Tour de Suisse 2014 Stage 2: Meyer wins 3-up sprint

Cameron Meyer won the 2nd stage of the Tour de Suisse after beating Philip Deignan and Lawrence Warbasse in a 3 man sprint. Tony Martin keeps his GC lead after finishing in the main bunch,14 seconds down on the leading trio. (Slideshow route/profile)

Tour de Suisse 2014: Results 2nd stage

1. Cameron Meyer (aus)
2. Philip Deignan (Ire) s.t.
3. Larry Warbasse (USA) s.t.
4. Peter Sagan (Svk) + 0.14
5. Ben Swift (gbr) s.t.
6. Silvan Dillier (Swi) s.t.
7. Koen de Kort (Nld) s.t.
8. Nino Schurter (Swi) s.t.
9. Enrico Gasparotto (ita) s.t.
10. Alexander Kolobnev (rus) s.t.

GC after 2nd stage
1. Tony Martin (ger)
2. Tom Dumoulin (Nld) + 0.06
3. Rohan Dennis (aus) +0.13
4. Peter Sagan (Svk) + 0.19
5. Bauke Mollema (Nld) + 0.22
6. Tom Jelte Slager (Nld) + 0.23
7. Philip Deignan (Ire) + 0.27
8. Ion Izagirre (spa) s.t.
9. Mattia Cattaneo (ita) + 0.29
10. Peter Kennaugh (gbr) s.t.

Stage report
After 22 kilometres of racing Veuchelen, Warbasse, Hollenstein, Thurau, Deignan and Meyer are off. The gap grows to around 5 minutes and it stays like that for a while, but with 23 kilometres and one categorised col left it’s down to 2’35″. Veuchelen has had to drop by then.

At Brunig Pass Deignan and Warbasse leave their companions alone, but Meyer is strong and returns to the front. The three of them are chased by the peloton in the last few kilometres, still it’s up to the strongmen. Cameron Meyer outsprints his early break away friends.

The bunch finishes 0’14″ down mainly thanks to the yellow jersey of Tony Martin. The German took the whole peloton with him on a ferocious chase and starts as leader tomorrow.