Stage 2 : Mar 9, Contres - Limoges, 201.5 km
1 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.22.40
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas - Doimo
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini
5 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano
8 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo
Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+29 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
+28 Mikel Nieve
+27 Ivan Velasco
+26 Serge Pauwels
+26 Oscar Pereiro Sio
+26 Christian Meier
+24 Anthony Geslin
+23 Yaroslav Popovych
+20 Samuel Dumoulin
+20 Jean Marc Marino
Biggest losers by position :
-69 Marco Marcato
-61 Jos Van Emden
-55 Gustav Larsson
-49 Matthew Harley Goss
-40 Dmitriy Fofonov
-39 Koen De Kort
-34 Christopher Horner
-34 Jens Mouris
-31 Mauro Finetto
-28 Albert Timmer
-27 Dennis Van Winden
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 William Bonnet
+0:06 Peter Sagan
+0:05 Laurent Mangel
+0:04 Luis-Leon Sanchez
Biggest losers by time :
-7:49 Joaquin Novoa Menedez
-7:49 Kjell Carlstrom
-6:52 Dennis Van Winden
-6:52 Joost Posthuma
-6:52 Rick Flens
-6:52 Roy Curvers
-6:51 Mauro Finetto
-6:47 Jens Mouris
-4:03 Jos Van Emden
-4:03 Maxim Gourov
-3:47 Koen De Kort
Favourites by position :
+20 Damiano Cunego
+5 Frank Schleck
-1 Samuel Sanchez
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Janez Brajkovic
-1 David Millar
-13 Christian Vandevelde
Favourites by time :
-1:18 Christian Vandevelde
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Lars Boom 8.55.51
2 Jens Voigt 0.05
3 Luis-Leon Sanchez 0.10
4 David Millar 0.13
5 Roman Kreuziger 0.15
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8 Levi Leipheimer 0.25
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10 Xavier Tondo 0.29
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14 Samuel Sanchez 0.34
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16 Janez Brajkovic 0.35
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24 Tony Martin 0.43
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58 Frank Schleck 1.07
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133 Damiano Cunego 8.14
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153 Christian Vandevelde 9.14
Retirements to date : Stage
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 2 <<<
Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia 2 <<<
Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - Farnese 2 <<<
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions 1
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack 1
Total retirements : 5