Changes in stage 1 compared to stage 0

Biggest gainers by position :
+93 Robbie McEwen
+21 Andry Grivko
+20 Thor Hushovd
+20 Freddy Bichot
+18 Tom Boonen
+10 David Millar
+8 Ruben Lobato Elvira
+8 Danilo Napolitano
+7 Enrico Degano
+6 Stuart O'Grady

Biggest losers by position :
-172 David Zabriskie
-140 Brett Lancaster
-116 Mark Cavendish
-65 Aleksandr Kuchynski
-36 Stéphane Augé
-2 Alexandre Vinokourov
-2 Benoît Vaugrenard
-2 Cédric Hervé
-2 Denis Menchov
-2 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Linus Gerdemann

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Robbie McEwen
+0:12 Thor Hushovd
+0:12 David Millar
+0:10 Andry Grivko
+0:08 Tom Boonen
+0:04 Freddy Bichot

Biggest losers by time :
-7:38 Aleksandr Kuchynski
-2:45 Cédric Hervé
-2:45 Mark Cavendish
-2:45 Stéphane Augé
-2:27 David Zabriskie
-1:32 Wim Vansevenant
-1:29 Brett Lancaster

Favourites by position :
+2 Yaroslav Popovych
+2 Tadej Valjavec
+2 Michael Boogerd
+2 Manuel Beltran Martinez
+2 Kim Kirchen
+2 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
+2 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
+2 Iban Mayo Diez
+2 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
+2 Frank Schleck
+2 Dario David Cioni
+2 Christophe Moreau
+2 Carlos Sastre Candil
+1 Leif Hoste
-1 Vladimir Karpets
-1 Sylvain Chavanel
-1 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-1 Michael Rogers
-1 George Hincapie
-1 Filippo Pozzato
-1 Cadel Evans
-1 Andrey Kashechkin
-1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2 Paolo Savoldelli
-2 Levi Leipheimer
-2 Denis Menchov
-2 Alexandre Vinokourov

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Fabian Cancellara 4.47.51
2 Andreas Klöden 0.13
3 David Millar 0.21
4 George Hincapie 0.23
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7 Vladimir Karpets 0.26
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9 Alexandre Vinokourov 0.30
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16 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.35
17 Andrey Kashechkin 0.35
18 Cadel Evans 0.36
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20 Sylvain Chavanel 0.36
21 Michael Rogers 0.37
22 Oscar Pereiro Sio 0.37
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25 Paolo Savoldelli 0.38
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28 Levi Leipheimer 0.40
29 Denis Menchov 0.40
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31 Filippo Pozzato 0.43
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33 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0.43
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48 Yaroslav Popovych 0.48
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51 Kim Kirchen 0.48
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54 Christophe Moreau 0.49
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63 Leif Hoste 0.51
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79 Tadej Valjavec 0.54
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90 Carlos Sastre Candil 0.56
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93 Frank Schleck 0.57
94 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0.57
95 Dario David Cioni 0.57
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107 Iban Mayo Diez 1.00
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109 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro 1.00
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117 Michael Boogerd 1.02
118 Manuel Beltran Martinez 1.02
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138 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin 1.06

Retirements to date :
Agritubel Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
Total retirements : 1