Duńczyk Matti Breschel z grupy Tinkoff-Saxo zwyciężył na krótkiej ściance (max. 12%) drugiego etapu Tour de Luxembourg. Nowym liderem został trzeci na mecie zawodnik gospodarzy Jean-Pierre Drucker (Wanty – Groupe Gobert).
Ucieczkę dnia podjęli Jacques Van Rensburg (MTN – Qhubeka), Juan Esteban Arango (Colombia), Boris Dron (Wallonie – Bruxelles) i Ilnur Zakarin (RusVelo).
Czwórka wypracowała blisko 5 minut przewagi, z której 40 kilometrów przed metą pozostało raptem 1:20.
Peleton zwolnił, rozpoczynając końcowe 11 kilometrów ze stratą 50 sekund. Ostatecznie wchłonął harcowników 4 kilometry przed wymagającym finiszem.
Cała rozpędzona grupa wpadła na końcowy podjazd, a ostatnie słowo należało do 29-letniego Matti Breschela.
Wyniki 2. etapu Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg 2014 (2.HC), Rosport – Schifflange (157,4 km):
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 3:48:49 2 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) RusVelo 3 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 4 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Team Stölting 5 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 7 Diego Milan (Dom) Team Differdange - Losch 00:04 8 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 9 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:07 12 Egoitz García (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 13 Roman Maikin (Rus) RusVelo 00:08 14 Dennis Coenen (Bel) Leopard Development Team 15 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 16 Sebastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 17 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 18 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 19 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 20 Janis Dakteris (Lat) Team Differdange - Losch 21 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 22 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Leopard Development Team 23 Robinson Chalapud (Col) Colombia 24 César Bihel (Fra) Team Differdange - Losch 00:12 25 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 26 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 00:17 27 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 28 Christian Mager (Ger) Team Stölting 29 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 30 Thomas Koep (Ger) Team Stölting 00:23 31 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 32 Vegard Breen (Nor) Lotto Belisol 00:25 33 Tom Thill (Lux) Leopard Development Team 34 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 00:31 35 Johan Coenen (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 36 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 37 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka 38 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo 39 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) RusVelo 40 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:44 41 Ivan Balykin (Rus) RusVelo 00:46 42 Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) RusVelo 43 Edwin Avila (Col) Colombia 00:48 44 Corrado Lampa (Ita) Team Differdange - Losch 45 Edward Fabián Díaz (Col) Colombia 46 Jonathan Paredes (Col) Colombia 47 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:56 48 Darwin Ferney Pantoja (Col) Colombia 00:59 49 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 01:03 50 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:06 52 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo 53 Mirco Saggiorato (Swi) Team Stölting 54 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 55 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Development Team 56 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 57 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia 01:13 58 Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 01:21 59 Ruben Menendez (Spa) Team Differdange - Losch 01:26 60 Francesco Failli (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 61 Roberto De Patre (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 62 Maxime Anciaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 63 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 01:29 64 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 65 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 01:31 66 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Team Differdange - Losch 01:35 67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 01:40 68 Michal Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:44 69 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 01:46 70 Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Development Team 71 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Leopard Development Team 72 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 01:55 73 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:00 74 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 75 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 76 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 77 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 02:02 78 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 79 Matthias Plarre (Ger) Leopard Development Team 02:14 80 Kevin Feiereisen (Lux) Leopard Development Team 81 Florent Mottet (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 02:16 82 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:17 83 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Belisol 84 Juan Esteban Arango (Col) Colombia 02:20 85 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 02:24 86 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 87 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 88 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Stölting 89 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Stölting 90 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 02:26 91 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Differdange - Losch 92 Guiseppe Fonzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 02:29 93 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 02:34 94 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) RusVelo 02:43 95 Luigi Miletta (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 02:48 96 Boris Dron (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 03:32 97 Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto Belisol 03:45 98 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Stölting 08:54 99 Fábio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing 12:11 100 Samuele Conti (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 101 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing DNS Yuriy Vasyliv (Ger) Team Stölting Klasyfikacja po 2. etapie 1 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 8:26:49 2 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:05 3 Silvio Herklotz (Ger) Team Stölting 00:14 4 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 5 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:17 6 Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:22 7 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:24 8 Sebastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 00:25 9 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) RusVelo 00:27 10 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Laurent Evrard (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 12 Roman Maikin (Rus) RusVelo 00:29 13 Dennis Coenen (Bel) Leopard Development Team 00:31 14 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:34 15 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 00:35 16 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 17 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:37 18 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:40 19 Egoitz García (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 20 Christian Mager (Ger) Team Stölting 21 Janis Dakteris (Lat) Team Differdange - Losch 00:42 22 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 23 Joel Zangerle (Lux) Leopard Development Team 00:43 24 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 00:44 25 Diego Milan (Dom) Team Differdange - Losch 00:45 26 Robinson Chalapud (Col) Colombia 27 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) RusVelo 00:47 28 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 29 César Bihel (Fra) Team Differdange - Losch 00:48 30 Tom Thill (Lux) Leopard Development Team 31 Vegard Breen (Nor) Lotto Belisol 00:49 32 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 00:50 33 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 00:51 34 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka 00:55 35 Johan Coenen (Bel) Team Differdange - Losch 00:59 36 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo 01:02 37 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 01:05 38 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 01:13 39 Thomas Koep (Ger) Team Stölting 01:15 40 Kirill Pozdnyakov (Rus) RusVelo 01:21 41 Edward Fabián Díaz (Col) Colombia 42 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 01:22 43 Ivan Balykin (Rus) RusVelo 01:23 44 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:24 45 Edwin Avila (Col) Colombia 01:28 46 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 01:33 47 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 01:34 48 Pit Schlechter (Lux) Leopard Development Team 01:35 49 Jonathan Paredes (Col) Colombia 01:37 50 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo 51 Darwin Ferney Pantoja (Col) Colombia 01:40 52 Mirco Saggiorato (Swi) Team Stölting 53 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:41 54 Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia 55 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:42 56 Corrado Lampa (Ita) Team Differdange - Losch 01:43 57 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo 01:51 58 Francesco Failli (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 01:52 59 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Leopard Development Team 60 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 61 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 01:54 62 Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 01:56 63 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 01:59 64 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 02:00 65 Maxime Anciaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 02:01 66 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:02 67 Ruben Menendez (Spa) Team Differdange - Losch 02:07 68 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 69 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:13 70 Patrick Olesen (Den) Leopard Development Team 02:21 71 Roberto De Patre (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 72 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Team Differdange - Losch 73 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 02:23 74 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 02:26 75 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:29 76 Juan Esteban Arango (Col) Colombia 02:40 77 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 02:41 78 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:44 79 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Stölting 02:46 80 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 02:47 81 Kevin Feiereisen (Lux) Leopard Development Team 02:51 82 Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 02:52 83 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 02:56 84 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Stölting 02:57 85 Matthias Plarre (Ger) Leopard Development Team 86 Florent Mottet (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 02:58 87 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 88 Guiseppe Fonzi (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 03:07 89 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 90 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) RusVelo 03:10 91 Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 03:14 92 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) Team Differdange - Losch 03:18 93 Michal Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 03:22 94 Luigi Miletta (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 03:26 95 Boris Dron (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles 04:07 96 Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Belisol 05:49 97 Boris Vallée (Bel) Lotto Belisol 07:31 98 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Stölting 09:22 99 Fábio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing 12:32 100 Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing 12:42 101 Samuele Conti (Ita) Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo 12:51