Stage 2 : Apr 3, Guenes - Vitoria-Gasteiz, 165.7 km

1 Daryl Impey (RSA) GreenEdge Cycling Team 4.10.07
2 Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
3 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin - Barracuda
9 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
10 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+52 Janez Brajkovic
+49 Nicki Sorensen
+49 Bauke Mollema
+48 Maxime Monfort
+47 Bruno Pires
+43 Paul Martens
+40 Oliver Zaugg
+40 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+37 Simon Clarke
+37 Hernani Broco

Biggest losers by position :
-96 Christian Meier
-94 Timothy Duggan
-90 Jerome Pineau
-84 Paolo Bailetti
-83 Luke Rowe
-72 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
-67 Johnny Hoogerland
-65 Jose Herrada Lopez
-63 Marzio Bruseghin
-55 Sergey Lagutin
-52 Nathan Haas

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-12:01 Olivier Kaisen
-10:19 Marzio Bruseghin
-10:19 Simone Stortoni
-8:28 Jens Voigt
-8:28 Julian Sanchez Pimienta
-4:57 Chris Anker Sorensen
-4:57 David De La Fuente Rasilla
-4:57 Gabriele Bosisio
-4:57 Travis Meyer
-3:38 Ben Gastauer
-3:38 Frederico Rocchetti

Favourites by position :
+52 Janez Brajkovic
+49 Bauke Mollema
+21 Christopher Horner
+17 Tony Martin
+15 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+12 Michele Scarponi
+11 David Arroyo Duran
+9 Peter Velits
+7 Damiano Cunego
+5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+4 Andreas Kloden
+2 Frank Schleck
-1 Ryder Hesjedal
-16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-32 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
-2:14 Robert Gesink

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 8:07:51 (unchanged)
2 Daniele Ratto 0:00 (was 4th at 0:00)
3 Fabian Wegmann 0:00 (unchanged)
4 Daryl Impey 0:00 (was 11th at 0:00)
5 Francesco Gavazzi 0:00 (was 9th at 0:00)
6 Gianni Meersman 0:00 (was 7th at 0:00)
7 Ryder Hesjedal 0:00 (was 6th at 0:00)
8 Michael Matthews 0:00 (was 18th at 0:00)
9 Davide Appollonio 0:00 (was 21st at 0:00)
10 Mauro Santambrogio 0:00 (was 15th at 0:00)
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12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:00 (was 17th at 0:00)
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18 Peter Velits 0:00 (was 27th at 0:00)
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27 Christopher Horner 0:00 (was 48th at 0:00)
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32 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:00 (was 16th at 0:00)
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35 Damiano Cunego 0:00 (was 42nd at 0:00)
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42 Tony Martin 0:00 (was 59th at 0:00)
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55 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:00 (was 70th at 0:00)
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57 Michele Scarponi 0:00 (was 69th at 0:00)
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74 Bauke Mollema 0:00 (was 123rd at 0:00)
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76 Janez Brajkovic 0:00 (was 128th at 0:00)
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78 David Arroyo Duran 0:00 (was 89th at 0:00)
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80 Frank Schleck 0:00 (was 82nd at 0:00)
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122 Robert Gesink 2:14 (was 90th at 0:00)
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137 Andreas Kloden 5:07 (was 141st at 5:07)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 39 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Daryl Impey 30 (was 11th with 5 points)
3 Daniele Ratto 24 (was 4th with 14 points)
4 Fabian Wegmann 24 (was 3rd with 16 points)
5 Wout Poels 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
6 Allan Davis 20 (was 0 points)
7 Francesco Gavazzi 16 (was 9th with 7 points)
8 Gianni Meersman 16 (was 7th with 9 points)
9 Davide Appollonio 16 (was 0 points)
10 Ryder Hesjedal 12 (was 6th with 10 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David de la Fuente Rasilla 30 (was 1st with 28 points)
2 Davide Mucelli 20 (unchanged)
3 Thibaut Pinot 18 (was 0 points)
4 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 8 (was 0 points)
5 Evgeny Petrov 7 (was 4th with 4 points)
6 Tanel Kangert 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
7 Mads Christensen 6 (was 0 points)
8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 3 (was 5th with 3 points)
9 Jerome Pineau 3 (was 0 points)
10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 2 (was 7th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Total retirements : 1


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