Tour de France 2019/2. stage

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		Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV)	28:57 min (57.202 km / h)
2.		Team Ineos (INS)	+ 20 sec
3.		Deceuninck-Quick-Step (DQT)	+ 21 sec
4th		Team Sunweb (SUN)	+ 26 sec
5.		Team Katusha Alpecin (KAT)	+ 26 sec
6th		EF Education First (EF1)	+ 28 sec
7th		CCC Team (CCC)	+ 31 sec
8th.		Groupama-FDJ (GFC)	+ 32 sec
9.		Bahrain-Merida (TBM)	+ 36 sec
10.		Astana Pro Team (AST)	+ 41 sec
Intermediate results after the 2nd stage
		Mike Teunissen (TJV)	04:51:34
2.		Wout Van Aert (TJV)	+ 0:10 min
3.		Steven Kruijswijk (TJV)	+ 0:10 min
		Mike Teunissen (TJV)	50 pts.
2.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	50 pts.
3.		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	33 pts.
		Greg Van Avermaet (CCC)	2 pts.
2.		Xandro Meurisse (WGG)	2 pts.
		Wout Van Aert (TJV)	04:51:44
2.		Gianni Moscon (INS)	+ 0:20 min
3.		Egan Bernal (INS)	+ 0:20 min
		Team Jumbo-Visma	15:04:09
2.		Team Sky / Team Ineos	+ 1:20 min
3.		Deceuninck-Quick-Step	+ 1:24 min

The 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2019 took place on July 7, 2019. The stage was held as a team time trial over 27.6 kilometers with start and finish in Brussels .

Race course

The stage started on the east side of the Warandepark near the Royal Palace from 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the reverse order of the general team ranking at the end of the first stage. The finish line was at the Atomium .

Order and start time of the teams

• 2:30 p.m .: Team Ineos
• 2:35 p.m .: Team Arkéa-Samsic
• 2:40 p.m .: Astana Pro Team
• 2:45 p.m .: Groupama-FDJ
• 2:50 p.m .: Ag2r La Mondiale
• 2:55 p.m .: Movistar Team
• 3 p.m .: Total Direct Energy
• 3:05 p.m .: CCC team
• 3:10 p.m .: UAE Team Emirates
• 3:15 pm: Trek-Segafredo
• 3:20 p.m .: Team Katusha Alpecin
• 3:25 p.m .: Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
• 3:30 p.m .: Team Dimension Data
• 3:35 p.m .: Team Sunweb
• 3:40 p.m .: Bora-hansgrohe
• 3:45 p.m .: Lotto Soudal
• 3:50 p.m .: Mitchelton-Scott
• 3:55 p.m .: Bahrain-Merida
• 4:00 p.m .: EF Education First
• 4:05 p.m .: Deceuninck-Quick-Step
• 4:10 p.m .: Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
• 4:15 p.m .: Team Jumbo-Visma

Winner of the day was Team Jumbo Visma of Steven Kruijswijk . His team-mate Mike Teunissen not only defended the yellow jersey , he was able to increase the gap. His team-mate Wout Van Aert took over the white jersey . The Jumbo-Visma team was able to further expand their lead in the team standings. Team Ineos of last year's winner Geraint Thomas finished second, 20 seconds behind . Deceuninck-Quick-Step was third of the day, 21 seconds behind. According to the regulations, the stage result resulted from the time of the fourth driver of the team at the finish. For the team classification , this time was multiplied by four. The first four drivers of the team received the team's time in the overall standings; the other drivers the time actually driven.

Web links

• 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2019 on letour.fr
• Race course of the 2nd stage on letour.fr (see dispatches)
• Tour de France 2019/2. Stage in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Tour de France: Summary - Stage 2 - Tour de France 2019 on YouTube (length: 3:21 min).
• Press kit and final result of the 2nd stage provided by tissottiming.com (PDF; 3.2 MB)