Giro d'Italia, stage 2 summary

Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1

Biggest gainers by position :
+69 Davide Vigano
+69 Ben Swift
+62 Jackson Rodriguez
+61 Philippe Gilbert
+61 Mauro Da Dalto
+60 Ruggero Marzoli
+60 Dries Devenyns
+59 Tadej Valjavec
+59 Stefano Garzelli
+56 Matteo Montaguti

Biggest losers by position :
-161 Leonardo Scarselli
-161 Morris Possoni
-142 Michael Barry
-130 Cameron Meyer
-122 Kjell Carlstrom
-97 Robert Hunter
-96 Martin Muller
-95 David Zabriskie
-93 Mathieu Perget
-74 Mikhail Ignatiev
-69 Alexander Serov

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Alessandro Petacchi

Biggest losers by time :
-10:43 Leonardo Scarselli
-5:46 Mathieu Perget
-3:29 Alberto Fernandez
-3:29 Alessandro Bertolini
-3:29 Dario Andriotto
-3:29 Hector Gonzalez
-3:29 Kjell Carlstrom
-3:29 Morris Possoni
-3:29 Robert Hunter
-3:23 Addy Engels
-3:23 Bart Dockx

Favourites by position :
+59 Stefano Garzelli
+56 Gilberto Simoni
+31 Carlos Sastre
+29 Marzio Bruseghin
+25 Damiano Cunego
+22 Franco Pellizotti
+19 Jens Voigt
+18 Denis Menchov
+10 Ivan Basso
+8 Danilo Di Luca
+5 Lance Armstrong
+5 Christian Vande Velde
+1 Thomas Lovkvist
+1 Levi Leipheimer
-5 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
-0:14 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:14 Stefano Garzelli
-0:14 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:14 Lance Armstrong
-0:14 Jens Voigt
-0:14 Gilberto Simoni
-0:14 Franco Pellizotti
-0:14 Denis Menchov
-0:14 Danilo Di Luca
-0:14 Damiano Cunego
-0:14 Christian Vande Velde
-0:14 Carlos Sastre
-0:27 Levi Leipheimer
-0:27 Ivan Basso
-0:45 Fabian Cancellara

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Mark Cavendish 4.04.43
2 Mark Renshaw 0.14
3 Michael Rogers 0.14
4 Thomas Lovkvist 0.14
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8 Christian Vande Velde 0.20
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10 Lance Armstrong 0.27
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14 Danilo Di Luca 0.36
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18 Levi Leipheimer 0.40
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27 Denis Menchov 0.52
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29 Franco Pellizotti 0.54
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33 Damiano Cunego 0.56
34 Marzio Bruseghin 0.56
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40 Carlos Sastre 1.03
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45 Ivan Basso 1.07
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57 Gilberto Simoni 1.20
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85 Stefano Garzelli 1.35
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92 Fabian Cancellara 1.40
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173 Jens Voigt 3.43

Retirements to date : Stage
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
Total retirements : 1