Stage 2 : Jun 5, Lamastre - Saint-Felicien, 160 km

1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 4.02.38
2 Julien Simon (Fra) Saur - Sojasun
3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
6 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
9 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling
10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Dries Devenyns
+40 Jorge Azanza Soto
+40 Daniele Pietropolli
+39 Marco Marzano
+38 Johannes Frohlinger
+37 Yury Trofimov
+36 Mikel Landa Meana
+36 Davide Malacarne
+35 Christophe Le Mevel
+35 Arthur Vichot

Biggest losers by position :
-140 Arnaud Gerard
-111 Nacer Bouhanni
-93 Luke Durbridge
-77 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-72 Cyril Lemoine
-66 Michael Matthews
-58 Gerald Ciolek
-56 Leonardo Duque
-48 Dmitriy Fofonov
-48 George Hincapie
-44 Blel Kadri

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-20:29 Arnaud Gerard
-20:29 Nacer Bouhanni
-20:29 Sylvain Georges
-18:50 Travis Meyer
-11:43 Alan Perez Lezaun
-11:43 Danny Pate
-11:43 Frederik Willems
-11:43 Jonathan Cantwell
-11:43 Kenny Dehaes
-11:43 Leigh Howard
-11:43 Luke Durbridge

Favourites by position :
+24 Andy Schleck
+22 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
+20 David Arroyo Duran
+15 Thomas Voeckler
+14 Christopher Froome
+13 Janez Brajkovic
+10 Alexander Vinokourov
+6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+4 Vincenzo Nibali
+4 Michael Rogers
-19 Denis Menchov

Favourites by time :
-0:27 Denis Menchov
-1:47 Andy Schleck
-2:05 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-2:05 David Arroyo Duran
-2:05 Alexander Vinokourov

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 8:45:42 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Andriy Grivko 0:02 (unchanged)
4 Carlos Barredo Llamazales 0:02 (unchanged)
5 Tony Martin 0:04 (unchanged)
6 Paul Martens 0:04 (unchanged)
7 Sylvain Chavanel 0:05 (unchanged)
8 Jerome Coppel 0:06 (unchanged)
9 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova 0:06 (unchanged)
10 Richie Porte 0:07 (was 11th at 0:07)
.....
15 Vincenzo Nibali 0:09 (was 19th at 0:09)
16 Michael Rogers 0:09 (was 20th at 0:09)
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:10 (was 22nd at 0:10)
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21 Janez Brajkovic 0:14 (was 34th at 0:14)
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23 Christopher Froome 0:15 (was 37th at 0:15)
24 Thomas Voeckler 0:16 (was 39th at 0:16)
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36 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:26 (was 58th at 0:26)
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52 Denis Menchov 0:40 (was 33rd at 0:13)
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120 Andy Schleck 5:21 (was 144th at 3:34)
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124 Alexander Vinokourov 5:29 (was 134th at 3:24)
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134 David Arroyo Duran 5:59 (was 154th at 3:54)
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168 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 26:24 (was 174th at 24:19)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Cadel Evans 41 (was 1st with 27 points)
2 Tony Gallopin 36 (was 6th with 16 points)
3 Julien Simon 35 (was 10th with 13 points)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 33 (was 17th with 8 points)
5 Bradley Wiggins 24 (was 11th with 12 points)
6 Rinaldo Nocentini 23 (was 20th with 5 points)
7 Andrey Kashechkin 23 (was 3rd with 20 points)
8 Jerome Coppel 22 (was 2nd with 22 points)
9 Andriy Grivko 19 (was 4th with 19 points)
10 Luis-Leon Sanchez 19 (was 22nd with 4 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Blel Kadri 36 (was 0 points)
2 Giovanni Bernaudeau 35 (was 1st with 23 points)
3 Christophe Kern 31 (was 0 points)
4 Nicolas Edet 28 (was 2nd with 18 points)
5 David Moncoutie 28 (was 0 points)
6 Cayetano Jose Sarmiento Tunarrosa 23 (was 0 points)
7 Yukihiro Doi 12 (was 4th with 12 points)
8 Sep Vanmarcke 12 (was 3rd with 12 points)
9 Markel Irizar 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
10 Maarten Tjallingii 7 (was 6th with 7 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 2
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 2
Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Total retirements : 3


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