Stage 2 : Apr 8, Ordizia - Dantxarinea (Urdazubi), 155.8 km
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 3.46.17
2 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 0.30
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida
5 Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
8 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Team Europcar
9 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
10 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Benoit Vaugrenard
+46 Michael Matthews
+44 Pieter Serry
+36 Tosh Van Der Sande
+36 Ben Swift
+34 Stef Clement
+31 Rinaldo Nocentini
+27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+26 Tim Wellens
+25 Paul Martens
Biggest losers by position :
-56 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-52 Matthew Busche
-43 Jesper Hansen
-41 Amets Txurruka
-38 Benjamin King
-36 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
-33 Christophe Riblon
-29 Ruben Fernandez
-28 Davide Villella
-25 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-22 Rafael Valls Ferri
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:30 Tony Martin
Biggest losers by time :
-15:04 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-15:04 Amets Txurruka
-15:04 Benjamin King
-15:04 Bruno Pires
-15:04 Christophe Riblon
-15:04 Jack Bobridge
-15:04 Jesper Hansen
-15:04 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-15:04 Jonathan Hivert
-15:04 Matthew Busche
-15:04 Michael Morkov
Favourites by position :
+27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+22 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+21 Tony Martin
+10 Maxime Monfort
+3 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-1 Robert Kiserlovski
-2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-9 Pieter Weening
-14 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
Favourites by time :
+0:30 Tony Martin
-2:57 Maxime Monfort
-4:21 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-6:12 Pieter Weening
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 7:51:54 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:14 (unchanged)
3 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:34 (unchanged)
4 Damiano Cunego 0:36 (was 5th at 0:36)
5 Cadel Evans 0:36 (was 8th at 0:36)
6 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:36 (unchanged)
7 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:36 (unchanged)
8 Yury Trofimov 0:36 (was 4th at 0:36)
9 Roman Kreuziger 0:54 (unchanged)
10 Mikel Landa Meana 0:54 (unchanged)
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19 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:58 (was 17th at 0:58)
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22 Robert Kiserlovski 0:58 (was 21st at 0:58)
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27 Lars Petter Nordhaug 1:34 (was 30th at 1:34)
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36 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 4:15 (was 58th at 4:15)
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46 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 6:11 (was 32nd at 1:50)
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53 Maxime Monfort 8:03 (was 63rd at 5:06)
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57 Pieter Weening 8:54 (was 48th at 2:42)
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64 Tony Martin 11:06 (was 85th at 11:36)
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83 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 15:45 (was 110th at 15:45)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michal Kwiatkowski 32 (was 3rd with 16 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 30 (was 2nd with 20 points)
3 Damiano Cunego 26 (was 5th with 12 points)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 25 (was 1st with 25 points)
5 Tony Martin 25 (was 0 points)
6 Ben Swift 20 (was 0 points)
7 Iurii Trofimov 14 (was 4th with 14 points)
8 Yukiya Arashiro 12 (was 12th with 4 points)
9 Paul Martens 12 (was 0 points)
10 Jean-Christophe Peraud 10 (was 6th with 10 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Davide Villella 30 (unchanged)
2 Jan Bakelants 25 (was 0 points)
3 Matteo Montaguti 20 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti 12 (was 7th with 4 points)
5 Romain Sicard 10 (was 3rd with 10 points)
6 Tony Martin 10 (was 0 points)
7 Davide Malacarne 9 (was 0 points)
8 Maxime Monfort 7 (was 0 points)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 6 (was 4th with 6 points)
10 Jose Herrada Lopez 6 (was 5th with 6 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale 2 <<<
Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Shimano Team Giant-Shimano 2 <<<
Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team Astana Pro Team 2 <<<
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp Garmin Sharp 2 <<<
Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Ph 1
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha Team Katusha 1
Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA Caja Rural - Seguros RG 1
Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick 1
Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quic 1
Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - 1
Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick-S 1
Wouter Poels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team Omega Pharma - Quick- 1
Total retirements : 14