Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) won the second stage of the Tour de Suisse on Sunday as Stefan Kung extended his overall lead.
Sagan edged a sprint finish at the end of the 155km street circuit stage around Frauenfeld, with Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) second and Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin) third.
Kung had started the day in the leader’s jersey after BMC won Saturday’s opening stage team time-trial but he extended his advantage by taking bonus seconds in an intermediate sprint during the stage.
He now leads BMC team-mates Greg Van Avermaet and Richie Porte by three seconds.
The victory was Sagan’s fifth this year but first since he triumphed at the Paris-Roubaix in April. It was also his 16th stage win at the Tour de Suisse.
Monday’s third stage is a hilly 182km from Oberstammheim to Gansingen.
Tour de Suisse 2018 – stage 2 results (Frauenfeld – Frauenfeld):
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) | 3:50:09 |
| 2 | Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 3 | Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
| 4 | Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 5 | Mark Padun (Bahrain-Merida) | ,, |
| 6 | Enrico Gasparotto (Bahrain-Merida) | ,, |
| 7 | Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL-Jumbo) | ,, |
| 8 | Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) | ,, |
| 9 | Arthur Vichot (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 10 | Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) | ,, |
General classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Stefan Küng (BMC) | 4:10:24 |
| 2 | Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) | +03” |
| 3 | Richie Porte (BMC) | ,, |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen (BMC) | ,, |
| 5 | Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) | +20” |
| 6 | Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) | +23” |
| 7 | Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 8 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 9 | Simon Gerrans (BMC) | +28” |
| 10 | Gregor Mühlberger (Bora-hansgrohe) | +30” |
