Brennan unable to contest the sprint in second stage Santos Tour Down Under
With Brennan leading the young riders classification but without Dylan van Baarle, the yellow-and-black formation started the second stage of the Santos Tour Down Under. Soon, three riders took the lead. The riders created a lead of up to three minutes but were caught by the chasing peloton before the final climb of Menglers Hill.
On the final climb of the day, the pace picked up, and several riders had to let the peloton go. Nevertheless, a large group remained, including a strong Brennan and Tijmen Graat. In the hectic final kilometers, Brennan was well positioned by his teammates, but the young Brit was ultimately unable to sprint for the victory. Brennan does retain the lead in the young riders classification.
“It was a hectic final”, Brennan looks back. “On the final climb, we did a great job as a team, but unfortunately, I couldn’t finish it in the finale. There are still a few stages where there are opportunities, and I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s stage. It’s a tough stage, and I’m curious to see how far I can get there.”
“We did very well as a team on the final climb”
Addy Engels
Sport director Addy Engels shares the young British rider’s opinion. “We did very well as a team on the final climb. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to drop the pure sprinters, and in the end, it became a bunch sprint with all the top sprinters together. Brennan was still in a good position for a long time, but in the end, couldn’t sprint for the win.”
Tomorrow, with the queen stage, another challenge awaits for the young formation of Team Visma | Lease a Bike. “I expect other teams to get involved in the race tomorrow. We will, of course, do our best to support Tom Gloag as best we can”, Engels concluded his story.
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Santos Tour Down Under
Stage 2
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Sam Welsford
Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
03:01:22
2
Arne Marit
Intermarché – Wanty
+00:00:00
3
Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
+00:00:00
22
Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
56
Loe van Belle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
59
Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
79
Menno Huising
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
92
Thomas Gloag
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
129
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:04:12
–
Dylan van Baarle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
DNF
Rankings
1
Sam Welsford
Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
06:27:40
2
Arne Marit
Intermarché – Wanty
+00:00:14
3
Matthew Brennan
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:14
58
Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:20
60
Loe van Belle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:20
66
Menno Huising
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:20
100
Thomas Gloag
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:20
130
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:04:32
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Addy Engels
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Santos Tour Down Under
