Vuelta a Espana, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : Wednesday, September 16 2009, Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina, 175 km

1 Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4.28.14
2 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
5 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo
6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
7 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Javier Benitez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC
10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil


Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Timothy Gudsell
+6 Aitor Perez Arrieta
+5 Wesley Sulzberger
+5 Ruben Perez
+5 Michael Schar
+5 Maxim Iglinsky
+5 Massimiliano Mori
+5 Martijn Maaskant
+5 Marcel Sieberg
+5 Maciej Bodnar

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Matthew Lloyd
-1 Gonzalo Rabunal
-1 Matteo Carrara

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:26 Anthony Roux
+0:12 William Bonnet
+0:08 Andre Greipel
+0:06 Francisco Jose Martinez

Biggest losers by time :
-3:48 Gonzalo Rabunal
-3:33 Frantisek Rabon
-3:33 Vicente Reynes
-2:18 Emanuele Bindi
-2:15 Jose Vicente Garcia
-2:15 Matthew Lloyd
-2:15 Matthias Russ
-2:06 Jose Ruiz
-1:53 Jens Mouris
-1:53 Matthe Pronk
-1:44 Martin Velits

Favourites by position :
+1 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
-0:51 Roman Kreuziger

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 74.27.48
2 Robert Gesink 0.31
3 Samuel Sanchez 1.10
4 Ivan Basso 1.28
5 Cadel Evans 1.51
6 Ezequiel Mosquera 1.54
.....
9 Tom Danielson 8.28
.....
14 Haimar Zubeldia 13.34
.....
71 Roman Kreuziger 1.29.11

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 17
Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 17
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 17
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 17
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 17
Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 15
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 14
Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo TestTeam 14
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC 14
Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 14
Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 14
Bjorn Schroder (Ger) Milram 13
Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 13
Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo TestTeam 13
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 13
Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 13
Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 13
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 13
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam 13
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 13
Alberto Fernandez Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12
Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 12
Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre-NGC 12
Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 12
Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 12
Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil 12
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 12
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 12
Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-NGC 12
Frank Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 11
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-HTC 11
Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 10
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 10
Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9
Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9
Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9
Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 8
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Columbia-HTC 6
Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6
Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 5
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 49