Tour de Suisse, stage 2 summary
 

Stage 2 : Jun 10, Verbania - Verbier, 218.3 km

1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 6.21.13
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0.04
3 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.12
4 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0.13
5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0.16
7 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
8 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.18
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 0.22


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+97 Morris Possoni
+82 Lucas Euser
+81 Steve Chainel
+80 Giampaolo Caruso
+75 Leonardo Bertagnolli
+75 Leonardo Bertagnolli
+72 Johnny Hoogerland
+72 Chris Anker Sorensen
+69 Raymond Kunzli
+67 Iban Velasco Murillo

Biggest losers by position :
-128 Fabian Cancellara
-128 Peter Sagan
-108 Martin Elmiger
-71 Kris Boeckmans
-70 Sebastiaan Langeveld
-67 Michael Albasini
-66 Niki Terpstra
-60 Cameron Meyer
-57 Daniel Oss
-55 Karsten Kroon
-53 Stuart O'Grady

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:36 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+0:28 Frank Schleck
+0:18 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+0:13 Thibaut Pinot
+0:13 Giampaolo Caruso
+0:10 Nicolas Roche
+0:10 John Gadret
+0:10 Chris Anker Sorensen
+0:08 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:04 Thomas Danielson

Biggest losers by time :
-17:52 Ryan Anderson
-17:52 Will Routley
-17:15 Adam Blythe
-12:58 Aidis Kruopis
-12:58 Alessandro Bazzana
-12:58 Daniele Colli
-12:58 David Boily
-12:58 Davide Vigano
-12:58 Edward King
-12:58 Fabian Cancellara
-12:58 Frederique Robert

Favourites by position :
+44 Levi Leipheimer
+42 Frank Schleck
+37 Steven Kruijswijk
+25 John Gadret
+24 Damiano Cunego
+19 Thomas Danielson
+16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+6 Robert Gesink
+5 Roman Kreuziger
-2 Jakob Fuglsang
-14 Bauke Mollema
-16 Peter Velits
-34 Maxime Monfort
-50 Andreas Kloden
-60 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
+0:28 Frank Schleck
+0:10 John Gadret
+0:08 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:04 Thomas Danielson
+0:04 Roman Kreuziger
+0:04 Levi Leipheimer
-0:07 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:11 Jakob Fuglsang
-0:21 Damiano Cunego
-0:38 Robert Gesink
-1:48 Peter Velits
-2:23 Maxime Monfort
-3:16 Bauke Mollema
-5:07 Andreas Kloden
-5:34 Cameron Meyer

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 6:31:22 (was 45th at 0:36)
2 Frank Schleck 0:08 (was 44th at 0:36)
3 Roman Kreuziger 0:15 (was 8th at 0:19)
4 Thibaut Pinot 0:19 (was 27th at 0:32)
5 Nicolas Roche 0:21 (was 25th at 0:31)
6 Thomas Lovkvist 0:21 (was 11th at 0:22)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:23 (was 23rd at 0:31)
8 John Gadret 0:24 (was 33rd at 0:34)
9 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:26 (was 70th at 0:44)
10 Thomas Danielson 0:29 (was 29th at 0:33)
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12 Jakob Fuglsang 0:33 (was 10th at 0:22)
13 Levi Leipheimer 0:37 (was 57th at 0:41)
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16 Steven Kruijswijk 0:47 (was 53rd at 0:40)
17 Damiano Cunego 0:57 (was 41st at 0:36)
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20 Robert Gesink 1:09 (was 26th at 0:31)
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35 Peter Velits 2:13 (was 19th at 0:25)
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46 Maxime Monfort 2:46 (was 12th at 0:23)
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54 Bauke Mollema 3:52 (was 40th at 0:36)
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71 Andreas Kloden 5:32 (was 21st at 0:25)
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75 Cameron Meyer 5:57 (was 15th at 0:23)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Frank Schleck 20
2 Ryan Anderson 20
3 Thomas Danielson 15
4 Alessandro Bazzana 15
5 John Gadret 10
6 Michael Morkov 10
7 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 6
8 Manuele Mori 6
9 Chris Anker Sorensen 4
10 Guillaume Boivin 4

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


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