Cycling & bikes - Vuelta a Espana, stage 12 summary

Stage 12 : Aug 30, Vilagarcia de Arousa - Mirador de Ezaro, 190.5 km

1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 4.24.32
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 0.08
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.13
4 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0.20
5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.23
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.27
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.31
9 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 0.33
10 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.36

Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+11 Adam Hansen
+10 Danail Andonov
+9 Gustavo Cesar Veloso
+9 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio
+8 Rudy Molard
+8 Matti Breschel
+8 Javier Chacon
+7 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
+7 Thomas Peterson
+7 Imanol Erviti Ollo

Biggest losers by position :
-68 Daniel Teklehaymanot
-36 Allan Davis
-22 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez
-13 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea
-12 Tony Martin
-9 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-9 Antonio Piedra Perez
-8 Gianni Meersman
-8 Morris Possoni
-7 Rafael Valls Ferri
-6 Alexsandr Dyachenko

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-33:49 Joost van Leijen
-32:47 Allan Davis
-32:47 Daniel Teklehaymanot
-32:43 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez
-10:13 Mikhail Ignatyev
-9:36 Davide Cimolai
-9:36 Morris Possoni
-9:30 Raymond Kreder
-9:14 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea
-9:13 Olivier Kaisen
-8:53 Jens Debusschere

Favourites by position :
+7 Cameron Meyer
+2 Rigoberto Uran
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+1 Damiano Cunego
-1 Maxime Monfort
-2 Thomas De Gendt
-6 Denis Menchov
-12 Tony Martin

Favourites by time :
-0:12 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:32 Robert Gesink
-0:35 Christopher Froome
-0:51 Bauke Mollema
-0:59 Maxime Monfort
-1:04 Damiano Cunego
-1:13 Cameron Meyer
-1:44 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1:44 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1:53 Rigoberto Uran
-3:53 Thomas De Gendt
-6:10 Denis Menchov
-8:45 Tony Martin

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 44:50:35 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:13 (was 2nd at 0:01)
3 Christopher Froome 0:51 (was 3rd at 0:16)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:20 (was 4th at 0:59)
5 Robert Gesink 2:59 (was 5th at 2:27)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 3:29 (was 6th at 2:54)
7 Nicolas Roche 4:22 (was 7th at 3:39)
8 Andrew Talansky 5:17 (was 8th at 4:08)
9 Laurens ten Dam 5:18 (was 9th at 4:22)
10 Bauke Mollema 6:01 (was 10th at 5:10)
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15 Maxime Monfort 6:55 (was 14th at 5:56)
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32 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 15:28 (was 33rd at 13:44)
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40 Rigoberto Uran 22:44 (was 42nd at 20:51)
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47 Damiano Cunego 29:10 (was 48th at 28:06)
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62 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 41:02 (was 63rd at 39:18)
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69 Thomas De Gendt 44:09 (was 67th at 40:16)
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72 Denis Menchov 46:18 (was 66th at 40:08)
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97 Tony Martin 57:21 (was 85th at 48:36)
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101 Cameron Meyer 58:19 (was 108th at 57:06)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 119 (was 3rd with 85 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 106 (was 2nd with 90 points)
3 John Degenkolb 103 (was 1st with 103 points)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 86 (was 5th with 66 points)
5 Christopher Froome 79 (was 4th with 67 points)
6 Daniele Bennati 66 (unchanged)
7 Nacer Bouhanni 57 (unchanged)
8 Gianni Meersman 55 (unchanged)
9 Elia Viviani 53 (unchanged)
10 Allan Davis 46 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 22 (was 1st with 21 points)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 20 (was 2nd with 17 points)
3 Simon Clarke 16 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 12 (was 6th with 10 points)
5 Pim Ligthart 11 (was 4th with 11 points)
6 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
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
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 : 7

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