Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 Biggest gainers by position : +31 Yon Bru Pascal +27 Mario Aerts +24 Sebastien Portal +17 Ralf Grabsch +17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +16 Lander Aperribay +15 Philipp Ludescher +12 Nicki Sorensen +12 Marcus Ljungqvist +11 Tanel Kangert Biggest losers by position : -41 Albert Timmer -23 Marcel Sieberg -22 Andre Greipel -22 Bert Grabsch -20 Johannes Frohlinger -19 Ronny Scholz -19 Tony Martin -18 Bernhard Kohl -17 Hector Gonzalez -17 Yoann Le Boulanger -13 Marcus Burghardt Biggest gainers by time : +0:02 David De La Fuente Rasilla Biggest losers by time : -7:14 Albert Timmer -5:53 Yoann Le Boulanger -5:30 Bernhard Kohl -5:30 Johannes Frohlinger -5:30 Markus Eichler -5:30 Rene Haselbacher -5:30 Robert Forster -5:30 Tony Martin -4:47 Marco Bandiera -4:47 Martin Muller -4:24 Sebastien Chavanel Favourites by position : +17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +8 Rigoberto Uran +8 Johan Van Summeren +3 Remi Pauriol +1 Vladimir Karpets -1 Leonardo Bertagnolli -2 Maxime Monfort -4 Matteo Carrara -10 Rene Haselbacher -18 Bernhard Kohl Favourites by time : -0:08 Vladimir Karpets -0:17 Rigoberto Uran -0:17 Markus Fothen -0:17 Leonardo Bertagnolli -0:42 Maxime Monfort -0:42 Jurgen Van Den Broeck -1:27 Remi Pauriol -1:27 Johan Van Summeren -2:04 Jens Voigt -2:32 Matteo Carrara -5:30 Rene Haselbacher -5:30 Bernhard Kohl Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Linus Gerdemann 8.35.37 2 Thomas Lovkvist 0.17 3 Janez Brajkovic 0.20 ..... 11 Markus Fothen 2.03 ..... 15 Vladimir Karpets 2.43 16 Leonardo Bertagnolli 2.51 ..... 37 Maxime Monfort 6.04 ..... 66 Jens Voigt 11.00 ..... 72 Remi Pauriol 11.21 ..... 75 Rigoberto Uran 12.07 ..... 86 Bernhard Kohl 14.53 87 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 15.17 ..... 98 Johan Van Summeren 16.03 ..... 111 Matteo Carrara 17.08 ..... 140 Rene Haselbacher 23.17 Retirements to date : Stage Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 1 Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Total retirements : 4