Tour de Yorkshire 2019 – Stage 2 [LAST 15 KM]

May 3, 2019

Tour de Yorkshire 2019 – Stage 2 – Barnsley – Bedale : 132 km

The European peloton returns to British shores later this week with the fifth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire. Defending champion Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) is set to return, while Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin) both arrive looking to kick-start their seasons after a difficult spring. The race also sees the first outing of Team Ineos in their official 2019 kit, after the takeover from Team Sky. Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will lead a team that includes Ian Stannard and Owain Doull as the British squad aims to win their first Tour de Yorkshire title since the inaugural edition in 2015. Since then Thomas Voeckler, Serge Pauwels and Van Avermaet have all triumphed through a mixture of aggressive and tactically astute racing. Although this is arguably the weakest field in the race’s short history, with just four WorldTour squads on the start list, there are plenty of interesting subplots to follow during the four stages. Along with the likely protests set to befall Team Ineos over their lead sponsor’s controversial fracking programme, there are a number of rider appearances worthy of tracking.

Rick Zabel gave Katusha-Alpecin their second victory of the 2019 season, breaking his own four-year long dry spell in a chaotic finale to a fast 132km stage in Tour de Yorkshire to Bedale.

Boy van Poppel (Roompot-Charles) was next best ahead of Chris Lawless (Team Ineos), with Jesper Asselman continuing in the race lead by one second over Zabel.

Thanks to his time bonus for second place, Van Poppel moved into third overall at five seconds behind his teammate.

“I’m just so happy I can win a race. It’s also really important for the team because we haven’t won so much this year. To get a win here is really amazing,” Zabel said.

Zabel profited from the work of Dimension Data, who pulled for Cavendish into the final 500m only for the Manxman to get washed away in a messy, physical push to the line. The German sensed an opening and hit out early, getting a quick gap and holding off Van Poppel by a clean pair of wheels.

“It was very hectic today. Short stages are always full gas, and it was a headwind all day, but we still raced pretty hard. The last five kilometres were pure chaos, and I was close to crashing a few times because it was just pure chaos.

“I don’t know how, but I came in a good position in the last 500m, then I saw the 300m sign and I know I can do a long sprint. I thought ‘OK, I must go for it. If someone comes over me at least I tried’. I was so afraid when I came in the last 50m because I’m not a guy who wins often and I thought today maybe I can win, and I was so afraid someone comes over – it was such a relief when I crossed the line,” Zabel said.

“I had a pretty shit start to the season with a concussion and a broken collarbone, and now I win a stage in Yorkshire. It’s really amazing for me.”

How it unfolded

Several hours after the women’s race had left Barsley and set off to Bedale in the Tour de Yorkshire Women’s race the men followed for their second stage of the Tour de Yorkshire. There were a flurry of early attacks in the cold and damp conditions as the peloton set out on their 132km north towards the World Championshps finising circuit in Harrogate.

The main move came when Tom Stewart (Canyon DHB), Fabien Grellier (Total Direct Energie), Jake Scott (Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling) and Chris McGlinchey (Vitus Pro Cycling) broke clear and established an early lead. Their efforts were bolstered when Rob Scott and James Fouche, both from Team Wiggins, joined them to make a leading group of six. The group worked through the Yorkshire countryside and built up a lead of around two minutes as Dimension Data, and race leader Jesper Asselman and his Roompot-Charles team controlled the front of the peloton.

By the time the leaders approached the only climb of the day on the Cote de Lindley they were on the Worlds course that will be used in September and New Zealander Fouche opened up a gap on the rest of the break before taking maximum King of the Mountains points on the climb.

As the leaders raced through the picturesque town of Harrogate their advantage had dropped to under a minute as a number of rival teams began to increase their pressure on the front of the peloton. Scott won the final intermediate sprint of the stage with 47km to go as Harrogate hero Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) led the peloton.

The main field eased up slightly inside the final 40km and allowed the break to rebuild their lead to just over a minute however the pressure from Roompot-Charles began to tell in the next 20km with the gap dropping to just 21 seconds.

Four kilometres later and still with 17 seconds in hand, Steward launched an attack that splintered the breakaway, and, joined by McGlinchey, the pair left their former companions to be caught by the peloton with 15km to go.

With the previous stage’s lesson fresh in the minds of the teams, the peloton was making no mistake, and kept the duo on a short leash.

With the duo nearly caught with 9km to go, three more riders went on the attack and breathed new life into the attack. US champion Johnny Brown (Hagens Berman Axeon) took over from Roompot’s Jan van Schip at the front and reeled in the move with 4.5km to go just as Stewart and McGlinchey put in another attack as the skies opened up.

But the legs were dead, and with 4km to go the peloton was all together and the lead-out trains assembled to set up their sprinters.

Ian Stannard (Team Ineos) led the peloton into the final 2km but then CCC Team seized control for Van Avermaet.

Dimension Data surged forward with 1.3km to go, hoping to deliver Cavendish to a long-sought victory, but the Manxman lost position and was washed away as Zabel surged ahead to the win.

Results :
1 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 3:09:16
2 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles
3 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
4 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
5 Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain National Team
6 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
7 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
8 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
9 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
10 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
11 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
12 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
13 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
14 Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
15 Stephen Bradbury (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
16 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain National Team
17 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
18 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
19 Charley Calvert (GBr) Great Britain National Team
20 George Wood (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
21 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
22 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
23 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
24 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Charles
25 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
26 Sean Quinn (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
27 Scott Auld (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
28 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos
29 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
30 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
31 Alex Luhrs (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
32 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles
33 Robert-Jon McCarthy (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
34 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
35 Ben Turner (GBr) Great Britain National Team
36 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
37 Alistair Slater (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
38 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
39 Sean Flynn (GBr) Great Britain National Team
40 Krister Hagen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
41 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
42 James Shaw (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
43 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
44 Adam Kenway (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
45 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon
46 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
47 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
48 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team
49 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos
50 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
51 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
52 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
53 Isaac Mundy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
54 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles
55 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot-Charles
56 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis
57 Senne Leysen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
58 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
59 Max Stedman (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
60 William Tidball (GBr) Great Britain National Team
61 Corentin Navarro (Fra) Team Wiggins Lecol
62 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team
63 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
64 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
65 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
66 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
67 Michael Mottram (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
68 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
69 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
70 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
71 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
72 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
73 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis
74 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
75 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
76 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
77 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
78 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot-Charles
79 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
80 Christopher Latham (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
81 John Archibald (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
82 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol
83 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
84 Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis
85 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
86 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:19
87 Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
88 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol
89 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
90 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:00:23
91 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
92 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
93 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos
94 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
95 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:30
96 Peter Williams (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:00:33
97 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
98 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
99 Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:00:36
100 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:44
101 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
102 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
103 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
104 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
105 Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:44
106 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:00:48
107 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos 0:00:52
108 Daniel Bigham (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
109 Jacob Tipper (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
110 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
111 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:56
112 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
113 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
114 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data 0:01:00
115 Graham Briggs (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK 0:01:34
116 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team 0:01:52
117 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
118 Joseph Nally (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:02:00
119 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:07
120 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
121 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:02:11
122 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNF Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
DNS Colin Joyce (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
DNS Ryan Anderson (Can) Rally UHC Cycling

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Charles 7:14:50
2 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:01
3 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Roompot-Charles 0:00:05
4 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
6 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:07
7 Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Ineos
8 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
9 Thomas Stewart (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
10 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:11
11 Michael Rice (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon
12 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
13 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain National Team
14 Gabriel Cullaigh (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
15 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
16 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data
17 Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
18 Andreas Nielsen (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
19 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
20 Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain National Team
21 Charley Calvert (GBr) Great Britain National Team
22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
23 Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
24 George Wood (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
25 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot-Charles
26 Sean Quinn (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon
27 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
28 Alex Luhrs (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
29 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Charles
30 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) CCC Team
31 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
32 Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos
33 Senne Leysen (Bel) Roompot-Charles
34 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
35 Krister Hagen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
36 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Ineos
37 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team
38 William Tidball (GBr) Great Britain National Team
39 Emil Nygaard Vinjebo (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
40 Rory Townsend (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
41 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
42 James Shaw (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
43 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
44 Alexander Kamp (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
45 Alistair Slater (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
46 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally UHC Cycling
47 Michael Mottram (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
48 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team
49 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Ineos
50 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon
51 Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
52 Adam Kenway (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
53 Christopher Latham (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK
54 Max Stedman (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
55 Corentin Navarro (Fra) Team Wiggins Lecol
56 Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
57 Robert-Jon McCarthy (Irl) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
58 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
59 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Ineos
60 Mark Christian (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol
61 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
62 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Roompot-Charles
63 Isaac Mundy (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling
64 Matthew Holmes (GBr) Madison Genesis
65 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes
66 John Murphy (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
67 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
68 John Archibald (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
69 Jonathan McEvoy (GBr) Madison Genesis
70 Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
71 Michael Schär (Swi) CCC Team
72 Michael Cuming (GBr) Madison Genesis
73 James Fouche (NZl) Team Wiggins Lecol
74 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot-Charles
75 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
76 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team
77 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
78 Gruffudd Lewis (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
79 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally UHC Cycling
80 Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis
81 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
82 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data
83 Christopher Mcglinchey (Irl) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK 0:00:27
84 Tristan Robbins (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:00:30
85 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Team Wiggins Lecol
86 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie
87 Robert Scott (GBr) Team Wiggins Lecol 0:00:34
88 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Total Direct Energie
89 Richard Handley (GBr) Madison Genesis
90 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos
91 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
92 Jacob Scott (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:00:39
93 Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon 0:00:41
94 Peter Williams (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:00:44
95 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
96 Zeb Kyffin (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:00:47
97 Scott Auld (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:00:54
98 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:00:55
99 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
100 Sergio Rodriguez Reche (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
101 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
102 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:00:59
103 Daniel Bigham (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling 0:01:02
104 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Ineos 0:01:03
105 Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
106 Jacob Tipper (GBr) Ribble Pro Cycling
107 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:07
108 Maikel Zijlaard (Ned) Hagens Berman Axeon
109 Joseph Nally (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:02:11
110 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:18
111 Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
112 Stephen Bradbury (GBr) Swiftcarbon Pro Cycling 0:03:36
113 Joey Walker (GBr) Madison Genesis 0:04:12
114 Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:04:20
115 Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team 0:05:30
116 Graham Briggs (GBr) Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK 0:07:18
117 Torkil Veyhe (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:08:46
118 Ben Turner (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:09:08
119 Ander Barrenetxea Uriarte (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:10:04
120 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Dimension Data 0:10:08
121 Sean Flynn (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:10:42
122 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel 0:12:53