Stage 2 : Mar 25, Mataro - Girona, 168 km
1 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano 3.57.49
2 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
3 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale
4 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
5 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
7 Boris Vallee (Bel) Lotto Belisol
8 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol
9 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
10 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 0.03
Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+99 Maxim Belkov
+63 David Lopez Garcia
+59 Michel Koch
+59 Chad Haga
+56 Serge Pauwels
+53 Kristijan Durasek
+51 Steven Kruijswijk
+51 Angel Vicioso Arcos
+47 Davide Malacarne
+47 Daniel Navarro Garcia
Biggest losers by position :
-147 Michel Kreder
-131 Christian Meier
-127 Giacomo Nizzolo
-96 Marco Minnaard
-94 Mattia Cattaneo
-94 Natnael Berhane
-90 Marek Rutkiewicz
-62 Kevin Reza
-61 Julian Arredondo
-59 Nathan Earle
-41 Pierre Rolland
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-10:19 Giacomo Nizzolo
-4:43 Christophe Kern
-4:43 Jerome Baugnies
-4:43 Michel Kreder
-4:43 Nico Sijmens
-4:43 Thomas Peterson
-2:44 Thomas Voeckler
-2:39 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-2:39 Ji Cheng
-2:39 Joshua Edmondson
-2:39 Marco Minnaard
Favourites by position :
+31 Rigoberto Uran
+19 Ivan Basso
+16 Ryder Hesjedal
+14 Christopher Froome
+9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+6 Tejay van Garderen
+6 Alberto Contador Velasco
+5 Thomas Danielson
+4 Daniel Martin
-6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-10 Andrew Talansky
-13 Thomas De Gendt
-25 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-36 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
Favourites by time :
-0:13 Thomas Danielson
-0:13 Tejay van Garderen
-0:13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:13 Ryder Hesjedal
-0:13 Rigoberto Uran
-0:13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:13 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:13 Ivan Basso
-0:13 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:13 Daniel Martin
-0:13 Christopher Froome
-0:13 Andrew Talansky
-0:13 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:54 Thomas De Gendt
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Luka Mezgec 8:06:42 (unchanged)
2 Roberto Ferrari 0:14 (was 10th at 0:10)
3 Leigh Howard 0:14 (was 2nd at 0:04)
4 Julian Alaphilippe 0:16 (was 3rd at 0:06)
5 Daniele Ratto 0:16 (was 8th at 0:10)
6 Boris Vallee 0:18 (was 4th at 0:08)
7 Marcus Burghardt 0:20 (was 9th at 0:10)
8 Tosh Van der Sande 0:20 (was 7th at 0:10)
9 Davide Vigano 0:20 (was 15th at 0:10)
10 Michel Koch 0:20 (was 69th at 0:10)
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21 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:23 (was 27th at 0:10)
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29 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:23 (was 23rd at 0:10)
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32 Daniel Martin 0:23 (was 36th at 0:10)
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34 Christopher Froome 0:23 (was 48th at 0:10)
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40 Tejay van Garderen 0:23 (was 46th at 0:10)
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49 Ryder Hesjedal 0:23 (was 65th at 0:10)
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52 Rigoberto Uran 0:23 (was 83rd at 0:10)
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62 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:23 (was 71st at 0:10)
63 Andrew Talansky 0:23 (was 53rd at 0:10)
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67 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:23 (was 31st at 0:10)
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101 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:23 (was 76th at 0:10)
102 Ivan Basso 0:23 (was 121st at 0:10)
103 Thomas Danielson 0:23 (was 108th at 0:10)
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150 Thomas De Gendt 1:04 (was 137th at 0:10)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Romain Lemarchand 22 (unchanged)
2 Tomasz Marczynski 16 (was 0 points)
3 Boris Vallee 16 (was 2nd with 16 points)
4 Amets Txurruka 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
5 Marek Rutkiewicz 9 (was 0 points)
6 Cameron Wurf 8 (was 4th with 8 points)
7 Maxim Belkov 7 (was 0 points)
8 Gianluca Brambilla 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
9 Ivan Basso 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
10 Michel Koch 4 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 2 <<<
Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 2 <<<
Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 2 <<<
Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 2 <<<
Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 2 <<<
Total retirements : 5