Tour de l'Avenir: Riley Pickrell sprints to stage 2 victory in Chinon
Michał Pomorski takes the overall lead

Riley Pickrell (Canada) won the bunch sprint to take the stage 2 win at the Tour de l'Avenir. Fastest to the line in Chinon, Pickrell won the sprint ahead of Radoslaw Fratczak (Poland) and Rotem Tene (Israel).
Stage 1 winner and overnight leader Anders Foldager (Denmark) formed part of the day's breakaway that did not succeed in to Chinon. He finished more than seven minutes behind the peloton, and Michał Pomorski (Poland) took over the race lead.
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