Vuelta-a-Espana stage 2 summary

Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1

Biggest gainers by position :
+71 Paolo Bettini
+58 Thor Hushovd
+58 Luca Paolini
+40 Magnus Backstedt
+17 Jean-Patrick Nazon
+16 José Luis Arrieta
+15 Nacor Burgos
+15 Dario David Cioni
+14 Raúl García De Mateo
+14 Mauricio Ardila

Biggest losers by position :
-161 David Arroyo
-159 Alessandro Petacchi
-157 Sebastian Siedler
-152 Volodymyr Dyudya
-118 Mads Kaggestad
-115 Anthony Charteau
-58 Olivier Kaisen
-20 Bart Dockx
-20 Mario De Sarraga
-19 Enrico Poitschke
-13 Leonardo Piepoli

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:13 Thor Hushovd
+0:13 Paolo Bettini
+0:01 Luca Paolini

Biggest losers by time :
-6:34 Mario De Sarraga
-3:28 Bart Dockx
-3:26 Olivier Kaisen
-3:11 Christophe Kern
-2:09 Anthony Charteau
-2:09 Enrico Poitschke
-2:09 Mads Kaggestad
-2:09 Marcel Strauss
-2:09 Sebastian Siedler
-2:09 Thierry Marichal
-1:23 Alessandro Petacchi

Favourites by position :
+15 Dario David Cioni
+8 Danilo Di Luca
+7 Denis Menchov
+6 Markus Fothen
+6 Davide Rebellin
+5 Michael Rasmussen
+4 Samuel Sánchez
+3 Michael Boogerd
+2 Pietro Caucchioli
+2 Manuel Beltran
+2 Iban Mayo
+2 Haimar Zubeldia
-2 Iñigo Cuesta
-2 Fabian Cancellara
-2 Andrey Kashechkin
-2 Alejandro Valverde
-3 Vladimir Karpets
-3 Vladimir Gusev
-3 Alexandre Vinokourov
-4 Oscar Pereiro
-9 Carlos Sastre
-13 Leonardo Piepoli

Favourites by time :
-0:07 Vladimir Karpets
-0:07 Vladimir Gusev
-0:07 Samuel Sánchez
-0:07 Pietro Caucchioli
-0:07 Oscar Pereiro
-0:07 Michael Rasmussen
-0:07 Michael Boogerd
-0:07 Markus Fothen
-0:07 Manuel Beltran
-0:07 Leonardo Piepoli
-0:07 Iñigo Cuesta
-0:07 Iban Mayo
-0:07 Haimar Zubeldia
-0:07 Fabian Cancellara
-0:07 Denis Menchov
-0:07 Davide Rebellin
-0:07 Dario David Cioni
-0:07 Danilo Di Luca
-0:07 Daniele Nardello
-0:07 Carlos Sastre
-0:07 Andrey Kashechkin
-0:07 Alexandre Vinokourov
-0:07 Alejandro Valverde

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Thor Hushovd 4.27.00
2 Paolo Bettini 0.02
3 Stuart O'Grady 0.07
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8 Iñigo Cuesta 0.07
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10 Carlos Sastre 0.07
11 Fabian Cancellara 0.11
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15 Alejandro Valverde 0.14
16 Oscar Pereiro 0.14
17 Vladimir Karpets 0.14
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29 Manuel Beltran 0.16
30 Vladimir Gusev 0.16
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41 Daniele Nardello 0.18
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45 Alexandre Vinokourov 0.19
46 Andrey Kashechkin 0.19
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54 Dario David Cioni 0.20
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62 Pietro Caucchioli 0.20
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64 Danilo Di Luca 0.20
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66 Leonardo Piepoli 0.20
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82 Samuel Sánchez 0.25
83 Haimar Zubeldia 0.25
84 Denis Menchov 0.25
85 Iban Mayo 0.25
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87 Michael Boogerd 0.25
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93 Michael Rasmussen 0.25
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96 Markus Fothen 0.26
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183 Davide Rebellin 2.57

Retirements to date :
Total retirements : 0