Stage 16 : May 22, Limone sul Garda - Falzes/Pfalzen, 174 km
1 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.02.00
2 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0.16
3 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.19
5 Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 0.21
6 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0.37
7 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp 0.43
8 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0.45
9 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
10 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0.48
Changes in GC, stage 16 compared to stage 15 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Mathias Frank
+10 Manuele Boaro
+9 Alessandro De Marchi
+8 Nikolas Maes
+8 Matthias Brandle
+7 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
+6 Luca Mazzanti
+6 Lars Ytting Bak
+6 Jose Herrada Lopez
+3 Stef Clement
Biggest losers by position :
-4 BULGAC Brian
-3 Bartosz Huzarski
-3 Daniele Righi
-3 Julien Berard
-3 Julien Vermote
-3 Matteo Carrara
-3 Mauro Santambrogio
-3 Sonny Colbrelli
-2 Alessandro Ballan
-2 Andreas Dietziker
-2 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
Biggest gainers by time :
+9:17 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
+8:53 Alessandro De Marchi
+8:49 Stef Clement
+8:40 Jose Herrada Lopez
+8:38 Mathias Frank
+8:20 Manuele Boaro
+8:15 Luca Mazzanti
+8:14 Matthias Brandle
+8:14 Lars Ytting Bak
+8:12 Nikolas Maes
Biggest losers by time :
-7:08 Marco Coledan
-6:45 Andrea Guardini
-6:45 Theo Bos
-5:02 Maciej Bodnar
-5:02 Michal Kwiatkowski
-4:46 Victor Cabedo
-4:21 Alexander Kristoff
-4:21 Alfredo Balloni
-4:21 Andreas Schillinger
-4:21 Bartosz Huzarski
-4:21 Bernhard Eisel
Favourites by position :
+10 Mathias Frank
Favourites by time :
+8:38 Mathias Frank
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 69:22:04 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 0:30 (unchanged)
3 Ivan Basso 1:22 (unchanged)
4 Paolo Tiralongo 1:26 (unchanged)
5 Roman Kreuziger 1:27 (unchanged)
6 Michele Scarponi 1:36 (unchanged)
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:42 (unchanged)
8 Sergio Henao Montoya 1:55 (unchanged)
9 Dario Cataldo 2:12 (unchanged)
10 Sandy Casar 2:13 (unchanged)
11 Rigoberto Uran 2:56 (unchanged)
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13 Domenico Pozzovivo 3:17 (unchanged)
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15 John Gadret 3:24 (unchanged)
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17 Damiano Cunego 3:45 (unchanged)
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22 Jose Rujano Guillen 7:50 (unchanged)
23 Marco Pinotti 8:15 (unchanged)
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27 Christian Vande Velde 10:25 (unchanged)
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85 Mathias Frank 1:29:55 (was 95th at 1:38:33)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 110 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 84 (unchanged)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 56 (was 3rd with 54 points)
4 Domenico Pozzovivo 53 (unchanged)
5 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 52 (unchanged)
6 Alexander Kristoff 49 (unchanged)
7 Martijn Keizer 48 (unchanged)
8 Paolo Tiralongo 43 (unchanged)
9 Alessandro De Marchi 43 (was 36th with 21 points)
10 Michele Scarponi 40 (was 9th with 40 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matteo Rabottini 41 (unchanged)
2 Michal Golas 34 (unchanged)
3 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova 28 (unchanged)
4 Jan Barta 24 (unchanged)
5 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez 24 (unchanged)
6 Alessandro De Marchi 15 (unchanged)
7 Paolo Tiralongo 11 (unchanged)
8 Amets Txurruka 11 (unchanged)
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 10 (unchanged)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 9 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Stefano Locatelli (Ukn) Colnago - CSF Inox 16 <<<
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 : 24