Stage 2 : March 24,2015 Mataro - Olot 191.8 km
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 5.02.49
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
4 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
6 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
7 Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
8 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing
9 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
10 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team
Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+43 Ryder Hesjedal
+43 Pavel Kochetkov
+43 Cyril Gautier
+43 Alex Howes
+42 Yoann Bagot
+42 Pierre-Roger Latour
+42 Jose Herrada Lopez
+41 Rafal Majka
+39 Rafael Valls Ferri
+39 Olivier Le Gac
Biggest losers by position :
-113 Carlos Barbero Cuesta
-96 Gregory Henderson
-85 Bryan Coquard
-82 Kevin Reza
-80 Florian Vachon
-64 Daan Olivier
-56 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-54 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
-44 Dario Cataldo
-43 Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet
-42 Adrian Honkisz
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:06 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+0:04 Martin Elmiger
Biggest losers by time :
-18:14 Caleb Ewan
-18:14 Danilo Napolitano
-15:12 Jan Ghyselinck
-15:12 Jan Hirt
-15:12 Josef Cerny
-15:12 Tim De Troyer
-12:25 Carlos Barbero Cuesta
-12:25 Daniel Martinez
-10:38 Benoit Jarrier
-10:38 Branislau Samoilau
-10:38 Brett Lancaster
Favourites by position :
+41 Rafal Majka
+27 Fabio Aru
+26 Domenico Pozzovivo
+19 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
+18 Wilco Kelderman
+15 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+11 Richie Porte
+9 Romain Bardet
+9 Andrew Talansky
+9 Alberto Contador Velasco
+6 Rigoberto Uran
+4 Tejay van Garderen
+4 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-34 Christopher Froome
Favourites by time :
+0:10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2:43 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Maciej Paterski 9:36:20 (unchanged)
2 Pierre Rolland 0:04 (unchanged)
3 Bart De Clercq 0:08 (unchanged)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2:40 (was 19th at 2:50)
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 2:44 (was 18th at 2:50)
6 Martin Elmiger 2:46 (was 38th at 2:50)
7 Wout Poels 2:47 (was 4th at 2:47)
8 Nicolas Roche 2:48 (was 5th at 2:48)
9 Daniel Martin 2:49 (was 6th at 2:49)
10 Julien Simon 2:50 (was 13th at 2:50)
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13 Wilco Kelderman 2:50 (was 31st at 2:50)
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16 Romain Bardet 2:50 (was 25th at 2:50)
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19 Alberto Contador Velasco 2:50 (was 28th at 2:50)
20 Rigoberto Uran 2:50 (was 26th at 2:50)
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30 Richie Porte 2:50 (was 41st at 2:50)
31 Fabio Aru 2:50 (was 58th at 2:50)
32 Tejay van Garderen 2:50 (was 36th at 2:50)
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38 Domenico Pozzovivo 2:50 (was 64th at 2:50)
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44 Andrew Talansky 2:50 (was 53rd at 2:50)
45 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 2:50 (was 49th at 2:50)
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48 Christopher Froome 2:50 (was 14th at 2:50)
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50 Rafal Majka 2:50 (was 91st at 2:50)
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143 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 21:06 (was 162nd at 18:23)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Maciej Paterski 32 (unchanged)
2 Bart De Clercq 23 (unchanged)
3 Pierre Rolland 17 (unchanged)
4 Leopold Konig 8 (unchanged)
5 Jose Herrada 7 (was 0 points)
6 Sam Bewley 6 (was 0 points)
7 Vasil Kiryienka 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde 4 (was 0 points)
9 Christopher Froome 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
10 Tsgabu Grmay 4 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge 2 <<<
Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2 <<<
Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia 2 <<<
Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 1
Jonathan Paredes (Col) Colombia 1
Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 1
Mickael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1
Total retirements : 7