Tour Down Under, Stage 2: From the Back

Jason Lea (UniSA-Australia) did well to get himself back into the early break of the day.  With the only King of the Mountains points coming at just 26 kilometers into the stage, he needed to be off the front if he wanted to hold his new won polka dot jersey.  He took the maximum points at the top of Checker Hill, and then left it for his break away companions to fight out the sprint points.  Artyom Zakharov (Astana) took the first sprint, so Jaime Castrillo (Movistar) tried to attack from the back to get the jump on the Kazahk in Springton.  Alas, Zakharov was too quick for the Spaniard in the second intermediate sprint as well.

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Tour Down Under, Stage 2: The Lone Leader

Once the final sprint points on the stage were taken by William Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac), only Jaime Castrillo (Movistar) pressed on with the break away.  The trio had built up a six minute lead, but with the hilly circuit around Stirling, it would be a tall order for Castrillo to hold off an eager peloton.  On the other hand, Castrillo is the former under 23 time trial national champion of  Spain.  Conversely, he still has 51 kilometers to defend his solo lead.

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Tour Down Under, Stage 2: A Long Day Again

Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under was marked by yet another break away.  Earlier (before TV coverage started) Nicholas Dlamini (Dimension Data) was with these three, but once he had grabbed the King of the Mountain points he dropped back the the peloton.  Sporting the red numbers of "most combative rider," William Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac) was on the attack again.  He was joined by his countryman, Scott Bowden (UniSA-Australia) and another first year pro, Jamie Castrillo (Movistar).  I was rather surprised at the change in Movistar's kit for 2018, please, but surprised.

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