Race report from Top Peterson
Milram took control of the race after the break went. Everyday they’ve ridden an exceptionally fast tempo so I suppose they expect Linus to perform. Over the first climb the race exploded and I was able to make the selection. The rest of the stage was also quite selective and for the remainder of the day guys blew off the back until there were eight of us.
At 3km I got blown off when one of the guys attacked into the finish. I tried to make up the difference as they played cat and mouse but ended up at 19 seconds.
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz
Today was the hardest stage in the Bayern Rundfahrt! We had a guy in all the moves from the gun. Finally a break went and we had Ricardo in it. Another group took off and joined the front — then Kilian did a big effort and bridged up on his own. This made a group of 16 riders forming the first group. They gained four minutes before the chase started.
At the foot of the mountains it was down to 2:40. Tom took over on the climb and made the first selection as he caught up to first part of the breakaway. Then the whole race was split into small groups.
We had Ricardo in the fron two times over the climb with six other riders. At the top they were caught by Tom’s group and group of 16 rides was created. But on the descent it split again into several groups — a front group of four with Tom then four others joining them later on the next climb. These eight riders ere the GC of the race and had to decide the stage between them!
Two small Austrian climbers drew the longest straw and finished 1 and 2 — Tom was running out of gas in the end and finished eighth on the day, but is in the game for winning the race overall. He is second on the best young rider jersey and eighth on GC. We are also third on team GC, so a good team performance on the hardest day in the race.
Team Garmin-Slipstream, stage 2 results
1. Markus Eibegger 4h11.46
8. Tom Peterson +0.19
14. Ricardo Van Der Velde +5.58
21. Kilian Patour
58. Huub Duyn +25.33
90. Chris Sutton
91. Will Frischkorn
107. Hans Dekkers
Team Garmin-Slipstream, GC results
1. Markus Eibegger 8h46.03
8. Tom Peterson +0.43
15. Ricardo Van Der Velde +6.11
20. Kilian Patour
30. Chris Sutton +25.32
56. Hans Dekkers +25.44
77. Huub Duyn +25.46
80. Will Frischkorn
