Stage 17 : Sep 5, Santander - Fuente De, 187.3 km
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 4.29.20
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.06
3 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling
4 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
5 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.19
6 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan 0.55
7 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 1.13
8 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Argos-Shimano 1.40
9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2.13
10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 2.38
Changes in GC, stage 17 compared to stage 16 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+21 David Moncoutie
+19 Bruno Pires
+17 Mikel Landa Meana
+17 Alexandre Geniez
+16 Arnold Jeannesson
+15 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+14 Leonardo Duque
+13 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+12 Javier Moreno Bazan
+11 Alessandro Ballan
Biggest losers by position :
-7 Amets Txurruka
-6 Thomas Peterson
-5 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa
-5 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-5 Fredrik Kessiakoff
-5 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-5 Laurent Didier
-5 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-5 Philippe Gilbert
-5 Richie Porte
-5 Ruben Perez Moreno
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:28 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:08 Sergio Henao Montoya
+0:04 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui
Biggest losers by time :
-25:39 Dennis van Winden
-25:39 Travis Meyer
-25:31 Cheng Ji
-24:13 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-24:13 Andrey Zeits
-24:13 Christophe Riblon
-24:13 Dominique Rollin
-24:13 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-24:13 Javier Chacon
-24:13 Juan Lobato Del Valle
-24:13 Laurent Didier
Favourites by position :
+7 Damiano Cunego
+5 Rigoberto Uran
+1 Tony Martin
+1 Bauke Mollema
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Maxime Monfort
-2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-2 Denis Menchov
-3 Thomas De Gendt
-5 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
Favourites by time :
+0:28 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:28 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-3:08 Damiano Cunego
-4:38 Robert Gesink
-4:38 Maxime Monfort
-4:48 Christopher Froome
-5:09 Rigoberto Uran
-5:18 Bauke Mollema
-20:41 Tony Martin
-20:41 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-20:41 Denis Menchov
-23:07 Thomas De Gendt
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 68:07:54 (was 2nd at 0:28)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:52 (was 3rd at 2:04)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:28 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Christopher Froome 9:40 (was 4th at 4:52)
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 11:36 (was 5th at 6:58)
6 Robert Gesink 12:06 (was 6th at 7:28)
7 Laurens ten Dam 12:55 (was 8th at 9:00)
8 Andrew Talansky 13:06 (was 7th at 8:28)
9 Igor Anton Hernandez 13:49 (was 9th at 9:11)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 14:10 (was 12th at 13:07)
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15 Maxime Monfort 18:12 (was 13th at 13:34)
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23 Bauke Mollema 35:17 (was 24th at 29:59)
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30 Rigoberto Uran 50:22 (was 35th at 45:13)
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36 Damiano Cunego 1:02:23 (was 43rd at 59:15)
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53 Thomas De Gendt 1:31:33 (was 50th at 1:08:26)
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61 Denis Menchov 1:41:26 (was 59th at 1:20:45)
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67 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:48:12 (was 62nd at 1:27:31)
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115 Tony Martin 2:31:09 (was 116th at 2:10:28)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 170 (was 1st with 164 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 159 (was 2nd with 139 points)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 152 (was 3rd with 123 points)
4 John Degenkolb 112 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 93 (unchanged)
6 Daniele Bennati 66 (unchanged)
7 Lloyd Mondory 60 (was 7th with 56 points)
8 Gianni Meersman 55 (unchanged)
9 Elia Viviani 55 (unchanged)
10 Allan Davis 54 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Simon Clarke 38 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 36 (unchanged)
3 Thomas De Gendt 33 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 31 (was 4th with 28 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 28 (was 6th with 22 points)
6 Dario Cataldo 27 (was 5th with 27 points)
7 David Moncoutie 18 (was 9th with 13 points)
8 Antonio Piedra Perez 17 (was 7th with 17 points)
9 David De La Fuente Rasilla 17 (was 8th with 17 points)
10 Serge Pauwels 13 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Joost van Leijen (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 17 <<<
Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 17 <<<
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 16
Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez (Arg) Andalucia 16
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 14
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 14
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 14
Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 14
Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 14
Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 13
Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 13
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 13
Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 12
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 12
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano 8
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 19