Tour de Romandie, stage 1 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 1 compared to stage 0

Biggest gainers by position :
+111 Ruben Lobato Elvira
+111 Mario Aerts
+109 Bernhard Kohl
+105 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla Ramos
+104 Morris Possoni
+102 Oliver Zaugg
+99 John Gadret
+97 Wim Van Huffel
+89 Johann Tschopp
+88 Mathias Frank

Biggest losers by position :
-131 Bradley Wiggins
-104 Mark Cavendish
-104 Rick Flens
-101 Tony Martin
-99 Nick Nuyens
-92 Carlo Westphal
-92 Fabio Sabatini
-91 Maryan Hary
-91 Murilo Fischer
-86 Matej Mugerli
-84 Alexandr Pliuschin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:05 Maxim Iglinsky
+0:01 Michael Albasini

Biggest losers by time :
-31:27 Nathan Miller
-21:02 Bert Roesems
-21:02 Carlo Westphal
-21:02 Matteo Carrara
-20:43 Danilo Wyss
-20:43 Maryan Hary
-16:31 Bradley Wiggins
-16:31 Rick Flens
-16:31 Tom Leezer
-16:31 Tony Martin
-16:31 Wouter Weylandt

Favourites by position :
+109 Bernhard Kohl
+74 Denis Menchov
+70 Sylvester Szmyd
+66 Chris Anker Sorensen
+51 Marco Pinotti
+38 Jens Voigt
+28 Sandy Casar
+23 Vladimir Gusev
+12 Andreas Kloden
+4 Thomas Dekker
+2 Roman Kreuziger
-28 Markus Fothen
-38 Daniele Bennati
-62 Wouter Weylandt
-131 Bradley Wiggins

Favourites by time :
-0:07 Vladimir Gusev
-0:07 Thomas Dekker
-0:07 Sylvester Szmyd
-0:07 Sandy Casar
-0:07 Roman Kreuziger
-0:07 Marco Pinotti
-0:07 Jens Voigt
-0:07 Denis Menchov
-0:07 Bernhard Kohl
-0:07 Andreas Kloden
-1:23 Markus Fothen
-1:23 Daniele Bennati
-1:23 Chris Anker Sorensen
-16:31 Wouter Weylandt
-16:31 Bradley Wiggins

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Michael Albasini 4.49.30
2 Maxim Iglinsky 0.01
3 Markus Zberg 0.08
4 Roman Kreuziger 0.08
5 Thomas Dekker 0.09
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9 Andreas Kloden 0.10
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13 Vladimir Gusev 0.11
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18 Sandy Casar 0.12
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20 Jens Voigt 0.13
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24 Marco Pinotti 0.14
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28 Sylvester Szmyd 0.16
29 Denis Menchov 0.16
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36 Bernhard Kohl 0.21
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40 Daniele Bennati 1.23
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47 Markus Fothen 1.26
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76 Chris Anker Sorensen 1.36
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136 Bradley Wiggins 16.32
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139 Wouter Weylandt 16.38

Retirements to date : Stage
Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 <<<
Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 <<<
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 <<<
Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1 <<<
Total retirements : 4