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Stage 2: Saturday, May 10, Belfast - Belfast, 218 km

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The Race: A rainy day, but it dried out for the finale. The day's break (Maarten Tjallingii, Andrea Fedi, Sander Armee and Jeffry Romero) wasn't allowed much rope, getting a 6-minute lead before the pack decided to bring them back.

With just under four kilometers to go, Tjallingii (Belkin) was the last of the escape to be caught by a Cannondale-driven peloton. From there the other teams looking to either keep their GC men out of trouble or those teams with good sprinters, scrambled to the front.

After getting round a final dangerous corner, the sprinters opened up and Marcel Kittel, with an excellent leadout, timed his effort perfectly to take the stage.

Overall leader Scein Tuft lost the maglia rosa to Orica-GreenEdge teammate Michael Matthews.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.954 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	5hr 13min 12sec
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
4	Elia Viviani	Cannondale
5	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
6	Manuel Beletti	Androni Giocattoli
7	Ben Swift	SKY
8	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
9	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r
10	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
11	Jetse Bol	Belkin
12	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
13	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
14	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia
15	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
16	Tony Hurel	Europcar
17	Edwin Alcibiad Avila	Colombia
18	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF
19	Edvald Hagen Boasson	SKY
20	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin
21	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	@ 3 seconds
22	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
23	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge
24	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar
25	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
26	Laurent Pichon	FDJ
27	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
28	Borut Bozic	Astana
29	Michele Scarponi	Astana
30	Nairo Quintana	Movistar
31	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
32	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar
33	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
34	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
35	Fabio Aru	Astana
36	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
37	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol
38	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
39	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
40	Adriano Malori	Movistar
41	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
42	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
43	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia
44	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
45	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing
46	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
47	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF
48	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing
49	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar
50	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
51	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli
52	Dario Cataldo	SKY
53	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY
54	Sebastian Henao	SKY
55	Danilo Wyss	BMC
56	Cadel Evans	BMC
57	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
58	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
59	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
60	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
61	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo
62	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol
63	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol
64	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli
65	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol
66	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
67	Daniel Oss	BMC
68	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge
69	Brett Lancastanaer	Orica-GreenEdge
70	Julian Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
71	Andrey Amador	Movistar
72	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
73	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli
74	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
75	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
76	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida
77	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano
78	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida
79	Manuel Quinziato	BMC
80	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
81	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
82	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
83	Steve Morabito	BMC
84	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
85	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin-Sharp
86	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
87	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
88	David Tanner	Belkin
89	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
90	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
91	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
92	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin
93	Fernando Andre Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp
94	Martijn Keizer	Belkin
95	Janez Brajkovic	Astana
96	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
97	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
98	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia
99	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
100	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
101	Manuel Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
102	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo
103	Samuel Sanchez	BMC
104	Fabio Duarte	Colombia
105	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
106	Andrey Zeits	Astana
107	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida
108	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r
109	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana
110	Mikel Landa	Astana
111	Francis Mourey	FDJ
112	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
113	Joaquin Rodriguez	Katusha
114	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
115	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale
116	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha
117	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r
118	Michel Koch	Cannondale
119	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
120	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia
121	Maxim Belkov	Katusha
122	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF
123	Philip Deignan	SKY
124	Yannick Eijssen	BMC
125	Rick Flens	Belkin
126	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli
127	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
128	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano
129	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
130	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
131	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha
132	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
133	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
134	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
135	Marc Goos	Belkin
136	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
137	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
138	Julien Berard	Ag2r
139	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
140	Pierre Rolland	Europcar
141	Romain Sicard	Europcar
142	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
143	Chris Anker Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
144	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
145	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
146	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp
147	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano
148	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli
149	Davide Villella	Cannondale
150	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
151	Alberto Losada	Katusha
152	Luca Paolini	Katusha
153	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
154	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF
155	Valerio Agnoli	Astana
156	Axel Domont	Ag2r
157	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
158	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
159	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
160	Brent Bookwalter	BMC
161	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
162	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
163	Dylan Baarle Van	Garmin-Sharp
164	José Herrada	Movistar
165	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia
166	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol
167	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol
168	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing
169	Igor Anton	Movistar
170	Angel Vicioso	Katusha
171	Bernhard Eisel	SKY
172	Daniel Moreno	Katusha
173	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF
174	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
175	Christopher Sutton	SKY
176	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin
177	Ben Hermans	BMC
178	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
179	Kenny Haes De	Lotto-Belisol
180	Arnaud Courteille	FDJ
181	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli
182	Murilo Fiescher	FDJ
183	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ
184	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
185	Jos van Emden	Belkin
186	Jeffry Romero	Colombia
187	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
188	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar
189	Giorgio Cecchinel	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
190	Carolos Quintero	Colombia
191	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli
192	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar
193	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano
194	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge
195	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
196	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli

GC after Stage 2:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	5hr 37min 54sec
2	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 3 seconds
3	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
4	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
5	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
6	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
7	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:08
8	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
10	Alessandro Petacchi	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
11	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
12	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
13	Danilo Wyss	BMC	0:10
14	Cadel Evans	BMC
15	Daniel Oss	BMC
16	Steve Morabito	BMC
17	Samuel Sanchez	BMC
18	Yannick Eijssen	BMC	0:12
19	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	0:25
20	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
21	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
22	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:26
23	Nicholas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
24	Michael Rogers	Tinkoff-Saxo
25	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
26	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
27	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff-Saxo
28	Chris Anker Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
29	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
30	Ben Swift	SKY	0:35
31	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
32	Dario Cataldo	SKY	0:38
33	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY
34	Sebastian Henao	SKY
35	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
36	Philip Deignan	SKY
37	Borut Bozic	Astana	0:41
38	Michele Scarponi	Astana
39	Fabio Aru	Astana
40	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
41	Janez Brajkovic	Astana
42	Andrey Zeits	Astana
43	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana
44	Mikel Landa	Astana
45	Valerio Agnoli	Astana
46	Iljo Keisse	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:44
47	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	0:46
48	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	0:53
49	Manuel Quinziato	BMC	0:55
50	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	0:56
51	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
52	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
53	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
54	Daniele Ratto	Cannondale
55	Michel Koch	Cannondale
56	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	0:58
57	Nairo Quintana	Movistar
58	Adriano Malori	Movistar
59	Andrey Amador	Movistar
60	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
61	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
62	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano	0:59
63	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
64	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
65	Simon Geschke	Giant-Shimano
66	Francesco Chicchi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:01
67	Jetse Bol	Belkin
68	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin
69	Matteo Montaguti	Ag2r
70	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
71	Patrick Gretsch	Ag2r
72	Hubert Dupont	Ag2r
73	Domenico Pozzovivo	Ag2r
74	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
75	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	1:03
76	Robert Kiserlovski	Trek Factory Racing
77	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
78	Julian Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
79	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
80	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing
81	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin
82	Mauro Finetto	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:04
83	Jonathan Monsalve	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
84	Steven Kruijswijk	Belkin
85	Matteo Rabottini	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo
86	Marc Goos	Belkin
87	Sonny Colbrelli	Bardiani-CSF	1:07
88	Nicola Ruffoni	Bardiani-CSF
89	Stefano Pirazzi	Bardiani-CSF	1:10
90	Manuel Francesco Bongiorno	Bardiani-CSF
91	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani-CSF
92	Nicola Boem	Bardiani-CSF
93	Edoardo Zardini	Bardiani-CSF
94	Marco Canola	Bardiani-CSF
95	Enrico Barbin	Bardiani-CSF
96	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	1:12
97	Diego Rosa	Androni Giocattoli	1:17
98	Franco Pellizotti	Androni Giocattoli
99	Yonder Godoy	Androni Giocattoli
100	Jackson Rodriguez	Androni Giocattoli
101	Johnny Hoogerland	Androni Giocattoli
102	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	1:19
103	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	1:20
104	Laurent Pichon	FDJ	1:21
105	Francis Mourey	FDJ
106	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
107	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
108	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
109	Fabio Leonardo Duque	Colombia	1:23
110	Edwin Avila	Colombia
111	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
112	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
113	Diego Ulissi	Lampre-Merida
114	Jan Polanc	Lampre-Merida
115	Albert Timmer	Giant-Shimano
116	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
117	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
118	Jarlinson Pantano	Colombia	1:26
119	Fabio Duarte	Colombia
120	José Herrada	Movistar	1:32
121	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol	1:34
122	Joaquin Rodriguez	Katusha	1:36
123	Vladimir Gusev	Katusha
124	Luca Paolini	Katusha
125	Angel Vicioso	Katusha
126	Daniel Moreno	Katusha
127	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol	1:37
128	Lars Ytting Bak	Lotto-Belisol
129	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Belisol
130	Adam Hansen	Lotto-Belisol
131	Andrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	1:40
132	Francisco Ventoso	Movistar	1:45
133	Davide Villella	Cannondale	1:45
134	Tony Hurel	Europcar	1:48
135	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	1:51
136	Yukiya Arashiro	Europcar
137	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
138	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale
139	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
140	Jos Emden Van	Belkin
141	Pierre Rolland	Europcar
142	Romain Sicard	Europcar
143	Marco Frapporti	Androni Giocattoli	1:56
144	Miguel Angel Rubiano	Colombia	2:00
145	Rick Flens	Belkin	2:11
146	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	2:12
147	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida	2:16
148	Boy Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	2:18
149	Giorgio Cecchinel	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	2:20
150	Manuel Belletti	Androni Giocattoli	2:28
151	Daniele Colli	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	2:31
152	Tom Veelers	Giant-Shimano	2:36
153	Perrig Quemeneur	Europcar	2:46
154	Brent Bookwalter	BMC	2:47
155	Ben Hermans	BMC
156	Carlos Julian Quintero	Colombia	2:56
157	Antonio Murilo Fischer	FDJ	3:02
158	Axel Domont	Ag2r	3:14
159	Rodolfo Torres	Colombia	3:22
160	Bert De Backer	Giant-Shimano	3:24
161	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	3:26
162	Fabian Wegmann	Garmin-Sharp	3:29
163	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
164	Thomas Dekker	Garmin-Sharp
165	DylanVan Baarle	Garmin-Sharp
166	Simone Ponzi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	3:41
167	Alberto Losada	Katusha	3:44
168	Marco Bandiera	Androni Giocattoli	3:45
169	Martijn Keizer	Belkin	3:55
170	Bernhard Eisel	SKY	4:03
171	Christopher Sutton	SKY
172	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	4:04
173	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	4:09
174	Igor Anton	Movistar	4:15
175	Julien Berard	Ag2r	4:18
176	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	4:19
177	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	4:21
178	Arnaud Courteille	FDJ	4:26
179	Sébastien Chavanel	FDJ
180	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	4:36
181	David Tanner	Belkin
182	Robinson Chalapud	Colombia	4:40
183	Angelo Tulik	Europcar	4:48
184	Emanuele Sella	Androni Giocattoli	4:59
185	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	5:11
186	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	5:18
187	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
188	Gert Dockx	Lotto-Belisol	5:28
189	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol	5:35
190	Johan Jeffry Romero	Colombia
191	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar	5:49
192	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge	5:55
193	Fernando Andre Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	6:00
194	Nathan Haas	Garmin-Sharp	6:00
195	Tom Stamsnijder	Giant-Shimano	7:10
196	Ramon Carretero	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	9:44

Points Classification:

1	Marcel Kittel	Giant-Shimano	50 points
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ	40
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	34
4	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	32
5	Elia Viviani	Cannondale	28
6	Ben Swift	SKY	26
7	Manuel Beletti	Androni Giocattoli	22
8	Andrrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	20
9	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	18
10	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	16

Mountains Classification:

1	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin	6 points
2	Andrrea Fedi	Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo	3
3	Jeffry Johan Romero	Colombia	2
4	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	1

Young Rider:

1	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	5hr 37min 54sec
2	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 3 seconds
3	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:08
4	Yannick Eijssen	BMC	0:12
5	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:26
6	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
7	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
8	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
9	Sebastian Henao Gomez	SKY	0:38
10	Salvatore Puccio	SKY

Team Classification:

1	ORICA GREENEDGE	16hr 4min 24sec
2	OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP	@ 8 seconds
3	BMC RACING TEAM	0:10
4	TINKOFF SAXO	0:26
5	TEAM SKY	0:32
6	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:41
7	CANNONDALE	0:53
8	TEAM GIANT - SHIMANO	0:56
9	BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM	0:58
10	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:58

Stage 2 photos:

Pierre Rolland at the start

Race leader Svein Tuft and teammate Ivan Santaromita

BMC presented at the stage start. BMC had a terrific team time trial yesterday, putting Cadel Evans (far right) near the top of the contenders.

As the pack heads for the line, Kittel clearly has this one nailed.

Indeed.

Michele Scarponi finishes a day on wet Irish roads.

Bjorn Thurau

Stage winner Marcel Kittel

New maglia rosa Michael Matthews

Stage 2 map and profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile