Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +45   Pieter Jacobs 
                 +44   Oliver Zaugg 
                 +43   Johann Tschopp 
                 +42   Sergey Yakovlev 
                 +41   Jurgen Roelandts 
                 +37   Hubert Schwab 
                 +36   Paolo Tiralongo 
                 +35   Damiano Cunego 
                 +34   Andreas Kloden 
                 +33   Roman Kreuziger 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -92   Martin Elmiger 
                 -86   Eros Capecchi 
                 -71   Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga 
                 -67   Oscar Freire Gomez 
                 -65   Greg Van Avermaet 
                 -63   Steve Zampieri 
                 -57   David Loosli 
                 -53   Giovanni Visconti 
                 -53   Leonardo Duque 
                 -53   Philip Deignan 
                 -51   Markus Zberg 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:10   Igor Anton Hernandez 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -18:32   Leonardo Duque 
              -17:34   Eros Capecchi 
              -17:08   Martin Elmiger 
              -15:32   Alessandro Vanotti 
              -13:30   Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez 
              -13:30   Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga 
              -13:00   Fabian Cancellara 
              -12:56   Rene Weissinger 
              -12:37   Alessandro Ballan 
              -12:37   Anthony Geslin 
              -12:37   Antonio Cruz 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +35   Damiano Cunego 
                 +34   Andreas Kloden 
                 +27   Andy Schleck 
                 +25   Frank Schleck 
                 +15   Stijn Devolder 
                 +14   Stefan Schumacher 
                  +2   Kim Kirchen 
                  +1   Sylvain Chavanel 
                  -5   Bobby Julich 
                  -7   Stuart O'Grady 
                  -9   Erik Zabel 
                 -16   Jens Voigt 
                 -16   Fabian Cancellara 
                 -16   Alessandro Ballan 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -0:02   Damiano Cunego 
               -0:06   Frank Schleck 
               -0:12   Stijn Devolder 
               -0:30   Andy Schleck 
               -0:30   Andreas Kloden 
               -2:29   Stefan Schumacher 
               -5:02   Jens Voigt 
               -9:43   Sylvain Chavanel 
               -9:43   Erik Zabel 
              -12:37   Stuart O'Grady 
              -12:37   Bobby Julich 
              -12:37   Alessandro Ballan 
              -13:00   Fabian Cancellara 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Igor Anton Hernandez                        8.42.29
                   2  Kim Kirchen                                    0.06
                   3  Damiano Cunego                                 0.12
                   4  Frank Schleck                                  0.16
                   .....
                   7  Stijn Devolder                                 0.22
                   .....
                   9  Andy Schleck                                   0.40
                  10  Andreas Kloden                                 0.40
                   .....
                  32  Stefan Schumacher                              2.39
                   .....
                  44  Jens Voigt                                     5.12
                   .....
                  63  Erik Zabel                                     9.53
                  64  Sylvain Chavanel                               9.53
                   .....
                  75  Fabian Cancellara                             13.10
                   .....
                  88  Bobby Julich                                  16.08
                   .....
                 113  Stuart O'Grady                                19.46
                   .....
                 125  Alessandro Ballan                             22.39
                   .....
                 146  Thomas Dekker                                 27.39
            
           Retirements to date :                                          Stage
              Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone         1
              David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        1
            Total retirements : 2