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Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results Stage win and leader’s jersey for German Bumped out of the ochre jersey by Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) yesterday, Andre Greipel powered back into the Tour Down Under race lead today with a strong win into Victor Harbor.



The German Lotto Belisol rider clocked up his third triumph of the season and underlined that in terms of sprinting, he is the rider of the moment. He beat FDJ - BigMat rider Yauheni Hutarovich by half a wheel, while Evald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) was next home.



“This victory is for Jurgen Roelandts who unfortunately supports us from the hospital,” he stated afterwards, referring to his team-mate injured on stage one. [Editor’s note: he has now been released] “We're nearly three riders down but the rest of the team that is not injured has been awesome today.”



The time bonus for his victory puts him eight seconds clear of Kohler in the general classification, with former world under 23 champion Michael Matthews (Rabobank) a further four seconds back in third.



Three days remain in the race for the 2008 and 2010 winner, yet he doesn’t seem confident about holding onto the lead until the end.



“I'm happy to get back into the lead but the time bonus I got again isn't important in my mind. The Willunga stage is too hard for me to win GC this year,” he said. “With two stage wins, we've already reached our goal. We can't have everything, and we just take it day by day.”



His rivals will be pleased to hear that he is ruling himself out of being in contention after Saturday’s summit finish. Matthews will hope to show strongly there, as will others such as Australian champion Simon Gerrans (GreenEdge), Boasson Hagen and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).



So too Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil), who moved up to fourth overall today after being part of the day’s big break.



He, Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) and Belgians Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Nissan-Trek) clipped away inside the first five kilometres of the 134.5 km stage from Unley, then were joined soon afterwards by Irish national champion Matt Brammeier.



De Gendt went over the top of the category two Sellicks Hill in first place, adding to the points he already had in the King of the Mountains competition and taking the jersey by two points from yesterday’s stage winner Will Clarke (UniSA-Australia). Brammeier, Bakelants and Vorganov were next, pulling hard with De Gendt to extend their lead to five minutes.



De Gendt was first in the Jayco intermediate sprints at Mt Compass (65km) and Goolwa (89.4km), beating Bakelants and Vorganov in both of those. All three had started the day close to the race lead and were determined to gain time, but the Vacansoleil rider was quickest.



The gap was dropping all the time and De Gendt suggested afterwards that they had little incentive to stay out there, knowing the bunch was coming back. “Three of the four riders (in the break) had the same goal and that was to take the second sprint. After that we just wanted to go back to the peloton.”



Brammeier had lost time on yesterday’s stage due to his work for the team, and he consequently wasn’t in the move to chase the bonus seconds. He wanted to try for the stage win and launched an attack from the break, but the peloton reeled him in soon afterwards.



Several other riders tried to get clear, but the peloton nullified everything. Matthew’s Rabobank team was doing what it could to set him up for the win after yesterday’s second place, and drove the pace along. However he said afterwards that he wasn’t quite on top of things.



“The boys had a really good lead out for me and I just couldn't really hold the wheel in the last couple of kilometres,” he stated. “It just got a bit messy. Mark Renshaw [Rabobank team mate] held the lead out but I just wasn't there to finish it.”



He ended up twelfth, with Renshaw fourth.



In contrast, things worked out perfectly for Greipel. “The one kilometre to go mark was the most important point of today's stage,” he said. “I told my team-mates 'I need to be in fifth or sixth position at that point'. They did a great job to put me there and I finished it off.”



Boasson Hagen finished close by in third. Sky Procycling team-mate Chris Sutton revealed afterwards that the Norwegian had a slow puncture “Maybe he got caught up in a bit of the carnage behind but when we got back to the cars his tyre was half flat.”



Two places further back was Robbie McEwen, the GreenEdge veteran who is riding the race for the last time before retirement.



“The finish has some tight corners, and Robbie knows how to operate in a technical sprint like that,” said his directeur sportif Matt White. “That’s the reason why he’s the guy with the stage win record at the Tour Down Under. He had a good go at it.”



However he said that the general classification is a bigger goal for the team. “All will be decided on Willunga. Our goal is to make it to Queen stage within reach of the overall.”



The same applies to De Gendt, who said he was tired after the finish but would keep riding aggressively. “The legs are not so good but I will try to attack. I think tomorrow is the best for me just to stay in the peloton and then Old Willunga Hill is going to be so hard. But I am going to try and be in the front.”



Tomorrow’s stage covers 130 kilometres to Tanunda and may see overall contenders who are less confident in their climbing trying to steal some time before Willunga.





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Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Santos Tour Down Under Stage 2 Results: Unley - Victor Harbour (134.5km) Click on the arrows at the top of the column to sort the race results. Country Result Name Team Time GER 1 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) 03:21:55 BLR 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. NOR 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) s.t. AUS 4 Mark Renshaw (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 5 Robbie Mcewen (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 6 Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana Pro Team) s.t. AUS 7 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ITA 8 Daniele Bennati (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ITA 9 Manuel Belletti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. AUS 10 Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 11 Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. AUS 12 Michael Matthews (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 13 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. AUS 14 Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. GER 15 Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. AUS 16 Steele Von Hoff (Team Chipotle) s.t. ESP 17 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 18 Xavier Florencio (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 19 William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. AUS 20 Simon Gerrans (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 21 Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 22 Kristof Goddaert (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. GBR 23 Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) s.t. AUS 24 Michael Rogers (Sky Procycling) s.t. AUS 25 Thomas Palmer (Drapac Cycling Team) s.t. GER 26 Linus Gerdemann (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. AUS 27 Luke Roberts (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. BEL 28 Jan Bakelants (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NZL 29 Jack Bauer (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. NED 30 Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. NED 31 Martijn Maaskant (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. GER 32 Danilo Hondo (Lampre-ISD) s.t. NZL 33 Hayden Roulston (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ITA 34 Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. UZB 35 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. SLO 36 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. BEL 37 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. AUS 38 Bernard Sulzberger (Team Raleigh) s.t. CAN 39 Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. FRA 40 Biel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. RUS 41 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha Team) s.t. AUS 42 Adam Hansen (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ITA 43 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. NED 44 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. ITA 45 Davide Cimolai (Lampre-ISD) s.t. ITA 46 Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) s.t. GER 47 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 48 Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ESP 49 Oscar Gomez Freire (Katusha Team) s.t. AUS 50 Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) s.t. NED 51 Tom Leezer (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 52 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. ITA 53 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. ESP 54 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 55 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Movistar Team) s.t. FRA 56 Romain Sicard (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ITA 57 Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha Team) s.t. AUS 58 Matthew Goss (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 59 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. GBR 60 Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ESP 61 Angel Ruiz Madrazo (Movistar Team) s.t. POL 62 Jaroslaw Marycz (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. BEL 63 Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. FRA 64 Romain Lemarchand (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. RUS 65 Maxim Belkov (Katusha Team) s.t. NZL 66 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ITA 67 Massimo Graziato (Lampre-ISD) s.t. SUI 68 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) s.t. ITA 69 Luca Paolini (Katusha Team) s.t. AUS 70 Rohan Dennis (Team Jayco Skins) s.t. ESP 71 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. AUS 72 Adam Leigh Howard (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 73 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) s.t. DEN 74 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. FRA 75 Jérémy Roy (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ITA 76 Federico Canuti (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. POR 77 Tiago Machado (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FIN 78 Jussi Veikkanen (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ITA 79 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) s.t. AUS 80 Cameron Meyer (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. JPN 81 Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. FRA 82 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. POR 83 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. GER 84 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NZL 85 Jesse Sergent (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. GBR 86 Alex Dowsett (Sky Procycling) s.t. LAT 87 Gatis Smukulis (Katusha Team) s.t. SUI 88 Martin Elmiger (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. ESP 89 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. BEL 90 Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. AUS 91 Jay Mccarthy (Team Jayco Skins) s.t. RUS 92 Boris Shpilevsky (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. GBR 93 Adam Blythe (BMC Racing) s.t. ESP 94 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team) s.t. GER 95 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ESP 96 Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar Team) s.t. ITA 97 Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. ESP 98 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. DEN 99 Anders Lund (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. AUS 100 Matthew Lloyd (Lampre-ISD) s.t. KAZ 101 Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NED 102 Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. RSA 103 Robert Hunter (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ESP 104 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar Team) s.t. AUS 105 Nathan Haas (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ITA 106 Stefano Agostini (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. ITA 107 Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. SLO 108 Grega Bole (Lampre-ISD) s.t. ITA 109 Davide Vigano (Lampre-ISD) s.t. SUI 110 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) s.t. KAZ 111 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 112 Francesco Masciarelli (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 113 Daniele Ratto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. ESP 114 Adrian Saez De Arregi (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. SLO 115 Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) s.t. AUS 116 Lachlan Norris (Drapac Cycling Team) s.t. AUS 117 William Clarke (Champion System) s.t. FRA 118 Arnaud Courteille (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. USA 119 Danny Pate (Sky Procycling) s.t. AUS 120 Graeme Brown (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. GER 121 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing) s.t. ITA 122 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) 00:00:37 KAZ 123 Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. KAZ 124 Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team) 00:00:54 ESP 125 Victor Cabedo Carda (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:01:02 IRL 126 Matthew Brammeier (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 127 Olivier Kaisen (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:01:54 ESP 128 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. AUS 129 Stuart O' Grady (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:03:00 AUS 130 Luke Durbridge (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. NED 131 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. General classification after 3 stages: Country Result Name Team Time GER 1 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) 11:54:52 SUI 2 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) 00:00:08 AUS 3 Michael Matthews (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:00:12 BEL 4 Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:14 AUS 5 Simon Gerrans (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:00:16 BEL 6 Jan Bakelants (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. NOR 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) s.t. RUS 8 Eduard Vorganov (Katusha Team) s.t. AUS 9 Rohan Dennis (Team Jayco Skins) 00:00:17 ESP 10 Xavier Florencio (Katusha Team) 00:00:20 AUS 11 Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. AUS 12 Luke Roberts (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. AUS 13 Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) s.t. FRA 14 William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ITA 15 Daniele Bennati (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FRA 16 Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. UZB 17 Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. FRA 18 Biel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. AUS 19 Michael Rogers (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 20 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. GER 21 Danilo Hondo (Lampre-ISD) s.t. ITA 22 Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) s.t. SLO 23 Kristjan Koren (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. GER 24 Linus Gerdemann (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. FRA 25 Romain Lemarchand (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. ITA 26 Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha Team) s.t. AUS 27 Adam Hansen (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 28 Oscar Gomez Freire (Katusha Team) s.t. ESP 29 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) s.t. BEL 30 Serge Pauwels (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. ESP 31 Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. AUS 32 Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) s.t. CAN 33 Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. BEL 34 Julien Vermote (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. AUS 35 Bernard Sulzberger (Team Raleigh) s.t. FRA 36 Romain Sicard (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. GER 37 Gerald Ciolek (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. AUS 38 Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ESP 39 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Movistar Team) s.t. ESP 40 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. ESP 41 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) s.t. NZL 42 Jack Bauer (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ITA 43 Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. BEL 44 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) s.t. POR 45 Tiago Machado (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 46 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. ESP 47 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. FRA 48 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. FIN 49 Jussi Veikkanen (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. ITA 50 Federico Canuti (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. ESP 51 Angel Ruiz Madrazo (Movistar Team) s.t. AUS 52 Cameron Meyer (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. POR 53 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. SUI 54 Martin Elmiger (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. GER 55 Jens Voigt (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. AUS 56 Steele Von Hoff (Team Chipotle) s.t. AUS 57 Matthew Lloyd (Lampre-ISD) s.t. ESP 58 Javier Moreno Bazan (Movistar Team) s.t. AUS 59 Jay Mccarthy (Team Jayco Skins) s.t. ITA 60 Luca Paolini (Katusha Team) s.t. NED 61 Wilco Kelderman (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 62 Jérémy Roy (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. SLO 63 Grega Bole (Lampre-ISD) s.t. RSA 64 Robert Hunter (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ITA 65 Daniele Ratto (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:38 AUS 66 William Clarke (Champion System) 00:00:44 ITA 67 Francesco Masciarelli (Astana Pro Team) 00:00:46 LAT 68 Gatis Smukulis (Katusha Team) 00:00:53 RUS 69 Maxim Belkov (Katusha Team) s.t. NED 70 Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:00:57 SUI 71 Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) 00:01:10 BEL 72 Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:01:16 GER 73 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:01:24 IRL 74 Matthew Brammeier (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:01:27 ITA 75 Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:01:51 ITA 76 Davide Vigano (Lampre-ISD) 00:02:02 ITA 77 Marcello Pavarin (Vacansoleil-DCM) 00:03:12 ITA 78 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:03:13 ITA 79 Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana Pro Team) s.t. ITA 80 Stefano Agostini (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. DEN 81 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. AUS 82 Nathan Haas (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:03:14 ITA 83 Davide Cimolai (Lampre-ISD) 00:03:16 KAZ 84 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Pro Team) 00:03:47 ESP 85 Adrian Saez De Arregi (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:04:01 AUS 86 Mark Renshaw (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:05:46 NED 87 Tom Leezer (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. GBR 88 Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) 00:06:00 AUS 89 Matthew Goss (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 90 Massimo Graziato (Lampre-ISD) 00:06:31 GBR 91 Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:07:08 ESP 92 David Lopez Garcia (Movistar Team) 00:07:27 BEL 93 Olivier Kaisen (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:10:23 BLR 94 Yauheni Hutarovich (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:12:35 ITA 95 Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) 00:12:39 ITA 96 Manuel Belletti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:12:45 AUS 97 Thomas Palmer (Drapac Cycling Team) s.t. NZL 98 Hayden Roulston (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. BEL 99 Kristof Goddaert (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. AUS 100 Robbie Mcewen (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 101 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t. NZL 102 Jesse Sergent (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t. ESP 103 Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. ESP 104 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Movistar Team) s.t. AUS 105 Graeme Brown (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. POL 106 Jaroslaw Marycz (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. AUS 107 Adam Leigh Howard (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. GER 108 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing) s.t. DEN 109 Anders Lund (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. AUS 110 Lachlan Norris (Drapac Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 111 Arnaud Courteille (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t. JPN 112 Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo Bank) s.t. GBR 113 Adam Blythe (BMC Racing) s.t. SLO 114 Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) s.t. USA 115 Danny Pate (Sky Procycling) s.t. ITA 116 Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) s.t. ITA 117 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) 00:13:22 KAZ 118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NED 119 Martijn Maaskant (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:15:05 GBR 120 Alex Dowsett (Sky Procycling) 00:15:35 GER 121 Andreas Klier (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t. ESP 122 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) s.t. NED 123 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t. KAZ 124 Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) s.t. NZL 125 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. AUS 126 Stuart O' Grady (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:15:45 AUS 127 Luke Durbridge (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t. KAZ 128 Assan Bazayev (Astana Pro Team) 00:16:29 ESP 129 Victor Cabedo Carda (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:16:37 NED 130 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:20:53 RUS 131 Boris Shpilevsky (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 00:23:08

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