Thursday, January 19: Stage 2, Brighton - Victor Harbor, 154.8 km
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Rohan Dennis wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.
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Weather at the finish city of Victor Harbor at 12:40, local time: 17C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 26 km/hr (17 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report.
South Australia’s living time trial legend Rohan Dennis greeted a raucous crowd to take a stage win and GC in his own backyard.
Jumbo-Visma’s Dennis – a 2015 Tour Down Under champion – was far too good, using his time trial skills when it counted to claim the Oakley stage 2 Brighton to Victor Harbor.
Dennis joined a breathtaking five-man breakaway group on the final climb including two Grand Tour winners.
Simon Yates (Jayco AlULa), Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) Australian gun Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla) and Swiss Mauro Schmid (Soudal-Quickstep) was a field of dreams which added to the late race drama before the Victor Harbor finish line.
“It was hard,’’ Dennis said, “It was always going to blow up on that climb.
“It was done before, like when Daryl Impey won in 2018 but I honestly thought it would come back and I wasn’t willing to take that risk when Jay and Yates went up the road. So, I buried myself and hoped it paid off and it did.”
Dennis recorded his first Tour Down Under stage win since claiming the 2015 title when he showcased his bike skills at the uphill Paracombe finish line.
The two-time world-time trial champion and reigning Commonwealth Games gold medalist finished the race ahead of Vine, Schmid, Yates, Hindley and Australia’s sprint gun Caleb Ewan at Victor Harbor.
Although Dennis rued the absence of teammate Robert Gesink who crashed and broke his hip during the Ziptrak stage 1 Tanunda to Tanunda, he was forced to play a tactical game with a man down.
Jayco AlULa was also dealt a major blow on race day when Australia’s Chris Harper didn’t start.
He joined Gesink, Jordi Meeus (Bora-hansgrohe), Australians Graeme Frislie (Australian National Team) and Conor Leahy (Australian National Team) and Patrick Bevin (Team DSM) while Great Britain’s James Knox (Soudal-Quickstep) was disqualified after drafting team cars following a crash on stage 1.
After a tepid start on the Southern Expressway from a Brighton departure Alberto Bettiol’s overall lead came to an abrupt sad ending. Bettiol appeared to suffer from a cramp to his left leg about 11km from the finish line and threw his water bottle onto the tarmac in anger.
However, the battle was on for the early time bonuses in the Ziptrak sprint 1 Esplanade, Snapper Point, Aldinga Beach at the 33.6km mark.
It was a chaotic lead into the sprint which pleased ochre jersey leader Bettiol when Trek-Segafredo’s Marc Brustenga clinched the intermediate sprint pole position.
Jayco AlUla’s Michael Matthews was third, earning a one-second bonus to stay behind Bettiol’s overall lead.
Bettiol’s EF Education-Easypost team had the Italian well protected when south-easterly 25km/h winds made riding uncomfortable as the peloton approached Sellicks Hill.
Bettiol’s teammates were heading the main peloton as a breakaway led by Italian Manuele Boaro from Astana Qazakstan and Swiss Johan Jacobs maintained a four-minute gap.
As Myponga Reservoir approached the peloton split as they chased down Boaro and Jacobs.
Dennis kept the split company alongside the efex king of the mountain polka dot jersey of Luke Plapp from Ineos Grenadiers alongside teammate Magnus Sheffield who recovered from his stage 1 crash.
As the Ziptrak sprint 2 on Main South Road, approached Bettiol was still in good shape to cause an upset. Matthews made a dash for more time bonuses in the intermediate sprint but the Italian stayed on his wheel to pick up a bonus second as the Australian came in second behind Corbin Strong from Israel Premier Tech.
At that stage of the race Bettiol still held a four-second overall lead over Matthews and Sheffield.
Kazak Dmitriy Griuzdev then soloed to earn the first efex King of the Mountain of the day at Parawa Hill earning seven points with 67.6km before the Victor Harbor finish line.
Italy’s Alessandro Covi was second up the summit and put the heat on wrestling the polka dot king of the mountain jersey from Plapp who was third before the Nettle Hill summit was in sight, 20.9km from Victor Harbor.
In the lead-up to the second king of the mountain, Matthews was forced to change bikes after a mishap with Sheffield before Jay Vine (UAE Emirates) led a breakaway with Dennis, Yates, Hindley and Schmid.
Vine claimed King of the Mountain honours and will own the polka dot jersey for the Hahn stage 3 Norwood to Campbelltown on Friday.
Complete results:
154.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.59 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | JUMBO-VISMA | 4hr 0min 40sec |
2 | Jay Vine | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | @ 2sec |
3 | Mauro Schmid | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
4 | Simon Yates | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | s.t. |
5 | Jai Hindley | BORA-HANSGROHE | +5'' |
6 | Caleb Ewan | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | +11'' |
7 | Emils Liepins | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
8 | Corbin Strong | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
9 | Kaden Groves | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
10 | Paul Penhoet | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
11 | Marius Mayrhofer | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
12 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
13 | Bryan Coquard | COFIDIS | s.t. |
14 | Nikias Arndt | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
15 | Tony Gallopin | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
16 | Hugo Page | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
17 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
18 | Pello Bilbao | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
19 | Marco Haller | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
20 | Miles Scotson | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
21 | Sven Erik Bystrom | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
22 | Robert Stannard | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
23 | Antonio Tiberi | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
24 | Marc Hirschi | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
25 | Stan Van Tricht | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
26 | Ben O'Connor | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
27 | Christopher Hamilton | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
28 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
29 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
30 | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
31 | Luis Leon Sanchez | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
32 | Gorka Izagirre | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
33 | Mattia Cattaneo | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
34 | Alex Baudin | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
35 | Gianni Moscon | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
36 | Rudy Molard | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
37 | Milan Vader | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
38 | Nans Peters | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
39 | Natnael Tesfazion | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
40 | George Bennett | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
41 | Victor Lafay | COFIDIS | s.t. |
42 | Lorenzo Germani | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
43 | Michael Gogl | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
44 | Alessandro Covi | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
45 | Leo Hayter | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
46 | Dries Devenyns | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
47 | Asbjorn Hellemose | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
48 | Elie Gesbert | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
49 | Dorian Godon | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
50 | Hermann Pernsteiner | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
51 | Sebastian Berwick | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
52 | Francois Bidard | COFIDIS | s.t. |
53 | Reuben Thompson | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
54 | Michael Storer | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
55 | Lennard Hofstede | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
56 | Damien Touze | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
57 | Derek Gee | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
58 | Michael Hepburn | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +31'' |
59 | Michael Matthews | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +2'13'' |
60 | Jonas Rutsch | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
61 | Mikkel Honore | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
62 | Alberto Bettiol | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
63 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
64 | Ben Swift | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
65 | Shane Archbold | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
66 | Jasha Dimitri Sutterlin | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
67 | Phil Bauhaus | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
68 | Kamil Michal Gradek | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
69 | Lukasz Owsian | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
70 | Imanol Erviti | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
71 | Ivan Romeo Abad | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
72 | Taj Jones | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
73 | Tim Van Dijke | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
74 | Tim Naberman | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
75 | Matthew Dinham | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
76 | Daryl Impey | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
77 | Kevin Ledanois | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
78 | Boy Van Poppel | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
79 | Luis-Joe Luhrs | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
80 | Laurence Pithie | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
81 | Romain Combaud | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
82 | Jens Keukeleire | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
83 | Martin Svrcek | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
84 | Timo Roosen | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
85 | Alessandro Verre | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
86 | Julius Johansen | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
87 | Michael Schar | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
88 | Paul Lapeira | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
89 | Ewen Costiou | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
90 | Michael Vink | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
91 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
92 | Liam Walsh | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | s.t. |
93 | Samuel Gaze | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
94 | Oscar Riesebeek | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
95 | Harrison Wood | COFIDIS | s.t. |
96 | Filippo Baroncini | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
97 | Marc Brustenga | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
98 | Lucas Hamilton | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | s.t. |
99 | Fabio Felline | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
100 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
101 | Jarrad Drizners | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | s.t. |
102 | Campbell Stewart | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +2'25'' |
103 | Sean Quinn | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | +3'18'' |
104 | Manuele Boaro | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | +7'39'' |
105 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | +7'40'' |
106 | Senne Leysen | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
107 | Jannik Steimle | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
108 | Luis Guillermo Mas | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
109 | Christopher Froome | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
110 | Jensen Plowright | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
111 | Cameron Scott | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
112 | Lukasz Wisniowski | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
113 | Johan Jacobs | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
114 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
115 | Alexis Renard | COFIDIS | s.t. |
116 | Andre Rodrigues De Carvalho | COFIDIS | s.t. |
117 | Jos Van Emden | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
118 | Zachary Marriage | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | s.t. |
119 | Dion Smith | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
120 | Martijn Tusveld | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
121 | Gerben Thijssen | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
122 | Leonardo Basso | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
123 | Davide Cimolai | COFIDIS | s.t. |
124 | Martin Laas | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
125 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
126 | Sergio Samitier | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
127 | Luke Durbridge | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | s.t. |
128 | Simon Clarke | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
129 | Thomas Scully | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
130 | Hugo Hofstetter | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
131 | Mathis Le Berre | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
DNF | James Moriarty | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | |
DNS | Chris Harper | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | |
DNS | Jordi Meeus | BORA-HANSGROHE | |
DNS | Graeme Frislie | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | |
DNS | Conor Leahy | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM |
GC after stage 2:
310.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.05 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | JUMBO-VISMA | 7hr 44min 41sec |
2 | Jay Vine | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | @ 3sec |
3 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS GRENADIERS | +12'' |
4 | Mauro Schmid | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +13'' |
5 | Corbin Strong | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | +14'' |
6 | Hugo Page | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
7 | Kaden Groves | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | +15'' |
8 | Marius Mayrhofer | TEAM DSM | +17'' |
9 | Nikias Arndt | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +19'' |
10 | Miles Scotson | GROUPAMA-FDJ | +20'' |
11 | Ethan Hayter | INEOS GRENADIERS | +21'' |
12 | Simon Yates | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | s.t. |
13 | Derek Gee | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | +22'' |
14 | Lorenzo Germani | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
15 | Lucas Plapp | INEOS GRENADIERS | +24'' |
16 | Pello Bilbao | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
17 | Michael Gogl | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | +25'' |
18 | Sven Erik Bystrom | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
19 | Dorian Godon | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | +27'' |
20 | Leo Hayter | INEOS GRENADIERS | +28'' |
21 | Antonio Tiberi | TREK-SEGAFREDO | +29'' |
22 | Dries Devenyns | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
23 | Gianni Moscon | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | +30'' |
24 | Ben O'Connor | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | +31'' |
25 | Gorka Izagirre | MOVISTAR TEAM | +32'' |
26 | Marc Hirschi | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
27 | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
28 | Marco Haller | BORA-HANSGROHE | +33'' |
29 | Mattia Cattaneo | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | s.t. |
30 | Milan Vader | JUMBO-VISMA | +34'' |
31 | Natnael Tesfazion | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
32 | Robert Stannard | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | s.t. |
33 | Tony Gallopin | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
34 | Rudy Molard | GROUPAMA-FDJ | +35'' |
35 | Victor Lafay | COFIDIS | s.t. |
36 | Sebastian Berwick | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | +36'' |
37 | Bryan Coquard | COFIDIS | +38'' |
38 | George Bennett | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | +39'' |
39 | Jai Hindley | BORA-HANSGROHE | +42'' |
40 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-HANSGROHE | +43'' |
41 | Paul Penhoet | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
42 | Luis Leon Sanchez | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | +44'' |
43 | Asbjorn Hellemose | TREK-SEGAFREDO | +45'' |
44 | Reuben Thompson | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
45 | Caleb Ewan | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | +47'' |
46 | Christopher Hamilton | TEAM DSM | +49'' |
47 | Elie Gesbert | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | +50'' |
48 | Francois Bidard | COFIDIS | +52'' |
49 | Damien Touze | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | +53'' |
50 | Michael Storer | GROUPAMA-FDJ | s.t. |
51 | Emils Liepins | TREK-SEGAFREDO | +55'' |
52 | Alex Baudin | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | +56'' |
53 | Nans Peters | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | +57'' |
54 | Lennard Hofstede | JUMBO-VISMA | +1'03'' |
55 | Alessandro Covi | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | +1'10'' |
56 | Stan Van Tricht | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +1'37'' |
57 | Alberto Bettiol | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | +2'05'' |
58 | Michael Matthews | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +2'09'' |
59 | Julius Johansen | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | +2'16'' |
60 | Samuel Gaze | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | +2'17'' |
61 | Marc Brustenga | TREK-SEGAFREDO | +2'21'' |
62 | Kevin Ledanois | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
63 | Michael Vink | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | +2'23'' |
64 | Michael Hepburn | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +2'28'' |
65 | Matthew Dinham | TEAM DSM | +2'29'' |
66 | Timo Roosen | JUMBO-VISMA | +2'31'' |
67 | Filippo Baroncini | TREK-SEGAFREDO | +2'33'' |
68 | Paul Lapeira | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | s.t. |
69 | Laurence Pithie | GROUPAMA-FDJ | +2'35'' |
70 | Taj Jones | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | +2'36'' |
71 | Liam Walsh | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | +2'37'' |
72 | Sjoerd Bax | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
73 | Jasha Dimitri Sutterlin | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | s.t. |
74 | Lucas Hamilton | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +2'38'' |
75 | Daryl Impey | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | +2'41'' |
76 | Ewen Costiou | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
77 | Shane Archbold | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
78 | Alessandro Verre | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | +2'43'' |
79 | Ivan Romeo Abad | MOVISTAR TEAM | +2'45'' |
80 | Ben Swift | INEOS GRENADIERS | s.t. |
81 | Michael Schar | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | +2'47'' |
82 | Imanol Erviti | MOVISTAR TEAM | +2'48'' |
83 | Fabio Felline | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
84 | Harrison Wood | COFIDIS | s.t. |
85 | Jonas Rutsch | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | +2'50'' |
86 | Campbell Stewart | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +2'51'' |
87 | Lukasz Owsian | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | +2'54'' |
88 | Martin Svrcek | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +2'55'' |
89 | Tim Naberman | TEAM DSM | +2'59'' |
90 | Tim Van Dijke | JUMBO-VISMA | +3'00'' |
91 | Phil Bauhaus | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +3'03'' |
92 | Jens Keukeleire | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | s.t. |
93 | Luis-Joe Luhrs | BORA-HANSGROHE | +3'05'' |
94 | Boy Van Poppel | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | s.t. |
95 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | +3'15'' |
96 | Mikkel Honore | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | +3'24'' |
97 | Hermann Pernsteiner | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +3'36'' |
98 | Oscar Riesebeek | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | +3'43'' |
99 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS GRENADIERS | +4'11'' |
100 | Sean Quinn | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | +5'31'' |
101 | Romain Combaud | TEAM DSM | +5'40'' |
102 | Jannik Steimle | SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +7'46'' |
103 | Jarrad Drizners | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | +7'48'' |
104 | Dion Smith | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | +7'56'' |
105 | Jos Van Emden | JUMBO-VISMA | +7'58'' |
106 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS GRENADIERS | +8'04'' |
107 | Johan Jacobs | MOVISTAR TEAM | +8'07'' |
108 | Manuele Boaro | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
109 | Simon Clarke | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | s.t. |
110 | Luis Guillermo Mas | MOVISTAR TEAM | +8'09'' |
111 | Martijn Tusveld | TEAM DSM | s.t. |
112 | Jensen Plowright | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | +8'11'' |
113 | Senne Leysen | ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK | +8'13'' |
114 | Andre Rodrigues De Carvalho | COFIDIS | +8'14'' |
115 | Hugo Hofstetter | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | +8'15'' |
116 | Martin Laas | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | +8'16'' |
117 | Zachary Marriage | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM | +8'18'' |
118 | Mathis Le Berre | TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC | s.t. |
119 | Kamil Michal Gradek | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +8'22'' |
120 | Leonardo Basso | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | s.t. |
121 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM | +8'27'' |
122 | Christopher Froome | ISRAEL PREMIER TECH | +8'30'' |
123 | Gerben Thijssen | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | +8'33'' |
124 | Alexis Renard | COFIDIS | +8'53'' |
125 | Sergio Samitier | MOVISTAR TEAM | +9'06'' |
126 | Davide Cimolai | COFIDIS | +9'25'' |
127 | Taco Van Der Hoorn | INTERMARCHE-CIRCUS-WANTY | +10'05'' |
128 | Cameron Scott | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +10'54'' |
129 | Luke Durbridge | TEAM JAYCO-ALULA | +11'45'' |
130 | Lukasz Wisniowski | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | +15'02'' |
131 | Thomas Scully | EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST | +15'22'' |
Stage 2 map & profile:
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Chris Froome signs in.
Jay Hindley
Ben O'Connor before the stage start.
The peloton goes up a gentle rise. The TV helicopter is overhead.
Crossing a dam.
Rohan Dennis has time to sit up and wave to the crowd. Second-place Jay Vine is just on the left of the photo.
Jay Vine was second, with Mauro Schmid right behind him.
Jay Hindley finished fifth
Rohan Dennis just after winning the stage.
Caleb Ewan (shown with his little sprinter-trainees) is the points classification leader.
Rohan Dennis will start stage three in the leader's jersey.