Stage 18 : May 27, Levico Terme - Brescia, 151 km
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 3.14.59
2 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
3 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
4 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini
6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
7 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
8 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto
9 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
10 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+2 Yuriy Krivtsov
+2 Serguei Klimov
+2 Remi Cusin
+2 Michael Schar
+2 Julien Fouchard
+2 Gregory Henderson
+2 Edward King
+2 Christopher Sutton
+2 Cameron Wurf
+2 Anders Lund
Biggest losers by position :
-5 Gilberto Simoni
-4 Christopher Froome
-4 Craig Lewis
-4 Olivier Kaisen
-3 Alessandro Bertolini
-3 Michael Albasini
-2 Damien Monier
-2 Dario Andriotto
-2 David Moncoutie
-2 Matthew Lloyd
-2 Steven Cummings
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Andre Greipel
+0:12 Julian Dean
+0:08 Tiziano Dall'antonia
+0:02 Tom Stamsnijder
Biggest losers by time :
-6:33 Christopher Froome
-4:18 Michael Albasini
-3:15 Craig Lewis
-3:15 Vicente Reynes Mimo
-3:12 Rick Flens
-2:30 Alessandro Bertolini
-2:27 Damien Monier
-2:27 Steven Cummings
-2:26 Olivier Kaisen
-2:23 Damien Gaudin
-2:02 Marco Corti
Favourites by position :
Favourites by time :
-0:37 Bradley Wiggins
Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David Arroyo Duran 76:26:37 (unchanged)
2 Ivan Basso 2:27 (unchanged)
3 Richie Porte 2:44 (unchanged)
4 Cadel Evans 3:09 (unchanged)
5 Carlos Sastre Candil 4:41 (unchanged)
6 Vincenzo Nibali 4:53 (unchanged)
7 Alexandre Vinokourov 5:12 (unchanged)
8 Michele Scarponi 5:24 (unchanged)
9 Damiano Cunego 9:21 (unchanged)
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13 Linus Gerdemann 11:36 (unchanged)
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15 Vladimir Karpets 14:34 (unchanged)
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25 Stefano Garzelli 34:32 (unchanged)
26 Bradley Wiggins 37:32 (was 26th at 36:55)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Cadel Evans 106 (unchanged)
2 Alexandre Vinokourov 91 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 78 (unchanged)
4 Jerome Pineau 74 (unchanged)
5 Ivan Basso 68 (unchanged)
6 Filippo Pozzato 67 (was 6th with 65 points)
7 Stefano Garzelli 65 (unchanged)
8 Michele Scarponi 64 (unchanged)
9 Gregory Henderson 64 (was 10th with 50 points)
10 Damiano Cunego 61 (was 9th with 61 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matthew Lloyd 29 (unchanged)
2 Ivan Basso 25 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 25 (unchanged)
4 Ludovic Turpin 20 (unchanged)
5 Michele Scarponi 17 (unchanged)
6 Stefano Garzelli 17 (unchanged)
7 Xavier Tondo Volpini 16 (unchanged)
8 Rubens Bertogliati 16 (unchanged)
9 Simone Stortoni 16 (unchanged)
10 Chris Sorensen 15 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Farnese Vini 17
Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 17
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 17
Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon - Servetto 16
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Diquigiovani 16
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 16
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 : 47