Reinderink strengthens grip on KOM standings

Reinderink strengthens grip on KOM standings

Pepijn Reinderink was a man on a mission Thursday afternoon, when we attacked from the peloton as soon as the peloton rolled out of the neutral zone for the 155km stage two to Schifflange. Just like on the previous day, he zipped away and established a breakaway, this time together with Alexandre Kees (Luxembourg National Team), putting three minutes into the chasers.

The 22-year-old claimed maximum points on the two ranked climbs of the day – Côte de Zittig and Montée de Steinsel – thus extending his lead at the top of the classification. After cresting the last of hills, Reinderink returned to the peloton, which was once again aiming for a bunch sprint. Inside the final 15 kilometers, Soudal Quick-Steo’s neo-pro gave it another go, together with Victor Vercouillie (Flanders-Baloise) – one last roll of the dice which helped him stay up the road until the final four kilometers, when they were pegged back.

The stage eventually came down to a mass gallop, won by Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), while Pepijn made sure of remaining the custodian of the black jersey going into the third stage of the race, which will be packed with eight classified ascents.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
3:41:27
2 Mathieu van der Poel
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
3 Robin Froidevaux
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:00
4 Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
5 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
6 Mirco Maestri
Team Polti Kometa
0:00
7 Ivo Oliveira
UAE Team Emirates
0:00
8 Laurence Pithie
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
9 Lorenzo Milesi
Movistar Team
0:00
10 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
28 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
48 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
52 Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
84 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
1:06
97 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
3:48
1 Mathieu van der Poel
Alpecin - Deceuninck
7:27:39
2 Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:10
3 Andreas Kron
Lotto Dstny
0:12
4 Marc Hirschi
UAE Team Emirates
0:12
5 Carl Fredrik Hagen
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:13
6 Idar Andersen
Uno-X Mobility
0:15
7 Harry Sweeny
EF Education - EasyPost
0:15
8 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
0:16
9 Mirco Maestri
Team Polti Kometa
0:16
10 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri
Movistar Team
0:16
23 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:16
37 Fausto Masnada
Soudal Quick-Step
0:16
48 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:46
85 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
12:12
92 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
15:27
1 Mathieu van der Poel
Alpecin - Deceuninck
36 pt
2 Christophe Laporte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
27 pt
3 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
20 pt
4 Andreas Kron
Lotto Dstny
13 pt
5 Robin Froidevaux
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
13 pt
6 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
11 pt
7 Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
11 pt
8 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
9 pt
9 Finn Fisher-Black
UAE Team Emirates
9 pt
10 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
9 pt
1 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
24 pt
2 Mattia Bais
Team Polti Kometa
10 pt
3 Alexandre Kess
Luxembourg
9 pt
4 Vincent Van Hemelen
Team Flanders - Baloise
3 pt
5 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
2 pt
6 Davide Bais
Team Polti Kometa
1 pt
7 Jente Michels
Alpecin - Deceuninck
1 pt
8 Tosh Van der Sande
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1 pt
1 Idar Andersen
Uno-X Mobility
7:27:54
2 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
0:01
3 Jon Barrenetxea Golzarri
Movistar Team
0:01
4 Finn Fisher-Black
UAE Team Emirates
0:01
5 Javier Serrano Rodriguez
Team Polti Kometa
0:01
6 Davide Piganzoli
Team Polti Kometa
0:01
7 Elias Maris
Team Flanders - Baloise
0:01
8 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:01
9 Jordan Jegat
TotalEnergies
0:01
10 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:01
20 Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step
0:31
1 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 22:23:45
2 Team Polti Kometa 0:00
3 UAE Team Emirates 0:00
4 Movistar Team 0:00
5 Groupama - FDJ 0:00
6 EF Education - EasyPost 0:00
7 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 0:00
8 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 0:17
9 Soudal Quick-Step 0:37
10 Uno-X Mobility 0:49

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