Tour de France stage 2 summary

Stage 2 - Nice Nice

1 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck - Quick Step 4:55:27
2 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb 0:00
3 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:02
5 Sergio Higuita (Col) EF Pro Cycling 0:02
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek - Segafredo 0:02
7 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02
8 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE-Team Emirates 0:02
9 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe 0:02
10 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Pro Cycling 0:02


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+141 Marc Hirschi
+122 Damiano Caruso
+120 Pello Bilbao
+120 George Bennett
+115 Sebastien Reichenbach
+114 Marc Soler
+114 Adam Yates
+109 Thibaut Pinot
+106 Julian Alaphilippe
+101 Miguel Angel Lopez

Biggest losers by position :
-145 Sam Bennett
-143 Caleb Ewan
-143 Cees Bol
-140 Bryan Coquard
-140 Giacomo Nizzolo
-128 Alexander Kristoff
-128 Mads Pedersen
-125 Elia Viviani
-124 Simone Consonni
-123 Anthony Turgis
-119 Luka Mezgec

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Julian Alaphilippe
+0:06 Adam Yates
+0:03 Marc Hirschi

Biggest losers by time :
-29:13 Caleb Ewan
-29:13 Jasper De Buyst
-29:00 Andre Greipel
-29:00 Bryan Coquard
-29:00 Cees Bol
-29:00 Clement Russo
-29:00 David de la Cruz
-29:00 Fabien Grellier
-29:00 Frederik Frison
-29:00 Giacomo Nizzolo
-29:00 Jerome Cousin

Favourites by position :
+114 Adam Yates
+109 Thibaut Pinot
+106 Julian Alaphilippe
+101 Miguel Angel Lopez
+95 Alejandro Valverde
+85 Richie Porte
+81 Domenico Pozzovivo
+68 Rigoberto Uran
+63 Romain Bardet
+61 Enric Mas
+51 Emanuel Buchmann
+47 Nairo Quintana
+35 Richard Carapaz
+33 Tom Dumoulin
+28 Primoz Roglic

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Julian Alaphilippe
+0:06 Adam Yates
-0:07 Tom Dumoulin
-0:07 Thibaut Pinot
-0:07 Romain Bardet
-0:07 Rigoberto Uran
-0:07 Richie Porte
-0:07 Richard Carapaz
-0:07 Primoz Roglic
-0:07 Nairo Quintana
-0:07 Miguel Angel Lopez
-0:07 Enric Mas
-0:07 Emanuel Buchmann
-0:07 Alejandro Valverde
-1:21 Domenico Pozzovivo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Julian Alaphilippe 8:41:35 (was 107th at 0:10)
2 Adam Yates 0:04 (was 116th at 0:10)
3 Marc Hirschi 0:07 (was 144th at 0:10)
4 Sergio Higuita 0:17 (was 16th at 0:10)
5 Tadej Pogacar 0:17 (was 17th at 0:10)
6 Esteban Chaves 0:17 (was 46th at 0:10)
7 Davide Formolo 0:17 (was 25th at 0:10)
8 Egan Bernal 0:17 (was 45th at 0:10)
9 Richard Carapaz 0:17 (was 44th at 0:10)
10 Tom Dumoulin 0:17 (was 43rd at 0:10)
11 Primoz Roglic 0:17 (was 39th at 0:10)
.....
13 Nairo Quintana 0:17 (was 60th at 0:10)
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15 Emanuel Buchmann 0:17 (was 66th at 0:10)
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19 Enric Mas 0:17 (was 80th at 0:10)
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21 Romain Bardet 0:17 (was 84th at 0:10)
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25 Rigoberto Uran 0:17 (was 93rd at 0:10)
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27 Alejandro Valverde 0:17 (was 122nd at 0:10)
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29 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:17 (was 130th at 0:10)
30 Richie Porte 0:17 (was 115th at 0:10)
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33 Thibaut Pinot 0:17 (was 142nd at 0:10)
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39 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:31 (was 120th at 0:10)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alexander Kristoff 64 (was 1st with 59 points)
2 Peter Sagan 46 (was 3rd with 29 points)
3 Matteo Trentin 36 (was 9th with 16 points)
4 Sam Bennett 35 (was 4th with 28 points)
5 Julian Alaphilippe 30 (was 0 points)
6 Mads Pedersen 30 (was 2nd with 30 points)
7 Marc Hirschi 25 (was 0 points)
8 Adam Yates 22 (was 0 points)
9 Bryan Coquard 22 (was 7th with 18 points)
10 Michael Schar 20 (was 5th with 20 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Benoit Cosnefroy 18 (was 0 points)
2 Anthony Perez 18 (was 0 points)
3 Michael Gogl 12 (was 0 points)
4 Toms Skujins 6 (was 0 points)
5 Kasper Asgreen 6 (was 0 points)
6 Nicolas Roche 5 (was 0 points)
7 Robert Gesink 3 (was 0 points)
8 Michael Schar 2 (was 2nd with 2 points)
9 Fabien Grellier 2 (was 1st with 2 points)
10 Marc Hirschi 2 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Trek - Segafredo 26:05:36 (was 1st at 11:19:09)
2 EF Pro Cycling 0:00 (was 15th at 0:00)
3 Astana Pro Team 0:00 (was 18th at 0:00)
4 Bahrain - McLaren 0:00 (was 21th at 0:00)
5 INEOS Grenadiers 1:02 (was 12th at 0:00)
6 Movistar Team 1:10 (was 20th at 0:00)
7 Team Jumbo-Visma 1:14 (was 10th at 0:00)
8 UAE-Team Emirates 2:07 (was 2nd at 0:00)
9 Groupama - FDJ 2:07 (was 22th at 0:00)
10 AG2R La Mondiale 3:36 (was 7th at 0:00)
11 Mitchelton-Scott 4:22 (was 8th at 0:00)
12 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:23 (was 3rd at 0:00)
13 BORA - hansgrohe 10:17 (was 13th at 0:00)
14 Team Arkea Samsic 11:23 (was 11th at 0:00)
15 Team Sunweb 13:48 (was 4th at 0:00)
16 Deceuninck - Quick Step 21:29 (was 5th at 0:00)
17 CCC Team 22:06 (was 9th at 0:00)
18 B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM 28:00 (was 6th at 0:00)
19 Israel Start-Up Nation 35:00 (was 19th at 0:00)
20 NTT Pro Cycling 36:40 (was 16th at 0:00)
21 Team Total Direct Energie 1:00:49 (was 17th at 0:00)
22 Lotto Soudal 1:26:39 (was 14th at 0:00)

Retirements to date : Stage
Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) 2
Rafael Valls (Bahrain - McLaren) 2
John Degenkolb (Lotto Soudal) 1
Toms Skujiss (Trek - Segafredo) 1
Total retirements : 4


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