Stage 15 - Sunday, May 24: Forlė - Faenza, 161km
First 10 finishers :
1 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.18.34 (37.359km/h)
2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 0.54
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank
5 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.56
6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 1.27
7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 1.49
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 1.51
9 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia
10 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 1.56
Changes in stage 15 compared to stage 14 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Mauro Facci
+17 Hector Gonzalez
+16 Serge Pauwels
+15 Alessandro Donati
+14 Guillaume Le Floch
+13 Marco Marzano
+12 Vladimir Miholjevic
+12 Alessandro Spezialetti
+11 Valerio Agnoli
+11 Pablo Lastras
Biggest losers by position :
-18 Gilberto Simoni
-16 Michele Scarponi
-10 Christopher Froome
-8 Felix Cardenas
-8 Mauricio Soler
-7 Bradley Wiggins
-7 Dario David Cioni
-7 Jackson Rodriguez
-7 Jose Luis Rubiera
-5 Carlos Jose Ochoa
-5 Evgeny Petrov
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:16 Leonardo Bertagnolli
+1:16 Serge Pauwels
+1:10 Marco Pinotti
+1:02 Lars Ytting Bak
+0:50 Marco Marzano
+0:29 Andriy Grivko
+0:13 Mauro Facci
+0:05 Tadej Valjavec
+0:05 Eduard Vorganov
Biggest losers by time :
-20:52 Addy Engels
-20:52 Alberto Fernandez
-20:52 Alessandro Petacchi
-20:52 Alexander Serov
-20:52 Anders Lund
-20:52 Angel Gomez
-20:52 Anthony Charteau
-20:52 Arnold Jeannesson
-20:52 Bart Dockx
-20:52 Bartosz Huzarski
-20:52 Ben Swift
Favourites by position :
+2 Damiano Cunego
+1 Thomas Lovkvist
+1 Stefano Garzelli
+1 Marzio Bruseghin
+1 Lance Armstrong
-2 Jens Voigt
-18 Gilberto Simoni
Favourites by time :
-1:00 Lance Armstrong
-1:00 Damiano Cunego
-16:03 Jens Voigt
-16:03 Gilberto Simoni
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 62.54.23
2 Danilo Di Luca 0.34
3 Levi Leipheimer 0.43
4 Franco Pellizotti 2.00
5 Carlos Sastre 2.52
6 Ivan Basso 3.03
7 Michael Rogers 3.05
8 Marzio Bruseghin 5.26
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10 Thomas Lovkvist 6.26
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12 Stefano Garzelli 7.15
13 Lance Armstrong 8.28
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15 Damiano Cunego 9.43
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26 Gilberto Simoni 21.20
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55 Jens Voigt 1.01.12
Retirements to date : Stage
David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 15 <<<
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 15 <<<
Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 15 <<<
Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 15 <<<
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 15 <<<
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 14
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 14
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 14
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 14
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 14
Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 12
Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 11
Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11
Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 10
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8
Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8
Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 8
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7
David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
Total retirements : 23