Stage 17 : May 27, 2015 Aprica - Lugano 134 km
1 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3.07.51
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) TrekRacing
3 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Alpecin
4 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
5 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team
8 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
9 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
10 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Nikias Arndt
+6 Michael Hepburn
+6 Heinrich Haussler
+6 Alessandro Petacchi
+5 Luka Mezgec
+5 Boy Van Poppel
+4 Roberto Ferrari
+4 Fumiyuki Beppu
+4 Axel Domont
+4 Alexander Porsev
Biggest losers by position :
-7 Cedric Pineau
-6 Janier Acevedo
-6 Nikolay Mihaylov
-5 Bertjan Lindeman
-4 Giacomo Berlato
-4 Igor Anton
-4 Ilnur Zakarin
-4 Sander Armee
-3 Brett Lancaster
-3 Davide Villella
-3 Enrico Battaglin
Biggest gainers by time :
+14:42 Francis Mourey
+0:10 Sacha Modolo
+0:04 Luka Mezgec
Biggest losers by time :
-49:08 Serghei Tvetcov
-35:03 Luca Chirico
-35:03 Tsgabu Grmay
-33:27 Ion Izagirre
-9:24 Roger Kluge
-9:11 Cedric Pineau
-8:39 Bertjan Lindeman
-8:39 Caleb Fairly
-8:39 Cheng Ji
-8:39 Ilnur Zakarin
-8:39 Moreno Hofland
Favourites by position :
+2 Pieter Weening
-1 Roman Kreuziger
Favourites by time :
-0:10 Leopold Konig
-0:10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:47 Roman Kreuziger
-1:02 Pieter Weening
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador 68:12:50 (unchanged)
2 Mikel Landa Meana 4:02 (unchanged)
3 Fabio Aru 4:52 (unchanged)
4 Andrey Amador 5:48 (unchanged)
5 Yury Trofimov 8:27 (unchanged)
6 Leopold Konig 9:31 (was 6th at 9:21)
7 Damiano Caruso 9:52 (unchanged)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 11:40 (unchanged)
9 Alexandre Geniez 12:48 (unchanged)
10 Ryder Hesjedal 13:01 (was 10th at 12:49)
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12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 15:59 (was 12th at 15:49)
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14 Rigoberto Uran 22:12 (unchanged)
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17 Tanel Kangert 26:58 (unchanged)
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22 Roman Kreuziger 38:34 (was 21st at 37:47)
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32 Michael Rogers 1:23:07 (unchanged)
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102 Pieter Weening 3:06:34 (was 104th at 3:05:32)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Giacomo Nizzolo 159 (was 2nd with 119 points)
2 Sacha Modolo 142 (was 4th with 91 points)
3 Elia Viviani 134 (was 1st with 119 points)
4 Nicola Boem 111 (was 3rd with 109 points)
5 Alberto Contador 86 (unchanged)
6 Marco Bandiera 84 (was 9th with 60 points)
7 Philippe Gilbert 83 (was 6th with 83 points)
8 Diego Ulissi 75 (was 7th with 75 points)
9 Marco Frapporti 72 (was 8th with 72 points)
10 Luka Mezgec 66 (was 19th with 41 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Steven Kruijswijk 92 (unchanged)
2 Benat Intxausti 91 (unchanged)
3 Mikel Landa Meana 73 (unchanged)
4 Carlos Betancur 68 (unchanged)
5 Simon Geschke 53 (unchanged)
6 Giovanni Visconti 51 (unchanged)
7 Alberto Contador 45 (unchanged)
8 Franco Pellizotti 33 (unchanged)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 28 (unchanged)
10 Yury Trofimov 28 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 17 <<<
Gang Xu (Chn) Lampre-Merida 16
Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 16
Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 16
Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 16
Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 15
Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 15
Oscar Gatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 15
Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 15
Thomas Danielson (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 15
Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 14
Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 14
Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 14
Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 14
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 13
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 : 28