Tour de France, stage 2 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1

Biggest gainers by position :
+89 Gert Steegmans
+41 Marcel Sieberg
+31 Ruben Perez Moreno
+16 Tom Boonen
+14 Filippo Pozzato

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Michael Rogers
-3 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-3 Sylvain Chavanel
-2 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Andrey Kashechkin
-2 Bram Tankink
-2 Cadel Evans
-2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-2 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2 Charles Wegelius
-2 Christian Knees

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Gert Steegmans
+0:14 Cédric Hervé
+0:12 Tom Boonen
+0:12 Ruben Perez Moreno
+0:10 Marcel Sieberg
+0:08 Filippo Pozzato

Biggest losers by time :

Favourites by position :
+14 Filippo Pozzato
-1 Vladimir Karpets
-1 Tadej Valjavec
-1 Marzio Bruseghin
-1 Christophe Moreau
-1 Alexandre Vinokourov
-1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-2 Yaroslav Popovych
-2 Paolo Savoldelli
-2 Michael Boogerd
-2 Manuel Beltran Martinez
-2 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Kim Kirchen
-2 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
-2 Iban Mayo Diez
-2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-2 Frank Schleck
-2 Denis Menchov
-2 Dario David Cioni
-2 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2 Cadel Evans
-2 Andrey Kashechkin
-2 Alberto Contador Velasco
-3 Sylvain Chavanel
-3 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-3 Michael Rogers

Favourites by time :
+0:08 Filippo Pozzato

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Fabian Cancellara 8.36.13
2 Andreas Klöden 0.13
3 David Millar 0.21
4 George Hincapie 0.23
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8 Vladimir Karpets 0.26
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10 Alexandre Vinokourov 0.30
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17 Filippo Pozzato 0.35
18 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.35
19 Andrey Kashechkin 0.35
20 Cadel Evans 0.36
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23 Sylvain Chavanel 0.36
24 Michael Rogers 0.37
25 Oscar Pereiro Sio 0.37
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27 Paolo Savoldelli 0.38
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30 Levi Leipheimer 0.40
31 Denis Menchov 0.40
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34 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0.43
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50 Yaroslav Popovych 0.48
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53 Kim Kirchen 0.48
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55 Christophe Moreau 0.49
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65 Marzio Bruseghin 0.51
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80 Tadej Valjavec 0.54
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92 Carlos Sastre Candil 0.56
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95 Frank Schleck 0.57
96 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0.57
97 Dario David Cioni 0.57
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109 Iban Mayo Diez 1.00
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111 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro 1.00
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119 Michael Boogerd 1.02
120 Manuel Beltran Martinez 1.02
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138 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin 1.06

Retirements to date :
Agritubel Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
Total retirements : 1