Stage 2 : July 06, 2014, York - Sheffield, 201 km

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 5.08.36
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0.02
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol
6 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp
8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
9 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+152 Andrew Talansky
+148 Michal Kwiatkowski
+123 Alessandro De Marchi
+106 Simon Gerrans
+101 Marcel Wyss
+98 Jens Keukeleire
+94 Tony Gallopin
+92 Daniel Oss
+78 Adam Hansen
+77 Kristijan Durasek

Biggest losers by position :
-163 Marcel Kittel
-162 Ramunas Navardauskas
-148 Andre Greipel
-134 Sep Vanmarcke
-131 Armindo Fonseca
-116 Danny van Poppel
-116 Romain Feillu
-114 Jack Bauer
-111 Arnaud Demare
-107 Bryan Coquard
-97 Alexander Porsev

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-22:22 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-19:50 Adrien Petit
-19:50 Albert Timmer
-19:50 Alessandro Petacchi
-19:50 Alexander Porsev
-19:50 Andre Greipel
-19:50 Andreas Schillinger
-19:50 Armindo Fonseca
-19:50 Arnaud Demare
-19:50 Benoit Jarrier
-19:50 Bernhard Eisel

Favourites by position :
+152 Andrew Talansky
+61 Simon Spilak
+34 Christopher Horner
+33 Vincenzo Nibali
+27 Mathias Frank
+23 Tejay van Garderen
+23 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+18 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+18 Rafal Majka
+15 Bauke Mollema
+14 Alberto Contador Velasco
+13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+13 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+12 Richie Porte
+1 Christopher Froome

Favourites by time :
-0:02 Tejay van Garderen
-0:02 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:02 Richie Porte
-0:02 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:02 Christopher Froome
-0:02 Bauke Mollema
-0:02 Andrew Talansky
-0:02 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:02 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:16 Mathias Frank
-0:16 Christopher Horner
-4:34 Simon Spilak
-14:48 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-15:39 Rafal Majka

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Vincenzo Nibali 9:52:43 (was 34th at 0:00)
2 Peter Sagan 0:02 (was 2nd at 0:00)
3 Greg Van Avermaet 0:02 (was 13th at 0:00)
4 Michael Albasini 0:02 (was 10th at 0:00)
5 Christopher Froome 0:02 (was 6th at 0:00)
6 Bauke Mollema 0:02 (was 21st at 0:00)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:02 (was 20th at 0:00)
8 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:02 (was 22nd at 0:00)
9 Tejay van Garderen 0:02 (was 32nd at 0:00)
10 Jakob Fuglsang 0:02 (was 29th at 0:00)
11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:02 (was 24th at 0:00)
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13 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:02 (was 31st at 0:00)
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16 Richie Porte 0:02 (was 28th at 0:00)
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21 Andrew Talansky 0:02 (was 173rd at 0:00)
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27 Mathias Frank 0:16 (was 54th at 0:00)
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30 Christopher Horner 0:16 (was 64th at 0:00)
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70 Simon Spilak 4:34 (was 131st at 0:00)
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136 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 14:48 (was 159th at 0:00)
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160 Rafal Majka 17:09 (was 178th at 1:30)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 69 (was 2nd with 45 points)
2 Bryan Coquard 47 (was 3rd with 39 points)
3 Marcel Kittel 45 (was 1st with 45 points)
4 Greg Van Avermaet 31 (was 20th with 6 points)
5 Vincenzo Nibali 30 (was 0 points)
6 Ramunas Navardauskas 30 (was 4th with 30 points)
7 Michael Albasini 27 (was 13th with 12 points)
8 Alexander Kristoff 25 (was 8th with 18 points)
9 Michal Kwiatkowski 22 (was 0 points)
10 Michael Rogers 22 (was 5th with 22 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Cyril Lemoine 6 (was 0 points)
2 Blel Kadri 5 (was 0 points)
3 Jens Voigt 4 (was 1st with 4 points)
4 Nicolas Edet 4 (was 3rd with 1 points)
5 Pierre Rolland 2 (was 0 points)
6 Tom Jelte Slagter 2 (was 0 points)
7 Perrig Quemeneur 2 (was 0 points)
8 Thomas Voeckler 2 (was 0 points)
9 David De La Cruz Melgarejo 2 (was 0 points)
10 Christopher Froome 1 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2
Total retirements : 2


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