Vincenzo Nibali has claimed victory in the second stage of the Tour de France to take the overall lead after holding off last year’s winner Chris Froome to triumph on the 201km route from York to Sheffield.
Results for stage two:
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) 5:08:36
2 Greg van Avermaet (BMC), 0.02
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (OPQS)
4 Peter Sagan (Cannondale)
5 Tony Gallopin (Lotto)
Overall individual time classification:
Total distance covered – 391.5 KM
1 Vincenzo Nibali 41 Astana Pro Team 09h 52′ 43”
2 Peter Sagan 51 Cannondale 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
3 Greg van Avermaet 148 BMC Racing Team 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
4 Michael Albasini 182 Orica Green-EDGE 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
5. Christopher Froome 1 Team Sky 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
6 Bauke Mollema 61 Belkin Pro Cycling 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
7 Jurgen van den Broeck 131 Lotto-Belisol 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
8 Alberto Contador 31 Tinkoff-Saxo 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
9 Tejay van Garderen 141 BMC Racing Team 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02”
10 Jakob Fuglsang 42 Astana Pro Team 09h 52′ 45” + 00′ 02” – Tour de France
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