Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +18   Samuel Dumoulin 
                 +13   Sylvain Calzati 
                 +13   John Gadret 
                 +12   Michael Lange 
                 +12   Jason Donald 
                 +11   David De La Fuente 
                 +10   Rubén Lobato 
                 +10   Luis Pérez Rodriguez 
                 +10   Iker Flores 
                 +10   Christophe Moreau 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                -141   Victor Hugo Peña 
                -110   Anthony Geslin 
                 -96   Alessandro Ballan 
                 -91   Antonio Cruz 
                 -61   Dominique Cornu 
                 -46   Francisco Jose Martinez 
                 -10   Jakob Piil 
                  -7   Carlos Barredo 
                  -7   Preben Van Hecke 
                  -6   Eladio Jiménez 
                  -5   Gustavo César Veloso 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -22:14   Andoni Lafuente 
               -6:33   Victor Hugo Peña 
               -3:54   Francisco Jose Martinez 
               -3:00   Alessandro Ballan 
               -3:00   Dominique Cornu 
               -2:10   Paolo Fornaciari 
               -1:32   Anthony Geslin 
               -1:19   Antonio Cruz 
               -1:13   Jakob Piil 
               -0:01   Aaron Kemps 
               -0:01   Aitor Galdos 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +10   Iker Flores 
                 +10   Christophe Moreau 
                  +8   Unai Etxebarria 
                  +8   Samuel Sánchez 
                  +6   Marcos Serrano 
                  +6   Isidro Nozal 
                  +5   Giuseppe Guerini 
                  +4   Igor Astarloa 
                  +4   Francisco Mancebo 
                  +3   Santiago Perez 
                  +3   Oscar Sevilla 
                  +1   Serguei Ivanov 
                  +1   Michael Boogerd 
                  +1   Iván Gutiérrez 
                  +1   Denis Menchov 
                  -1   Alexander Vinokourov 
                  -2   Vladimir Karpets 
                  -2   Florent Brard 
                  -3   Oscar Pereiro 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -0:01   Vladimir Karpets 
               -0:01   Unai Etxebarria 
               -0:01   Serguei Ivanov 
               -0:01   Santiago Perez 
               -0:01   Samuel Sánchez 
               -0:01   Oscar Sevilla 
               -0:01   Oscar Pereiro 
               -0:01   Michael Boogerd 
               -0:01   Marcos Serrano 
               -0:01   Iñigo Cuesta 
               -0:01   Iván Gutiérrez 
               -0:01   Isidro Nozal 
               -0:01   Iker Flores 
               -0:01   Igor Astarloa 
               -0:01   Giuseppe Guerini 
               -0:01   Florent Brard 
               -0:01   Denis Menchov 
               -0:01   Christophe Moreau 
               -0:01   Alexander Vinokourov 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Imanol Erviti                               4.18.40
                   2  Iván Gutiérrez                                 0.01
                   3  Vladimir Karpets                               0.01
                   .....
                   5  Oscar Pereiro                                  0.01
                   6  Florent Brard                                  0.01
                   .....
                  10  Iñigo Cuesta                                   0.17
                   .....
                  13  Alexander Vinokourov                           0.18
                  14  Serguei Ivanov                                 0.18
                   .....
                  65  Isidro Nozal                                   0.37
                  66  Marcos Serrano                                 0.37
                   .....
                  79  Giuseppe Guerini                               0.41
                   .....
                  82  Francisco Mancebo                              0.42
                   .....
                  84  Oscar Sevilla                                  0.43
                   .....
                  86  Santiago Perez                                 0.43
                   .....
                  97  Denis Menchov                                  0.48
                   .....
                  99  Michael Boogerd                                0.48
                   .....
                 108  Christophe Moreau                              0.52
                   .....
                 134  Samuel Sánchez                                 1.00
                 135  Unai Etxebarria                                1.00
                   .....
                 147  Iker Flores                                    1.06
                   .....
                 172  Igor Astarloa                                  2.18
            
           Retirements to date :
            Total retirements : 0