Stage 17 : May 25, Feltre - Tirano, 230 km
1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5.31.51
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli
4 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.04
5 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0.08
6 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
7 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
9 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana
10 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0.10
Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+17 Thomas Peterson
+17 Dennis van Winden
+16 Pierre Cazaux
+16 Matteo Rabottini
+16 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
+15 Simon Spilak
+15 Alessandro Spezialetti
+14 Jussi Veikkanen
+12 Stef Clement
+11 Sergey Lagutin
Biggest losers by position :
-17 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-17 Oscar Gatto
-17 Simone Stortoni
-15 Maxim Belkov
-14 Morris Possoni
-13 Sylvester Szmyd
-12 Filippo Savini
-12 Stefano Pirazzi
-11 Danilo Di Luca
-11 Ivan Rovny
-10 Carlos Oyarzun
Biggest gainers by time :
+3:19 Diego Ulissi
+3:13 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+3:07 Giovanni Visconti
+3:01 Jan Bakelants
+2:53 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+2:51 Robert Kiserlovski
+2:51 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+2:51 Hubert Dupont
+2:51 Fabio Taborre
+2:51 Eduard Vorganov
Biggest losers by time :
-21:18 Alan Marangoni
-21:18 Alberto Ongarato
-21:18 Alex Rasmussen
-21:18 Alexander Kristoff
-21:18 Bjorn Selander
-21:18 Cameron Meyer
-21:18 Chad Beyer
-21:18 Danilo Di Luca
-21:18 Davide Malacarne
-21:18 Elia Favilli
-21:18 Filippo Savini
Favourites by position :
+9 Richie Porte
+1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1 Thomas Lovkvist
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Denis Menchov
-1 David Arroyo Duran
-9 Lars Ytting Bak
-11 Danilo Di Luca
Favourites by time :
-0:34 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:34 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2:38 Richie Porte
-21:18 Lars Ytting Bak
-21:18 Danilo Di Luca
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 68:18:27 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 4:58 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 5:45 (unchanged)
4 John Gadret 7:35 (unchanged)
5 Kanstantsin Siutsou 9:12 (was 12th at 12:05)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 9:18 (was 5th at 9:18)
7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 9:22 (was 6th at 9:22)
8 Denis Menchov 9:38 (was 7th at 9:38)
9 Roman Kreuziger 9:47 (was 8th at 9:47)
10 JoaquAm RodrAguez Oliver 10:25 (was 9th at 10:25)
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12 David Arroyo Duran 11:37 (was 11th at 11:37)
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17 Stefano Garzelli 23:57 (unchanged)
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22 Thomas Lovkvist 30:14 (was 21st at 29:40)
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29 Carlos Sastre Candil 43:30 (was 29th at 42:56)
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34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 50:39 (was 35th at 50:05)
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71 Danilo Di Luca 1:44:18 (was 60th at 1:23:00)
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104 Richie Porte 2:18:13 (was 113rd at 2:15:35)
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132 Lars Ytting Bak 2:45:20 (was 123rd at 2:24:02)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 21 (was 1st with 16 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 13 (was 2nd with 10 points)
3 Stefano Garzelli 5 (unchanged)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (unchanged)
5 Giovanni Visconti 5 (was 15th with 4 points)
6 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (was 9th with 5 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 64 (unchanged)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 53 (unchanged)
3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (unchanged)
4 Jose Rujano Guillen 29 (unchanged)
5 Gianluca Brambilla 27 (unchanged)
6 Emanuele Sella 23 (unchanged)
7 Michele Scarponi 23 (unchanged)
8 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (unchanged)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 20 (unchanged)
10 Branislau Samoilau 19 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana 17 <<<
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17 <<<
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 17 <<<
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 15
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 15
Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad 15
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack 15
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 15
Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 15
Andrea Noe' (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 14
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 14
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 13
Davide Appollonio (Ukn) Sky Procycling 13
Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 13
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 13
Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 13
Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad 13
Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13
Sacha Modolo (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 13
Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 11
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 11
Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 10
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganAČ (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 45