This Monday was the 2nd stage of the Tour of the futurewith a hilly course which included in particular the long collar of brushes (15.4 km at 3.2% average). It was this time the breakaway of the day that was able to play the victory, collaborating perfectly in the final, with more than three minutes ahead of the peloton as the last ten kilometers approached. To the sprint, it is Eliott Rowe (United Kingdom) which won before Louis Leidert (Germany) and Alexandre Kess (Luxembourg). Paul Seixas (France), carrier of the yellow jersey since his victory during the prologue on Saturday, therefore loses his tunic, but for the benefit of his compatriot Maxime DECOMBLErunnerly classified as general in the breakaway. Note the right operations of Simon Dalby (Switzerland) and Filippo Turconi (Italy), who were among the main outsiders at the start of this Tour of the futureand which resume almost two minutes and 30 seconds to the French Paul Seixas and Belgian Jarno widar notably.
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The summary of the race:
From the start of this second stage between Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise and Vitry-en-Charollais, many runners tried to form a breakaway. But it was only after a long battle of more than 50 kilometers that the good breakaway was formed, made up of 19 runners. We found in particular the French Maxime DECOMBLE, Louka Lesueuret Pierre-Henry Bassetbut also candidates for the general classification, including the Swiss Simon Dalby and Italian Filippo Turconi. With almost 4 minutes ahead of the peloton 50 kilometers from the finish, the escape had a real chance to argue the victory.
Despite the work of the French team for Paul Seixas At the top of the peloton, and the help of Mexico and Italy, the breakaway was never revised again, and was able to approach the final with a comfortable advance. The best classified runner to the general among the breakaway, the Frenchman Maxime DECOMBLE was not a danger for the yellow jersey Paul Seixasunlike Simon Dalby et Filippo Turconiwho therefore carried out the right operation of the day. Everything was decanted just before the red flame, including the attack on Dutchman Otto van Zandenbut it was in the sprint that the victory played. More powerful, the Briton Eliott Rowe won brilliantly, before Louis Leidert (Germany) and Alexandre Kess (Luxembourg), while Maxime DECOMBLEwho ended up in the leading group, seizes him the yellow jersey in favor of his compatriot Paul Seixas.
