Tour de France, stage 2 summary
Bob Martin
Stage 2 : Sunday, July 5 2009, Monaco - Brignoles, 187 km
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC 4.30.02
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
5 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
7 William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano
10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+1 Steven de Jongh
+1 Mark Cavendish
+1 Kenny Robert van Hummel
+1 Joan Horrach Rippoll
+1 Fumiyuki Beppu
+1 Danilo Napolitano
+1 Angelo Furlan
Biggest losers by position :
-7 Andreas Klier
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-7:14 Andreas Klier
-7:14 Yauheni Hutarovich
Favourites by position :
Favourites by time :
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Fabian Cancellara 4.49.34
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.18
3 Bradley Wiggins 0.19
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5 Cadel Evans 0.23
6 Levi Leipheimer 0.30
7 Roman Kreuziger 0.32
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10 Lance Armstrong 0.40
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18 Andy Schleck 1.00
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22 Vladimir Karpets 1.07
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31 Robert Gesink 1.15
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35 Marzio Bruseghin 1.17
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38 Jens Voigt 1.22
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53 Denis Menchov 1.31
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61 Franco Pellizotti 1.33
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67 Frank Schleck 1.36
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109 Kim Kirchen 1.57
Retirements to date : Stage
Total retirements : 0
Tom Kunich
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> Biggest losers by time :
> -7:14 Andreas Klier
> -7:14 Yauheni Hutarovich
What happened to Klier? That ends any chance he had of finishing well this
year.
Donald Munro
>> Biggest losers by time :
>> -7:14 Andreas Klier
>> -7:14 Yauheni Hutarovich
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> What happened to Klier? That ends any chance he had of finishing well this
> year.
I think they fell around the time the chase really started with about
20km to go or at least Hutarovich did and I think Klier was taken down
with him. Now where can I get odds on Hutarovich for red lantern ?