March 28, 2012 (Belgium) – Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10 was just out of the top 10 placing 11th on Stage 2 from Zottegem to Koksijde, 216.1km, won by Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1t4i over Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team in second with Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team in third.

Results

1. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1t4i 4:51:16
2. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
3. Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
4. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
6. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
8. Andre Schulze (Ger) Team NetApp
9. Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar
10. Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
11. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
12. Filippo Fortin (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
13. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
14. Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
15. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
16. Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
17. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
18. Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
19. Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar
20. Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
21. Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
22. Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo
23. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
24. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
25. Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
26. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
27. Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
28. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
29. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
30. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team
31. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
32. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
33. Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
34. Victor Manakov (Rus) RusVelo
35. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team
36. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) GreenEdge Cycling Team
37. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
38. Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
39. Clinton Avery (Nzl) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
40. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
41. Bert De Backer (Bel) Project 1t4i
42. Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre – ISD
43. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
44. Andrew Fenn (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
45. Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
46. James Van Landschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
47. Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
48. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
49. Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp
50. Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
51. Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
52. Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
53. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
54. Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD
55. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
56. Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i
57. Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
58. Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
59. Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
60. Gregory Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol Team
61. Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
62. Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
63. Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
64. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
65. Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
66. Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
67. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
68. Jesse Sergent (Nzl) RadioShack-Nissan
69. Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo
70. David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
71. Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
72. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – ISD
73. Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
74. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
75. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
76. Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Project 1t4i
77. Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
78. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
79. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
80. Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp
81. Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
82. Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
83. Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
84. Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team
85. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
86. Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
87. Kurt Hovelienck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
88. Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
89. Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Project 1t4i
90. Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team NetApp
91. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
92. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
93. Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat
94. Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
95. Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
96. Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team
97. Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
98. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Project 1t4i
99. Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp
100. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
101. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
102. Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
103. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
104. Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team
105. Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Project 1t4i
106. Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
107. Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
108. Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Katusha Team
109. Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
110. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
111. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
112. William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
113. Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo
114. Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
115. Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo
116. Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
117. Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
118. Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
119. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar
120. Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
121. Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
122. Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
123. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
124. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp
125. Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
126. Sergueï Klimov (Rus) RusVelo
127. Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
128. Kevin Lacombe (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
129. Travis Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
130. Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
131. Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
132. Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
133. Nikita Eskov (Rus) RusVelo
134. Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
135. Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
136. Kevin Claeys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
137. Reiner Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
138. Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
139. Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar
140. David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
141. Markel Irizar Arranburu (Esp) RadioShack-Nissan
142. Yohann Gené (Fra) Team Europcar 00:55
143. Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
144. Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
145. Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
146. Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
147. Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
148. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
149. Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
150. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
151. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
152. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
153. Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
154. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
155. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp
156. Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
157. Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator

GC after Stage 2 (brief)

1. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 9:24:51
2. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 00:02
4. Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 00:04
5. Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 00:06
6. Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
7. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
8. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
9. Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
10. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat