Andre Greipel conserved his energy throughout the marathon 240 km stage 2 and then unleashed whatever he had left to take himself the stage and show why HTC Columbia may have a future after Cav. (referring to Cavendish's thoughts of perhaps not coming back after this year; nothing official) Greipel, who did not get selected for this year's Tour, showed that he can sprint with the best of them by finding himself a small hole to pass through on the tricky downhill finish to the line. Greipel was very happy with his 15th win of the year, and said it was "a great start to the second part of the season." Greipel's HTC Columbia squad did a lot of chasing work during the day when the field was trying to reel in a 4 man breakaway that managed to put quite a bit of ground on the field. They made the catch just in time, and the teams begin to move up their sprinters. Astana's Allan Davis took 2nd in the sprint, and also moved himself into the lead of the General Classification. Stage Results
1. Andre Greipel
2. Allan Davis -s.t
3. Wouter Weylandt
General Classification
1. Allan Davis
2. Jacopo Guarnieri -s.t
3. Andre Greipel -s.t
4. Aitor Galdos -4
5. Blazej Janiaczyk -4
6. Michael Schar -5
7. Bartlomiej Matysiak -5
8. Laszlo Bodrogi -5
9. Wouter Weylandt -6
10. Marcin Sapa -6
21. Peter Sagan -10
34. Alessandro Ballan -10
51. Matteo Carrara -10
52. Bjorn Leukemans -10
77. Sylwester Szmyd -10
109. Oscar Pereiro -10
139. Vasili Kiryienka -10
Points
1. Allan Davis 37
2. Christopher Sutton 32
3. Wouter Weylandt 30
King of the Mountains
1. Marcin Sapa 3
2. Lukasz Bodnar 3
3. Bartlomiej Matysiak 2
All Teams at Same Time
Tomorrow's stage should yet again be one for the sprinters.
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