Stage 17 : May 28, Sarnonico - Vittorio Veneto, 208 km 1 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 4.38.11 2 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 4 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 5 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 6 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr 0.28 7 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 8 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 9 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 10 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 : Biggest gainers by position : +18 Simon Geschke +18 Matteo Bono +15 Tim Wellens +15 Stefano Pirazzi +14 Oscar Gatto +14 Marco Canola +14 Daniel Oss +13 Thomas De Gendt +13 Jos van Emden +11 Johan Le Bon Biggest losers by position : -6 Adam Hansen -6 Brent Bookwalter -6 Eros Capecchi -6 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo -5 Andrey Zeits -5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez -5 Diego Rosa -5 Emanuele Sella -5 Gorka Izagirre Insausti -5 Jackson Rodriguez -5 Luca Paolini Biggest gainers by time : +15:46 Stefano Pirazzi +15:45 Tim Wellens +15:40 Jay McCarthy +15:38 Matteo Montaguti +15:37 Thomas De Gendt +15:08 Simon Geschke +15:08 Serge Pauwels +15:08 Philip Deignan +15:08 Oscar Gatto +15:08 Nicola Boem Biggest losers by time : -0:29 Marco Bandiera -0:29 Murilo Antonio Fischer Favourites by position : -1 Nicolas Roche -1 Michael Rogers -4 Przemyslaw Niemiec -5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez Favourites by time : Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 73:05:31 (unchanged) 2 Rigoberto Uran 1:41 (unchanged) 3 Cadel Evans 3:21 (unchanged) 4 Pierre Rolland 3:26 (unchanged) 5 Rafal Majka 3:28 (unchanged) 6 Fabio Aru 3:34 (unchanged) 7 Domenico Pozzovivo 3:49 (unchanged) 8 Wilco Kelderman 4:06 (unchanged) 9 Ryder Hesjedal 4:16 (unchanged) 10 Robert Kiserlovski 8:02 (unchanged) ..... 19 Michael Rogers 35:00 (was 18th at 35:00) ..... 25 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 48:58 (unchanged) ..... 33 Nicolas Roche 1:03:49 (was 32nd at 1:03:49) ..... 43 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:21:17 (was 39th at 1:21:17) ..... 45 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:24:15 (was 40th at 1:24:15) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Nacer Bouhanni 251 (unchanged) 2 Giacomo Nizzolo 225 (unchanged) 3 Elia Viviani 173 (unchanged) 4 Roberto Ferrari 161 (unchanged) 5 Ben Swift 130 (unchanged) 6 Enrico Battaglin 96 (unchanged) 7 Cadel Evans 96 (unchanged) 8 Tim Wellens 84 (was 36th with 24 points) 9 Marco Canola 82 (was 13th with 66 points) 10 Diego Ulissi 78 (was 8th with 78 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Julian David Arredondo Moreno 95 (unchanged) 2 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 69 (unchanged) 3 Tim Wellens 63 (was 4th with 57 points) 4 Dario Cataldo 62 (was 3rd with 62 points) 5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 56 (unchanged) 6 Jarlinson Pantano 43 (unchanged) 7 Diego Ulissi 39 (unchanged) 8 Jonathan Monsalve 39 (unchanged) 9 Fabio Aru 37 (unchanged) 10 Pierre Rolland 36 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 16 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ.fr 16 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar 16 Daniele Colli (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 16 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 16 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp 16 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin Sharp 15 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 15 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 14 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 14 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 14 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 12 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano 12 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 11 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 11 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 11 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani-CSF 11 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 10 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 9 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 7 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 7 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar 7 Ramon Carretero (Pan) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 7 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha 6 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 6 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 6 Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 6 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin Sharp 2 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 1 Total retirements : 38