Tour de France 2017/2. stage

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		Marcel Kittel (QST)	4:37:06 h
2.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	+ 0:00 min
3.		André Greipel (LTS)	+ 0:00 min
4th		Mark Cavendish (DDD)	+ 0:00 min
5.		Dylan Groenewegen (TLJ)	+ 0:00 min
6th		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	+ 0:00 min
7th		Ben Swift (UAD)	+ 0:00 min
8th.		Nacer Bouhanni (COF)	+ 0:00 min
9.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	+ 0:00 min
10.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	+ 0:00 min
		Yoann Offredo (WGG)
Intermediate results after the 2nd stage
		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	4:53:10 h
2.		Stefan Küng (BMC)	+ 0:05 min
3.		Marcel Kittel (QST)	+ 0:06 min
		Marcel Kittel (QST)	63 pts.
2.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	38 pts.
3.		André Greipel (LTS)	25 pts.
		Taylor Phinney (CDT)	2 pts.
		Stefan Küng (BMC)	4:53:15 h
2.		Pierre Latour (ALM)	+ 0:20 min
3.		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	+ 0:24 min
		Team Sky	14:39:49 h
2.		Quick-Step Floors	+ 0:37 min
3.		Team Sunweb	+ 0:58 min

The 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2017 took place on July 2nd, 2017. It led over 203.5 kilometers from Düsseldorf to Liège . There was an intermediate sprint in Mönchengladbach after 82.5 kilometers and two mountain ratings in the 4th category.

The winner of the mass sprint was the German Marcel Kittel , who was badly placed by the sprint train of his Quick-Step Floors team, but was able to gradually work his way forward on the rising home straight in the wake of competitors. The yellow jersey was defended by Geraint Thomas .

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Mönchengladbach after 82.5 km at 58  m
1.		Thomas Boudat (DEN)	20 pts.
2.		Taylor Phinney (CDT)	17 pts.
3.		Laurent Pichon (TFO)	15 pts.
4th		Yoann Offredo (WGG)	13 pts.
5.		Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	11 pts.
6th		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	10 pts.
7th		Michael Matthews (SUN)	9 pts.
8th.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	8 pts.
9.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	7 pts.
10.		Marcel Kittel (QST)	6 pts.
11.		André Greipel (LTS)	5 pts.
12.		Mark Cavendish (DDD)	4 pts.
13.		Ben Swift (UAD)	3 pts.
14th		Rick Zabel (KAT)	2 pts.
15th		Mike Teunissen (SUN)	1 point

Stage goal in Liège after 203.5 km to 68  m OP
1.		Marcel Kittel (QST)	50 pts.
2.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	30 pts.
3.		André Greipel (LTS)	20 pts.
4th		Mark Cavendish (DDD)	18 pts.
5.		Dylan Groenewegen (TLJ)	16 pts.
6th		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	14 pts.
7th		Ben Swift (UAD)	12 pts.
8th.		Nacer Bouhanni (COF)	10 pts.
9.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	8 pts.
10.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	7 pts.
11.		Andrea Pasqualon (WGG)	6 pts.
12.		Pieter Vanspeybrouck (WGG)	5 pts.
13.		John Degenkolb (TFS)	4 pts.
14th		Daniel McLay (TFO)	3 pts.
15th		Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	2 pts.

Mountain ratings

Côte de Grafenberg Category 4 after 6.5 km over 113  m 1.4 km at 4.5%
1.		Taylor Phinney (CDT)	1 point

Côte d'Olne Category 4 after 183 km on 262  m OP 1.3 km at 4.7%
1.		Taylor Phinney (CDT)	1 point

tasks

•  Luke Durbridge (ORS): Task during the stage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Quick-Step-Plan doesn't work - Kittel wins anyway. radsport-news.com, July 2, 2017, accessed July 11, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2017  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2017 ( Memento from July 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
• Race course of the 2nd stage (see dispatches)