Rohan Dennis achieves the stage and the lead in the Tour Down Under

Rohan Dennis achieves the stage and the lead in the Tour Down Under

Euskaraz irakurri: Rohan Dennisek garaipena stage eta lidergoa lortu ditu Down Under Tourrean

the australian cyclist Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma) won this Thursday in the second stage of the Tour Down Underdisputed between Brighton and Victor Harbor over 154.8 kilometres, and also achieved the provisional leadership of the Australian event, the first event on the UCI WorldTour calendar.

Dennis He doubled at home. The Australian got into a select escape originating in the final kilometers and took advantage of his power to set a final time trial and leave his adventure companions behind, with Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) second to 2 seconds, same time as Mauro Schmid (Soudal-Quick Step) and Simon Yates (Team Jayco AlUla).

It was a difficult day. The change of leader was caused by some cramps that made the hitherto leader stop dead, literally and 11.5 kilometers from the finish line Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost).

Too michael matthews (Team Jayco AlUla), a sprinter who aspired to be the new leader of the race, had a mechanical breakdown at 22 minutes from the finish line and they both arrived 2:13 minutes behind Dennis.

In general, whoever was the winner of this test in 2015 now has a 3-second margin over his compatriot Jay Vine and 12 seconds over the American Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers). For his part, the Biscayan bilbao hair (Bahrain-Victorious), who entered 11 seconds behind the winner, is in 16th place, 24 seconds off the lead.

CLASSIFICATION OF THE 2nd STAGE:

1 – DENNIS Rohan (Jumbo) 4:00:40

2 – VINE Jay (UAE) +0:02

3 – SCHMID Mauro (Soudal) mt

4 – YACHTS Simon (Jayco) mt

5 – HINDLEY Jai (BORA – hansgrohe +0:05

6 – EWAN Caleb (UniSA-Australia) +0:11

7 – LIEPINŠ Emils (Trek) mt

8 – STRONG Corbin (Israel) mt

9 – GROVES Kaden (Alpecin) mt

10 – PENHOËT Paul (Groupama) mt

GENERAL RANKING:

1 – DENNIS Rohan (Jumbo) 7:44:41

2 – VINE Jay (UAE) +0:03

3 – SHEFFIELD Magnus (INEOS) +0:12

4 – SCHMID Mauro (Soudal) +0:13

5 – STRONG Corbin (Israel) +0:14

6 – PAGE Hugo (Intermarché) mt

7 – GROVES Kaden (Alpecin) +0:15

8 – MAYRHOFER Marius (DSM) +0:17

9 – ARNDT Nikias (Bahrain) +0:19

10 – SCOTSON Miles (Groupama) +0:20

16 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +0:24

25 – IZAGIRRE Gorka (Movistar) +0:32

82 – ERVITI Imanol (Movistar) +2:48


Source: Eitb

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