Stage 12 : Friday, September 11 2009, Almeria - Alto de Velefique, 174 km
1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 5.34.31
2 David Garci(Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.01
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.06
4 Ezequiel Mosquer(Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0.16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
Changes in stage 12 compared to stage 11 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Julian Sanchez
+33 Stuart O'Grady
+28 Bingen Fernandez
+27 Stijn Devolder
+26 Igor Anton
+25 Javier Ramirez
+25 Christophe Riblon
+24 Christian Meier
+23 Olivier Kaisen
+21 Remy Di Gregorio
Biggest losers by position :
-15 Leonardo Duque
-15 Matteo Tosatto
-13 David Millar
-13 Francisco Perez
-13 Jakob Fuglsang
-13 Julien Loubet
-11 Tadej Valjavec
-10 Antonio Piedra
-10 Arkaitz Duran
-10 Jesus Del Nero
-9 Adam Hansen
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:36 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:35 David Garcia
+0:18 Robert Gesink
+0:10 Ezequiel Mosquera
Biggest losers by time :
-23:04 Sebastien Chavanel
-22:42 Bjorn Schroder
-22:42 Gerald Ciolek
-22:33 Francisco Perez
-22:33 Jose Vicente Garcia
-22:02 Julian Dean
-20:20 Adam Hansen
-20:20 Adrian Palomares
-20:20 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-20:20 Alan Perez
-20:20 Alessandro Ballan
Favourites by position :
+3 Fabian Cancellara
-2 Xavier Tondo
-3 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Haimar Zubeldia
Favourites by time :
+0:18 Robert Gesink
+0:10 Ezequiel Mosquera
-2:02 Haimar Zubeldia
-3:02 Xavier Tondo
-20:20 Roman Kreuziger
-20:20 Fabian Cancellara
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 51.12.38
2 Cadel Evans 0.07
3 Robert Gesink 0.18
4 Tom Danielson 0.51
5 Ivan Basso 0.53
6 Samuel Sanchez 1.03
7 Damiano Cunego 2.13
8 Ezequiel Mosquera 2.14
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14 Haimar Zubeldia 5.12
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19 Xavier Tondo 8.03
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89 Roman Kreuziger 58.00
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97 Fabian Cancellara 1.04.04
Retirements to date : Stage
Alberto Fernandez Sainz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12 <<<
Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 12 <<<
Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre-NGC 12 <<<
Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 12 <<<
Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 12 <<<
Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil 12 <<<
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 12 <<<
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 12 <<<
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 12 <<<
Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre-NGC 12 <<<
Frank Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 11
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11
Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-HTC 11
Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 10
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 10
Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9
Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9
Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9
Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 8
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Columbia-HTC 6
Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6
Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 5
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 28