Vuelta a Espana , stage 2 summary
Bob Martin
Stage 2 : Aug 29, Alcala de Guadaira - Marbella, 173.7 km
1 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ 4.35.41
2 Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team HTC-Columbia
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
5 Manuel Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto
6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
7 Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky
8 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram
9 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha
10 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step
Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+95 Yauheni Hutarovich
+28 Tyler Farrar
+28 Enrique Mata
+26 Johnnie Walker
+24 Juan Javier Estrada
+24 Giampaolo Cheula
+23 Thomas Lofkvist
+23 Kasper Klostergaard
+22 Laurens Ten Dam
+22 Denis Galimzyanov
Biggest losers by position :
-181 Martin Velits
-149 Fabian Cancellara
-141 Mickael Delage
-126 Grega Bole
-87 David Zabriskie
-43 Bernhard Eisel
-33 Mikhail Ignatiev
-24 Mauricio Ardila
-23 Daniele Righi
-23 Sebastian Langeveld
-22 Alexandre Pichot
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:08 Yauheni Hutarovich
Biggest losers by time :
-5:03 Martin Velits
-4:51 Mickael Delage
-3:40 Daniele Righi
-1:44 Bernhard Eisel
-1:44 Mikhail Ignatiev
-1:43 Fabian Cancellara
-1:36 David Vitoria
-1:29 Dmitry Kozontchuk
-1:14 Grega Bole
-0:51 Alexandre Pichot
-0:42 Jorge Montenegro
Favourites by position :
+17 Allan Davis
+8 Denis Menchov
+5 Vincenzo Nibali
+4 Ruben Plaza
+3 Joaquin Rodriguez
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-7 Frank Schleck
-10 Andy Schleck
-87 David Zabriskie
Favourites by time :
-0:12 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:12 Ruben Plaza
-0:12 Roman Kreuziger
-0:12 Joaquin Rodriguez
-0:12 Denis Menchov
-0:12 Allan Davis
-0:14 Frank Schleck
-0:14 Andy Schleck
-0:35 David Zabriskie
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Mark Cavendish 4:49:35 (unchanged)
2 Kanstantin Sivtsov 0:12 (was 6th at 0:00)
3 Peter Velits 0:12 (was 2nd at 0:00)
4 Tejay Van Garderen 0:12 (was 7th at 0:00)
5 Matthew Goss 0:12 (was 8th at 0:00)
6 Hayden Roulston 0:12 (was 5th at 0:00)
7 Tyler Farrar 0:21 (was 35th at 0:17)
8 Daniele Bennati 0:22 (was 9th at 0:10)
9 Vincenzo Nibali 0:22 (was 14th at 0:10)
10 Frederik Willems 0:22 (was 10th at 0:10)
.....
14 Roman Kreuziger 0:22 (was 13th at 0:10)
.....
28 Frank Schleck 0:26 (was 21st at 0:12)
.....
30 Andy Schleck 0:26 (was 20th at 0:12)
.....
52 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:32 (was 55th at 0:20)
.....
66 Ruben Plaza 0:37 (was 70th at 0:25)
.....
115 Denis Menchov 0:48 (was 123rd at 0:36)
.....
124 David Zabriskie 0:52 (was 37th at 0:17)
.....
126 Allan Davis 0:53 (was 143rd at 0:41)
Retirements to date : Stage
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2 <<<
Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2 <<<
Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2 <<<
Gianni Meersman (Bel) FDJ 2 <<<
Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 2 <<<
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale 2 <<<
Julian Dean (NZL) Garmin-Transitions 2 <<<
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 2 <<<
Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia 2 <<<
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2 <<<
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 2 <<<
Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 <<<
Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 2 <<<
Total retirements : 13
(This report can also be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)
Horst Schnellinger
> Favourites by position :
> +17 Allan Davis
> +8 Denis Menchov
> +5 Vincenzo Nibali
> +4 Ruben Plaza
> +3 Joaquin Rodriguez
> -1 Roman Kreuziger
> -7 Frank Schleck
> -10 Andy Schleck
> -87 David Zabriskie
>
> Favourites by time :
> -0:12 Vincenzo Nibali
> -0:12 Ruben Plaza
> -0:12 Roman Kreuziger
> -0:12 Joaquin Rodriguez
> -0:12 Denis Menchov
> -0:12 Allan Davis
> -0:14 Frank Schleck
> -0:14 Andy Schleck
> -0:35 David Zabriskie
Bob, I love your daily statistics for the great tours, one of the only
reasons not to unsubscribe this group.
But from where comes your assessment who's a favourite or not? Nothing
against Davis or DZNuts Zabriskie, but I doubt that they are real
candidates for the Top10 in this Vuelta. Where are Sanchez, Arroyo or
Igor Anton?
But keep on your good work
Regards
Schnellinger
Bob Martin
It's based on riders' final placings in stage races over the preceding 2 years
but confusion sometimes arises over the names of Spanish riders.
Arroyo, Sastre and LL Sanchez are in my list but didn't match names used in results.
Should be fixed by tonight.
Horst Schnellinger
>
> It's based on riders' final placings in stage races over the preceding 2 years
> but confusion sometimes arises over the names of Spanish riders.
>
> Arroyo, Sastre and LL Sanchez are in my list but didn't match names used in results.
> Should be fixed by tonight.
Okay, I understand. Parsing problems because of accents.
Thanx for the answer
Schnellinger