Arnaud Demare claims tight Tour de Wallonie Stage 2 win
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Updated 17/08/2020 at 15:53 GMT
Arnaud Demare narrowly edged out Caleb Ewan in a thrilling finish to Stage 2 of the Tour de Wallonie.
Arnaud Démare célèbre sa victoire lors de la 2e étape du Tour de Wallonie 2020
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Demare (Groupama-FDJ), who finished seventh in the first stage on Sunday, edged out Ewan (Lotto Soudal) in a tight sprint finish thanks to a late burst, with the Australian having previously been leading.
Arkea-Samsic pair Daniel McLay and Nacer Bouhanni finished third and fourth.
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Arnaud Demare pips Caleb Ewan to Stage 2 win in Tour de Wallonie
Elsewhere, Mark Cavendish (Bahrain McLaren) and Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) were dropped. Lotto Soudal's Philippe Gilbert and Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck-QuickStep) briefly threatened before the sprinters took command ahead of the finish.
Caleb Ewan retains the GC lead.
| Rider | Team | Result | |
| 1 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) | Groupama-FDJ | 3:57:43 |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) | Lotto Soudal | 0" |
| 3 | Daniel McLay (GBr) | Arkea-Samsic | 0" |
| 4 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) | Arkea-Samsic | 0" |
| 5 | Florian Senechal (Fra) | Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0" |
| 6 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) | Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0" |
| 7 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) | NTT Pro Cycling | 0" |
| 8 | Dries Van Gestel (Bel) | Total Direct Energie | 0" |
| 9 | Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) | Bingoal WB | 0" |
| 10 | Edward Planckaert (Bel) | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0" |
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