It was a ‘dubbelslag’ for Dutch sprinter Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) on stage 2 of the Tour de Luxembourg as the 27-year-old started his sprint from a long way out in Junglinster to both win the stage and move into the race lead.
As Van den Berg powered up the right side of the road, stage 1 winner Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) popped out and tried to match him, but faded in the final 50 metres and finished fifth, outside of the time bonuses
Timo Kielich (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon CMA CGM) finished on the stage podium.
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With the 10-second time bonus, Van den Berg leads Gautherat by four seconds with Van der Poel tied on the same time.
More to come.
Results
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Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time Gap
1
Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
3:50:12
2
Timo Kielich (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
Row 1 – Cell 2
3
Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
Row 2 – Cell 2
4
Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
Row 3 – Cell 2
5
Mathieu Van Der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
Row 4 – Cell 2
6
Elias Maris (Bel) Team Flanders- Baloise
Row 5 – Cell 2
7
Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Lidl-Trek
Row 6 – Cell 2
8
Eike Behrens (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur
Row 7 – Cell 2
9
Léandre Lozouet (Fra) Cic Pro Cycling Academy
Row 8 – Cell 2
10
Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Luxembourg
Row 9 – Cell 2
General classification after stage 2
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Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time Gap
1
Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
07:35:40
2
Pierre Gautherat (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM
0:00:04
3
Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech
0:00:04
4
Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep
0:00:16
5
Davide Piganzoli (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
0:00:16
6
Nicolas Breuillard (Fra) Totalenergies
0:00:16
7
Axel Mariault (Fra) CIC Pro Cycling Academy
0:00:16
8
Mattéo Vercher (Fra) Totalenergies
0:00:16
9
Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal-QuickStep
0:00:16
10
Per Strand Hagenes (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike
0:00:16
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