Vuelta a Espana, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Aug 19, Pamplona - Viana, 181.4 km

1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano 4.38.40
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Orica - GreenEdge
3 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
6 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team
7 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - ISD
8 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
9 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Caja Rural
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+26 John Degenkolb
+14 Marcos Garcia
+14 Andre Fernando S Martins Cardoso
+13 Sergey Lagutin
+13 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+13 Gert Steegmans
+12 Ben Swift
+11 Zdenek Stybar
+11 Laurent Didier
+11 Gatis Smukulis

Biggest losers by position :
-122 Joost van Leijen
-97 David Boucher
-96 Wesley Sulzberger
-73 Mitchell Docker
-57 Yukihiro Doi
-34 Mikhail Ignatyev
-33 Tony Martin
-31 Simon Clarke
-30 Martijn Keizer
-26 Bruno Pires
-24 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:12 John Degenkolb
+0:08 Allan Davis
+0:04 Ben Swift

Biggest losers by time :
-12:56 David Boucher
-9:08 Martijn Keizer
-3:28 Mikhail Ignatyev
-2:06 Joost van Leijen
-2:05 Mitchell Docker
-1:49 Tony Martin
-1:37 Gregory Rast
-1:32 Travis Meyer
-1:32 Wesley Sulzberger
-1:32 Yukihiro Doi
-1:08 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente

Favourites by position :
+6 John Gadret
+5 Thomas De Gendt
+5 Denis Menchov
+4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+3 Cameron Meyer
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+1 Maxime Monfort
+1 Christopher Froome
-1 Bauke Mollema
-5 Rigoberto Uran
-33 Tony Martin

Favourites by time :
-1:49 Tony Martin

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas 4:57:31 (unchanged)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:01 (was 4th at 0:01)
3 Javier Moreno Bazan 0:01 (was 2nd at 0:01)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:01 (was 5th at 0:01)
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:01 (was 3rd at 0:01)
6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:04 (unchanged)
7 Dennis van Winden 0:10 (was 16th at 0:10)
8 Niki Terpstra 0:10 (was 7th at 0:10)
9 Kevin De Weert 0:10 (unchanged)
10 Alessandro Ballan 0:10 (was 19th at 0:10)
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14 Bauke Mollema 0:10 (was 13th at 0:10)
15 Robert Gesink 0:10 (unchanged)
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24 Christopher Froome 0:12 (was 25th at 0:12)
25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:12 (was 29th at 0:12)
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29 Rigoberto Uran 0:12 (was 24th at 0:12)
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32 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:14 (was 35th at 0:14)
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36 Denis Menchov 0:15 (was 41st at 0:15)
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38 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:15 (was 40th at 0:15)
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52 Cameron Meyer 0:33 (was 55th at 0:33)
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60 John Gadret 0:34 (was 66th at 0:34)
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65 Thomas De Gendt 0:35 (was 70th at 0:35)
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87 Damiano Cunego 0:54 (unchanged)
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93 Maxime Monfort 0:55 (was 94th at 0:55)
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189 Tony Martin 3:50 (was 156th at 2:01)

Top 10 on Points table
1 John Degenkolb 25
2 Allan Davis 20
3 Ben Swift 16
4 Elia Viviani 14
5 Klaas Lodewyck 12
6 Vicente Reynes Mimo 10
7 Davide Cimolai 9
8 Mikhail Ignatyev 8
9 Gianni Meersman 8
10 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso 7

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Javier Chacon 3
2 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente 2
3 Mikhail Ignatyev 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 1


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