Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1
Biggest gainers by position :
+108 Jussi Veikkanen
+97 Matthew Lloyd
+95 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+91 Dries Devenyns
+86 Wim Van Huffel
+85 Riccardo Ricco
+82 Yoann Le Boulanger
+80 Alberto Benitez Roman
+79 Emanuele Sella
+76 Fortunato Baliani
Biggest losers by position :
-139 Magnus Backstedt
-130 Bradley Wiggins
-130 Tony Martin
-127 Julian Dean
-126 Mark Cavendish
-106 Jason McCartney
-105 Stuart O'Grady
-103 Steven Cummings
-98 Geraint Thomas
-98 Steve Morabito
-95 Mikhail Ignatiev
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:29 Riccardo Ricco
+0:21 Danilo Di Luca
+0:17 Davide Rebellin
+0:09 Paolo Savoldelli
+0:09 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:09 Franco Pellizotti
+0:05 Jussi Veikkanen
+0:01 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:01 Leonardo Piepoli
+0:01 Andreas Kloden
Biggest losers by time :
-12:43 Graeme Brown
-11:31 Alberto Loddo
-11:31 Alberto Ongarato
-11:31 Alexander Serov
-11:31 Alexandre Usov
-11:31 Andre Greipel
-11:31 Bradley Wiggins
-11:31 Bram De Groot
-11:31 Christopher Sutton
-11:31 Damien Monier
-11:31 Danny Pate
Favourites by position :
+69 Leonardo Piepoli
+68 Davide Rebellin
+67 Denis Menchov
+64 Tadej Valjavec
+42 Gilberto Simoni
+38 Marzio Bruseghin
+35 Danilo Di Luca
+32 Andreas Kloden
+31 Paolo Savoldelli
+30 Alberto Contador Velasco
+22 Vladimir Karpets
+21 Levi Leipheimer
+19 Franco Pellizotti
-1 Jens Voigt
-10 Daniele Bennati
Favourites by time :
+0:21 Danilo Di Luca
+0:17 Davide Rebellin
+0:09 Paolo Savoldelli
+0:09 Franco Pellizotti
+0:01 Leonardo Piepoli
+0:01 Andreas Kloden
-0:01 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:01 Denis Menchov
-0:01 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:11 Levi Leipheimer
-0:11 Gilberto Simoni
-0:22 Jens Voigt
-0:25 Tadej Valjavec
-0:43 Daniele Bennati
-1:10 Vladimir Karpets
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Franco Pellizotti 6.15.16
2 Christian Vande Velde 0.01
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 0.07
4 Danilo Di Luca 0.07
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10 Paolo Savoldelli 0.19
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14 Jens Voigt 0.28
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16 Andreas Kloden 0.28
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19 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.30
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22 Davide Rebellin 0.37
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25 Levi Leipheimer 0.40
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29 Marzio Bruseghin 0.46
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32 Daniele Bennati 0.52
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40 Leonardo Piepoli 1.01
41 Gilberto Simoni 1.02
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43 Denis Menchov 1.05
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61 Tadej Valjavec 1.30
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80 Vladimir Karpets 2.04
Retirements to date : Stage
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2 <<<
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2 <<<
Total retirements : 3