• Volta ao Algarve stage 2 summary

    From Bob Martin@bob.martin@excite.com to rec.bicycles.racing on Thu Feb 15 21:41:13 2024
    From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.racing


    Stage 2 : Lagoa > Alto da Foia (171.9 km)

    1 Daniel Felipe Martinez (Col) 4:40:20
    2 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) 0:00
    3 Sepp Kuss (USA) 0:06
    4 Sergio Higuita (Col) 0:06
    5 Jan Tratnik (Slo) 0:08
    6 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) 0:08
    7 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) 0:08
    8 Thymen Arensman (Ned) 0:13
    9 Mikel Landa (Spa) 0:13
    10 Christian Scaroni (Ita) 0:18


    Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

    Biggest gainers by position :
    +137 Magnus Cort
    +123 Markus Hoelgaard
    +122 Wout Van Aert
    +115 Sergio Higuita
    +110 Maximilian Schachmann
    +93 Daniel Viegas
    +91 Martijn Tusveld
    +89 Remco Evenepoel
    +89 Bob Jungels
    +88 Mikel Landa

    Biggest losers by position :
    -144 Tomas Contte
    -141 Gerben Thijssen
    -137 Santiago Mesa
    -136 Jordi Meeus
    -125 Edward Theuns
    -123 Lars Boven
    -122 Daniel Babor
    -118 Rui Oliveira
    -114 Marc Sarreau
    -108 Stan Van Tricht
    -105 Bram Welten

    Biggest gainers by time :
    +0:10 Daniel Felipe Martinez
    +0:06 Remco Evenepoel

    Biggest losers by time :
    -29:05 Francois Vie
    -29:04 Cesar Martingil
    -27:23 Daniel Babor
    -27:01 Sam Oomen
    -26:56 Diogo Narciso
    -26:56 Diogo Oliveira
    -26:56 Duarte Domingues
    -26:56 Duarte Mixao
    -26:56 Gabriel Baptista
    -26:56 German Nicolas Tivani
    -26:56 Joao Martins

    Favourites by position :
    +115 Sergio Higuita
    +89 Remco Evenepoel
    +89 Bob Jungels
    +88 Mikel Landa
    +85 Sepp Kuss
    +83 Thomas Pidcock
    +82 James Knox
    +81 Daniel Felipe Martinez
    +80 Thibault Guernalec
    +78 Tao Geoghegan Hart
    +48 Stefan Kung
    +42 Thymen Arensman
    +8 Geraint Thomas
    -10 Andreas Leknessund
    -26 Filippo Ganna

    Favourites by time :
    +0:10 Daniel Felipe Martinez
    +0:06 Remco Evenepoel
    -0:02 Sepp Kuss
    -0:06 Sergio Higuita
    -0:08 Thomas Pidcock
    -0:08 Tao Geoghegan Hart
    -0:13 Thymen Arensman
    -0:13 Mikel Landa
    -0:26 Bob Jungels
    -0:43 Stefan Kung
    -2:08 James Knox
    -4:15 Andreas Leknessund
    -4:17 Thibault Guernalec
    -5:22 Geraint Thomas
    -5:22 Filippo Ganna

    Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
    1 Daniel Felipe Martinez 9:32:14 (was 82nd at 0:10)
    2 Remco Evenepoel 0:04 (was 91st at 0:10)
    3 Sepp Kuss 0:12 (was 88th at 0:10)
    4 Sergio Higuita 0:16 (was 119th at 0:10)
    5 Jan Tratnik 0:18 (was 43rd at 0:10)
    6 Tao Geoghegan Hart 0:18 (was 84th at 0:10)
    7 Thomas Pidcock 0:18 (was 90th at 0:10)
    8 Thymen Arensman 0:23 (was 50th at 0:10)
    9 Mikel Landa 0:23 (was 97th at 0:10)
    10 Christian Scaroni 0:28 (was 94th at 0:10)
    .....
    17 Bob Jungels 0:36 (was 106th at 0:10)
    .....
    19 Stefan Kung 0:53 (was 67th at 0:10)
    .....
    28 James Knox 2:18 (was 110th at 0:10)
    .....
    47 Andreas Leknessund 4:25 (was 37th at 0:10)
    .....
    49 Thibault Guernalec 4:27 (was 129th at 0:10)
    .....
    52 Filippo Ganna 5:32 (was 26th at 0:10)
    .....
    54 Geraint Thomas 5:32 (was 62nd at 0:10)

    Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
    1 Gerben Thijssen 25 (unchanged)
    2 Marijn Van Den Berg 20 (unchanged)
    3 Jordi Meeus 16 (unchanged)
    4 Daniel Felipe Martinez 15 (was 0 points)
    5 Lars Boven 13 (was 4th with 13 points)
    6 Remco Evenepoel 12 (was 0 points)
    7 Sepp Kuss 10 (was 0 points)
    8 Arnaud Demare 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
    9 Sergio Higuita 8 (was 0 points)
    10 Rui Oliveira 8 (was 6th with 8 points)

    Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
    1 Daniel Felipe Martinez 10 (was 0 points)
    2 Remco Evenepoel 8 (was 0 points)
    3 Aleksandr Grigorev 7 (was 0 points)
    4 Tomas Contte 7 (was 1st with 7 points)
    5 Andreas Leknessund 6 (was 0 points)
    6 Sepp Kuss 6 (was 0 points)
    7 Martin Urianstad Bugge 6 (was 0 points)
    8 Sergio Higuita 4 (was 0 points)
    9 Max Walker 4 (was 0 points)
    10 Jonas Abrahamsen 3 (was 0 points)

    Teams table with previous in parens:
    1 BORA - hansgrohe 28:37:44 (was 18th at 0:00)
    2 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:08 (was 14th at 0:00)
    3 INEOS Grenadiers 1:01 (was 1st at 14:36:12)
    4 UAE Team Emirates 1:40 (was 11th at 0:00)
    5 Soudal - Quick Step 1:51 (was 21th at 0:00)
    6 Astana Qazaqstan Team 2:43 (was 17th at 0:00)
    7 EF Education - EasyPost 2:47 (was 4th at 0:00)
    8 Lidl - Trek 5:52 (was 9th at 0:00)
    9 Uno-X Mobility 6:15 (was 6th at 0:00)
    10 Tudor Pro Cycling Team 9:21 (was 7th at 0:00)
    11 Groupama - FDJ 9:44 (was 10th at 0:00)
    12 Radio Popular - Paredes - Boavista 11:25 (was 16th at 0:00)
    13 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 12:15 (was 12th at 0:00)
    14 Alpecin - Deceuninck 12:41 (was 2nd at 0:00)
    15 Arkea - B&B Hotels 17:24 (was 5th at 0:00)
    16 Intermarche - Wanty 18:31 (was 3rd at 0:00)
    17 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 19:54 (was 8th at 0:00)
    18 Efapel Cycling 20:25 (was 15th at 0:00)
    19 Kelly / Simoldes / UDO 25:10 (was 24th at 0:00)
    20 Aviludo - Louletano - Loule Concelho 27:04 (was 20th at 0:00)
    21 Sabgal / Anicolor 33:42 (was 13th at 0:00)
    22 Credibom / LA Aluminios / Marcos Car 34:00 (was 22th at 0:00)
    23 APHotels & Resorts / Tavira / SC Farense 37:59 (was 19th at 0:00)
    24 ABTF Betao - Feirense 38:14 (was 25th at 0:00)
    25 Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortagua 53:09 (was 23th at 0:00)

    Retirements to date : Stage
    Alexander Hajek (BORA - hansgrohe (WT)) 2 <<<
    Goncalo Amado (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortagua (CT)) 2 <<<
    Total retirements : 2


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