Vuelta a Espana, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : Sep 9, Andorra la Vella - Lleida, 172.5 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia 4.00.30
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia
4 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana
8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
9 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Mark Cavendish
+15 Juan-Jose Haedo
+15 Jorge Montenegro
+14 Valentin Iglinskiy
+14 Theo Bos
+14 Mikhail Ignatiev
+14 Julian Dean
+14 Fabian Cancellara
+14 Dominik Klemme
+14 Denis Galimzyanov

Biggest losers by position :

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Tyler Farrar
+0:10 David Garcia Dapena
+0:08 Matthew Goss

Biggest losers by time :
-2:04 Matthew Wilson
-1:57 Martin Pedersen
-1:51 Mikael Cherel
-1:32 David Millar
-1:31 Benat Intxausti
-1:31 Davide Malacarne
-1:25 David Zabriskie
-1:24 Oscar Pujol
-1:24 Stefan Denifl
-1:22 Johann Tschopp
-1:14 Lars-Ytting Bak

Favourites by position :
+10 David Zabriskie
+10 Allan Davis
+7 Christian Vande Velde
+1 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Denis Menchov

Favourites by time :
-0:17 Roman Kreuziger
-0:27 David Arroyo
-0:30 Denis Menchov
-0:30 Christian Vande Velde
-1:25 David Zabriskie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Igor Anton 51:37:45 (unchanged)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 0:45 (unchanged)
3 Xavier Tondo 1:04 (unchanged)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 1:17 (unchanged)
5 Ezequiel Mosquera 1:29 (unchanged)
6 Marzio Bruseghin 1:57 (unchanged)
7 Ruben Plaza 2:07 (unchanged)
8 Rigoberto Uran 2:13 (unchanged)
9 Nicholas Roche 2:30 (unchanged)
10 Frank Schleck 2:30 (unchanged)
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13 Carlos Sastre 3:03 (unchanged)
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16 Luis-Leon Sanchez 3:40 (unchanged)
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21 David Arroyo 6:20 (was 21st at 5:53)
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27 Denis Menchov 9:25 (was 28th at 8:55)
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39 Roman Kreuziger 20:43 (was 40th at 20:26)
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90 Christian Vande Velde 1:12:44 (was 97th at 1:12:14)
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105 Allan Davis 1:34:00 (was 115th at 1:34:00)
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131 David Zabriskie 1:55:04 (was 141st at 1:53:39)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 85 (was 3rd with 60 points)
2 Tyler Farrar 76 (was 4th with 56 points)
3 Igor Anton 75 (was 1st with 75 points)
4 Philippe Gilbert 67 (was 2nd with 61 points)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 54 (unchanged)
6 David Moncoutie 53 (unchanged)
7 Joaquin Rodriguez 48 (unchanged)
8 Denis Galimzyanov 39 (was 20th with 25 points)
9 Thor Hushovd 37 (was 19th with 25 points)
10 Ezequiel Mosquera 37 (was 8th with 37 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 41 (unchanged)
2 Serafin Martinez 36 (unchanged)
3 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (unchanged)
4 Igor Anton 15 (unchanged)
5 Xavier Tondo 11 (unchanged)
6 Christophe Le Mevel 10 (unchanged)
7 Oscar Pujol 10 (unchanged)
8 Johann Tschopp 10 (unchanged)
9 Ezequiel Mosquera 10 (unchanged)
10 Dario Cataldo 8 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram 12
Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 11
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 11
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 10
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 10
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 10
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9
Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 23

Please note : these results are subject to change.


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