Stage 2 : Jun 8, Annonay - Bourg-Saint-Andeol, 177 km

1 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 4.24.10
2 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
3 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
4 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
5 Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram
6 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step
7 Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
9 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
10 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+66 Samuel Dumoulin
+35 David Gutierrez Palacios
+12 Stijn Vandenbergh
+11 Guillaume Bonnafond
+10 Guillaume Levarlet
+9 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+9 Martin Reimer
+9 Enrico Magazzini
+9 Christian Meier
+9 Anthony Geslin

Biggest losers by position :
-68 Amael Moinard
-56 Francesco Bellotti
-36 Thomas Vedel Kvist
-35 Wim De Vocht
-32 Jaroslaw Marycz
-31 Markus Eichler
-26 Thomas Fothen
-25 Denis Menchov
-24 Julien Loubet
-10 Pierre Cazaux
-9 Benoit Vaugrenard

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:26 David Gutierrez Palacios
+2:06 Samuel Dumoulin

Biggest losers by time :
-12:11 Joaquin Novoa Menedez
-4:10 Andre Steensen
-4:10 Francesco Bellotti
-4:10 Frank Hoj
-4:10 Jaroslaw Marycz
-4:10 Jurgen Van Goolen
-4:10 Markus Eichler
-4:10 Thomas Fothen
-4:10 Wim De Vocht
-3:29 David Gutierrez Palacios
-2:06 Thomas Vedel Kvist

Favourites by position :
+8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+3 Lars Ytting Bak
+3 Cyril Dessel
-25 Denis Menchov

Favourites by time :
-0:22 Denis Menchov

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 9:20:08 (unchanged)
2 Tejay Van Garderen 0:02 (unchanged)
3 Janez Brajkovic 0:05 (unchanged)
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6 Remi Pauriol 0:12 (unchanged)
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10 David Millar 0:15 (unchanged)
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13 Ruben Plaza Molina 0:17 (unchanged)
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21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:21 (unchanged)
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38 Daniel Navarro Garcia 0:33 (unchanged)
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62 Johan Van Summeren 1:33 (unchanged)
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78 Cyril Dessel 1:50 (was 81st at 1:50)
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89 Denis Menchov 1:57 (was 64th at 1:35)
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155 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 7:42 (was 163rd at 7:42)
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164 Lars Ytting Bak 12:25 (was 167th at 12:25)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Grega Bole 52 (was 2nd with 32 points)
2 Geraint Thomas 50 (was 1st with 38 points)
3 Steve Chainel 27 (was 10th with 18 points)
4 Christophe Riblon 26 (was 3rd with 26 points)
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
6 Juan Jose Haedo 25 (was 0 points)
7 Dario Cataldo 25 (was 5th with 25 points)
8 Christian Knees 25 (was 9th with 19 points)
9 Tejay Van Garderen 22 (was 6th with 22 points)
10 Peter Velits 22 (was 7th with 22 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank 2
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack 2
Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2
Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 2
Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 5


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