The second stage at the Tour of Norway was on paper another chance for the sprinters even the last kilometer was quite some uphill strecht. After a breakaway of 8 riders formed at the front, the peloton controlled the gap between two to three minutes. When a duo was still fighting at the front for glory, the bunch was speeding up on the last 20km and with 2km to go the race was back together. Also BORA – hansgrohe was moving up with Jordi Meeus, but the final kilometer proved to be too hard for the pure sprinters. In the end T. Nys took an impressive win while Jordi Meeus crossed the line in 10thplace.
Results
01 T. Nys 1:58:30
02 E. Planckaert +0:01
03 B. Tulett +0:01
10 J. Meeus +0:01
11. J. Koch +0:01
From the finish line
“When we looked at the final of the stage today, we already knew it will be too hard for Jordi. But we wanted to position ourselves in front before the final kilometers and try to go for a result with Ide and Ben. Things got a little hectic when Ben crashed with 20km remaining, but fortunately he was back on his bike quickly. The last kilometers have been quite hard then and the road was also twisty and narrow. Unfortunately, Ide lost the wheel of Jonas and was too far back. Jordi was not far away and proved again his good shape. For tomorrow our eyes will be on Ben and the GC.” – Christian Pömer, Sports Director