{"id":8534,"date":"2023-04-26T18:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T18:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-of-the-alps-tao-geoghegan-hart-wins-second-stage-in-row\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T18:01:59","slug":"tour-of-the-alps-tao-geoghegan-hart-wins-second-stage-in-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-of-the-alps-tao-geoghegan-hart-wins-second-stage-in-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of the Alps: Tao Geoghegan Hart wins second stage in row"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The 165.2km second stage began in Reith, Austria, and ended in Ritten in northern Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British rider Tao Geoghegan Hart made it two wins from two at the Tour of the Alps with victory on the second stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Racing for Ineos Grenadiers, the 28-year-old pulled clear with Jack Haig in the closing stages before pipping the Australian to the line in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It increases his overall race lead to 18 seconds over Austrian Felix Gall while Briton Hugh Carthy is third, another four seconds back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Geoghegan Hart won Monday’s first stage on a steep final climb in Austria.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wales’ Geraint Thomas, 36, the 2018 Tour de France winner, is 15th in the overall standings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Thomas and Geoghegan Hart are using the race as preparation for the Giro d’Italia, which starts on 6 May.<\/span><\/p>\n

Geoghegan Hart won the Giro d’Italia in 2020 but has struggled with form and fitness since.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stage two result<\/h3>\n
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  1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GB\/Ineos Grenadiers) 3hrs 57mins 42secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Jack Haig (Aus\/Bahrain-Victorious) Same time <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Santiago Buitrago (Col\/Bahrain-Victorious) +2 secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Pavek Sivakov (Fra\/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita\/EOLO-Kometa) <\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Hugh Carthy (GB\/EF Education-Easypost) <\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Ivan Sosa (Col\/Movistar) <\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (Ecu\/EF Education-Easypost)<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra\/AG2R Citroen) +29 secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Lennard Kamna (Ger\/BORA-Hansgrohe) Same time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    General classification<\/h3>\n
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    1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GB\/Ineos Grenadiers) 7hrs 15mins 22secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Felix Gall (Aut\/AG2R Citroen) +18secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Hugh Carthy (GB\/EF Education-Easypost) +22secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Pavek Sivakov (Fra\/Ineos Grenadiers) +28secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Ivan Sosa (Col\/Movistar) Same time<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Jack Haig (Aus\/Bahrain-Victorious)<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Santiago Buitrago (Col\/Bahrain-Victorious) +30secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita\/EOLO-Kometa) +32secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (Ecu\/EF Education-Easypost) +40secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    10. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus\/BORA-Hansgrohe) +55secs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n