Tour de Romandie, stage 1 summary

Stage 1 : Apr 27, Martigny - Leysin, 172.6 km

1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 4.27.41
2 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 0.56
3 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 1.15
4 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 1.23
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 1.59
6 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 2.01
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 2.03
8 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 2.05
9 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD


Changes in GC, stage 1 compared to stage 0 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+123 Rui Alberto Faria Costa
+117 John Gadret
+115 Denis Menchov
+115 Andrew Talansky
+112 Peter Stetina
+108 Branislau Samoilau
+104 Dario David Cioni
+103 Morris Possoni
+101 Mikael Cherel
+101 Mathieu Perget

Biggest losers by position :
-131 Taylor Phinney
-126 Mark Renshaw
-118 Adam Blythe
-113 Sebastien Rosseler
-106 Rick Flens
-105 Michael Morkov
-104 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso
-96 Patrick Gretsch
-94 Gerald Ciolek
-85 Danilo Wyss
-85 Julien Loubet

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:15 Pavel Brutt

Biggest losers by time :
-17:06 Mirco Lorenzetto
-16:47 Adam Blythe
-16:47 Alan Marangoni
-16:47 Bert Grabsch
-16:47 Christopher Sutton
-16:47 Danilo Wyss
-16:47 Fabio Sabatini
-16:47 Francesco Chicchi
-16:47 Jan Tratnik
-16:47 Julien Loubet
-16:47 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso

Favourites by position :
+115 Denis Menchov
+87 Janez Brajkovic
+64 Ivan Basso
+35 Vladimir Karpets
+29 Linus Gerdemann
+18 Cadel Evans
+6 Tony Martin
+2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-11 Bradley Wiggins
-25 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-26 David Zabriskie
-32 Roman Kreuziger
-39 Richie Porte

Favourites by time :
-1:58 Cadel Evans
-2:00 Janez Brajkovic
-2:00 Denis Menchov
-2:31 Tony Martin
-2:31 Linus Gerdemann
-2:58 Ivan Basso
-3:02 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-3:23 Richie Porte
-3:33 Vladimir Karpets
-3:33 David Zabriskie
-5:26 Roman Kreuziger
-5:26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-5:26 Bradley Wiggins

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Pavel Brutt 4:31:26 (was 97th at 0:15)
2 Oleksandr Kvachuk 1:00 (was 99th at 0:15)
3 Branislau Samoilau 1:22 (was 111st at 0:16)
4 Jack Bobridge 1:31 (was 83rd at 0:13)
5 Alexandre Vinokourov 2:04 (was 9th at 0:04)
6 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui 2:04 (was 11th at 0:04)
7 Cadel Evans 2:06 (was 25th at 0:08)
8 Steve Morabito 2:08 (was 24th at 0:08)
9 Damiano Cunego 2:08 (was 89th at 0:14)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 2:09 (was 74th at 0:13)
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20 Janez Brajkovic 2:16 (was 107th at 0:16)
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22 Denis Menchov 2:21 (was 137th at 0:21)
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29 Tony Martin 2:40 (was 35th at 0:09)
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32 Linus Gerdemann 2:43 (was 61st at 0:12)
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45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 3:09 (was 20th at 0:07)
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49 Ivan Basso 3:14 (was 113rd at 0:16)
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54 Richie Porte 3:29 (was 15th at 0:06)
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62 David Zabriskie 3:42 (was 36th at 0:09)
63 Vladimir Karpets 3:48 (was 98th at 0:15)
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82 Roman Kreuziger 5:37 (was 50th at 0:11)
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88 Bradley Wiggins 5:39 (was 77th at 0:13)
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90 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 5:40 (was 92nd at 0:14)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Oleksandr Kvachuk 24
2 Pavel Brutt 22
3 Branislau Samoilau 22
4 Jack Bobridge 12
5 Christopher Froome 2
6 Amael Moinard 2
7 Taylor Phinney 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek 1
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 1
Nicki Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 1
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 4


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