Virtual Tour de France: Lauren Stephens wins stage 2

Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank’s Lauren Stephens won stage 2 of the 2020 Virtual Tour de France
Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank’s Lauren Stephens won stage 2 of the 2020 Virtual Tour de France (Image credit: Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank)

Lauren Stephens (Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank) won a dramatic stage 2 of the women’s Virtual Tour de France. The American fought back after being dropped on the major climb to win a sprint from a group of five with Joscelin Lowden (Drops) and Erica Magnaldi (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team) finishing second and third. 

The win saw Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank move into the leader’s jersey with four more stages remaining. Canyon-SRAM lead the Green jersey competition.

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Result
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:47:32
2Joscelin Lowden (GBr) Drops
3Enrica Magnaldi (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT
4Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
5Kristen Faulkner (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
6Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) CCC-Liv 0:00:15
7Sarah Gigante (Aus) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
8Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM
9Anna Henderson (GBr) Team Sunweb
10Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally Cycling
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General classification after stage 2
#TeamResult
1Tibco-Silicon Valley BankRow 0 - Cell 2
2Drops
3Canyon-SRAM
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Points
#TeamResult
1Tibco-Silicon Valley BankRow 0 - Cell 2
2Canyon-SRAM
3Boels Dolmans
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Mountains
#TeamResult
1DropsRow 0 - Cell 2
2Ceratizit-WMN
3Canyon-SRAM
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Youth
#TeamResult
1Canyon-SRAMRow 0 - Cell 2
2Team Sunweb
3Drops

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