Tour of the Alps 2023: Geoghegan Hart wins elite sprint
image: Cor VosTao Geogegan Hart sprints to his second consecutive stage win in the skating rink of Ritten to extend his lead in the general classification. Hugh Carthy moves up to second place, 22 seconds in arrears. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 2nd stage 2023 Tour of the Alps
1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (gbr)
2. Jack Haig (aus) s.t.
3. Santiago Buitrago (col) + 0.02
4. Pavel Sivakov (fra) s.t.
5. Lorenzo Fortunato (ita) s.t.
6. Hugh Carthy (gbr) s.t.
7. Iván Sosa (col) s.t.
8. Jefferson Cepeda (ecu) s.t.
9. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (fra) + 0.29
10. Lennard Kämna (ger) s.t.
GC after stage 2
1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (gbr)
2. Felix Gall (aut) + 0.18
3. Hugh Carthy (gbr) + 0.22
4. Pavel Sivakov (fra) + 0.28
5. Iván Sosa (col) s.t.
6. Jack Haig (aus) s.t.
7. Santiago Buitrago (col) + 0.30
8. Lorenzo Fortunato (ita) + 0.32
9. Jefferson Cepeda (ecu) + 0.40
10. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 0.55
Race report
Simon Carr, Moran Vermeulen and Martí Márquez jump off the front to create the break of the day. Márquez puctures and the other two push on together for tens of kilometres before Sergio Samitier, Txomin Juaristi and Sebastian Schönberger round out the break of the day. The five open up a 3 minutes lead.
Simon Carr is the last attacker to be reeled in on the last climb of the day. Buitrago attacks while approaching the summit before he is caught by an elite group in the first part of the (false flat) downhill.
The runner-up on GC, Felix Gall, hits the deck just before entering the dry skating rink in Ritten. Leader Tao Geoghegan Hart stays upright and sprints to a commanding victory. Only Haig is able to follow his wheel, the rest of the group crosses the line 2 seconds later.
Twelve riders – among them Gall, Vlasov and Kämna – come home 29 seconds after the stage winner. Gall is given the same time as the second group.
Another interesting read: route 2nd stage 2023 Tour of the Alps.
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