Stage 2 : August 21, 2016 Balneario Laias - Castrelo de Mino (TTT) 27.8 km 1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 4.16.39 2 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 3 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 5 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 6 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 7 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 8 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Team Katusha 9 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 10 Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 : Biggest gainers by position : +21 Michael Schwarzmann +20 Louis Meintjes +20 Gatis Smukulis +19 Valerio Conti +19 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho +19 Sebastien Minard +19 Robert Gesink +19 Pavel Kochetkov +19 Federico Zurlo +19 Daniele Bennati Biggest losers by position : -148 David Lopez Garcia -148 Svein Tuft -110 Alexandre Geniez -109 Laurent Pichon -108 Victor Campenaerts -107 Omar Fraile Matarranza -104 Gregor Muhlberger -103 Ivan Rovny -92 Cesare Benedetti -72 Christophe Riblon -69 Tobias Ludvigsson Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Gianni Meersman +0:06 Michael Schwarzmann +0:04 Magnus Cort +0:03 Philippe Gilbert Biggest losers by time : -7:25 Omar Fraile Matarranza -5:36 Jacobus Venter -5:36 Nicholas Dougall -5:36 Tom Stamsnijder -5:35 Bryan Nauleau -4:23 Christophe Riblon -4:23 David Lopez Garcia -4:23 Davide Malacarne -4:23 Svein Tuft -4:23 Tobias Ludvigsson -3:59 Alexandre Geniez Favourites by position : +19 Robert Gesink +11 Mathias Frank +10 Jean-Christophe Peraud +10 Alberto Contador Velasco +3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas +3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte +2 Michal Kwiatkowski +1 Christopher Froome +1 Andrew Talansky -1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez -2 Simon Yates -4 Leopold Konig -24 Pierre Rolland Favourites by time : -1:38 Pierre Rolland Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Michal Kwiatkowski 4:47:16 (was 3rd at 0:00) 2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:00 (was 9th at 0:00) 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:00 (was 6th at 0:00) 4 Christopher Froome 0:00 (was 5th at 0:00) 5 Salvatore Puccio 0:00 (was 2nd at 0:00) 6 Peter Kennaugh 0:00 (was 1st at 0:00) 7 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:00 (was 10th at 0:00) 8 Leopold Konig 0:00 (was 4th at 0:00) 9 Ruben Fernandez 0:00 (was 8th at 0:00) 10 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas 0:00 (was 7th at 0:00) ..... 15 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 0:06 (unchanged) 16 Simon Yates 0:06 (was 14th at 0:06) ..... 19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:07 (was 18th at 0:07) ..... 22 Tejay van Garderen 0:07 (unchanged) ..... 40 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:52 (was 50th at 0:52) ..... 42 Andrew Talansky 0:52 (was 43rd at 0:52) ..... 66 Mathias Frank 1:13 (was 77th at 1:13) ..... 104 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:48 (was 114th at 1:48) ..... 145 Robert Gesink 3:14 (was 164th at 3:14) ..... 155 Pierre Rolland 3:41 (was 131st at 2:03) Top 10 on Points table 1 Gianni Meersman 25 2 Michael Schwarzmann 20 3 Magnus Cort 16 4 Michal Kwiatkowski 14 5 Jonas Van Genechten 12 6 Kristian Sbaragli 10 7 Niccolo Bonifazio 9 8 Jhonatan Restrepo 8 9 Jean-Pierre Drucker 7 10 Lorrenzo Manzin 6 Top 10 on Mountains table 1 Laurent Pichon 3 2 Cesare Benedetti 2 3 Bryan Nauleau 1 Retirements to date : Stage Total retirements : 0