Cycling & bikes - Giro d'Italia, stage 13 summary

Stage 13 : May 20, Spilimbergo - Grossglockner, 167 km

1 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 4.45.54
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
3 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.27
4 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.29
5 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 1.36
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
9 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC

Changes in GC, stage 13 compared to stage 12 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+24 Kristof Vandewalle
+24 Cyril Dessel
+21 Stef Clement
+21 Ben Gastauer
+17 Philip Deignan
+15 Thomas Peterson
+15 Brett Lancaster
+14 Francesco Reda
+14 Andrea Noe'
+14 Alessandro Spezialetti

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
-18 Domenico Pozzovivo
-18 Kevin Seeldrayers
-15 Gianluca Brambilla
-14 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-14 Gert Dockx
-12 Christophe Le Mevel
-12 Robert Kiserlovski
-11 Kjell Carlstrom
-11 Rafael Valls Ferri
-10 Inaki Isasi Flores

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Jose Rujano Guillen

Biggest losers by time :
-24:06 Frantisek Rabon
-24:03 Elia Favilli
-23:37 Alex Rasmussen
-23:37 Alexander Kristoff
-23:37 Davide Malacarne
-23:37 Francesco Chicchi
-23:37 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-23:37 Gianluca Brambilla
-23:37 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen
-23:37 Matthew Wilson
-23:37 Michael Christiansen Morkov

Favourites by position :
+6 Frantisek Rabon
+6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+5 Denis Menchov
+2 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Michele Scarponi
+2 David Arroyo Duran
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Richie Porte
-3 Thomas Lovkvist
-3 Danilo Di Luca
-4 Carlos Sastre Candil
-6 Stefano Garzelli

Favourites by time :
-1:48 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:48 Roman Kreuziger
-1:48 Michele Scarponi
-1:48 Denis Menchov
-1:48 David Arroyo Duran
-3:25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-4:01 Thomas Lovkvist
-4:01 Stefano Garzelli
-7:38 Carlos Sastre Candil
-16:02 Richie Porte
-16:30 Danilo Di Luca
-20:55 Lars Ytting Bak
-24:06 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 49:40:58 (unchanged)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 3:09 (was 3rd at 1:21)
3 Michele Scarponi 3:16 (was 5th at 1:28)
4 David Arroyo Duran 3:25 (was 6th at 1:37)
5 Roman Kreuziger 3:29 (was 7th at 1:41)
6 Kanstantsin Siutsou 3:53 (was 2nd at 0:59)
7 Igor Anton Hernandez 4:02 (was 11th at 2:21)
8 John Gadret 4:06 (was 12th at 2:35)
9 Matteo Carrara 4:35 (was 10th at 2:21)
10 Hubert Dupont 4:38 (was 14th at 2:57)
11 Denis Menchov 5:06 (was 16th at 3:18)
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19 Stefano Garzelli 6:40 (was 13th at 2:39)
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22 Thomas Lovkvist 7:41 (was 19th at 3:40)
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28 Carlos Sastre Candil 12:48 (was 24th at 5:10)
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30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 17:46 (was 36th at 14:21)
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81 Danilo Di Luca 57:28 (was 78th at 40:58)
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113 Richie Porte 1:17:46 (was 114th at 1:01:44)
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142 Lars Ytting Bak 1:36:24 (was 142nd at 1:15:29)
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163 Frantisek Rabon 1:55:25 (was 169th at 1:31:19)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 12 (unchanged)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 10 (was 2nd with 5 points)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (unchanged)
4 Matteo Montaguti 5 (unchanged)
5 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (unchanged)
6 Sebastian Lang 5 (unchanged)
7 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (unchanged)
8 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (unchanged)
9 Matteo Tosatto 5 (was 10th with 5 points)
10 Davide Ricci Bitti 5 (was 11th with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 24 (was 2nd with 15 points)
2 Jose Rujano Guillen 24 (was 6th with 9 points)
3 Branislau Samoilau 19 (was 0 points)
4 Filippo Savini 16 (was 1st with 16 points)
5 Robert Kiserlovski 12 (was 0 points)
6 Michele Scarponi 12 (was 12th with 7 points)
7 Bart De Clercq 11 (was 3rd with 11 points)
8 Roman Kreuziger 11 (was 10th with 8 points)
9 Federico Canuti 9 (was 5th with 9 points)
10 Valerio Agnoli 9 (was 7th with 9 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 13
Davide Appollonio (Ukn) Sky Procycling 13
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 13
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 13
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 13
Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 13
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13
Sacha Modolo (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 11
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 31

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