Tour de Romandie 2014 Albasini wins again

Michael Albasini doubled up in his home race after the faster sprinters were dropped on the earlier climbs. (Slideshow route/profile)

Tour de Romandie 2014: Results 2nd stage

1. Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
2. Tony Hurel (France) s.t.
3. Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy) s.t.
4. Alexey Tsatevitch (Russia) s.t.
5. Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) s.t.
6. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan) s.t.
7. Tosh van der Sande (Belgium) s.t.
8. Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania) s.t.
9. Danily Wyss (Switzerland) s.t.
10. Chris Froome (gbr) s.t.

GC after 2nd stage
1. Michael Albasini (Switserland)
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) + 0.05
3. Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania) +0.10
4. Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spain) + 0.11
5. Mattias Brandle (Austria) +0.12
6. Rohan Dennis (Australia) + 0.13
7. Tony Martin (Germany) + 0.14
8: Martijn Keizer (The Netherlands) + 0.18
9: Chris Froome (gbr) + 0.19
10: Ion Izagirre (Spain) s.t.

Race report
It's proving quite a successful race for the home riders. Today saw Martin Kohler and Pirmin Lang break away, building up a gap that stretched to 13 minutes.

While chasing the duo over hilly terrain, the pace proved too much for German sprinter Kittel who was dropped by the bunch. What was left of the peloton managed to catch the escapees with 3 kilometres remaining.

It wasn't the end of the Swiss party for the day though as Albasini sprinted to his second stage win, taking the leaders jersey as well with the bonus seconds gained.