Stage 12 : May 21, 2015 Imola - Vicenza (Monte Berico) 190 km 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4.22.50 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.03 3 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 5 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 6 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 7 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0.06 8 Carlos Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Soudal 10 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team Changes in GC, stage 12 compared to stage 11 : Biggest gainers by position : +15 Giacomo Berlato +15 Enrico Battaglin +13 Sergei Chernetski +13 Luka Mezgec +12 Maximiliano Richeze +12 Diego Ulissi +11 Tobias Ludvigsson +11 Stig Broeckx +11 Rinaldo Nocentini +11 Fabio Felline Biggest losers by position : -11 Sylwester Szmyd -9 Kenny Elissonde -9 Matteo Montaguti -8 Francesco Gavazzi -8 Igor Anton -8 Jesus Herrada -7 Edoardo Zardini -7 Kanstantsin Siutsou -7 Manuele Boaro -7 Simon Gerrans -6 Adam Hansen Biggest gainers by time : +39:37 Sebastian Henao +25:20 Ryder Hesjedal +6:34 Hubert Dupont +5:45 Ion Izagirre +0:07 Philippe Gilbert Biggest losers by time : -48:52 Edoardo Zardini -47:53 Nicola Ruffoni -40:10 Patrick Gretsch -26:26 Przemyslaw Niemiec -17:24 Adam Hansen -17:24 Alan Marangoni -17:24 Aleksejs Saramotins -17:24 Alessandro Malaguti -17:24 Alessandro Petacchi -17:24 Andre Greipel -17:24 Anthony Roux Favourites by position : +5 Pieter Weening +1 Tanel Kangert +1 Michael Rogers -1 Thomas Danielson Favourites by time : -0:09 Roman Kreuziger -0:09 Rigoberto Uran -0:09 Richie Porte -0:09 Jurgen Van Den Broeck -0:14 Tanel Kangert -0:14 Leopold Konig -0:14 Fabio Aru -5:31 Michael Rogers -9:10 Pieter Weening -16:03 Thomas Danielson Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Alberto Contador 51:17:06 (unchanged) 2 Fabio Aru 0:17 (was 2nd at 0:03) 3 Mikel Landa Meana 0:55 (was 3rd at 0:46) 4 Dario Cataldo 1:30 (was 4th at 1:16) 5 Roman Kreuziger 1:55 (was 5th at 1:46) 6 Rigoberto Uran 2:19 (was 6th at 2:10) 7 Giovanni Visconti 2:21 (was 7th at 2:12) 8 Damiano Caruso 2:29 (was 8th at 2:20) 9 Andrey Amador 2:38 (was 9th at 2:24) 10 Leopold Konig 2:44 (was 10th at 2:30) ..... 12 Richie Porte 3:18 (was 12th at 3:09) ..... 16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 3:42 (was 16th at 3:33) ..... 25 Tanel Kangert 13:52 (was 26th at 13:38) ..... 29 Michael Rogers 30:53 (was 30th at 25:22) ..... 81 Thomas Danielson 1:32:10 (was 80th at 1:16:07) ..... 109 Pieter Weening 1:53:20 (was 114th at 1:44:10) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Nicola Boem 102 (was 1st with 101 points) 2 Elia Viviani 89 (was 3rd with 84 points) 3 Andre Greipel 85 (was 2nd with 85 points) 4 Philippe Gilbert 81 (was 21st with 31 points) 5 Diego Ulissi 75 (was 6th with 50 points) 6 Giacomo Nizzolo 74 (was 4th with 71 points) 7 Marco Bandiera 60 (was 5th with 60 points) 8 Alberto Contador 55 (was 38th with 20 points) 9 Paolo Tiralongo 49 (was 14th with 37 points) 10 Matteo Busato 47 (was 7th with 47 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Benat Intxausti 61 (was 1st with 52 points) 2 Simon Geschke 53 (was 2nd with 50 points) 3 Carlos Betancur 46 (was 4th with 41 points) 4 Steven Kruijswijk 43 (was 3rd with 43 points) 5 Paolo Tiralongo 23 (unchanged) 6 Mikel Landa Meana 19 (unchanged) 7 Pavel Kochetkov 15 (unchanged) 8 Jan Polanc 15 (unchanged) 9 Tom Jelte Slagter 15 (unchanged) 10 Fabio Aru 15 (unchanged) Retirements to date : Stage Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 12 <<< Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 12 <<< Manuel Belletti (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 12 <<< Stefan Kung (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12 <<< Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 10 Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini 9 Daniele Colli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 5 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 4 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 4 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 3 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 2 Ramon Carretero (Pan) Southeast Pro Cycling 2 Total retirements : 14