Wouter Wippert (Cannondale-Drapac) took the bunch sprint win at the end of stage 2 at the ATB Tour of Alberta on Saturday, slipping past Holowesko-Citadel’s John Murphy at the line after Murphy jumped with 250 metres to go. Murphy hung on for secnd, followed by Ryan Macanally (H&R Block) in third.
Overnight leader Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) took the final intermediate sprint of the day and added another three seconds to his general classification advantage.
Wippert said later that the victory comes at a good time for both him and the team.
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"At the moment, everyone knows about the situation with the team," Wippert said. "So every exposure of getting good results is a good thing, and I’m very happy for that. Personally, it’s a big relief. The season was really not good until nationals, and after that it started rolling, so this is good."
After the peloton reeled in the day’s breakaway on the outskirts of Spruce Grove, Holowesko-Citadel went to the front to set up Murphy, pressing the pace through the second of three closing circuits. Silber Pro Cycling and Rally massed on the front as they took the bell for the final lap, but the fight for position saw several teams take the front over the final 5km.
Cannondale eventually seized control in the final kilometre, with Tom Jelte-Slagter and then Kristijan Koren dropping off Wippert with about 500 metres to go.
How it unfolded
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