Tour de Romandie, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Apr 26, Montb - Moutier, 149.1 km

1 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 3.48.11
2 Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team
3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda
6 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
7 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
8 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
9 Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+28 Joan Horrach Rippoll
+28 Angelo Tulik
+23 Kenny Dehaes
+23 Frederik Willems
+21 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa
+21 Mathieu Perget
+21 Gert Dockx
+21 Anders Lund
+20 Maarten Wijnants
+19 Remi Pauriol

Biggest losers by position :
-54 Jeremy Roy
-35 Geraint Thomas
-32 Nelson Oliveira
-27 Martin Elmiger
-26 Jakob Fuglsang
-21 Kristof Vandewalle
-20 Alex Rasmussen
-17 Bert Grabsch
-15 Kevin Seeldrayers
-14 David Tanner
-14 Jimmy Engoulvent

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Jonathan Hivert
+0:06 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+0:04 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil

Biggest losers by time :
-8:32 Danny Pate
-8:32 Jeremy Roy
-8:32 Mark Cavendish
-8:29 Alan Perez Lezaun
-8:29 Geraint Thomas
-7:20 Alex Rasmussen
-7:20 Bert Grabsch
-7:20 Danilo Hondo
-7:20 David Tanner
-7:20 Franck Bouyer
-7:20 Giovanni Bernaudeau

Favourites by position :
+8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+3 John Gadret
+2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1 Ryder Hesjedal
-1 Andreas Kloden
-26 Jakob Fuglsang

Favourites by time :
+0:04 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-6:35 Christopher Froome
-7:20 Jakob Fuglsang

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 8:42:02 (unchanged)
2 Michael Rogers 0:07 (unchanged)
3 Bauke Mollema 0:09 (unchanged)
4 Stef Clement 0:09 (unchanged)
5 Andrew Talansky 0:11 (unchanged)
6 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0:11 (was 14th at 0:15)
7 Wilco Kelderman 0:11 (was 6th at 0:11)
8 David Zabriskie 0:12 (was 7th at 0:12)
9 Simon Spilak 0:12 (was 8th at 0:12)
10 Ruben Plaza Molina 0:12 (was 9th at 0:12)
.....
22 Andreas Kloden 0:18 (was 21st at 0:18)
.....
25 Ryder Hesjedal 0:18 (was 24th at 0:18)
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28 Roman Kreuziger 0:19 (unchanged)
29 Janez Brajkovic 0:19 (unchanged)
.....
31 Cadel Evans 0:21 (unchanged)
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50 Ivan Basso 0:26 (unchanged)
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74 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 1:33 (was 76th at 1:33)
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88 John Gadret 3:02 (was 91st at 3:02)
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132 Jakob Fuglsang 13:12 (was 106th at 5:52)
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150 Christopher Froome 18:06 (was 150th at 11:31)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Stef Clement 7 (was 1st with 6 points)
2 Fabrice Jeandesboz 6 (was 0 points)
3 Christian Meier 6 (was 0 points)
4 Jimmy Engoulvent 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
5 Kenny De Haes 4 (was 4th with 3 points)
6 Peter Stetina 3 (was 0 points)
7 Chris Anker Sorensen 3 (was 3rd with 3 points)
8 Lars Bak 3 (was 0 points)
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers 1 (was 5th with 1 points)
10 Martin Kohler 1 (was 6th with 1 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Lars Bak 21 (was 0 points)
2 Fabrice Jeandesboz 15 (was 1st with 8 points)
3 Martin Kohler 12 (was 2nd with 8 points)
4 Christian Meier 9 (was 0 points)
5 Thomas Rohregger 7 (was 3rd with 6 points)
6 Angelo Tulik 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
7 Daniel Navarro 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
8 Peter Stetina 4 (was 0 points)
9 Kevin Seeldraeyers 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
10 Kenny De Haes 4 (was 7th with 4 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2
Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Travis Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 2
Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 1
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 6


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