March 10, 2009 (La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, France) – Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam took the Stage 2 win yesterday in a bunch sprint over Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-NGC, who finished second and third, respectively. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana continues to hold the overall lead. Canada’s Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad finished 76th on the stage and is ranked 82nd overall.

Results

1. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 4:45:01
2. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad
3. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-NGC
4. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
5. Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
6. Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
7. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis
9. Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
10. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
11. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto
12. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
13. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
14. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
15. Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step
16. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
17. Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
18. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha
19. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano
20. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
21. Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
22. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank
23. Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
24. Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad
25. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad
26. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-NGC
27. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
28. Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha
29. Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
30. David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream
31. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad
32. Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano
33. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
34. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas
35. Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
36. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
37. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step
38. Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
39. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis
40. Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
41. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux
42. Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam
43. Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
44. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
45. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
46. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
47. Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
48. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
49. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto
50. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia-Highroad
51. Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha
52. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano
53. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
54. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam
55. Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
56. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
57. Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux
58. Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59. Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
60. Walle Jurgen Van De (Bel) Quick Step
61. Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto
62. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
63. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram
64. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
65. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
66. Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano
67. Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram
68. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto
69. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
70. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto
71. Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
72. Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
73. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
74. Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
75. Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
76. Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad
77. Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis
78. Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
79. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana
80. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha
81. Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
82. Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
83. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
84. Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha
85. Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
86. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
87. Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas
88. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC
89. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas
90. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-NGC
91. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-NGC
92. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis
93. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank
94. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
95. Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step
96. Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana
97. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
98. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
99. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel
100. Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
101. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-Highroad
102. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
103. Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d’Epargne
104. Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
105. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-NGC
106. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-NGC
107. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
108. Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
109. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank
110. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank
111. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto
112. David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
113. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
114. Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
115. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
116. Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
117. Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
118. Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119. Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel
120. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
121. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2:13
122. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
123. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2:13
124. Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana
125. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2:13
126. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
127. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream
128. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
129. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre-NGC 2:13
130. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
131. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
132. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas
133. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
134. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
135. Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:13
136. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
137. David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2:13
138. Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
139. Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
140. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
141. Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
142. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
143. Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
144. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
145. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
146. Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne
147. Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne
148. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
149. Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis
150. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
151. Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom
152. Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
153. Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
154. Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 9:57
155. Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana
156. Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream
157. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Slipstream
158. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis

GC after Stage 2

1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 4:56:06
2. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream 0:07
3. Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:09
4. Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 0:11
5. David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream 0:14
6. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0:18
7. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 0:19
8. Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha
9. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0:20
10. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:21
11. Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 0:25
12. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano
13. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 0:27
14. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-Highroad 0:29
15. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0:30
16. Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astana 0:31
17. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas
18. Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
19. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
20. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
21. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia-Highroad 0:32
22. Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
23. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:33
24. Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34
26. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
27. Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram
28. Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam 0:35
29. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-Highroad
30. Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:36
31. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
32. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0:37
33. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
34. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0:38
35. Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis
36. Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:39
37. Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
38. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana
39. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
40. Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:40
41. Kevin de Weert (Bel) Quick Step
42. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:41
43. Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank
44. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
45. Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis
46. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-NGC 0:42
47. Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
48. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49. Andreï Amador (CRc) Caisse d’Epargne
50. Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
51. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad
52. Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 0:44
53. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
54. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
55. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 0:45
56. Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
57. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank
58. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:46
59. Yann Huguet (Fra) Agritubel
60. Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:47
61. Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram
62. Benjamin Noval (Spa) Astana
63. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
64. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 0:48
65. Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
66. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-NGC
67. Juan José Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0:49
69. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
70. Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux
71. Kort Koen De (Ned) Skil-Shimano
72. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0:50
73. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto
74. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank
75. Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0:51
76. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano
77. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto
78. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank
79. Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
80. Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
81. Alan Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:52
82. Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad
83. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad
84. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
85. Cyril Gautier (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0:53
86. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
87. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha
88. Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0:54
89. Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha
90. Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91. Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
92. Chris Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:56
93. Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux
94. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
95. Francisco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 0:57
96. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
97. Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis
98. Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom
99. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank 0:58
100. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
101. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:59
102. Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1:00
103. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
104. Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha
105. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 1:02
106. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha
107. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
108. Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
109. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-NGC
110. Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 1:03
111. David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
112. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
113. Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:04
114. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:05
115. Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1:06
116. Walle Jurgen Van De (Bel) Quick Step
117. Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
118. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
119. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1:07
120. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel
121. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 1:08
122. Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 1:09
123. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam
124. Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
125. Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 1:14
126. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
127. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1:15
128. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
129. Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne
130. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis 1:16
131. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-NGC 1:18
132. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
133. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-NGC
134. Daniel Fleeman (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
135. Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC 1:19
136. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1:20
137. Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:21
138. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis
139. Theo Eltink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1:22
140. Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1:28
141. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1:39
142. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-NGC 1:42
143. Mickael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1:55
144. Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2:46
145. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 2:53
146. Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:58
147. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2:59
148. Michael Schär (Swi) Astana
149. David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 3:04
150. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 3:08
151. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 3:10
152. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3:23
153. Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Lampre-NGC 3:25
154. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Slipstream 10:46
155. Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 10:47
156. Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 10:50
157. Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 10:56
158. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 11:07