Stage 21 : May 26, Riese Pio X - Brescia, 197 km
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 5.30.09
2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack Leopard
5 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Argos-Shimano
6 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
7 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol
8 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2R La Mondiale
9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha
Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+2 Sonny Colbrelli
+2 Roberto Ferrari
+2 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+2 Mark Cavendish
+2 Manuel Belletti
+2 Luke Durbridge
+2 Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff
+2 Diego Rosa
+1 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
+1 Sacha Modolo
Biggest losers by position :
-3 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
-3 Evgeny Petrov
-3 Ramunas Navardauskas
-2 Christian Meier
-2 Daniele Pietropolli
-2 George Bennett
-2 Jesse Sergent
-2 Murilo Antonio Fischer
-2 Paolo Tiralongo
-2 Ricardo Mestre
-2 Robert Vrecer
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:32 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Sacha Modolo
+0:08 Giovanni Visconti
+0:08 Elia Viviani
+0:02 Rafael Andriato
Biggest losers by time :
-7:02 Evgeny Petrov
-3:17 Ricardo Mestre
-3:17 Wilson Alexander Marentes Torres
-2:32 Brian Bulgac
-2:32 Danny Pate
-2:32 Emanuele Sella
-2:32 Eros Capecchi
-2:32 Paolo Tiralongo
-2:32 Petr Ignatenko
-2:32 Robert Vrecer
-2:32 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez
Favourites by position :
Favourites by time :
-0:14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:18 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:44 Wilco Kelderman
-1:03 Thomas Danielson
-1:03 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1:03 Christian Vande Velde
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 84:53:28 (unchanged)
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran 4:43 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 5:52 (unchanged)
4 Michele Scarponi 6:48 (unchanged)
5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 7:28 (unchanged)
6 Przemyslaw Niemiec 7:43 (unchanged)
7 Rafal Majka 8:09 (unchanged)
8 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 10:26 (unchanged)
9 Mauro Santambrogio 10:32 (unchanged)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 10:59 (unchanged)
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12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 12:13 (was 12th at 11:59)
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17 Wilco Kelderman 20:18 (was 17th at 19:34)
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26 Steven Kruijswijk 42:36 (was 26th at 42:18)
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49 Thomas Danielson 1:39:17 (was 49th at 1:38:14)
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110 Christian Vande Velde 2:56:49 (was 110th at 2:55:46)
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116 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 3:01:32 (was 116th at 3:00:29)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 158 (was 2nd with 117 points)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 128 (was 1st with 128 points)
3 Cadel Evans 111 (unchanged)
4 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 108 (unchanged)
5 Giovanni Visconti 105 (was 7th with 86 points)
6 Rigoberto Uran Uran 102 (was 5th with 102 points)
7 Mauro Santambrogio 89 (was 6th with 89 points)
8 Elia Viviani 88 (was 8th with 72 points)
9 Giacomo Nizzolo 75 (was 11th with 61 points)
10 Ramunas Navardauskas 65 (was 9th with 65 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Stefano Pirazzi 82 (unchanged)
2 Giovanni Visconti 45 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 45 (unchanged)
4 Jackson Rodriguez 41 (unchanged)
5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 37 (unchanged)
6 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 31 (unchanged)
7 Rigoberto Uran Uran 26 (unchanged)
8 Mauro Santambrogio 18 (unchanged)
9 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 17 (unchanged)
10 Pieter Weening 14 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 20
Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 20
Robert Gesink (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 20
Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 18
Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack Leopard 17
Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 16
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Katusha 16
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 16
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 16
Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 16
Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 16
Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 16
Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 14
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14
David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Sharp 14
Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 14
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 14
Jack Bobridge (Aus) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 14
Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 14
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 13
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 13
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 13
Dalivier Ospina Navarro (Col) Colombia 12
Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 12
Sylvain Georges (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 11
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha 10
Carlos Julian Quintero (Col) Colombia 10
Fabio Taborre (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 10
John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 10
Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 9
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9
Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9
Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 8
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7
Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 7
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano 6
Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 4
Total retirements : 39