Tour Down Under Stage 2: Unley > Stirling, 150kms

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Simon Clarke launches the first attack of the day on the Windy Point climb...

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Clarke has taken Boaro, Kohler and Van der Ploeg with him, it looks like a good move..!

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Silvan Dillier has started a counter-attack for BMC, there's a war brewing...

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Richie Porte has to respond too, just a few kilometres into this uphill start...

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Cameron Meyer leads a new escape that's formed around Thomas De Gendt and Campbell Flakemore...

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Geraint Thomas leads a chase that's so stong it has split the field behind...

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The brutal pace has consigned Marcel Kittel to a breathless hanger-on, for now...

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The trio of De Gendt, Flakemore and Meyer has managed to pull away from a peloton awaiting the stragglers...

Uni SA assumes the responsibility of the chase, but only under the surveillance of Team Sky...

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Domineca Pozzovivo settles in for the ride today, but he might be a major player on tomorrow's uphill finish...

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Pozzovivo's Focus bike features a wireless SRAM rear-gear, a prototype for future racing bikes...

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IAM chases now, with Stef Clement working for Heinrich Haussler for the uphill sprint...

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Meyer leads De Gendt and Flakemore on the Stirling circuit - their lead is about one minute...

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IAM is still chasing, Haussler had better win this stage..!

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Sam Bewley leads a Green Edge train for one of their sprinters...

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Calvin Watson leads a new escape with Danilo Wyss...

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Jack Bobridge looks tired but determined as the finale into Stirling begins...

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Juan Jose Lobato wins stage two from Daryl Impey, but Bobridge retains his race-lead..!

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