Vuelta a Espana, stage 11 summary

Stage 11 : Aug 29, Cambados - Pontevedra (ITT), 39.4 km

1 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 0.52.36
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 0.17
3 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.39
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1.08
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 1.09
6 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 1.15
7 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 1.16
8 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 1.17
9 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp 1.24
10 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team 1.34


Changes in GC, stage 11 compared to stage 10 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
+14 Cameron Meyer
+13 Lars Boom
+12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+11 Gatis Smukulis
+10 Martijn Keizer
+10 Christophe Riblon
+8 Tony Martin
+8 Thomas De Gendt
+8 Denis Menchov

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Mauro Da Dalto
-14 Nacer Bouhanni
-11 Gabriel Rasch
-11 Marco Marzano
-10 Adrian Palomares Villaplana
-10 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez
-10 Xavier Florencio Cabre
-8 Assan Bazayev
-8 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio
-7 Bruno Pires
-7 David De La Fuente Rasilla

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:16 Fredrik Kessiakoff
+0:59 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:37 Christopher Froome
+0:08 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:07 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+0:01 Richie Porte

Biggest losers by time :
-12:37 Daniele Ratto
-12:21 Nacer Bouhanni
-10:58 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-9:48 Cheng Ji
-9:44 Juan Lobato Del Valle
-9:03 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
-8:55 Joost van Leijen
-8:47 Xavier Florencio Cabre
-8:19 Wesley Sulzberger
-8:12 Raymond Kreder
-7:55 Assan Bazayev

Favourites by position :
+14 Cameron Meyer
+8 Tony Martin
+8 Thomas De Gendt
+8 Denis Menchov
+4 Maxime Monfort
+3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Christopher Froome
-2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Favourites by time :
+0:59 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:37 Christopher Froome
-0:01 Cameron Meyer
-0:23 Tony Martin
-0:26 Robert Gesink
-0:34 Thomas De Gendt
-1:24 Maxime Monfort
-1:39 Denis Menchov
-1:43 Bauke Mollema
-2:22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2:46 Rigoberto Uran
-3:07 Damiano Cunego
-3:48 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 40:26:15 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:01 (was 3rd at 1:00)
3 Christopher Froome 0:16 (was 2nd at 0:53)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:59 (was 4th at 1:07)
5 Robert Gesink 2:27 (was 5th at 2:01)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:54 (was 6th at 2:08)
7 Nicolas Roche 3:39 (was 7th at 2:34)
8 Andrew Talansky 4:08 (was 15th at 4:00)
9 Laurens ten Dam 4:22 (was 9th at 3:18)
10 Bauke Mollema 5:10 (was 10th at 3:27)
.....
14 Maxime Monfort 5:56 (was 18th at 4:32)
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33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 13:44 (was 31st at 9:56)
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42 Rigoberto Uran 20:51 (was 42nd at 18:05)
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48 Damiano Cunego 28:06 (was 48th at 24:59)
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63 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 39:18 (was 66th at 36:56)
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66 Denis Menchov 40:08 (was 74th at 38:29)
67 Thomas De Gendt 40:16 (was 75th at 39:42)
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85 Tony Martin 48:36 (was 93rd at 48:13)
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108 Cameron Meyer 57:06 (was 122nd at 57:05)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 John Degenkolb 103 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 90 (was 3rd with 76 points)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 85 (was 2nd with 85 points)
4 Christopher Froome 67 (was 8th with 51 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 66 (was 9th with 46 points)
6 Daniele Bennati 66 (was 4th with 66 points)
7 Nacer Bouhanni 57 (was 5th with 57 points)
8 Gianni Meersman 55 (was 6th with 55 points)
9 Elia Viviani 53 (was 7th with 53 points)
10 Allan Davis 46 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 21 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 17 (unchanged)
3 Simon Clarke 16 (unchanged)
4 Pim Ligthart 11 (unchanged)
5 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (unchanged)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 10 (was 7th with 8 points)
7 Philippe Gilbert 9 (was 6th with 9 points)
8 Tony Martin 8 (unchanged)
9 Christopher Froome 7 (was 9th with 6 points)
10 Javier Ramirez Abeja 5 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano 8
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 5


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