Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Mar 19, Girona - Banyole, 160.7 km

1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 3.48.10
2 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
3 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
5 Robert Wagner (Ger) Blanco Pro Cycling Team
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun
7 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ
9 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+92 Christophe Laborie
+64 Maurits Lammertink
+45 Yury Trofimov
+42 Giampaolo Caruso
+41 Guillaume Bonnafond
+40 Nicolas Roche
+39 Rudy Molard
+36 Nicolas Edet
+35 Simon Spilak
+34 Tim Wellens

Biggest losers by position :
-127 Koldo Fernandez
-126 Moreno Hofland
-117 Christian Knees
-116 Mads Christensen
-64 Andrey Kashechkin
-54 Matthew Busche
-50 Albert Timmer
-50 Arnold Jeannesson
-48 Francois Parisien
-38 Jean-Lou Paiani
-34 Dmitry Kozontchuk

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-10:44 Allan Davis
-5:34 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-4:06 Jack Bobridge
-3:46 Sandy Casar
-3:21 Carlos Verona Quintanilla
-2:41 Olivier Kaisen
-1:38 Joost Van Leijen
-1:18 Brice Feillu
-1:18 Danny Pate
-1:18 Jetse Bol
-1:18 Oliver Zaugg

Favourites by position :
+16 Steven Kruijswijk
+16 Ryder Hesjedal
+12 Denis Menchov
+4 Rigoberto Uran Uran
+2 Robert Gesink
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-2 Bradley Wiggins
-3 Thomas De Gendt
-3 Michele Scarponi
-3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-6 Daniel Martin
-10 David Zabriskie
-21 Thomas Danielson

Favourites by time :
-0:10 Thomas De Gendt
-0:10 Thomas Danielson
-0:10 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:10 Ryder Hesjedal
-0:10 Robert Gesink
-0:10 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-0:10 Michele Scarponi
-0:10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:10 Denis Menchov
-0:10 David Zabriskie
-0:10 Daniel Martin
-0:10 Bradley Wiggins

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Gianni Meersman 7:43:46 (unchanged)
2 Valerio Agnoli 0:14 (was 2nd at 0:04)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:16 (was 3rd at 0:06)
4 Danilo Wyss 0:20 (was 5th at 0:10)
5 Robert Gesink 0:20 (was 7th at 0:10)
6 Dario Cataldo 0:20 (was 11th at 0:10)
7 David Lopez Garcia 0:20 (was 10th at 0:10)
8 Bradley Wiggins 0:20 (was 6th at 0:10)
9 Jesus Herrada Lopez 0:20 (was 13th at 0:10)
10 Daniel Martin 0:20 (was 4th at 0:10)
11 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:20 (was 8th at 0:10)
12 Michele Scarponi 0:20 (was 9th at 0:10)
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17 Thomas De Gendt 0:47 (was 14th at 0:37)
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25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:48 (was 26th at 0:38)
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39 Steven Kruijswijk 0:48 (was 55th at 0:38)
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62 Thomas Danielson 0:48 (was 41st at 0:38)
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85 Ryder Hesjedal 0:48 (was 101st at 0:38)
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87 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:48 (was 91st at 0:38)
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107 Denis Menchov 0:48 (was 119th at 0:38)
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120 David Zabriskie 0:48 (was 110th at 0:38)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Cristiano Salerno 35 (was 1st with 34 points)
2 Christian Meier 26 (was 2nd with 24 points)
3 Francois Parisien 10 (unchanged)
4 Carlos Verona Quintanilla 8 (unchanged)
5 Julien Vermote 7 (unchanged)
6 David Lopez Garcia 6 (unchanged)
7 Christophe Laborie 6 (was 0 points)
8 Rigoberto Uran Uran 4 (was 7th with 4 points)
9 Ruben Plaza Molina 4 (was 8th with 4 points)
10 Olivier Kaisen 4 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol 2
Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack Leopard 2
Total retirements : 2


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