Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1
Biggest gainers by position :
+62 Davide Rebellin
+59 Ivan Velasco Murillo
+57 Pieter Jacobs
+57 Jose Antonio Carrasco Ramirez
+57 Javier Moreno Bazan
+56 Roy Sentjens
+56 Gabriel Rasch
+56 Francis Mourey
+56 Alessandro Ballan
+54 Renaud Dion
Biggest losers by position :
-154 Gorazd Stangelj
-146 Enrico Franzoi
-142 Valerio Agnoli
-123 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez
-121 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta
-120 Manuel Quinziato
-111 Alessandro Vanotti
-111 Nikolay Trusov
-109 Emanuele Bindi
-109 Mauro Santambrogio
-96 Volodymyr Diudia
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:09 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
Biggest losers by time :
-10:11 Davide Vigano
-10:08 Aurelien Clerc
-10:08 Gorazd Stangelj
-10:08 Ivan Santaromita
-10:08 Kevin Van Impe
-10:08 Oscar Gatto
-10:08 Stef Clement
-10:08 Volodymyr Diudia
-8:17 Alexandre Usov
-8:17 Enrico Franzoi
-8:17 Francisco Jose Martinez Perez
Favourites by position :
+62 Davide Rebellin
+56 Alessandro Ballan
+44 Sandy Casar
+38 Yaroslav Popovych
+38 Rinaldo Nocentini
+37 John Gadret
+30 Marzio Bruseghin
+27 Damiano Cunego
+25 Tomas Vaitkus
+25 Stefan Schumacher
+16 Robert Gesink
+16 Levi Leipheimer
+13 Ivan Rovny
+12 Andreas Kloden
+7 Alexandr Kolobnev
Favourites by time :
-0:01 Davide Rebellin
-0:05 Alessandro Ballan
-0:13 Yaroslav Popovych
-0:13 Stefan Schumacher
-0:13 Sandy Casar
-0:13 Robert Gesink
-0:13 Rinaldo Nocentini
-0:13 Marzio Bruseghin
-0:13 Levi Leipheimer
-0:13 John Gadret
-0:13 Ivan Rovny
-0:13 Damiano Cunego
-0:13 Andreas Kloden
-0:13 Alexandr Kolobnev
-2:26 Tomas Vaitkus
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4.31.10
2 Filippo Pozzato 0.13
3 Daniele Bennati 0.13
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6 Davide Rebellin 0.19
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22 Alessandro Ballan 0.24
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24 Alexandr Kolobnev 0.24
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31 Ivan Rovny 0.25
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35 Robert Gesink 0.26
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42 Levi Leipheimer 0.27
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44 Andreas Kloden 0.27
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47 Stefan Schumacher 0.31
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51 Marzio Bruseghin 0.32
52 Damiano Cunego 0.32
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55 Rinaldo Nocentini 0.33
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60 John Gadret 0.33
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62 Yaroslav Popovych 0.33
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83 Sandy Casar 0.40
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136 Tomas Vaitkus 3.36
Retirements to date : Stage
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 <<<
Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 <<<
Total retirements : 3