David Tanner
-15:13 Boy van Poppel
-14:52 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
-14:47 Eugenio Alafaci

Favourites by position :
+2 Cadel Evans
+1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Rafal Majka
-2 Nicolas Roche
-4 Przemyslaw Niemiec

Favourites by time :
-1:26 Rigoberto Uran
-2:24 Domenico Pozzovivo
-3:28 Rafal Majka
-4:26 Cadel Evans
-4:52 Wilco Kelderman
-5:33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-7:05 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-8:59 Nicolas Roche
-11:04 Michael Rogers
-11:49 Przemyslaw Niemiec

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 79:03:45 (unchanged)
2 Rigoberto Uran 3:07 (was 2nd at 1:41)
3 Fabio Aru 3:48 (was 4th at 3:31)
4 Pierre Rolland 5:26 (was 3rd at 3:29)
5 Domenico Pozzovivo 6:16 (was 6th at 3:52)
6 Rafal Majka 6:59 (was 5th at 3:31)
7 Cadel Evans 9:25 (was 9th at 4:59)
8 Wilco Kelderman 9:29 (was 8th at 4:37)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 10:11 (was 7th at 4:32)
10 Robert Kiserlovski 13:59 (was 10th at 8:33)
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20 Michael Rogers 52:42 (was 20th at 41:38)
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25 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 58:47 (was 25th at 51:42)
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34 Nicolas Roche 1:16:17 (was 32nd at 1:07:18)
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42 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:37:17 (was 42nd at 1:31:44)
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48 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:48:16 (was 44th at 1:36:27)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Nacer Bouhanni 251 (unchanged)
2 Giacomo Nizzolo 225 (unchanged)
3 Elia Viviani 173 (unchanged)
4 Roberto Ferrari 161 (unchanged)
5 Ben Swift 130 (unchanged)
6 Enrico Battaglin 96 (unchanged)
7 Cadel Evans 96 (unchanged)
8 Tim Wellens 94 (was 8th with 92 points)
9 Rigoberto Uran Uran 82 (was 12th with 73 points)
10 Marco Canola 82 (was 9th with 82 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Julian David Arredondo Moreno 173 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 88 (was 5th with 56 points)
3 Dario Cataldo 86 (was 2nd with 87 points)
4 Tim Wellens 79 (was 3rd with 79 points)
5 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 69 (was 4th with 69 points)
6 Fabio Aru 57 (was 9th with 37 points)
7 Pierre Rolland 46 (was 10th with 36 points)
8 Jarlinson Pantano 43 (was 6th with 43 points)
9 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 41 (was 7th with 41 points)
10 Jonathan Monsalve 39 (was 8th with 39 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Diego Rosa (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 18
Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 18
Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 18
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 16
Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 16
Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 16
Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 16
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 16
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 16
Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 16
Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp 16
Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin Sharp 15
Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 15
Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 14
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 14
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 14
Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 14
Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 12
Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 12
Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 11
Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 11
Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 11
Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 11
Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 10
Edwin Alcibiades A�vila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 9
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 9
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 9
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 8
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 7
Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 7
Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar 7
Ramon Carretero (Pan) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 7
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha 6
Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 6
Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 6
Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 6
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin Sharp 2
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 1
Total retirements : 41


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