Stage 2 - Brioude -Saugues 172.8 km

1 Lukas Postlberger (Aut) BORA - hansgrohe 4:25:20
2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 0:11
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:11
4 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:11
5 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) UAE-Team Emirates 0:11
6 Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA - hansgrohe 0:11
7 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:11
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:11
9 Alex Aranburu (Spa) Astana - Premier Tech 0:11
10 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:11


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Felix Gall
+40 Barnabas Peak
+37 Greg Van Avermaet
+37 David Gaudu
+36 Tsgabu Grmay
+35 Sven Erik Bystrom
+33 Nairo Quintana
+33 Lukas Postlberger
+31 Valentin Madouas
+31 Jack Haig

Biggest losers by position :
-100 Kaden Groves
-75 Patrick Gamper
-65 Jasper Stuyven
-64 Carlos Barbero
-63 Anthony Delaplace
-63 Michal Kwiatkowski
-61 Lennard Hofstede
-54 Clement Venturini
-51 Nils Politt
-50 Brent Van Moer
-49 Nathan Haas

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:36 Lukas Postlberger
+0:18 Sonny Colbrelli
+0:16 Alejandro Valverde
+0:12 Winner Anacona
+0:12 Wilco Kelderman
+0:12 Valentin Madouas
+0:12 Tsgabu Grmay
+0:12 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+0:12 Sven Erik Bystrom
+0:12 Steven Kruijswijk

Biggest losers by time :
-16:22 Stijn Steels
-16:22 Tony Martin
-16:06 Matthew Holmes
-14:30 Andres Camilo Ardila
-14:30 Emmanuel Morin
-14:30 Ivo Oliveira
-14:30 Kaden Groves
-14:30 Mads Pedersen
-14:30 Marco Haller
-12:54 Andrey Amador
-11:42 Florian Senechal

Favourites by position :
+37 David Gaudu
+33 Nairo Quintana
+23 Steven Kruijswijk
+21 Wilco Kelderman
+21 Richie Porte
+19 Miguel Angel Lopez
+16 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+15 Enric Mas
+13 Patrick Konrad
+13 Geraint Thomas
+12 Ion Izagirre
+8 Alejandro Valverde
+7 Guillaume Martin
-14 Jonas Vingegaard
-19 Dylan Teuns

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Alejandro Valverde
+0:12 Wilco Kelderman
+0:12 Tao Geoghegan Hart
+0:12 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:12 Richie Porte
+0:12 Patrick Konrad
+0:12 Nairo Quintana
+0:12 Miguel Angel Lopez
+0:12 Ion Izagirre
+0:12 Guillaume Martin
+0:12 Geraint Thomas
+0:12 Enric Mas
+0:12 David Gaudu
+0:01 Dylan Teuns
-8:33 Jonas Vingegaard

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Lukas Postlberger 8:38:32 (was 34th at 0:36)
2 Sonny Colbrelli 0:12 (was 2nd at 0:30)
3 Alejandro Valverde 0:20 (was 11th at 0:36)
4 Kasper Asgreen 0:24 (was 9th at 0:36)
5 Alex Aranburu 0:24 (was 10th at 0:36)
6 Patrick Konrad 0:24 (was 19th at 0:36)
7 Michael Valgren 0:24 (was 17th at 0:36)
8 Guillaume Martin 0:24 (was 15th at 0:36)
9 Geraint Thomas 0:24 (was 22nd at 0:36)
10 Ilan Van Wilder 0:24 (was 33rd at 0:36)
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13 Steven Kruijswijk 0:24 (was 36th at 0:36)
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15 Enric Mas 0:24 (was 30th at 0:36)
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21 Tao Geoghegan Hart 0:24 (was 37th at 0:36)
22 David Gaudu 0:24 (was 59th at 0:36)
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24 Nairo Quintana 0:24 (was 57th at 0:36)
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28 Wilco Kelderman 0:24 (was 49th at 0:36)
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30 Ion Izagirre 0:24 (was 42nd at 0:36)
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32 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:24 (was 51st at 0:36)
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37 Richie Porte 0:24 (was 58th at 0:36)
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43 Dylan Teuns 0:35 (was 24th at 0:36)
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83 Jonas Vingegaard 9:09 (was 69th at 0:36)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli 44 (was 2nd with 22 points)
2 Lukas Postlberger 35 (was 0 points)
3 Brent Van Moer 29 (was 1st with 29 points)
4 Kasper Asgreen 28 (was 9th with 10 points)
5 Alejandro Valverde 26 (was 11th with 6 points)
6 Clement Venturini 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
7 Jasper Stuyven 18 (was 4th with 18 points)
8 Alex Aranburu 16 (was 10th with 8 points)
9 Sven Erik Bystrom 16 (was 0 points)
10 Kaden Groves 16 (was 5th with 16 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matthew Holmes 13 (was 0 points)
2 Lukas Postlberger 12 (was 0 points)
3 Brent Van Moer 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
4 Anthony Delaplace 9 (was 0 points)
5 Shane Archbold 4 (was 0 points)
6 Ben O'Connor 3 (was 0 points)
7 Carlos Rodriguez 2 (was 0 points)
8 Cyril Gautier 2 (was 2nd with 2 points)
9 Patrick Konrad 1 (was 0 points)
10 Dylan Van Baarle 1 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 BORA - hansgrohe 25:56:37 (was 2nd at 0:25)
2 Astana - Premier Tech 0:11 (was 7th at 0:25)
3 Movistar Team 0:11 (was 6th at 0:25)
4 INEOS Grenadiers 0:11 (was 4th at 0:25)
5 AG2R Citroen Team 0:11 (was 9th at 0:25)
6 Groupama - FDJ 0:11 (was 18th at 0:25)
7 Bahrain - Victorious 0:22 (was 12th at 0:25)
8 Team DSM 0:31 (was 14th at 0:25)
9 B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:32 (was 3rd at 0:25)
10 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 1:44 (was 5th at 0:25)
11 Team BikeExchange 2:49 (was 16th at 0:25)
12 Trek - Segafredo 3:00 (was 13th at 0:25)
13 Lotto Soudal 3:20 (was 1st at 12:39:50)
14 Team Arkea Samsic 3:25 (was 10th at 0:25)
15 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:37 (was 11th at 0:25)
16 UAE-Team Emirates 5:33 (was 20th at 5:27)
17 Israel Start-Up Nation 6:14 (was 17th at 0:25)
18 Team Jumbo-Visma 8:56 (was 8th at 0:25)
19 EF Education - Nippo 10:31 (was 15th at 0:25)
20 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 10:50 (was 19th at 4:36)
21 Deceuninck - Quick Step 31:41 (was 21th at 8:47)

Retirements to date : Stage
Benjamin Perry (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Ian Garrison (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Robert Power (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 2
Eros Capecchi (Bahrain - Victorious) 1
Total retirements : 4


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