Giro d'Italia, stage 18 summary

Stage 18 : May 26, Morbegno - San Pellegrino Terme, 151 km

1 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3.20.38
2 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad
3 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
4 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 1.20
5 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana
6 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 2.49
7 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 3.46
8 Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling 4.34
9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
10 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto


Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+11 Russell Downing
+11 Gianluca Brambilla
+10 Oscar Gatto
+8 Thomas Peterson
+8 Matteo Tosatto
+8 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+7 Sergey Lagutin
+7 Matteo Rabottini
+7 Jussi Veikkanen
+6 Sylvester Szmyd

Biggest losers by position :
-7 Emanuele Sella
-7 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-6 Branislau Samoilau
-6 Peter Kennaugh
-5 Danilo Di Luca
-5 Ivan Rovny
-5 Stefano Pirazzi
-5 Vasili Kiryienka
-4 Ben Gastauer
-4 Bjorn Selander
-4 Carlos Oyarzun

Biggest gainers by time :
+6:24 Eros Capecchi
+6:18 Marco Pinotti
+6:12 Kevin Seeldrayers
+4:44 Paolo Tiralongo
+4:44 Gianluca Brambilla
+3:15 Dario Cataldo
+2:18 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+1:36 Jan Bakelants
+1:34 Bram Tankink
+1:30 Russell Downing

Biggest losers by time :
-9:11 Elia Favilli
-9:11 Jos van Emden
-9:11 Leonardo Giordani
-8:52 Addy Engels
-8:52 Alberto Ongarato
-8:52 Alessandro De Marchi
-8:52 Alex Rasmussen
-8:52 Alexander Kristoff
-8:52 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-8:52 Bjorn Selander
-8:52 Branislau Samoilau

Favourites by position :
+1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1 Stefano Garzelli
-2 Lars Ytting Bak
-3 Richie Porte
-3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-5 Danilo Di Luca

Favourites by time :
+1:24 Carlos Sastre Candil
-6:12 Richie Porte
-8:52 Lars Ytting Bak
-8:52 Danilo Di Luca
-8:52 Daniel Moreno Fernandez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 71:45:09 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 4:58 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 5:45 (unchanged)
4 John Gadret 7:35 (unchanged)
5 Kanstantsin Siutsou 9:12 (unchanged)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 9:18 (unchanged)
7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 9:22 (unchanged)
8 Denis Menchov 9:38 (unchanged)
9 Roman Kreuziger 9:47 (unchanged)
10 JoaquA*m RodrA*guez Oliver 10:25 (unchanged)
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12 David Arroyo Duran 11:37 (unchanged)
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18 Stefano Garzelli 23:57 (was 17th at 23:57)
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22 Thomas Lovkvist 30:14 (unchanged)
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28 Carlos Sastre Candil 42:06 (was 29th at 43:30)
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37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 59:31 (was 34th at 50:39)
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76 Danilo Di Luca 1:53:10 (was 71st at 1:44:18)
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107 Richie Porte 2:24:25 (was 104th at 2:18:13)
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134 Lars Ytting Bak 2:54:12 (was 132nd at 2:45:20)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 26 (was 1st with 21 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 13 (unchanged)
3 Bram Tankink 8 (was 16th with 4 points)
4 Stefano Garzelli 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Giovanni Visconti 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 9th with 5 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 64 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 53 (unchanged)
3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (unchanged)
4 Jose Rujano Guillen 29 (unchanged)
5 Gianluca Brambilla 29 (was 5th with 27 points)
6 Emanuele Sella 23 (unchanged)
7 Michele Scarponi 23 (unchanged)
8 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 20 (unchanged)
10 Branislau Samoilau 19 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 15
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 15
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 15
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 15
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 15
Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 15
Andrea Noe' (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 14
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 14
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 : 45


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