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30/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 2. Alexey Lutsenko fights for stage win, Davide Villella takes KOM jersey

With two attacks in the final of stage 2, Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko animated the race in his attempt to go for the stage win. But after two attempts to stay clear from the chasing group, he finished in this group behind Alexander Kristoff who took the win and the overall lead. Lutsenko is now fifth on just 15 seconds of Kristoff with two more stages to go. Earlier, on the eventful stage, Davide Villella and Hernando Bohorquez were part of a 30-man-breakaway, with Villella being able to take the KOM points on the first climb. He’s now the leader in the King of the Mountains classification, wearing the blue jersey on tomorrow’s stage 3.

Race

29/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 1. Bunch sprint in the streets of Halberstadt

The first stage of this year’s Deutschland Tour was decided in a bunch sprint with Pascal Ackermann taking the stage win after 167 kilometers from Hannover to Halberstadt. The local favorite was the fastest sprinter of the day and is the first overall leader of the stage race in Germany. Astana riders Alexey Lutsenko and Davide Villella both finished in the same group with Ackermann. In the final 30 kilometers of the race, both Rodrigo Contreras and Hernando Bohorquez were involved in a crash, but they were able to continue without any serious injuries.

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