Tour de Suisse, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Jun 13, Ascona - Sierre, 167.5 km

1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 4.25.16
2 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
5 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto
8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
9 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+68 Assan Bazayev
+67 Wesley Sulzberger
+64 Vladimir Efimkin
+61 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+53 Grischa Niermann
+47 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+45 Javier Aramendia
+43 Juan Antonio Flecha
+43 Gian-Paolo Cheula
+38 Gerben Lowik

Biggest losers by position :
-148 Peter Sagan
-125 Manuel Quinziato
-106 Marzio Bruseghin
-102 Alessandro Ballan
-90 Joost Van Leijen
-89 Alessandro Vanotti
-83 Dominique Nerz
-78 Lieuwe Westra
-76 Brett Lancaster
-75 Michael Rogers
-56 Kurt Asle Arvesen

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Pablo Urtasun Perez
+0:04 Matthias Russ
+0:04 Marco Marcato
+0:02 Mathias Frank

Biggest losers by time :
-14:58 Joao Correia
-10:57 Christian Vandevelde
-10:57 Dimitri Muravyev
-10:57 Gregory Rast
-10:57 Jason Mccartney
-10:57 Koldo Fernandez
-10:57 Kurt Asle Arvesen
-10:57 Mark Renshaw
-10:57 Marzio Bruseghin
-10:57 Peter Sagan
-10:57 Stuart O'grady

Favourites by position :
+15 Andreas Kloden
+12 Allan Davis
+11 Robert Gesink
+11 Lance Armstrong
+11 Frank Schleck
+9 Jens Voigt
+9 Andy Schleck
+5 Levi Leipheimer
-54 Kim Kirchen
-106 Marzio Bruseghin

Favourites by time :
-1:55 Kim Kirchen
-9:34 Allan Davis
-10:57 Marzio Bruseghin
-10:57 Christian Vandevelde

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Fabian Cancellara 4:35:37 (unchanged)
2 Roman Kreuziger 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Tony Martin 0:03 (unchanged)
.....
12 Levi Leipheimer 0:18 (was 17th at 0:18)
.....
22 Andy Schleck 0:24 (was 31st at 0:24)
.....
31 Jens Voigt 0:28 (was 40th at 0:28)
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33 Lance Armstrong 0:29 (was 44th at 0:29)
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35 Frank Schleck 0:29 (was 46th at 0:29)
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37 Robert Gesink 0:30 (was 48th at 0:30)
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40 Andreas Kloden 0:32 (was 55th at 0:32)
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68 Kim Kirchen 2:12 (was 14th at 0:17)
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153 Allan Davis 11:14 (was 165th at 1:40)
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155 Marzio Bruseghin 11:27 (was 49th at 0:30)
.....
164 Christian Vandevelde 12:30 (was 164th at 1:33)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Heinrich Haussler 25 (was 0 points)
2 Pablo Urtasun Perez 20 (was 0 points)
3 Fabian Cancellara 19 (was 1st with 15 points)
4 Marco Marcato 16 (was 0 points)
5 Oscar Freire Gomez 13 (was 0 points)
6 Roman Kreuziger 12 (was 2nd with 12 points)
7 Simon Gerrans 12 (was 9th with 4 points)
8 Gerald Ciolek 11 (was 0 points)
9 Tony Martin 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 10 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Mathias Frank 13
2 Aitor Hernandez 12
3 Matthias Russ 8
4 Pavel Brutt 7
5 Joost Van Leijen 2
6 Juan Manuel Garate 1
7 Simon Gerrans 12
8 Gerald Ciolek 11
9 Tony Martin 10
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 10

Retirements to date : Stage
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 1


(This report can also be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)

On Jun 13, 2:07*pm, Bob Martin wrote:

Biggest losers by time :
* *-14:58 * Joao Correia

the fattie turned pro was DFL on stage 2.

On Jun 13, 11:09*pm, Amit Ghosh wrote:
On Jun 13, 2:07*pm, Bob Martin wrote:

Biggest losers by time :
* *-14:58 * Joao Correia

the fattie turned pro was DFL on stage 2.

turns out he crashed.