Tour of California, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : May 14, San Francisco - Santa Cruz County, 188.5 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 5.02.00
2 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Barracuda
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
4 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos - Shimano
5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7 Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
8 Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
9 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos - Shimano
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Markel Irizar Aranburu
+48 Jasper Stuyven
+46 Lucas Euser
+45 Koen de Kort
+35 Jens Voigt
+35 Alex Candelario
+33 Thomas Damuseau
+32 Yukihiro Doi
+27 Ryan Eastman
+26 Nicolas Roche

Biggest losers by position :
-69 Ryan Anderson
-65 Stijn Vandenbergh
-64 Dries Devenyns
-57 Gavin Mannion
-34 Rinaldo Nocentini
-32 Christopher Jones
-30 Steve Morabito
-30 Steven Cummings
-28 Daniel Oss
-28 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez
-24 Matthew Busche

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-14:55 Andrew Dahlheim
-14:55 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
-14:55 Carter Jones
-14:55 Frantisek Rabon
-14:55 Gerald Ciolek
-14:55 Guillaume Boivin
-14:55 Jacob Rathe
-14:55 Javier Alberto Gonzalez Barrera
-14:55 Juan Pablo Suarez Suarez
-14:55 Ken Hanson
-14:55 Logan Loader

Favourites by position :
+35 Jens Voigt
+24 Tejay Van Garderen
+18 Robert Gesink
+12 Levi Leipheimer
+11 Thomas Danielson
+9 Peter Velits
+9 Christopher Horner
+6 Vincenzo Nibali
+5 David Zabriskie
+4 Laurens ten Dam
-1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1 Cameron Meyer
-5 Frantisek Rabon
-17 Michael Matthews
-30 Steve Morabito

Favourites by time :
-0:10 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:10 Thomas Danielson
-0:10 Tejay Van Garderen
-0:10 Robert Gesink
-0:10 Peter Velits
-0:10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:10 Levi Leipheimer
-0:10 Laurens ten Dam
-0:10 Jens Voigt
-0:10 David Zabriskie
-0:10 Christopher Horner
-0:10 Cameron Meyer
-6:54 Steve Morabito
-14:55 Michael Matthews
-14:55 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Peter Sagan 9:44:15 (unchanged)
2 Heinrich Haussler 0:08 (was 2nd at 0:04)
3 Leigh Howard 0:13 (was 7th at 0:10)
4 Jeffry Louder 0:14 (was 3rd at 0:04)
5 Fred Rodriguez 0:16 (was 4th at 0:06)
6 Ben Jacques-Maynes 0:16 (was 5th at 0:06)
7 Marc de Maar 0:17 (was 25th at 0:10)
8 Markel Irizar Aranburu 0:19 (was 56th at 0:10)
9 Joshua Atkins 0:19 (was 6th at 0:09)
10 Greg Van Avermaet 0:20 (was 8th at 0:10)
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14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0:20 (was 13th at 0:10)
15 Peter Velits 0:20 (was 24th at 0:10)
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17 Christopher Horner 0:20 (was 26th at 0:10)
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20 Cameron Meyer 0:20 (was 19th at 0:10)
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24 Tejay Van Garderen 0:20 (was 48th at 0:10)
25 Robert Gesink 0:20 (was 43rd at 0:10)
26 Thomas Danielson 0:20 (was 37th at 0:10)
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32 Laurens ten Dam 0:20 (was 36th at 0:10)
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34 Levi Leipheimer 0:20 (was 46th at 0:10)
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37 David Zabriskie 0:20 (was 42nd at 0:10)
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39 Vincenzo Nibali 0:20 (was 45th at 0:10)
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62 Steve Morabito 7:04 (was 32nd at 0:10)
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70 Jens Voigt 7:16 (was 105th at 7:06)
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82 Michael Matthews 15:05 (was 65th at 0:10)
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117 Frantisek Rabon 22:01 (was 112nd at 7:06)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 30 (was 1st with 15 points)
2 Heinrich Haussler 24 (was 2nd with 12 points)
3 Leigh Howard 22 (was 5th with 7 points)
4 Fred Rodriguez 16 (was 4th with 10 points)
5 Greg Van Avermaet 11 (was 7th with 6 points)
6 Jeffry Louder 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
7 Marc De Maar 8 (was 0 points)
8 Koen De Kort 7 (was 0 points)
9 Bradley White 6 (was 0 points)
10 Ben Jacques-Maynes 6 (was 6th with 6 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Eric Young (USA) Bissell Cycling 2
Partick Bevin (NZl) Bissell Cycling 2
Total retirements : 2


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