Tour de France, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Jul 5, Brussels - Spa, 201 km

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 4.40.48
2 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.56
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
5 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
9 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+86 Sylvain Chavanel
+63 Mathieu Perget
+63 Maarten Wijnants
+62 Ruben Perez Moreno
+62 Iban Velasco Murillo
+62 Aitor Perez Arrieta
+61 Thomas Voeckler
+61 Serge Pauwels
+61 Pierre Rolland
+61 Fabian Wegmann

Biggest losers by position :
-175 Tyler Farrar
-167 Niki Terpstra
-152 Ignatas Konovalovas
-142 Adriano Malori
-137 Vasili Kiryienka
-134 Roger Kluge
-129 Manuel Quinziato
-122 Robert Hunter
-119 Alessandro Petacchi
-118 Brett Lancaster
-116 Steve Morabito

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:59 Sylvain Chavanel

Biggest losers by time :
-18:04 Andreas Klier
-18:04 Anthony Geslin
-18:04 Benoit Vaugrenard
-18:04 Chris Anker Sorensen
-18:04 Grega Bole
-18:04 Ignatas Konovalovas
-18:04 Matti Breschel
-18:04 Niki Terpstra
-18:04 Roger Kluge
-18:04 Stephane Auge
-18:04 Stuart O'Grady

Favourites by position :
+34 Andy Schleck
+32 Joaquin Rodriguez
+18 Frank Schleck
+18 Denis Menchov
+18 Bradley Wiggins
+17 Ivan Basso
+17 Carlos Sastre
+13 Robert Gesink
+4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+4 Cadel Evans
+3 Roman Kreuziger
+2 Andreas Kloden
-1 Lance Armstrong
-1 Alberto Contador Velasco

Favourites by time :
-2:57 Roman Kreuziger
-2:57 Robert Gesink
-2:57 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2:57 Levi Leipheimer
-2:57 Lance Armstrong
-2:57 Joaquin Rodriguez
-2:57 Ivan Basso
-2:57 Frank Schleck
-2:57 Denis Menchov
-2:57 Carlos Sastre
-2:57 Cadel Evans
-2:57 Bradley Wiggins
-2:57 Andy Schleck
-2:57 Andreas Kloden
-2:57 Alberto Contador Velasco

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Sylvain Chavanel 10:01:25 (was 87th at 0:59)
2 Fabian Cancellara 2:57 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Tony Martin 3:07 (was 2nd at 0:10)
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5 Lance Armstrong 3:19 (was 4th at 0:22)
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7 Alberto Contador Velasco 3:24 (was 6th at 0:27)
8 Levi Leipheimer 3:25 (was 8th at 0:28)
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15 Andreas Kloden 3:33 (was 17th at 0:36)
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17 Roman Kreuziger 3:35 (was 20th at 0:38)
18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 3:36 (was 22nd at 0:39)
19 Cadel Evans 3:36 (was 23rd at 0:39)
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41 Robert Gesink 3:48 (was 54th at 0:51)
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51 Carlos Sastre 3:51 (was 68th at 0:54)
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53 Ivan Basso 3:52 (was 70th at 0:55)
54 Denis Menchov 3:53 (was 72nd at 0:56)
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57 Bradley Wiggins 3:53 (was 75th at 0:56)
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59 Frank Schleck 3:54 (was 77th at 0:57)
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80 Joaquin Rodriguez 4:05 (was 112nd at 1:08)
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85 Andy Schleck 4:06 (was 119th at 1:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sylvain Chavanel 44 (was 24th with 9 points)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 35 (was 1st with 35 points)
3 Jurgen Roelandts 34 (was 11th with 16 points)
4 Mark Renshaw 30 (was 2nd with 30 points)
5 Thor Hushovd 26 (was 3rd with 26 points)
6 Robbie McEwen 24 (was 4th with 24 points)
7 Matthieu Ladagnous 22 (was 5th with 22 points)
8 Daniel Oss 20 (was 6th with 20 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 19 (was 7th with 19 points)
10 Sebastien Turgot 19 (was 14th with 15 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Jerome Pineau 13
2 Sylvain Chavanel 8
3 Rein Taaramae 8
4 Maxime Monfort 5
5 Matthew Lloyd 4
6 Jurgen Roelandts 3
7 Carlos Barredo Llamazales 2
8 Francesco Gavazzi 2
9 Marcus Burghardt 2
10 Fabian Cancellara 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 4


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