Stage 18 : Sep 6, Aguilar de Campoo - Valladolid, 204.5 km
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan 4.17.17
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.01
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge
4 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD
7 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team
8 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos-Shimano
9 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge
10 Gregory Rast (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan 0.06
Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Gert Steegmans
+6 Xavier Florencio Cabre
+6 Thierry Huppond
+6 Michel Kreder
+6 Mauro Da Dalto
+6 John Degenkolb
+5 Niki Terpstra
+5 Mitchell Docker
+5 Martijn Maaskant
+5 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
Biggest losers by position :
-28 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-7 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-7 Jose Vicente Toribio Alcolea
-6 Javier Ramirez Abeja
-6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-6 Tony Martin
-6 Yukihiro Doi
-5 Arnaud Courteille
-5 Laurent Didier
-5 Richie Porte
-5 Thomas Dekker
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:22 Daniele Bennati
+0:18 Ben Swift
+0:14 Allan Davis
+0:10 Mitchell Docker
+0:10 Matti Breschel
+0:10 Lloyd Mondory
+0:10 Koen de Kort
+0:10 John Degenkolb
+0:10 Davide Vigano
+0:04 Simon Clarke
Biggest losers by time :
-25:15 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-6:28 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-6:18 Dennis van Winden
-6:08 Arnaud Courteille
-6:08 Blel Kadri
-6:08 Cheng Ji
-6:08 Christophe Riblon
-6:08 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-6:08 Gustavo Cesar Veloso
-6:08 Javier Chacon
-6:08 Javier Moreno Bazan
Favourites by position :
+2 Denis Menchov
+1 Damiano Cunego
-4 Thomas De Gendt
-6 Tony Martin
-6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
Favourites by time :
+0:04 Robert Gesink
-1:42 Denis Menchov
-1:42 Bauke Mollema
-4:32 Thomas De Gendt
-6:08 Tony Martin
-6:08 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 72:25:21 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:52 (unchanged)
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 2:28 (unchanged)
4 Christopher Froome 9:40 (unchanged)
5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 11:36 (unchanged)
6 Robert Gesink 12:02 (was 6th at 12:06)
7 Laurens ten Dam 12:55 (unchanged)
8 Andrew Talansky 13:06 (unchanged)
9 Igor Anton Hernandez 13:49 (unchanged)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 14:10 (unchanged)
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15 Maxime Monfort 18:12 (unchanged)
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23 Bauke Mollema 36:59 (was 23rd at 35:17)
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30 Rigoberto Uran 50:22 (unchanged)
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35 Damiano Cunego 1:02:23 (was 36th at 1:02:23)
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57 Thomas De Gendt 1:36:05 (was 53rd at 1:31:33)
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59 Denis Menchov 1:43:08 (was 61st at 1:41:26)
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73 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:54:20 (was 67th at 1:48:12)
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121 Tony Martin 2:37:17 (was 115th at 2:31:09)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 170 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 159 (unchanged)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 152 (unchanged)
4 John Degenkolb 124 (was 4th with 112 points)
5 Christopher Froome 93 (unchanged)
6 Daniele Bennati 91 (was 6th with 66 points)
7 Lloyd Mondory 74 (was 7th with 60 points)
8 Allan Davis 70 (was 10th with 54 points)
9 Elia Viviani 59 (was 9th with 55 points)
10 Ben Swift 58 (was 19th with 38 points)
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 (unchanged)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 28 (unchanged)
6 Dario Cataldo 27 (unchanged)
7 David Moncoutie 18 (unchanged)
8 Antonio Piedra Perez 17 (unchanged)
9 David De La Fuente Rasilla 17 (unchanged)
10 Serge Pauwels 13 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Linus Gerdemann (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 18 <<<
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 : 20