Tour de Romandie stage 2 summary

Stage 2 - La Neuveville-Saint-Imier

1 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain - Victorious 4:21:42
2 Patrick Bevin (Nzl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00
3 Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE-Team Emirates 0:00
4 Clement Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:00
5 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE-Team Emirates 0:00
6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
7 Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Team DSM 0:00
8 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:00
9 Rui Costa (Por) UAE-Team Emirates 0:00
10 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Jan Hirt
+42 Chris Froome
+36 Simon Pellaud
+36 Sander Armee
+33 Simone Petilli
+33 Mathias Reutimann
+33 Louis Meintjes
+32 Mathias Fluckiger
+31 Matthieu Ladagnous
+25 Rodrigo Contreras

Biggest losers by position :
-68 Peter Sagan
-68 Remi Cavagna
-61 Jan Tratnik
-52 Chad Haga
-47 Filippo Ganna
-44 Alex Dowsett
-43 Philippe Gilbert
-41 Jake Stewart
-34 Tom Bohli
-32 Andreas Kron
-31 Stefan Kung

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Sonny Colbrelli
+0:06 Patrick Bevin
+0:04 Marc Hirschi

Biggest losers by time :
-18:27 Albert Torres
-18:27 Claudio Imhof
-18:27 Cyrille Thiery
-18:27 Davide Martinelli
-18:27 Elia Viviani
-18:27 Gerben Thijssen
-18:27 Joel Suter
-18:27 Jordi Meeus
-18:27 Nico Denz
-18:27 Oliviero Troia
-18:27 Phil Bauhaus

Favourites by position :
+42 Jan Hirt
+21 Tejay Van Garderen
+17 Lucas Hamilton
+12 Marc Soler
+8 Steven Kruijswijk
+8 Michael Woods
+7 Fausto Masnada
+6 Ion Izagirre
+5 Miguel Angel Lopez
+5 Jack Haig
+3 Wilco Kelderman
-1 Richie Porte
-1 Geraint Thomas

Favourites by time :
-0:43 Jan Hirt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rohan Dennis 8:39:48 (unchanged)
2 Patrick Bevin 0:08 (was 7th at 0:14)
3 Geraint Thomas 0:09 (was 2nd at 0:09)
4 Richie Porte 0:09 (was 3rd at 0:09)
5 Sonny Colbrelli 0:09 (was 20th at 0:19)
6 Marc Hirschi 0:11 (was 9th at 0:15)
7 Jesus Herrada 0:14 (was 8th at 0:14)
8 Mattia Cattaneo 0:15 (was 10th at 0:15)
9 Wilco Kelderman 0:16 (was 12th at 0:16)
10 Ilan Van Wilder 0:16 (was 13th at 0:16)
.....
13 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:19 (was 18th at 0:19)
14 Jack Haig 0:19 (was 19th at 0:19)
15 Ion Izagirre 0:21 (was 21st at 0:21)
.....
18 Fausto Masnada 0:23 (was 25th at 0:23)
19 Steven Kruijswijk 0:24 (was 27th at 0:24)
.....
21 Michael Woods 0:25 (was 29th at 0:25)
.....
23 Marc Soler 0:27 (was 35th at 0:27)
.....
31 Lucas Hamilton 0:30 (was 48th at 0:30)
.....
34 Tejay Van Garderen 0:32 (was 55th at 0:32)
.....
64 Jan Hirt 5:10 (was 106th at 4:27)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sonny Colbrelli (was 4th with 30 points)
2 Peter Sagan (was 1st with 50 points)
3 Patrick Bevin (was 7th with 20 points)
4 Marc Hirschi (was 11th with 16 points)
5 Rohan Dennis (was 2nd with 30 points)
6 Manuele Boaro (was 3rd with 30 points)
7 Geraint Thomas (was 5th with 25 points)
8 Richie Porte (was 6th with 22 points)
9 Mattia Cattaneo (was 12th with 16 points)
10 Wilco Kelderman (was 23rd with 6 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Joel Suter 38 (unchanged)
2 Davide Villella 34 (was 0 points)
3 Rein Taaramae 26 (was 0 points)
4 Antwan Tolhoek 20 (was 0 points)
5 Manuele Boaro 19 (was 2nd with 19 points)
6 Robert Power 14 (was 3rd with 12 points)
7 Rohan Dennis 12 (was 0 points)
8 Thymen Arensman 11 (was 4th with 11 points)
9 Geraint Thomas 10 (was 8th with 2 points)
10 Hermann Pernsteiner 8 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 INEOS Grenadiers 25:59:42 (was 1st at 12:54:36)
2 UAE-Team Emirates 0:38 (was 3rd at 0:38)
3 Bahrain - Victorious 0:39 (was 4th at 0:39)
4 Movistar Team 0:59 (was 11th at 0:59)
5 Team DSM 1:23 (was 5th at 0:40)
6 Team Jumbo-Visma 1:25 (was 6th at 0:42)
7 Israel Start-Up Nation 1:34 (was 9th at 0:51)
8 Trek - Segafredo 1:45 (was 12th at 1:02)
9 AG2R Citroen Team 1:52 (was 14th at 1:09)
10 Groupama - FDJ 1:54 (was 10th at 0:52)
11 Team BikeExchange 2:00 (was 15th at 1:17)
12 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 2:02 (was 16th at 1:19)
13 EF Education - Nippo 2:08 (was 7th at 0:42)
14 Astana - Premier Tech 5:00 (was 17th at 4:17)
15 Deceuninck - Quick Step 7:58 (was 2nd at 0:26)
16 BORA - hansgrohe 8:29 (was 8th at 0:45)
17 Lotto Soudal 10:05 (was 13th at 1:07)
18 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 12:12 (was 18th at 4:22)
19 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 13:39 (was 19th at 5:06)
20 Swiss Cycling 21:50 (was 20th at 19:41)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexey Lutsenko (Astana - Premier Tech) 2
Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2
Dries Devenyns (Deceuninck - Quick Step) 2
Erik Baska (BORA - hansgrohe) 2
Sam Bewley (Team BikeExchange) 2
Harry Tanfield (Team Qhubeka ASSOS) 1
Total retirements : 6


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