Giro d'Italia, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : May 6, Herning, 206 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 4.53.12
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
3 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda
5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
6 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
9 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Matthew Harley Goss
+48 Mark Cavendish
+21 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+19 Geoffrey Soupe
+11 Alfredo Balloni
+7 Pierre Cazaux
+7 Mads Christensen
+7 Luca Mazzanti
+7 Jackson Rodriguez
+7 Iban Velasco Murillo

Biggest losers by position :
-162 Marco Coledan
-151 Dennis van Winden
-117 Tom Leezer
-81 Jack Bobridge
-68 Ben Hermans
-54 Olivier Kaisen
-2 Ben Gastauer
-1 Adriano Malori
-1 Alessandro Ballan
-1 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-1 Christian Vande Velde

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish
+0:12 Matthew Harley Goss
+0:08 Geoffrey Soupe
+0:06 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+0:02 Alfredo Balloni

Biggest losers by time :
-9:50 Ben Hermans
-3:06 Dennis van Winden
-2:50 Olivier Kaisen
-2:17 Jack Bobridge
-2:04 Marco Coledan
-1:58 Tom Leezer
-1:09 Ben Gastauer

Favourites by position :
+5 Michele Scarponi
+5 Jose Rujano Guillen
+5 John Gadret
+4 Damiano Cunego
+3 Mathias Frank
+3 Frank Schleck
+2 Domenico Pozzovivo
-1 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-1 Ivan Basso
-1 Christian Vande Velde
-1 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Taylor Phinney 5:03:38 (unchanged)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:09 (unchanged)
3 Alex Rasmussen 0:13 (unchanged)
4 Manuele Boaro 0:15 (unchanged)
5 Gustav Erik Larsson 0:22 (unchanged)
6 Ramunas Navardauskas 0:22 (unchanged)
7 Brett Lancaster 0:23 (unchanged)
8 Marco Pinotti 0:24 (unchanged)
9 Jesse Sergent 0:26 (unchanged)
10 Nelson Oliveira 0:27 (unchanged)
.....
18 Ryder Hesjedal 0:29 (was 17th at 0:29)
.....
29 Roman Kreuziger 0:36 (was 28th at 0:36)
.....
36 Ivan Basso 0:39 (was 35th at 0:39)
.....
41 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:42 (was 40th at 0:42)
.....
45 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:43 (was 44th at 0:43)
.....
51 Christian Vande Velde 0:44 (was 50th at 0:44)
.....
55 Rigoberto Uran 0:46 (unchanged)
.....
90 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:55 (was 92nd at 0:55)
.....
94 Mathias Frank 0:56 (was 97th at 0:56)
.....
105 Frank Schleck 0:59 (was 108th at 0:59)
.....
120 Damiano Cunego 1:03 (was 124th at 1:03)
.....
130 Michele Scarponi 1:06 (was 135th at 1:06)
.....
137 Jose Rujano Guillen 1:07 (was 142nd at 1:07)
.....
156 John Gadret 1:16 (was 161st at 1:16)

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


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On 5/6/2012 2:54 PM, Bob Martin wrote:

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish

So stage wins are worth 20 seconds bonus?

Cav is 27 seconds back. He should have put a little extra
into stage 1, he'll be 7 seconds short of pink in Horsens
and then there is the TTT.

F

On 07/05/2012 04:16, Fred Flintstein wrote:
On 5/6/2012 2:54 PM, Bob Martin wrote:

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish

So stage wins are worth 20 seconds bonus?

Cav is 27 seconds back. He should have put a little extra
into stage 1,

He's saving himself for the mountain stages.

On 5/7/2012 12:25 PM, atriage wrote:
On 07/05/2012 04:16, Fred Flintstein wrote:
On 5/6/2012 2:54 PM, Bob Martin wrote:

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Mark Cavendish

So stage wins are worth 20 seconds bonus?

Cav is 27 seconds back. He should have put a little extra
into stage 1,

He's saving himself for the mountain stages.

14 seconds back after today's stage. I'll bet he wishes he put a
little extra into the prolog. Although 14 seconds is maybe more
than a little extra.

Tomorrow's stage has some bumps in it. Probably won't come down
to a sprint.

F