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2012 Tour de France Stage 2: Visé to Tournai
By Diane UrsuToday’s second stage of the Tour de France took the riders along a 129-mile route from Visé, Belgium to Tournai, Belgium. Sky Procycling’s Mark Cavendish of Great Britain won the final sprint to the finish to win the stage. He was the sixth place sprinter at Soignies.
Overall Tour de France Classifications
Yellow—Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan, Luxembourg)
Green—Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale, Slovakia)
Polka Dot—Michael Morkov (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark)
White—Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team, United States)
Team—Sky Procycling
Tour de France Stage 2 Sprints
- Soignies—Christophe Kern (Team Europcar, France), Anthony Roux (FDJ-Bigmat, France), Michael Morkov (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark)
- Tournai—Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling, Great Britain), André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol Team), Matthew Harley Goss (Orica Greenedge, Australia)
Tour de France Stage 2 Climbs
- Côte de la Citadelle de Namur, Category 4—Michael Morkov (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark)

