Vuelta a Espana, stage 13 summary

Stage 13 : Aug 31, Santiago de Compostela - Ferrol, 172.8 km

1 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4.05.02
2 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 0.04
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
4 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 0.14
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan
6 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
7 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0.40
8 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge
9 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+14 Lloyd Mondory
+13 Steven Cummings
+13 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+12 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel
+12 Benoit Vaugrenard
+11 Xavier Florencio Cabre
+11 William Bonnet
+11 Pavel Brutt
+11 Klaas Lodewyck
+11 Dennis van Winden

Biggest losers by position :
-29 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-26 Alexandre Geniez
-26 Amael Moinard
-26 Christophe Riblon
-26 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea
-25 Thierry Huppond
-24 Arnaud Courteille
-23 Assan Bazayev
-23 Rudy Molard
-22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-21 Yukihiro Doi

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:56 Steven Cummings
+0:46 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+0:44 Cameron Meyer
+0:34 Thomas De Gendt
+0:28 Linus Gerdemann
+0:26 Simon Clarke

Biggest losers by time :
-14:44 Cheng Ji
-14:44 Joost van Leijen
-14:44 Olivier Kaisen
-13:10 Alexandre Geniez
-13:10 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-13:10 Amael Moinard
-13:10 Arnaud Courteille
-13:10 Assan Bazayev
-13:10 Blel Kadri
-13:10 Christophe Riblon
-13:10 Danail Andonov

Favourites by position :
+8 Cameron Meyer
+3 Thomas De Gendt
+3 Denis Menchov
+2 Rigoberto Uran
+1 Damiano Cunego
-13 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck

Favourites by time :
+0:44 Cameron Meyer
+0:34 Thomas De Gendt
-2:16 Tony Martin
-13:10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-13:10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 48:56:17 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:13 (unchanged)
3 Christopher Froome 0:51 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:20 (unchanged)
5 Robert Gesink 2:59 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 3:29 (unchanged)
7 Nicolas Roche 4:22 (unchanged)
8 Andrew Talansky 5:17 (unchanged)
9 Laurens ten Dam 5:18 (unchanged)
10 Bauke Mollema 6:01 (unchanged)
.....
15 Maxime Monfort 6:55 (unchanged)
.....
38 Rigoberto Uran 22:44 (was 40th at 22:44)
.....
45 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 28:38 (was 32nd at 15:28)
46 Damiano Cunego 29:10 (was 47th at 29:10)
.....
66 Thomas De Gendt 43:35 (was 69th at 44:09)
.....
69 Denis Menchov 46:18 (was 72nd at 46:18)
.....
84 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 54:12 (was 62nd at 41:02)
.....
93 Cameron Meyer 57:35 (was 101st at 58:19)
.....
97 Tony Martin 59:37 (was 97th at 57:21)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 119 (unchanged)
2 John Degenkolb 112 (was 3rd with 103 points)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 106 (was 2nd with 106 points)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 86 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 79 (unchanged)
6 Daniele Bennati 66 (unchanged)
7 Gianni Meersman 55 (was 8th with 55 points)
8 Elia Viviani 55 (was 9th with 53 points)
9 Allan Davis 54 (was 10th with 46 points)
10 Simon Clarke 44 (was 16th with 30 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 22 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 20 (unchanged)
3 Simon Clarke 16 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 12 (unchanged)
5 Pim Ligthart 11 (unchanged)
6 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (unchanged)
7 Philippe Gilbert 9 (unchanged)
8 Tony Martin 8 (unchanged)
9 Christopher Froome 7 (unchanged)
10 Javier Ramirez Abeja 5 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 13
Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 13
Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 12
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 12
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 : 10


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On 31/08/2012 17:59, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 13 : Aug 31, Santiago de Compostela - Ferrol, 172.8 km

1 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4.05.02


Roule Britania, fantastic ride by Cummings given the quality of the riders he
beat in the track race over the last 4km.
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On 31/08/2012 5:59 PM, Bob Martin wrote:

Stage 13 : Aug 31, Santiago de Compostela - Ferrol, 172.8 km

1 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4.05.02
2 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 0.04
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
4 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge 0.14
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan
6 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
7 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano 0.40
8 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge
9 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale




A great ride by Cummings. Thoroughly deserved!

--
Chris

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