ADVANCE

The French Bryan Coquardfrom the Cofidis team, He won the sprint this Monday in the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland177.3 kilometers between Vaduz and Regensdorf and after which the Belgian Yves Lampaert (Soudal-Quick Step) continues as leader of the individual general classification.

Coquard, 32, won the second stage ahead of Australian Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla), the Belgian Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny) and the Colombian Brandon Rivera (INEOS Grenadiers).

The Frenchman from Cofidis achieved his thirty-second professional victory, second in a UCI World Tour race after the fourth stage of the 2023 Tour Down Under, and the first of 2024.

Lampaertwho dressed as the leader on Sunday by winning the first stage, remains first, with 4 seconds to spare about the british Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers) and 7 over a trio of cyclists led by the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE Emirates).

This Tuesday is disputed the third of the eight stages161.7 kilometers between Steinmaur and Rüschlikon, with three third-category ports in the final part of the route.

Stage classification

1 – COQUARD Bryan (Cofidis) 4:06:39

2 – MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) mt

3 – DE LIE Arnaud (Lotto) mt

4 – RIVERA Brandon Smith (INEOS) mt

5 – COSTA Rui (EF Education) mt

6 – LAURANCE Axel (Alpecin) mt

7 – PIDCOCK Thomas (INEOS) mt

8 – ADRIÀ Roger (BORA) mt

9 – BUSATTO Francesco (Intermarché) mt

10 – WILLIAMS Stephen (Israel) mt

General ranking

1 – LAMPAERT Yves (Soudal) 4:11:44

2 – HAYTER Ethan (INEOS) + 0:04

3 – ALMEIDA João (UAE) + 0:07

4 – FISHER-BLACK Finn (UAE) mt

5 – MATTHEWS Michael (Jayco) mt

6 – WATSON Samuel (Groupama) + 0:09

7 – BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education) mt

8 – KÜNG Stefan (Groupama) + 0:11

9 – SCHMID Mauro (Jayco) mt

10 – KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (Alpecin) + 0:11

Source: Eitb

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