Giro d'Italia, stage 10 summary

Stage 10 : May 18, Avellino - Bitonto, 220 km

1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 5.49.14
2 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
3 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
4 Robert McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
5 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram
6 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia
8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
10 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0.03


Changes in stage 10 compared to stage 9 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Yukiya Arashiro
+7 Julian Dean
+7 Alessandro Bertolini
+6 Paul Voss
+6 Michael Schar
+6 Mathieu Claude
+6 Maciej Bodnar
+6 Lucas Sebastian Haedo
+6 Guillaume Le Floch
+6 Frantisek Rabon

Biggest losers by position :
-25 Gorazd Stangelj
-22 Wouter Weylandt
-21 Christopher Froome
-21 Jerome Pineau
-19 Charles Wegelius
-17 Addy Engels
-16 Jeffry Louder
-16 Valentin Iglinskiy
-16 Vicente Reynes Mimo
-14 Francesco Reda
-13 Ignatas Konovalovas

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:23 Tyler Farrar
+0:15 Fabio Sabatini
+0:11 Julian Dean
+0:06 Dario Cataldo
+0:03 Sebastien Hinault
+0:03 Robert McEwen
+0:03 Robert Forster
+0:03 Leonardo Duque
+0:03 Danilo Hondo
+0:03 Andre Greipel

Biggest losers by time :
-7:38 Christopher Froome
-7:38 Damien Gaudin
-7:38 Francesco Reda
-7:38 Giampaolo Caruso
-7:38 Gorazd Stangelj
-7:38 Ignatas Konovalovas
-7:38 Jeffry Louder
-7:38 Julien Fouchard
-7:38 Marco Corti
-7:38 Martin Pedersen
-7:38 Mikhail Ignatiev

Favourites by position :
-1 David Millar

Favourites by time :
-0:47 David Millar

Top 3 and favourites standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alexandre Vinokourov 38:59:00
2 Cadel Evans 1:12
3 Vincenzo Nibali 1:33
4 Ivan Basso 1:51
.....
7 Vladimir Karpets 2:34
8 Stefano Garzelli 2:47
9 Damiano Cunego 3:08
10 Michele Scarponi 3:09
.....
21 Linus Gerdemann 8:14
22 Carlos Sastre Candil 9:59
.....
24 Bradley Wiggins 10:54
.....
36 David Millar 19:25 (was 35th at 18:38)

Retirements to date : Stage
Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 9
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 8
Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 8
Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 8
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 8
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 8
John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team 8
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 8
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon - Servetto 7
Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 7
Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon - Servetto 6
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana 6
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2
Total retirements : 16