Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 Biggest gainers by position : +26 Mirco Lorenzetto +17 Mark Renshaw +16 Wilfried Cretskens +16 Theo Eltink +16 Stephane Auge +16 Samuel Dumoulin +16 Olivier Bonnaire +16 Mickael Cherel +16 Matthew Lloyd +16 Matteo Bono Biggest losers by position : -116 Piet Rooijakkers -103 Brian Vandborg -85 Aitor Hernandez -85 Michael Schar -82 Daniel Martin -77 Trent Lowe -68 Aleksandr Kuschynski -65 David Moncoutie -59 Alexandr Dyachenko -48 Inigo Cuesta -44 Jose Luis Arrieta Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Heinrich Haussler +0:06 Mark Renshaw +0:04 Mirco Lorenzetto Biggest losers by time : -9:57 Alexandr Dyachenko -9:57 Daniel Martin -9:57 Matthias Russ -9:57 Trent Lowe -2:13 Brian Vandborg -2:13 David Moncoutie -2:13 Inigo Cuesta -2:13 Jose Luis Arrieta -2:13 Michael Schar -2:13 Pietro Caucchioli -2:12 Aitor Hernandez Favourites by position : +13 Vladimir Efimkin +3 Christophe Moreau +1 Yaroslav Popovych +1 Samuel Sanchez +1 Roman Kreuziger +1 Rinaldo Nocentini +1 Maxime Monfort +1 Haimar Zubeldia +1 Frank Schleck +1 Evgeni Petrov +1 Cadel Evans -1 Vladimir Karpets Favourites by time : Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Alberto Contador 4.56.06 2 Bradley Wiggins 0.07 3 Luis-Leon Sanchez 0.09 ..... 5 David Millar 0.14 ..... 10 Vladimir Karpets 0.21 ..... 13 Jens Voigt 0.27 ..... 18 Cadel Evans 0.31 ..... 20 Yaroslav Popovych 0.31 21 Maxime Monfort 0.32 ..... 24 Samuel Sanchez 0.33 25 Rinaldo Nocentini 0.34 26 Roman Kreuziger 0.34 ..... 31 Frank Schleck 0.36 ..... 37 Evgeni Petrov 0.39 38 Haimar Zubeldia 0.39 ..... 44 Christophe Moreau 0.41 ..... 103 Vladimir Efimkin 1.00 Retirements to date : Stage Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 2 <<< Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2 <<< Total retirements : 2