Stage 12 : May 19, Castelfidardo - Ravenna, 184 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4.17.25
2 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
4 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
6 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
7 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
8 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad
10 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack


Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+2 Rinaldo Nocentini
+2 Murilo Antonio Fischer
+2 Mickael Cherel
+2 Maxim Belkov
+2 Julien Berard
+2 Johnny Hoogerland
+2 Joan Horrach Rippoll
+2 Ivan Rovny
+2 Ignatas Konovalovas
+2 Gianluca Brambilla

Biggest losers by position :
-10 David Millar
-9 Richie Porte
-7 Martin Kohler
-6 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-6 Danilo Di Luca
-5 Stef Clement
-4 Elia Favilli
-4 Frederik Veuchelen
-4 Simone Stortoni
-3 Patrick Gretsch
-2 Frantisek Rabon

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Davide Appollonio
+0:08 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:06 Davide Ricci Bitti
+0:04 Michal Golas

Biggest losers by time :
-3:58 Martin Kohler
-3:05 Frantisek Rabon
-3:05 Patrick Gretsch
-2:24 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-2:24 David Millar
-2:24 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-2:24 Miguel Minguez Ayala
-2:24 Richie Porte
-2:19 Danilo Di Luca
-2:17 Elia Favilli
-2:17 Matthew Wilson

Favourites by position :
-2 Frantisek Rabon
-6 Danilo Di Luca
-9 Richie Porte

Favourites by time :
-2:19 Danilo Di Luca
-2:24 Richie Porte
-3:05 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 44:55:16 (unchanged)
2 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:59 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 1:21 (unchanged)
4 Christophe Le Mevel 1:28 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 1:28 (unchanged)
6 David Arroyo Duran 1:37 (unchanged)
7 Roman Kreuziger 1:41 (unchanged)
8 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez 1:47 (unchanged)
9 Dario Cataldo 2:21 (unchanged)
10 Matteo Carrara 2:21 (unchanged)
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13 Stefano Garzelli 2:39 (unchanged)
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16 Denis Menchov 3:18 (unchanged)
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19 Thomas Lovkvist 3:40 (unchanged)
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24 Carlos Sastre Candil 5:10 (unchanged)
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36 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 14:21 (unchanged)
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78 Danilo Di Luca 40:58 (was 72nd at 38:39)
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114 Richie Porte 1:01:44 (was 105th at 59:20)
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142 Lars Ytting Bak 1:15:29 (unchanged)
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169 Frantisek Rabon 1:31:19 (was 167th at 1:28:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 12 (unchanged)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 5 (unchanged)
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 (was 8th with 5 points)
8 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (was 9th with 5 points)
9 Martin Kohler 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
10 Matteo Tosatto 5 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Filippo Savini 16 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 15 (unchanged)
3 Bart De Clercq 11 (unchanged)
4 Martin Kohler 10 (unchanged)
5 Federico Canuti 9 (unchanged)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 9 (unchanged)
7 Valerio Agnoli 9 (unchanged)
8 Mathias Frank 9 (unchanged)
9 Gianluca Brambilla 8 (unchanged)
10 Roman Kreuziger 8 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
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 : 21


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