Stage 2 - Stupinigi-Novara

1 Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 4:21:09
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:00
3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00
4 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA - hansgrohe 0:00
6 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek - Segafredo 0:00
7 Filippo Fiorelli (Ita) Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 0:00
8 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team 0:00
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:00
10 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:00

Changes in GC, stage 2 compared to stage 1 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Tim Merlier
+16 Giacomo Nizzolo
+15 Elia Viviani
+7 Simon Guglielmi
+7 Samuele Rivi
+7 Riccardo Minali
+7 Natnael Tesfatsion
+7 Lawrence Naesen
+7 Gianluca Brambilla
+7 Francesco Gavazzi

Biggest losers by position :
-91 Pieter Serry
-90 Sebastien Reichenbach
-80 Albert Torres
-65 Cesare Benedetti
-36 Matteo Badilatti
-29 Rafael Valls
-1 Alessandro Covi
-1 Jhonatan Narvaez
-1 Joao Almeida
-1 Jos Van Emden
-1 Juan Sebastian Molano

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:07 Tim Merlier
+0:03 Giacomo Nizzolo
+0:01 Elia Viviani

Biggest losers by time :
-2:36 Pieter Serry
-0:48 Albert Torres
-0:38 Cesare Benedetti
-0:38 Matteo Badilatti
-0:38 Rafael Valls
-0:38 Sebastien Reichenbach
-0:03 Alberto Bettiol
-0:03 Aleksandr Vlasov
-0:03 Alessandro Covi
-0:03 Alessandro De Marchi
-0:03 Alex Dowsett

Favourites by position :
+2 Emanuel Buchmann
+2 Dan Martin
-1 Mikel Landa
-1 Joao Almeida

Favourites by time :
-0:03 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:03 Tejay Van Garderen
-0:03 Simon Yates
-0:03 Pello Bilbao
-0:03 Mikel Landa
-0:03 Joao Almeida
-0:03 Jai Hindley
-0:03 Hugh Carthy
-0:03 Fausto Masnada
-0:03 Emanuel Buchmann
-0:03 Egan Bernal
-0:03 Daniel Felipe Martinez
-0:03 Dan Martin
-0:03 Bauke Mollema
-0:03 Aleksandr Vlasov

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Filippo Ganna 4:29:53 (unchanged)
2 Edoardo Affini 0:13 (was 2nd at 0:10)
3 Tobias Foss 0:16 (was 3rd at 0:13)
4 Remco Evenepoel 0:20 (was 7th at 0:19)
5 Joao Almeida 0:20 (was 4th at 0:17)
6 Remi Cavagna 0:21 (was 5th at 0:18)
7 Jos Van Emden 0:21 (was 6th at 0:18)
8 Max Walscheid 0:22 (was 8th at 0:19)
9 Matthias Brandle 0:25 (was 9th at 0:22)
10 Gianni Moscon 0:26 (was 10th at 0:23)
11 Aleksandr Vlasov 0:27 (was 11th at 0:24)
.....
33 Daniel Felipe Martinez 0:39 (was 33rd at 0:36)
.....
35 Hugh Carthy 0:41 (was 35th at 0:38)
36 Pello Bilbao 0:41 (was 36th at 0:38)
37 Simon Yates 0:41 (was 37th at 0:38)
.....
39 Fausto Masnada 0:41 (was 39th at 0:38)
40 Egan Bernal 0:42 (was 40th at 0:39)
.....
42 Tejay Van Garderen 0:42 (was 42nd at 0:39)
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50 Vincenzo Nibali 0:44 (was 50th at 0:41)
.....
54 Bauke Mollema 0:44 (was 54th at 0:41)
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73 Jai Hindley 0:49 (was 73rd at 0:46)
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78 Mikel Landa 0:52 (was 77th at 0:49)
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102 Emanuel Buchmann 0:58 (was 104th at 0:55)
.....
106 Dan Martin 1:00 (was 108th at 0:57)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Tim Merlier 50 (was 0 points)
2 Giacomo Nizzolo 35 (was 0 points)
3 Elia Viviani 30 (was 0 points)
4 Dylan Groenewegen 18 (was 0 points)
5 Peter Sagan 17 (was 0 points)
6 Filippo Ganna 15 (was 1st with 15 points)
7 Filippo Tagliani 12 (was 0 points)
8 Edoardo Affini 12 (was 2nd with 12 points)
9 Matteo Moschetti 12 (was 0 points)
10 Filippo Fiorelli 10 (was 0 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Vincenzo Albanese 3 (was 0 points)
2 Filippo Tagliani 2 (was 0 points)
3 Umberto Marengo 1 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Team Jumbo-Visma 13:30:29 (was 1st at 0:27:02)
2 INEOS Grenadiers 0:09 (unchanged)
3 Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:13 (unchanged)
4 Israel Start-Up Nation 0:38 (unchanged)
5 Team Qhubeka ASSOS 0:41 (unchanged)
6 Astana - Premier Tech 0:47 (unchanged)
7 UAE-Team Emirates 0:52 (unchanged)
8 Bahrain - Victorious 1:01 (unchanged)
9 EF Education - Nippo 1:02 (unchanged)
10 Movistar Team 1:06 (unchanged)
11 BORA - hansgrohe 1:07 (unchanged)
12 Team BikeExchange 1:13 (unchanged)
13 Groupama - FDJ 1:23 (unchanged)
14 Lotto Soudal 1:24 (unchanged)
15 Team DSM 1:26 (unchanged)
16 Alpecin-Fenix 1:34 (unchanged)
17 Trek - Segafredo 1:37 (unchanged)
18 AG2R Citroen Team 1:38 (unchanged)
19 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 2:07 (unchanged)
20 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:09 (unchanged)
21 EOLO-Kometa 2:27 (unchanged)
22 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 2:37 (unchanged)
23 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 2:58 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Krists Neilands (Israel Start-Up Nation) 2 <<<
Christopher Juul-jensen (Team BikeExchange) 1
Felix Grosschartner (BORA - hansgrohe) 1
Total retirements : 3

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