Welcome to stage 2, where three first category climb greet us, each bigger than the last. We the finsh on a small uphill drag, ensuring only the strongest will win today. The key question is whether the favourites will go for it, or wait for bigger challenges to come. The favourites today are Arroyo (DBG), Marzano (KEN) and Moreno (ICV)
Coyot (ABC) isn't particularly well suited to todays terrain, but he is the only rider interested in attacking.
Over the top he has built a 2 minute lead over Moren (VTF) and Simon (FCB) who are controlling the peloton.
For some bizarre reason Vatenfall decide the solo cobbler is too much of a threat, so pull the gap down to 30 seconds through the sprint point.
Maybe it was in an attempt for more bonus seconds, as Gingsjo takes 3rd behind Dall'Antonia (MCC) to extend his lead.
Coyot is allowed more leeway uphill again, extending his lead to three minutes by the top.
Air Kenya have joined in with the sedate pace setting, and Njoroge takes second in front of Simon (FCB)
THe peloton again psuh the descent and by the time Duque (DBG) pips Dall'Antonia to the second sprint the gap is down to just 1'15". We now have 27km of climbing and then 30km of descent to the line.
Vatenfall take the front up the early part of the climb, maintaining the days slow rhythm.
For almost the entirety of the climb Coyot's lead is help at 2 minutes by Vatenfall, however with 7km to go Ihlenfeldt (MTN) lights the spark plug, Mora (MCC) tries to follow.
2km is all it takes for them to jump across the gap to Coyot. The peloton is not responding in any way.
The gradient is only around 5% so Coyot manages to stay with them as they begin to extend their advantage.
The gap hits 2'40" with less than 2km to the top when Kappa and Barca decide they have had enough, and take the pace up about ten nothes.
Coyot has managed to save enough energy to attack for the final climbing points. Mora and Ihlenfeldt are too focussed on their potential yellow jersey to worry about that.
The peloton come over the top 2'33" down. The stage will probably go to the break again, but a concerted effort will be needed to stop the yellow jersey disappearing.
Ihlenfeldt is an excellent descender, and leading the way, but the peloton are pushing hard, with the gap down to 1'49" with 20km to go.
Despite Ihlenfeldt's descending abilities the peloton have the gap down to 1 minute with 10km to go. Ihlenfeldt just can't be pushing at all hard, and has given up his shot at yellow.
Just as I say that, he puts in a massive downhill attack.
With 5km to go he has a 30 second advantage on Coyot and Mora.
With the peloton a further 45 seconds behind.
The road jumps up to the line. Can Ihlenfeldt hold on?
Mora starts to sprint with 1km to go.
Coyot is immediately distanced, but Mora isn't closing in on Ihlenfeldt.
Ihlenfeldt takes a surprise stage win, after timing both his attacks excellently. He now needs about a minute on the bunch to take yellow.
Mora comes in 40 seconds down.
Then Coyot in third at 1'10". He can console himself with the mountains jersey, and the fact that this is his best ever climbing performance.
De Weert (DBG) and Maisto (KEN) lead the peloton in just behind Coyot.
Chacon (ICV) falls off the back of the bunch at the line, and so will drop out of the top ten.
So Ihlenfeldt takes the overall lead by 22" on Gingsjo, 36" on his team mate Lemus Davila, 52" ahead of Mora and 1'40" ahead of all the favourites. Gingsjo keeps the points jersey, and MTN take a 1'20" lead in the team competition.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
4h18'18
2
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 44
3
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 1'12
4
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 1'20
5
Massimiliano Maisto
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
6
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
7
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
8
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
9
Daniel Moreno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
10
Diego Gallego
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
11
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
12
Marco Marzano
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
13
Yusuf Abrekov
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
14
Matteo Carrara
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
15
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
16
Sylvain Calzati
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
17
Yasmani Martinez
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
18
Luis Fernández Oliveira
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
19
Eduardo Gonzalo
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
20
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
21
David Bartl
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
22
Jaume Rovira
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
23
Stefan Petrovski
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
24
Daniel Eduardo Silva
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
25
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
26
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
27
David Arroyo
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
28
Francesco Bongiorno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
29
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
30
Alexey Lutsenko
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
31
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
32
Ludovic Bret
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Daniel Eliad
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
34
Daniel Njoroge
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
35
Johan Esteban Chaves
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
36
Eugenio Alafaci
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
37
Iker Camaño
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
38
Rob Britton
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
39
Manuele Mori
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
40
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
41
Zakayo Ndbri
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
42
Cadel Evans
Control Team
s.t.
43
Lasse Norman Hansen
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
44
Edwin Parra Bustamante
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
45
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
s.t.
46
Tom Criel
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
47
Denis Menchov
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
48
Francisco Colorado
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
49
Vojtech Hacecký
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
50
Marconi Durán
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
51
Georgi Petrov Georgiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
52
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
53
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
54
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
55
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
56
Heiko Redecker
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 2'43
57
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
58
Robert Hunter
Control Team
s.t.
59
Gerben Löwik
Control Team
s.t.
60
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
61
Roy Eefting
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 6'57
62
Andrii Bratashcuk
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 7'38
63
Stefano Pirazzi
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
64
Aleksander Aleksiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
+ 7'59
65
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
66
Leonardo Duque
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
67
Gil Suray
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 9'47
68
Jan Polanc
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
69
Amadou Bakari
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
70
Christoph Taubel
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 10'17
71
Jordi Simon
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
72
Jean-Patrick Nazon
Control Team
+ 17'47
73
Mauro Da Dalto
Kappa-ENI
+ 35'03
74
Geoffroy Lequatre
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
75
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
8h11'37
2
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 22
3
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 36
4
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 52
5
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 1'12
6
Daniel Moreno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
+ 1'40
7
Matteo Carrara
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
8
Yasmani Martinez
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
9
Marco Marzano
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
10
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
11
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
12
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
13
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
14
Yusuf Abrekov
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
15
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
16
Jaume Rovira
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
17
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
18
Massimiliano Maisto
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
19
Sylvain Calzati
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
20
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
21
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
22
Eduardo Gonzalo
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
23
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
24
Daniel Njoroge
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
25
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
26
Daniel Eliad
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
27
Daniel Eduardo Silva
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
28
Lasse Norman Hansen
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
29
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
30
Diego Gallego
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
31
Alexey Lutsenko
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
32
Luis Fernández Oliveira
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
33
Manuele Mori
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
34
Georgi Petrov Georgiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
35
David Arroyo
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
36
Francesco Bongiorno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
37
Edwin Parra Bustamante
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
38
Tom Criel
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
39
David Bartl
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
40
Rob Britton
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
41
Francisco Colorado
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
42
Denis Menchov
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
43
Eugenio Alafaci
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
44
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
45
Stefan Petrovski
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
46
Marconi Durán
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
47
Iker Camaño
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
48
Vojtech Hacecký
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
49
Zakayo Ndbri
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
50
Johan Esteban Chaves
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
51
Cadel Evans
Control Team
s.t.
52
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
53
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
54
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
+ 1'55
55
Heiko Redecker
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 3'03
56
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
57
Ludovic Bret
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 4'45
58
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
+ 5'08
59
Gerben Löwik
Control Team
+ 6'45
60
Andrii Bratashcuk
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 7'58
61
Stefano Pirazzi
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
62
Leonardo Duque
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 8'13
63
Aleksander Aleksiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
+ 8'19
64
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
65
Gil Suray
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 10'07
66
Roy Eefting
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 10'22
67
Robert Hunter
Control Team
+ 10'24
68
Christoph Taubel
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 10'37
69
Jan Polanc
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 13'12
70
Amadou Bakari
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
+ 17'28
71
Jordi Simon
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 18'24
72
Jean-Patrick Nazon
Control Team
+ 25'28
73
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 35'11
74
Mauro Da Dalto
Kappa-ENI
+ 35'23
75
Geoffroy Lequatre
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 42'25
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
2
35
2
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
20
29
3
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
0
28
4
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
28
28
5
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
25
25
6
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
0
24
7
Daniel Moreno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
7
21
8
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
6
17
9
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
14
14
10
Leonardo Duque
Die Berg Komt Er
4
13
11
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
0
12
12
Massimiliano Maisto
Kappa-ENI
12
12
13
Mauro Da Dalto
Kappa-ENI
0
10
14
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
10
10
15
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
9
9
16
Yasmani Martinez
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
8
17
Matteo Carrara
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
2
8
18
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
8
8
19
Marco Marzano
Kappa-ENI
4
6
20
Diego Gallego
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
6
6
21
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
1
5
22
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
5
5
23
Geoffroy Lequatre
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
0
4
24
Lasse Norman Hansen
Vattenfall Cycling
0
3
25
Yusuf Abrekov
Kenya Airways - Barclays
3
3
26
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
0
1
KoM:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
48
48
2
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
0
22
3
Jordi Simon
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
20
20
4
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
0
18
5
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
16
16
6
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
0
14
7
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
14
14
8
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
12
12
9
Daniel Njoroge
Kenya Airways - Barclays
12
12
10
Francesco Bongiorno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
12
12
11
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
10
10
12
Jaume Rovira
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
8
8
13
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
8
8
14
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
6
6
15
Eduardo Gonzalo
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
4
4
16
David Bartl
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
0
4
17
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
2
2
18
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
2
2
19
Johan Esteban Chaves
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
0
2
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
12h57'34
24h37'43 (1)
2
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 44
+ 1'32 (4)
3
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 1'12
+ 2'00 (5)
4
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 1'20
+ 2'08 (10)
5
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
+ 2'08 (9)
6
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
+ 2'08 (8)
7
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
+ 1'20 (2)
8
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
+ 2'08 (6)
9
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
+ 1'20 (3)
10
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
+ 2'08 (7)
11
Control Team
+ 2'43
+ 6'59 (11)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
4h18'18
8h11'37 (1)
15
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
+ 36 (2)
3
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
+ 1'40 (3)
4
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
+ 1'40 (4)
7
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
+ 1'40 (5)
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