Stage 15 : Sep 12, Solares - Lagos de Covadonga, 187.3 km
1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 4.33.09
2 Nicol Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 1.07
3 Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 1.43
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2.06
5 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) FDJ 2.10
6 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2.12
7 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.15
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2.26
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
10 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
Changes in GC, stage 15 compared to stage 14 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Nicol Sijmens
+19 Olivier Kaisen
+14 Sergio Carrasco
+14 Pierre Cazaux
+14 Grischa Niermann
+14 Davide Malacarne
+13 Robert Forster
+13 Allan Davis
+11 Martin Velits
+11 Angelo Furlan
Biggest losers by position :
-9 Ruben Plaza
-8 David Lopez
-8 Denis Menchov
-7 Frederik Willems
-7 Oscar Pujol
-6 Philippe Gilbert
-5 David Arroyo
-5 Imanol Erviti
-5 Juan-Manuel Garate
-5 Luis Pasamontes
-5 Maciej Paterski
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:48 Carlos Barredo
+1:31 Nicol Sijmens
+0:51 Martin Velits
+0:26 Greg Van Avermaet
+0:18 Olivier Kaisen
+0:16 Pierre Cazaux
+0:11 Ezequiel Mosquera
Biggest losers by time :
-20:32 Andreas Stauff
-20:32 David Lopez
-20:32 David Millar
-20:32 David Zabriskie
-20:32 Denis Menchov
-20:32 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-20:32 Dominik Klemme
-20:32 Enrique Mata
-20:32 Frederik Willems
-20:32 Gianni Meersman
-20:32 Imanol Erviti
Favourites by position :
+13 Allan Davis
+7 Christian Vande Velde
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+2 David Zabriskie
+1 Carlos Sastre
-1 Xavier Tondo
-1 Frank Schleck
-2 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-5 David Arroyo
-8 Denis Menchov
-9 Ruben Plaza
Favourites by time :
+0:11 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:36 Frank Schleck
-0:37 Carlos Sastre
-1:40 Xavier Tondo
-2:14 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-3:21 Roman Kreuziger
-5:10 Allan Davis
-5:42 Ruben Plaza
-7:18 David Arroyo
-9:48 Christian Vande Velde
-20:32 Denis Menchov
-20:32 David Zabriskie
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 65:31:14 (unchanged)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:04 (unchanged)
3 Ezequiel Mosquera 0:39 (was 3rd at 0:50)
4 Peter Velits 2:29 (was 7th at 2:29)
5 Xavier Tondo 2:30 (was 4th at 0:50)
6 Nicholas Roche 2:47 (was 5th at 2:11)
7 Frank Schleck 2:48 (was 6th at 2:12)
8 Tom Danielson 3:48 (was 8th at 3:29)
9 Carlos Sastre 4:29 (was 10th at 3:52)
10 Vladimir Karpets 5:27 (was 11th at 3:59)
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15 Luis-Leon Sanchez 7:01 (was 13th at 4:47)
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18 Ruben Plaza 9:23 (was 9th at 3:41)
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27 David Arroyo 15:48 (was 22nd at 8:30)
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34 Roman Kreuziger 26:29 (was 37th at 23:08)
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42 Denis Menchov 41:27 (was 34th at 20:55)
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82 Christian Vande Velde 1:33:40 (was 89th at 1:23:52)
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108 Allan Davis 2:01:57 (was 121st at 1:56:47)
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139 David Zabriskie 2:38:43 (was 141st at 2:18:11)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 111 (unchanged)
2 Tyler Farrar 90 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 82 (was 3rd with 74 points)
4 Joaquin Rodriguez 79 (was 4th with 73 points)
5 Philippe Gilbert 68 (was 5th with 67 points)
6 David Moncoutie 68 (was 6th with 67 points)
7 Ezequiel Mosquera 62 (was 8th with 53 points)
8 Thor Hushovd 57 (was 7th with 57 points)
9 Daniele Bennati 53 (unchanged)
10 Yauheni Hutarovich 47 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 45 (unchanged)
2 Serafin Martinez 36 (unchanged)
3 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (unchanged)
4 Ezequiel Mosquera 16 (unchanged)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez 15 (unchanged)
6 Carlos Barredo 15 (was 0 points)
7 Niki Terpstra 14 (was 6th with 14 points)
8 Xavier Tondo 11 (was 7th with 11 points)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 11 (was 8th with 11 points)
10 Christophe Le Mevel 10 (was 9th with 10 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 15 <<<
Benat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 <<<
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 15 <<<
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale 15 <<<
Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 15 <<<
Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 14
Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
Stefan Denifl (Aut) Cervelo Test Team 14
Hayden Roulston (NZL) Team HTC-Columbia 13
Julian Dean (NZL) Garmin-Transitions 13
David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto 12
Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram 12
Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 11
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 11
Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 10
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 10
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 10
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9
Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 35