Changes in stage 17 compared to stage 16
Biggest gainers by position :
+15 Martin Elmiger
+10 Sven Montgomery
+10 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez
+8 Staf Scheirlinckx
+8 Sergio Ghisalberti
+8 Jose Miguel Elias
+7 Rolf Aldag
+7 Rik Verbrugghe
+7 Gorka Gonzalez
+6 Patrick Calcagni
Biggest losers by position :
-12 Jurgen Van Goolen
-9 David Ca±ada
-8 Paolo Bettini
-7 Anthony Geslin
-6 Heinrich Haussler
-6 Nicolas Vogondy
-6 Thomas Ziegler
-5 Alexandr Kolobnev
-5 Egoi Martinez
-5 Francisco JosÚ Ventoso
-5 Guido Trenti
Biggest gainers by time :
+1:40 Carlos Garcia Quesada
+0:54 Francisco Mancebo
+0:52 Santos Gonzalez
+0:03 Ruben Plaza Molina
+0:03 Oscar Sevilla
+0:03 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano
Biggest losers by time :
-25:59 RenÚ Haselbacher
-25:29 Arnaud Coyot
-25:29 Matej Jurco
-25:09 Allan Johansen
-25:09 Anthony Geslin
-25:09 Francisco JosÚ Ventoso
-25:09 Giovanni Lombardi
-25:09 Guido Trenti
-25:09 Jimmy Casper
-25:09 Marcus Ljungqvist
-25:09 Rafael Nuritdinov
Favourites by position :
+4 Leonardo Piepoli
+3 I±igo Cuesta
+3 Gilberto Simoni
+3 Daniele Nardello
+2 Santos Gonzalez
+2 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero
+2 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-1 David Blanco Rodiguez
-2 Tom Danielson
-3 Michele Scarponi
Favourites by time :
+1:40 Carlos Garcia Quesada
+0:54 Francisco Mancebo
+0:52 Santos Gonzalez
+0:03 Ruben Plaza Molina
+0:03 Oscar Sevilla
-1:47 Juan Miguel Mercado
-1:47 I±igo Cuesta
-3:14 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero
-3:20 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez
-3:24 Tom Danielson
-3:24 Leonardo Piepoli
-7:45 Gilberto Simoni
-7:45 Daniele Nardello
-9:18 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro
-9:23 David Blanco Rodiguez
-14:28 Michele Scarponi
Favourites standings :
1 Roberto Heras Hernandez 69.21.16
2 Denis Menchov 4.30
3 Carlos Sastre 4.50
4 Francisco Mancebo 5.51
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada 6.22
6 Oscar Sevilla 11.13
7 Ruben Plaza Molina 11.36
8 Santos Gonzalez 13.28
9 Juan Miguel Mercado 15.19
10 Tom Danielson 15.39
13 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero 27.28
14 Michele Scarponi 29.21
15 David Blanco Rodiguez 31.54
28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez 49.50
34 I±igo Cuesta 1.03.15
38 Leonardo Piepoli 1.12.38
40 Gilberto Simoni 1.17.34
47 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro 1.24.16
67 Daniele Nardello 1.45.12
Retirements to date :
Bouygues Telecom Franck Renier
" Pierrick Fedrigo DNF 10
" SÚbastien Chavanel DNF 17
" Unai Yus Kerejeta DNS 10
Cofidis, le credit par telephone Christophe Edaleine DNF 11
" Leonardo Bertagnolli DNF 15
" Luis Perez DNF 11
Comunidad Valenciana Angel Luis Casero DNF 10
CrÚdit Agricole Beno¯t Poilvet DNS 11
" Eric Leblacher DNF 10
" Francesco Bellotti DNF 13
" Julian Dean DNF 15
" SÚbastien Joly DNF 7
" Thor Hushovd DNF 11
Davitamon - Lotto Tom Steels DNF 13
Discovery Channel Beno¯t Joachim DNS 13
" JosÚ Azevedo DNS 13
" Leif Hoste DNF 10
" Manuel Beltran DNF 13
" Max Van Heeswijk DNF 10
Domina Vacanze Angelo Furlan DNF 3
" Luca Solari DNF 6
" Mirco Lorenzetto DNF 5
" Ruslan Ivanov DNF 10
" Simone Cadamuro DNF 6
Euskaltel-Euskadi Iban Mayo Diez DNF 5
" Markel Irizar DNF 11
Fassa Bortolo Fabio Sacchi DNS 17
" Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni DNF 10
Franþaise des Jeux Bernhard Eisel DNF 6
" Bradley McGee DNF 11
" FrÚdÚric Guesdon DNF 11
" Jussi Veikkanen DNF 3
" Ludovic Auger DNF 6
Gerolsteiner Marcel Strauss DNF 10
" Matthias Russ DNF 15
" Torsten Schmidt DNF 6
Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Aitor Osa Eizaguirre DNF 10
" JosÚ Ivan Gutierrez Palacios DNS 9
Lampre - Caffita Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea DNF 13
" Gerrit Glomser DNS 12
" GiosuÞ Bonomi DNF 6
" Giuliano Figueras DNF 2
Liberty Seguros-W³rth Team Isidro Nozal Vega DNF 10
Liquigas - Bianchi Oscar Mason
Phonak Hearing Systems Floyd Landis DNF 6
" JosÚ Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna DNF 5
" Santiago Botero Echeverry DNF 11
Quick Step - Innergetic JosÚ Antonio Garrido DNF 10
" JosÚ Antonio Pecharroman Fabian
" Tom Boonen
Rabobank Jan Boven DNF 6
" Jukka Vastaranta DNF 15
" Mathew Hayman DNF 11
" Niels Scheuneman DNS 13
Relax Fuenlabrada Freddy Gonzalez DNF 13
Saunier Duval - Prodir David De La Fuente
T-Mobile Team Francisco JosÚ Lara DNS 16
Team CSC Jakob Piil DNF 12
Total retirements : 59