Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) beat Christopher Lawless (Team INEOS) and Moreno Hofland (EF Education First) to claim the second stage of Route d’Occitanie.
Stage one victor Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) maintains his four second advantage over Edward Dunbar (Team INEOS) heading into Saturday’s toughest stage of the race.
Route d’Occitanie 2019 – stage 2 results (Labruguière – Martres-Tolosane):
| 1 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama – FDJ) | 4:50:13 |
| 2 | Christopher Lawless (Team INEOS) | ,, |
| 3 | Moreno Hofland (EF Education First) | ,, |
| 4 | Sacha Modolo (EF Education First) | ,, |
| 5 | David Gonzalez Lopez (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) | ,, |
| 6 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Delko Marseille Provence) | ,, |
| 7 | José Rojas (Movistar) | ,, |
| 8 | Julien Duval (AG2R la Mondiale) | ,, |
| 9 | Michael Bresciani (Bardiani-CSF) | ,, |
| 10 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Vital Concept – B&B Hotels) | ,, |
Route d’Occitanie 2019 – general classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | 9:34:04 |
| 2 | Edward Dunbar (Team INEOS) | +04” |
| 3 | Elie Gesbert (Arkéa Samsic) | +08” |
| 4 | Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First) | +12” |
| 5 | Tony Gallopin (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 6 | Ivan Sosa (Team INEOS) | ,, |
| 7 | Alex Aranburu (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) | +17” |
| 8 | Rein Taaramäe (Total Direct Energie) | +20” |
| 9 | Giovanni Carboni (Bardiani-CSF) | +44” |
| 10 | Pavel Sivakov (Team INEOS) | ,, |
