Benelux Tour: Stefan Bissegger wins stage 2 time trial

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Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo) on his way to winning the stage 2 time trial at Benelux Tour(Image credit: Getty Images)

Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo) won the 11.1km stage 2 time trial at the Benelux Tour around Lelystad in the Netherlands, his dominant ride enough to also give him the overall lead in the week-long WorldTour race.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo	0:12:08
2	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma	0:00:15
3	Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:20
4	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:21
5	Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:00:22
6	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:00:23
7	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM	0:00:24
8	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:00:26
9	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:29
10	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates	0:00:31
11	Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:00:32
12	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo	0:00:35
13	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:36
14	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
15	Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:38
16	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange	0:00:39
17	Rune Herregodts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
18	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
19	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:40
20	Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech	0:00:44
21	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
22	Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:45
23	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:46
24	Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
25	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates
26	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
27	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM	0:00:49
28	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:50
29	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
30	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:51
31	Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
32	Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
33	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
34	Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo	0:00:52
35	Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
36	Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
37	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
38	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM
39	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:53
40	Finn Fisher Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates	0:00:55
41	Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:00:56
42	Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
43	Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:57
44	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
45	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
46	Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:58
47	Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange
48	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:59
49	Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
50	Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo	0:01:00
51	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation
52	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM
53	Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
54	Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
55	Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo	0:01:01
56	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:02
57	Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech
58	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:01:06
59	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos
60	Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis	0:01:07
61	Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
62	Andreas Stokbro (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:01:08
63	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
64	Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:09
65	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates
66	Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
67	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
68	Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team	0:01:10
69	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team
70	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:12
71	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:01:13
72	Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:14
73	Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation
74	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
75	Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
76	Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
77	Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo
78	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:15
79	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos
80	Mitch Docker (Aus) EF Education-Nippo	0:01:16
81	Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis
82	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
83	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:01:17
84	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
85	Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team	0:01:18
86	Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos
87	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:19
88	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
89	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation	0:01:20
90	Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos
91	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
92	Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM	0:01:21
93	Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation	0:01:22
94	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
95	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
96	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
97	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
98	Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:23
99	Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:24
100	Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:25
101	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:01:27
102	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:01:28
103	Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
104	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
105	Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange	0:01:31
106	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis
107	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
108	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team
109	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo	0:01:33
110	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:01:34
111	Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:01:35
112	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:36
113	Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange
114	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation	0:01:37
115	Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:38
116	Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
117	Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:01:40
118	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation	0:01:41
119	Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
120	Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:42
121	Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:01:43
122	Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
123	Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team	0:01:46
124	Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:01:47
125	Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team
126	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:01:48
127	Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
128	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis	0:01:49
129	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:01:52
130	Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
131	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
132	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:53
133	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
134	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
135	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:01:55
136	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:56
137	Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation
138	Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech	0:01:58
139	Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	0:01:59
140	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
141	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:01
142	Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis	0:02:04
143	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:02:10
144	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:02:12
145	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:02:13
146	Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:16
147	Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal	0:02:19
148	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis	0:02:34

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General classification after stage 2
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-Nippo	3:44:29
2	Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:19
3	Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
4	Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:00:21
5	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:00:26
6	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:28
7	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:36
8	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Team BikeExchange	0:00:38
9	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:00:42
10	Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team DSM	0:00:45
11	Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
12	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:47
13	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:49
14	Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:50
15	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:51
16	Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM
17	Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:00:52
18	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
19	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM	0:01:00
20	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:01:05
21	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:09
22	Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo
23	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma	0:01:12
24	Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo	0:01:14
25	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:01:15
26	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:01:16
27	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:18
28	Alvaro Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:20
29	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
30	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM	0:01:21
31	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team	0:01:22
32	Stijn Steels (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:23
33	Jos van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:01:28
34	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education-Nippo	0:01:31
35	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:35
36	Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious
37	Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:36
38	Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:01:39
39	Senne Leysen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:01:41
40	Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:42
41	Casper Pedersen (Den) Team DSM
42	Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix	0:01:46
43	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:48
44	Timo Roosen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
45	Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
46	Luis Mas Bonet (Spa) Movistar Team
47	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:01:49
48	Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:01:52
49	Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:53
50	Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:54
51	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
52	Barnabás Peák (Hun) Team BikeExchange	0:01:55
53	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
54	Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Israel Start-up Nation	0:01:56
55	Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
56	Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	0:02:03
57	Andreas Stokbro (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:02:04
58	Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team	0:02:06
59	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
60	Mathias Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team	0:02:07
61	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:02:09
62	Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:10
63	Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:02:11
64	Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:02:13
65	Mitch Docker (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
66	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:14
67	Michael Schär (Swi) AG2R Citroën Team
68	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:16
69	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
70	Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM	0:02:17
71	Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:18
72	Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal	0:02:19
73	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar Team
74	Dries De Bondt (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
75	Ben Swift (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers	0:02:21
76	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:23
77	Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:24
78	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team	0:02:25
79	Michal Golas (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers
80	Alexander Konychev (Ita) Team BikeExchange	0:02:27
81	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:02:28
82	Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:30
83	Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:31
84	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation	0:02:34
85	Leonardo Basso (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
86	Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:35
87	Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:37
88	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
89	Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:43
90	Thimo Willems (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:02:44
91	Sean De Bie (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
92	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis	0:02:45
93	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	0:02:48
94	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ	0:02:49
95	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:02:50
96	Ryan Mullen (Irl) Trek-Segafredo	0:02:52
97	Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	0:02:56
98	Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:02:58
99	Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis	0:03:07
100	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	0:03:08
101	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech	0:03:13
102	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis	0:03:22
103	Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis	0:03:25
104	Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:03:32
105	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:03:34
106	Daniel Arroyave Cañas (Col) EF Education-Nippo	0:03:40
107	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:03:46
108	Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:04:02
109	Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:04:03
110	Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:20
111	Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates	0:06:17
112	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech	0:06:22
113	Rune Herregodts (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:06:26
114	Hugo Houle (Can) Astana-Premier Tech	0:06:31
115	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:06:33
116	Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-Nippo	0:06:38
117	Finn Fisher Black (NZl) UAE Team Emirates	0:06:41
118	Charlie Quarterman (GBr) Trek-Segafredo	0:06:46
119	Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates	0:06:47
120	Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange
121	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:06:48
122	Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana-Premier Tech	0:06:49
123	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:06:59
124	Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ	0:07:00
125	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:07:01
126	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
127	Fabian Lienhard (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:07:05
128	Michael Gogl (Aut) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:07:06
129	Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa) Movistar Team	0:07:18
130	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo	0:07:19
131	Sam Bewley (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:07:23
132	Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:07:30
133	Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team	0:07:33
134	Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team	0:07:34
135	Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix	0:07:38
136	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:07:40
137	Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-up Nation	0:07:42
138	Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech	0:07:45
139	Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis	0:07:51
140	Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:07:57
141	Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:08:03
142	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis	0:08:21
143	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:14:25
144	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team DSM	0:14:42
145	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:14:55
146	Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos	0:15:08
147	Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0:15:32
148	Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:15:41
149	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal	0:15:49

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