Giro d'Italia, stage 19 summary

Stage 19 : May 27, 2016 Pinerolo - Risoul 162 km

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4.19.54
2 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0.51
3 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 0.53
4 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida 1.02
5 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 2.14
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale Pro Cycling
8 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 2.43
9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 2.51
10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+25 Ian Boswell
+17 Eros Capecchi
+16 Benoit Vaugrenard
+15 Simon Clarke
+15 Hugo Houle
+14 Rory Sutherland
+13 Martijn Keizer
+13 Jasha Sutterlin
+13 Heinrich Haussler
+12 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Manuel Senni
-7 Kristian Sbaragli
-7 Matteo Trentin
-6 Manuele Boaro
-6 Matteo Busato
-6 Sacha Modolo
-6 Sonny Colbrelli
-5 Nikias Arndt
-5 Tim Wellens
-4 Cristian Rodriguez Martin
-4 Eugenio Alafaci

Biggest gainers by time :
+3:59 Vincenzo Nibali
+3:04 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+3:00 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
+2:50 Diego Ulissi
+1:35 Rigoberto Uran
+1:35 Rafal Majka
+1:35 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1:06 Georg Preidler
+0:58 Nicolas Roche
+0:58 Hubert Dupont

Biggest losers by time :
-33:27 Eduard Michael Grosu
-33:09 Nikias Arndt
-33:09 Roberto Ferrari
-33:09 Roger Kluge
-33:09 Sacha Modolo
-32:55 Alessandro De Marchi
-32:55 Riccardo Stacchiotti
-32:42 Alexander Porsev
-32:42 Alexander Serov
-32:42 Andrey Solomennikov
-32:42 Arnaud Courteille

Favourites by position :
+8 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+3 Rigoberto Uran
+2 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Rafal Majka
+1 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
+1 Jakob Fuglsang
+1 Bob Jungels
-1 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2 Steven Kruijswijk
-2 Davide Formolo

Favourites by time :
+3:59 Vincenzo Nibali
+3:04 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+3:00 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
+1:35 Rigoberto Uran
+1:35 Rafal Majka
+1:35 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:04 Bob Jungels
-1:05 Steven Kruijswijk
-2:33 Jakob Fuglsang
-4:06 Domenico Pozzovivo
-17:20 Davide Formolo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 78:14:20 (was 2nd at 3:00)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 0:44 (was 4th at 4:43)
3 Steven Kruijswijk 1:05 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:48 (was 3rd at 3:23)
5 Rafal Majka 3:59 (was 6th at 5:34)
6 Bob Jungels 7:53 (was 7th at 7:57)
7 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova 9:34 (was 8th at 8:53)
8 Rigoberto Uran 12:18 (was 11th at 13:53)
9 Kanstantsin Siutsou 13:19 (was 10th at 11:15)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 14:11 (was 9th at 10:05)
11 Jakob Fuglsang 18:41 (was 12th at 16:08)
.....
27 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 1:08:38 (was 35th at 1:11:42)
28 Davide Formolo 1:09:53 (was 26th at 52:33)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Giacomo Nizzolo 185 (unchanged)
2 Diego Ulissi 152 (was 3rd with 137 points)
3 Matteo Trentin 141 (was 2nd with 141 points)
4 Daniel Oss 127 (unchanged)
5 Sacha Modolo 126 (unchanged)
6 Alejandro Valverde 88 (was 6th with 83 points)
7 Maarten Tjallingii 83 (unchanged)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 76 (unchanged)
9 Alexander Porsev 62 (unchanged)
10 Bob Jungels 61 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Damiano Cunego 134 (unchanged)
2 Mikel Nieve 98 (was 6th with 50 points)
3 Stefan Denifl 73 (was 2nd with 72 points)
4 Darwin Atapuma 69 (was 3rd with 69 points)
5 Giovanni Visconti 61 (was 4th with 61 points)
6 David Lopez Garcia 54 (was 5th with 54 points)
7 Michele Scarponi 51 (was 39th with 6 points)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 42 (was 7th with 42 points)
9 Diego Ulissi 42 (was 25th with 13 points)
10 Alexander Foliforov 41 (was 8th with 41 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Movistar Team 19
Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 19
Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 19
Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 19
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela 18
Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-GreenEdge 17
Artur Ershov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 16
David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 16
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 15
Leigh Howard (Aus) IAM Cycling 15
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 14
Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 14
Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 14
Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela 14
Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 14
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - Merida 14
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 14
Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 13
Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 13
Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 13
Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ 13
Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 13
Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13
Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 13
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 12
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 11
Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 10
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 10
Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 10
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 9
Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 8
Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 8
Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 8
Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Lawrence Warbasse (USA) IAM Cycling 7
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 7
Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Southeast - Venezuela 5
Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Dimension Data 5
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 4
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3
Total retirements : 41


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