AlUla Tour: Jonathan Milan doubles up with highly effective stage 2 victory after day of splits and sandstorms

Race chief Jonathan Milan stormed to a second successive victory on stage 2 of the AlUla Tour after a textbook lead-out from his Lidl-Trek teammates, who positioned the Italian quick man in excellent place by way of the ultimate few corners.

Simone Consonni hit the wind with the inexperienced jersey ready in his wheel, and as soon as he got here to the entrance, as soon as once more, nobody may stay along with his violent acceleration and prime pace. With back-to-back victories, he extends his total lead within the race thanks to a different 10 bonus seconds gained on the road.

Daniel Skerl (Bahrain Victorious) free-styled to second place after his dash chief Phil Bauhaus had a puncture within the ultimate 6km, whereas Pascal Ackermann took his first podium for brand new group Jayco AlUla in third.

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After the chaos of the opening stage, the wind did threaten to disrupt stage 2 for a 30km interval, however because the race headed for its ultimate three laps to the end at AlManshiyah Prepare Station, the splits got here again collectively for a extra simple dash finale.

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