Moreno Hofland (Belkin) wygrał drugi etap wyścigu. 22-letni Holender pokonał na finiszu z peletonu Johna Degenkolba (Giant-Shimano) oraz lidera Nacera Bouhanniego (FDJ.fr).
42. ze stratą 7 sekund finiszował Rafał Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo). Przemysław Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) i Sylwester Szmyd (Movistar) zajęli miejsca na początku drugiej setki.
Drugi dzień jazdy przebiegał pod znakiem ucieczki dwóch kolarzy. Zaraz po starcie zaatakowali Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne – Seche) i Aleksejs Saramotins (IAM Cycling), osiągając na 35 km przewagę 11:40.
Peleton prowadzony przez FDJ nieśpiesznie redukował różnicę. W połowie dystansu zmalała o 4 minuty, by następnie wzrosnąć o minutę. Stanu tego nie zmieniło dołączenie do pracy zespołu Omega Pharma. Na lotnej premii, zlokalizowanej 18,5 km przed metą, harcownicy cały czas mogli żywić nadzieję, ponieważ utrzymywali 2:30 w zapasie.
Kto wie czy o ich porażce nie przesądziła słabsza dyspozycja Delaplace. Francuz zaczął zdradzać duże oznaki zmęczenia i w końcu puścił koło Łotysza 12 km przed celem. Peleton poczuł krew i nawet kraksa, w której upadł wcześniej ciułający bonifikaty na premiach wicelider Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), nie mogła już uratować Saramotinsa.
3,3 km przed kreską uciekinier został wchłonięty, a na ostatnich, lekko wznoszących się metrach rozprowadzony Degenkolb nie poradził sobie z Moreno Hoflandem.
Wyniki 2. etapu Paryż-Nicea (WT), Rambouillet – Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche (205 km):
1 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro 4:53:46 2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 7 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 8 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol 9 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 13 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 14 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 15 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 16 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:05 17 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp 18 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 00:07 21 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 22 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 23 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 25 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp 26 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 27 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 28 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 29 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 30 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 32 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 33 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 34 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 35 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 36 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 37 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 39 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp 40 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 41 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 42 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 43 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 44 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 45 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 46 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 47 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 48 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team 49 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 50 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 51 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Team Katusha 52 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 53 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 54 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin-Pro 55 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 56 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 57 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp 58 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp 59 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano 60 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 61 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 62 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin-Pro 63 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 64 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 65 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 66 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 67 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 68 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:18 69 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 70 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 72 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 73 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 74 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 75 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 76 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin Sharp 77 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 78 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 79 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 80 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 81 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 82 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 83 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 84 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 85 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 86 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 87 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 88 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 89 Iurii Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha 90 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 91 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 92 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 93 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 94 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 95 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 96 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro 97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 98 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 99 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Belisol 100 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin-Pro 101 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 102 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 103 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 104 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 105 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 106 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 107 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 108 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 109 Przemysław Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 110 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 111 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 112 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 113 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 114 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 115 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 116 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 117 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 118 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 119 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 00:29 120 Jos van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro 00:31 121 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar 122 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 00:33 123 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 00:36 124 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 00:48 125 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:01 126 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:05 127 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:07 128 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 01:09 129 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 01:10 130 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 131 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:21 132 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 133 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 01:22 134 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 135 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 01:35 136 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 01:38 137 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:41 138 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 01:45 139 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 02:01 140 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 141 Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 02:27 142 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 05:23 143 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 05:28 144 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 145 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 146 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 147 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 148 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 149 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 150 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin-Pro 151 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 152 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 06:46 153 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 154 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 155 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 156 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 157 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 158 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 07:04 159 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 160 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 161 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr 162 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp 163 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 164 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 165 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro 166 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 09:16 167 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Klasyfikacja po 2. etapie 1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 8:46:43 2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 00:02 3 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro 00:04 4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 00:13 5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar 00:14 6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 8 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 11 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 12 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol 13 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:17 14 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 00:19 15 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 00:20 17 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:21 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 19 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 20 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 21 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 23 Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp 24 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 25 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha 26 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling 28 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 29 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 30 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 31 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 32 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 33 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr 34 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 35 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 36 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin-Pro 37 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 38 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 39 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 40 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 41 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 42 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Team Katusha 43 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp 44 Stefan Denifl (Aut) IAM Cycling 45 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 46 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin-Pro 47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 48 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 49 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling 50 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 51 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 52 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Lampre-Merida 53 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano 54 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:31 55 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 00:32 56 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 57 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 58 Romain Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 59 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 60 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 61 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 62 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 64 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 65 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 66 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 67 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 68 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 69 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 70 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 71 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 72 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 73 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 74 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin-Pro 75 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 76 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro 77 Peter Stetina (USA) BMC Racing Team 78 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 79 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 80 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 81 Jos van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro 00:45 82 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar 00:48 83 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:49 84 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 00:50 85 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 00:57 86 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:02 87 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 01:09 88 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar 01:10 89 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 01:17 90 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 01:23 91 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 92 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp 01:28 93 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:30 94 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 95 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 96 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 97 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 98 John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team 99 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 100 Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp 101 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:35 102 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:41 103 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin Sharp 104 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 105 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 106 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 107 Iurii Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha 108 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 109 Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 110 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 111 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 112 Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 113 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 114 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale 115 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 116 Sylwester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team 117 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 118 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ.fr 119 Przemysław Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 120 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 01:49 121 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar 01:52 122 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:55 123 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:56 124 Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida 01:59 125 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 126 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 02:10 127 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano 02:24 128 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 129 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 02:28 130 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:30 131 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 02:32 132 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 02:33 133 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 134 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 02:45 135 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling 02:56 136 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 03:24 137 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 03:46 138 Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 03:50 139 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 05:42 140 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 06:46 141 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 06:51 142 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 143 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 144 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin-Pro 145 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 146 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 147 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 148 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 149 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Te 07:00 150 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 151 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp 07:18 152 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro 153 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 154 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement 07:40 155 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin Sharp 08:06 156 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 08:09 157 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 158 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 159 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 08:17 160 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 08:27 161 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 162 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 08:50 163 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 09:05 164 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano 09:30 165 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 166 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 10:39 167 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr 26:34