Stage 2 : May 10, Belfast, 219 km
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 5.13.12
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr
3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
7 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky
8 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge
9 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp
Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+22 Giacomo Nizzolo
+19 Jetse Bol
+17 Wilco Kelderman
+15 Nacer Bouhanni
+14 Marcel Kittel
+14 Francesco Chicchi
+13 Tosh Van der Sande
+13 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas
+12 Leonardo Duque
+11 Tony Hurel
Biggest losers by position :
-86 Alan Marangoni
-84 Emanuele Sella
-65 Giorgio Cecchinel
-53 Jos van Emden
-50 Andrea Fedi
-34 Carlos Quintero
-33 Michael Hepburn
-30 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-29 Marco Bandiera
-20 Tom Stamsnijder
-9 Alexis Vuillermoz
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Marcel Kittel
+0:06 Nacer Bouhanni
+0:04 Giacomo Nizzolo
Biggest losers by time :
-3:45 Emanuele Sella
-3:42 Ramon Carretero
-3:10 Michael Hepburn
-3:10 Tom Stamsnijder
-2:44 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-1:57 Marco Bandiera
-1:33 Carlos Quintero
-1:19 Giorgio Cecchinel
-0:58 Alan Marangoni
-0:58 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor
-0:58 Perrig Quemeneur
Favourites by position :
+17 Wilco Kelderman
+9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+4 Nicolas Roche
+4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+3 Rafal Majka
+3 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+2 Rigoberto Uran
+2 Michele Scarponi
+1 Cadel Evans
-1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-2 Pieter Weening
-3 Domenico Pozzovivo
Favourites by time :
-0:03 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:03 Rigoberto Uran
-0:03 Rafal Majka
-0:03 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-0:03 Pieter Weening
-0:03 Nicolas Roche
-0:03 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-0:03 Michele Scarponi
-0:03 Michael Rogers
-0:03 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:03 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:03 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:03 Cadel Evans
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Matthews 5:37:54 (was 5th at 0:00)
2 Luke Durbridge 0:03 (was 2nd at 0:00)
3 Ivan Santaromita 0:03 (was 6th at 0:00)
4 Svein Tuft 0:03 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Pieter Weening 0:03 (was 3rd at 0:00)
6 Cameron Meyer 0:03 (was 4th at 0:00)
7 Rigoberto Uran 0:08 (was 9th at 0:05)
8 Gianluca Brambilla 0:08 (was 8th at 0:05)
9 Pieter Serry 0:08 (was 7th at 0:05)
10 Alessandro Petacchi 0:08 (was 12th at 0:05)
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14 Cadel Evans 0:10 (was 15th at 0:07)
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17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:10 (was 17th at 0:07)
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23 Nicolas Roche 0:26 (was 27th at 0:23)
24 Michael Rogers 0:26 (was 24th at 0:23)
25 Rafal Majka 0:26 (was 28th at 0:23)
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38 Michele Scarponi 0:41 (was 40th at 0:38)
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57 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:58 (was 56th at 0:55)
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68 Wilco Kelderman 1:01 (was 85th at 1:01)
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73 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:01 (was 70th at 0:58)
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112 Przemyslaw Niemiec 1:23 (was 115th at 1:20)
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122 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:36 (was 131st at 1:33)
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126 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:36 (was 130th at 1:33)
Top 10 on Points table
1 Marcel Kittel 50
2 Nacer Bouhanni 40
3 Giacomo Nizzolo 34
4 Roberto Ferrari 32
5 Elia Viviani 28
6 Ben Swift 26
7 Manuel Belletti 22
8 Andrea Fedi 20
9 Michael Matthews 18
10 Davide Appollonio 16
Top 10 on Mountains table
1 Maarten Tjallingii 6
2 Andrea Fedi 3
3 Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor 2
4 Sander Armee 1
Retirements to date : Stage
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin Sharp 2 <<<
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 1
Total retirements : 2