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Thursday, May 1: Stage 2, Sion - Montreux, 166.5 km

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The Race: For the second day in a row, Michael Albasini has won a Tour de Romandie Stage. He has made it 14 wins this year for Orica-GreenEdge. In addition, Albasini's consistent riding has also given him enough bonus time to take the overall lead. Albasini is now five seconds ahead of yesterday's leader, Michal Kwiatkowski.

The day's break, pursued particularly by Omega Pharma (protecting Kwiatkowski's lead) and Orica-GreenEdge, was reeled in with just three kilometers to go. With super-speedster Marcel Kittel shelled on the earlier climbs, others with a good turn of speed had a chance.

Kwiatkowski went early, and did finish a commendable fifth, but Albasini won the day.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.585 km/hr

1	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	4hr 12min 22 sec
2	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
3	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
4	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team
5	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
6	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
7	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team
8	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
9	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
10	Christopher Froome	Team Sky
11	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
12	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
13	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano
14	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp
15	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
16	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
17	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar
18	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE
19	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp
20	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
21	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
22	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
23	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
24	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
25	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team
26	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling
27	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team
28	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
29	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
30	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale
31	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo
32	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team
33	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida
34	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
35	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
36	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
37	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale
38	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling
39	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team
40	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team
41	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team
42	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
43	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team
44	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale
45	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
46	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano
47	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale
48	Egor Silin	Katusha Team
49	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
50	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
51	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling
52	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
53	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team
54	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
55	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
56	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
57	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar
58	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
59	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr
60	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
61	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano
62	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
63	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
64	Winner Andrew Anacona	Lampre-Merida
65	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE	@ 8 seconds
66	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE
67	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
68	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale
69	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
70	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
71	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team
72	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
73	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
74	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
75	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team
76	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team
77	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr
78	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
79	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
80	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing
81	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
82	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr
83	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
84	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr
85	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team
86	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
87	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
88	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
89	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team
90	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
91	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
92	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:21
93	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
94	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr
95	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp
96	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky
97	Xabier Zandio Echaide	Team Sky
98	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
99	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar
100	Cayetano José Sarmiento	Cannondale
101	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale
102	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	Team Sky
103	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	0:00:42
104	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida
105	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
106	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	0:00:54
107	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	0:01:06
108	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
109	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
110	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr
111	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:30
112	Lieuwe Westra	Astana Pro Team	0:03:35
113	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
114	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	0:03:40
115	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	0:05:37
116	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
117	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team
118	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
119	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing
120	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
121	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
122	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	0:08:37
123	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky
124	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE
125	Brett Daniel Lancaster	Orica GreenEDGE
126	Nathan Earle	Team Sky
127	Richie Porte	Team Sky
128	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
129	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing
130	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
131	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar Team
132	Juan José Lobato	Movistar Team
133	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
134	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano
135	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida
136	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
137	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
138	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar
139	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar
140	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team	0:14:27
141	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
142	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol Team
143	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team
144	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
145	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team
146	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr
147	Lachlan David Morton	Garmin-Sharp	0:14:32

GC after Stage 2:

1	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	6hr 29min 50sec
2	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	@ 5 seconds
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:10
4	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	0:00:11
5	Matthias Brandle	IAM Cycling	0:00:12
6	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:13
7	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:14
8	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:00:18
9	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	0:00:19
10	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
11	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:00:21
12	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
13	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano
14	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
15	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	0:00:22
16	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:23
17	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team
18	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team	0:00:24
19	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
20	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:00:25
21	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr	0:00:26
22	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:00:27
23	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:00:28
24	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
25	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team
26	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team
27	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE
28	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:29
29	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
30	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:00:30
31	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
32	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:00:31
33	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale
34	Egor Silin	Katusha Team	0:00:34
35	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	0:00:35
36	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:36
37	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
38	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:37
39	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
40	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale	0:00:38
41	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar
42	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
43	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:00:40
44	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	0:00:41
45	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
46	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
47	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	0:00:42
48	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	0:00:43
49	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:45
50	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:00:48
51	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	0:00:49
52	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	0:00:50
53	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	0:00:56
54	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:58
55	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:02
56	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	0:01:03
57	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	0:01:15
58	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	0:01:16
59	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	0:01:17
60	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:18
61	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar	0:01:19
62	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:22
63	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:24
64	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
65	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE
66	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano	0:01:27
67	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
68	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:01:28
69	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team
70	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	0:01:30
71	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:31
72	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:32
73	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
74	Winner Andrew Anacona	Lampre-Merida	0:01:33
75	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	0:01:38
76	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	0:01:40
77	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team	0:01:41
78	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE	0:01:43
79	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team
80	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:01:45
81	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
82	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:46
83	David Lopez	Team Sky	0:01:52
84	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:01:59
85	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:02:02
86	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:02:10
87	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	0:02:12
88	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	0:03:17
89	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	0:03:26
90	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano	0:04:56
91	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	0:05:04
92	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:05:15
93	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team	0:07:10
94	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	0:07:16
95	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	0:07:18
96	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	0:07:47
97	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:08:10
98	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	0:08:19
99	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	0:08:20
100	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	0:08:24
101	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R La Mondiale	0:08:35
102	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	0:08:39
103	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar	0:08:40
104	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	0:08:52
105	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:08:53
106	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	0:08:54
107	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	0:08:55
108	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	0:09:29
109	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	0:09:34
110	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:09:44
111	Lieuwe Westra	Astana Pro Team	0:09:53
112	Richie Porte	Team Sky	0:10:02
113	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	0:10:10
114	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	0:10:40
115	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:10:43
116	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	0:10:49
117	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:10:51
118	Xabier Zandio Echaide	Team Sky	0:11:03
119	Cayetano José Sarmiento	Cannondale	0:11:33
120	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:11:54
121	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	0:11:57
122	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	0:12:11
123	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar Team	0:13:43
124	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar	0:14:02
125	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:16:06
126	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	0:16:37
127	Brett Daniel Lancaster	Orica GreenEDGE	0:16:39
128	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE	0:16:48
129	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	0:17:03
130	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano	0:17:05
131	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar
132	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	0:17:10
133	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	0:19:10
134	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	0:19:24
135	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	0:19:27
136	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:19:30
137	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	0:19:31
138	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	0:19:35
139	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	0:19:48
140	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:22:41
141	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE	0:25:02
142	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	0:25:08
143	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team	0:25:30
144	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr	0:25:30
145	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	0:25:47
146	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:25:51
147	Lachlan David Morton	Garmin-Sharp	0:25:59

Race day photos:

Chris Froome has just signed in.

Tejay Van Garderen waits for the race to start.

Thomas Voeckler

That makes two in a row for Michael Albasini

Jakob Fuglsang finishes the stage.

Tom Danielson

Michael Albasini gets the leader's jersey and the kisses.

Stage 2 profile and map:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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