Stage 2 : March 12, 2015 Camaiore - Cascina 153 km

1 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 3.30.18
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
3 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
4 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN - Qhubeka
6 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge
7 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling
8 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF
9 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Jens Debusschere
+45 Patrick Konrad
+24 Sam Bennett
+24 Nicola Ruffoni
+24 Enrico Battaglin
+24 Dennis Vanendert
+24 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+23 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
+22 Maxime Mederel
+22 Luka Pibernik

Biggest losers by position :
-140 Jesse Sergent
-133 Stef Clement
-128 Mathew Hayman
-116 Chad Haga
-115 Svein Tuft
-101 Albert Timmer
-98 Salvatore Puccio
-91 Julien Vermote
-90 Jens Mouris
-69 Christopher Juul Jensen
-68 Thierry Hupond

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Jens Debusschere
+0:06 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Patrick Konrad
+0:04 Sam Bennett
+0:04 Martijn Keizer
+0:01 Edoardo Zardini

Biggest losers by time :
-10:44 Matteo Pelucchi
-10:38 Jens Mouris
-10:38 Mathew Hayman
-10:38 Svein Tuft
-8:43 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-6:39 Stef Clement
-5:31 Bartosz Huzarski
-5:31 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
-5:31 Jesse Sergent
-5:31 Salvatore Puccio
-5:31 Tony Hurel

Favourites by position :
+24 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+19 Pierre Rolland
+17 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+16 Daniel Martin
+14 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+10 Domenico Pozzovivo
+8 Michele Scarponi
+7 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+6 Alberto Contador Velasco
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+3 Bauke Mollema
+1 Thibaut Pinot
-2 Vincenzo Nibali
-2 Rigoberto Uran
-61 Daniel Moreno Fernandez

Favourites by time :
-8:43 Daniel Moreno Fernandez

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adriano Malori 3:36:22 (unchanged)
2 Peter Sagan 0:00 (was 9th at 0:06)
3 Fabian Cancellara 0:01 (was 2nd at 0:01)
4 Greg Van Avermaet 0:02 (was 3rd at 0:02)
5 Matthias Brandle 0:02 (was 4th at 0:02)
6 Maciej Bodnar 0:02 (was 4th at 0:02)
7 Daniel Oss 0:04 (was 6th at 0:04)
8 Ramunas Navardauskas 0:05 (was 7th at 0:05)
9 Stephen Cummings 0:06 (was 8th at 0:06)
10 Martijn Keizer 0:07 (was 28th at 0:11)
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21 Rigoberto Uran 0:10 (was 19th at 0:10)
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23 Vincenzo Nibali 0:11 (was 21st at 0:11)
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37 Thibaut Pinot 0:13 (was 38th at 0:13)
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42 Roman Kreuziger 0:14 (was 45th at 0:14)
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47 Bauke Mollema 0:15 (was 50th at 0:15)
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61 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:19 (was 67th at 0:19)
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74 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:21 (was 81st at 0:21)
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77 Michele Scarponi 0:22 (was 85th at 0:22)
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81 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:22 (was 91st at 0:22)
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110 Przemyslaw Niemiec 0:29 (was 124th at 0:29)
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114 Daniel Martin 0:30 (was 130th at 0:30)
115 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:31 (was 132nd at 0:31)
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123 Pierre Rolland 0:33 (was 142nd at 0:33)
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148 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 0:48 (was 172nd at 0:48)
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171 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 9:09 (was 110th at 0:26)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Jens Debusschere 12
2 Patrick Konrad 10
3 Peter Sagan 10
4 Sam Bennett 8
5 Alexander Porsev 7
6 Martijn Keizer 6
7 Tyler Farrar 6
8 Adriano Malori 5
9 Magnus Cort Nielsen 5
10 Roger Kluge 4

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Danilo Wyss 8
2 Carlos Quintero 8
3 Patrick Konrad 4
4 Edoardo Zardini 2

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


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