Giro d'Italia, stage 2 summary

Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1

Biggest gainers by position :
+54 Maximiliano Richeze
+52 Alexandre Usov
+50 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez
+49 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
+49 Koldo Fernandez
+47 Salvatore Commesso
+47 Fortunato Baliani
+47 Assan Bazayev
+46 Thomas Ziegler
+46 Franck Renier

Biggest losers by position :
-134 Alessandro Vanotti
-115 Dario Andriotto
-88 Frédéric Bessy
-83 Alessandro Spezialetti
-76 Arnaud Labbe
-70 Ivan Rovny
-69 Daniele Contrini
-69 Marco Marzano
-69 Michael Rasmussen
-66 Laszlo Bodrogi
-65 Steven Cummings

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Robbie McEwen
+0:12 Paolo Bettini
+0:08 Alessandro Petacchi

Biggest losers by time :
-12:50 Anton Luengo Celaya
-12:50 Cyrille Monnerais
-11:42 Oscar Gatto
-11:42 Timothy Gudsell
-11:36 Arnaud Labbe
-8:50 Christophe Kern
-8:50 Sven Krauss
-8:50 Thor Hushovd
-8:21 Alessandro Spezialetti
-7:40 Benat Albizuri Aransolo
-6:40 Frédéric Bessy

Favourites by position :
+20 Paolo Bettini
+18 Davide Rebellin
+12 Gilberto Simoni
+11 Dario David Cioni
+8 Riccardo Ricco
+8 Pietro Caucchioli
+8 Leonardo Piepoli
+8 Iban Mayo Diez
+4 Yaroslav Popovych
+3 Stefano Garzelli
+1 Paolo Savoldelli
+1 Danilo Di Luca
+1 Damiano Cunego
-1 Fabian Cancellara
-2 Franco Pellizotti
-16 Thomas Voeckler

Favourites by time :
+0:12 Paolo Bettini
-2:17 Thomas Voeckler

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 5.40.51
2 Enrico Gasparotto 0.00
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0.00
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5 Andrea Noe' 0.00
6 Franco Pellizotti 0.00
7 Paolo Savoldelli 0.13
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14 Fabian Cancellara 0.30
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17 Damiano Cunego 0.42
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23 Yaroslav Popovych 0.49
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26 Stefano Garzelli 1.02
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37 Pietro Caucchioli 1.13
38 Paolo Bettini 1.14
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44 Gilberto Simoni 1.25
45 Riccardo Ricco 1.25
46 Iban Mayo Diez 1.25
47 Leonardo Piepoli 1.25
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54 Dario David Cioni 1.28
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57 Davide Rebellin 1.32
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132 Thomas Voeckler 4.24

Retirements to date :
Gerolsteiner Volker Ordowski
T-Mobile Team Michael Barry
Total retirements : 2