Vuelta a Espana, stage 16 summary

Stage 16 : Sep 6, Villa Romana La Olmeda (Palencia) - Haro, 180 km

1 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 4.41.56
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek
4 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
5 Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad 0.02
6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano
7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
9 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC


Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+4 Bert Grabsch
+3 Thomas Rohregger
+3 Simon Geschke
+3 Sep Vanmarcke
+3 Robert Wagner
+3 Olivier Kaisen
+3 Nico Sijmens
+3 Juan Jose Haedo
+3 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen

Biggest losers by position :
-10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
-9 Rafal Majka
-7 Juan Horrach Rippoll
-6 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-4 Steve Houanard
-3 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-3 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-2 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-2 Davide Malacarne
-2 Jorge Azanza Soto
-2 Ruslan Pydgornyy

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:22 Juan Jose Haedo
+0:14 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:10 Daniele Bennati
+0:02 Vicente Reynes Mimo
+0:01 David De La Fuente Rasilla

Biggest losers by time :
-18:47 Rafal Majka
-10:59 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-10:59 Aliaksandr Kuchynski
-10:59 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
-10:59 Juan Horrach Rippoll
-8:08 Antonio Cabello Baena
-5:20 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
-4:22 Steve Houanard
-3:47 Daniele Righi
-3:29 Rein Taaramae
-3:24 Dmitry Kozontchuk

Favourites by position :
+2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1 Tony Martin
+1 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Favourites by time :
-0:05 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:05 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:05 Janez Brajkovic
-0:05 Denis Menchov
-0:05 David Blanco Rodriguez
-0:05 Bradley Wiggins
-0:05 Bauke Mollema
-0:22 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:47 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:32 Tony Martin
-2:40 Steven Kruijswijk
-2:40 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-3:29 Rein Taaramae

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 64:39:14 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:22 (was 2nd at 0:20)
3 Bradley Wiggins 0:51 (was 3rd at 0:46)
4 Bauke Mollema 1:41 (was 4th at 1:36)
5 Maxime Monfort 2:40 (was 5th at 2:37)
6 Denis Menchov 3:06 (was 6th at 3:01)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 3:08 (was 7th at 3:06)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 3:49 (was 8th at 3:27)
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:03 (was 9th at 3:58)
10 Wout Poels 4:18 (was 10th at 4:13)
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20 Carlos Sastre Candil 10:54 (was 21st at 10:07)
21 Janez Brajkovic 14:29 (was 22nd at 14:24)
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41 Steven Kruijswijk 54:29 (was 41st at 51:49)
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43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:01:09 (was 45th at 1:01:04)
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46 David Blanco Rodriguez 1:06:36 (was 46th at 1:06:31)
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82 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 2:00:26 (was 80th at 1:57:46)
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98 Rein Taaramae 2:20:32 (was 98th at 2:17:03)
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122 Tony Martin 2:42:32 (was 123rd at 2:41:00)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 90 (unchanged)
2 Bauke Mollema 85 (unchanged)
3 Peter Sagan 75 (unchanged)
4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 72 (was 5th with 66 points)
5 Wout Poels 71 (was 4th with 71 points)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 65 (unchanged)
7 Christopher Froome 64 (was 7th with 60 points)
8 Bradley Wiggins 60 (unchanged)
9 Daniele Bennati 56 (was 15th with 40 points)
10 Daniel Martin 53 (was 9th with 53 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 60 (unchanged)
2 Matteo Montaguti 38 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 32 (unchanged)
4 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 32 (unchanged)
5 Rein Taaramae 30 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Martin 29 (unchanged)
7 David De La Fuente Rasilla 24 (unchanged)
8 Chris Anker Sorensen 19 (unchanged)
9 Koen De Kort 14 (unchanged)
10 Wout Poels 14 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD 16
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 16
Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 14
Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 14
Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 13
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil - Shimano 13
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 13
Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada 11
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 11
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 8
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8
Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6
Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 5
Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 5
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4
Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 22


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