Tour of Switzerland, Coquard ahead of everyone

Bryan Coquard wins the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland from Vaduz to Regensdorf, 177.3 km.

The stage is characterized by the breakaway of four riders: the Swiss Stehli, Jenni and Debons (Team Corratec Vini Fantini) and the Belgian Kuypers (Intermarché Wanty Gobert). Debons is caught 11 km from the end, while among the attackers, Jenni tries the solitary action.

Then the breakaways are caught, Bettiol tries to extend, but is caught 1.3 km from the end. In the sprint Coquard precedes everyone and manages to resist Matthews' comeback.

Yves Lampaert maintains his lead in the general classification.

ARRIVAL ORDER:  

1 COQUARD Bryan Cofidis

2 MATTHEWS Michael Team Jayco AlUla,,

3 DE LIE Arnaud Dstny Lot,,

4 RIVERA Brandon Smith INEOS Grenadiers ,,

5 COSTA Rui EF Education - EasyPost ,,

6 LAURANCE Axel Alpecin - Deceuninck ,,

7 PIDCOCK Thomas INEOS Grenadiers ,,

8 ADRIÀ Roger BORA - hansgrohe ,,

9 BUSATTO Francesco Intermarché - Wanty,,

10 WILLIAMS Stephen Israel - Premier Tech ,,

GENERAL RANKING:

1 LAMPAERT Yves Soudal Quick-Step

2 HAYTER Ethan INEOS Grenadiers 0:04

3 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 0:07

4 FISHER-BLACK Finn UAE Team Emirates ,,

5 MATTHEWS Michael Team Jayco AlUla ,,

6 WATSON Samuel Groupama - FDJ 0:09

7 BETTIOL Alberto EF Education - EasyPost ,,

8 KÜNG Stefan Groupama - FDJ 0:11

9 SCHMID Mauro Team Jayco AlUla ,,

10 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren Alpecin - Deceuninck ,,

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency