Changes in stage 1 compared to stage 0
Biggest gainers by position :
+7 Peter Wrolich
+7 Morris Possoni
+7 Massimiliano Mori
+7 Leonardo Piepoli
+7 Jorge Azanza
+7 Christophe Brandt
+7 Blaise Sonnery
+7 Björn Leukemans
+7 André Korff
+6 Kevin Seeldraeyers
Biggest losers by position :
-104 Staf Scheirlinckx
-80 Remmert Wielinga
-25 Stéphane Augé
-16 Ángel Gómez Gómez
0 Alberto Contador
0 Alejandro Valverde
0 Alexander Vinokourov
0 Andrey Kashechkin
0 Andriy Grivko
0 Bert Grabsch
0 Bobby Julich
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-6:02 Staf Scheirlinckx
-3:47 Ángel Gómez Gómez
-0:36 Remmert Wielinga
-0:36 Stéphane Augé
Favourites by position :
+7 Leonardo Piepoli
+4 Manuel Beltrán
+2 Tadej Valjavec
+2 Iñigo Cuesta
+1 Serguei Ivanov
Favourites by time :
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Bradley Wiggins 5.39.55
2 Levi Leipheimer 0.01
3 Andrey Kashechkin 0.02
4 George Hincapie 0.02
5 Alejandro Valverde 0.03
6 David Zabriskie 0.03
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11 David Millar 0.06
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18 Alberto Contador 0.08
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20 Mikel Astarloza 0.09
21 Alexander Vinokourov 0.09
22 Denis Menchov 0.09
23 Christophe Moreau 0.09
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27 Oscar Pereiro 0.10
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29 Cadel Evans 0.11
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31 Bobby Julich 0.11
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40 Haimar Zubeldia 0.15
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43 Serguei Ivanov 0.16
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67 Iñigo Cuesta 0.18
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82 Tadej Valjavec 0.21
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122 Manuel Beltrán 0.29
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142 Leonardo Piepoli 0.44
Retirements to date :
Discovery Channel Tom Danielson
Milram Igor Astarloa
Rabobank Marc De Maar
Total retirements : 3