Changes in stage 2 compared to stage 1 Biggest gainers by position : +108 Jussi Veikkanen +97 Matthew Lloyd +95 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +91 Dries Devenyns +86 Wim Van Huffel +85 Riccardo Ricco +82 Yoann Le Boulanger +80 Alberto Benitez Roman +79 Emanuele Sella +76 Fortunato Baliani Biggest losers by position : -139 Magnus Backstedt -130 Bradley Wiggins -130 Tony Martin -127 Julian Dean -126 Mark Cavendish -106 Jason McCartney -105 Stuart O'Grady -103 Steven ***mings -98 Geraint Thomas -98 Steve Morabito -95 Mikhail Ignatiev Biggest gainers by time : +0:29 Riccardo Ricco +0:21 Danilo Di Luca +0:17 Davide Rebellin +0:09 Paolo Savoldelli +0:09 Joaquin Rodriguez +0:09 Franco Pellizotti +0:05 Jussi Veikkanen +0:01 Vincenzo Nibali +0:01 Leonardo Piepoli +0:01 Andreas Kloden Biggest losers by time : -12:43 Graeme Brown -11:31 Alberto Loddo -11:31 Alberto Ongarato -11:31 Alexander Serov -11:31 Alexandre Usov -11:31 Andre Greipel -11:31 Bradley Wiggins -11:31 Bram De Groot -11:31 Christopher Sutton -11:31 Damien Monier -11:31 Danny Pate Favourites by position : +69 Leonardo Piepoli +68 Davide Rebellin +67 Denis Menchov +64 Tadej Valjavec +42 Gilberto Simoni +38 Marzio Bruseghin +35 Danilo Di Luca +32 Andreas Kloden +31 Paolo Savoldelli +30 Alberto Contador Velasco +22 Vladimir Karpets +21 Levi Leipheimer +19 Franco Pellizotti -1 Jens Voigt -10 Daniele Bennati Favourites by time : +0:21 Danilo Di Luca +0:17 Davide Rebellin +0:09 Paolo Savoldelli +0:09 Franco Pellizotti +0:01 Leonardo Piepoli +0:01 Andreas Kloden -0:01 Marzio Bruseghin -0:01 Denis Menchov -0:01 Alberto Contador Velasco -0:11 Levi Leipheimer -0:11 Gilberto Simoni -0:22 Jens Voigt -0:25 Tadej Valjavec -0:43 Daniele Bennati -1:10 Vladimir Karpets Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Franco Pellizotti 6.15.16 2 Christian Vande Velde 0.01 3 Chris Anker Sorensen 0.07 4 Danilo Di Luca 0.07 ..... 10 Paolo Savoldelli 0.19 ..... 14 Jens Voigt 0.28 ..... 16 Andreas Kloden 0.28 ..... 19 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.30 ..... 22 Davide Rebellin 0.37 ..... 25 Levi Leipheimer 0.40 ..... 29 Marzio Bruseghin 0.46 ..... 32 Daniele Bennati 0.52 ..... 40 Leonardo Piepoli 1.01 41 Gilberto Simoni 1.02 ..... 43 Denis Menchov 1.05 ..... 61 Tadej Valjavec 1.30 ..... 80 Vladimir Karpets 2.04 Retirements to date : Stage Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2 <<< Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2 <<< Total retirements : 3
