Paris Nice, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Mar 10, Rambouillet - Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche, 205 km

1 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 4.53.46
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
6 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
7 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol
9 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+47 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+42 Alexis Vuillermoz
+41 Thor Hushovd
+41 Enrico Gasparotto
+40 Tony Gallopin
+39 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
+39 Ramunas Navardauskas
+37 Moreno Hofland
+36 Sebastien Chavanel
+36 Davide Villella

Biggest losers by position :
-143 Tyler Farrar
-130 Lars Boom
-114 Luca Wackermann
-91 Niki Terpstra
-90 Ramon Sinkeldam
-74 Adrien Petit
-73 Anthony Delaplace
-72 Mathew Hayman
-71 Michael Albasini
-66 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel
-61 Stijn Vandenbergh

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Moreno Hofland
+0:02 John Degenkolb

Biggest losers by time :
-9:20 Michael Albasini
-9:20 Michael Matthews
-7:08 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel
-7:08 Geoffrey Soupe
-7:08 Kris Boeckmans
-7:08 Lars Boom
-7:08 Matteo Bono
-7:08 Thierry Hupond
-7:08 Tyler Farrar
-7:08 Vasil Kiryienka
-6:50 Andy Schleck

Favourites by position :
+47 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+30 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+26 Simon Spilak
+26 Frank Schleck
+18 Maxime Monfort
+14 Vincenzo Nibali
+12 Mathias Frank
+8 Rafal Majka
+2 Lieuwe Westra
-1 Andy Schleck
-2 Wilco Kelderman
-2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-5 Thomas Voeckler
-71 Michael Albasini

Favourites by time :
-0:09 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-0:11 Wilco Kelderman
-0:11 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:11 Simon Spilak
-0:11 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:11 Rafal Majka
-0:11 Maxime Monfort
-0:22 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-0:22 Mathias Frank
-0:22 Lieuwe Westra
-0:22 Frank Schleck
-1:14 Thomas Voeckler
-6:50 Andy Schleck
-9:20 Michael Albasini

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Nacer Bouhanni 8:46:43 (unchanged)
2 John Degenkolb 0:02 (was 3rd at 0:04)
3 Moreno Hofland 0:04 (was 40th at 0:10)
4 Geraint Thomas 0:13 (was 5th at 0:09)
5 Bryan Coquard 0:14 (was 9th at 0:10)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:14 (was 7th at 0:10)
7 Alexander Kristoff 0:14 (was 20th at 0:10)
8 Nikolai Trusov 0:14 (was 19th at 0:10)
9 Samuel Dumoulin 0:14 (was 23rd at 0:10)
10 Jens Keukeleire 0:14 (was 26th at 0:10)
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15 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 0:19 (was 62nd at 0:10)
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22 Vincenzo Nibali 0:21 (was 36th at 0:10)
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25 Simon Spilak 0:21 (was 51st at 0:10)
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31 Rafal Majka 0:21 (was 39th at 0:10)
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35 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:21 (was 33rd at 0:10)
36 Wilco Kelderman 0:21 (was 34th at 0:10)
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48 Maxime Monfort 0:21 (was 66th at 0:10)
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73 Mathias Frank 0:32 (was 85th at 0:10)
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106 Lieuwe Westra 1:41 (was 108th at 1:19)
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111 Frank Schleck 1:41 (was 137th at 1:19)
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119 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:41 (was 149th at 1:19)
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133 Thomas Voeckler 2:33 (was 128th at 1:19)
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162 Andy Schleck 8:50 (was 161st at 2:00)
.....
165 Michael Albasini 9:30 (was 94th at 0:10)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Nacer Bouhanni 24 (was 1st with 15 points)
2 John Degenkolb 24 (was 3rd with 12 points)
3 Gianni Meersman 16 (was 2nd with 14 points)
4 Moreno Hofland 15 (was 0 points)
5 Bryan Coquard 10 (was 6th with 5 points)
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 8 (was 4th with 7 points)
7 Alexander Kristoff 7 (was 0 points)
8 Thor Hushovd 6 (was 0 points)
9 Tyler Farrar 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
10 Anthony Delaplace 5 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Christophe Laborie 9 (was 1st with 8 points)
2 Aleksejs Saramotins 4 (was 0 points)
3 Simon Yates 2 (was 2nd with 2 points)
4 Przemyslaw Niemiec 2 (was 3rd with 2 points)
5 Anthony Delaplace 2 (was 0 points)
6 Perrig Quemeneur 2 (was 4th with 2 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 1


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