Vuelta a Burgos, stage 2 summary

Stage 2 : Thursday, August 6 2009, Villasana de Mena - Miranda de Ebro, 153 km

1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.36.51
2 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0.01
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Benat Intxausti (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0.05
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.07
7 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.08
9 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
10 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo


Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+83 Bjorn Leukemans
+72 Juan Mauricio Soler
+68 Inaki Isasi Flores
+66 Benat Intxausti
+65 Inigo Cuesta Lopez
+58 Matteo Carrara
+57 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
+57 Arkaitz Duran Daroca
+51 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+48 Alexandre Botcharov

Biggest losers by position :
-86 Baden Cooke
-85 Koldo Fernandez
-78 Joaquin Sobrino Martinez
-74 Diego Milan Jimenez
-71 Geraint Thomas
-65 Francisco Jose Martinez
-60 Jonathan Castroviejo
-56 Timmy Duggan
-54 Javier Benitez Pomares
-50 Nikolas Maes
-49 Fabrice Piemontesi

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-6:06 Jose Vicente Garcia
-6:06 Xabier Zandio Echaide
-5:39 Andoni Blazquez
-4:59 Bobbie Traksel
-4:59 Imanol Erviti
-4:57 Baden Cooke
-4:57 Dario Andriotto
-4:57 Luca Paolini
-4:57 Luis Mas Bonet
-4:57 Michele Merlo
-4:14 Julian Sanchez Pimienta

Favourites by position :
+72 Juan Mauricio Soler
+58 Matteo Carrara
+34 Philip Deignan
+30 Ezequiel Mosquera
+26 Alejandro Valverde
+15 Stefano Garzelli
+14 Josep Jufre Pou

Favourites by time :
-0:01 Alejandro Valverde
-0:07 Stefano Garzelli
-0:08 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:12 Matteo Carrara
-0:14 Juan Mauricio Soler
-0:25 Philip Deignan
-0:28 Josep Jufre Pou

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 7.05.05
2 Ben Hermans 0.01
3 Alejandro Valverde 0.01
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6 Stefano Garzelli 0.07
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10 Ezequiel Mosquera 0.08
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15 Matteo Carrara 0.12
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17 Juan Mauricio Soler 0.14
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27 Philip Deignan 0.25
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31 Josep Jufre Pou 0.28

Retirements to date : Stage
Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2
Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2
Marcos Garcia Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1
Total retirements : 3