Tour de Luxembourg: Mads Pedersen tops Mathieu van der Poel on stage 2 sprint

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Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) prevailed in the bunch sprint on stage 2 of the Tour de Luxembourg, holding off race leader Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in Schifflange. Swiss rider Robin Froidevaux (Tudor Pro Cycling) was third on the stage.

Van der Poel extended his lead in the general classification, not being threatened by Pedersen, who finished eight minutes down on the opening stage. With Froidevaux out-sprinting Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike), the Frenchman’s deficit to Van der Poel went out to 10 seconds. Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny) continues in third place at 12 seconds.