Stage 2 : Mar 5, Vimory - Cerilly, 200.5 km
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Argos-Shimano 5.42.18
2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack Leopard
Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Leigh Howard
+24 Kris Boeckmans
+13 Warren Barguil
+13 Stef Clement
+13 Sebastien Minard
+13 Romain Zingle
+13 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+13 Maxime Monfort
+13 Mathias Frank
+13 Laurent Didier
Biggest losers by position :
-98 Michael Matthews
-94 William Bonnet
-80 Baden Cooke
-53 Frederik Willems
-45 Rick Flens
-38 Tom Boonen
-33 Bert De Backer
-33 Lucas Sebastian Haedo
-32 Jeremy Roy
-31 Simon Clarke
-28 Mauro Da Dalto
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:02 Marcel Kittel
+0:01 Elia Viviani
Biggest losers by time :
-8:10 Rick Flens
-2:17 Thierry Hupond
-2:17 Yann Huguet
-1:09 Brent Bookwalter
-1:09 David Millar
-1:09 Michael Christiansen Morkov
-1:09 Michael Matthews
-1:09 Tom Boonen
-1:07 Bert De Backer
-1:07 Tom Stamsnijder
-1:01 Baden Cooke
Favourites by position :
+13 Maxime Monfort
+10 Denis Menchov
+5 Steven Kruijswijk
+5 Michele Scarponi
+5 Ivan Basso
+5 Andreas Kloden
+4 Thomas Voeckler
+3 Tejay van Garderen
+2 Thomas De Gendt
+1 Robert Gesink
+1 Peter Velits
+1 Michael Albasini
+1 Jean-Christophe Peraud
Favourites by time :
-0:08 Thomas Voeckler
-0:08 Thomas De Gendt
-0:08 Tejay van Garderen
-0:08 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:08 Robert Gesink
-0:08 Peter Velits
-0:08 Michele Scarponi
-0:08 Michael Albasini
-0:08 Maxime Monfort
-0:08 Lieuwe Westra
-0:08 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-0:08 Ivan Basso
-0:08 Denis Menchov
-0:08 Andreas Kloden
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Elia Viviani 10:33:11 (was 5th at 0:01)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 0:07 (was 3rd at 0:01)
3 Damien Gaudin 0:08 (was 2nd at 0:00)
4 Lieuwe Westra 0:09 (was 4th at 0:01)
5 Alessandro Petacchi 0:10 (was 6th at 0:02)
6 Wilco Kelderman 0:10 (was 7th at 0:02)
7 Geoffrey Soupe 0:10 (was 8th at 0:02)
8 Peter Velits 0:11 (was 9th at 0:03)
9 Tony Gallopin 0:11 (was 10th at 0:03)
10 Borut Bozic 0:11 (was 11th at 0:03)
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18 Robert Gesink 0:14 (was 19th at 0:06)
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20 Thomas De Gendt 0:15 (was 22nd at 0:07)
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24 Michael Albasini 0:16 (was 25th at 0:08)
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31 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:16 (was 32nd at 0:08)
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46 Tejay van Garderen 0:19 (was 49th at 0:11)
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58 Thomas Voeckler 0:20 (was 62nd at 0:12)
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61 Andreas Kloden 0:20 (was 66th at 0:12)
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71 Michele Scarponi 0:21 (was 76th at 0:13)
72 Steven Kruijswijk 0:21 (was 77th at 0:13)
73 Ivan Basso 0:22 (was 78th at 0:14)
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82 Denis Menchov 0:23 (was 92nd at 0:15)
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110 Maxime Monfort 0:50 (was 123rd at 0:42)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Elia Viviani 55 (was 2nd with 30 points)
2 Borut Bozic 43 (was 5th with 25 points)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 38 (was 1st with 31 points)
4 Leigh Howard 33 (was 18th with 13 points)
5 Alessandro Petacchi 31 (was 6th with 22 points)
6 Jens Debusschere 31 (was 11th with 18 points)
7 Sebastien Turgot 27 (was 8th with 19 points)
8 Tony Gallopin 26 (was 15th with 15 points)
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 26 (was 17th with 14 points)
10 Damien Gaudin 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bertjan Lindeman 4 (unchanged)
2 Yannick Talabardon 2 (unchanged)
3 Romain Sicard 1 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 2 <<<
Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin Sharp 2 <<<
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 2 <<<
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 2 <<<
Jure Kocjan (Slo) Euskaltel Euskadi 1
Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ 1
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 1
Total retirements : 7