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Here's what he had to say after the finish.
"I tried really hard. it was a very tough climb. Those guys were not easy to get rid of. I tried several times and that really took it out of me from the valley road to the finish.
"I enjoy these stages. We race from the start, rather than messing around for 150km and then racing only in the final. Good day for us and my first win of the year, so I'm very happy.
"So far, so good. There are still some very hard stages to come, so we'll see what we can do in the next few days and then go from there."
Yates celebrates his win.
More groups trail in later on, a long way down on Yates.
Another six men finish at 1:42, including Bardet, Bilbao, Quintana and Sosa.
Cepeda finishes with them, while Hindley and Carthy finish 1:17 down.
Martin leads Vlasov over the line for third, 59 seconds down.
Sivakov crosses the line 41 seconds down.
Simon Yates (BikeExchange) wins stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps and takes over the race lead!
He's heading into the final metres now.
1km to go
Final kilometre for Yates now. 40 seconds up on Sivakov and a minute up on the other chasers.
Now the chase group behind Sivakov are a minute down.
3km to go
Yates still leads by 40 seconds. By far the best rider of the day.
Sivakov has 10 seconds on the chasers.
4km to go
It's still 42 seconds for Yates, despite Sivakov's acceleration.
Hindley is out the back.
Sivakov pushes on now. Cepeda tries to chase and the others follow further back.
The five chasers aren't making much headway at the moment.
5km to go
The gap to Yates is still 43 seconds.
Vlasov, Hindley, Martin, Cepeda and Sivakov are in a move now.
It's very fluid in the chase. Around 15 riders in total with small groups trying various moves.
44 seconds for Yates up front.
More riders come across as they head through a tunnel, and more riders try to attack, led by Cepeda.
8km to go
Cepeda, Jai Hindley (DSM) and Ruben Guerreiro (EF) are with that duo.
Alejandro Osorio (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Dani Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) attack the chase group.
Yates hits the final 10km. 40 seconds.
Dan Martin (ISN) leads a small group to the chasers.
Romain Bardet (DSM) and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain) made it across.
And now the chasers have the peloton breathing down their necks.
12km to go
The gap is now reportedly 40 seconds.
Yates is pushing it all the way down, right on the margins around the bends and through a small town on the mountainside.
Sivakov leading the way in the chase.
The gap is still around 30 seconds.
Yates takes on the descent after a short section of false flat.
It should be Yates' to lose here given the show of strength he put on up the climb. Sivakov went backwards like he'd put the brakes on.
20km to go
A descent to come and then another, far less hard, climb to the finish.
The official timing says the gap is 12 seconds but it was around 30-32 seconds.
Yates crosses the top of the climb. He's well ahead.
Carthy and Quintana make it across to Sivakov.
Yates has blown him away there, wow.
Sivakov is done.
Carthy and Quintana aren't coming back.
Yates ups the pace again and Sivakov can't respond! No attack, just a gradual acceleration.
Yates tries another acceleration. Sivakov hangs on.
24km to go
Two versus two up front. 17 seconds back to the rest.
Sivakov looked in trouble but he was just held up by Carthy and Quintana struggling.
Yates ups the pace and everybody else is struggling. Quintana and Carthy have cracked!
15 seconds back to the peloton.
Yates is pulling the group. 2.5 kilometres to the top of the climb.
Pozzovivo is in the Moscon group, so not particularly close to the four leaders.
The likes of Pinot and Pozzovivo have been nowhere today.
An upping of the pace from Yates has seen him, Sivakov, Carthy and Quintana go clear.
Simon Yates chases.
3.5 kilometres to the top of the climb. Martínez is away.
It looks like Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) is next on the road.
Now Dani Martínez attacks.
Simon Yates and Uno-X rider Torstein Træn are there, too, along with Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec's Jefferson Cepeda.
Hugh Carthy is with them, too.
Sivakov goes next. Quintana follows.
He has three Ineos men right on his wheel.
Quintana goes!
EF, FDJ, Trek, BikeExchange, DSM are all represented a little further back in the peloton.
Just Anacona left in front of Quintana here... Ineos right behind.
And now it's over for the breakaway, five kilometres from the top.
27km to go
Arkea-Samsic continue to make the pace. They're almost with the leaders now.
28km to go
Much of the break has been brought back now, but the two leaders keep going.
Thompson and Bais continue to push on up front.
Arkea-Samsic take it up on the front of the peloton for Nairo Quintana.
30km to go
The breakaway duo hit the bottom of the climb. 30 seconds over the chasers and two minutes over the peloton.
The lead duo will hit the climb again, this time from the harder side, soon. It's a first-category climb, 7.5 kilometres at a 9 per cent gradient.
30 seconds now as they hit the flat road. The peloton lies 2:20 back.
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20 seconds between the two breakaway groups as they continue down the descent.
44km to go
The peloton pass the top 2:30 down.
Bais has joined him now.
He jumps away 500 metres from the top and nobody can answer him. He takes the points at the top of the climb and starts the descent alone.
Thompson leads the way as the break nears the top.
The break are a couple of kilometres away from the top of the climb and above the snow line.
50km to go
The five men of the breakaway are now 2:15 up on the Ineos-led peloton as they battle up the climb.
Janse van Rensburg is caught by the peloton.
Janse van Rensburg is a minute behind the breakaway as they head towards the second-category Piller Sattel climb, having been dropped.
Ineos Grenadiers continue to work as the riders head down the descent towards our first categorised climb.
The gap goes up to 3:05 and Bais is now the virtual leader on the road. It'll be a different story at the end of the day, though – this break won't make it all the way to the finish out front.
68km to go
No real change in the race situation at the moment. The break are still around 2:30 up the road as they reach the unclassified climb ahead of our first real climb of the day.
The riders have covered 47 kilometres in the first hour. A very quick start to the day.
It won't be long before the riders start heading uphill for the first (uncategorised) climb of the day.
85km to go
The breakaway's lead is 2:30 as the reach the intermediate sprint at Silz.
Ineos Grenadiers are currently setting the pace in the peloton. That's no surprise given they hold the race lead and several GC contenders in the form of Pavel Sivakov, Iván Sosa and Dani Martínez.
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A look at the breakaway.
Km 20 - The breakaway group leads the race with 2.45 of advantage.#TotA #TouroftheAlps #LiveUphill pic.twitter.com/Y6V1YJOwefApril 20, 2021
100km to go
The riders have already passed the 100km to go mark on this short stage. The break are 2:45 up the road.
Engelhardt is in the red jersey today after being in the break yesterday as well. He is the intermediate sprints leader, while fellow stage 1 breakmate Alessandro De Marchi is in the blue best climber's jersey.
108km to go
The group are 1:50 up the road already. The peloton are happy to let this break go.
After some attacking to kick off the race, a number of riders have broken away.
Reuben Thompson (Groupama-FDJ), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (Qhubeka Assos), Mathias Vacek (Gazprom-RusVelo), Davide Bais (Eolo-Kometa), Morten Hulgaard (Uno-X) and Felix Engelhardt (Tirol KTM) are the men in question.
Today's stage has 2,500 metres of altitude gain – largely concentrated in the second half of the day. It's going to be a tough one.
The #TotA stage 2 is officially on as the riders took the start from Innsbruck, Tirol.#TotA #TouroftheAlps #LiveUphill pic.twitter.com/vOLnBIHKWWApril 20, 2021
All 143 riders take the start again today.
The peloton are rolling out to start the neutralised section in Innsbruck now.
Today's stage starts in Innsbruck, where Ineos rider Gianni Moscon took the win aftr a late attack. He's in the race lead today as a result.
Today's stage sees the peloton take on 121.5 kilometres of racing and three major climbs, including the finish.
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