Stage 15 : May 20, Busto Arsizio - Lecco/Pian dei Resinelli, 172 km
1 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 5.15.30
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
3 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 0.23
4 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0.25
5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
7 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0.29
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team
9 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+32 BULGAC Brian
+28 Mauro Santambrogio
+27 Matteo Carrara
+25 Cristiano Salerno
+20 Alberto Losada Alguacil
+18 Sonny Colbrelli
+17 Geraint Thomas
+16 Lars Ytting Bak
+15 Pierre Cazaux
+14 Matteo Rabottini
Biggest losers by position :
-18 Peter Stetina
-15 Ivan Santaromita
-13 Damiano Caruso
-13 Enrico Gasparotto
-13 Eros Capecchi
-13 Matteo Montaguti
-12 Francis Mourey
-12 Mathieu Perget
-11 Fabio Sabatini
-11 Matteo Tosatto
-10 Jan Barta
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:09 Matteo Rabottini
+0:09 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
Biggest losers by time :
-36:10 Andrea Guardini
-36:10 Theo Bos
-34:39 Adam Hansen
-34:39 Adrian Saez
-34:39 Alessandro Ballan
-34:39 Alessandro De Marchi
-34:39 Alessandro Spezialetti
-34:39 Alexander Kristoff
-34:39 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-34:39 Alfredo Balloni
-34:39 Anders Lund
Favourites by position :
+6 Christian Vande Velde
+5 Marco Pinotti
+5 John Gadret
+3 Michele Scarponi
+2 Jose Rujano Guillen
+2 Ivan Basso
+1 Roman Kreuziger
+1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+1 Damiano Cunego
-1 Ryder Hesjedal
-3 Rigoberto Uran
-3 Domenico Pozzovivo
Favourites by time :
+0:09 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:16 Michele Scarponi
-0:16 Ivan Basso
-0:20 Roman Kreuziger
-0:20 John Gadret
-0:30 Ryder Hesjedal
-0:35 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-1:02 Damiano Cunego
-1:37 Rigoberto Uran
-1:56 Domenico Pozzovivo
-3:38 Marco Pinotti
-4:06 Jose Rujano Guillen
-4:43 Christian Vande Velde
-26:40 Mathias Frank
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 65:11:07 (was 2nd at 0:09)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 0:30 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Ivan Basso 1:22 (was 5th at 1:06)
4 Paolo Tiralongo 1:26 (was 3rd at 0:41)
5 Roman Kreuziger 1:27 (was 6th at 1:07)
6 Michele Scarponi 1:36 (was 9th at 1:20)
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:42 (was 7th at 1:07)
8 Sergio Henao Montoya 1:55 (was 11th at 1:39)
9 Dario Cataldo 2:12 (was 12th at 1:42)
10 Sandy Casar 2:13 (was 4th at 1:05)
11 Rigoberto Uran 2:56 (was 8th at 1:19)
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13 Domenico Pozzovivo 3:17 (was 10th at 1:21)
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15 John Gadret 3:24 (was 20th at 3:04)
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17 Damiano Cunego 3:45 (was 18th at 2:43)
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22 Jose Rujano Guillen 7:50 (was 24th at 3:44)
23 Marco Pinotti 8:15 (was 28th at 4:37)
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27 Christian Vande Velde 10:25 (was 33rd at 5:42)
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95 Mathias Frank 1:38:33 (was 95th at 1:11:53)
Top 10 on Points table
1 Mark Cavendish 110
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 84
3 Ryder Hesjedal 54
4 Domenico Pozzovivo 53
5 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 52
6 Alexander Kristoff 49
7 Martijn Keizer 48
8 Paolo Tiralongo 43
9 Michele Scarponi 40
10 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 36
Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Matteo Rabottini 41
2 Michal Golas 34
3 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 28
4 Jan Barta 24
5 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 24
6 Alessandro De Marchi 15
7 Paolo Tiralongo 11
8 Amets Txurruka 11
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 10
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 9
Retirements to date : Stage
Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 15 <<<
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 15 <<<
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 15 <<<
Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 15 <<<
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 15 <<<
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 14
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 14
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 14
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 14
Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp 13
Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 12
Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 11
Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 10
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 23