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