2019 Tour de France

106th edition: July 6 - July 28, 2019

Stage 2, Sunday, July 7
Brussels team time trial

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Sunday, July 7: Stage 2, Brussels 27.6 km team time trial

Starts at the Palais Royal & finishes at the Atomium

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Jumbo-Visma knows they have just won the stage and kept the yellow jersey for another day.

Weather at Brussels at 1:40 PM, local time: 19C (67F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Team INEOS started first at 2:30. The remaining 21 teams then left at 5-minute intervals with Jumbo-Visma last at 4:15.

Here's the organizer's stage summary:

The Dutch outfit Jumbo-Visma won stage 2 as well as stage 1 in Brussels as Mike Teunissen, Steven Kruijswijk, George Bennett, Wout van Aert and Tony Martin outclassed Team Ineos by twenty seconds so Teunissen retained the yellow jersey. They also maintained the long lived tradition of Dutch specialists since the very first team time trial of the Tour de France was won by the Dutch national team in Dieppe in 1955.

22 teams of 8 riders each took part in stage 2, a 27.6km long team time trial in and around Brussels, from the Royal Palace to the Atomium. Last in the teams classification after stage 1, Team Ineos got the ball rolling and set a reference time of 13’59’’ at Bois de la Cambre (km 13.2), 21’11’’ at Schaerbeek (km 20.1) and 29’18’’ on the finishing line at an average speed of 56.5km/h. Even though David Gaudu slipped in the last curve, Thibaut Pinot’s Groupama-FDJ bettered Astana by nine seconds on the finishing line as Jakob Fuglsang didn’t suffer much after his spectacular crash the day before.

The time of Katusha-Alpecin at the first check point came as a shock as Alex Dowsett dragged his team-mates to a faster time than Ineos (by 3’’). It was confirmed by the second one (by 2’’). But six seconds were missing on the finishing line for the Swiss-registered squad to beat the British outfit.

Ineos was still leading after half of the teams completed the course. Sunweb equalled Katusha-Alpecin’s time 6’’ adrift. Deceuninck-Quick Step was close to dethrone the leaders but their fourth man wasn’t able to hold onto Julian Alaphilippe’s slipstream at the end. Eight tenths of a second were missing for the Belgian squad. However, as soon as Jumbo-Visma hit the road, they were clearly one class above all other stage contenders. They were ahead at all time checks and clocked a faster time than Ineos by twenty seconds.

It’s the first time since 2001 (Stuart O’Grady’s Crédit Agricole) that a yellow jersey holder wins the team time trial. Teunissen is the first Dutchman to wear the yellow jersey for two days in a row since Teun van Vliet in 1988. Panasonic was the last Dutch team to win the team time trial at the Tour de France.

Results:

Stage 2 photos

27.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 57.202 km/hr

1	TEAM JUMBO-VISMA	28min 57sec
2	TEAM INEOS	@ 20sec
3	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	21''
4	TEAM SUNWEB	26''
5	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN	26''
6	EF EDUCATION FIRST	28''
7	CCC TEAM	31''
8	GROUPAMA-FDJ	32''
9	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	36''
10	ASTANA PRO TEAM	41''
11	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	41''
12	BORA-HANSGROHE	46''
13	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	53''
14	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	54''
15	LOTTO SOUDAL	59''
16	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 03''
17	MOVISTAR TEAM	1' 05''
18	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 18''
19	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 19''
20	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 42''
21	TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 51''
22	WANTY-GOBERT CYCLING TEAM	1' 58''

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification leader: Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team)
• Points classification leader: Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma)
• Best young rider: Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
• Team classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

222.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.705 km/hr

1	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	4hr 51min 34sec
2	WOUT VAN AERT	JUMBO-VISMA	@ 10sec
3	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
4	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
5	GEORGE BENNETT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
6	GIANNI MOSCON	TEAM INEOS	30''
7	EGAN BERNAL	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
8	GERAINT THOMAS	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
9	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
10	ELIA VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	31''
11	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
12	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
13	ENRIC MAS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
14	YVES LAMPAERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	33''
15	MICHAEL MATTHEWS	TEAM SUNWEB	36''
16	RICK ZABEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
17	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
18	WILCO KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
19	LENNARD KÄMNA	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
20	MADS WÜRTZ	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
21	ILNUR ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
22	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
23	ALEX DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
24	ALBERTO BETTIOL	EF EDUCATION FIRST	38''
25	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
26	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
27	MICHAEL WOODS	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
28	TANEL KANGERT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
29	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	40''
30	GREG VAN AVERMAET	CCC TEAM	41''
31	PATRICK BEVIN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
32	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
33	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
34	SIMON GESCHKE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
35	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	42''
36	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
37	THIBAUT PINOT	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
38	STEFAN KÜNG	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
39	SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
40	NICOLAS ROCHE	TEAM SUNWEB	45''
41	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	46''
42	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
43	JAN TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
44	DAMIANO CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
45	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
46	ROHAN DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
47	MATEJ MOHORIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
48	PETER SAGAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	50''
49	MATTEO TRENTIN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	51''
50	DARYL IMPEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
51	ADAM YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
52	LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
53	HUGO HOULE	ASTANA	s.t.
54	JAKOB FUGLSANG	ASTANA	s.t.
55	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
56	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
57	LUKE DURBRIDGE	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
58	PELLO BILBAO	ASTANA	51''
59	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	52''
60	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	56''
61	MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
62	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
63	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
64	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	59''
65	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA	1' 00''
66	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	1' 03''
67	JULIEN SIMON	COFIDIS	s.t.
68	DANIEL OSS	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
69	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
70	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
71	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
72	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	TEAM INEOS	s.t.
73	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	DIMENSION DATA	1' 04''
74	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
75	ROMAN KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
76	BENJAMIN KING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
77	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
78	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	1' 07''
79	JASPER DE BUYST	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 09''
80	ROGER KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
81	TIESJ BENOOT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
82	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
83	ANTHONY ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 10''
84	MICHAEL VALGREN	DIMENSION DATA	1' 12''
85	LARS BAK YTTING	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 13''
87	JASPER PHILIPSEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
88	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
89	FABIO ARU	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
90	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
91	RUI COSTA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
92	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
93	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
94	JACK HAIG	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1' 14''
95	NAIRO QUINTANA	MOVISTAR	1' 15''
96	ANDREY AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
97	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
98	MARC SOLER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
99	MIKEL LANDA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	NELSON OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
101	WOUT POELS	TEAM INEOS	1' 17''
102	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 28''
103	GIULIO CICCONE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
104	RICHIE PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
105	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
106	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
107	BAUKE MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
108	ROMAIN BARDET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 29''
109	MATHIAS FRANK	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
110	TONY GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
111	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
112	BENOIT COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
113	NIKIAS ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	1' 32''
114	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
115	MARCO HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1' 34''
116	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	1' 39''
117	NATNAEL BERHANE	COFIDIS	1' 40''
118	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1' 46''
119	LILIAN CALMEJANE	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	1' 52''
120	ROMAIN SICARD	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
121	PAUL OURSELIN	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
122	REIN TAARAMÄE	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
123	NIKI TERPSTRA	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
124	LAURENS DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 55''
125	LUKE ROWE	TEAM INEOS	1' 58''
126	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 01''
127	AMAEL MOINARD	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
128	MAXIME BOUET	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
129	FLORIAN VACHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
130	SIMON CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2' 02''
131	ANDREA PASQUALON	WANTY-GOBERT	2' 08''
132	GUILLAUME MARTIN	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
133	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
134	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
135	ANTHONY TURGIS	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	2' 09''
136	MICHAEL SCHÄR	CCC TEAM	2' 10''
137	YOANN OFFREDO	WANTY-GOBERT	2' 11''
138	MAXIME MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 13''
139	MIKAEL CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2' 15''
140	ALEXIS VUILLERMOZ	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
141	FREDERIK BACKAERT	WANTY-GOBERT	2' 17''
142	MARCUS BURGHARDT	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 18''
143	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	WANTY-GOBERT	2' 28''
144	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	2' 29''
145	NICCOLÒ BONIFAZIO	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	2' 34''
146	LUKASZ WISNIOWSKI	CCC TEAM	2' 42''
147	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 44''
148	AIME DE GENDT	WANTY-GOBERT	2' 49''
149	CEES BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	2' 50''
150	CHAD HAGA	TEAM SUNWEB	2' 54''
151	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 55''
152	FABIEN GRELLIER	TOTAL-DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
153	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 56''
154	ANDRÉ GREIPEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	3' 11''
155	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	3' 13''
156	CALEB EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 15''
157	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 17''
158	AMUND JANSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	3' 20''
159	CHRISTOPHER JUUL JENSEN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3' 25''
160	MAXIMILIANO RICHEZE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	3' 36''
161	MICHAEL HEPBURN	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
162	SIMON YATES	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
163	JENS KEUKELEIRE	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 57''
164	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	4' 32''
165	MICHAEL MØRKØV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	4' 33''
166	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	TEAM INEOS	4' 41''
167	SERGE PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	4' 49''
168	KOEN DE KORT	TREK-SEGAFREDO	4' 57''
169	IVAN GARCIA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	5' 10''
170	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	COFIDIS	5' 17''
171	KEVIN LEDANOIS	ARKEA-SAMSIC	5' 27''
172	DRIES DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	5' 31''
173	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	6' 01''
174	JENS DEBUSSCHERE	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	6' 39''
175	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	7' 22''
176	TOMS SKUJINS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	7' 46''

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The finish line at the 1958 Worlds Fair's Atomium. Those are giant stainless-steel clad spheres connected to make a model of a unit cell of an iron crystal.

Someone had to be 22nd. It was Wanty-Gobert

21st-place Areka-Samsic

20th-place Total-Direct Energie

Team Ag2r La Mondiale slotted in 19th

Trek-Segafredo was 18th

Team Movistar normally does very well in team time trials, but today they were 17th.

16th-place UAE-Team Emirates

Lotto-Soudal was 15th

Team Dimension Data was 14th

Cofidis, 13th

12th-place Bora-hansgrohe

Adam Yates' Mitchelton-Scott was 11th

Team Astana came in 10th.

9th-place Bahrain-Merida

Groupama-FDJ was 8th.

7th place CCC Team

EF Education First was 6th

Team Sunweb was 4th

Third-place Deceuninck-Quick Step

Team INEOS looked to have won the stage until Jumbo-Visma crossed the line.

Jumbo-Visma was the fastest.

The winning team, Jumbo-Visma. Looks Eddy Merckx is to the right and Raymond Poulidor, in a yellow polo shirt, is on the left.

Mike Teunissen will start stage three in yellow.

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