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Woods took the win and the flowers.
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Tour du Var: Woods takes stage 2 victory
In the finale Ineos lead the peloton but they were swamped by other teams on the final climb. However Narvaez finished a fine third.
Here's a closer shot of Woods celebrating his first win for ISN.
Here's the moment Woods hit the line.
Here's Woods in yellow.
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This is the top ten for the stage and the GC.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 4:16:54 |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:02 |
| 3 | Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 4 | David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:06 |
| 5 | Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 0:00:09 |
| 6 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 7 | Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team | 0:00:11 |
| 8 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB | 0:00:13 |
| 9 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 10 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation | 9:07:15 |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:00:09 |
| 5 | Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team | 0:00:11 |
| 6 | Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:13 |
| 7 | Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | |
| 8 | Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 9 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic | |
| 10 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ |
This video from Trek shows how close it was for Woods and Mollema.
Michael Woods was happy with his win, speaking of his day in fluent French.
“It all worked out for me,” he said.
“My legs hurt but the team did a fantastic job protecting me. It was my first race with the team but it went perfectly; now we want to keep the jersey.
“Tomorrow will be different and be hard. The Madone is a hard climb but we have a strong team; we’ll do everything we can to keep it.”
Woods pulls on the bright yellow leader's jersey.
This is the top ten for the stage:
1 Michael Woods (Can) Israel Start-up Nation 4:16:54
Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:02
3 Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:04
4 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:07
5 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:00:10
6 Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
7 Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:11
8 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:00:13
9 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers
10 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
The provisional GC shows Woods as new race leader.
The initial results show that Woods beat Mollema by two seconds.
Narvaez was third at 4 seconds, with Gaudu fourth at 7 seconds.
Woods slowly increased the pace and opened gap in the riders behind him.
Woods managed to open a gap and so is likely to take the race lead too.
Woods wins the stage!
Woods is opening gaps in the pack.
Woods leads as Gaudu moves up.
The pace goes up as the gradient hurts.
Michael Woods is also up there.
Last km!
Mollema moves up, as do other teams. AG2R take over for Greg van Avermaet.
Thomas now takes over on the front for Ineos.
2km to go
It's 1km to the foot of the climb to the finish.
Barthe is trying to win the most aggressive rider jersey with a final dig.
It's an early finish for the stage after fast racing all day.
Houle and Barthe try to stay out front but the peloton is on them.
5km to go
Gruppo compatto.
It's over for the break.
The motorbikes are waved out from behind them as the peloton close them down.
Ineos want to try to control the race all the way to the final climb.
however will Geraint Thomas and Geoghagen Hart have the legs to win the stage and stay up there overall?
10km to go
A fast descent section lines out the peloton.
New signing Tom Pidcock is at the back as he begins his transition from cyclo-cross and Under 23 racing.
Ineos are lined-out on the front now.
Everyone else is in their slip-stream for now.
This was the break of the day, with Biniam Ghirmay on the front here.
Up front Hugo Houle of Astana is driving the break. But their lead is down to 40 seconds now.
However Dylan van Baarle is now on the front giving it big licks on the front.
Dennis is slightly agitated about the chase. It's difficult to understand if he's talking to his teammate or other riders in the peloton.
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Some riders need a push on the steepest sections.
The attackers are on the climb to Fayence again. It's steep, narrow and twisting in the village, so positioning will be vital.
Here come Ineos. Dennis, Geoghagan Hart are both visible. Thomas too.
Trek continue to chase but where are the other teams? They must be confident they can sweep up the break in the final kilometres and especially on the climb to the finish.
The gap is down to 1:20 but the five breakaways refuse to give up.
22km to go
The gap to the five is down to 1:30.
The sprint teams seem hesitant about picking up the chase just yet but the peloton will have work hard now.
Dylan Kowalsk and Andrea Misfud have bene caught, leaving five riders up front.
However the speed of the peloton has closed down the break.
Pierre Latour is one of those to crash.
A crash has scattered the peloton briefly.
Trek is upping the pace with two riders on the front. Cofidis are also up front.
Kenny Elissonde leads the peloton on the steep climb to Fayence.
The gap is close to 2:00.
Trek and Ineos are gathering on the front of the peloton.
35km to go
The riders are close to the first passage of the Mur de Fayence now.
Race on! The peloton has closed the gap to just 1:10 now.
The pace is high now as the peloton ups the chase.
55km to go
The seven riders in the break are Biniam Ghirmay Clement Berthet Victor de la Parte Hugo Houle Andrea Mifsud Cyril Barthe Dylan Kowalski.
The peloton is chasing at 3:45, with 20km to go to the first passage through Fayence.
The riders will then do another loop and return to Fayence for the race to the finish in the village.
Victor de la Parte wins the the first intermediate sprint on the rolling roads.
The riders face a loop south of Fayence now before returning for the uphill finish.
After the descent, the remaining 60km are on rolling roads.
The stage ends with the steep narrow kick up to Fayence.
The peloton was faster on the climb and has pulled the gap to the break down to 3:45.
There is 72km to race.
Biniam Ghirmay (Delko) went over the top of Col de Mons first in the break. He will take the red mountain jersey from Krists Neilands (ISN) after today's finish after scoring maximum points.
The break is near the top of the Col de Mons climb. We can expect a battle for the KOM points.
The Col de Mons is hurting the riders and several have been dropped from the peloton as they near the summit.
The break of 7 riders is still 4:30 clear of the peloton.
This is the view of the sunny day from the Israel Start-Up Nation team car.
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Here are Trek leading the peloton.
#Tour0683 Live from stage two 👉 we passed the sign of the 100 km to the finish line. Seven riders in the breakaway with 4'45" on the peloton led, of course, by our guys 💪@GettySport pic.twitter.com/Zoo0YHQ1zxFebruary 20, 2021
British neo-pro Tom Pidcock has spoken of his excitement at making the step up to the pro ranks and making his debut at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var, saying that he has no problem with riding in the famous Ineos 'train', even if team boss Dave Brailsford is looking at a new racing strategy in 2021.
"I've got no problem riding in a train," Pidcock told the Telegraph. "But they kind of know and understand how I want to race. I think they're very much wanting to change their riding style and Dave has been in the media saying that. It's good to hear.
Click below for the full story.
Tom Pidcock: I've got no problem riding in the Ineos train
The Mur de Montauroux.
The climb will gradually take the riders around 400m up to close to 800m.
The break can see the Mur de Montauroux and the Col de Mons looming large up the roads now.
The series of climbs will decide how long they can stay out front. We could also seem some action in the peloton as teams try to shake out their GC rivals before Sunday's final stage on the Madone climb near Nice.
Here's the peloton, with riders grabbing bidons as they go.
Le peloton dans la côte de Callian #tourduhautvar #Tour0683 #TourDeLosAlpesMaritimos pic.twitter.com/pHni0B8dlUFebruary 20, 2021
The descent has helped the peloton push out their lead to 4:45.
The stage has turned into a day-long pursuit match.
Biniam Ghirmay is the first over the Montee Marjoris taking six points as he no doubt pursues the mountains jersey.
Andreas Mifsud was second and Victor de la Parte -was third.
The climb marks the start of the hardest part of the stage, with the Col de Mons the high point of the day after 86km.
The break leads the peloton by 4:00 now, with Groupama also helping Trek with the chase.
It comes in two parts: one is 2.7km long, then second is 2.6km long after a brief descent.
The break is on the Côte des Marjoris, the first catergorised climb of the day.
It is already hurting their legs.
After his victory on the opening stage of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var on Friday, Trek-Segafredo leader Bauke Mollema told of just how he managed to beat out more explosive finishers such as AG2R Citroën's Greg Van Avermaet and Groupama-FDJ's Valentin Madouas on the six per cent rise to the line in Gourdon.
"It was a finish for fast and explosive riders, it was not a super, super hard climb, so I was expecting it would come down to the final 800 metres where it was a bit steeper again," he said after the stage.
Read Mollema's full reaction below.
Early sprint and team strength key to Mollema's opening victory at Tour du Var
Allez. Allez.
Here are the seven attackers.
7 coureurs ont réussi à s’échapper !! Le Team est représenté à l’avant par @delaparte86 🇪🇸 ⚡️ #TDHV21 #AllezTotalDirectEnergie⚡️ pic.twitter.com/YdC7EmM4NHFebruary 20, 2021
The gap to the break is up to 4:00.
130km to go
The peloton is still losing time to the attack. The gap is close to 3:00 but we expect Trek-Segafredo to soon take up the chase and ride tempo behind to keep them under control.
As you can see from this video of the stage start, the sun is out in the south of France for stage 2.
Les 149 coureurs ont pris le départ ce matin pour la 2e étape du Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var. A suivre en direct à partir de 14h30 ici 👉https://ift.tt/3bsAIVQ #TDHV21 @tourhautvar pic.twitter.com/ifanB1L0zmFebruary 20, 2021
The riders on the attack are: Biniam Ghirmay (Delko) Clement Berthet (Delko) Victor de la Parte (Total) Hugo Houle (Astana) Andrea Mifsud (Swiss Racing) Cyril Barthe (B&B) Dylan Kowalski (Roubaix Lille Metropole).
The peloton is at 2:20 now after easing up. We have the first real break of the day.
Three other riders have joined the attack and the peloton seems happy to let them go. The gap is rising rapidly.
Allez! We have a new attack.
Jose Manuel Diaz (Delko) Clement Berthet (Delko) Victor de la Parte (Total) Hugo Houle (Astana) and Andrea Mifsud (Swiss Racing) have a gap.
Surprisingly Oliver Naesen from AG2R is among the riders that are distanced. The Belgian was on the attack yesterday. We're not sure if he suffered some kind of problem but will keep track of his position.
The speed is hurting some riders, with several continental team riders distanced.
They will have to try to fight back or face a long, lonely day in the saddle.
The speed is high at over 45km/h but the peloton is still together.
On Friday Bauke Mollema powered to victory on stage 1 on the uphill finish.
To read our full stage report and see the photo gallery and full results, click below.
Tour du Var: Mollema wins stage 1
160km to go
The opening 60km are on rolling roads, making it hard for a breakaway to go clear.
This was the stage start, with stage 1 winner Bauke Mollema in the leader's yellow jersey.
We’re off with stage 2️⃣ at #Tour0683 🙌 The GC leader @baukemollema and his teammates are ready to defend the yellow jersey 💪 pic.twitter.com/hpy0Ndf4BnFebruary 20, 2021
A total of 149 riders rolled out from the start. There has been a series of attacks but now the peloton is all together and lined out.
The 168.9km stage twists and turns and dips and rolls through the countryside around Fayence, with a number of testing climbs and another uphill finish.
As the Cyclingnews blimp takes height, the riders have rolled out for a tough day in the saddle.
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