Stefan Astafyev (Vino4Ever) wins stage 2
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Carlos Eduardo Alzate (UnitedHealthcare) in the yellow jersey
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Stefan Astafyev (Vino4Ever) moves into the race lead
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Stage winner Stefan Astafyev (Vino4Ever)
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The Drapac team post stage
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Drapac's Jason Lowdnes remonstrates with Marco Canola (UnitedHealthcare)
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The sprint for second place
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Francisco Mancebo loses a shoe in a crash
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Stefan Astafyev (Vino4Ever) checks his gap over the peloton
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Stefan Astafyev (Vino4Ever)
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The jersey holders prior to stage 2
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Alexander Wetterhall (Team Tre Berg-Bianchi) and Russell Downing (JLT Condor)
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The UnitedHealthcare team at sign on for stage 2
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Stefan Astafyev (Vino4Ever) with his haul from stage 2
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Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | 2:47:59 |
| 2 | Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:02:26 |
| 3 | Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 4 | Benjamin Prades (Esp) Team Ukyo | |
| 5 | Jan Marcus Faaglum Karlsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 6 | Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 7 | Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 8 | Russell Downing (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 9 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Team Illuminate | |
| 10 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | |
| 11 | Marco Zanotti (Ita) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 12 | Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 13 | Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 14 | Jori Van Steenbergen (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 15 | Burr Ho (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | |
| 16 | Jim Van Den Berg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 17 | Salvador Guardiola Tora (Esp) Team Ukyo | |
| 18 | Steven Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 19 | Robbie Hucker (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 20 | Alexander Ray (NZl) Team Illuminate | |
| 21 | Stephen Williams (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 22 | Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 23 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 24 | Amir Kolahdozhagh (Iri) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 25 | Mirsamad Pourseyedigolakhour (Iri) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 26 | Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 27 | Andreas Hofer (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 28 | Chien Hsien Yu (Tpe) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| 29 | Jochem Hoekstra (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 30 | Hossaini Reza (Iri) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 31 | Chris Hamilton (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 32 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 33 | Ben Alexander O'Connor (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 34 | Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 35 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | |
| 36 | Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| 37 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 38 | Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 39 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 40 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 41 | Kim Magnusson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 42 | Ka Hoo Fung (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | |
| 43 | Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team Illuminate | |
| 44 | Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Team Ukyo | |
| 45 | Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 46 | Conor Dunne (Irl) JLT Condor | |
| 47 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 48 | Peter Schulting (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 49 | Oleg Zemlyakov (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | |
| 50 | Khalil Khorshid (Iri) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| 51 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 52 | Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 53 | Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | |
| 54 | Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 55 | Francisco Mancebo Perez (Esp) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 56 | Florian Gaugl (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 57 | Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Iri) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 58 | Arvin Moazemi Goudarzi (Iri) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 59 | Eiichi Hirai (Jpn) Team Ukyo | |
| 60 | Thijs Van Beusichem (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 61 | Ahad Kazemi (Iri) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 62 | Rahim Emami (Iri) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 63 | Luke Grivell-Mellor (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 64 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | |
| 65 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 66 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Esp) Team Ukyo | |
| 67 | Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | |
| 68 | Saeid Safarzadeh (Iri) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 69 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:02:37 |
| 70 | Wenhui Bi (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | |
| 71 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:02:55 |
| 72 | Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:03:01 |
| 73 | Ka Yu Leung (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | 0:06:08 |
| 74 | Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | 0:06:10 |
| 75 | Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | 0:06:13 |
| 76 | Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 77 | Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | 0:06:14 |
| 78 | Siu Wai Ko (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | 0:06:15 |
| 79 | Jin Okubo (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | 0:06:21 |
| 80 | Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Illuminate | 0:09:02 |
| 81 | Shao Hsuan Lu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | |
| 82 | Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | |
| 83 | Wen Chung Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | |
| 84 | Griffin Easter (USA) Team Illuminate | |
| 85 | Mehdi Sohrabi (Iri) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 86 | Takaaki Hori (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | |
| 87 | Hamed Pasbankhajeh (Iri) Pishgaman Giant Team | 0:09:06 |
| 88 | Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:11:57 |
| 89 | Wen Yen Chuang (Tpe) RTS - Santic Racing Team | 0:14:38 |
| 90 | Yi Hao Tseng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | |
| 91 | Takayuki Abe (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | |
| 92 | Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | 0:15:58 |
| 93 | Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | |
| 94 | Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 95 | Hossein Alizadeh (Iri) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| OTL | Maximilian Gil Mitchelmore (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | |
| OTL | Murad Tarek Obaid (UAE) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF | Nicolas Marini (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| DNF | Fuwen Xue (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VINO 4-Ever SKO | 8:28:49 |
| 2 | Cibel - Cebon | 0:02:26 |
| 3 | JLT Condor | |
| 4 | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 5 | Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 6 | Team Ukyo | |
| 7 | Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 9 | Team Illuminate | |
| 10 | Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 11 | Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 12 | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 13 | Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 14 | RTS- Santic Racing Team | |
| 15 | Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 16 | The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | 0:06:08 |
| 17 | Utsunomiya Blitzen | 0:06:21 |
| 18 | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | 0:11:57 |
| 19 | Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | 0:13:00 |
| 20 | Chinese Taipei National Team | 0:19:22 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stepan Astafyev (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | 4:29:15 |
| 2 | Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:01:32 |
| 3 | William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:01:34 |
| 4 | Alexander Ray (NZl) Team Illuminate | 0:01:40 |
| 5 | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | 0:01:43 |
| 6 | Ben Alexander O'Connor (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | 0:01:45 |
| 7 | Dominik Hrinkow (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | 0:01:47 |
| 8 | Flavio De Luna (Mex) Team Illuminate | |
| 9 | Conor Dunne (Irl) JLT Condor | |
| 10 | Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 11 | Yuma Koishi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 12 | Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:02:33 |
| 13 | Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:02:38 |
| 14 | Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:02:40 |
| 15 | Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:02:41 |
| 16 | Francisco Mancebo Perez (Esp) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 17 | Russell Downing (GBr) JLT Condor | 0:02:42 |
| 18 | Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 19 | Benjamin Prades (Esp) Team Ukyo | |
| 20 | Marco Zanotti (Ita) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 21 | Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 22 | Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 23 | Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | |
| 24 | Jan Marcus Faaglum Karlsson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 25 | Robbie Hucker (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 26 | Andreas Hofer (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 27 | Steven Lampier (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 28 | Jori Van Steenbergen (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 29 | Burr Ho (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | |
| 30 | Salvador Guardiola Tora (Esp) Team Ukyo | |
| 31 | Stephen Williams (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 32 | Chris Hamilton (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 33 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Team Illuminate | |
| 34 | Nathan Earle (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 35 | Jochem Hoekstra (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 36 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 37 | Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 38 | Chien Hsien Yu (Tpe) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| 39 | Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini | |
| 40 | Kim Magnusson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 41 | Amir Kolahdozhagh (Irn) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 42 | Kota Sumiyoshi (Jpn) Team Ukyo | |
| 43 | Francisco Jarley Colorado Hernandez (Col) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| 44 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | |
| 45 | Hossaini Reza (Irn) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 46 | Mirsamad Pourseyedigolakhour (Irn) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 47 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 48 | Michiel Dieleman (Bel) Cibel-Cebon | |
| 49 | Lucas Eriksson (Swe) Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 50 | Jim Van Den Berg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 51 | Khalil Khorshid (Irn) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| 52 | Yuzuru Suzuki (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | |
| 53 | Josef Benetseder (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 54 | Ka Hoo Fung (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | |
| 55 | Oleg Zemlyakov (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | |
| 56 | Nariyuki Masuda (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | |
| 57 | Peter Schulting (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 58 | Luke Grivell-Mellor (GBr) JLT Condor | |
| 59 | Arvin Moazemi Goudarzi (Irn) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 60 | Sébastian Baldauf (Ger) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 61 | Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (Irn) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 62 | Thijs Van Beusichem (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | |
| 63 | Rahim Emami (Irn) Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 64 | Florian Gaugl (Aut) Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 65 | Eiichi Hirai (Jpn) Team Ukyo | |
| 66 | Ahad Kazemi (Irn) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 67 | Oscar Pujol Munoz (Esp) Team Ukyo | |
| 68 | Saeid Safarzadeh (Irn) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 69 | Wenhui Bi (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | 0:02:49 |
| 70 | Daniel Summerhill (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:02:53 |
| 71 | Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:03:17 |
| 72 | Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling | 0:03:51 |
| 73 | Ka Yu Leung (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | 0:06:24 |
| 74 | Shu Ming Liu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | 0:06:26 |
| 75 | Li Jun Bai (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | 0:06:29 |
| 76 | Meher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 77 | Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | 0:06:30 |
| 78 | Siu Wai Ko (Hkg) The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | 0:06:31 |
| 79 | Jin Okubo (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | 0:06:37 |
| 80 | Xiaolong Sun (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | 0:09:17 |
| 81 | Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Illuminate | 0:09:18 |
| 82 | Griffin Easter (USA) Team Illuminate | |
| 83 | Mehdi Sohrabi (Irn) Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 84 | Shao Hsuan Lu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | |
| 85 | Wen Chung Huang (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | |
| 86 | Hamed Pasbankhajeh (Irn) Pishgaman Giant Team | 0:09:22 |
| 87 | Takaaki Hori (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | 0:10:27 |
| 88 | Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini | 0:12:13 |
| 89 | Wen Yen Chuang (Tpe) RTS - Santic Racing Team | 0:14:54 |
| 90 | Yi Hao Tseng (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | |
| 91 | Takayuki Abe (Jpn) Utsunomia Blitzen | 0:15:10 |
| 92 | Po Hung Wu (Tpe) Chinese Taipei National Team | 0:16:14 |
| 93 | Wenlong Zhang (Chn) Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | |
| 94 | Hossein Alizadeh (Irn) RTS - Santic Racing Team | |
| 95 | Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stepan Astafyev (KAz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | 16 | pts |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stepan Astafyev (KAz) Vino 4-Ever Sko | 25 | pts |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VINO 4-Ever SKO | 13:33:25 |
| 2 | Team Illuminate | 0:00:33 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:28 |
| 4 | Drapac Professional Cycling | |
| 5 | Cibel - Cebon | 0:01:31 |
| 6 | JLT Condor | |
| 7 | Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |
| 8 | Team Tre Berg-Bianchi | |
| 9 | Hrinkow Advarica Cycleangteam | |
| 10 | Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | 0:02:26 |
| 11 | Team Ukyo | |
| 12 | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team | |
| 13 | Pishgaman Giant Team | |
| 14 | RTS- Santic Racing Team | |
| 15 | Tabriz Shahrdari Team | |
| 16 | The Cycling Team of Hong Kong, China | 0:06:08 |
| 17 | Utsunomiya Blitzen | 0:06:21 |
| 18 | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | 0:11:02 |
| 19 | Giant-Champion System Pro Cycling | 0:13:00 |
| 20 | Chinese Taipei National Team | 0:19:22 |
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