• Paris-Nice stage 2 summary

    From Bob Martin@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 10 18:00:11 2025
    Stage 2 : Montesson > Bellegarde (183.9 km)

    1 Tim Merlier (Bel) 4:11:29
    2 Emilien Jeanniere (Fra) 0:00
    3 Mads Pedersen (Den) 0:00
    4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) 0:00
    5 Timo Kielich (Bel) 0:00
    6 Axel Zingle (Fra) 0:00
    7 Arnaud Demare (Fra) 0:00
    8 Matevz Govekar (Slo) 0:00
    9 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) 0:00


    Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +126 Jonas Abrahamsen
    +49 Matteo Trentin
    +44 Ramses Debruyne
    +41 Lenny Martinez
    +41 John Degenkolb
    +39 Tibor Del Grosso
    +37 Nicolas Vinokurov
    +35 Johannes Kulset
    +31 Neilson Powless
    +30 Thibaud Gruel

    Biggest losers by position :
    -78 Ryan Mullen
    -69 Samuel Leroux
    -61 Hugo Page
    -46 Fred Wright
    -45 Lorenzo Milesi
    -45 Manlio Moro
    -44 Edward Planckaert
    -41 Aime De Gendt
    -39 Ben O'Connor
    -36 Dion Smith
    -31 Ivan Romeo

    Biggest gainers by time :

    Biggest losers by time :
    -6:59 Julien Bernard
    -6:59 Samuel Leroux
    -6:59 Tobias Bayer
    -3:34 Per Strand Hagenes
    -2:56 Julius Van Den Berg
    -2:56 Samuel Fernandez
    -2:56 Tim Naberman
    -1:27 Adrien Petit
    -0:45 Ayco Bastiaens
    -0:34 Anders Skaarseth
    -0:34 Edward Planckaert

    Favourites by position :
    +31 Neilson Powless
    +23 Thymen Arensman
    +19 Aleksandr Vlasov
    +17 Santiago Buitrago
    +17 Jack Haig
    +13 Stefan Kung
    +11 Guillaume Martin
    +6 Felix Gall
    +5 Brandon Mcnulty
    +1 Matteo Jorgenson
    -4 Jonas Vingegaard
    -5 Ilan Van Wilder
    -15 Mattias Skjelmose
    -16 Joao Almeida
    -39 Ben O'Connor

    Favourites by time :
    -0:08 Matteo Jorgenson
    -0:10 Thymen Arensman
    -0:10 Stefan Kung
    -0:10 Santiago Buitrago
    -0:10 Neilson Powless
    -0:10 Mattias Skjelmose
    -0:10 Jonas Vingegaard
    -0:10 Joao Almeida
    -0:10 Jack Haig
    -0:10 Ilan Van Wilder
    -0:10 Guillaume Martin
    -0:10 Felix Gall
    -0:10 Brandon Mcnulty
    -0:10 Ben O'Connor
    -0:10 Aleksandr Vlasov

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Tim Merlier 7:43:12 (unchanged)
    2 Arnaud Demare 0:14 (was 2nd at 0:04)
    3 Emilien Jeanniere 0:14 (was 16th at 0:10)
    4 Matteo Jorgenson 0:14 (was 5th at 0:06)
    5 Jhonatan Narvaez 0:14 (was 3rd at 0:04)
    6 Jonas Abrahamsen 0:14 (was 132nd at 0:10)
    7 Mads Pedersen 0:16 (was 15th at 0:10)
    8 Mick Van Dijke 0:16 (was 10th at 0:10)
    9 Alberto Dainese 0:16 (was 4th at 0:06)
    10 Magnus Sheffield 0:18 (was 6th at 0:08)
    .....
    28 Brandon Mcnulty 0:20 (was 33rd at 0:10)
    .....
    34 Aleksandr Vlasov 0:20 (was 53rd at 0:10)
    .....
    39 Jonas Vingegaard 0:20 (was 35th at 0:10)
    .....
    51 Stefan Kung 0:20 (was 64th at 0:10)
    .....
    54 Guillaume Martin 0:20 (was 65th at 0:10)
    .....
    61 Jack Haig 0:20 (was 78th at 0:10)
    .....
    65 Neilson Powless 0:20 (was 96th at 0:10)
    .....
    67 Santiago Buitrago 0:20 (was 84th at 0:10)
    .....
    73 Mattias Skjelmose 0:20 (was 58th at 0:10)
    .....
    80 Thymen Arensman 0:20 (was 103rd at 0:10)
    .....
    86 Joao Almeida 0:20 (was 70th at 0:10)
    .....
    99 Ben O'Connor 0:20 (was 60th at 0:10)
    .....
    102 Felix Gall 0:20 (was 108th at 0:10)
    .....
    105 Ilan Van Wilder 0:20 (was 100th at 0:10)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Tim Merlier 50 (was 1st with 25 points)
    2 Arnaud Demare 34 (was 2nd with 22 points)
    3 Axel Zingle 30 (was 5th with 16 points)
    4 Timo Kielich 26 (was 9th with 10 points)
    5 Emilien Jeanniere 22 (was 0 points)
    6 Mads Pedersen 20 (was 0 points)
    7 Alberto Dainese 20 (was 3rd with 20 points)
    8 Mick Van Dijke 18 (was 7th with 12 points)
    9 Juan Sebastian Molano 18 (was 4th with 18 points)
    10 Alexander Kristoff 18 (was 0 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Alexandre Delettre 12 (was 1st with 6 points)
    2 Samuel Fernandez 6 (was 2nd with 4 points)
    3 Jonas Abrahamsen 4 (was 0 points)
    4 Matteo Jorgenson 3 (was 3rd with 3 points)
    5 Julian Alaphilippe 2 (was 4th with 2 points)
    6 Taco Van Der Hoorn 2 (was 5th with 2 points)
    7 Florian Lipowitz 1 (was 6th with 1 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 XDS Astana Team 23:10:36 (was 1st at 10:36:09)
    2 Alpecin - Deceuninck 0:00 (was 21th at 0:00)
    3 Team TotalEnergies 0:00 (was 2nd at 0:00)
    4 Bahrain - Victorious 0:00 (was 3rd at 0:00)
    5 Uno-X Mobility 0:00 (was 18th at 0:00)
    6 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00 (was 8th at 0:00)
    7 Arkea - B&B Hotels 0:00 (was 4th at 0:00)
    8 Intermarche - Wanty 0:00 (was 5th at 0:00)
    9 Cofidis 0:00 (was 6th at 0:00)
    10 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0:00 (was 12th at 0:00)
    11 Team Picnic PostNL 0:00 (was 10th at 0:00)
    12 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:00 (was 7th at 0:00)
    13 EF Education - EasyPost 0:00 (was 16th at 0:00)
    14 Soudal Quick-Step 0:00 (was 9th at 0:00)
    15 Lidl - Trek 0:00 (was 13th at 0:00)
    16 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:00 (was 11th at 0:00)
    17 Groupama - FDJ 0:00 (was 20th at 0:00)
    18 Movistar Team 0:00 (was 14th at 0:00)
    19 INEOS Grenadiers 0:00 (was 15th at 0:00)
    20 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:00 (was 22th at 0:00)
    21 Team Jayco AlUla 0:00 (was 17th at 0:00)
    22 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 0:00 (was 19th at 0:00)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Danny Van Poppel (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT)) 2 <<<
    Florian Senechal (Arkea - B&B Hotels (WT)) 2 <<<
    Gorka Sorarrain (Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (PRT)) 2 <<<
    Kasper Asgreen (EF Education - EasyPost (WT)) 2 <<<
    Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco AlUla (WT)) 2 <<<
    Total retirements : 5


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