Tour of California, stage 2 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 2 : May 13, Murrieta - Greater Palm Springs, 200 km

1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Jamis - Hagens Berman 5.07.40
2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.12
3 Philip Deignan (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0.27
4 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.45
5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.55
6 Chad Haga (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 1.13
7 Matthew Busche (USA) RadioShack Leopard 1.15
8 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda
9 Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Cycling Team 1.32
10 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1.40


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Shawn Milne
+34 Lachlan David Morton
+29 Wesley Sulzberger
+27 Rohan Dennis
+26 Frank Kevin Pipp
+25 Oliver Zaugg
+24 Jay McCarthy
+23 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
+22 Robert Sweeting
+22 Philip Deignan

Biggest losers by position :
-61 Pieter Serry
-54 Gregor Gazvoda
-54 Peter Sagan
-44 Jasper Stuyven
-42 Gianni Meersman
-39 Bertjan Lindeman
-37 Maciej Bodnar
-32 Jeremy Vennell
-32 Kristijan Koren
-32 Mitchell Docker
-31 Alexander Candelario

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:06 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle

Biggest losers by time :
-36:30 Guido Emanuel Palma
-36:30 Pieter Serry
-31:17 Bobbie Traksel
-31:06 Gregor Gazvoda
-29:31 Tom Zirbel
-27:02 James Oram
-25:34 Marco Pinotti
-22:39 Bertjan Lindeman
-22:33 Aldo Ino Ilesic
-20:24 Matteo Tosatto
-20:13 Thor Hushovd

Favourites by position :
+15 Tejay van Garderen
+9 Mathias Frank
+9 Cameron Meyer
+6 Michael Rogers
+5 Thomas De Gendt
+5 David Zabriskie
-3 Sylvain Chavanel
-12 Andy Schleck
-30 Lieuwe Westra

Favourites by time :
-0:06 Tejay van Garderen
-0:39 Mathias Frank
-0:49 Michael Rogers
-1:34 Cameron Meyer
-9:16 Andy Schleck
-9:25 Lieuwe Westra
-10:08 David Zabriskie
-12:05 Thomas De Gendt
-12:43 Sylvain Chavanel

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 9:39:19 (was 24th at 0:06)
2 Tejay van Garderen 0:12 (was 17th at 0:06)
3 Philip Deignan 0:27 (was 25th at 0:06)
4 Mathias Frank 0:45 (was 13th at 0:06)
5 Michael Rogers 0:55 (was 11th at 0:06)
6 Francisco Mancebo Perez 1:03 (was 2nd at 0:00)
7 Chad Haga 1:13 (was 21st at 0:06)
8 Matthew Busche 1:15 (was 29th at 0:06)
9 Lawson Craddock 1:32 (was 30th at 0:06)
10 Cameron Meyer 1:40 (was 19th at 0:06)
.....
30 Andy Schleck 9:22 (was 18th at 0:06)
31 Lieuwe Westra 9:25 (was 1st at 0:00)
.....
33 David Zabriskie 10:14 (was 38th at 0:06)
.....
61 Sylvain Chavanel 21:54 (was 58th at 9:11)
.....
99 Thomas De Gendt 30:45 (was 104th at 18:40)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Jonathan Patrick McCarty 5
2 Ben Jacques-Maynes 3
3 Scott Zwizanski 1

Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Jamis-Hagens Berman 2 <<<
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 <<<
Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 2 <<<
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 <<<
Wesley Kreder (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 <<<
Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 1
Taylor Sheldon (USA) 5 Hour Energy p/b Kenda 1
Total retirements : 9


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