Giro d'Italia, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 - Thursday, May 21: Sestri Levante - Riomaggiore (ITT), 60.6km

First 10 finishers :
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.34.29 (38.483 km/h)
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.20
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.03
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 1.14
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.54
7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.59
8 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.04
9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.13
10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.17


Changes in stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Steve Chainel
+12 Stefano Garzelli
+10 David Millar
+9 Gabriele Bosisio
+9 Bjorn Schroder
+8 Yuriy Krivtsov
+8 Riccardo Chiarini
+8 Diego Caccia
+8 David Zabriskie
+7 Michael Barry

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Cameron Meyer
-10 Dries Devenyns
-9 Kevin Seeldrayers
-9 Mauricio Soler
-7 Blaise Sonnery
-7 Guillaume Le Floch
-6 Oscar Gatto
-6 Ricardo Serrano
-6 Thomas Rohregger
-6 Yohann Gene
-5 Alessandro Petacchi

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:20 Denis Menchov
+1:00 Levi Leipheimer
+0:17 Stefano Garzelli
+0:06 Janez Brajkovic

Biggest losers by time :
-16:30 Oscar Gatto
-15:43 Cameron Meyer
-15:35 Dries Devenyns
-14:10 Ricardo Serrano
-13:21 Kasper Klostergaard
-13:09 Davide Vigano
-13:04 Anders Lund
-13:02 Guillaume Le Floch
-12:57 Robert Hunter
-12:54 Martin Muller
-12:29 Juan Jose Haedo

Favourites by position :
+12 Stefano Garzelli
+4 Lance Armstrong
+3 Marzio Bruseghin
+2 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Denis Menchov
+1 Carlos Sastre
-1 Jens Voigt
-1 Danilo Di Luca
-1 Damiano Cunego
-2 Thomas Lovkvist
-3 Michael Rogers

Favourites by time :
+1:20 Denis Menchov
+1:00 Levi Leipheimer
+0:17 Stefano Garzelli
-0:07 Franco Pellizotti
-0:34 Danilo Di Luca
-0:57 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:57 Ivan Basso
-0:58 Carlos Sastre
-1:06 Lance Armstrong
-1:26 Michael Rogers
-1:40 Gilberto Simoni
-2:47 Damiano Cunego
-3:41 Thomas Lovkvist
-10:40 Jens Voigt

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 50.27.17
2 Danilo Di Luca 0.34
3 Levi Leipheimer 0.40
4 Franco Pellizotti 2.00
5 Carlos Sastre 2.52
6 Michael Rogers 2.59
7 Ivan Basso 3.00
8 Gilberto Simoni 4.38
9 Marzio Bruseghin 5.26
10 Thomas Lovkvist 5.53
.....
12 Lance Armstrong 6.34
.....
15 Stefano Garzelli 7.15
.....
18 Damiano Cunego 8.18
.....
53 Jens Voigt 42.54

Retirements to date : Stage
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8
Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 8
Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 10
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 12
David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Total retirements : 12

Bob Martin wrote:
Biggest losers by position :
-10 Cameron Meyer
-10 Dries Devenyns
-9 Kevin Seeldrayers
-9 Mauricio Soler
-7 Blaise Sonnery
-7 Guillaume Le Floch
-6 Oscar Gatto
-6 Ricardo Serrano
-6 Thomas Rohregger
-6 Yohann Gene
-5 Alessandro Petacchi

The biggest loser was Rogers.

On May 21, 1:10*pm, Donald Munro wrote:
Bob Martin wrote:
Biggest losers by position :
* * * -10 * Cameron Meyer
* * * -10 * Dries Devenyns
* * * *-9 * Kevin Seeldrayers
* * * *-9 * Mauricio Soler
* * * *-7 * Blaise Sonnery
* * * *-7 * Guillaume Le Floch
* * * *-6 * Oscar Gatto
* * * *-6 * Ricardo Serrano
* * * *-6 * Thomas Rohregger
* * * *-6 * Yohann Gene
* * * *-5 * Alessandro Petacchi

The biggest loser was Rogers.

How about Cancellara? Someone found a way to get him off the "Top 3
and favourites standings."
-Paul