Stage 2 : Aug 20, Aspen - Breckenridge, 202.9 km

1 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 5.05.19
2 Lachlan David Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 0.03
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.14
4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
5 Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team 0.21
6 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 0.32
7 Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia 0.33
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.44
9 Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack Leopard


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+68 Stephen Cummings
+51 Kirk Carlsen
+46 Davide Villella
+45 Serghei Tvetcov
+42 Andrew Talansky
+36 Michael Friedman
+32 Sean Mazich
+31 Mathias Frank
+29 Fabio Calabria
+28 Ryan Eastman

Biggest losers by position :
-57 David Lozano Riba
-55 Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
-50 Ben King
-48 Nathan Brown
-47 Julien Taramarcaz
-46 Connor O'Leary
-37 Kevin De Mesmaeker
-36 Carson Miller
-30 Joshua Edmondson
-29 David Zabriskie
-29 Michael Torckler

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:03 Mathias Frank

Biggest losers by time :
-19:23 Andrea Peron
-19:13 Ben King
-19:13 Carson Miller
-19:13 Connor O'Leary
-19:13 David Lozano Riba
-19:13 Fabio Sabatini
-19:13 Ian Burnett
-19:13 Jarlinson Pantano
-19:13 Jason McCartney
-19:13 Jonathan Patrick McCarty
-19:13 Julien Taramarcaz

Favourites by position :
+42 Andrew Talansky
+31 Mathias Frank
+13 Rohan Dennis
+7 Lawson Craddock
+7 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
+4 Christian Vande Velde
+3 Thomas Danielson
+1 Tiago Machado
+1 Tejay van Garderen
+1 Christopher Froome
-1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-12 Richie Porte
-17 Andy Schleck
-24 Michael Rogers
-29 David Zabriskie

Favourites by time :
+0:03 Mathias Frank
-0:11 Tejay van Garderen
-0:18 Lawson Craddock
-0:29 Thomas Danielson
-0:41 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-0:41 Christian Vande Velde
-1:17 Tiago Machado
-1:29 Andy Schleck
-1:29 Andrew Talansky
-5:59 Michael Rogers
-10:00 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo
-11:09 David Zabriskie
-11:09 Christopher Froome
-14:50 Rohan Dennis
-19:13 Richie Porte

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Lachlan Morton 7:31:22 (was 17th at 0:00)
2 Mathias Frank 0:02 (was 33rd at 0:05)
3 Peter Sagan 0:11 (was 1st at 0:00)
4 Tejay van Garderen 0:11 (was 5th at 0:00)
5 Lawson Craddock 0:18 (was 12th at 0:00)
6 Thomas Danielson 0:29 (was 9th at 0:00)
7 Darwin Atapuma 0:35 (was 22nd at 0:05)
8 Damiano Caruso 0:41 (was 6th at 0:00)
9 Christopher Baldwin 0:41 (was 10th at 0:00)
10 Gregory Obando Brenes 0:41 (was 11th at 0:00)
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15 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 0:41 (was 14th at 0:00)
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20 Christian Vande Velde 0:46 (was 24th at 0:05)
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28 Tiago Machado 1:22 (was 29th at 0:05)
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33 Andy Schleck 1:29 (was 16th at 0:00)
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44 Michael Rogers 6:04 (was 20th at 0:05)
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48 Andrew Talansky 6:28 (was 90th at 4:59)
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61 David Zabriskie 11:14 (was 32nd at 0:05)
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68 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo 14:59 (was 75th at 4:59)
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76 Christopher Froome 16:08 (was 77th at 4:59)
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103 Rohan Dennis 21:31 (was 116th at 6:41)
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115 Richie Porte 25:54 (was 103rd at 6:41)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Peter Sagan 25
2 Greg Van Avermaet 17
3 Mathias Frank 15
4 Tejay van Garderen 13
5 Lachlan David Morton 12
6 Kiel Reijnen 10
7 Craig Lewis 8
8 Ian Burnett 8
9 Damiano Caruso 8
10 Thomas Danielson 7

Retirements to date : Stage
Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 2
Fu Shiu Cheung (Hkg) Champion System Pro Cycling Team 2
Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 2
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis - Hagens Berman 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 2
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 2
Marco Corti (Ita) Colombia 1
Total retirements : 7


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