La segunda etapa del Tour de France edicion 102, quedara en la historia….pues las condiciones del clima generaron diferencias entre los favoritos en la general…Chris Froome y Alberto Contador encabezaron un grupo que le tomo mas de 90 segundos al grupo donde quedaron el Campeon defensor Vicenzo Nibali y el Colombiano Nairo Quintana….
En el primer grupo Andre Greipel demostro ser el mas rapido en el embalaje final a Fabian Cancellara quien asumio la condicion de líder…..El Colombiano Rigoberto Uran tamnbien llego con ese lote y se metio en septimo lugar de la general….Nairo Quintana quedo en el puesto 44 a 2.27 del lider y a 1.27 de Alberto Contador…
Stage 2 will make history in the 102nd Tour de France. Contested like a Spring classic in windy and wet conditions, it created significant differences between hot favorites for the overall classification. Chris Froome and Alberto Contador made the front group in which André Greipel proved to be the fastest against Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish while Fabian Cancellara, third, moved into the lead. Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana lost 1.28.
Nibali, Quintana and many more in a pitfall
Barta rode away solo in the streets of Rotterdam to win the intermediate sprint. The race was bunched up with 62km to go, preceding a series of accelerations. With 50km to go, the peloton was split into pieces. 26 riders including Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Tejay van Garderen, Peter Sagan, Mark Cavendish, André Greipel, Tony Martin and Fabian Cancellara composed a front group while many top contenders couldn’t avoid the pitfall. Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana, Thibaut Pinot and yellow jersey holder Rohan Dennis were forced to chase. Nibali had a flat tyre with 25km to go but made it back into the chasing group. Despite the combination of forces, they never came across to the leaders and conceded 1.28 on the finishing line.
