• Volta a Catalunya stage 2 summary

    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


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