South Africa’s Reinardt Janse van Rensburg of Dimension Data finished fifth on the 201km second stage of the Deutschland Tour in Trier today.
It was Janse van Rensburg’s second top-10 placing in the tour after getting home in fourth on the opening stage yesterday.
Quick-Step Floors’ Maximilian Schachmann sprinted to victory in 4:50:36, beating Bahrain-Merida’s Matej Mohoric and Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin to the line.
South Africa’s Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (pictured) of Dimension Data finished fifth on the 201km second stage of the Deutschland Tour. Photo: Stiehl Photography
Schachmann took the race lead, four seconds clear from Mohoric. Janse van Rensburg is lying in fifth.
View more results below.
Stage two
1. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 4:50:36
2. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
3. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
4. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
5. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:08
6. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
7. Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:10
8. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:12
9. Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
10. Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
*Selected
27. Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:32
72. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:28
General classification
1. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 8:25:34
2. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:04
3. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
4. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:10
5. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:18
6. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
7. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:19
8. Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:20
9. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:21
10. Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:22
*Selected
30. Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:42
67. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:38
