Pete Kennaugh retains Criterium du Dauphine lead as Nacer Bouhanni wins
Manxman's overall advantage cut to two seconds on stage two
Monday 8 June 2015 15:20, UK
Team Sky’s Peter Kennaugh retained his overall lead of the Criterium du Dauphine as Nacer Bouhanni sprinted to victory on stage two.
Bouhanni (Cofidis) produced a searing burst of speed to beat Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r-La Mondiale) into second place and Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) into third in Parc des Oiseaux Villars-les-Dombes.
Kennaugh finished safely in the peloton but saw his advantage at the top of the general cut from six seconds to two after second-placed Modolo collected four bonus seconds for his podium finish on the day.
Bouhanni is also two seconds back in third after collecting 10 seconds for the win.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) finished safely in the peloton in 47th place to remain 12 seconds off the yellow jersey. His main rival for overall victory, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), is on the same time after crossing the line in 43rd.
The race continues on Tuesday with a 24.5km team time trial from Roanne to Montagny.
Stage two result
1 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, 4:23:46
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, same time
3 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka, st
5 Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha, st
6 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling, st
7 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge, st
8 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltn) Cannondale-Garmin, st
9 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Europcar, st
10 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Giant-Alpecin, st
General classification
1 Peter Kennaugh (GB) Team Sky, 7:30:27
2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida, +2secs
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, same time
4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +6time
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka, +8
6 Tiesj Benoot )Bel) Lotto Soudal, +12
7 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Europcar, st
8 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo, st st
9 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltn) Cannondale-Garmin, st
10 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step, st
