Belg Tom Bonnen po finiszu z czołowej grupy wygrał drugi etap wyścigu. Zawodnik Omega Pharma-Quick Step na ostatnich metrach pokonał Michaela Morkova (Tinkoff-Saxo) i Jurgena Roelandtsa (Lotto Belisol).
Liderem pozostał Holender Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
Podobnie jak na pierwszym odcinku boczny pustynny wiatr początkowo bezceremonialnie rozprawił się z peletonem, rozbijając całą stawkę na nie mniej niż 8 grupek, jednak jeszcze przed strefą bufetu wszystko połączyło się.
Atakował Gatis Smukulis (Katusha), ale gdy wiatr przypominał o sobie, rozerwał peleton na nowo, a 3-minutowa przewaga Łotysza błyskawicznie stopniała. 50 km przed metą w czołowej grupie jechało 24 kolarzy, w tym komplet z Omega Pharma-Quick Step.
Narzucająca tempo belgijska ekipa nie wypuściła etapu ze swych rąk. W prawdzie atakiem 3 km przed kreską szyki starał się jej pokrzyżować Lars Boom (Belkin), ale został doścignięty na ostatnim kilometrze. Finisz pewnie wygrał Boonen, który wydaje się wracać do pełni formy po katastrofalnym zeszłym sezonie.
Wyniki 2. etapu Tour of Qatar (2.HC); Camel Race Track – Al Khor Corniche (160,5 km):
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 3:30:07 2 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 6 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 7 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 8 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 9 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 00:05 10 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 00:07 12 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 00:11 13 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cyc 00:14 14 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 16 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 00:18 17 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 18 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 19 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 00:48 20 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 22 Pieter Van Speybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 23 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team Netapp - Endura 24 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 26 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 27 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 28 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 29 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 30 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 31 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 32 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 33 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 34 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 35 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 37 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 38 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 39 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 40 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 41 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 42 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 43 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 44 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge 46 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 47 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 48 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 49 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 02:28 50 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 51 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 52 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp - Endura 53 Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 54 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) IAM Cycling 55 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 56 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 58 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp - Endura 59 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 60 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 61 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 62 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 63 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 64 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 65 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 66 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 68 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 69 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 70 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 71 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 02:47 72 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 05:29 73 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 06:43 74 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 75 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 07:07 76 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 77 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 78 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 79 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 80 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 81 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 83 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 84 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 85 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 86 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 87 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 88 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 89 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 90 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 91 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 92 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 93 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 94 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 95 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 96 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 97 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 98 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 99 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol 100 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 101 Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 102 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 103 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 104 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 105 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 106 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 107 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 108 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 109 Matteo Pelucchi (Swi) IAM Cycling 110 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 111 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 112 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 113 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 114 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 115 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 116 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 117 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 118 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 119 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 120 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp - Endura 121 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 122 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 123 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 124 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 125 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 126 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 127 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 128 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 129 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 130 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 131 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 132 Kenneth Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 133 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 134 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Netapp - Endura 135 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 136 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 137 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 138 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 139 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 140 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 141 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 142 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 143 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 144 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 145 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 146 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 147 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 148 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 149 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 150 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 151 Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 10:20 DNF David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr Klasyfikacja po 2. etapie 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 6:43:30 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:05 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 00:14 4 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:20 5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 00:26 6 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 7 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 8 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 9 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 00:31 10 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 00:34 12 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cyc 00:40 13 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 14 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 01:03 15 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge 01:13 16 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:14 17 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 18 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 19 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 20 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 21 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 22 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 23 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 24 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 25 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 26 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 27 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 29 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30 Pieter Van Speybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 31 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 32 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:51 33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 02:03 34 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team Netapp - Endura 02:16 35 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 02:24 36 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 02:44 37 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 02:48 39 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 02:52 40 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 02:54 41 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 42 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 43 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 44 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 45 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp - Endura 46 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 47 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) IAM Cycling 03:31 48 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 49 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 03:56 50 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 51 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 05:47 52 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 05:55 53 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 07:12 54 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp - Endura 07:32 55 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 07:33 56 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 57 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 58 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 60 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 61 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 62 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 63 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 64 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 65 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 67 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 68 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 69 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 70 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 71 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 72 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 08:13 73 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 08:35 74 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 09:13 75 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Netapp - Endura 76 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 77 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 09:31 78 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 09:41 79 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 09:48 80 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 10:52 81 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 10:56 82 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 11:26 83 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 84 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 85 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 86 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 87 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 88 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 11:37 89 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 11:42 90 Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 13:06 91 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 92 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 93 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 94 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 95 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 96 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 97 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 98 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 17:21 99 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 17:31 100 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 17:45 101 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 102 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 103 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 104 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 105 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 106 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 107 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 108 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 109 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 110 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 111 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 112 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 113 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 114 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 115 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 116 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol 117 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 118 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 119 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 120 Matteo Pelucchi (Swi) IAM Cycling 121 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 122 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 123 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 124 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 125 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 126 Kenneth Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 127 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 128 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 129 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 130 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 131 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 132 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 133 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 134 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp - Endura 19:41 135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 136 Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 20:58 137 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 24:20 138 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 139 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 140 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 141 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 142 Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 143 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 144 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 145 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 146 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 147 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 148 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 149 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 150 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 151 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team
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