Stage 2: San Francisco – Santa Cruz County 188.5km

Peter Sagan си спечели и втората етапна победа в шата на Терминатора. Словакът надделя срещу Haussler и този път в тройката Leigh Howard на финалния спринт. Тази победа му предоставя да брани лидерстовото и в третия етап, тъй като продължава да седи на чело в класирането.
И вторият етап поднесе на Sagan някои механични изненади в последното изкачване. Въпреки честото отбиване до сервизната кола обаче, той съумя да си намери място на финиша благодарение и на отличната работа на своя тим.
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Peter Sagan won his second stage victory in the Terminator’s state. Slovakian rider prevail over Haussler and Leigh Howard. This win grants him the opportunity to defend the leadership tommorow.
Today’s stage presented some mechanical surprises to Sagan as well. Despite the frequently deviation to the service car, he found his way to the finish line with the help of his teammates.

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 5:02:00
2 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin – Barracuda
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
4 Koen De Kort (Ned) Argos – Shimano
5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7 Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager Livestrong Team
8 Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
9 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos – Shimano
10 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep

General classification after stage 2
Result
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 9:44:15
2 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin – Barracuda 0:00:08
3 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:00:13
4 Jeffry Louder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:14
5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Team Exergy 0:00:16
6 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Cycling
7 Marc De Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team 0:00:17
8 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:19
9 Josh Atkins (NZl) Bontrager Livestrong Team
10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:20