• Volta a Catalunya stage 2 summary

    From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 23 06:04:59 2022
    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)
    .....
    23 Alejandro Valverde 0:11 (was 36th at 0:10)
    .....
    28 Fausto Masnada 0:11 (was 46th at 0:10)
    .....
    35 Joao Almeida 0:11 (was 73rd at 0:10)
    .....
    43 Jai Hindley 0:44 (was 19th at 0:10)
    44 Hugh Carthy 0:44 (was 37th at 0:10)
    .....
    46 Michael Woods 0:44 (was 45th at 0:10)
    .....
    49 Tom Dumoulin 0:44 (was 23rd at 0:10)
    .....
    69 Simon Yates 0:44 (was 61st at 0:10)
    .....
    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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  • From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 21 21:24:53 2023
    Stage 2 - Mataro-Vallter 165.4 km

    1 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 4:13:37
    2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 0:00
    3 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal - Quick Step 0:00
    4 Mikel Landa (Spa) Bahrain - Victorious 0:11
    5 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 0:11
    6 Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:11
    7 Esteban Chaves (Col) EF Education-EasyPost 0:15
    8 Michael Woods (Can) Israel - Premier Tech 0:15
    9 Jai Hindley (Aus) BORA - hansgrohe 0:15
    10 Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) BORA - hansgrohe 0:15


    Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +81 Adam Yates
    +76 Geraint Thomas
    +75 Sepp Kuss
    +74 Ivan Ramiro Sosa
    +68 Rein Taaramae
    +67 Pablo Castrillo
    +60 Rainer Kepplinger
    +53 Mikel Bizkarra
    +50 Lenny Martinez
    +50 Jonathan Klever Caicedo

    Biggest losers by position :
    -124 Milan Menten
    -114 Ide Schelling
    -113 Bryan Coquard
    -103 Corbin Strong
    -90 Maxim Van Gils
    -86 Eduard Prades
    -82 Clement Venturini
    -80 Ethan Hayter
    -78 Dorian Godon
    -73 Jon Aberasturi
    -71 Marc Brustenga

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:04 Giulio Ciccone

    Biggest losers by time :
    -24:41 Anders Halland Johannessen
    -23:45 Marco Brenner
    -23:36 Rudiger Selig
    -22:00 Clement Davy
    -20:54 Michael Storer
    -20:16 Xabier Mikel Azparren
    -19:47 Fabio Felline
    -19:47 Milan Menten
    -19:45 Abel Balderstone
    -19:45 Kaden Groves
    -19:45 Oscar Riesebeek

    Favourites by position :
    +81 Adam Yates
    +76 Geraint Thomas
    +17 Joao Almeida
    +12 Mikel Landa
    +7 Rigoberto Uran
    +7 Jack Haig
    +7 Ben O'Connor
    +5 Jai Hindley
    -4 Guillaume Martin
    -7 Romain Bardet
    -8 Richard Carapaz
    -39 Gino Mader

    Favourites by time :
    -0:02 Remco Evenepoel
    -0:17 Mikel Landa
    -0:17 Joao Almeida
    -0:17 Adam Yates
    -0:21 Jai Hindley
    -1:14 Rigoberto Uran
    -1:14 Ben O'Connor
    -1:38 Romain Bardet
    -2:06 Jack Haig
    -2:30 Geraint Thomas
    -2:41 Guillaume Martin
    -2:51 Egan Bernal
    -3:16 Richard Carapaz
    -10:14 Gino Mader

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Primoz Roglic 8:01:38 (unchanged)
    2 Remco Evenepoel 0:06 (was 2nd at 0:04)
    3 Giulio Ciccone 0:06 (was 5th at 0:10)
    4 Mikel Landa 0:27 (was 16th at 0:10)
    5 Joao Almeida 0:27 (was 22nd at 0:10)
    6 Michael Woods 0:31 (was 13th at 0:10)
    7 Jai Hindley 0:31 (was 12th at 0:10)
    8 Esteban Chaves 0:31 (was 17th at 0:10)
    9 Cian Uijtdebroeks 0:41 (was 26th at 0:20)
    10 Marc Soler 0:46 (was 37th at 0:20)
    .....
    13 Ben O'Connor 1:24 (was 20th at 0:10)
    14 Rigoberto Uran 1:24 (was 21st at 0:10)
    .....
    18 Romain Bardet 1:48 (was 11th at 0:10)
    .....
    22 Jack Haig 2:26 (was 29th at 0:20)
    .....
    29 Guillaume Martin 2:51 (was 25th at 0:10)
    .....
    32 Egan Bernal 3:11 (was 32nd at 0:20)
    .....
    35 Richard Carapaz 3:36 (was 27th at 0:20)
    36 Geraint Thomas 3:47 (was 112nd at 1:17)
    .....
    81 Gino Mader 10:34 (was 42nd at 0:20)
    82 Adam Yates 11:02 (was 163rd at 10:45)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Primoz Roglic 16 (was 1st with 10 points)
    2 Giulio Ciccone 10 (was 0 points)
    3 Remco Evenepoel 10 (was 2nd with 6 points)
    4 Simone Petilli 5 (was 0 points)
    5 Rune Herregodts 4 (was 3rd with 4 points)
    6 Jetse Bol 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
    7 Ide Schelling 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
    8 Oscar Onley 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
    9 Simon Carr 3 (was 0 points)
    10 Xabier Mikel Azparren 2 (was 0 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 CICCONE Giulio 10 (was 0 points)
    2 ROGLIC Primoz 6 (was 1st with 10 points)
    3 EVENEPOEL Remco 4 (was 2nd with 6 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 UAE Team Emirates 24:06:44 (was 11th at 0:20)
    2 BORA - hansgrohe 2:31 (was 1st at 11:24:51)
    3 EF Education-EasyPost 3:41 (was 6th at 0:10)
    4 AG2R Citroen Team 3:49 (was 2nd at 0:00)
    5 Movistar Team 4:02 (was 13th at 0:30)
    6 Bahrain - Victorious 4:56 (was 8th at 0:20)
    7 Intermarche - Circus - Wanty 6:00 (was 14th at 0:30)
    8 INEOS Grenadiers 6:18 (was 9th at 0:20)
    9 Cofidis 7:20 (was 7th at 0:10)
    10 Soudal - Quick Step 7:47 (was 4th at 0:10)
    11 Jumbo-Visma 9:35 (was 15th at 0:57)
    12 Israel - Premier Tech 11:25 (was 5th at 0:10)
    13 Equipo Kern Pharma 13:15 (was 23th at 1:44)
    14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13:39 (was 24th at 1:44)
    15 Team DSM 14:41 (was 22th at 1:34)
    16 Trek - Segafredo 14:47 (was 10th at 0:20)
    17 Burgos-BH 14:48 (was 19th at 1:07)
    18 Lotto Dstny 16:39 (was 3rd at 0:10)
    19 Team Jayco AlUla 19:05 (was 12th at 0:20)
    20 Groupama - FDJ 19:56 (was 18th at 1:07)
    21 Astana Qazaqstan Team 21:35 (was 16th at 1:07)
    22 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 23:08 (was 17th at 1:07)
    23 Alpecin-Deceuninck 23:57 (was 20th at 1:10)
    24 Team Arkea Samsic 36:11 (was 25th at 3:09)
    25 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 37:13 (was 21th at 1:34)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkea Samsic) 2 <<<
    Chris Hamilton (Team DSM) 2 <<<
    Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto Dstny) 2 <<<
    Hugo Hofstetter (Team Arkea Samsic) 2 <<<
    Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) 2 <<<
    Kristian Sbaragli (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 2 <<<
    Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH) 2 <<<
    Dario Cataldo (Trek - Segafredo) 1
    Luke Plapp (INEOS Grenadiers) 1
    Maxime Bouet (Team Arkea Samsic) 1
    Total retirements : 10


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  • From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 19 18:21:45 2024
    Stage 2 : Mataro > Vallter 2000 (186.5 km)

    1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) 4:52:37
    2 Mikel Landa (Spa) 1:23
    3 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) 1:24
    4 Joao Almeida (Por) 1:38
    5 Lenny Martinez (Fra) 1:43
    6 Chris Harper (Aus) 1:44
    7 Egan Bernal (Col) 1:47
    8 Enric Mas (Spa) 1:49
    9 Wout Poels (Ned) 2:03
    10 Jose Manuel Diaz (Spa) 2:03


    Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +85 Egan Bernal
    +73 Wout Poels
    +66 Damiano Caruso
    +58 Johannes Kulset
    +51 Jose Manuel Diaz
    +49 Mikel Landa
    +49 Einer Rubio
    +47 Michel Ries
    +46 Ivan Ramiro Sosa
    +44 Joao Almeida

    Biggest losers by position :
    -88 Axel Laurance
    -78 Dorian Godon
    -73 Orluis Aular
    -72 Antoine Huby
    -69 Stephen Williams
    -57 Andreas Kron
    -53 Louis Barre
    -53 William Junior Lecerf
    -46 Lilian Calmejane
    -45 Marijn Van Den Berg
    -42 Henri Uhlig

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +1:52 Egan Bernal
    +0:41 Damiano Caruso
    +0:02 Tadej Pogacar

    Biggest losers by time :
    -35:04 Pavel Bittner
    -23:57 Domen Novak
    -23:56 Felix Grosschartner
    -23:51 Xabier Isasa
    -23:48 Alex Jaime
    -23:45 Samuel Fernandez
    -23:41 Bryan Coquard
    -21:48 Marijn Van Den Berg
    -21:48 Samuel Gaze
    -21:02 Anders Halland Johannessen
    -20:27 Kevin Colleoni

    Favourites by position :
    +66 Damiano Caruso
    +49 Mikel Landa
    +44 Joao Almeida
    +37 Jan Hirt
    +29 Simon Yates
    +18 Enric Mas
    +17 Nairo Quintana
    +16 Geraint Thomas
    +14 Louis Meintjes
    +6 Aleksandr Vlasov
    +3 Cian Uijtdebroeks
    +1 Tadej Pogacar
    +1 Sepp Kuss
    -12 Sergio Higuita
    -37 Jack Haig

    Favourites by time :
    +0:41 Damiano Caruso
    +0:02 Tadej Pogacar
    -0:52 Mikel Landa
    -1:15 Joao Almeida
    -1:28 Aleksandr Vlasov
    -1:57 Enric Mas
    -2:11 Sepp Kuss
    -2:33 Jan Hirt
    -2:35 Simon Yates
    -2:35 Nairo Quintana
    -2:53 Cian Uijtdebroeks
    -2:59 Geraint Thomas
    -3:00 Sergio Higuita
    -6:48 Jack Haig
    -8:26 Louis Meintjes

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Tadej Pogacar 9:03:57 (was 2nd at 0:02)
    2 Mikel Landa 1:35 (was 51st at 0:43)
    3 Aleksandr Vlasov 1:38 (was 9th at 0:10)
    4 Joao Almeida 1:56 (was 48th at 0:41)
    5 Lenny Martinez 2:01 (was 28th at 0:10)
    6 Chris Harper 2:02 (was 29th at 0:10)
    7 Egan Bernal 2:02 (was 92nd at 3:54)
    8 Enric Mas 2:07 (was 26th at 0:10)
    9 Sepp Kuss 2:21 (was 10th at 0:10)
    10 Jose Manuel Diaz 2:21 (was 61st at 1:08)
    .....
    18 Nairo Quintana 2:45 (was 35th at 0:10)
    .....
    21 Cian Uijtdebroeks 3:03 (was 24th at 0:10)
    .....
    24 Sergio Higuita 3:10 (was 12th at 0:10)
    .....
    27 Damiano Caruso 3:16 (was 93rd at 3:57)
    .....
    38 Jan Hirt 3:42 (was 75th at 1:09)
    .....
    40 Simon Yates 3:44 (was 69th at 1:09)
    .....
    42 Geraint Thomas 3:48 (was 58th at 0:49)
    .....
    57 Jack Haig 6:58 (was 20th at 0:10)
    .....
    70 Louis Meintjes 10:16 (was 84th at 1:50)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Tadej Pogacar 18 (was 2nd with 8 points)
    2 Nick Schultz 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
    3 Mikel Bizkarra 6 (unchanged)
    4 Xabier Isasa 6 (was 0 points)
    5 Mikel Landa 6 (was 0 points)
    6 Jimmy Janssens 5 (was 0 points)
    7 Aleksandr Vlasov 4 (was 0 points)
    8 Stephen Williams 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
    9 Simone Petilli 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
    10 Egan Bernal 3 (was 6th with 3 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table
    1 Tadej Pogacar 29
    2 Mikel Landa 20
    3 Aleksandr Vlasov 16
    4 Joao Almeida 14
    5 Lenny Martinez 12
    6 Samuel Fernandez 10
    7 Chris Harper 10
    8 Kenny Elissonde 8
    9 Jimmy Janssens 8
    10 Jambaljamts Sainbayar 6

    Teams table
    1 UAE Team Emirates 27:16:42
    2 Movistar Team 2:22
    3 Soudal Quick-Step 2:49
    4 Bahrain - Victorious 3:34
    5 INEOS Grenadiers 3:47
    6 BORA - hansgrohe 4:48
    7 Lidl - Trek 5:09
    8 Burgos - BH 5:35
    9 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 5:43
    10 Arkea - B&B Hotels 5:47
    11 Astana Qazaqstan Team 6:01
    12 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 6:07
    13 Team Jayco AlUla 6:46
    14 EF Education - EasyPost 7:19
    15 Israel - Premier Tech 7:36
    16 Equipo Kern Pharma 8:32
    17 Groupama - FDJ 11:39
    18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12:04
    19 Uno-X Mobility 15:13
    20 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 18:06
    21 Intermarche - Wanty 25:41
    22 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 34:03
    23 Cofidis 35:31
    24 Alpecin - Deceuninck 39:47
    25 Lotto Dstny 54:11

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates (WT)) 2 <<<
    Lars Boven (Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)) 2 <<<
    Bart Lemmen (Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT)) 1
    Laurens Huys (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 1
    Patrick Bevin (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (WT)) 1
    Total retirements : 5


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  • From Michael@21:1/5 to In reply to "Bob Martin" who on Wed Mar 20 01:56:08 2024
    In reply to "Bob Martin" who wrote the following:


    -8:26 Louis Meintjes

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Tadej Pogacar 9:03:57 (was 2nd at 0:02)
    2 Mikel Landa 1:35 (was 51st at
    0:43)
    3 Aleksandr Vlasov 1:38 (was 9th at 0:10)
    4 Joao Almeida 1:56 (was 48th at
    0:41)
    5 Lenny Martinez 2:01 (was 28th at
    0:10)

    Feels like this race is already over.


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  • From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 26 13:23:18 2025
    Stage 2 : Banyoles > Figueres (180.5 km)

    1 Ethan Vernon (GBr) 4:16:16
    2 Matthew Brennan (GBr) 0:00
    3 Kaden Groves (Aus) 0:00
    4 Axel Laurance (Fra) 0:00
    5 Pavel Bittner (Cze) 0:00
    6 Dorian Godon (Fra) 0:00
    7 Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned) 0:00
    8 Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) 0:00
    9 Dion Smith (Nzl) 0:00
    10 Anders Foldager (Den) 0:00


    Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +23 Kevin Colleoni
    +22 Marijn Van Den Berg
    +21 Steven Kruijswijk
    +21 Alexander Hajek
    +20 Johannes Staune-Mittet
    +19 Eduardo Sepulveda
    +18 Mikel Bizkarra
    +17 Asbjorn Hellemose
    +16 Frederik Wandahl
    +15 Tom Donnenwirth

    Biggest losers by position :
    -81 Henri Vandenabeele
    -75 Alexy Faure Prost
    -55 Afonso Eulalio
    -47 Daniel Babor
    -43 Frank Van Den Broek
    -41 Gianmarco Garofoli
    -39 Ide Schelling
    -37 Calum Johnston
    -32 Will Barta
    -24 Julius Johansen
    -24 Stan Van Tricht

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:04 Ethan Vernon

    Biggest losers by time :
    -11:35 Alexy Faure Prost
    -11:35 Haoyu Su
    -11:35 Laurens Huys
    -11:35 Timo Roosen
    -11:31 Calum Johnston
    -9:25 Henri Vandenabeele
    -9:19 Jan Castellon
    -8:43 Elie Gesbert
    -8:43 Ethan Hayter
    -7:50 Daniel Babor
    -6:16 Domen Novak

    Favourites by position :
    +15 Geraint Thomas
    +13 Ben O'Connor
    +11 Lennard Kamna
    +9 Juan Ayuso
    +8 Richard Carapaz
    +8 Louis Meintjes
    +5 Sepp Kuss
    +2 Simon Yates
    +2 Adam Yates
    +1 Felix Gall
    -1 Primoz Roglic
    -3 Nairo Quintana
    -8 Mikel Landa

    Favourites by time :
    -0:03 Juan Ayuso
    -0:06 Simon Yates
    -0:06 Sepp Kuss
    -0:06 Richard Carapaz
    -0:06 Primoz Roglic
    -0:06 Nairo Quintana
    -0:06 Mikel Landa
    -0:06 Louis Meintjes
    -0:06 Lennard Kamna
    -0:06 Felix Gall
    -0:06 Enric Mas
    -0:06 Ben O'Connor
    -0:06 Adam Yates
    -1:04 Geraint Thomas

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Matthew Brennan 8:41:17 (unchanged)
    2 Kaden Groves 0:06 (was 2nd at 0:04)
    3 Tibor Del Grosso 0:12 (was 3rd at 0:06)
    4 Enric Mas 0:13 (was 4th at 0:07)
    5 Juan Ayuso 0:13 (was 14th at 0:10)
    6 Primoz Roglic 0:15 (was 5th at 0:09)
    7 Dorian Godon 0:16 (was 6th at 0:10)
    8 Andrea Vendrame 0:16 (was 7th at 0:10)
    9 Junior Lecerf 0:16 (was 13th at 0:10)
    10 Pavel Bittner 0:16 (was 19th at 0:10)
    .....
    16 Richard Carapaz 0:16 (was 24th at 0:10)
    .....
    18 Mikel Landa 0:16 (was 10th at 0:10)
    .....
    24 Ben O'Connor 0:31 (was 37th at 0:25)
    .....
    28 Nairo Quintana 0:31 (was 25th at 0:25)
    29 Simon Yates 0:31 (was 31st at 0:25)
    30 Adam Yates 0:31 (was 32nd at 0:25)
    .....
    63 Sepp Kuss 2:51 (was 68th at 2:45)
    .....
    73 Felix Gall 3:08 (was 74th at 3:02)
    .....
    93 Louis Meintjes 6:48 (was 101st at 6:42)
    .....
    105 Lennard Kamna 8:52 (was 116th at 8:46)
    .....
    132 Geraint Thomas 12:04 (was 147th at 11:00)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Matthew Brennan 16 (was 1st with 10 points)
    2 Ethan Vernon 10 (was 0 points)
    3 Kaden Groves 10 (was 3rd with 6 points)
    4 Jan Castellon 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
    5 Diego Uriarte 5 (was 0 points)
    6 Danny Van Der Tuuk 5 (was 6th with 2 points)
    7 Calum Johnston 4 (was 0 points)
    8 Tibor Del Grosso 4 (was 4th with 4 points)
    9 Enric Mas 3 (was 5th with 3 points)
    10 Juan Ayuso 3 (was 0 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Danny Van Der Tuuk 16 (was 1st with 5 points)
    2 Mario Aparicio 10 (was 0 points)
    3 Diego Uriarte 8 (was 0 points)
    4 Nicolas Alustiza 4 (was 2nd with 4 points)
    5 Marc Soler 4 (was 0 points)
    6 Jan Castellon 3 (was 3rd with 3 points)
    7 Frederik Wandahl 2 (was 0 points)
    8 Laurens De Plus 1 (was 0 points)
    9 Calum Johnston 1 (was 0 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 Alpecin - Deceuninck 26:04:39 (was 1st at 13:15:51)
    2 Bahrain - Victorious 0:00 (unchanged)
    3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:15 (unchanged)
    4 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:30 (unchanged)
    5 Soudal Quick-Step 0:52 (unchanged)
    6 XDS Astana Team 1:07 (unchanged)
    7 Lidl - Trek 2:17 (unchanged)
    8 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 2:25 (unchanged)
    9 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 2:25 (unchanged)
    10 Lotto 2:32 (unchanged)
    11 INEOS Grenadiers 2:35 (unchanged)
    12 Groupama - FDJ 2:47 (unchanged)
    13 Israel - Premier Tech 2:50 (unchanged)
    14 Movistar Team 3:07 (unchanged)
    15 Burgos Burpellet BH 4:05 (unchanged)
    16 Equipo Kern Pharma 4:21 (unchanged)
    17 EF Education - EasyPost 4:31 (unchanged)
    18 Cofidis 4:42 (unchanged)
    19 Arkea - B&B Hotels 5:59 (unchanged)
    20 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 7:44 (was 21th at 7:44)
    21 Intermarche - Wanty 8:57 (was 22th at 8:57)
    22 Team Jayco AlUla 9:59 (was 23th at 9:59)
    23 Team Picnic PostNL 10:10 (was 20th at 6:07)
    24 Euskaltel - Euskadi 25:04 (unchanged)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Nolann Mahoudo (Cofidis (WT)) 2 <<<
    Simon Clarke (Israel - Premier Tech (PRT)) 2 <<<
    Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl - Trek (WT)) 2 <<<
    Jon Agirre (Euskaltel - Euskadi (PRT)) 1
    Jose Luis Faura (Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT)) 1
    Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarche - Wanty (WT)) 1
    Total retirements : 6


    (This report and archives etc can be seen at http://rvmartin.com/Cycling)

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