Tour of California, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : May 12, Folsom (ITT), 20.1 km

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 23.18.27
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 0.44
3 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.52
4 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Jamis - Hagens Berman 1.08
5 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 1.11
6 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1.15
7 Tiago Machado (Por) Team NetApp-Endura 1.19
8 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 1.21
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 1.24
10 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Shimano 1.25


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+90 Rohan Dennis
+83 Jack Bobridge
+81 Jens Voigt
+74 Damien Howson
+65 Maciej Bodnar
+61 Lachlan Morton
+61 Jesse Sergent
+61 Greg Van Avermaet
+55 Tom Zirbel
+54 Christian Knees

Biggest losers by position :
-84 Moreno Hofland
-83 Ken Hanson
-82 Guillaume Boivin
-79 Ryan Eastman
-76 Juan Jose Haedo
-75 Tanner Putt
-75 Zakkari Dempster
-74 Matthew Goss
-70 Thor Hushovd
-68 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-63 Nicolai Brochner

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Bradley Wiggins

Biggest losers by time :
-5:15 Andrea Peron
-4:52 Will Routley
-4:47 Andreas Schillinger
-4:45 Paul Voss
-4:39 Alexander Candelario
-4:37 Tom Leezer
-4:27 Dennis Van Winden
-4:19 Scott Thwaites
-4:14 Thomas Damuseau
-4:12 Nicolas Lefrancois
-4:10 Matt Cooke

Favourites by position :
+90 Rohan Dennis
+61 Lachlan Morton
+41 Gregory Obando Brenes
+32 Leopold Konig
+31 Haimar Zubeldia
+30 Matthew Busche
+30 Bradley Wiggins
+20 Tiago Machado
+13 Lawson Craddock
+13 Chad Haga
-8 Laurens Ten Dam
-28 George Bennett

Favourites by time :
+0:10 Bradley Wiggins
-0:34 Rohan Dennis
-1:09 Tiago Machado
-1:15 Chad Haga
-1:23 Lawson Craddock
-1:32 Leopold Konig
-1:44 Lachlan Morton
-2:00 Haimar Zubeldia
-2:06 Matthew Busche
-2:10 Laurens Ten Dam
-2:20 Gregory Obando Brenes
-2:34 George Bennett

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 5:07:35 (was 31st at 0:10)
2 Rohan Dennis 0:44 (was 92nd at 0:10)
3 Taylor Phinney 0:52 (was 10th at 0:10)
4 Eloy Teruel Rovira 1:08 (was 34th at 0:10)
5 Jesse Sergent 1:11 (was 66th at 0:10)
6 Tiago Machado 1:19 (was 26th at 0:10)
7 Markel Irizar Aranburu 1:21 (was 27th at 0:10)
8 Jens Voigt 1:24 (was 89th at 0:10)
9 Chad Haga 1:25 (was 22nd at 0:10)
10 Tom Zirbel 1:28 (was 65th at 0:10)
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12 Lawson Craddock 1:33 (was 25th at 0:10)
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16 Leopold Konig 1:42 (was 48th at 0:10)
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22 Lachlan Morton 1:54 (was 83rd at 0:10)
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28 Haimar Zubeldia 2:10 (was 59th at 0:10)
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30 Matthew Busche 2:16 (was 60th at 0:10)
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36 Laurens Ten Dam 2:20 (was 28th at 0:10)
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51 George Bennett 2:44 (was 23rd at 0:10)
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54 Gregory Obando Brenes 2:50 (was 95th at 0:30)

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


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