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Sunday, July 6: Stage 2, York - Sheffield, 201 km

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Vincenzo Nibali wins stage two. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 47.0: Blubberhouses, 1.8 km @ 6.1% average gradient - category 4
• Km 85.0: Oxenhope Moor, 3.1 km @ 6.4% - category 3
• Km 112.5: Ripponden, 1.3 km @ 8.6% - category 3
• Km 119.5: Greetland, 1.6 km @ 6.7% - category 3
• Km 143.5: Holme Moss, 4.7 km @ 7% - category 2
• Km 167.0: Midhopestones, 2.5 km @ 6.1% - category 3
• Km 175.0: Bradfield, 1 km @ 7.4% - category 4
• Km 182.0: Oughtibridge, 1.5 km @ 9.1% - category 3
• Km 196.0: Jenkin Road, 0.8 km @ 10.8% - category 4

The Race: A group of seven escapees went almost from the start. They were never allowed much rope and by km 140, most were back in the pack and eventually the final holdout, Blel Kadri of Ag2r, was also caught.

Yellow Jersey Marcel Kittel was unable to handle the nine categorized ascents (plus all the unrated climbs that made the day so hard). He finished 166th, about 20 minutes down.

The final climbs reduced the peloton to the 20 best. All the contenders were there and several threw in vicious attacks. But near the end Italian road champion Vincenzo Nibali took off. It was perfect timing and for those few crucial seconds the others just looked at each other. That was enough. Nibali is enjoying the form of his life. He dug deep and crossed the line a couple of seconds in front of the charging pack. Nibali not only won the stage, he is the new yellow jersey. Chapeau!

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.1 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5hr 8min 36sec
2	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
5	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
6	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
7	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
8	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
11	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
12	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
13	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
14	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA
15	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
16	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
17	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
18	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
19	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
20	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
21	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
22	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 00' 16''
23	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
24	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
25	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
26	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
27	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
28	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
29	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
30	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
31	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
32	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
33	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
34	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
35	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
36	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
37	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 00' 35''
38	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
39	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
40	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
41	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
42	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
43	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
44	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
45	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
46	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
47	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
48	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
49	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
50	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 56''
51	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 19''
52	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
53	Andy Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
54	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
55	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
56	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 45''
57	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP
58	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
59	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
60	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
61	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
62	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 34''
63	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 42''
64	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
65	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
66	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 40''
67	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
68	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04' 34''
69	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
70	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
71	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 46''
72	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
73	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 06' 34''
74	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
75	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
76	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 08' 40''
77	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
78	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 10' 31''
79	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
80	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
81	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
82	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
83	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
84	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
85	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
86	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
87	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
88	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
89	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
90	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
91	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
92	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
93	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
94	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
95	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
96	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
97	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
98	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
99	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
100	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
101	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
102	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
103	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
104	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
105	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
106	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
107	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
108	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
109	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
110	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 12' 03''
111	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 14' 48''
112	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
113	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
114	Edward King	CANNONDALE
115	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
116	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
117	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
118	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
119	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
120	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
121	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
122	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
123	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
124	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
125	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
126	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
127	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
128	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
129	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
130	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
131	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
132	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
133	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
134	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
135	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
136	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
137	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
138	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
139	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
140	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
141	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
142	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
143	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
144	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 15' 39''
145	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
146	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
147	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
148	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
149	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
150	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
151	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
152	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
153	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
154	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
155	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO
156	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
157	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY
158	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
159	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
160	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
161	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
162	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
163	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 15' 39''
164	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 18' 33''
165	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 19' 50''
166	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
167	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
168	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
169	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
170	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
171	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
172	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
173	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
174	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
175	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
176	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
177	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
178	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
179	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
180	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
181	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
182	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
183	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
184	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
185	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
186	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
187	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
188	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
189	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
190	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL
191	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
192	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
193	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
194	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
195	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING
196	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 22' 22''

GC after Stage 2: 391.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 39.631 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	09h 52' 43''
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	@ 2 seconds
3	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
4	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
5	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
6	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
7	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
8	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
9	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
10	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
11	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
12	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
13	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA
14	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
15	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
16	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
17	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
18	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
19	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
20	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
21	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 16''
23	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
24	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
25	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
26	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
27	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
28	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
29	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
30	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
31	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
32	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
33	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
34	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
35	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
36	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 00' 35''
37	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
38	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
39	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
40	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
41	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
42	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
43	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
44	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
45	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
46	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
47	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
48	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
49	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 56''
50	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 19''
51	Andy Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
52	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
53	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
54	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
55	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01' 45''
56	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
57	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
58	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP
59	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
60	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
61	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 02' 21''
62	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 34''
63	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 42''
64	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
65	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
66	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 40''
67	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
68	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04' 34''
69	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
70	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
71	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 46''
72	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
73	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 06' 34''
74	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
75	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 07' 05''
76	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 40''
77	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
78	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 10' 31''
79	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
80	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
81	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
82	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
83	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
84	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
85	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
86	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
87	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
88	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
89	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
90	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
91	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
92	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
93	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
94	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
95	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
96	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
97	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
98	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
99	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
100	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
101	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
102	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
103	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
104	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
105	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
106	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
107	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
108	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 12' 03''
109	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 12' 25''
110	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 13' 00''
111	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 14' 48''
112	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
113	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
114	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
115	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
116	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
117	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
118	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
119	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
120	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
121	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
122	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
123	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
124	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
125	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
126	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
127	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
128	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
129	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
130	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
131	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
132	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
133	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
134	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
135	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
136	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
137	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
138	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
139	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
140	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
141	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 15' 08''
142	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 15' 39''
143	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
144	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
145	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
146	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
147	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY
148	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
149	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
150	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
151	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
152	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
153	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
154	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO
155	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
156	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
157	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 16' 16''
158	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 17' 09''
159	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
160	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
161	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 17' 17''
162	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 17' 54''
163	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 18' 50''
164	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 19' 50''
165	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
166	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
167	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
168	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
169	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
170	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
171	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
172	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
173	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
174	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
175	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
176	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
177	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
178	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
179	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
180	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
181	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
182	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
183	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 19' 50''
184	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 20' 55''
185	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 21' 20''
186	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 21' 40''
187	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
188	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 21' 55''
189	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 22' 15''
190	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 22' 19''
191	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 22' 29''
192	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 23' 27''
193	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 23' 37''
194	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 28' 42''
195	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 33' 59''
196	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 36' 31''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	69 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	47
3	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	45
4	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	31
5	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	30
6	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	30
7	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	27
8	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	25
9	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	22
10	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
11	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
12	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
13	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	20
14	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
15	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
16	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
17	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
18	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	16
19	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	15
20	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
21	Joaquin Rojas Gil José	MOVISTAR TEAM	14
22	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
23	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
24	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	12
25	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	11
26	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
27	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	10
28	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
29	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	9
30	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
31	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
32	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	7
33	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	7
34	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	7
35	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	6
36	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	6
37	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5
38	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	5
39	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
40	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	4
41	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	3
42	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
43	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	3
44	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
45	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2
46	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL	2
47	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6 points
2	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
3	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
4	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	4
5	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
6	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	2
7	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
8	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
9	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
10	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	1
11	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
12	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
13	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
14	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
15	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
16	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	09h 52' 45''
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 00' 14''
5	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
6	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
7	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 00' 33''
8	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 43''
9	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP
10	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
11	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04' 32''
12	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 10' 29''
13	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
14	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
15	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
16	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 14' 46''
17	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
18	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 15' 37''
19	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 17' 07''
20	David De La Cruz Melgarejo	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 18' 48''
21	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 19' 48''
22	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
23	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
24	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
25	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 21' 53''
26	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 22' 13''
27	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 28' 40''

Team Classification:

1	Team Sky	29hr 38min 15sec
2	Astana Pro Team	+ 00' 12''
3	Bmc Racing Team	+ 00' 14''
4	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 00' 47''
5	Trek Factory Racing
6	Cannondale
7	Iam Cycling	+ 01' 01''
8	Team Katusha	+ 01' 20''
9	Belkin Pro Cycling	+ 01' 31''
10	Lampre - Merida
11	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 02' 46''
12	Garmin - Sharp	+ 03' 26''
13	Orica Greenedge	+ 04' 23''
14	Ag2R-La Mondiale	+ 05' 44''
15	FDJ.Fr	+ 06' 31''
16	Team Europcar	+ 07' 50''
17	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 09' 44''
18	Lotto-Belisol	+ 10' 29''
19	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 11' 02''
20	Movistar Team	+ 12' 12''
21	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 13' 29''
22	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 25' 29''

Live Updates:

Weather at York, at 12:25 local time: 19C (67F), wind from the northwest at 16 kph (10 mph), partly and mostly sunny. It will change to cloudy with a 50% chance of rain.

Omega Pharma sprinter Mark Cavendish, who crashed hard during the final meters of yesterday's stage, did not start today. Simon Gerrens, who also fell, did start.

Km 45: The day's break again went early. Today it's bigger than the trio who formed yesterday's escape. Today eventually seven riders came together and have been allowed a gap of 3min 8sec so far. The riders are: Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché Environnement), Perrig Quémeneur (Europcar), Matthew Busche (Trek), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis), David De La Cruz (NetApp-Endura), Blel Kadri (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Bart De Clercq (Lotto-Belisol).

Fonseca was the attacker who got the break going.

Km 58: Cyril Lemoine was first over the Blubberhouses climb, taking the only KOM point available from Armindo Fonseca Fonseca's Bretagne team has ambitions to take the KOM classification from Jens Voigt today.

There was a crash that took down Tejay van Garderen, Simon Gerrans (again!), Joaquin Rodriguez. The pack slowed to allow the riders to rejoin. With the Keighley intermediate sprint coming, Marcel Kittel's Giant-Shimano team has taken control of the front of the peloton. Van Garderen has made it back to the pack. The gap to the break is 2min 46sec.

Km 66: The day's parcours is very lumpy, with far more small climbs than just the nine rated ascents listed for the day. Today will be a bit like an Ardennes classic. The riders seems to be nervous with lots of little crashes happening along the way. The crowds might be even larger than yesterday. The break's gap is 2min 16sec.

Km 68: The riders in the break did not contest the intermediate sprint with Blel Kadri (Ag2r) being first over the line. They just kept their well-oiled paceline driving down the road. But back in the peloton, the sprint was taken seriously. Cannondale and Katusha set up sprint trains, but it was FDJ's Bryan Coquard who won the field sprint for eighth place, follwed by Alexander Kristoff, André Greipel and Peter Sagan. The increased speed reduced the break's gap down to 1min 45sec.

Km 85: The stage is 2hr 21min old. Perrig Quémeneur took off on the Oxenhope Moor climb to claim the two KOM points with Cyril Lemoine getting the remaining single point. On the descent the break regrouped. The pack is 3min 6sec back. So far the sky has clouds, but no rain. Average speed so far: 37.1 km/hr.

Km 98: The riders have passed through the Hebden Bridge feed zone. Janier Acevedo and Koen de Kort crashed and the Lampre rider Kristijan Durasek went down. The break seems to be tiring. Without an organized chase, the pack, led mostly by Tinkoff-Saxo, has brought the gap down to 1min 50sec.

Km 106: The race is slightly more than half over and even out in the remote moors, the fans have turned out in huge numbers. Next up, the third category Ripponden at km 112. French champion Arnaud Démare flatted and got a lightning-fast front wheel change and is chasing back on.

Km 112: Matthew Busche (Trek) hung back a bit on the mid part of the Ripponden climb and then attacked. Cyril Lemoine was on him instantly. Lemoine went over first with David De La Cruz second. At this point Lemoine is tied with Jens Voigt for the KOM classification. The pack didn't coast down the climb and Démare, who had just regained the field, was dropped. Démare has help from a teammate who has gone back to the French champion. He's back on and in just a few kilometers he'll face the third category Greetland.

Km 119: Things are getting warmer, the pack is showing still more energy. Riders are getting dropped from the peloton on the Greetland. Démare (and now André Greipel) was dropped again. Up front, Cyril Lemoine and David de la Cruz fought for the two KOM points and Lemoine got it, making him the virtual polka-dot jersey. Next, a real climb, the second category Holme Moss.

Km 126: The break has less than a minute now. The peloton may be together for the Holme Moss ascent and then the race will be truly engaged. Démare (and I assume Greipel) has again gained the pack. The service vehicles have been pulled from behind the break, which is now only 44 seconds ahead of the pack. Sky, Astana and Garmin are moving to the front in preparation of Holme Moss. Something has happened to Peter Sagan, he's picking his way through the follow cars.

Km 136: Another crash. Richie Porte and Nicolas Roche are caught in it and Porte needs (and gets) a new bike. Porte is almost more than a minute back. They will have a hard chase getting back on. The break now has only 18 seconds and the pack can see them.

Km 139: The Holme Moss climb has started. Blel Kadri attacked the break taking Lemoine with him. Back in the pack, riders are getting shelled, including the yellow jersey, Marcel Kittel. The rest of the break has been swept up. Porte has help from Danny Pate chasing the pack.

Km 142: Europcar's Thomas Voeckler has taken off and is closing in on Kadri. He's caught him. Sky leads the peloton, probably not wanting to go too hard with Richie Porte chasing. Porte is at the back of the peloton.

Km 143: Kadri has dropped Voeckler. Kadri goes over the Holme Moss first. Nicolas Edet has caught and passed Voeckler and goes over second, Voeckler third. Marcel Kittel has flatted and got a slow repair. He's three minutes back. Now a hair-raising, fast descent.

Km 154: Five riders have separated themselves from the pack and are chasing Kadri: Tony Martin (OPQS), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Cyril Gautier and Thomas Voeckler (Europcar)

So, it's Kadri alone, off the front, the gang of five at 45 seconds, the main peloton a further 31 seconds behind and the yellow jersey group three minutes behind the main peloton.

Km 163, 38 km to go: Tinkoff-Saxo is pounding away at the front of the main peloton. Kadri isn't waiting, but the five chasers are only 17 seconds behind and the main peloton (which sprinter Bryan Coquard has just regained) just 13 seconds behind the five. It should come together, though the yellow jersey group is five minutes behind the peloton.

Km 165: The five escapees and then Kadri are caught. The peloton is on the third-category Midhopestones ascent. The relentless climbing is softening the legs of a lot of the riders. Hey, Andrew Talansky is climbing in second position. Something up or just being careful?

Km 167: Tom Jelte Slagter led Talansky over Midhopestones and now comes a technical descent. Froome and Nibali are close by. Now comes and uncategorised climb and the high heat Garmin is throwing is having a big effect on the pack. Riders are getting tossed. The front group might be down to about 25 riders!

Km 173: The pack is on the fourth-category Bradfield. There has been a big regroupment and the pack is up to 60 riders, including all the GC contenders as well as Peter Saga and Simon Gerrans.

Astana rider Andrei Grivko was first over the Bradfield. Geraint Thomas of Sky leads the field with Astana close by.

Km 183: Pierre Rolland (Europcar) amd JC Péraud (Ag2r) got away on the third-category Oughtibridge hill. They have just 15 seconds. Péraud didn't feel like working and Rolland (2011 L'Alpe d'Huez winner) has gone off alone.

Km 190, 10 km to go: Rolland has just seven seconds before the short, steep Jenkin Road ascent. Cannondale, working for Peter Sagan, is massed at the front and leads the chase.

Rolland is caught and Orcia-GreenEdge leads with Sky right next to them.

Km 196: Hoo Ha! Here comes Contador. This is STEEP! Nibali is next to him. Contador makes a dig and Sagan matches him. Froome goes and is first over Jenkin Road with Tejay Van Garderen on his wheel. Sagan leads on the descent with 4 km to go, taking chances on the technical descent.

Bam! The attacks are coming one after another. Nibali launches a perfectly timed attack and the others watch each other. No one wants to drag Sagan to the line.

The finish: Nibali makes it stick! The champion of Italy wins the second stage of the Tour de France. Nibali is also the new leader of the Tour de France.

Stage 2 photos:

Mark Cavendish talks with Omega Pharma team boss about abandoning the 2014 Tour de France because of his stage one crash. Cavendish did not start today's stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali gets ready to head to the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Race leader Marcel Kittel signs an autograph before the start. Photo ©Sirotti

André Greipel heads off to a day in the Yorkshire hills. Photo ©Sirotti

Tejay van Garderen is showing excellent form this Tour.

Alejandro Valverde has been quiet these two stages, but he's had a superb season so far.

Jens Voigt got to spend only a single day in polka dots.

The scene at the York departure. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador leads Vincenzo Nibali up the day's last climb, Jenkin Rd. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali not only timed his attack perfectly so that no one wanted to drag Peter Sagan to the line, he had the suds to stay away. Photo ©Sirotti

Nibali gets help putting on his new leader's jersey from an expert on the subject, Bernard Hinault. Photo ©Sirotti

Blel Kadri holds up his well-earned combativity prize. Photo ©Sirotti

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