Vuelta stage 15 summary

Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14

Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Javier Pascual Rodriguez
+19 Nicki S°rensen
+19 Kevin De Weert
+18 Sven Montgomery
+18 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
+16 Jurgen Van Goolen
+15 Egoi Martinez
+14 Patrick Calcagni
+13 Paolo Bettini
+10 Bingen Fernandez

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Heinrich Haussler
-14 Benjamin Noval
-14 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez
-14 Gorka Gonzalez
-13 Nicolas Vogondy
-12 David Bernabeu
-12 Thomas Ziegler
-10 Martin Elmiger
-9 Charles Wegelius
-9 Christophe Le Mevel
-9 Moises Due±as

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:47 Roberto Heras Hernandez
+0:15 Samuel Sanchez
+0:01 Javier Pascual Rodriguez

Biggest losers by time :
-41:04 FrÚdÚric Finot
-40:00 SÚbastien Chavanel
-39:11 Allan Johansen
-38:40 Martin Elmiger
-38:01 Yohann GÞne
-35:58 Christophe Le Mevel
-32:03 RenÚ Haselbacher
-29:35 Nick Gates
-29:15 Aketza Pe±a
-29:15 Alberto Ongarato
-29:15 Alessandro Cortinovis

Favourites by position :
+4 I±igo Cuesta
+2 Michele Scarponi
+1 Tom Danielson
+1 Ruben Plaza Molina
+1 Roberto Heras Hernandez
+1 Juan Miguel Mercado
-1 Denis Menchov
-3 Santos Gonzalez
-3 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero
-3 David Blanco Rodiguez
-3 Daniele Nardello
-3 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez
-4 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-7 Leonardo Piepoli
-7 Gilberto Simoni

Favourites by time :
+0:47 Roberto Heras Hernandez
-1:41 Michele Scarponi
-2:25 Carlos Garcia Quesada
-3:00 Carlos Sastre
-3:46 Ruben Plaza Molina
-3:58 Oscar Sevilla
-4:00 Francisco Mancebo
-4:16 Tom Danielson
-4:30 Juan Miguel Mercado
-4:30 Denis Menchov
-7:01 Santos Gonzalez
-11:08 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero
-11:08 I±igo Cuesta
-11:08 David Blanco Rodiguez
-16:53 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez
-23:29 Leonardo Piepoli
-23:29 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-23:29 Gilberto Simoni
-29:15 Daniele Nardello

Favourites standings :
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez 61.47.40
2 Denis Menchov 4.30
3 Carlos Sastre 4.50
4 Francisco Mancebo 6.45
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada 8.02
6 Oscar Sevilla 11.16
7 Ruben Plaza Molina 11.30
8 Tom Danielson 12.05
9 Juan Miguel Mercado 13.32
10 Santos Gonzalez 14.20
11 Michele Scarponi 14.53
14 David Blanco Rodiguez 22.21
15 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero 24.14
29 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez 46.20
37 I±igo Cuesta 1.00.25
43 Leonardo Piepoli 1.08.11
44 Gilberto Simoni 1.08.46
47 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro 1.13.55
71 Daniele Nardello 1.36.53

Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Franck Renier
" Pierrick Fedrigo DNF 10
" Unai Yus Kerejeta DNS 10
Cofidis, le credit par telephone Christophe Edaleine DNF 11
" Leonardo Bertagnolli DNF 15
" Luis Perez DNF 11
Comunidad Valenciana Angel Luis Casero DNF 10
CrÚdit Agricole Beno¯t Poilvet DNS 11
" Eric Leblacher DNF 10
" Francesco Bellotti DNF 13
" Julian Dean DNF 15
" SÚbastien Joly DNF 7
" Thor Hushovd DNF 11
Davitamon - Lotto Tom Steels DNF 13
Discovery Channel Beno¯t Joachim DNS 13
" JosÚ Azevedo DNS 13
" Leif Hoste DNF 10
" Manuel Beltran DNF 13
" Max Van Heeswijk DNF 10
Domina Vacanze Angelo Furlan DNF 3
" Luca Solari DNF 6
" Mirco Lorenzetto DNF 5
" Ruslan Ivanov DNF 10
" Simone Cadamuro DNF 6
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Mayo Diez DNF 5
" Markel Irizar DNF 11
Fassa Bortolo Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni DNF 10
Franþaise des Jeux Bernhard Eisel DNF 6
" Bradley McGee DNF 11
" FrÚdÚric Guesdon DNF 11
" Jussi Veikkanen DNF 3
" Ludovic Auger DNF 6
Gerolsteiner Marcel Strauss DNF 10
" Matthias Russ DNF 15
" Torsten Schmidt DNF 6
Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Aitor Osa Eizaguirre DNF 10
" JosÚ Ivan Gutierrez Palacios DNS 9
Lampre - Caffita Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea DNF 13
" Gerrit Glomser DNS 12
" GiosuÞ Bonomi DNF 6
" Giuliano Figueras DNF 2
Liberty Seguros-W³rth Team Isidro Nozal Vega DNF 10
Liquigas - Bianchi Oscar Mason
Phonak Hearing Systems Floyd Landis DNF 6
" JosÚ Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna DNF 5
" Santiago Botero Echeverry DNF 11
Quick Step - Innergetic JosÚ Antonio Garrido DNF 10
" JosÚ Antonio Pecharroman Fabian
" Tom Boonen
Rabobank Jan Boven DNF 6
" Jukka Vastaranta DNF 15
" Mathew Hayman DNF 11
" Niels Scheuneman DNS 13
Relax Fuenlabrada Freddy Gonzalez DNF 13
Saunier Duval - Prodir David De La Fuente
Team CSC Jakob Piil DNF 12
Total retirements : 56