Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                  +8   Laurent Mangel 
                  +7   Yoann Le Boulanger 
                  +6   Matteo Tosatto 
                  +5   Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez 
                  +5   Lorenzo Bernucci 
                  +5   Eric Berthou 
                  +4   Stefano Garzelli 
                  +4   José Luis Rubiera Vigil 
                  +4   Giovanni Visconti 
                  +4   Benoît Joachim 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                  -3   Enrico Gasparotto 
                  -2   Addy Engels 
                  -2   Alessandro Petacchi 
                  -2   Alexandre Usov 
                  -2   Andrei Kunitski 
                  -2   Angel Gomez 
                  -2   Daniele Contrini 
                  -2   Dario David Cioni 
                  -2   Dmitry Kozontchouk 
                  -2   Francis Mourey 
                  -2   Gorazd Stangelj 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +8:30   Stefano Garzelli 
               +7:27   Laurent Mangel 
               +7:17   Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez 
               +7:09   Pietro Caucchioli 
               +7:09   Pablo Lastras Garcia 
               +7:09   José Luis Rubiera Vigil 
               +5:43   Benoît Joachim 
               +5:41   Salvatore Commesso 
               +5:41   Lorenzo Bernucci 
               +5:41   Giovanni Visconti 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
            
           Favourites by position :
                  +4   Stefano Garzelli 
                  +2   Pietro Caucchioli 
                  -1   Paolo Savoldelli 
                  -1   Leonardo Piepoli 
                  -1   Iban Mayo Diez 
                  -2   Paolo Bettini 
                  -2   Dario David Cioni 
            
           Favourites by time :
               +8:30   Stefano Garzelli 
               +7:09   Pietro Caucchioli 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Danilo Di Luca                             73.43.12
                   2  Eddy Mazzoleni                                 1.51
                   3  Andy Schleck                                   2.56
                   4  Gilberto Simoni                                3.19
                   5  Damiano Cunego                                 3.23
                   6  Riccardo Ricco                                 3.39
                   .....
                  10  Marzio Bruseghin                               9.29
                  11  Franco Pellizotti                              9.30
                   .....
                  13  Stefano Garzelli                              11.32
                  14  Paolo Savoldelli                              12.08
                   .....
                  16  Leonardo Piepoli                              13.51
                   .....
                  28  Pietro Caucchioli                             42.09
                   .....
                  31  Paolo Bettini                                 48.50
                   .....
                  40  Andrea Noe'                                   57.43
                   .....
                  46  Iban Mayo Diez                              1.01.09
                   .....
                  49  Dario David Cioni                           1.03.24
            
           Retirements to date :
               AG2r Prévoyance                         Julien Loubet 
               Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo          Alexandr Arekeev 
                  "                                    Gabriele Balducci 
                  "                                    Simone Masciarelli 
               Astana                                  Serguei Yakovlev 
               Bouygues Telecom                        Arnaud Labbe 
                  "                                    Thomas Voeckler 
                  "                                    Yohann Gène 
               Caisse d'Epargne                        Alexei Markov 
                  "                                    Joan Horrach Rippoll 
                  "                                    Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 
               Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             Paride Grillo 
               Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       Mathieu Heijboer 
                  "                                    Steve Zampieri 
               Crédit Agricole                         Francesco Bellotti 
                  "                                    Patrice Halgand 
                  "                                    Thor Hushovd 
               Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      Brian Vandborg 
                  "                                    George Hincapie 
                  "                                    Yaroslav Popovych 
               Euskaltel - Euskadi                     Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez 
                  "                                    Benat Albizuri Aransolo 
                  "                                    Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez 
                  "                                    Joseba Zubeldia Agirre 
               Française des Jeux                      Cyrille Monnerais 
                  "                                    Ian McLeod 
                  "                                    Timothy Gudsell 
               Gerolsteiner                            Davide Rebellin 
                  "                                    Oliver Zaugg 
                  "                                    Robert Förster 
                  "                                    Tim Klinger 
                  "                                    Volker Ordowski 
               Lampre - Fondital                       Danilo Napolitano 
               Predictor - Lotto                       Robbie McEwen 
                  "                                    Wim Van Huffel 
               Quickstep - Innergetic                  Andrea Tonti 
                  "                                    Jurgen Van De Walle 
               Rabobank                                Graeme Brown 
                  "                                    Leon Van Bon 
                  "                                    Max Van Heeswijk 
               Saunier Duval - Prodir                  Manuele Mori 
                  "                                    Rubens Bertogliati 
               T-Mobile Team                           Adam Hansen 
                  "                                    Gregory Henderson 
                  "                                    Michael Barry 
                  "                                    Thomas Ziegler 
               Team CSC                                Alexandr Kolobnev 
                  "                                    Fabian Cancellara 
                  "                                    Juan José Haedo 
                  "                                    Michael Blaudzun 
               Team Milram                             Alberto Ongarato 
                  "                                    Fabio Sabatini 
                  "                                    Sergio Ghisalberti 
               Tinkoff Credit System                   Ivan Rovny 
            Total retirements : 54