Tour de Suisse 2023: Sprint triumph Girmay, Küng still leader
foto: Cor VosBiniam Girmay sprints to victory in the 2nd stage of the Tour de Suisse. He outpowers Arnaud Démare and Wout van Aert, while Stefan Küng retains in the overall race lead. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 2nd stage 2023 Tour de Suisse
1. Biniam Girmay (eri)
2. Arnaud Démare (fra) s.t.
3. Wout van Aert (bel) s.t.
4. Pavel Bittner (cze) s.t.
5. Peter Sagan (svk) s.t.
6. Jordi Meeus (bel) s.t.
7. Iván García (spa) s.t.
8. Alex Aranburu (spa) s.t.
9. Mike Teunissen (nld) s.t.
10. Cedric Beullens (bel) s.t.
GC after stage 2
1. Stefan Küng (swi)
2. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 0.05
3. Wout van Aert (bel) + 0.06
4. Magnus Sheffield (usa) + 0.11
5. Johan Price-Pejtersen (den) + 0.17
6. Mattias Skjelmose (den) + 0.19
7. Stefan Bissegger (swi) + 0.20
8. Matteo Sobrero (ita) s.t.
9. Kasper Asgreen (den) + 0.23
10. Juan Ayuso (spa) + 0.25
Race report
Michael Schär and Nickolas Zukowsky attack from the gun. The two open up a 4.30 minutes gap in no-time before the peloton takes the reins.
Mauro Schmid and Remco Evenepoel both gain 1 second in the Golden Kilometre.
The attackers are caught in the climb to Oberarig before it comes down to a bunch sprint in the streets of Notwill. Wout van Aert opens the sprint rather early and when he runs out of steam Biniam Girmay overhauls him with a powerful surge. Arnaud Démare finishes in second, while Stefan Küng stays in the overall race lead.
Another interesting read: route 2nd stage 2023 Tour de Suisse.
Tour de Suisse 2023 stage 2: route, profile, more
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