After winning the opening stage on Monday, Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) extended his Binck Bank Tour lead on Tuesday with another victory on stage 2.
Bennett was patient on the final straight as Jumbo-Visma misjudged the distance to the line, and Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) launched his move first.
The Irish champion used his slipsteam to easily soar past, even having time to glance over his shoulder at the Belgian before crossing the line.
“I can’t believe it. After 70k my legs weren’t that great, so I didn’t expect to get a result today,” Bennett said afterwards. “But the guys protected me so well all day. I was saving so much energy and the others were losing so much, that in the end I had enough legs to get a win. I’m delighted with that, I didn’t think I’d get a second win.”
Binck Bank Tour 2019 – stage 2 results (Blankenberge – Ardooie):
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) | 3:45:20 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 3 | Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 4 | Kristoffer Halvorsen (Team Ineos) | ,, |
| 5 | Alvaro Hodeg (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 6 | Amaury Capiot (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | ,, |
| 7 | Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Merida) | ,, |
| 8 | Nikolas Maes (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 9 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 10 | Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Gobert) | ,, |
Binck Bank Tour 2019 – general classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) | 7:27:57 |
| 2 | Lukasz Wisniowski (CCC) | +12” |
| 3 | Lars Bak (Dimension Data) | +13” |
| 4 | Josef Cerny (CCC) | ,, |
| 5 | Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) | +14” |
| 6 | Edward Teuns (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 7 | Robert Stannard (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 8 | Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) | +16” |
| 9 | Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 10 | Thomas Sprengers (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | +17” |
