Pezcyclingnews: Tour’15 St.2: Gorilla Gusts To Glory

Race Report: German Andre Greipel mastered the crosswinds to cruise to the first road stage win of the Tour this year. Behind him the main favourites were left scattered across the roads of the Netherlands as GC hope was extinguished for a number of riders.- by Sam Larner -What a day! The crosswinds starred as Andre Greipel led an elite group of favourites home on the island of Neeltje Jans. The big winners are Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Warren Barguil who gained significant time on pre-race favourites Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana and Thibault Pinot. We’re only 2 days into the 2015 Tour but already we have had the fastest stage in Tour history and now, one of the most exciting. The CourseFlat, again. Flat as a Dutch pancake. Our high point is the nose-bleed inducing 6m of the Brouwersdam with 22km to go. What the Netherlands lack in height they make up for in wind, and with the last 50km all hugging tightly to the North Sea coast it is going to be a day punctuated by the effects of crosswinds as the peloton splits and reforms continuously on the way to the finish. The finish itself technically lies in the North Sea as it’s situated on the reclaimed island of Deltapark Neeltje Jans. The final lead-outs will take place on the bridge to the island, resulting in an exciting and unique finale.Bit of a climb in the middle, if you have good eyesightDepart ReelAfter an exceptionally exciting opening...

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