Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, stage 2 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 2 : Apr 5, Zumarraga - Lekunberri, 163 km

1 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 4.06.39
2 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team RadioShack 0.02
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
4 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
5 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
9 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC
10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+45 Maxim Belkov
+36 Dominique Nerz
+33 Chris Butler
+31 Steven Cummings
+28 Mathias Frank
+28 Addy Engels
+27 Sergey Renev
+27 Murilo Antonio Fischer
+27 Jussi Veikkanen
+26 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo

Biggest losers by position :
-72 Richie Porte
-63 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-46 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-45 Johnny Hoogerland
-44 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide
-42 Josep Jufre Pou
-39 Daniel Martin
-37 Mauro Finetto
-34 Wout Poels
-31 Michal Golas
-29 Matteo Montaguti

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:02 Vasili Kiryienka

Biggest losers by time :
-18:44 Aitor Galdos Alonso
-18:44 Alberto Losada Alguacil
-18:44 Alfredo Balloni
-18:44 Andrey Kashechkin
-18:44 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide
-18:44 Higinio Fernandez
-18:44 Inaki Isasi Flores
-18:44 Jason Mccartney
-18:44 John Gadret
-18:44 Josep Jufre Pou
-18:44 Julien Vermote

Favourites by position :
+21 Levi Leipheimer
+20 David Arroyo Duran
+10 Michael Rogers
+8 Andy Schleck
+5 Frank Schleck
+2 Xavier Tondo Volpini
+2 Ivan Basso
+2 Andreas Kloden
-1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-1 Robert Gesink
-1 Joaquin Rodriguez
-4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-4 Christian Vande Velde
-6 Jens Voigt
-13 Danilo Di Luca

Favourites by time :
-0:24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-0:52 Danilo Di Luca
-1:06 Michael Rogers
-4:07 Christian Vande Velde
-4:28 Levi Leipheimer
-7:04 Jens Voigt

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Andreas Kloden 8:09:23 (was 3rd at 0:00)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:00 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 0:00 (was 2nd at 0:00)
4 Christopher Horner 0:01 (unchanged)
5 Ryder Hesjedal 0:06 (unchanged)
6 David Lopez Garcia 0:06 (was 7th at 0:06)
7 Damiano Cunego 0:06 (was 6th at 0:06)
8 Xavier Tondo Volpini 0:06 (was 10th at 0:06)
9 Robert Gesink 0:06 (was 8th at 0:06)
10 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:09 (was 11th at 0:09)
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12 Andy Schleck 0:18 (was 20th at 0:18)
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14 Frank Schleck 0:18 (was 19th at 0:18)
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16 Ivan Basso 0:18 (was 18th at 0:18)
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20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 0:42 (was 16th at 0:18)
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22 Danilo Di Luca 0:58 (was 9th at 0:06)
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30 David Arroyo Duran 1:26 (was 50th at 1:26)
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76 Michael Rogers 10:25 (was 86th at 9:19)
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82 Jens Voigt 11:10 (was 76th at 4:06)
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89 Christian Vande Velde 12:21 (was 85th at 8:14)
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108 Levi Leipheimer 19:35 (was 129th at 15:07)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Andreas Kloden 36 (was 0 points)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 31 (was 0 points)
3 Christopher Horner 26 (was 0 points)
4 Vasili Kiryienka 25 (was 0 points)
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 25 (was 0 points)
6 Ryder Hesjedal 21 (was 0 points)
7 Andy Schleck 16 (was 0 points)
8 Chris Anker Sorensen 14 (was 0 points)
9 David Lopez Garcia 12 (was 0 points)
10 Damiano Cunego 11 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Maxim Iglinskiy 21 (was 0 points)
2 Rafael Valls Ferri 19 (was 0 points)
3 Amael Moinard 14 (was 0 points)
4 Juan Manuel Garate 13 (was 3rd with 7 points)
5 Mathieu Perget 12 (was 1st with 12 points)
6 Vasili Kiryienka 10 (was 0 points)
7 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 10 (was 7th with 2 points)
8 Christopher Horner 10 (was 5th with 4 points)
9 Bram Tankink 9 (was 2nd with 8 points)
10 Dario Cataldo 8 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andre Steensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 2 <<<
Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 2 <<<
Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team 1
Total retirements : 3


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