It was a consecutive second-place finish for Sonny Colbrelli, showing his sprint strength and taking over the Green Jersey on stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Unfortunately, like Stage 1, it was a day for the breakaway getting to the line 12 seconds ahead of the bunch sprint.

The stage starting in Brioude featured five categorised climbs before finishing Saugues. An early break featuring five riders went up the road, taking a gap of five minutes on the first climb. With 15 kilometres remaining, the breakaway was down to a single rider in Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe), who had a lead of over two minutes. In the last 3 kilometres, Bahrain Victorious worked to close the gap and had it down to just 20 seconds, but Pöstlberger just managed to hold on and win the stage. Sonny again showed incredible form on the sprint crossing the line in second on a day many sprinter rivals struggled to make it to the finish with the group.

Sonny Colbrelli commented on finishing second and moving into Green: “I’m not so happy, as I’d prefer to change the colour of the jersey to yellow. But this is cycling. It’s another second place, and I’d like to thank my team for their support, but today was just a really strong breakaway, and Pöstlberger was very strong.

There are other opportunities for me, and I will try again tomorrow, but this is Dauphiné, and it’s never easy. But for sure, I will try tomorrow for another stage.”

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