No luck for Cavendish
Stage 2 of the Circuit de la Sarthe started from La Lude and after 113.1 kilometers took the peloton on an undulating 8.8km local lap which they had to cover seven times. Six riders booked a place in the breakaway and enjoyed a maximum gap of six minutes, managing to stay away until the last 15 kilometers,
Coming onto the finishing straight in Le Lude, Mark Cavendish was perfectly positioned in the wheel of lead-out man Bert Van Lerberghe, but just as he was preparing to come around and launch his sprint, the Tour de France green jersey winner got boxed in and ended a frustrating tenth as Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) took the victory ahead of the race’s overall leader.
Circuit de la Sarthe continues with Thursday’s stage 3, which will start and finish in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, where the sprinters should be again in the spotlight.
Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images
Race details
| 1 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
4:01:50 |
| 2 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
| 3 |
Lorrenzo Manzin TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
| 4 |
Bram Welten Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
| 5 |
Marc Sarreau AG2R Citroën Team |
0:00 |
| 6 |
Pierre Barbier |
0:00 |
| 7 |
Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers |
0:00 |
| 8 |
Jason Tesson St Michel - Auber93 |
0:00 |
| 9 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
| 10 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
| 38 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:00 |
| 77 |
Yves Lampaert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
0:38 |
| 83 |
Tim Declercq
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:37 |
| 1 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
8:33:35 |
| 2 |
Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team |
0:13 |
| 3 |
Axel Zingle Cofidis |
0:13 |
| 4 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
0:18 |
| 5 |
Alexis Gougeard |
0:18 |
| 6 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:19 |
| 7 |
Thibaut Pinot Groupama - FDJ |
0:19 |
| 8 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
0:20 |
| 9 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:30 |
| 10 |
Julien Simon TotalEnergies |
0:40 |
| 19 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:08 |
| 56 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:28 |
| 73 |
Tim Declercq
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
2:45 |
| 77 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
5:53 |
| 81 |
Yves Lampaert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
6:31 |
| 1 |
Mads Pedersen Trek - Segafredo |
50 pt |
| 2 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
26 pt |
| 3 |
Benoît Cosnefroy AG2R Citroën Team |
23 pt |
| 4 |
Alexis Gougeard |
19 pt |
| 5 |
Axel Zingle Cofidis |
19 pt |
| 6 |
Lorrenzo Manzin TotalEnergies |
16 pt |
| 7 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
14 pt |
| 8 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
14 pt |
| 9 |
Bram Welten Groupama - FDJ |
14 pt |
| 10 |
Marc Sarreau AG2R Citroën Team |
12 pt |
| 20 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7 pt |
| 22 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
6 pt |
| 1 |
Maël Guégan Team U Nantes Atlantique |
44 pt |
| 2 |
Alexis Gougeard |
24 pt |
| 3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
16 pt |
| 4 |
Alexander Kamp Trek - Segafredo |
14 pt |
| 5 |
Mattia Bais Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli |
6 pt |
| 6 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
3 pt |
| 7 |
Pierre Rolland |
3 pt |
| 8 |
Marco Tizza Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB |
3 pt |
| 9 |
Cameron Wurf INEOS Grenadiers |
3 pt |
| 10 |
Axel Zingle Cofidis |
2 pt |
| 1 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
8:33:53 |
| 2 |
Kévin Vauquelin Team Arkéa Samsic |
0:01 |
| 3 |
Sean Quinn EF Education-EasyPost |
0:02 |
| 4 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:12 |
| 5 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
0:50 |
| 6 |
Milan Fretin Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
0:50 |
| 7 |
Valentin Tabellion Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
0:50 |
| 8 |
Antoine Raugel AG2R Citroën Team |
0:50 |
| 9 |
Ward Vanhoof Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
0:50 |
| 10 |
Fabio Van Den Bossche Alpecin-Fenix |
0:50 |
| 16 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
1:10 |
| 1 | Cofidis | 25:42:52 |
| 2 | Team Arkéa Samsic | 0:00 |
| 3 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:02 |
| 4 | AG2R Citroën Team | 0:28 |
| 5 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:33 |
| 6 | Array | 0:35 |
| 7 | Trek - Segafredo | 0:44 |
| 8 | Groupama - FDJ | 0:44 |
| 9 | Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole | 0:49 |
| 10 | Alpecin-Fenix | 0:49 |
