Stage 19 - Friday, May 29: Avellino - Vesuvio, 164km
First 10 finishers :
1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4.33.23 (35.993 km/h)
2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.21
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.30
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.35
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.53
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 1.14
8 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.15
9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
Changes in stage 19 compared to stage 18 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Jurgen Van Goolen
+7 Gonzalo Rabunal
+6 Yuriy Krivtsov
+6 Thomas Danielson
+6 David Lopez Garcia
+5 Paolo Tiralongo
+5 Pablo Lastras
+5 Andrea Masciarelli
+5 Anders Lund
+4 Sylvester Szmyd
Biggest losers by position :
-6 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-6 Simon Gerrans
-6 Volodymir Gustov
-5 Bradley Wiggins
-5 Francesco Gavazzi
-5 Ignatas Konovalovas
-5 Marco Pinotti
-5 Rubens Bertogliati
-4 Charles Wegelius
-4 Daniele Pietropolli
-4 Francesco De Bonis
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:50 Carlos Sastre
+0:21 Franco Pellizotti
+0:08 Danilo Di Luca
Biggest losers by time :
-25:24 Evgeny Sokolov
-17:25 Dario Cataldo
-17:25 Giairo Ermeti
-17:25 Johann Tschopp
-17:25 Matteo Montaguti
-17:25 Ruggero Marzoli
-16:41 Alessandro Bertolini
-16:41 Alessandro Donati
-16:41 Alessandro Petacchi
-16:41 Alexander Serov
-16:41 Allan Davis
Favourites by position :
+4 Gilberto Simoni
+1 Stefano Garzelli
+1 Damiano Cunego
+1 Carlos Sastre
-1 Michael Rogers
-1 Ivan Basso
-3 Jens Voigt
Favourites by time :
+0:50 Carlos Sastre
+0:21 Franco Pellizotti
+0:08 Danilo Di Luca
-0:05 Ivan Basso
-0:23 Levi Leipheimer
-0:45 Stefano Garzelli
-0:59 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:02 Gilberto Simoni
-1:12 Lance Armstrong
-2:14 Damiano Cunego
-2:27 Michael Rogers
-5:46 Thomas Lovkvist
-12:39 Jens Voigt
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Denis Menchov 81.13.55
2 Danilo Di Luca 0.18
3 Franco Pellizotti 1.39
4 Carlos Sastre 2.40
5 Ivan Basso 3.33
6 Levi Leipheimer 4.55
7 Stefano Garzelli 8.48
8 Michael Rogers 9.32
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10 Marzio Bruseghin 11.32
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12 Lance Armstrong 13.29
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18 Damiano Cunego 27.48
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23 Gilberto Simoni 44.14
24 Thomas Lovkvist 45.10
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49 Jens Voigt 1.35.00
Retirements to date : Stage
Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19 <<<
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 : 28