USA Pro Tour Challenge, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Aug 24, Gunnison - Aspen, 209.8 km

1 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.26.10
2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
3 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
4 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) EPM - UNE
5 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Anti
6 Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.45
8 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack
10 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+64 Pieter Weening
+49 Thomas Peterson
+47 Ivan Basso
+44 David Zabriskie
+40 William Dugan
+37 Davide Frattini
+33 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+32 Peter Velits
+31 Thomas Bonnin
+30 Vladimir Efimkin

Biggest losers by position :
-62 Ben Hermans
-56 Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes
-55 Patrick Gretsch
-50 Andre Steensen
-49 Sander Oostlander
-44 Danny Pate
-39 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
-37 Jeremy Powers
-34 Craig Lewis
-33 Fabio Calabria
-28 Benjamin King

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:21 George Hincapie
+0:17 Tejay Van Garderen
+0:15 Thomas Danielson
+0:11 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
+0:11 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez
+0:11 Bruno Pires

Biggest losers by time :
-24:55 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
-24:55 Kai Applequist
-24:55 Sam Johnson
-24:55 William Dickeson
-22:53 Ben Hermans
-21:25 Sander Oostlander
-20:06 Ryan Roth
-19:25 Bernard Van Ulden
-19:23 Jeremy Powers
-18:46 Fabio Calabria
-18:44 Elia Viviani

Favourites by position :
+64 Pieter Weening
+47 Ivan Basso
+44 David Zabriskie
+32 Peter Velits
+2 Tejay Van Garderen
-1 Frank Schleck
-2 Cadel Evans
-3 Rory Sutherland
-3 Robert Gesink
-3 Levi Leipheimer
-11 Ryder Hesjedal
-15 Jens Voigt
-25 Sylvester Szmyd

Favourites by time :
+0:17 Tejay Van Garderen
-0:34 Rory Sutherland
-0:34 Robert Gesink
-0:34 Pieter Weening
-0:34 Levi Leipheimer
-0:34 Frank Schleck
-0:34 Cadel Evans
-0:41 Ivan Basso
-2:40 Ryder Hesjedal
-3:44 Andy Schleck
-4:30 Peter Velits
-4:30 Jens Voigt
-7:51 David Zabriskie
-11:12 Sylvester Szmyd
-11:12 Laurens Ten Dam

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tejay Van Garderen 10:04:08 (was 3rd at 0:17)
2 George Hincapie 0:16 (was 8th at 0:37)
3 Thomas Danielson 0:22 (was 9th at 0:37)
4 Levi Leipheimer 0:34 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Christian Vande Velde 0:45 (was 2nd at 0:11)
6 Cadel Evans 0:51 (was 4th at 0:17)
7 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 0:52 (was 23rd at 1:03)
8 Robert Gesink 1:04 (was 5th at 0:30)
9 Bruno Pires 1:08 (was 32nd at 1:19)
10 Rory Sutherland 1:09 (was 7th at 0:35)
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12 Frank Schleck 1:16 (was 11th at 0:42)
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27 Ryder Hesjedal 3:33 (was 16th at 0:53)
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30 Ivan Basso 3:47 (was 77th at 3:06)
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39 Pieter Weening 5:01 (was 103rd at 4:27)
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44 Andy Schleck 5:22 (was 44th at 1:38)
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48 Jens Voigt 5:50 (was 33rd at 1:20)
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67 Peter Velits 8:55 (was 99th at 4:25)
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73 Sylvester Szmyd 13:16 (was 48th at 2:04)
74 David Zabriskie 13:28 (was 118th at 5:37)
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87 Laurens Ten Dam 15:21 (was 87th at 4:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Levi Leipheimer 17 (was 1st with 15 points)
2 Tejay Van Garderen 17 (was 8th with 5 points)
3 George Hincapie 15 (was 0 points)
4 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 12 (was 2nd with 12 points)
5 Thomas Danielson 11 (was 14th with 1 points)
6 Cadel Evans 11 (was 4th with 7 points)
7 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 10 (was 9th with 4 points)
8 Frank Schleck 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
9 Elia Viviani 8 (was 6th with 5 points)
10 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez 7 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Walter Pedraza 24 (was 5th with 5 points)
2 Sander Oostlander 15 (was 0 points)
3 Rafael Montiel 14 (was 0 points)
4 Rafael Infantino Abreu 12 (was 0 points)
5 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez 11 (was 1st with 10 points)
6 Levi Leipheimer 10 (was 0 points)
7 Alejandro Ramirez Calderon 10 (was 0 points)
8 Andre Steensen 9 (was 0 points)
9 Bradley White 9 (was 2nd with 9 points)
10 Christian Vande Velde 8 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andrew Randell (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 2
Daniele Callegarin (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 2
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Team RadioShack 2
Ken Hanson (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Sergio Hernandez (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Kenda 2
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 6