Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Apr 2, Elgoibar - Vitoria (Gasteiz), 170 km

1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 4.23.31
2 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha
4 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
5 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol
6 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin-Sharp
7 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Merida
8 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
9 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Cannondale Pro Cycling
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Simon Geschke
+18 Egor Silin
+15 Matteo Montaguti
+14 Romain Bardet
+13 Wesley Sulzberger
+13 Nikita Novikov
+13 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+13 David Tanner
+12 Thomas Peterson
+12 Lars Petter Nordhaug

Biggest losers by position :
-48 Jeremy Roy
-46 Tony Martin
-40 Ryder Hesjedal
-30 Brian Vandborg
-29 Sergei Chernetski
-21 Martin Kohler
-20 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez
-19 Amets Txurruka
-19 Petr Ignatenko
-18 Kenny Elissonde
-17 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-17:48 Brian Bulgac
-12:05 Jeremy Roy
-6:57 Olivier Kaisen
-6:12 Antonio Piedra Perez
-6:12 Blel Kadri
-6:12 Brian Vandborg
-6:12 Christophe Riblon
-6:12 Jesus Hernandez
-6:12 Juraj Sagan
-6:12 Jussi Veikkanen
-6:12 Laurent Mangel

Favourites by position :
+10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+6 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+3 Juan Jose Cobo
+1 Tejay Van Garderen
-1 Peter Velits
-1 Andy Schleck
-1 Andreas Kloden
-2 Thomas De Gendt
-2 Damiano Cunego
-3 Samuel Sanchez
-5 Thomas Danielson
-6 Alberto Contador Velasco
-40 Ryder Hesjedal
-46 Tony Martin

Favourites by time :
-0:23 Thomas De Gendt
-0:23 Ryder Hesjedal
-0:23 Juan Jose Cobo
-0:23 Andy Schleck
-0:40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-6:12 Tony Martin

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Francesco Gavazzi 8:30:04 (was 4th at 0:00)
2 Angel Vicioso Arcos 0:00 (was 3rd at 0:00)
3 Peter Velits 0:00 (was 2nd at 0:00)
4 Jacob Fuglsang 0:00 (was 5th at 0:00)
5 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:00 (was 9th at 0:00)
6 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 0:00 (unchanged)
7 Simon Gerrans 0:00 (was 1st at 0:00)
8 Richie Porte 0:00 (unchanged)
9 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 0:00 (was 15th at 0:00)
10 Tejay Van Garderen 0:00 (was 11th at 0:00)
.....
13 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:00 (was 7th at 0:00)
14 Roman Kreuziger 0:00 (was 17th at 0:00)
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21 Samuel Sanchez 0:05 (was 18th at 0:05)
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26 Andreas Kloden 0:05 (was 25th at 0:05)
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31 Damiano Cunego 0:05 (was 29th at 0:05)
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33 Thomas Danielson 0:05 (was 28th at 0:05)
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63 Ryder Hesjedal 0:28 (was 23rd at 0:05)
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80 Thomas De Gendt 1:16 (was 78th at 0:53)
81 Andy Schleck 1:24 (was 80th at 1:01)
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104 Juan Jose Cobo 3:51 (was 107th at 3:28)
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118 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:53 (was 128th at 5:13)
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121 Tony Martin 6:40 (was 75th at 0:28)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Francesco Gavazzi 34 (was 4th with 14 points)
2 Angel Vicioso Arcos 32 (was 3rd with 16 points)
3 Peter Velits 26 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 Simon Gerrans 25 (was 1st with 25 points)
5 Daryl Impey 25 (was 0 points)
6 Daniele Ratto 14 (was 0 points)
7 Jakob Fuglsang 12 (was 0 points)
8 Dennis Vanendert 12 (was 0 points)
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 10 (was 9th with 7 points)
10 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 10 (was 6th with 10 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Amets Txurruka 46 (was 1st with 28 points)
2 Laurent Didier 23 (was 2nd with 20 points)
3 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez 11 (was 0 points)
4 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso 10 (was 0 points)
5 Jose Herrada Lopez 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 6 (was 0 points)
7 Adriano Malori 4 (was 0 points)
8 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
9 Jens Voigt 4 (was 0 points)
10 Oliver Zaugg 4 (was 7th with 4 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 2
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Total retirements : 2


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