Tour de France 2006/2. stage

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Result of the 2nd stage
Stage winner Robbie McEwen 5:36:14 h
(40.775 km / h)
Second Tom Boonen equal time
Third Thor Hushovd equal time
Fourth Óscar Freire equal time
fifth Daniele Bennati equal time
Sixth Luca Paolini equal time
seventh Stuart O'Grady equal time
Eighth Bernhard Eisel equal time
Ninth Erik Zabel equal time
Tenth Peter Wrolich equal time
Most combative driver David de la Fuente
Intermediate results after the 2nd stage
Yellow jersey Thor Hushovd 9:54:19 h
Second Tom Boonen + 0:05 min
Third Robbie McEwen + 0:08 min
Green jersey Robbie McEwen 65 p.
Second Thor Hushovd 62 P.
Third Tom Boonen 49 P.
Dotted jersey David de la Fuente 14 p.
Second Fabian Wegmann 12 p.
Third Aitor Hernández 10 p.
White jersey Benoît Vaugrenard 9:54:40 h
Second Joost Posthuma + 0:07 min
Third Markus Fothen + 0:09 min
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 29:43:58 h
Second Team CSC + 0:01 min
Third T-Mobile team + 0:07 min

The 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2006 on July 3rd was 228.5 km long. It led from Obernai to Esch-sur-Alzette in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg .

Immediately after the start, the Spaniards Aitor Hernández and David de la Fuente broke away and had a maximum lead of 11:20 minutes. At the Côte de Kédange-sur-Kanner mountain prize, de la Fuente was able to shake off his companion, but was overtaken by the field around 16 kilometers from the finish.

Individual attempts by the Germans Fabian Wegmann and Matthias Kessler followed , but they were unsuccessful. Kessler was a few seconds ahead on the last kilometer, but had no chance against the sprinters and had to admit defeat fifty meters from the finish line.

Stage winner was Robbie McEwen , while Thor Hushovd, with a total of twelve bonus seconds gained, took the lead in the overall standings again after a day's break. The field had split up into different groups due to a fall two kilometers from the finish line, but the favorites for the overall win all finished the race with the same time.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Marimont-lès-Bénestroff (107 km)

First David de la Fuente 6 p. And 6 s
Second Aitor Hernández 4 p. And 4 s
Third Tom Boonen 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Holling (168.5 km)

First David de la Fuente 6 p. And 6 s
Second Aitor Hernández 4 p. And 4 s
Third Thor Hushovd 2 P. and 2 s

3rd intermediate sprint in Yutz (198.5 km)

First David de la Fuente 6 p. And 6 s
Second Tom Boonen 4 p. And 4 s
Third Thor Hushovd 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Col des Pandours , category 3 (35.5 km)

First Aitor Hernández 4 p.
Second David de la Fuente 3 p.
Third Fabian Wegmann 2 p.
Fourth Jérôme Pineau 1 P.

Col de Valsberg , category 3 (50 km)

First Aitor Hernández 4 p.
Second David de la Fuente 3 p.
Third Jérôme Pineau 2 p.
Fourth Fabian Wegmann 1 P.

Côte de Kédange-sur-Kanner , category 4 (187.5 km)

First David de la Fuente 3 p.
Second Aitor Hernández 2 p.
Third Fabian Wegmann 1 P.

Côte de Kanfen , category 4 (212.5 km)

First David de la Fuente 3 p.
Second Fabian Wegmann 2 p.
Third Laurent Lefèvre 1 P.

Côte de Volmerange-les-Mines , category 4 (215 km)

First Fabian Wegmann 3 p.
Second David de la Fuente 2 p.
Third Laurent Lefèvre 1 P.