Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 Biggest gainers by position : +83 Paolo Bettini +79 Addy Engels +76 Carlos Barredo +74 Davide Rebellin +66 Matej Jurco +66 Alberto Ongarato +65 Jesus Rosendo Prado +64 Philippe Gilbert +63 Marco Velo +62 Jose Ruiz Sanchez Biggest losers by position : -88 Daniele Bennati -86 Koldo Fernandez -83 Mark Renshaw -78 Carlos Castaño -78 Oscar Pereiro Sio -78 Samuel Sánchez -76 Francesco Chicchi -69 Alexandre Usov -69 Gustavo Domínguez -67 Leonardo Bertagnolli -65 David Loosli Biggest gainers by time : +0:24 Paolo Tiralongo +0:24 Fabio Sabatini +0:24 Damiano Cunego Biggest losers by time : -17:21 Vincent Jérôme Favourites by position : +74 Davide Rebellin +50 Denis Menchov +44 Pietro Caucchioli +41 Damiano Cunego +35 Carlos Sastre +22 Manuel Beltrán +15 Iñigo Cuesta +8 Stefan Schumacher +6 Cadel Evans +3 Leonardo Piepoli +3 Andreas Klier -3 Franco Pellizotti -25 Vladimir Karpets -33 Santiago Perez -39 José Luis Rubiera -78 Samuel Sánchez -78 Oscar Pereiro Sio Favourites by time : +0:24 Damiano Cunego Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Oscar Freire Gomez 7.14.12 2 Erik Zabel 0.00 3 Leonardo Duque 0.00 ..... 18 Manuel Beltrán 0.00 19 Carlos Sastre 0.00 ..... 23 Cadel Evans 0.00 ..... 29 Denis Menchov 0.00 ..... 41 Davide Rebellin 0.00 ..... 67 Vladimir Karpets 0.00 ..... 90 Pietro Caucchioli 0.00 ..... 95 Stefan Schumacher 0.00 ..... 116 Samuel Sánchez 0.00 ..... 124 Oscar Pereiro Sio 0.00 ..... 129 Andreas Klier 0.00 130 Santiago Perez 0.00 ..... 134 Franco Pellizotti 0.00 ..... 142 Damiano Cunego 0.00 ..... 149 Leonardo Piepoli 0.00 150 José Luis Rubiera 0.00 ..... 156 Iñigo Cuesta 0.00 Retirements to date : Total retirements : 0