L'Argentin Mauro Abel Richeze (Team Nippo-De Rosa) a remporté ce jeudi la 2e étape de la Flèche du Sud (2.2), disputée au Luxembourg entre Schifflange et Rumelange sur 148.3 kilomètres. Il devance le vainqueur de la 1ère étape Kristian Haugaard Jensen (Leopard-Trek CT), qui conserve la tête du classement général, et l'italien Eugenio Alafaci (Leopard-Trek CT).

Classement de la 2e étape :
1 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo-De Rosa les 148,3 km en 3h34'05''
2 Kristian Haugaard Jensen (Den) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
3 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
4 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
5 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
6 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
7 David van der Poel (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
8 Sascha Weber (Ger) Team Differdange-Losch   
9 Federico Pozzetto (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team   
10 Jaap Kooijman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
11 Owain Doull (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
12 Matthias Plarre (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
13 Marius Bernatonis (Ltu) Team 3M   
14 Philipp Becker (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
15 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
16 Connor O'Leary (USA) USA U23 National Team   
17 Simon Zahner (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
18 Théry Schir (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
19 Jasper Ockeloen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
20 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Cult Energy   
21 Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) Team Differdange-Losch   
22 Oleksandr Surutkovych (Ukr) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
23 Thomas Vanhaecke (Bel) Team 3M   
24 Patrick Lechner (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
25 Nicolas Mertz (Bel) Verandas Willems   
26 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
27 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
28 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Helicopters   
29 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
30 Bart Harmsen (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
31 Lasse Bochman (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
32 Alexander Grigoriev (Rus) Helicopters   
33 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) RRG Porz   
34 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Team 3M   
35 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
36 Lewis Rigaux (Bel) Team 3M   
37 Carl Soballa (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
38 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team   
39 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems   
40 Patric Kottmann (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
41 Pascal Triebel (Lux) LC Tétange   
42 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita   
43 Johan Svensson (Swe) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
44 Floris Smeyers (Bel) Verandas Willems   
45 Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
46 Massimo Morabito (Lux) UC Dippach   
47 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Cult Energy   
48 Mikkel Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
49 Tom Goovaerts (Bel) Team 3M   
50 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
51 Lex Reichling (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul   
52 Alister Ratcliff (USA) Team 3M   
53 Tural Isgandarov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
54 Jean-Albert Carnevali (Bel) Verandas Willems   
55 Glenn Hool (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
56 Benn Würth (Lux) LC Kayl   
57 Hendrik Werner (Ger) RRG Porz   
58 Kevin Kohlvelter (Lux) Team Differdange-Losch   
59 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
60 Simon Yates (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
61 Rasmus Brandstrup Sterobo (Den) Team Cult Energy   
62 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Team Cult Energy   
63 Mirco Saggiorato (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
64 Jesper Hanson (Den) Team Cult Energy   
65 David Wöhrer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
66 Samuel Harrison (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
67 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
68 Kirill Yatsevich (Rus) Helicopters   
69 Stephen Leece (USA) USA U23 National Team   
70 Gregory Daniel (USA) USA U23 National Team   
71 Artem Topchanuyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita   
72 Richard Stockhausen (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
73 Alessio Camilli (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
74 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita   
75 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
76 Nathaniel Wilson (USA) USA U23 National Team   
77 Martin Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
78 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) RRG Porz   
79 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
80 Dominik Fuchs (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
81 David Boily (Can) Amore & Vita   
82 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
83 Joseph Kelly (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
84 Patrik Ericsson (Swe) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
85 Tobias Knaup (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
86 Moreno Angst (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
87 Mikhail Akimov (Rus) Helicopters   
88 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Helicopters   
89 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
90 Johan Coenen (Bel) Team Differdange-Losch 00:49
91 Nicky Gieskens (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
92 Alexandre Darville (USA) USA U23 National Team   
93 Christian Helmig (Lux) Team Differdange-Losch   
94 Maarten van den Berg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
95 Claude Wolter (Lux) LC Kayl   
96 Mike Diener (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul   
97 Michael Wiegerling (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
98 Eamon Franck (USA) USA U23 National Team   
99 Rico Dene Thomas Rogers (NZl) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
100 Quentin Borcy (Bel) Verandas Willems   
101 Kristian Sobota (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
102 Adrian Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
103 Jérôme Theis (Lux) LG Bertrange   
104 Ralph Diseviscourt (Lux) LC Kayl   
105 Bo Hakan Nilsson (Swe) LC Kayl   
106 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
107 Samir Jabrayilov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
108 Maxime Bourguignon (Bel) LC Tétange   
109 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Verandas Willems   
110 Glenn Waerzeggers (Bel) LC Tétange 01:34
111 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
112 Twan Brusselman (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team 01:34
113 Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team 02:00
114 George Atkins (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team 02:32
115 Niek Boom (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 02:45
116 Tom Weyer (Lux) LC Kayl 03:12
117 Alder Martz (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team 03:41
118 Alexander Evtushenko (Rus) Helicopters   
119 Franz Schiewer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
120 Philippe Faber (Lux) UC Dippach 04:15
121 Karsten Keunecke (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
122 Pol Weisgerber (Lux) LG Bertrange 05:21
123 Martin Lind (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal 05:32
124 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
125 Gusty Bausch (Lux) LC Kayl 06:50
126 Patrick Clausen (Den) Team Cult Energy   
127 Tom Flammang (Lux) LG Bertrange   
128 Stig Hemmingsen (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
129 Jesper Schipper (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
130 Bartolo Polizzotto (Lux) LC Tétange   
131 Anton Mikhailov (Isr) Amore & Vita   
132 Joachim Tolles (Ger) RRG Porz   
133 Rick Theis (Lux) LG Bertrange   
134 Max Valtey (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
135 Myron Simpson (NZl) Team Differdange-Losch   
136 Philippe Herman (Lux) LC Tétange   
137 Robert Schmitt (Lux) LC Tétange   
138 Jérôme Ewen (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul   
139 Nick Stölpler (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
140 Mihkel Räim (Est) Amore & Vita   
141 Peter Mathiesen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
142 Anuar Manan (Mas) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
143 Yannick Bok (Ger) RRG Porz 11:46
144 Thomas Madsen (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent 12:40
145 Marc Silverio (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul 13:09
146 Felix Donath (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
147 Maximilian Bormann (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg 14:10
148 Micha Glowatzki (Ger) RRG Porz 23:45
149 Philippe Sonnhalter (Lux) UC Dippach

Abandons :
Derrek Taber (USA) LG Bertrange   
Philipp Bützow (Lux) UC Dippach

Non-partant :
Laurent Reichling (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul   

Classement général :
1 Kristian Haugaard Jensen (Den) Leopard-Trek Continental Team en 5h21'23''
2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
3 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
4 Federico Pozzetto (Ita) Tirol Cycling Team   
5 Owain Doull (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
6 Sascha Weber (Ger) Team Differdange-Losch   
7 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
8 David van der Poel (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
9 Nikola Aistrup (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
10 Théry Schir (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
11 Jaap Kooijman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
12 Simon Zahner (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
13 Alexander Grigoriev (Rus) Helicopters   
14 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
15 Bart Harmsen (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
16 Mamyr Stash (Rus) Helicopters   
17 Lewis Rigaux (Bel) Team 3M   
18 Marius Bernatonis (Ltu) Team 3M   
19 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Team Cult Energy   
20 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
21 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
22 Oleksandr Surutkovych (Ukr) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
23 Connor O'Leary (USA) USA U23 National Team   
24 Patrick Lechner (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
25 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Team 3M   
26 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team   
27 Matthias Plarre (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
28 Philipp Becker (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
29 Nicolas Mertz (Bel) Verandas Willems   
30 Joey Rosskopf (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
31 Jasper Ockeloen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
32 Lasse Bochman (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
33 Tom Goovaerts (Bel) Team 3M   
34 Tyler Magner (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
35 Jesper Hanson (Den) Team Cult Energy   
36 Massimo Morabito (Lux) UC Dippach   
37 Volodymyr Starchyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita   
38 Kirill Yatsevich (Rus) Helicopters   
39 Martin Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
40 Salvador Guardiola Tora (Spa) Team Differdange-Losch   
41 Robin Carpenter (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
42 Thomas Vanhaecke (Bel) Team 3M   
43 Pascal Triebel (Lux) LC Tétange   
44 David Boily (Can) Amore & Vita   
45 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
46 Patric Kottmann (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
47 Johan Svensson (Swe) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
48 Mikkel Mortensen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
49 Lex Reichling (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul   
50 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard-Trek Continental Team   
51 Simon Yates (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
52 Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
53 Artem Topchanuyk (Ukr) Amore & Vita   
54 Carl Soballa (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
55 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Verandas Willems   
56 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) RRG Porz   
57 Rasmus Brandstrup Sterobo (Den) Team Cult Energy   
58 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Team Cult Energy   
59 Glenn Hool (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
60 Mirco Saggiorato (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
61 Hendrik Werner (Ger) RRG Porz   
62 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Team Cult Energy   
63 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
64 Tobias Knaup (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
65 Benn Würth (Lux) LC Kayl   
66 Floris Smeyers (Bel) Verandas Willems   
67 Alister Ratcliff (USA) Team 3M   
68 Kevin Kohlvelter (Lux) Team Differdange-Losch   
69 David Wöhrer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
70 Stephen Leece (USA) USA U23 National Team   
71 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team   
72 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
73 Tomohiro Hayakawa (Jpn) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
74 Gregory Daniel (USA) USA U23 National Team   
75 Nathaniel Wilson (USA) USA U23 National Team   
76 John Kronborg Ebsen (Den) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
77 Alessio Camilli (Ita) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
78 Jean-Albert Carnevali (Bel) Verandas Willems   
79 Jaroslaw Dabrowski (Pol) Amore & Vita   
80 Samuel Harrison (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
81 Richard Stockhausen (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
82 Dominik Fuchs (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
83 Moreno Angst (Swi) EKZ Racing Team   
84 Patrik Ericsson (Swe) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
85 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) RRG Porz   
86 Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Helicopters   
87 Joseph Kelly (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team   
88 Oscar Clark (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
89 Tural Isgandarov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 00:20
90 Alexandre Darville (USA) USA U23 National Team 00:49
91 Rico Dene Thomas Rogers (NZl) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
92 Eamon Franck (USA) USA U23 National Team   
93 Claude Wolter (Lux) LC Kayl   
94 Bo Hakan Nilsson (Swe) LC Kayl   
95 Quentin Borcy (Bel) Verandas Willems   
96 Jérôme Theis (Lux) LG Bertrange   
97 Johan Coenen (Bel) Team Differdange-Losch   
98 Nicky Gieskens (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
99 Maarten van den Berg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg   
100 Christian Helmig (Lux) Team Differdange-Losch   
101 Kristian Sobota (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
102 Hideto Nakane (Jpn) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
103 Adrian Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo-De Rosa   
104 Samir Jabrayilov (Aze) Synergy Baku Cycling Project   
105 Michael Wiegerling (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
106 Mike Diener (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul   
107 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Verandas Willems   
108 Maxime Bourguignon (Bel) LC Tétange   
109 Twan Brusselman (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team 01:34
110 Glenn Waerzeggers (Bel) LC Tétange   
111 Mikhail Akimov (Rus) Helicopters 01:47
112 Jan Willem Van Schip (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team 02:00
113 Ralph Diseviscourt (Lux) LC Kayl 02:16
114 George Atkins (GBr) Great Britain U23 National Team 02:32
115 Niek Boom (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 02:45
116 Tom Weyer (Lux) LC Kayl 03:12
117 Alexander Evtushenko (Rus) Helicopters 03:41
118 Alder Martz (USA) Hincapie Sportswear Development Team   
119 Franz Schiewer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg   
120 Philippe Faber (Lux) UC Dippach 04:15
121 Karsten Keunecke (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier   
122 Pol Weisgerber (Lux) LG Bertrange 05:21
123 Martin Lind (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal 05:32
124 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Leopard-Trek Continental Team 06:34
125 Anuar Manan (Mas) Synergy Baku Cycling Project 06:50
126 Joachim Tolles (Ger) RRG Porz   
127 Tom Flammang (Lux) LG Bertrange   
128 Mihkel Räim (Est) Amore & Vita   
129 Anton Mikhailov (Isr) Amore & Vita   
130 Patrick Clausen (Den) Team Cult Energy   
131 Stig Hemmingsen (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent   
132 Gusty Bausch (Lux) LC Kayl   
133 Bartolo Polizzotto (Lux) LC Tétange   
134 Rick Theis (Lux) LG Bertrange   
135 Philippe Herman (Lux) LC Tétange   
136 Robert Schmitt (Lux) LC Tétange   
137 Peter Mathiesen (Den) Concordia Forsikring-Riwal   
138 Jesper Schipper (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
139 Myron Simpson (NZl) Team Differdange-Losch   
140 Nick Stölpler (Ned) Netherlands U23 National Team   
141 Max Valtey (Ger) Team Schwalbe Trier 07:32
142 Yannick Bok (Ger) RRG Porz 11:46
143 Jérôme Ewen (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul 12:50
144 Felix Donath (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg 13:09
145 Marc Silverio (Lux) VV Tooltime Preizerdaul   
146 Thomas Madsen (Den) J.Jensen-Ramirent 13:30
147 Maximilian Bormann (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg 14:10
148 Philippe Sonnhalter (Lux) UC Dippach 25:44
149 Micha Glowatzki (Ger) RRG Porz 30:23       

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