Welcome to stage 2, the start of the pancake flat stage of this year's Tour of Qatar. It'll be interesting to see which sprinters are in form.

The break of 8 forms up - Flens, Joly, Mortenson, Duggan, Scanlon, Fernandez, Scanlon, Clesen



A puncture with 40km to go - it's Sony Ericsson leader D'Amore who punctures



But some excellent work from his team mates mean he is fresh when he returns to the Festina led pack



A crash! 8.7km to go, and Pena of France TV touches a wheel and brings several riders down with him - in fact, 3 riders abandon - Sokolov (American Suzuki), Johansson (Sony Ericsson) and Krivtsov (Credit Lyonnais)



The break is caught with 5km left, but the teams barely have time to organise for the sprint - several sprinters are nowhere near the front!



Here we can see Vantomme (Philips - Hummel) leading the way, although Petacchi is quite a way back, Weylandt, Hushovd and Napolitano on the left, Haedo and Serebriakov on the far right, with Bos (!) just inside. Ciolek and D'Amore are way back, but working their way through



Now this is interesting! Haedo is now leading, Serebriakov is trying to come round him. Weylandt leads the rest, but is fading!



Serebriakov just edges it! Haedo takes 2nd, and Hushovd comes from nowhere to take 3rd, but that wasn't the sprint everyone was expecting



With the bonus, Hushovd takes the lead, with Haedo just a second behind in 3rd.

Stage:

1	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	2h58'51
2	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
3	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	s.t.
4	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
5	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
6	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
7	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
8	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
9	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	s.t.
10	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
11	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
12	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
13	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
14	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
15	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
16	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	s.t.
17	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
18	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
19	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
20	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
21	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
22	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
23	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	s.t.
24	William Bonnet	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
25	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
26	Sergei Klimov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
27	Peter Wrolich	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
28	Joseph Cooper	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
29	Fabio Sabatini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
30	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
31	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
32	Robert Hunter	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
33	Giovanni Visconti	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
34	Leonardo Duque	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
35	Mike Friedman	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
36	Jason Donald	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
37	Michael Mørkøv	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
38	Assan Bazajev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
39	Kenny De Haes	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
40	Jurgen Van Loocke	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
41	Kirk O'Bee	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
42	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
43	Patrick Gretsch	FESTINA	s.t.
44	Martin Elmiger	EUROSPORT	s.t.
45	Rafaâ Chtioui	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
46	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
47	Alexandre Botcharov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
48	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
49	Benoît Vaugrenard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
50	Kasper Klostergaard	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
51	Freddy Johansson	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
52	Blake Caldwell	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
53	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
54	Piotr Mazur	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
55	Jan Ghyselinck	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
56	Tim Dees	FESTINA	s.t.
57	Frederik Nolf	FESTINA	s.t.
58	Anders Lund	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
59	Anthony Roux	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
60	Jordi Grau	FESTINA	s.t.
61	David Millar	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
62	Anthony Geslin	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
63	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
64	Sébastien Rosseler	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
65	Steven Cozza	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
66	Rubén Darío Laverde Velez	FESTINA	s.t.
67	Saulo Lay	ERSTE	s.t.
68	Christian Poos	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
69	Iban Mayo	EUROSPORT	s.t.
70	László Bodrogi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
71	Tom Zirbel	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
72	Ramunas Navardauskas	FESTINA	s.t.
73	Matthieu Sprick	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
74	Cesare Di Maggio	ERSTE	s.t.
75	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	s.t.
76	Sébastien Ivars	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
77	Rik Verbrugghe	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
78	Yasmani Martinez	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
79	Tejay Van Garderen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
80	Marcel Sieberg	CARLSBERG	s.t.
81	Koen De Kort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
82	Nicki Sørensen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
83	Aleksandr Arekejev	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
84	Jérôme Pineau	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
85	Viktor Renäng	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
86	Tom Stubbe	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
87	Michail Ignatiev	ERSTE	s.t.
88	Sergio Ortega	FESTINA	s.t.
89	Logan Hutchings	ERSTE	s.t.
90	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
91	Michael Schär	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
92	Juan-Antonio Flecha	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
93	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
94	Dario Cataldo	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
95	Przemyslaw Niemiec	ERSTE	s.t.
96	Paolo Savoldelli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
97	Alexander Giraldo	ERSTE	s.t.
98	Matthieu Ladagnous	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
99	Fabien Taillefour	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
100	Bradley McGee	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
101	Chris Wherry	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
102	Danny Pate	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
103	Philip Deignan	EUROSPORT	s.t.
104	Clément Lhotellerie	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
105	David George	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
106	Stef Clement	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
107	Ian Stannard	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
108	Luigi Sestili	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
109	Dennis Van Winden	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
110	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
111	Adrian Laidler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
112	Jürgen Van de Walle	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
113	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
114	Ismaël Kip	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
115	Julien Mazet	EUROSPORT	s.t.
116	Matthé Pronk	EUROSPORT	s.t.
117	Serge Pauwels	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
118	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
119	Boy Van Poppel	EUROSPORT	s.t.
120	Sebastian Lang	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
121	Rick Flens	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
122	Mikhail Bourgoin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
123	Francesco Gavazzi	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
124	Joost Posthuma	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
125	Rafael Rodríguez Segarra	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
126	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	s.t.
127	Martin Mortensen	SONY ERICSSON	+ 2'11
128	Horácio Mesquita	FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS	s.t.
129	Sebastian Langeveld	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 2'56
130	Victor Hugo Peña	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
131	Kenny De Ketele	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
132	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
133	Hector Guerra	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 4'22
134	Emanuele Rizza	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 5'02
135	Marc Machado	CARLSBERG	+ 5'58
136	Trent Lowe	CARLSBERG	+ 6'22
137	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	s.t.
138	Dimitri Champion	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 9'50
139	Michael Barry	WIKIPEDIA	+ 14'06

General Classification:

1	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	3h05'43
2	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	+ 1
3	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 2
4	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 3
5	Robert Hunter	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
6	Rafaâ Chtioui	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
7	Piotr Mazur	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
8	David Millar	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
9	Christian Poos	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
10	Patrick Gretsch	FESTINA	+ 4
11	Tim Dees	FESTINA	s.t.
12	Jordi Grau	FESTINA	s.t.
13	Frederik Nolf	FESTINA	s.t.
14	Rubén Darío Laverde Velez	FESTINA	s.t.
15	Ramunas Navardauskas	FESTINA	s.t.
16	Sergio Ortega	FESTINA	s.t.
17	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 5
18	William Bonnet	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
19	Dario Cataldo	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
20	Fabien Taillefour	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
21	Luigi Sestili	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
22	Adrian Laidler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
23	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	+ 6
24	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	+ 7
25	Jason Donald	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
26	Mike Friedman	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
27	Blake Caldwell	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
28	Steven Cozza	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
29	Tom Zirbel	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
30	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 8
31	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 9
32	Jan Ghyselinck	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
33	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
34	Rik Verbrugghe	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
35	Aleksandr Arekejev	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
36	Koen De Kort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
37	Michael Schär	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
38	Ismaël Kip	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
39	Dennis Van Winden	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
40	Francesco Gavazzi	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
41	Joost Posthuma	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
42	Mikhail Bourgoin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
43	Rick Flens	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
44	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
45	Rafael Rodríguez Segarra	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
46	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	+ 11
47	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	s.t.
48	Tejay Van Garderen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
49	Matthieu Sprick	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
50	Sébastien Ivars	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
51	Jérôme Pineau	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
52	Tom Stubbe	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
53	Nicki Sørensen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
54	Marcel Sieberg	CARLSBERG	s.t.
55	Yasmani Martinez	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
56	Paolo Savoldelli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
57	David George	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
58	Danny Pate	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
59	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	+ 14
60	Assan Bazajev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
61	Benoît Vaugrenard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
62	Freddy Johansson	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
63	Viktor Renäng	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
64	Bradley McGee	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
65	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
66	Matthieu Ladagnous	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
67	Chris Wherry	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
68	Serge Pauwels	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
69	Sebastian Lang	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
70	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 15
71	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
72	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
73	Fabio Sabatini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
74	Kirk O'Bee	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
75	Anthony Geslin	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
76	Stef Clement	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
77	Clément Lhotellerie	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
78	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	s.t.
79	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 16
80	Martin Elmiger	EUROSPORT	+ 17
81	Iban Mayo	EUROSPORT	s.t.
82	Philip Deignan	EUROSPORT	s.t.
83	Julien Mazet	EUROSPORT	s.t.
84	Matthé Pronk	EUROSPORT	s.t.
85	Boy Van Poppel	EUROSPORT	s.t.
86	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 18
87	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
88	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
89	Giovanni Visconti	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
90	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
91	Kenny De Haes	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
92	Sébastien Rosseler	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
93	Juan-Antonio Flecha	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
94	Ian Stannard	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
95	Jürgen Van de Walle	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
96	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
97	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	+ 19
98	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	s.t.
99	Saulo Lay	ERSTE	s.t.
100	Cesare Di Maggio	ERSTE	s.t.
101	Michail Ignatiev	ERSTE	s.t.
102	Logan Hutchings	ERSTE	s.t.
103	Przemyslaw Niemiec	ERSTE	s.t.
104	Alexander Giraldo	ERSTE	s.t.
105	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 22
106	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 23
107	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
108	Michael Mørkøv	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
109	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
110	Kasper Klostergaard	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
111	Anders Lund	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
112	László Bodrogi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
113	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 28
114	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
115	Joseph Cooper	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
116	Sergei Klimov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
117	Leonardo Duque	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
118	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
119	Alexandre Botcharov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
120	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 30
121	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
122	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
123	Peter Wrolich	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
124	Jurgen Van Loocke	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
125	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
126	Anthony Roux	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
127	Martin Mortensen	SONY ERICSSON	+ 2'25
128	Victor Hugo Peña	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 3'05
129	Kenny De Ketele	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 3'10
130	Sebastian Langeveld	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 3'14
131	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 3'26
132	Hector Guerra	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 4'25
133	Emanuele Rizza	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 5'16
134	Marc Machado	CARLSBERG	+ 6'09
135	Trent Lowe	CARLSBERG	+ 6'33
136	Horácio Mesquita	FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS	+ 7'44
137	Dimitri Champion	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 9'55
138	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 12'13
139	Michael Barry	WIKIPEDIA	+ 14'17

Points:

1	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	30	30
2	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	27	27
3	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	25	25
4	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	23	23
5	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	21	21
6	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	19	19
7	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	17	17
8	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	15	15
9	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	13	13
10	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	11	11
11	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	10	10
12	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	9	9
13	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	8	8
14	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	7	7
15	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	6	6
16	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	6	6
17	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	5	5
18	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	4	4
19	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	3	3
20	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	2	2
21	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	2	2
22	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	2	2
23	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	1	1
24	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	1	1
25	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	1	1