Stage 15 : May 23, Mestre - Zoncolan, 218 km
1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 6.21.58
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1.19
3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1.30
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 1.58
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 2.26
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.44
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 3.07
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia 3.20
9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions 3.31
10 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.46
Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+28 Nico Sijmens
+21 Gilberto Simoni
+19 Alessandro Bertolini
+16 Guillaume Le Floch
+14 David Loosli
+14 Daniele Righi
+14 Daniel Martin
+13 Francesco Reda
+12 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+12 Sylvester Szmyd
Biggest losers by position :
-18 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-16 Bradley Wiggins
-11 Federico Canuti
-9 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-9 Gregory Henderson
-9 Markus Eibegger
-8 Alessandro Donati
-8 Jan Bakelandts
-8 Laurent Didier
-7 Andriy Grivko
-7 Massimo Codol
Biggest gainers by time :
+4:10 Ivan Basso
+2:43 Cadel Evans
+2:28 Michele Scarponi
+1:52 Damiano Cunego
+1:24 Alexandre Vinokourov
+1:06 Carlos Sastre Candil
+0:43 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:30 Marco Pinotti
+0:19 Daniel Martin
+0:04 John Gadret
Biggest losers by time :
-27:06 Graeme Brown
-27:06 Gregory Henderson
-27:06 Rick Flens
-26:56 Cameron Meyer
-26:56 Marco Frapporti
-26:56 Markus Fothen
-26:48 Michael Morkov
-26:34 Federico Canuti
-26:10 Marcel Sieberg
-26:00 Christopher Sutton
-25:38 Tom Stamsnijder
Favourites by position :
+8 Ivan Basso
+5 Cadel Evans
+4 Stefano Garzelli
+4 Michele Scarponi
+4 Damiano Cunego
+3 Alexandre Vinokourov
+2 Carlos Sastre Candil
+1 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
-4 Linus Gerdemann
-16 Bradley Wiggins
Favourites by time :
+4:10 Ivan Basso
+2:43 Cadel Evans
+2:28 Michele Scarponi
+1:52 Damiano Cunego
+1:24 Alexandre Vinokourov
+1:06 Carlos Sastre Candil
+0:43 Vincenzo Nibali
-2:24 Vladimir Karpets
-3:20 Linus Gerdemann
-5:40 Stefano Garzelli
-21:42 Bradley Wiggins
Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David Arroyo Duran 67:48:42
2 Richie Porte 2:35 (was 2nd at 0:39)
3 Ivan Basso 3:33 (was 11th at 7:43)
4 Carlos Sastre Candil 4:21 (was 6th at 5:27)
5 Cadel Evans 4:43 (was 10th at 7:26)
6 Alexandre Vinokourov 5:51 (was 9th at 7:15)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 6:08 (was 8th at 6:51)
8 Michele Scarponi 6:34 (was 12th at 9:02)
9 Linus Gerdemann 7:12 (was 5th at 3:52)
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11 Damiano Cunego 9:19 (was 15th at 11:11)
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13 Vladimir Karpets 13:09 (was 14th at 10:45)
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23 Bradley Wiggins 28:14 (was 7th at 6:32)
24 Stefano Garzelli 32:55 (was 28th at 27:15)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Cadel Evans 86 (was 3rd with 66 points)
2 Alexandre Vinokourov 83 (was 1st with 71 points)
3 Jerome Pineau 74 (was 2nd with 66 points)
4 Filippo Pozzato 65 (was 4th with 65 points)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 64 (was 6th with 55 points)
6 Damiano Cunego 59 (was 10th with 45 points)
7 Ivan Basso 58 (was 19th with 33 points)
8 Michele Scarponi 52 (was 16th with 36 points)
9 Gregory Henderson 50 (was 7th with 55 points)
10 Robert Forster 47 (was 9th with 47 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matthew Lloyd 29 (was 1st with 29 points)
2 Ivan Basso 25 (was 6th with 10 points)
3 Ludovic Turpin 20 (was 0 points)
4 Xavier Tondo Volpini 16 (was 2nd with 16 points)
5 Rubens Bertogliati 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
6 Michele Scarponi 15 (was 9th with 9 points)
7 Cadel Evans 15 (was 14th with 5 points)
8 Chris Sorensen 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
9 Jan Bakelandts 10 (was 7th with 10 points)
10 Jerome Pineau 10 (was 34th with 1 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon - Servetto 15 <<<
Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 15 <<<
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 15 <<<
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 15 <<<
Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 15 <<<
Robert McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 15 <<<
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 15 <<<
Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 13
David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 13
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin - Transitions 13
Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 13
Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 12
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma - Lotto 11
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 11
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Diquigiovani 11
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 11
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana 11
Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 11
Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon - Servetto 11
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 11
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 11
Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 11
Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 9
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini 8
Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 8
Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 8
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 8
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 8
John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team 8
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 8
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon - Servetto 7
Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 7
Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon - Servetto 6
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana 6
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2
Total retirements : 41