Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +89   Levi Leipheimer 
                 +86   David Zabriskie 
                 +70   Bartosz Huzarski 
                 +65   Alberto Losada 
                 +60   Jose Vicente Garcia 
                 +58   Oleksandr Kvachuk 
                 +52   Victor Hugo Pena 
                 +52   Alejandro Valverde 
                 +49   Koos Moerenhout 
                 +49   Adrian Palomares 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -91   Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso 
                 -90   Joaquin Sobrino Martinez 
                 -79   Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan 
                 -77   Igor Abakoumov 
                 -76   Ricardo Serrano 
                 -68   Enrique Mata Cabello 
                 -68   Gianluca Mirenda 
                 -64   David Vitoria 
                 -64   Edgar Pinto 
                 -64   Mathieu Claude 
                 -63   Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
            
           Biggest losers by time :
               -7:10   Vidal Celis Zabala 
               -7:03   Antonio Amorim 
               -6:59   Antonio Jesus 
               -6:27   Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz 
               -6:21   Igor Abakoumov 
               -6:15   Samuel Dias Coelho 
               -5:53   Alberto Fernandez Sainz 
               -5:48   Carlos Manuel Pinho Oliveira 
               -5:45   Giovanni Bernaudeau 
               -5:40   Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso 
               -5:36   David Francisco Delgado 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +89   Levi Leipheimer 
                 +86   David Zabriskie 
                 +52   Alejandro Valverde 
                 +46   Igor Anton 
                 +41   Xavier Tondo 
                 +40   Francisco Mancebo 
                 +37   Carlos Sastre 
                 +34   Ezequiel Mosquera 
                 +27   Haimar Zubeldia 
                 +27   Denis Menchov 
                 +25   Alberto Contador 
                 +10   Oscar Sevilla 
                  +6   Ivan Gutierrez 
                 -18   Juan Jose Cobo 
                 -76   Ricardo Serrano 
            
           Favourites by time :
               -0:16   Alberto Contador 
               -0:22   David Zabriskie 
               -0:55   Denis Menchov 
               -1:17   Ivan Gutierrez 
               -1:33   Oscar Sevilla 
               -1:51   Xavier Tondo 
               -2:01   Ezequiel Mosquera 
               -2:07   Alejandro Valverde 
               -2:32   Carlos Sastre 
               -2:45   Haimar Zubeldia 
               -2:54   Juan Jose Cobo 
               -3:03   Igor Anton 
               -3:04   Francisco Mancebo 
               -4:29   Ricardo Serrano 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Levi Leipheimer                             5.05.10
                   2  Alberto Contador                               0.16
                   3  David Zabriskie                                0.22
                   .....
                   5  Denis Menchov                                  0.55
                   .....
                   7  Ivan Gutierrez                                 1.17
                   8  Oscar Sevilla                                  1.33
                   .....
                  15  Xavier Tondo                                   1.51
                   .....
                  19  Ezequiel Mosquera                              2.01
                  20  Alejandro Valverde                             2.07
                   .....
                  33  Carlos Sastre                                  2.32
                   .....
                  40  Haimar Zubeldia                                2.45
                   .....
                  44  Juan Jose Cobo                                 2.54
                   .....
                  51  Igor Anton                                     3.03
                   .....
                  53  Francisco Mancebo                              3.04
                   .....
                  85  Ricardo Serrano                                4.29
            
           Retirements to date :                                                      Stage
              Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                1
              William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                  1
            Total retirements : 2