• Vuelta a Espana, stage 2 summary

    From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 25 18:59:28 2019
    Stage 2 : August 25, 2019 Benidorm - Calpe 199.6 km

    1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 5.11.17
    2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sunweb 0.05
    3 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
    4 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First
    5 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
    6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0.08
    7 Sergio Andres Higuita (Col) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0.37
    8 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
    9 Alexander Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
    10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team


    Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +115 Fabio Aru
    +107 Tadej Pogacar
    +102 Neilson Powless
    +93 Primoz Roglic
    +93 Nicholas Dlamini
    +87 Quentin Jauregui
    +87 Peter Stetina
    +87 Logan Owen
    +86 Clement Chevrier
    +86 Bruno Armirail

    Biggest losers by position :
    -159 Dario Cataldo
    -144 Jean-Pierre Drucker
    -141 Robert Power
    -140 Max Walscheid
    -130 Sam Bennett
    -126 William Barta
    -117 Casper Pedersen
    -109 Nathan Van Hooydonck
    -104 Szymon Sajnok
    -94 Damien Howson
    -93 Romain Seigle

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:14 Nairo Quintana
    +0:05 Nicolas Roche
    +0:04 Primoz Roglic

    Biggest losers by time :
    -20:44 Jacobus Venter
    -20:44 Jean-Pierre Drucker
    -20:44 Manuele Boaro
    -20:44 Tony Martin
    -18:58 Dario Cataldo
    -18:22 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro
    -18:22 Domen Novak
    -18:22 Hector Saez Benito
    -18:22 Jonathan Lastra Martinez
    -18:22 Lennard Hofstede
    -18:22 Luis Angel Mate Mardones

    Favourites by position :
    +93 Primoz Roglic
    +81 George Bennett
    +46 Steven Kruijswijk
    +37 Nairo Quintana
    +31 Dylan Teuns
    +23 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
    +18 Rafal Majka
    +17 Rigoberto Uran
    +7 Wilco Kelderman
    -4 Miguel Angel Lopez
    -8 Tejay van Garderen
    -18 Jakob Fuglsang
    -18 Ion Izagirre Insausti
    -45 Wout Poels
    -65 Marc Soler

    Favourites by time :
    +0:14 Nairo Quintana
    +0:04 Primoz Roglic
    -0:01 Rigoberto Uran
    -0:33 Wilco Kelderman
    -0:33 Rafal Majka
    -0:33 Miguel Angel Lopez
    -0:33 George Bennett
    -0:33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
    -1:39 Tejay van Garderen
    -1:39 Steven Kruijswijk
    -1:39 Jakob Fuglsang
    -1:39 Ion Izagirre Insausti
    -1:39 Dylan Teuns
    -9:47 Wout Poels
    -9:47 Marc Soler

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Nicolas Roche 5:26:12 (was 15th at 0:05)
    2 Nairo Quintana 0:02 (was 39th at 0:16)
    3 Rigoberto Uran 0:08 (was 20th at 0:07)
    4 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:22 (was 52nd at 0:18)
    5 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:33 (was 1st at 0:00)
    6 Primoz Roglic 0:36 (was 99th at 0:40)
    7 Wilco Kelderman 0:38 (was 14th at 0:05)
    8 Sergio Andres Higuita 0:40 (was 21st at 0:07)
    9 Davide Formolo 0:46 (was 27th at 0:13)
    10 Rafal Majka 0:46 (was 28th at 0:13)
    .....
    12 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:49 (was 35th at 0:16)
    .....
    17 George Bennett 1:13 (was 98th at 0:40)
    .....
    21 Jakob Fuglsang 1:39 (was 3rd at 0:00)
    22 Ion Izagirre Insausti 1:39 (was 4th at 0:00)
    .....
    26 Tejay van Garderen 1:46 (was 18th at 0:07)
    .....
    37 Dylan Teuns 2:05 (was 68th at 0:26)
    .....
    51 Steven Kruijswijk 2:19 (was 97th at 0:40)
    .....
    101 Marc Soler 10:03 (was 36th at 0:16)
    .....
    109 Wout Poels 10:12 (was 64th at 0:25)

    Top 10 on Points table
    1 Nairo Quintana 25
    2 Nicolas Roche 20
    3 Primoz Roglic 17
    4 Rigoberto Uran 14
    5 Fabio Aru 12
    6 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 10
    7 Sergio Andres Higuita 9
    8 Tadej Pogacar 8
    9 Alexander Aranburu Deba 7
    10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 6

    Top 10 on Mountains table
    1 Angel Madrazo Ruiz 8
    2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 5
    3 Sander Armee 4
    4 Pierre Latour 3
    5 Jonathan Lastra Martinez 3
    6 George Bennett 1

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Ineos 2 <<<
    Total retirements : 1


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