Stage 2 : April 07, 2015 Bilbao - Vitoria-Gasteiz 175.4 km
1 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 4.32.32
2 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
3 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
6 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
7 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
8 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
9 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
10 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+43 Gorka Izagirre
+38 Carter Jones
+37 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+37 Matej Mohoric
+35 Anthony Turgis
+29 Michael Albasini
+27 Rudy Molard
+27 Lawson Craddock
+26 Valerio Conti
+26 Igor Anton
Biggest losers by position :
-33 Carlos Betancur
-31 Jonathan Castroviejo
-24 Amets Txurruka
-22 Martijn Keizer
-20 Pieter Weening
-20 Stephane Rossetto
-19 Ilnur Zakarin
-18 Patrick Schelling
-17 Fredrik Ludvigsson
-17 Kenny Elissonde
-16 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-12:29 Caleb Fairly
-12:29 Cheng Ji
-12:29 Danny Pate
-12:29 Fredrik Ludvigsson
-12:22 Carlos Betancur
-8:18 Alessandro Vanotti
-8:18 Jonathan Castroviejo
-8:18 Maxim Belkov
-8:18 Omar Fraile
-8:18 Pieter Weening
-8:18 Thierry Hupond
Favourites by position :
+12 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+4 Bauke Mollema
+3 Rafal Majka
+3 Michele Scarponi
+1 Tejay Van Garderen
-4 Andrew Talansky
-5 Joaquim Rodriguez
-6 Thibaut Pinot
-9 Thomas Danielson
-20 Pieter Weening
Favourites by time :
-8:18 Pieter Weening
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Michael Matthews 8:29:39 (unchanged)
2 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:00 (unchanged)
3 Fabio Felline 0:00 (was 7th at 0:00)
4 Tony Gallopin 0:00 (was 5th at 0:00)
5 Kevin Reza 0:00 (was 4th at 0:00)
6 Julien Simon 0:00 (unchanged)
7 Valerio Agnoli 0:00 (was 8th at 0:00)
8 Pello Bilbao 0:00 (was 12th at 0:00)
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:00 (was 10th at 0:00)
10 Petr Vakoc 0:00 (was 9th at 0:00)
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20 Bauke Mollema 0:00 (was 24th at 0:00)
21 Tejay Van Garderen 0:00 (was 22nd at 0:00)
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23 Rafal Majka 0:00 (was 26th at 0:00)
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26 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:00 (was 38th at 0:00)
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36 Joaquim Rodriguez 0:00 (was 31st at 0:00)
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41 Andrew Talansky 0:00 (was 37th at 0:00)
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49 Thibaut Pinot 0:00 (was 43rd at 0:00)
50 Michele Scarponi 0:00 (was 53rd at 0:00)
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57 Thomas Danielson 0:00 (was 48th at 0:00)
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132 Pieter Weening 16:02 (was 112nd at 7:44)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 45 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Fabio Felline 34 (was 7th with 9 points)
3 Michal Kwiatkowski 34 (was 2nd with 20 points)
4 Tony Gallopin 28 (was 5th with 12 points)
5 Kevin Reza 24 (was 4th with 14 points)
6 Julien Simon 19 (was 6th with 10 points)
7 Ilnur Zakarin 16 (was 3rd with 16 points)
8 Valerio Agnoli 15 (was 8th with 8 points)
9 Pello Bilbao 12 (was 12th with 4 points)
10 Philippe Gilbert 12 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Amets Txurruka 21 (was 0 points)
2 Sebastien Reichenbach 17 (was 0 points)
3 Omar Fraile 8 (was 1st with 8 points)
4 Anthony Turgis 7 (was 2nd with 7 points)
5 Thierry Hupond 7 (was 0 points)
6 Sergio Luis Henao 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
7 Louis Vervaeke 6 (was 0 points)
8 Mikel Landa Meana 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
9 Kanstantsin Siutsou 3 (was 0 points)
10 Kevin De Weert 3 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 2 <<<
Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 2 <<<
Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 2 <<<
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2 <<<
Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 2 <<<
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2 <<<
Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 <<<
Sergio Pardilla (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 2 <<<
Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2 <<<
Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 1
Total retirements : 10