Giro d'Italia, stage 17 summary

Stage 17 : May 25, Feltre - Tirano, 230 km

1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5.31.51
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
4 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.04
5 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0.08
6 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
9 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana
10 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0.10


Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Thomas Peterson
+17 Dennis van Winden
+16 Pierre Cazaux
+16 Matteo Rabottini
+16 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
+15 Simon Spilak
+15 Alessandro Spezialetti
+14 Jussi Veikkanen
+12 Stef Clement
+11 Sergey Lagutin

Biggest losers by position :
-17 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-17 Oscar Gatto
-17 Simone Stortoni
-15 Maxim Belkov
-14 Morris Possoni
-13 Sylvester Szmyd
-12 Filippo Savini
-12 Stefano Pirazzi
-11 Danilo Di Luca
-11 Ivan Rovny
-10 Carlos Oyarzun

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:19 Diego Ulissi
+3:13 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+3:07 Giovanni Visconti
+3:01 Jan Bakelants
+2:53 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+2:51 Robert Kiserlovski
+2:51 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+2:51 Hubert Dupont
+2:51 Fabio Taborre
+2:51 Eduard Vorganov

Biggest losers by time :
-21:18 Alan Marangoni
-21:18 Alberto Ongarato
-21:18 Alex Rasmussen
-21:18 Alexander Kristoff
-21:18 Bjorn Selander
-21:18 Cameron Meyer
-21:18 Chad Beyer
-21:18 Danilo Di Luca
-21:18 Davide Malacarne
-21:18 Elia Favilli
-21:18 Filippo Savini

Favourites by position :
+9 Richie Porte
+1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1 Thomas Lovkvist
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Denis Menchov
-1 David Arroyo Duran
-9 Lars Ytting Bak
-11 Danilo Di Luca

Favourites by time :
-0:34 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:34 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2:38 Richie Porte
-21:18 Lars Ytting Bak
-21:18 Danilo Di Luca

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 68:18:27 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 4:58 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 5:45 (unchanged)
4 John Gadret 7:35 (unchanged)
5 Kanstantsin Siutsou 9:12 (was 12th at 12:05)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 9:18 (was 5th at 9:18)
7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 9:22 (was 6th at 9:22)
8 Denis Menchov 9:38 (was 7th at 9:38)
9 Roman Kreuziger 9:47 (was 8th at 9:47)
10 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver 10:25 (was 9th at 10:25)
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12 David Arroyo Duran 11:37 (was 11th at 11:37)
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17 Stefano Garzelli 23:57 (unchanged)
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22 Thomas Lovkvist 30:14 (was 21st at 29:40)
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29 Carlos Sastre Candil 43:30 (was 29th at 42:56)
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34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 50:39 (was 35th at 50:05)
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71 Danilo Di Luca 1:44:18 (was 60th at 1:23:00)
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104 Richie Porte 2:18:13 (was 113rd at 2:15:35)
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132 Lars Ytting Bak 2:45:20 (was 123rd at 2:24:02)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 21 (was 1st with 16 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 13 (was 2nd with 10 points)
3 Stefano Garzelli 5 (unchanged)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (unchanged)
5 Giovanni Visconti 5 (was 15th with 4 points)
6 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (was 9th with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 64 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 53 (unchanged)
3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (unchanged)
4 Jose Rujano Guillen 29 (unchanged)
5 Gianluca Brambilla 27 (unchanged)
6 Emanuele Sella 23 (unchanged)
7 Michele Scarponi 23 (unchanged)
8 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 20 (unchanged)
10 Branislau Samoilau 19 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 15
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 15
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 15
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 15
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 15
Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 15
Andrea Noe' (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 14
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 14
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 13
Davide Appollonio (Ukn) Sky Procycling 13
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 13
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 13
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 13
Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 13
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13
Sacha Modolo (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 11
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 45


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On May 25, 5:23*pm, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 17 : May 25, Feltre - Tirano, 230 km * * * * * * * * * * *

* 1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *5.31.51
* 2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

What was going on in Visconti's mind? Going from stage right, to far
stage left and trying to squeeze by a guy who has already moved over
to the left...then banging on the guy to convince him to let him
pass? Visconti very likely would have won it straight up if he'd
stayed on the right.

Awful lot of guys coasting through the uphill turns...

R