Stage 16 : Tuesday, September 15 2009, Cordoba - Puertollano, 170 km
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC 4.50.44
2 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram
5 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo
6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
8 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank
10 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
Changes in stage 16 compared to stage 15 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+4 William Bonnet
+4 Matti Breschel
+4 Enrico Gasparotto
+4 Daniele Bennati
+3 Lieuwe Westra
+3 Jean Eudes Demaret
+3 Inaki Isasi
+3 Gustavo Dominguez
+3 Gustavo Cesar Veloso
+3 Gerald Ciolek
Biggest losers by position :
-7 Matthias Russ
-7 Maxim Iglinsky
-5 David Lopez Garcia
-5 Matthe Pronk
-4 Christian Meier
-4 Jose Ruiz
-4 Julian Sanchez
-4 Xabier Zandio
-3 Damien Monier
-3 Emanuele Bindi
-3 Lars Boom
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:28 Andre Greipel
+0:12 William Bonnet
+0:08 Daniele Bennati
Biggest losers by time :
-6:52 Wouter Weylandt
-4:46 Julian Dean
-4:46 Martijn Maaskant
-4:23 Roger Hammond
-4:18 Francisco Jose Martinez
-3:58 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-3:58 Alan Perez
-3:58 Amets Txurruka
-3:58 Antonio Piedra
-3:58 Assan Bazayev
-3:58 Benat Intxausti
Favourites by position :
Favourites by time :
-2:09 Roman Kreuziger
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 69.59.34
2 Robert Gesink 0.31
3 Samuel Sanchez 1.10
4 Ivan Basso 1.28
5 Cadel Evans 1.51
6 Ezequiel Mosquera 1.54
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9 Tom Danielson 8.28
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14 Haimar Zubeldia 13.34
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23 Damiano Cunego 25.37
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72 Roman Kreuziger 1.28.20
Retirements to date : Stage
Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 15
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 14
Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo TestTeam 14
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC 14
Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 14
Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 14
Bjorn Schroder (Ger) Milram 13
Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 13
Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo TestTeam 13
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 13
Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 13
Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 13
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 13
Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 13
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam 13
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 13
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 : 44