Tour de Suisse, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Jun 9, Quinto - Crans-Montano, 170.7 km

1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 2.43.00
2 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.11
3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp
5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0.19
10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+129 Johann Tschopp
+121 Igor Anton Hernandez
+109 Simon Spilak
+106 Michele Scarponi
+106 Marcel Wyss
+105 Daniel Martin
+102 Jorge Azanza Soto
+98 Eduard Vorganov
+96 Mirko Selvaggi
+94 Joshua Edmondson

Biggest losers by position :
-122 Alex Rasmussen
-114 Cyril Lemoine
-112 Arnaud Demare
-112 Fabian Cancellara
-111 Gregory Rast
-108 Alexander Kristoff
-103 Sep Vanmarcke
-100 Jacopo Guarnieri
-100 Stuart O'Grady
-92 Niki Terpstra
-89 Reto Hollenstein

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:16 Thibaut Pinot
+0:16 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:16 Roman Kreuziger
+0:16 Michele Scarponi
+0:16 Mathias Frank
+0:16 Johann Tschopp
+0:16 Daniel Martin
+0:08 Giovanni Visconti
+0:08 Domenico Pozzovivo
+0:07 Bauke Mollema

Biggest losers by time :
-15:21 Frederique Robert
-13:56 Aidis Kruopis
-13:56 Alex Rasmussen
-13:56 Alexander Kristoff
-13:56 Arman Kamyshev
-13:56 Arnaud Demare
-13:56 Baden Cooke
-13:56 Ben Swift
-13:56 Bernhard Eisel
-13:56 Cedric Pineau
-13:56 Christophe Riblon

Favourites by position :
+109 Simon Spilak
+106 Michele Scarponi
+105 Daniel Martin
+78 Andy Schleck
+76 Steven Kruijswijk
+64 Roman Kreuziger
+55 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+51 Tejay van Garderen
+48 Bauke Mollema
+47 Janez Brajkovic
+43 Wilco Kelderman
+42 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+7 Ryder Hesjedal
-12 Maxime Monfort
-20 Michael Albasini

Favourites by time :
+0:16 Ryder Hesjedal
+0:16 Roman Kreuziger
+0:16 Michele Scarponi
+0:16 Daniel Martin
+0:07 Bauke Mollema
-0:02 Simon Spilak
-0:02 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-0:11 Wilco Kelderman
-0:13 Tejay van Garderen
-0:53 Maxime Monfort
-2:14 Steven Kruijswijk
-3:05 Andy Schleck
-3:38 Michael Albasini

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cameron Meyer 2:53:06 (unchanged)
2 Ryder Hesjedal 0:03 (was 9th at 0:19)
3 Mathias Frank 0:05 (was 12th at 0:21)
4 Giovanni Visconti 0:12 (was 11th at 0:20)
5 Thibaut Pinot 0:16 (was 31st at 0:32)
6 Roman Kreuziger 0:28 (was 70th at 0:44)
7 Moreno Moser 0:34 (was 45th at 0:37)
8 Bauke Mollema 0:34 (was 56th at 0:41)
9 Alexsandr Dyachenko 0:35 (was 14th at 0:22)
10 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:36 (was 71st at 0:44)
11 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 0:40 (was 53rd at 0:40)
12 Daniel Martin 0:42 (was 117th at 0:58)
13 Janez Brajkovic 0:42 (was 60th at 0:42)
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15 Michele Scarponi 0:44 (was 121st at 1:00)
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17 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:47 (was 72nd at 0:45)
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19 Wilco Kelderman 0:53 (was 62nd at 0:42)
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22 Tejay van Garderen 0:58 (was 73rd at 0:45)
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28 Simon Spilak 1:09 (was 137th at 1:07)
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30 Maxime Monfort 1:18 (was 18th at 0:25)
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42 Steven Kruijswijk 3:12 (was 118th at 0:58)
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56 Andy Schleck 4:11 (was 134th at 1:06)
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58 Michael Albasini 4:12 (was 38th at 0:34)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Cameron Meyer 15 (unchanged)
2 Bauke Mollema 15 (was 0 points)
3 Ryder Hesjedal 13 (was 9th with 4 points)
4 Mathias Frank 13 (was 12th with 1 points)
5 Niki Terpstra 12 (was 2nd with 12 points)
6 Thibaut Pinot 10 (was 0 points)
7 Heinrich Haussler 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
8 Alex Rasmussen 9 (was 4th with 9 points)
9 Johann Tschopp 8 (was 0 points)
10 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui 8 (was 5th with 8 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Ryder Hesjedal 12
2 Domenico Pozzovivo 8
3 Thibaut Pinot 6
4 Tanel Kangert 4
5 Daniel Martin 2

Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0


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