Van Poppel fourth in ‘sprint of dying swans’ during second stage Tour Down Under
Danny van Poppel has finished fourth during the second stage in the Tour Down Under. The Dutchman just came short on the slightly uphill finish.
“I was pretty nervous”, Van Poppel said. “It was my first real chance. The team did a great job and positioned me well. I was in Sagan’s wheel, because I knew I had to keep an eye on him. It was a sprint of dying swans. Today, there was a big chance for the win, but I wasn’t good enough.”
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Van Poppel is in good shape, he believes. “Otherwise I wouldn’t have finished fourth. I suffered from the heat, but the whole peloton did. It takes twice as much effort.”
Santos Tour Down Under
Stage 2
Result
1
Patrick Bevin
CCC Team
03:14:31
2
Caleb Ewan
Lotto Soudal
s.t.
3
Peter Sagan
BORA - hansgrohe
s.t.
4
Danny van Poppel
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
17
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
37
Robert Gesink
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
38
Tom Leezer
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
101
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
104
Maarten Wynants
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
116
Lennard Hofstede
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
Rankings
1
Patrick Bevin
CCC Team
06:34:03
2
Elia Viviani
Deceuninck - Quick Step
+0:05
3
Caleb Ewan
Lotto Soudal
+0:09
13
Danny van Poppel
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:15
23
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
40
Robert Gesink
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
57
Tom Leezer
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
81
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
118
Lennard Hofstede
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:45
129
Maarten Wynants
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:11
