June 09, 2013 (Crans-Montano, Switzerland) – Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) almost escaped near the end of Stage 2 from Quinto to Crans-Montano, 170.7km, to finish 4th and now sits second overall at 3s behind race leader Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco took the stage win with Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team in second and Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ in third.

Results  (brief)

1. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco
2. Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team  0:11
3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
4. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp  
5. Johan Tschopp (Sui) IAM Cycling
6. Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp
7. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Saxo-Tinkoff
8. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
9. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar  0:19
10. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale

GC after Stage 2

1. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
2. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp  0:03
3. Mathias Frank (Sui) BMC Racing Team  0:05
4. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar  0:12
5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ  0:16
6. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Saxo-Tinkoff  0:28
7. Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale  0:34
8. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco
9. Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team  0:35
10. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale