Stage 19 : May 27, Bergamo - Macugnaga, 209 km
1 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana 5.26.27
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.03
4 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.06
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
6 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.08
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0.21
9 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.29
10 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0.34
Changes in GC, stage 19 compared to stage 18 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Richie Porte
+17 Thomas Peterson
+17 Sylvester Szmyd
+17 Matteo Rabottini
+15 Sergey Lagutin
+15 Mickael Cherel
+13 Fumiyuki Beppu
+13 Danilo Di Luca
+12 Giampaolo Cheula
+11 David Blanco Rodriguez
Biggest losers by position :
-9 Fabio Taborre
-9 Oscar Gatto
-8 Gert Dockx
-8 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
-8 Yaroslav Popovych
-7 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-7 Igor Anton Hernandez
-7 Pieter Weening
-7 Valerio Agnoli
-5 Carlos Sastre Candil
-5 Kjell Carlstrom
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Paolo Tiralongo
Biggest losers by time :
-27:38 Russell Downing
-27:01 Jos van Emden
-26:50 Ruggero Marzoli
-26:38 Alan Marangoni
-26:38 Alberto Ongarato
-26:38 Alex Rasmussen
-26:38 Alexander Kristoff
-26:38 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-26:38 Bjorn Selander
-26:38 Carlos Jose Ochoa
-26:38 Chad Beyer
Favourites by position :
+20 Richie Porte
+13 Danilo Di Luca
+10 Lars Ytting Bak
+6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+2 Thomas Lovkvist
+2 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Denis Menchov
-3 Stefano Garzelli
-5 Carlos Sastre Candil
Favourites by time :
-0:07 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:20 Michele Scarponi
-0:33 Roman Kreuziger
-1:08 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1:13 Denis Menchov
-1:32 Richie Porte
-1:47 David Arroyo Duran
-3:29 Thomas Lovkvist
-7:21 Danilo Di Luca
-11:11 Stefano Garzelli
-15:51 Lars Ytting Bak
-20:31 Carlos Sastre Candil
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 77:11:24 (unchanged)
2 Michele Scarponi 5:18 (was 2nd at 4:58)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 5:52 (was 3rd at 5:45)
4 John Gadret 7:53 (was 4th at 7:35)
5 Kanstantsin Siutsou 9:58 (was 5th at 9:12)
6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 10:08 (was 7th at 9:22)
7 Roman Kreuziger 10:20 (was 9th at 9:47)
8 JoaquAm RodrAguez Oliver 10:43 (was 10th at 10:25)
9 Denis Menchov 10:51 (was 8th at 9:38)
10 Jose Rujano Guillen 11:50 (was 6th at 9:18)
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12 David Arroyo Duran 13:24 (was 12th at 11:37)
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20 Thomas Lovkvist 33:43 (was 22nd at 30:14)
21 Stefano Garzelli 35:08 (was 18th at 23:57)
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31 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:00:39 (was 37th at 59:31)
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33 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:02:37 (was 28th at 42:06)
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63 Danilo Di Luca 2:00:31 (was 76th at 1:53:10)
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87 Richie Porte 2:25:57 (was 107th at 2:24:25)
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124 Lars Ytting Bak 3:10:03 (was 134th at 2:54:12)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelandts 26 (was 0 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 13 (unchanged)
3 Stefano Garzelli 8 (was 4th with 5 points)
4 Bram Tankink 8 (was 3rd with 8 points)
5 Lars Ytting Bak 8 (was 30th with 3 points)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Giovanni Visconti 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Fumiyuki Beppu 5 (was 9th with 5 points)
9 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Garzelli 67 (was 1st with 64 points)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 56 (was 2nd with 53 points)
3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 39 (unchanged)
4 Jose Rujano Guillen 29 (unchanged)
5 Gianluca Brambilla 29 (unchanged)
6 Emanuele Sella 23 (unchanged)
7 Michele Scarponi 23 (unchanged)
8 Vincenzo Nibali 22 (was 9th with 20 points)
9 Johnny Hoogerland 21 (was 8th with 21 points)
10 Jerome Pineau 20 (was 35th with 5 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Craig Lewis (USA) HTC-Highroad 19 <<<
Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 19 <<<
Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 19 <<<
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 : 48