Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1
Biggest gainers by position :
+115 Romain Feillu
+55 Markus Fothen
+47 Juan Jose Oroz
+45 Angel Gomez Gomez
+43 Sebastien Chavanel
+41 Remy Di Gregorio
+41 Felix Rafael Cardenas
+40 Frederik Willems
+40 Christophe Le Mevel
+39 Jose Luis Arrieta
Biggest losers by position :
-100 Pieter Weening
-97 Rubens Bertogliati
-86 Bernhard Kohl
-81 Arnaud Coyot
-72 Mauro Facci
-71 Paolo Tiralongo
-68 Arnaud Gerard
-67 Kanstantsin Siutsou
-55 Niki Terpstra
-51 Jimmy Engoulvent
-46 Matteo Bono
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:34 Romain Feillu
+0:34 Markus Fothen
Biggest losers by time :
-7:18 Mauricio Soler
-7:18 Rubens Bertogliati
-4:52 Arnaud Coyot
-4:52 David Arroyo
-4:52 David Lopez Garcia
-4:05 Pieter Weening
-4:05 Wim Vansevenant
-3:35 Paolo Tiralongo
-3:27 Bjorn Schroder
-3:25 Jimmy Engoulvent
-3:22 Arnaud Gerard
Favourites by position :
+8 Vladimir Efimkin
+6 Jens Voigt
+5 George Hincapie
+3 Samuel Sanchez
+2 Kim Kirchen
+1 Denis Menchov
+1 Cadel Evans
-1 Stijn Devolder
-1 Oscar Pereiro
-1 Christophe Moreau
-2 Frank Schleck
-3 Manuel Beltran
-13 Carlos Sastre
-22 Damiano Cunego
Favourites by time :
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 8.21.20
2 Kim Kirchen 0.01
3 Oscar Freire 0.01
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5 Cadel Evans 0.01
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9 Frank Schleck 0.01
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11 Oscar Pereiro 0.01
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16 Samuel Sanchez 0.07
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24 George Hincapie 0.07
25 Denis Menchov 0.07
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27 Carlos Sastre 0.07
28 Manuel Beltran 0.07
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34 Stijn Devolder 0.07
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39 Jens Voigt 0.07
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43 Damiano Cunego 0.07
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47 Vladimir Efimkin 0.18
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71 Christophe Moreau 0.39
Retirements to date : Stage
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Total retirements : 1