Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain McLaren) won stage 2 of the Route d’Occitanie on Sunday after he beat Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) and Niccolo Bonifazio (Total Direct Energie).
With a slight uphill finish in stage 2 of the French race, it came to a bunch sprint and it was Colbrelli who was the first to push his wheel across the line.
“It’s good to win in my first race back and it gives me and the team a lot of confidence before the big races that are ahead such as Milan-Sanremo,” said Colbrelli. “I had a bit of mechanical problem early on in the stage, but the mechanic managed to sort that out and then the hardest part were the conditions. Yesterday the heat was intense, today the wind was the issue and made it a very hard stage.”
??@sonnycolbrelli of ??@BahrainMcLaren wins stage 2 of ??@RouteOccitanie #RDO2020 (?@BBHotels_VC) pic.twitter.com/IGgXJXUAZN
— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) August 2, 2020
Route d’Occitanie 2020 – stage 2 results (Carcassonne – Cap Découverte):
| 1 | Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain McLaren) | 4:22:23 |
| 2 | Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels – Vital Concept) | ,, |
| 3 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Total Direct Energie) | ,, |
| 4 | Arvid De Kleijn (Riwal Readynez) | ,, |
| 5 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 6 | Andrea Pasqualon (Circus – Wanty Gobert) | ,, |
| 7 | Matteo Malucelli (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) | ,, |
| 8 | Elia Viviani (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 9 | Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) | ,, |
| 10 | David Gonzalez Lopez (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) | ,, |
Route d’Occitanie 2020 – general classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels – Vital Concept) | 8:57:07 |
| 2 | Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain McLaren) | +02” |
| 3 | Elia Viviani (Cofidis) | +10” |
| 4 | Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie) | +11” |
| 5 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Total Direct Energie) | +12” |
| 6 | Michal Paluta (CCC) | ,, |
| 7 | Emil Vinjebo (Riwal Readynez) | ,, |
| 8 | Ibai Azurmendi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | +15” |
| 9 | Andreas Kron (Riwal Readynez) | ,, |
| 10 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | +16” |
