One day after being handily out-paced by FDJ's Arnaud Démare, Alexander Kristoff got double revenge, taking out stage 2 of the Etoile de Besseges and, thanks to the time bonuses, the overall race lead from the Frenchman.
Kristoff earned a 10 second bonus for the win, while Rudy Barbier (AG2R La Mondiale) got ahead of Démare and denied him the six-second time bonus, leaving Démare with a four-second bonus. With a two second taken by Kristoff in the intermediate sprint, Démare is now four seconds in arrears, with Barbier third overall at 12 seconds.
"Yesterday I was second and I had a really good sprint, so I was motivated to try to beat Arnaud Démare today," Kristoff said. “It was a harder race today with a smaller group and our team did such a good job with many riders in the front. At the end I wanted to win to make this team effort count, and I’m very happy to get the win in the second race of the year."
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