Team Jumbo-Visma gets through second stage Tour de Suisse without problems
Team Jumbo-Visma hasn't been part of the battle for the day's victory in the second stage of the Tour de Suisse. Andreas Leknessund, who was in the breakaway, managed to finish the 198 km long stage on his own.
After a speedy opening phase, ten riders formed the day's breakaway. They built up a five-minute lead and Leknessund went solo on the last of the three climbs. Although the peloton did everything it could to close the gap, the second place turned out to be the maximum.
Pascal Eenkhoorn finished 12th in the sprint of the depleted peloton. "We came through the day well", sports director Marc Reef said. "It wasn't up to us to take responsibility; it was up to other teams. Our goal was to stay with Sepp and we did that well."
Reef expects that the sprinters will be in charge in the Swiss race's third stage. "It's the tour's flattest stage, so there's a good chance there will be a sprint. With Mike Teunissen, we will try to get involved in the battle for the prizes."
Tour de Suisse
Stage 2
Result
1
Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
04:46:22
2
Alberto Bettiol
EF Education-EasyPost
+00:00:38
3
Michael Matthews
Team BikeExchange - Jayco
+00:00:38
12
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:38
20
Sepp Kuss
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:38
24
Sam Oomen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:38
72
Robert Gesink
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:38
104
Timo Roosen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:05:25
106
Mike Teunissen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:05:25
127
Rohan Dennis
Jumbo-Visma
+00:06:15
Rankings
1
Stephen Williams
Bahrain - Victorious
09:03:41
2
Maximilian Schachmann
BORA - hansgrohe
+00:00:04
3
Andreas Kron
Lotto Soudal
+00:00:06
7
Sepp Kuss
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:10
25
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Jumbo-Visma
+00:01:01
28
Sam Oomen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:01:01
72
Robert Gesink
Jumbo-Visma
+00:06:32
88
Mike Teunissen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:11:19
102
Timo Roosen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:14:39
116
Rohan Dennis
Jumbo-Visma
+00:18:04
