Stage 2 : May 17, Davis - Santa Rosa, 177.2 km        
            
             1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team                                        4.38.48
             2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo                                                      
             3 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team                                                 
             4 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis                            
             5 Andre Steensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                                   
             6 Francois Parisien (Can) SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy                           
             7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack                                                 
             8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Transitions                                               
             9 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia                                               
            10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia                                                
            
            
           Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                +113   Thomas Rabou 
                +111   Karl Menzies 
                +105   Lars Boom 
                 +86   Scott Zwizanski 
                 +86   Brett Lancaster 
                 +85   Jens Voigt 
                 +84   Francois Parisien 
                 +81   Steve Morabito 
                 +81   Heinrich Haussler 
                 +80   Jurgen Van De Walle 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -86   Mark Cavendish 
                 -86   Thomas Leezer 
                 -82   Guillaume Boivin 
                 -80   Robert Hunter 
                 -79   Nikolas Maes 
                 -78   Martin Gilbert 
                 -77   Andreas Stauff 
                 -74   Manuel Quinziato 
                 -73   Mark Renshaw 
                 -72   Alexander Kristoff 
                 -72   Tejay Van Garderen 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:10   Brett Lancaster 
               +0:06   Peter Sagan 
               +0:06   Karl Menzies 
               +0:04   Thomas Rabou 
               +0:04   Lars Boom 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -17:58   Javier Megias Leal 
              -17:40   Sebastian Langeveld 
              -17:28   Oscar Pujol Munoz 
              -17:20   Aldo Ino Ilesic 
              -17:20   Andreas Stauff 
              -17:20   Andy Jacques-Maynes 
              -17:20   Bernhard Eisel 
              -17:20   Bruno Langlois 
              -17:20   Cody O'Reilly 
              -17:20   Daniel Holloway 
              -17:20   Elia Viviani 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +85   Jens Voigt 
                 +64   Lars Ytting Bak 
                 +51   Lance Armstrong 
                 +51   Andy Schleck 
                 +31   Levi Leipheimer 
                 +27   Fabian Cancellara 
                 +27   David Zabriskie 
                 +25   Ryder Hesjedal 
                 +13   Stef Clement 
                 +13   Michael Rogers 
                 +11   Janez Brajkovic 
                  +4   Stuart O'Grady 
                  +4   Jakob Fuglsang 
                  -2   Tony Martin 
                 -10   Yaroslav Popovych 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -1:17   Tony Martin 
               -1:17   Stef Clement 
               -2:47   Jakob Fuglsang 
               -9:58   Yaroslav Popovych 
              -15:02   Fabian Cancellara 
              -17:20   Stuart O'Grady 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings (previous stage in parens) :
                   1  Brett Lancaster                        8:43:24         (was 87th at 0:10)
                   2  Peter Sagan                               0:04         (was 16th at 0:10)
                   3  Karl Menzies                              0:04         (was 114th at 0:10)
                   .....
                   8  Michael Rogers                            0:10         (was 21st at 0:10)
                   9  Janez Brajkovic                           0:10         (was 20th at 0:10)
                  10  Ryder Hesjedal                            0:10         (was 35th at 0:10)
                  11  Levi Leipheimer                           0:10         (was 42nd at 0:10)
                   .....
                  16  David Zabriskie                           0:10         (was 43rd at 0:10)
                   .....
                  18  Lance Armstrong                           0:10         (was 69th at 0:10)
                   .....
                  20  Lars Ytting Bak                           0:10         (was 84th at 0:10)
                   .....
                  23  Andy Schleck                              0:10         (was 74th at 0:10)
                   .....
                  26  Jens Voigt                                0:10         (was 111st at 0:10)
                   .....
                  32  Tony Martin                               1:27         (was 30th at 0:10)
                  33  Stef Clement                              1:27         (was 46th at 0:10)
                   .....
                  47  Jakob Fuglsang                            2:57         (was 51st at 0:10)
                   .....
                  58  Yaroslav Popovych                        10:08         (was 48th at 0:10)
                   .....
                  83  Fabian Cancellara                        15:12         (was 110th at 0:10)
                   .....
                 120  Stuart O'Grady                           17:30         (was 124th at 0:10)
            
           Retirements to date :                                           Stage
              Andrew Pinfold (Can) Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis        2 <<<
              Sean Mazich (USA) Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda                 2 <<<
            Total retirements : 2