Tour De France Stage 2

1.Bakelants
2.Sagan
3.Kwiatkowski
4.Cimolai
5.EBH
6.Impey
7.Gavazzi
8.Simon

I think

2, 4 and 7 I think. Sagan, Cimolai and Gavazzi. Not sure where Degenkolb came but doubt if he was up there, but neither was Bouhanni. Few IM and table points for Kittel, Kristoff and Sagan as well. Not too bad really for a difficult stage to predict.

2,4 & 18 for me but no one in the top 10 GC plus Kittels points

2,4,5,19 for me. Not stellar, but a damned sight better than yesterday.

MURAVYEV Dmitriy is last man home

I'm inclined to bring in riders with that in mind as well. Not sure whether to bring in Porte or EBH as I don't have a Sky rider yet. Final climb might be a bit tough for EBH, who I had along with the other 3 in my roaduk team (do you have one as well?), but he is high in GC now and could get the yellow jersey if he goes well tomorrow and Sky win the TTT. Millar is now on everyone's radar as well I should think as Garmin must be in with a chance of winning the TTT as well to put him in the yellow.

The last climb tomorrow is going to be very good to watch. 3k at 8%, that's really going to shake things up.

2,7 plus kittels points and any other sprint points if cav managed to pick any up in the I.S ?
Otherwise it's penalty changes for me tonight and tomorrow

The winner is some Radioshack rider...

Rubbish! Why did Simon sprint, not Hivert

Sagan, Hivert, Dumoulin 1-2-3 is my prediction with Nava in 4th if he still there

Excellent, at least the guys I dropped (Cav and Greipel) got dropped, now just need to hope Degenkolb does something.

Kristoff in with the stragglers. Get a few points for him though.

Greipel and Kristoff are defo in the Kittel group

Kittel 6 minutes down, Cab another four minutes back, neither will contest the finish. No idea where Greipel or Degenkolb are, hoping Greipel got dropped and Degenkolb is up front.

Not sure where Degenkolb is but I think he should be in the peloton. Kristoff I think is there too with Sagan.

This is not looking so good for my team. At least Hivert is still in the peleton

Im sure I saw Fuglsang back with Kittel, but I could be mistaken

I hope dropping Bouhanni isn't going to cost me; he seems confident.

Still, at least I've got him in my Cycling News team.

I was torn between boom And Gerrans...wenT For bust. 8(

18 points there. Good start for the day.

Agree about Impey, got him in my Cycling News team (but not roadcc) along with Degenkolb (who is in my roadcc team), who is my bet for today if Sagan is a little affected by his crash.

Amador
Kadri
Dupont
Moser (for Cav)
B Van Poppel
Kwiatowski
Chavanel (for Bouhanni)
El Fares
Le Mevel

Hoping that Sagan gives it a miss for a few days and chances his arm on the mainland.

So keeping Greipel was worth it at least, same with Kittel, albeit only 2 points.

Hivert for the win

1. Boom (BEL) 20pts

2. Veilleux (EUC) 17pts

3. Kadri (ALM) 15pts

4. Perez Moreno (EUS) 13pts

5. Greipel (LTB) 11pts - at 2'40"

6. Sagan (CAN) 10pts

7. Van Poppel (VCD) 9pts

8. Cavendish (OPQ) 8pts

9. Goss (OGE) 7pts

10. Kristoff (KAT) 6pts

11. Steegmans (OPQ) 5pts

12. Veelers (ARG) 4pts

13. Bouhanni (FDJ) 3pts

14. Kittel (ARG) 2pts

15. Chavanel (OPQ) 1pt

Tomorrow is a tougher end to the stage than today (so didn't go Gerrans or Albasini as I think they will work for Impey today), so think it could come back together to a degree. Ive got a feeling Greipel may win todays stage

The riders in the escape are:

- Ruben Perez (ESP) EUS

- David Veilleux (CAN) EUC

- Lars Boom (NED) BEL

- Blel Kadri (FRA) ALM

1'24" after 16km

Julien Simon (FRA) SOJ is on his own between the leading four and the peloton.