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06.06.2008/Lithuanian rider Ignatas Konovalovas (Credit Agricole) won todays second stage of the 2008 Tour de Luxembourg. Konovalovas  had the fastest legs of a leading group of 43 riders. Sergey Lagutin (Cycle Collstrop ) came in second, French rider Cyril Lemoine (Credit Agricole) completed the podium. CSC's Fabian Cancellara defended his overall lead.

© Credit Agricole
Neo pro Ignatas Konovalovas won todays second stage. (© Credit Agricole)

Todays 197 kilometres long second stage of the Tour of Luxembourg started in Schifflange and ended in Differdange with a mass sprint of a 43 men strong leading group. Credit Agricole's Lithuanian Ignatas Konovalovas grabbed his first win as a pro, Sergey Lagutin (Cycle Collstrop) came in second. Konovalovas teammate Cyril Lemoine came in third.

The race was coloured by a long break. David Deroo (Skil - Shimano), Michal Polas (Cycle Collstrop), Gregory Habeaux (Mitsubishi) and Hakan Nilsson (CC Differdange) took off after 30 kilometres. With 25 kilometres to go the four escapees were caught and although there were several attempts to break away after the four men were caught, the bunch stayed together.

With eight kilometres to go CSC's Fränk Schleck took off, Sergey Lagutin joined Schleck but the chasing bunch, which was split up in several groups, caught the two riders in the final kilometre.

Neo pro Ignatas Konovalovas won the stage and Swiss CSC rider Fabian Cancellara defended his overall lead.

"Fränk knew he was in great shape and he's ready for the two more hilly stages tomorrow and the day after. We had things under control today so Fabian kept his lead without any problems. Kurt-Asle Arvesen crashed during the stage and was quite beat up, but he managed to get through and we think he'll be able to carry on tomorrow," said Team CSC sports director Kim Andersen after the stage.

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Results Tour de Luxembourg 2008
 
Stage 2
 
1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole             4.56.40 (39.84 km/h)
2 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                        
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                               
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                
6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                  
7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi                        
8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                      
9 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                            
10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                            
11 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                          
12 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         
13 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano                   
14 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            
15 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
16 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                    
17 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                          
18 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                      
19 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                      
20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                  
21 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
22 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                              
23 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica                          
24 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi                           
25 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                       
26 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana                                
27 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangi                         
28 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                              
29 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   
30 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                           
31 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica                          
32 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                  
33 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                             
34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole                      
35 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Credit Agricole                       
36 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                 
37 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                       
38 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano                        
39 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner        
40 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                   
41 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                              
42 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                                 
43 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                             
44 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica                               0.16
45 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                             
46 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                          0.19
47 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                 
48 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange                        
49 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                
50 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                 
51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                            
52 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                          
53 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                       
54 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner     0.30
55 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon                      1.01
56 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange                  1.11
57 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                   
58 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                        
59 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                               
60 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                  
61 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangi                        2.31
62 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) Preti Mangi                        
63 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange                           
64 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel                         
65 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                  
66 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner       
67 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano                      4.23
68 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                    4.25
69 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                      4.33
70 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner         4.35
71 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                    
72 Held Duarte Miranda (Den) Benfica                       6.13
73 B Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                          
74 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                                
75 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano                        7.37
76 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            
77 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                   
78 Troels Ronn Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop                  
79 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil - Shimano                              
80 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                     
81 Haral Starzengruber (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                
82 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                
83 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil - Shimano                        
84 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Agritubel                            
85 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                              
86 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                              
87 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi                         
88 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                      
89 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                             
90 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                
91 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                  
92 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
93 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange                         
94 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                     
95 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi               
96 Thomas Bodo (Fra) CC Differdange                        8.12
97 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                       10.46
98 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangi                         
99 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangi                            
100 Claude Wolter (Lux) CC Differdange                        
101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                      11.13
DNF Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas                              
DNF Jochen Summer (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                     
DNS Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel

General Classification after Stage 2
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                      9.35.17
2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                   0.05
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                      0.08
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                               
5 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                0.10
6 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                           
7 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel                               0.11
8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                               0.12
9 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                            0.13
10 Jav Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                          
11 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana                                
12 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                               0.15
13 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                  
14 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                      0.16
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                              
16 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                              
17 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangi                      0.17
18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                               
19 Clement Lhotellerie (Fra) Skil - Shimano                   
20 Dana Andonov Petrov (Bul) Benfica                       0.18
21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                    
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                          0.20
23 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                       
24 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangi                       
25 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                             
26 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                            
27 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                        0.21
28 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                      
29 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            
30 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner     0.22
31 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   
32 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) Preti Mangi                        0.23
33 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano                     0.24
34 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                   
35 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                   0.25
36 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                    0.26
37 Jos Pimenta Costa M (Por) Benfica                          
38 Julien Simon (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
39 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                          0.28
40 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                    0.29
41 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole                      
42 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner           
43 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Credit Agricole                    0.33
44 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Benfica                               0.36
45 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                              0.38
46 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                 
47 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                             0.39
48 Kalle Kriit (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                    0.42
49 Christian Poos (Lux) CC Differdange                     0.46
50 Hannes Blank (Ger) CC Differdange                          
51 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon              0.47
52 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                          0.48
53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                         0.59
54 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner     1.12
55 Jan Valach (Svk) Elkhaus - Simplon                      1.30
56 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                            1.35
57 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) CC Differdange                  1.40
58 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                1.41
59 Morten Knudsen (Den) CC Differdange                     1.44
60 Ken Van Der Schuere (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                  
61 Eddy Forner (Ita) CC Differdange                        2.54
62 Frederic Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner    3.03
63 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) Preti Mangi                     3.07
64 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangi                        3.10
65 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                               3.12
66 Emilien Ben Berges (Fra) Agritubel                         
67 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                    4.45
68 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano                      4.47
69 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                      4.53
70 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner         4.58
71 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                 5.05
72 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica                             6.37
73 Held Duarte Miranda (Den) Benfica                       6.38
74 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                          7.43
75 B Castanheira Gomes (Por) Benfica                       7.46
76 Haral Starzengruber (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon             7.49
77 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                             7.55
78 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Agritubel                         7.58
79 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                               8.00
80 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi            8.03
81 Troels Ronn Vinther (Den) Cycle Collstrop               8.04
82 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                  8.07
83 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                             8.08
84 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner        8.09
85 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elkhaus - Simplon                     
86 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangi                      8.10
87 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                8.12
88 Hakan Nilsson (Swe) CC Differdange                      8.14
89 David Deroo (Fra) Skil - Shimano                        8.15
90 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            
91 Ji Cheng (Chn) Skil - Shimano                           8.31
92 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil - Shimano                    11.17
93 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangi                        11.18
94 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangi                     11.29
95 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                       11.33
96 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                          12.03
97 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                          12.13
98 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                  12.22
99 Thomas Bodo (Fra) CC Differdange                       12.56
100 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                      21.03
101 Claude Wolter (Lux) CC Differdange                    23.28

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