Vuelta a Espana stage 2 summary

Stage 2 - Pamplona Lekunberri

1 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 3:47:04
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:19
3 Dan Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:19
4 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) INEOS Grenadiers 0:19
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:19
6 Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:19
7 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19
8 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling 0:19
9 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:19
10 George Bennett (Nzl) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:19


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+73 Romain Seigle
+66 Nick Schultz
+51 Mark Donovan
+45 Tim Wellens
+43 Aritz Bagues
+41 Jasper Philipsen
+38 Tsgabu Grmay
+34 Paul Martens
+34 Omar Fraile
+32 Sam Bennett

Biggest losers by position :
-46 Ide Schelling
-41 Rui Oliveira
-33 James Piccoli
-32 Grega Bole
-29 Michael Storer
-29 Tomasz Marczynski
-28 Robert Power
-26 Callum Scotson
-26 Enrico Gasparotto
-25 Brent Van Moer
-25 Omer Goldstein

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:23 Marc Soler

Biggest losers by time :
-21:10 Alex Edmondson
-21:10 Callum Scotson
-21:10 Ide Schelling
-21:10 Jakub Mareczko
-21:10 Magnus Cort
-21:10 Martin Laas
-21:10 Martin Salmon
-21:10 Matteo Moschetti
-21:10 Michael Schwarzmann
-21:10 Michael Storer
-21:10 Mickael Delage

Favourites by position :
+17 Aleksandr Vlasov
+10 Marc Soler
+6 Wout Poels
+1 Michael Woods
+1 George Bennett
+1 Enric Mas
-1 Richard Carapaz
-11 Guillaume Martin
-12 Tom Dumoulin
-14 Daniel Felipe Martinez
-15 Jan Hirt
-18 Tejay van Garderen

Favourites by time :
+0:23 Marc Soler
-0:06 Richard Carapaz
-0:06 George Bennett
-0:06 Enric Mas
-0:06 Alejandro Valverde
-0:48 Aleksandr Vlasov
-1:02 Wout Poels
-8:07 Tom Dumoulin
-8:07 Guillaume Martin
-15:13 Thibaut Pinot
-18:31 Tejay van Garderen
-18:31 Michael Woods
-18:31 Daniel Felipe Martinez
-18:51 Jan Hirt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Primoz Roglic 8:09:41 (unchanged)
2 Dan Martin 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:07)
3 Richard Carapaz 0:11 (was 2nd at 0:05)
4 Esteban Chaves 0:17 (was 4th at 0:11)
5 Enric Mas 0:17 (was 6th at 0:11)
6 Hugh Carthy 0:20 (was 7th at 0:14)
7 Sepp Kuss 0:26 (was 8th at 0:20)
8 George Bennett 0:56 (was 9th at 0:50)
9 Felix Grosschartner 0:59 (was 5th at 0:11)
10 Marc Soler 1:04 (was 20th at 1:27)
11 Alejandro Valverde 1:07 (was 11th at 1:01)
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21 Wout Poels 3:03 (was 27th at 2:01)
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24 Aleksandr Vlasov 5:29 (was 41st at 4:41)
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28 Tom Dumoulin 9:08 (was 16th at 1:01)
29 Guillaume Martin 9:25 (was 18th at 1:18)
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49 Jan Hirt 21:23 (was 34th at 2:32)
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56 Daniel Felipe Martinez 23:30 (was 42nd at 4:59)
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63 Thibaut Pinot 25:19 (was 63rd at 10:06)
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134 Tejay van Garderen 34:01 (was 116th at 15:30)
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156 Michael Woods 37:10 (was 157th at 18:39)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Primoz Roglic 45 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Richard Carapaz 34 (was 2nd with 20 points)
3 Dan Martin 32 (was 3rd with 16 points)
4 Marc Soler 25 (was 0 points)
5 Esteban Chaves 23 (was 4th with 14 points)
6 Enric Mas 20 (was 6th with 10 points)
7 Hugh Carthy 17 (was 7th with 9 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde 17 (was 11th with 5 points)
9 Sepp Kuss 15 (was 8th with 8 points)
10 George Bennett 13 (was 9th with 7 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Richard Carapaz 14 (was 4th with 4 points)
2 Sepp Kuss 14 (was 1st with 10 points)
3 Tim Wellens 6 (was 0 points)
4 Quentin Jauregui 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
5 Dan Martin 6 (was 5th with 4 points)
6 Enric Mas 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
7 Alejandro Valverde 6 (was 0 points)
8 Jetse Bol 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
9 Matteo Badilatti 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
10 Bruno Armirail 2 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Team Jumbo-Visma 24:30:41 (was 1st at 13:08:32)
2 Movistar Team 1:00 (was 2nd at 1:19)
3 UAE-Team Emirates 4:36 (was 3rd at 2:30)
4 Astana Pro Team 11:09 (was 8th at 9:03)
5 Mitchelton-Scott 18:41 (was 9th at 11:44)
6 INEOS Grenadiers 27:24 (was 5th at 6:40)
7 Deceuninck - Quick Step 29:19 (was 14th at 17:43)
8 Trek - Segafredo 30:31 (was 4th at 4:27)
9 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 37:45 (was 7th at 8:16)
10 Groupama - FDJ 38:16 (was 12th at 17:04)
11 CCC Team 42:27 (was 6th at 8:00)
12 NTT Pro Cycling 46:30 (was 13th at 17:08)
13 Bahrain - McLaren 49:22 (was 15th at 18:12)
14 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 49:55 (was 11th at 16:38)
15 Israel Start-Up Nation 53:25 (was 17th at 19:53)
16 BORA - hansgrohe 55:34 (was 18th at 20:39)
17 EF Pro Cycling 55:53 (was 16th at 19:03)
18 Team Total Direct Energie 1:00:51 (was 10th at 15:30)
19 Lotto Soudal 1:01:12 (was 21th at 29:32)
20 Team Sunweb 1:15:05 (was 20th at 28:00)
21 AG2R La Mondiale 1:16:00 (was 19th at 20:45)
22 Burgos-BH 1:21:31 (was 22th at 37:58)

Retirements to date : Stage
Axel Domont (AG2R La Mondiale) 2
Brandon Smith Rivera (INEOS Grenadiers) 2
Alexandre Geniez (AG2R La Mondiale) 1
Ilan Van Wilder (Team Sunweb) 1
Mathias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale) 1
Total retirements : 5


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