Giro d'Italia, stage 2 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 2 : May 8, Alba - Parma, 244 km

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 5.45.40
2 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) HTC-Highroad
3 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
4 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
5 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling
7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack
9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek
10 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+39 Wouter Weylandt
+31 Oscar Gatto
+29 Andrea Noe'
+29 Alessandro Petacchi
+27 Francesco Chicchi
+25 Manuel Belletti
+25 Inaki Isasi Flores
+24 Russell Downing
+24 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano
+24 Igor Anton Hernandez

Biggest losers by position :
-157 Sylvester Szmyd
-156 Sebastian Lang
-145 Francis De Greef
-142 Cameron Meyer
-121 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-120 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-118 Chris Barton
-110 Tom Slagter
-103 Olivier Kaisen
-100 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-92 Rick Flens

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Alessandro Petacchi

Biggest losers by time :
-10:32 Chris Barton
-10:32 Patrick Gretsch
-7:01 Rinaldo Nocentini
-2:26 Frantisek Rabon
-2:07 Sebastian Lang
-1:54 Cameron Meyer
-1:54 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-1:54 Davide Ricci Bitti
-1:54 Eduard Vorganov
-1:54 Elia Favilli
-1:54 Filippo Savini

Favourites by position :
+21 Danilo Di Luca
+21 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+18 Stefano Garzelli
+18 Carlos Sastre Candil
+17 Denis Menchov
+15 Roman Kreuziger
+15 Roman Kreuziger
+12 David Arroyo Duran
+10 Thomas Lovkvist
+10 Alberto Contador Velasco
+8 Richie Porte
+8 Michele Scarponi
-3 Vincenzo Nibali
-3 Lars Ytting Bak
-59 Frantisek Rabon

Favourites by time :
-0:12 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:12 Thomas Lovkvist
-0:12 Stefano Garzelli
-0:12 Roman Kreuziger
-0:12 Roman Kreuziger
-0:12 Richie Porte
-0:12 Michele Scarponi
-0:12 Lars Ytting Bak
-0:12 Denis Menchov
-0:12 David Arroyo Duran
-0:12 Danilo Di Luca
-0:12 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-0:12 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:12 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:26 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mark Cavendish 6:06:27 (was 4th at 0:00)
2 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:12 (was 3rd at 0:00)
3 Craig Lewis 0:12 (was 5th at 0:00)
4 Marco Pinotti 0:12 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Lars Ytting Bak 0:12 (was 2nd at 0:00)
6 Alessandro Petacchi 0:16 (was 35th at 0:24)
7 Robbie McEwen 0:22 (was 6th at 0:10)
8 Fumiyuki Beppu 0:22 (was 8th at 0:10)
9 Yaroslav Popovych 0:22 (was 12th at 0:10)
10 Tiago Machado 0:22 (was 7th at 0:10)
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16 Vincenzo Nibali 0:34 (was 13th at 0:22)
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26 Michele Scarponi 0:36 (was 34th at 0:24)
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41 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:42 (was 51st at 0:30)
42 Richie Porte 0:42 (was 50th at 0:30)
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52 Thomas Lovkvist 0:49 (was 62nd at 0:37)
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61 David Arroyo Duran 0:50 (was 73rd at 0:38)
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110 Roman Kreuziger 1:02 (was 125th at 0:50)
110 Roman Kreuziger 1:02 (was 125th at 0:50)
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117 Denis Menchov 1:05 (was 134th at 0:53)
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119 Carlos Sastre Candil 1:05 (was 137th at 0:53)
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132 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:16 (was 153rd at 1:04)
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135 Danilo Di Luca 1:16 (was 156th at 1:04)
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141 Stefano Garzelli 1:19 (was 159th at 1:07)
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191 Frantisek Rabon 3:16 (was 132nd at 0:50)

Retirements to date : Stage
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2 <<<
Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana 2 <<<
Total retirements : 2


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