Paris-Nice stage 2 wrap-up: Happy days continue for Boonen

And it's Tom Boonen

And it's Tom Boonen (Image credit: Luc Claessen)

World Champion Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) pulled off his second victory in two days, winning the lumpy and cold 200 km stage between Cerilly and Belleville ahead of Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros-Wurth) and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital). Despite the strength of the Quick.Step train, it was looking like an unlikely win at one point when early attacker Nicolas Crosbie (Agritubel) had over 27 minutes with 120 km to go. He still had 18 minutes of that intact with 45 km left, but the cold and the climbs got to him and he was caught by a counter attacking Andriy Grivko (Milram) and Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R) with 13 km to go.

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