Stage 18 - Thursday, May 28: Sulmona - Benevento, 182km
First 10 finishers :
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.07.41 (44.088 km/h)
2 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld
3 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
4 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank
5 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 0.06
6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 0.20
7 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 0.24
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 0.37
9 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.39
10 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.42
Changes in stage 18 compared to stage 17 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Danny Pate
+6 Dries Devenyns
+4 Jonas Ljungblad
+4 Dmytro Grabovskyy
+3 Robert Forster
+3 Philip Deignan
+3 Manuel Quinziato
+3 Julian Dean
+3 Jeremy Hunt
+3 Ian Stannard
Biggest losers by position :
-8 Blaise Sonnery
-4 Bram De Groot
-3 David Zabriskie
-2 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-2 Jose Serpa
-2 Laurens Ten Dam
-2 Maarten Tjallingii
-2 Markus Fothen
-2 Serge Pauwels
-1 Alessandro Donati
-1 Andrea Masciarelli
Biggest gainers by time :
+4:17 Michele Scarponi
+4:13 Felix Cardenas
+4:05 Danny Pate
+3:57 Lars Ytting Bak
+3:51 Dmytro Grabovskyy
+3:37 Dries Devenyns
+3:33 Jason McCartney
+3:26 Giovanni Visconti
+3:18 Alessandro Bertolini
+3:15 Gabriele Bosisio
Biggest losers by time :
-7:35 Blaise Sonnery
-4:37 Alberto Fernandez
-2:35 Hector Gonzalez
-2:35 Jos Van Emden
-2:35 Martin Muller
-2:04 Bram De Groot
-2:04 Maarten Tjallingii
-2:04 Markus Fothen
-1:45 David Zabriskie
-1:12 Valerio Agnoli
-0:48 Addy Engels
Favourites by position :
+1 Thomas Lovkvist
-1 Gilberto Simoni
Favourites by time :
+2:40 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:48 Gilberto Simoni
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 76.40.02
2 Danilo Di Luca 0.26
3 Franco Pellizotti 2.00
4 Ivan Basso 3.28
5 Carlos Sastre 3.30
6 Levi Leipheimer 4.32
7 Michael Rogers 7.05
8 Stefano Garzelli 8.03
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10 Marzio Bruseghin 10.33
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12 Lance Armstrong 12.17
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19 Damiano Cunego 25.34
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24 Thomas Lovkvist 39.24
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27 Gilberto Simoni 43.12
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46 Jens Voigt 1.22.21
Retirements to date : Stage
Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 18 <<<
Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16
Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 16
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 : 27