Stage 18 : May 28, 2015 Melide - Verbania 170 km
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4.04.14
2 Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0.47
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 1.01
4 Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
5 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
6 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky
9 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 2.42
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 3.55
Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Matteo Busato
+16 Rinaldo Nocentini
+12 Pieter Weening
+12 Maxim Belkov
+12 Chad Haga
+11 Francesco Bongiorno
+10 Nikolay Mihaylov
+10 Davide Villella
+9 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+9 David De La Cruz
Biggest losers by position :
-6 Grega Bole
-4 Jesus Herrada
-4 Sergey Lagutin
-3 Axel Domont
-3 Benat Intxausti
-3 Brent Bookwalter
-3 Francesco Gavazzi
-3 Gianfranco Zilioli
-3 Jonathan Monsalve
-3 Luca Paolini
-3 Maciej Paterski
Biggest gainers by time :
+26:00 Serghei Tvetcov
+12:53 Ion Izagirre
+11:40 Luca Chirico
+10:46 Tsgabu Grmay
+6:21 Philippe Gilbert
+5:25 Francesco Bongiorno
+5:08 Sylvain Chavanel
+5:06 Kanstantsin Siutsou
+5:06 Amael Moinard
+5:05 Rinaldo Nocentini
Biggest losers by time :
-1:11:50 Eugert Zhupa
-33:34 Bert De Backer
-19:14 Aleksejs Saramotins
-19:14 Enrico Battaglin
-17:54 Davide Appollonio
-17:54 Grega Bole
-17:54 Luca Paolini
-17:54 Patrick Gretsch
-16:46 Boy Van Poppel
-16:46 Fabio Silvestre
-16:46 Fumiyuki Beppu
Favourites by position :
+12 Pieter Weening
+2 Tanel Kangert
+2 Michael Rogers
+1 Roman Kreuziger
-2 Rigoberto Uran
Favourites by time :
+2:10 Pieter Weening
-1:13 Tanel Kangert
-1:13 Leopold Konig
-1:13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1:13 Fabio Aru
-8:40 Rigoberto Uran
-8:40 Michael Rogers
-15:05 Roman Kreuziger
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador 72:23:09 (unchanged)
2 Mikel Landa Meana 5:15 (was 2nd at 4:02)
3 Fabio Aru 6:05 (was 3rd at 4:52)
4 Andrey Amador 7:01 (was 4th at 5:48)
5 Yury Trofimov 9:40 (was 5th at 8:27)
6 Leopold Konig 10:44 (was 6th at 9:31)
7 Damiano Caruso 11:05 (was 7th at 9:52)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 12:53 (was 8th at 11:40)
9 Ryder Hesjedal 13:01 (was 10th at 13:01)
10 Alexandre Geniez 14:01 (was 9th at 12:48)
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12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 17:12 (was 12th at 15:59)
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15 Tanel Kangert 28:11 (was 17th at 26:58)
16 Rigoberto Uran 30:52 (was 14th at 22:12)
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21 Roman Kreuziger 53:39 (was 22nd at 38:34)
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30 Michael Rogers 1:31:47 (was 32nd at 1:23:07)
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90 Pieter Weening 3:04:24 (was 102nd at 3:06:34)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Giacomo Nizzolo 159 (unchanged)
2 Sacha Modolo 142 (unchanged)
3 Elia Viviani 134 (unchanged)
4 Philippe Gilbert 128 (was 7th with 83 points)
5 Nicola Boem 111 (was 4th with 111 points)
6 Alberto Contador 86 (was 5th with 86 points)
7 Marco Bandiera 84 (was 6th with 84 points)
8 Diego Ulissi 75 (unchanged)
9 Marco Frapporti 72 (unchanged)
10 Luka Mezgec 66 (unchanged)
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 Kanstantsin Siutsou 36 (was 14th with 18 points)
9 Francesco Bongiorno 35 (was 0 points)
10 Franco Pellizotti 33 (was 8th with 33 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 18 <<<
Jerome Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 18 <<<
Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 18 <<<
Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal 18 <<<
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 : 32