Volta a Catalunya stage 2 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 2 - L'Escala-Perpignan 202.4 km

1 Kaden Groves (Aus) Team BikeExchange - Jayco 4:44:28
2 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
3 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Team Arkea Samsic 0:00
4 Ethan Vernon (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00
5 Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:00
6 Manuel Penalver (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:00
7 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange - Jayco 0:00
8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00
9 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM 0:00
10 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Den) Trek - Segafredo 0:00


Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+48 Larry Warbasse
+44 Gotzon Martin
+41 Esteban Chaves
+41 Dries Devenyns
+40 Anthony Delaplace
+38 Joao Almeida
+36 Carlos Verona
+34 Pierre-Luc Perichon
+32 George Bennett
+31 Phil Bauhaus

Biggest losers by position :
-67 Simon Clarke
-46 Michal Kwiatkowski
-42 Andrea Bagioli
-34 Carlos Canal
-34 Luke Plapp
-32 Eduard Prades
-32 Quentin Pacher
-28 Attila Valter
-28 Simone Velasco
-28 Urko Berrade
-26 Tom Dumoulin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:09 Kaden Groves
+0:05 Phil Bauhaus
+0:04 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg
+0:03 Hugo Hofstetter

Biggest losers by time :
-21:53 Marius Mayrhofer
-11:20 Alvaro Cuadros
-11:20 Luke Plapp
-8:38 Alex Molenaar
-8:38 Jonathan Castroviejo
-8:38 Matthew Holmes
-8:38 Michal Kwiatkowski
-8:38 Mikel Bizkarra
-8:38 Raul Garcia Pierna
-8:35 Adria Moreno
-8:34 Joan Bou

Favourites by position :
+38 Joao Almeida
+24 Steven Kruijswijk
+22 Guillaume Martin
+18 Fausto Masnada
+14 Nairo Quintana
+13 Alejandro Valverde
+12 Rohan Dennis
+12 Richard Carapaz
-1 Michael Woods
-2 Wout Poels
-7 Hugh Carthy
-8 Simon Yates
-24 Jai Hindley
-26 Tom Dumoulin

Favourites by time :
-0:01 Wout Poels
-0:01 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:01 Rohan Dennis
-0:01 Richard Carapaz
-0:01 Nairo Quintana
-0:01 Joao Almeida
-0:01 Guillaume Martin
-0:01 Fausto Masnada
-0:01 Alejandro Valverde
-0:34 Tom Dumoulin
-0:34 Simon Yates
-0:34 Michael Woods
-0:34 Jai Hindley
-0:34 Hugh Carthy

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg 8:31:28 (was 3rd at 0:04)
2 Michael Matthews 0:01 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Hugo Hofstetter 0:07 (was 10th at 0:10)
4 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen 0:11 (was 7th at 0:10)
5 Juan Sebastian Molano 0:11 (was 14th at 0:10)
6 Giulio Ciccone 0:11 (was 15th at 0:10)
7 Tobias Halland Johannessen 0:11 (was 12th at 0:10)
8 Sergio Higuita 0:11 (was 6th at 0:10)
9 Jan Bakelants 0:11 (was 17th at 0:10)
10 Sam Oomen 0:11 (was 21st at 0:10)
11 Steven Kruijswijk 0:11 (was 35th at 0:10)
12 Nairo Quintana 0:11 (was 26th at 0:10)
.....
18 Wout Poels 0:11 (was 16th at 0:10)
19 Guillaume Martin 0:11 (was 41st at 0:10)
20 Richard Carapaz 0:11 (was 32nd at 0:10)
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23 Alejandro Valverde 0:11 (was 36th at 0:10)
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28 Fausto Masnada 0:11 (was 46th at 0:10)
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35 Joao Almeida 0:11 (was 73rd at 0:10)
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43 Jai Hindley 0:44 (was 19th at 0:10)
44 Hugh Carthy 0:44 (was 37th at 0:10)
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46 Michael Woods 0:44 (was 45th at 0:10)
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49 Tom Dumoulin 0:44 (was 23rd at 0:10)
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69 Simon Yates 0:44 (was 61st at 0:10)
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84 Rohan Dennis 3:30 (was 96th at 3:29)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg 11 (was 2nd with 6 points)
2 Michael Matthews 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
3 Kaden Groves 10 (was 0 points)
4 Sonny Colbrelli 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
5 Phil Bauhaus 6 (was 0 points)
6 Joan Bou 4 (was 0 points)
7 Hugo Hofstetter 4 (was 0 points)
8 Quentin Pacher 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
9 Pieter Serry 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
10 Adria Moreno 3 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg 10 (was 1st with 3 points)
2 Joan Bou 7 (was 0 points)
3 Adria Moreno 4 (was 0 points)
4 Rohan Dennis 3 (was 2nd with 3 points)
5 Alex Molenaar 3 (was 3rd with 3 points)
6 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen 2 (was 4th with 2 points)
7 Steven Kruijswijk 2 (was 5th with 2 points)
8 Bruno Armirail 2 (was 6th with 2 points)
9 Mads Wurtz Schmidt 1 (was 7th with 1 points)
10 Pieter Serry 1 (was 8th with 1 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Bahrain - Victorious 25:34:57 (was 1st at 11:21:33)
2 Team Arkea Samsic 0:00 (was 9th at 0:00)
3 UAE Team Emirates 0:00 (was 2nd at 0:00)
4 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00 (was 5th at 0:00)
5 Trek - Segafredo 0:00 (was 4th at 0:00)
6 Jumbo-Visma 0:00 (was 7th at 0:00)
7 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:00 (was 6th at 0:00)
8 INEOS Grenadiers 0:33 (was 8th at 0:00)
9 Team DSM 0:33 (was 19th at 0:00)
10 Cofidis 0:33 (was 17th at 0:00)
11 AG2R Citroen Team 0:33 (was 12th at 0:00)
12 Movistar Team 0:33 (was 16th at 0:00)
13 Groupama - FDJ 1:06 (was 3rd at 0:00)
14 Israel - Premier Tech 1:06 (was 10th at 0:00)
15 BORA - hansgrohe 1:06 (was 11th at 0:00)
16 EF Education-EasyPost 1:06 (was 14th at 0:00)
17 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 1:06 (was 15th at 0:00)
18 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:14 (was 20th at 0:41)
19 Astana Qazaqstan Team 1:39 (was 13th at 0:00)
20 Lotto Soudal 1:39 (was 18th at 0:00)
21 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 2:34 (was 21th at 0:55)
22 Equipo Kern Pharma 4:10 (was 22th at 2:31)
23 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10:32 (was 23th at 9:26)
24 Burgos-BH 15:34 (was 24th at 14:28)

Retirements to date : Stage
Jack Haig (Bahrain - Victorious) 2 <<<
Nans Peters (AG2R Citroen Team) 2 <<<
Richie Porte (INEOS Grenadiers) 2 <<<
Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain - Victorious) 2 <<<
Alessandro De Marchi (Israel - Premier Tech) 1
Total retirements : 5


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