Tour de Yorkshire: Danny van Poppel sprints to stage two win
By Matt Westby
Last Updated: 30/04/16 6:39pm
Team Sky’s Danny van Poppel won stage two of the Tour de Yorkshire in a photo finish as Dylan van Groenewegen retained the overall lead.
Van Poppel beat fellow Dutchman Van Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) into second place by less than the width of a tyre in Doncaster to claim his first victory since joining Team Sky over the winter.
Ten, six and four bonus seconds were awarded to the first three finishers, which elevates Van Poppel to second in the general classification, six seconds down on Van Groenewegen.
Nikias Arndt (Giant-Alpecin) is two seconds further back in third after finishing third on the stage.
Van Poppel said: "The team did a great job. We were really motivated in the last 2km. It was really hectic and then in the last few hundred metres Dylan came really close, but I won it.
"I had a knee injury for a long time. I really needed this victory because it was hard times, but I think I'm back. It's my first victory for the team."
Chris Opie (ONE Pro Cycling) was Britain's highest finisher on the day in fourth.
The three-day race concludes on Sunday with a hilly, 198km third stage from Middlesbrough to Scarborough.
Stage two result
1 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky, 3:04:20
2 Dylan van Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo, same time
3 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Giant-Alpecin, st
4 Chris Opie (GB) ONE Pro Cycling, st
5 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, st
General classification
1 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky, 8:13:15
2 Dylan van Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo, +6sec
3 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Giant-Alpecin, +8
4 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge, +10
5 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, +1
