Dauphiné-Libéré Stage 2: Chatel > Oyonnax, 191kms

Impression

The race has started at Chatel, but the cyclists are in no mood to enjoy the scenery of the Alps today...

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Luis Angel Mate looks stressed as he makes a rapid bike-change with the race on full-gas...

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The peloton is in full-flight - they'lll cover 49-kilometres in the first hour..!

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Andrew Talansky is on domestique duties today after his stomach trouble lost him eight minutes yesterday...

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Best climber, Thomas Damuseau, leads today's escape away towards the hills...

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Simon Clarke shows his approval of the lower speeds as the escape pulls clear...

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De La Cruz pulls the escape towards the feed-station - they lead by about five minutes now...

David Veilleux is eating even before the feed-zone...

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Edvald Boasson Hagen looks hungry too - see how quickly that cake goes down..!

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Rent your car from these guys..! Veilleux is enjoying the Europcar train where only Voeckler is shirking the work today...

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Damuseau leads the escape on to the day's first tough climb - and they still have a four-minute lead...

Europcar is still pulling their race-leader and the peloton along...

There are signs of summer at last as the Dauphiné moves west from the Alps...

Rudy Molard has left hs co-escapees behind on the day's penultimate ascent - he has one minute over the peloton...

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Yep, summer's coming for the Dauphiné peloton..!

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Sky and Omega are chasing Molard - and he'll be caught on the very last climb...

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Rein Taaramae attacks as soon as Molard is caught - he has Santaromita with him...

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Elia Viviani wins stage two from Gianni Meersman after Taaramae was caught in the final kilometres...

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