Stage 2 : April 04, 2017 Iruna - Eltziego 173.4 km 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott 4.35.22 2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 3 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 5 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 8 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 10 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 : Biggest gainers by position : +58 Georg Preidler +56 Grega Bole +55 Michael Valgren Andersen +51 Omar Fraile Matarranza +51 Juan Jose Lobato +45 Loic Vliegen +43 Manuele Mori +42 Michael Albasini +40 Simon Yates +38 Pello Bilbao Biggest losers by position : -144 Ben Swift -142 Gregor Muhlberger -134 Jhonatan Restrepo -100 Gianluca Brambilla -90 Quentin Jauregui -62 Alex Howes -44 Jon Irisarri Rincon -40 Danilo Wyss -39 Eros Capecchi -39 Nicolas Edet -39 Ruben Guerreiro Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -6:15 Chris Hamilton -5:34 Ruben Guerreiro -4:04 Ben Swift -3:52 Gregor Muhlberger -3:37 Julien Bernard -2:46 Alex Howes -2:46 Hubert Dupont -2:46 Jon Irisarri Rincon -2:28 Alexey Lutsenko -2:28 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev -2:28 Ben King Favourites by position : +40 Simon Yates +23 Alberto Contador Velasco +22 Darwin Atapuma +18 Julian Alaphilippe +17 Rafael Valls +11 Mikel Nieve Ituralde +11 Michal Kwiatkowski +11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte +8 Andrew Talansky +3 Stephen Cummings +3 Romain Bardet +1 Louis Meintjes -21 Rigoberto Uran -26 Damiano Caruso -33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez Favourites by time : -2:09 Damiano Caruso Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Michael Matthews 8:20:29 (unchanged) 2 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze 0:00 (was 6th at 0:00) 3 Sean De Bie 0:00 (was 5th at 0:00) 4 Michael Schwarzmann 0:00 (was 11th at 0:00) 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:00 (was 16th at 0:00) 6 Jay McCarthy 0:00 (was 2nd at 0:00) 7 Matej Mohoric 0:00 (was 18th at 0:00) 8 Patrick Konrad 0:00 (was 15th at 0:00) 9 Michal Kwiatkowski 0:00 (was 20th at 0:00) 10 Anthony Roux 0:00 (was 8th at 0:00) ..... 21 Romain Bardet 0:00 (was 24th at 0:00) ..... 28 Rigoberto Uran 0:00 (was 7th at 0:00) ..... 48 Rafael Valls 0:00 (was 65th at 0:00) ..... 57 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:00 (was 68th at 0:00) ..... 66 Andrew Talansky 0:00 (was 74th at 0:00) 67 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:00 (was 34th at 0:00) ..... 84 Louis Meintjes 0:00 (was 85th at 0:00) ..... 95 Stephen Cummings 0:00 (was 98th at 0:00) ..... 97 Simon Yates 0:00 (was 137th at 0:00) ..... 102 Darwin Atapuma 0:00 (was 124th at 0:00) ..... 113 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:00 (was 136th at 0:00) ..... 132 Damiano Caruso 2:09 (was 106th at 0:00) ..... 137 Julian Alaphilippe 2:19 (was 155th at 2:19) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Michael Matthews 39 (was 0 points) 2 Maximiliano Richeze 30 (was 0 points) 3 Sean De Bie 28 (was 0 points) 4 Michael Albasini 25 (was 0 points) 5 Jay McCarthy 20 (was 0 points) 6 Simon Gerrans 16 (was 0 points) 7 Jhonatan Restrepo 14 (was 0 points) 8 Paul Martens 12 (was 0 points) 9 Michael Schwarzmann 10 (was 0 points) 10 Matej Mohoric 10 (was 0 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Yoann Bagot 15 (was 1st with 14 points) 2 Igor Anton 14 (was 2nd with 11 points) 3 Luis Angel Mate 9 (was 0 points) 4 Fabricio Ferrari 6 (was 0 points) 5 Luis Mas 5 (was 3rd with 5 points) 6 Jonathan Lastra 2 (was 4th with 2 points) Retirements to date : Stage Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 1 Total retirements : 1