Giro d'Italia, stage 14 summary

Stage 14 : May 19, Cherasco - Cervinia, 205 km

1 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 5.33.36
2 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp
3 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0.02
4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Barracuda 0.20
5 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.46
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
7 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
8 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
10 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 14 compared to stage 13 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+34 Alessandro De Marchi
+29 BULGAC Brian
+26 Pier Paolo De Negri
+26 Geraint Thomas
+23 Sebastien Rosseler
+20 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+19 Matteo Bono
+19 Evgeni Petrov
+18 Stefan Denifl
+18 Amets Txurruka

Biggest losers by position :
-35 Bartosz Huzarski
-25 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa
-24 Ivan Santaromita
-18 Giovanni Visconti
-18 Volodymir Gustov
-15 Iban Velasco Murillo
-15 Julien Vermote
-15 Michal Golas
-15 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
-14 Geoffrey Soupe
-14 Lars Ytting Bak

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:37 Jan Barta
+0:37 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
+0:35 Alessandro De Marchi
+0:17 Ryder Hesjedal

Biggest losers by time :
-35:22 Andrea Guardini
-31:27 Adam Hansen
-31:27 Adrian Saez
-31:27 Alessandro Ballan
-31:27 Alex Rasmussen
-31:27 Alexander Kristoff
-31:27 Alfredo Balloni
-31:27 Anders Lund
-31:27 Andreas Dietziker
-31:27 Andreas Schillinger
-31:27 Ben Hermans

Favourites by position :
+11 John Gadret
+10 Jose Rujano Guillen
+10 Frank Schleck
+4 Rigoberto Uran
+4 Michele Scarponi
+4 Domenico Pozzovivo
+3 Ivan Basso
+1 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-2 Damiano Cunego
-4 Marco Pinotti
-7 Christian Vande Velde
-13 Mathias Frank

Favourites by time :
+0:17 Ryder Hesjedal
-0:09 Rigoberto Uran
-0:09 Michele Scarponi
-0:09 John Gadret
-0:09 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:09 Ivan Basso
-0:09 Frank Schleck
-0:09 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:15 Roman Kreuziger
-0:15 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-0:39 Jose Rujano Guillen
-1:06 Damiano Cunego
-2:28 Marco Pinotti
-3:31 Christian Vande Velde
-31:27 Mathias Frank

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Ryder Hesjedal 59:55:28 (was 2nd at 0:17)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:09 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Paolo Tiralongo 0:41 (was 4th at 0:32)
4 Sandy Casar 1:05 (was 3rd at 0:26)
5 Ivan Basso 1:06 (was 8th at 0:57)
6 Roman Kreuziger 1:07 (was 6th at 0:52)
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:07 (was 7th at 0:52)
8 Rigoberto Uran 1:19 (was 12th at 1:10)
9 Michele Scarponi 1:20 (was 13th at 1:11)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:21 (was 14th at 1:12)
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15 Frank Schleck 2:20 (was 25th at 2:11)
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18 Damiano Cunego 2:43 (was 16th at 1:37)
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20 John Gadret 3:04 (was 31st at 2:55)
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24 Jose Rujano Guillen 3:44 (was 34th at 3:05)
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28 Marco Pinotti 4:37 (was 24th at 2:09)
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33 Christian Vande Velde 5:42 (was 26th at 2:11)
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95 Mathias Frank 1:11:53 (was 82nd at 40:26)

Retirements to date : Stage
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 14
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 14
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 14
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp 13
Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 12
Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 10
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 18


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