Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, stage 2 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 2 : Mar 22, Santa Coloma de Farners - Banyoles, 169.3 km

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 4.11.08
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
3 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack
4 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
5 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural
6 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek
7 Michel Kreder (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo
8 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
9 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+70 Samuel Dumoulin
+52 Eduard Vorganov
+36 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+30 Tanel Kangert
+29 Ivan Rovny
+28 Michel Kreder
+27 Aitor Galdos
+26 Pierre Cazaux
+25 Gert Dockx
+24 Marc De Maar

Biggest losers by position :
-56 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman
-43 Karsten Kroon
-41 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez
-39 Nicolas Edet
-34 Linus Gerdemann
-34 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-31 Mariusz Witecki
-29 Denys Kostyuk
-27 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
-26 Paul Martens
-25 Stefan Denifl

Biggest gainers by time :
+5:21 Samuel Dumoulin

Biggest losers by time :
-7:55 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
-7:55 Joost Van Leijen
-7:55 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman
-5:21 Nicolas Edet
-3:14 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-2:59 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-2:59 Martin Pedersen
-2:49 Paul Martens
-1:35 William Clarke
-1:32 Alan Perez Lezaun
-1:32 Brice Feillu

Favourites by position :
+18 Janez Brajkovic
+12 Ivan Basso
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2 Frantisek Rabon
-2 Denis Menchov
-5 Daniel Martin
-8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-10 Vladimir Karpets
-12 Xavier Tondo Volpini
-13 Levi Leipheimer
-16 Danilo Di Luca
-17 Christian Vande Velde
-22 Michele Scarponi
-34 Linus Gerdemann

Favourites by time :
-1:32 Denis Menchov

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Gatis Smukulis 8:19:56 (unchanged)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 0:28 (unchanged)
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 0:28 (unchanged)
4 Jan Bakelandts 0:28 (was 5th at 0:28)
5 Thomas Peterson 0:28 (was 21st at 0:28)
6 Carlos Barredo Llamazales 0:28 (was 19th at 0:28)
7 Dario Cataldo 0:28 (was 16th at 0:28)
8 Jelle Vanendert 0:28 (was 13th at 0:28)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 0:28 (was 10th at 0:28)
10 Bauke Mollema 0:28 (was 9th at 0:28)
.....
19 Daniel Martin 0:28 (was 14th at 0:28)
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27 Danilo Di Luca 0:28 (was 11th at 0:28)
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36 Janez Brajkovic 0:28 (was 54th at 0:28)
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43 Ivan Basso 0:28 (was 55th at 0:28)
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45 Levi Leipheimer 0:28 (was 32nd at 0:28)
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47 Christian Vande Velde 0:28 (was 30th at 0:28)
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58 Linus Gerdemann 0:28 (was 24th at 0:28)
59 Michele Scarponi 0:28 (was 37th at 0:28)
60 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0:28 (was 52nd at 0:28)
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63 Xavier Tondo Volpini 0:28 (was 51st at 0:28)
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76 Vladimir Karpets 0:28 (was 66th at 0:28)
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145 Frantisek Rabon 13:17 (was 143rd at 13:17)
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169 Carlos Sastre Candil 13:17 (was 168th at 13:17)
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177 Denis Menchov 14:49 (was 175th at 13:17)

Top 10 on Points table
1 Ruben Perez Moreno 6
2 Ben Gastauer 5
3 Gatis Smukulis 4
4 Marek Rutkiewicz 4
5 Javier Ramirez Abeja 3
6 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman 2

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Julian Sanchez Pimienta 34 (was 2nd with 28 points)
2 Gatis Smukulis 28 (was 1st with 28 points)
3 David De La Cruz Melgarejo 24 (was 6th with 6 points)
4 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman 20 (was 0 points)
5 Ben Gastauer 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
6 Javier Ramirez Abeja 16 (was 4th with 16 points)
7 Ruben Perez Moreno 12 (was 0 points)
8 Marek Rutkiewicz 9 (was 0 points)
9 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes 6 (was 0 points)
10 Blel Kadri 4 (was 7th with 4 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
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Total retirements : 1


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